By Peter Short

KETTERING TN 1
BRADFORD PA 0
IT WAS a C+ start to the campaign for Paul Cox’s side, who had to see off a Bradford PA onslaught in the second half to hold on for all three points.

Luke Rawson and Mitch Lund both missed out on glorious opportunities inside the area in the second half.
It also took an acrobatic clearance from Luke Ward to hack Akeel Francis’ header off the line to keep Kettering in front.
The first half was an entertaining contest with a young Poppies team, including eight debutants, struggling to get to grips with an unforgiving surface as well as trying to re...