REPORT: Corby Town 0-2 Quorn
The Reds recorded a sixth straight league win, with a fourth consecutive cleansheet, away to top of the league Corby Town. Ryan Beswick opened the scoring with a penalty and Paddy Webb finished the game off with his eighth goal of the season.
Quorn started the match brightly, with Zak Goodson and Webb forcing saves in the opening 10 minutes, but as the match drew on, the hosts grew in stature and started to take the lion’s share of possession.
Whilst they may have been seeing less of the ball, Quorn were creating the better openings, and when Mason Frizelle drove forward on the half hour mark the burly defender caused chaos in Corby’s midfield, dragging defenders out of position as no one could slow him. Goodson found space in the ensuing panic and was brought down on the edge of the area.
Beswick kept his calm in front of the massed ranks of home fans, converting from the spot for his fourth goal of the campaign. Corby enjoyed their best spell of the game, responding well to the setback and turning the screws before half time, though the Reds’ stingy defence didn’t yield any clearcut chances.
Table-topping Corby came out looking determined after the break, forcing a good save from Tom Allsopp early in the half, but Quorn were quickly back on the front foot with Webb denied by Ross Durrant once again. Allsopp had to be sharp again shortly afterwards as the two teams traded blows.
Cain Noble, who previously starred at Steel Park, was next to test Durrant, but the Steelmen shot-stopper was, once again, equal to the effort. Danny Gordon fired in a powerful long-range free kick that Allsopp had to tip around the post. Corby’s best chance came with 20 minutes to play as Danny Setchell had time in the centre of the area, but he hit a timid effort that Allsopp comfortably saved.
It was to prove a costly miss as shortly afterwards Goodson slipped a ball past the defence that Webb ran on to and, from a difficult angle, powered a shot past Durrant into the far corner. Corby had no answer and as they pushed forward in vain Quorn found space at the back as Noble, Kobe Hall and Jack York all had chances to add to the score but were denied by Durrant and some desperate defensive blocks.
Beswick’s side pulled to within a point of the leaders, with two games in hand, as their unbeaten start to the league season continued with an impressive win away from home in front of a fervent home crowd. It will be a difficult task to make sure there’s no letdown at the weekend when Quorn welcome AFC Rushden and Diamonds to The Stotto Stadium.