The Kettering match in the FA Cup

I watched the Leeds V Kettering match on ITV4 last night.

Even though in the first half Leeds overpowered Kettering they lacked the killer punch and even after Becchio scored to make it one nil to Leeds I just knew that one goal was never going to be enough. Sure enough, in the second half Kettering were equal to Leeds and it was obvious that Leeds were rattled. I could see the Kettering goal coming and it was the ex Leeds player Anthony Elding who scored it. Leeds came back into it and they had a few more chances but Beckford up front continued his poor form amd missed several half chances and made wrong decisions in front of goal.

This FA Cup second round replay ended up going into extra time and it needed two substitutions to put Leeds back in front again. Grella was the player to do it, smashing in the ball from close range in a crowded penalty area.

After Leeds scored Kettering seemed to lose the legs to mount a significant attempt on goal and Leeds went on to score several more ending up 5 - 1 winners. Beckfords goal looked offside but that wasn't to matter as the score ended up relecting the dominance of the Leeds team overall.

The best goal of the night came from the lively Grella as he ran into the penalty area and curled the ball into the top corner of the net.

Next up is Manchester United in the FA Cup third round. The money will be good and Leeds could give them a good game. It's a few years since I last went to Old Trafford but it's at grounds like this that Leeds should be playing again. Before that though is the small matter of getting promotion from League One and that has to be the priority.