The Poppies were 1-0 down and reduced to 10 men after Tommy Jaszczun's controversial red card in the first half at the Raymond McEnhill Stadium.

But they produced a stunning fightback in the second period with Iyseden Christie heading the winner in the third minute of stoppage-time.

Cooper threw on Gareth Seddon, who was surprisingly dropped, and
Jean-Paul Marna in an attempt to salvage something from the game.
And the Poppies boss was left ecstatic as his team retained second place in the Blue Square Premier.

"It seemed like everything was against us," Cooper admitted. "Those who were there saw the performance of the referee in the first half and I just said to the players at half-time that I wanted to win the game.

"I believed we could do it and we went with three at the back and kept two up front. Sometimes they say fortune favours the brave and full credit to my lads because they were sensational.

"We went for it and even at 1-1 we weren't happy. We wanted to win it and I was in the frame of mind that what happened beforehand was so unjust that I would have preferred to lose than draw. We went for it and got it.

"Nobody really likes the way we play. But in the end we were a bit too strong for Salisbury.

"One thing I did say at half-time was that we keep writing fairytales and the message was for the players to go and write another one. Full credit to them because they did just that."

Kettering have confirmed that they will be lodging an appeal against Jaszczun's dismissal having viewed the video evidence.

The decision to send him off was the
tip of the iceberg for referee Ray Lee in an awful display.

"All Tommy did was push the guy out of the way because he wanted to take a quick free-kick," Cooper added.

"The referee has proceeded to send our player off, book theirs and I had the fourth official telling me that it was never a red card.

"If he is going to send Tommy off, then you would think the other lad should go as well. But there seems to be no logic with officials at the moment."