Getting close to kick off. The crowd looks a little thin tonight.  Here come the teams.
Ilkeston wearing normal home kit, Chasetown are wearing blue shirts and blue shorts

7.48 pm and we're off

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Big chance for Brown-Hill but close range shot is blocked. Another Ilkeston corner.  Maguire header heading for top corner is brilliantly saved. Early yellow card for Hayward for foul on Troke.     0-0     11 minutes

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Good headed clearance by Bertram. Chasetown are making opportunities just now.  Great snap shot by Brown-Hill but Keeper is equal to it.    Goal for chasetown    Haddaway    33 minutes.        0-1

Goodson is put through but Chasetown keeper is proving hard to beat. Excellent save          0-1        41 minute
 

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The Ilkeston team are back out early .

8 50 pm and we're off again .....

Several miskicks in Chase goalmouth but they escape without conceding again.  Great start by Ilkeston.  Troke shot blocked after great work by Thomas.        1-1    52 minutes

Troke free kick is just wide of left post. Troke fouled for umpteenth time.  Reid red card seemed very unjust.
Bryant replaced by Joe Wilson.  65 minutes         1-1

Chasetown's Reid replaced by Berry on 69  minutes.     17  minutes to hold out.       2-1     73 minutes

Corner for Ilkeston relieves pressure. Another corner.  It's cleared.      Chase sub  Foster replaced by Cooke.                2-1     80 minutes 

Great ball by Brown-Hill nearly finds Troke but outrushing keeper boots clear.  Chase continue to press      2-1      88 minutes

Desperate moments as Chase keep pumping the ball forward.  

It's Full time   What a win with ten men.

ILKESTON  2  CHASETOWN  1

Tuesday 27th October 2020  :  Northern Premier League - South East Division
Ilkeston Town  2  Chasetown  1
Ilkeston returned to winning ways on a cold damp night at the NMG. As against Spalding United three weeks ago, the Robins showed great character by winning with ten players. James Reid saw red with 30 minutes still to play for a less than robust tackle after half the Chasetown players put enormous pressure on the referee to produce the card. This came after Ilkeston had clawed their way back into the game after falling behind. 
The first half saw Ilkeston start strongly with visiting keeper Curtis Pond blocking a Joe Maguire shot on 5 minutes. Ollie Brown-Hill’s close range effort was blocked by a defender before Pond kept out Maguire’s header. On 25 minutes, a last ditch Maguire block prevented Chasetown going ahead before a Brown-Hill snap shot was kept out by Pond. On 33 minutes Chasetown took the lead through Connor Haddaway’s header from Delarno Reid’s cross. Zak Goodson had a chance to level when one on one with Pond but the keeper was having an inspired match and denied him with another fine save.
Within three minutes of the restart Ilkeston were level with a freakish goal. Troke did well to turn and cross from wide right and the ball curled inside the far post. Chasetown were on the ropes as Ilkeston immediately pressed for a second with first Charlie Marzano going close then Troke after good work by the industrious Jack Thomas. Then came the red card for Reid which allowed Chasetown a way back into the game but before that could happen Maguire put Ilkeston in front on 68 minutes. The Ilkeston skipper did well to get on the end of a forward ball and his close range connection gave Pond no chance. Despite the extra man for the final twenty minutes, Chasetown failed to produce any major alarms. Ilkeston came closest to a late goal when Pond had to race out of his goal just beating Troke to Brown-Hill’s through ball.