Kettering Town 1 Guiseley 1 - Lions right out of luck as they are held to a draw by hosts Kettering
A Guiseley missed a late penalty and had to settle for a point away at Kettering Town in Conference North after a 1-1 draw.
Guiseley started the brighter, Gabriel Johnson was denied by Adam Collin, while Mark Howarth put in a good delivery that had to be cleared by the home side.
Kettering nearly got in front, when a long throw found Sam Jones who picked his spot, his shot was well denied by Brad Wade and he used strong hands to clear the effort away.
The hosts would take the lead just past the half-hour mark, when a loose pass was intercepted by Connor Kennedy who worked his way towards goal and shot low into the bottom corner.
Guiseley themselves had the ball in the net with an hour gone, but Gabriel Johnson was ruled to have been offside.
But soon after, a ball through midfield found Adam Haw, who was through on goal.
A flag was raised but the referee let play go on, with the final touch coming from a Kettering player, the young striker got past Town keeper Adam Collin and scored his first senior goal.
Kettering’s Ryan Fryatt would then force Wade into another smart save, as he tipped a looping header away.
Guiseley with minutes to go had a glorious chance to win it, with Haw brought down and Lebrun Mbeka took the penalty but Collin dived correctly and saved the effort.
In fact the hosts nearly won it with Lorne Bickley somehow being denied by Wade who superbly kept the scores level as the game came to an end.
Guiseley are back on their travels on Saturday as they face AFC Telford United.
Kettering Town: Collin, Stohrer, McGrath, Richens, Fryatt, Graham, Powell, Kennedy, Scott (Bickley 81), Jones, Sheriff (Pryce 81) Subs not used: Williams, Acquaye, Wilson.
Guiseley: Wade, Cantrill, Newall, Howarth, Bencherif, Currie, Kellett, Ekpolo, Mbeka, Harratt (Haw 35) Johnson (Ryan 72). Unused subs: Cowan, Hey, Nicholson
Referee: Sam Mulhall
Elsewhere, Farsley Celtic drew 2-2 at home to Chester.
George Glendon (5) gave the visitors the lead, cancelled out three minutes later by Will Hayhurst. Then Jimmy Spencer (27) put the hosts in front before Paddy Lacey (39) levelled it up.
Bradford PA won 1-0 at Darlington thanks to Luca Havern’s 15th-minute goal.
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