Barton Rovers Football Club

Pre-match expectations of a feisty, closely-contested local derby were turned on their head by a wonder display from Town and an equally abject performance from the Rovers. Early doors there were no indications of the gulf in class between these two sides as, after just two minutes, Rovers' Jimmy Hartley made a great run down the left only to lose his composure when, with only Town keeper to beat, he blasted his shot well over. Rovers paid dearly for this miss when, 6 minutes

Rovers made the trip to face the table-topping "Steelmen" of Corby Town knowing every effort would be needed to extract anything from this match. The game kicked off with a blustery wind in evidence and in front of a bumper crowd of 471 - the Rovers fans being well outnumbered and outvoiced by the home support. Corby's Elliot Sandy was first to threaten after 7 minutes and slotted home only for the 'goal' to be ruled out for offside. Three minutes later Corby went close again