Quorn equalled their best ever run in the FA Trophy but fell just short in the First Round Proper away at Kettering.
Despite taking the lead, The Methodists fell to a 6-2 defeat with the game getting away from them in the second half as they had to chase it.
The result means that full focus is now back on the league, as Quorn aim to try and survive in the more difficult Northern Premier League.
There were 400 fewer fans inside Latimer Park for this game than there was when these two sides last faced off in the FA Cup last month, as wet and stormy conditions played havoc with both the attendance and the pitch conditions.
Quorn were also forced into a number of changes for this FA Trophy game with three players cup-tied and a number of injuries keeping players out.
This meant there was a debut for 17-year-old Ollie Thomas in defence, who had impressed manager Ryan Beswick while playing for the U18’s and the reserves.
As has often become the norm with Ryan Beswick’s Quorn side this season, they took the lead inside the opening few minutes of the game with a counter attack that saw Jesse Friend finish nicely in the bottom corner.
Quorn’s lead only held for 6 minutes however, as Ishmael Fatadjo levelled to make it 1-1.
After the two early goals, the game fell into more of a pattern with the wet and windy conditions making it difficult to play, with the ball struggling to roll properly in areas.
Midway through the half, Kettering player Lawson D’Ath scored with a fabulous bicycle kick to put his side ahead.
And just before the interval, Kettering made it 3-1, to give them breathing space heading into the half time break.
Early into the second half, Kettering were given a penalty but for the second time in the space of a month, they were denied by goalkeeper Jake Laban who pulled off a fantastic diving save to his left to deny the penalty taker.
The penalty save gave Quorn a lift and they started to dominate the half and look for a way back into the game.
Midway through the half, manager Ryan Beswick rolled the dice and threw on Terell Pennant, Tim Berridge and Billy Kee and the changes had an immediate impact causing chaos at a corner meaning Jesse Friend was able to fire home and make it 3-2.
For a while after that, it looked like Quorn were going to drag themselves back into it.
With 15 minutes to go, Ryan Beswick rolled the dice once more and brought himself on, leading to the loudest noise of the day from the crowd.
But as time wore on, and they had to throw more men forward it meant that Quorn were vulnerable to being hit on the counter attack.
And this is exactly what happened in the last seven minutes of the game as Blaine Rowe, Eddie Panter and Shaun Jeffers all scored in to make it 6-2 and make the scoreline look a lot more comfortable than it actually was.
