Poppies in the play-offs

 

So on Wednesday night The Poppies will play Harborough Town in the Southern League Premier Division Central Play-Off Semi-Final. It will be Kettering's fifth time taking part in the play-offs and let's hope it's a better outcome than the previous four times where the Poppies have failed to gain promotion each time. 

Here is a look at the results and line-ups from those previous four play-off campaigns 

Monday May 2nd 2005 - Conference North/South Play-Off Quarter-Final

Droylsden 1 (Banham)

Kettering Town 2 (Burgess, Danks)

Att - 1192

Poppies Team

1.M.Osborn

2.M.Matthews

3.J.Gould

4.L.Graham

5.D.Brown

6.C.McIlwain

7.O.Burgess

8.B.Solkhon

9.R.Gould

10.C.DiFante

11.W.Diuk

Subs - J.Bewers, M. Danks, S.Cross, S.Morley S.McCafferty

Saturday May 7th 2005 - Conference North/South Play-Off Semi-Final

Kettering Town 2 (Paterson, Burgess)

Altrincham 3 (Owen (2), Matthews (og)

Att: 2237

Poppies Team

1.M.Osborn

2.M.Matthews

3.J.Gould

4.B.Solkhon

5.D.Brown

6.D.Graham

7.O.Burgess

8.J.Paterson

9.R.Gould

10.C.DiFante

11.W.Diuk

Subs - C.McIlwain, S.Cross, M.Danks, J.Bewers, S.McCafferty

Wednesday May 7th 2007 - Nationwide Conference North - Play-Off Semi-Final 1st Leg

Farsley Celtic 1 (Reeves)

Kettering Town 1 (Solkhon)

Att: 1621

Poppies Team

1.M.Osborn

2.J.Dempster

3.D.Perpetuini

4.D.Theobald

5.C.McIlwain

6.N.Peprah

7.A.Boucaud

8.B.Solkhon

9.R.Howe

10.JP.Marna

11.C.Westcarr

Subs - L.Graham, A.Hall, D.Caskey, C.Seanla, N.Bussey

Saturday May 5th 2007 - Nationwide Conference North - Play-Off Semi-Final 2nd Leg

Kettering Town 0

Farsley Celtic 0

(Farsley Celtic win 4-2 on pen)

Att: 2033

Poppies Team

1.M.Osborn

2.J.Dempster

3.DPerpetuini

4.LGraham

5.CMcIlwain

6.N.Peprah

7.A.Boucaud

8.BSolkhon

9.R.Howe

10.JP.Marna

11.A.Hall

Subs - D.Theobald, D.Caskey, C.Seanla, M.Olaleye, N.Bussey

Tuesday April 29th 2014 - Southern League Division One Central - Play-Off Semi-Final

Kettering Town 1 (Eze)

Daventry Town 0

Att: 1446

Poppies Team

1.A.Worby

2.J.Clifton

3.S.Kinniburgh

4.AGooding

5.H.Eze

6.T.Hull

7.J.Thorpe

8.J.Jepson

9.E.Sandy

10.J.Moreman

11.C.Logan

Subs - L.Hamilton, A.Fuller, J.Bukasa, D.Ogbonna, A.Osei-Siribour

Monday May 5th 2014 - Southern League Division One Central - Play-Off Final

Kettering Town 2 (Logan, Eze)

Slough Town 3 (Dyer (2), McClurg)

Att: 2331

Poppies Team

1.A.Worby

2.J.Clifton

3.S.Kinniburgh

4.A.Gooding

5.H.Eze

6.T.Hull

7.J.Thorpe

8.J.Jepson

9.E.Sandy

10.J.Moreman

11.C.Logan

Subs - D.Ogbonna, J.Bukasa, A.Fuller, L.Hamilton, A.Osei-Siribour

Wednesday May 2nd 2018 - Southern League Premier Division - Play-Off Semi-Final

Slough Town 3 (Dobson 2, Coles)

Kettering Town 1 (O’Connor)

Poppies Team

1.P.White

2.K.Thomas

3.B.Toseland

4.M.Richens

5.G.Mulligan

6.O.Pendley

7.L.Meikle

8.A.O’Connor

9.R.Howe

10.M.Stevens

11.R.Hoenes

Subs - G.Stohrer B.Milnes, L.Bateman, T.Marshall, W.Carvalho