Bury Town put in a good performance but Kettering go home with the points
Bury Town conceded early on when a corner played in by Jaiden White was headed home by Harvey Peters after just two minutes. The home side then took control of the game. Tayos Flowers sent a quality ball into the box for George Quantrell who shot wide. Two minutes later Seth Chambers won the ball and went on into the box and his shot was saved well by Paul White. Next up for Bury was Callum Page who shot wide of the far post from a tight angle. George Quantrell showed good skills to go past his man and shot just wide from distance. Sam Ford played a delightful ball through into the box for Quantrell on 23 minute but his shot was blocked. Totally against the run of play, a long ball down field from Kettering was inch perfect for Edward Panter in the box and he hit a beautiful strike across Charlie Beckwith and into the back of the net to double the lead for Kettering in the 24th minute. Bury did not relent and keep attacking at will. Seth Chambers pulled a goal back for Bury on 29 minutes when a Bury attack saw a big shout for a handball in the box but Chambers kept going to smash the ball home from close range. Joe White had a good chance on 38 minutes when his shot to the near post was saved by the keeper. Bury pulled level from the spot on 43 minutes when Chambers was pushed to ground in the box by Ryan Haynes and Chambers dusted himself off and he tucked the ball past the ‘keeper. Bury had done a superb job to come from two goals down to go in level at the break.
Half Time: Bury Town 2 Kettering Town 2
Bury continued to dominate leaving Kettering to counterattack when the opportunity arose. On 48 minutes Tayos Flowers put a good ball into the box which drop in front of Callum Page but Page could not get anything on the ball to divert it towards goal. On 55 minutes Jamie McGrath went deep into the Kettering box before Tai Fleming made a good challenge. A minute later George Quantrell sent a long ball into the box for Seth Chambers to chase but the ball went just too long to be of use. Kettering then went on the attack, and Edward Panter saw his shot from deep in the box go just wide of the far post. On 70 minutes Callum Page put a cross into the box for Bury and George Quantrell hit a venomous strike on goal which pulled a superb save from Paul White. The ball was retained by Bury and they went straight back on the attack with Alfie Wellens hitting a sweet strike from distance which cannoned off the crossbar. Another Bury attack on 74 minutes saw Joe White’s shot deflected wide. Kettering were reduced to ten men on 76 minutes when William Van Lier’s two footed challenge from behind on Tayos Flowers was serious enough to see him shown a straight red card. With ten minutes left, a screamer from Alfie Wellens from distance went an inch away from the top far corner. George Quantrell then whipped in a good cross into the box and Max Maughn’s first time strike from close range went straight into the keeper’s arms. With Bury committing men forward in every attack they were caught out on 89 minutes when a quick counterattack saw Ismael Fatadjo curl in the winner from inside the box. A frustrating evening for Bury who remain 2nd in the league despite picking up only two points from their last four games. A big result for Kettering which sees them move up from 7th to 4th
Full Time: Bury Town 2 Kettering Town 3
Bury Town Star Man: Tayos Flowers
Match Rating: 5/5
Attendance: 628