Solihull Moors 7-2 Corby Town

For the goal junkie, Corby Town are definitely the drug of choice right now. Unfortunately for their fans, the only highs of late have the numbers racked up by the opposition. Two weeks ago, Eastwood hit six. And now Solihull have topped the lot with seven.

One can only assume that Harrogate were going cold turkey when they allowed the Steelmen a rare clean sheet.

For the suffering Corby faithful, it must be like watching some of sort of bizarre horror film laced with Machiavellian comedy.

On the one hand they have, in two of the last three games, witnessed defending that at times bordered on the slapstick.

And yet, in this game, the Steelmen also played well at times, far better than against Eastwood, and yet the conceded one more goal.

Fate has a sense of humour. It's just that when it comes to Corby, it is humour of the darkest kind, macabre and mischievous, the sort even the gallows might pass on.

Corby scored first at Damson Park and should have had more than the two goals they ended up with.

But a nightmare spell either side of half-time and then two goals conceded in a minute just past the hour sealed their fate.

For their part, Solihull showed why they are among the play-off contenders with a ruthless exhibition of how to take your chances.

In Matt Smith, they had a big, tall striker, the kind of which Corby always seem to have problems with, who caused trouble all afternoon.

And in Ryan Beswick, the Moors had a winger capable of delivering a succession of inswinging, pinpoint accurate crosses and corners that caused panic in the visiting rearguard.

The game was also Solihull's first since the death of their long-serving manager Bob Faulkner.

In that sense, Corby were always on something of a hiding to nothing as they were always likely to end up the fall guys.

But no-one expected them to crumble quite so completely as they did.

You had to feel sorry for debutant Jordan Fitzpatrick, who had a sound game, and goalkeeper Nathan Thackeray who was making his league bow for the Steelmen.

Everyone wants their debut to be memorable. And neither is likely to forget this one any time soon.

Smith had an ealry header cleared off the line before Charlie O'Loughlin's mistake gifted Adam Webster the opening goal on 30 minutes.

The lead lasted three minutes before Beswick's free-kick was allowed to go through everyone and into the bottom corner.

O'Loughlin atoned for his error by heading Solihull in front four minutes before half-time and Smith – who looked offside – then made it 3-1 three minutes after the interval.

On 64 minutes, Simon Johnson was left unmarked to drill home a fourth and, 60 seconds later, Smith collected his second.

Corby hit back with another bright spell that saw Andy Hall pull one back on 70 minutes and Jarman have a decent penalty shout turned down soon after.

However, that was as good as it got for the Steelmen and instead Solihull substitute Emeke Obmiwke inflicted two further doses of pain in injury-time.

His first was a fine strike but his second summed up Corby's day as the ball took at least four deflections and awkward bounces before somehow ending up in the back of the net.