SLOUGH Town have reached the Southern Premier Division play-off final this season after a 3-1 win against Kettering Town on Wednesday.

The Rebels had not beaten Kettering in the regular season after losing 2-1 at Arbour Park on the opening day back in August, before a 0-0 draw at Latimer Park in October.

However, Slough were the more in-form team heading into the play-offs after seven wins and a draw from their last eight matches, and they took the lead inside 13 minutes.

Striker Perry Coles capitalised on a poor attempted defensive header back to Paul White to nip in front of the Poppies keeper and score from just inside the box - his 12th goal of the season and ninth in 10 matches.

Kettering thought they had levelled the scores on 28 minutes when the ball was turned in from a Lindon Meikle cross, but from an offside position.

The visitors did equalise nine minutes before the break as Aaron O'Connor find time and space to side-foot the ball past keeper Jack Turner, however Kettering striker Matthew Stevens appeared to be offside in the build up to the goal.

Slough were gifted the chance to restore their lead seven minutes after the restart when Michael Richens fouled James Dobson inside the box, earning himself a yellow card.

Dobson dusted himself down and converted the spot-kick, sending White the wrong way from 12-yards.

A second individual error cost The Poppies on 71 minutes as White spilt a cross and then brought down Chris Flood inside the box.

The keeper was booked and Dobson scored his second spot-kick, the wingers 26th goal of the season and 51st goal for the club in 156 appearances.

The Rebels joint-manager Neil Baker told the Observer: "I'm absolutely delighted.

"Kettering are a tough side and you could see why they've scored 122 league goals. They were a real threat in the last 20 minutes of the first-half. They were right on top and we were probably lucky to go into half-time level.

"But, in the second-half, we managed the game brilliantly and the lads put in tremendous workrate and a tremendous performance, so I'm absolutely delighted."

Slough will travel to Kings Lynn Town in the play-off final this Bank Holiday Monday (3pm).

The Rebels lost 1-0 at Kings Lynn in March before a 2-2 draw with the league runners-up in April.

Grab a copy of the Observer this Friday for match pictures and more reaction to the win in the play-off semi-finals.