Kettering Town 3, Morecambe 2..

ANOTHER fine solo goal from young winger Lee Elam wasn't enough to secure a share of the points in Morecambe's trip to struggling Kettering on Saturday.

The former Southport winger kept up his prolific goal scoring feats, as did Wayne Curtis, but the pair still found themselves on the losing side as Kettering came from behind to grab an unlikely victory in a game, which saw both sides finish with 10 men.

It was the Shrimps who struck first, taking just 13 minutes to open the scoring with a goal after just 13 minutes.

Ryan-Zico Black's cross found Curtis in the penalty area and the prolific young striker shot firmly past Ian Bowling to make it seven goals for the season.

However, Kettering - without a win all season - equalised before half time when a powerful volley from Nial Inman, just managed to beat the diving Craig Mawson.

The game began to boil over after the break and, on the hour mark, Kettering defender, Craig Norman, was shown a straight red card for violent conduct.

That led to an explosive few minutes, with Kettering going ahead through a Gex Murphy goal.

The former Telford striker reacted fastest when Mawson parried a shot from Scott Goodwin to send the home fans wild.

While Curtis is currently Morecambe's best goalscorer, there is no question that Elam is the scorer of the club' s best goals.

The tricky winger picked the ball up 30 yards out before unleashing an unstoppable shot, which Bowling had no chance of getting to.

But Elam's hard work was undone by two nightmares for the Shrimps' defence.

Firstly, the normally rock-solid Keith Hill was given the marching orders after a professional foul.

Worse was to come when, seven minutes from full time, Kettering completed their comeback with a winner, Howarth rising highest in the penalty area to make it 3-2 and keep the Shrimps in fifth position in the table at a time when they could have made progress on the teams around them.