NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE Final Scores
Carlton Town 1 Bedworth United 0
Chasetown 3 Belper Town 0
Halesowen 5 Shepshed Dynamo 1
Histon 2 Daventry Town 4
Ilkeston Town 2 Sporting Khalsa 3
Loughborough D 3 Sutton Coldfield 3
Soham Town Rangers 1 Stamford 3
Yaxley 3 Spalding United 1

Kimberley MW 2 Graham St Prims 0

Northern Premier League Midland Division
7:45 pm Tuesday 17th August 2021 

Ilkeston Town 2 (2)
Campbell 1'
Goodson 30’

Sporting Khalsa  3 (2)
McKenzie 11' 42'
Gosling 58'                   Att 473

Ilkeston Town Line Up:- Durrant, Marzano (Verma 45'), Bennett, Wakefield, Maguire, Fenton ©, Goodson, Spence (Carvell 68'), Campbell, Goodson, Troke and Tait. 
Subs not used  Rogers, Irvine and Stainsby.
 
Sporting Khalsa Line Up:-  Arnold, Franco, Worsey, Perks, Robinson, Ferrier, Armstrong, Whittaker, McKenzie, Gosling and McGrady Subs Cameron, Williams, Woodhouse, Howkinson and Jones.
 
Pl2 W1 D0 L1 F5 A4 Pts 3 Pos 9th

Player Stats 20-21  --  Career 
Durrant  2 app 0 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals  -- 47 apps 0 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals 
Bennett 2 app 0 sub 0 unused sub 2 goals  -- 83 apps 6 sub 12 unused sub 6 goals 
Spence 2 app 0 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals  -- 2 app 0 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals 
Wakefield 2 app 0 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals  -- 2 app 0 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals 
Maguire 2 app 0 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals  -- 19 apps 1 sub 0 unused sub 2 goals 
Fenton 2 app 0 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals  -- 34 apps 0 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals 
Marzano 2 app 0 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals  -- 8 apps 0 sub 2 unused sub 0 goals 
Goodson 2 app 0 sub 0 unused sub 1 goal  -- 14 apps 1 sub 0 unused sub 10 goals 
Campbell 2 app 0 sub 0 unused sub 1 goals  -- 2 app 0 sub 0 unused sub 1 goal
Troke 2 app 0 sub 0 unused sub 1 goal -- 15 apps 0 sub 0 unused sub 13 goals
Tait 2 app 0 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals  -- 7 apps 1 sub 2 unused sub 0 goals
Carvell 0 app 2 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals  -- 0 apps 2 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals 
Verma 0 app 2 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals  -- 0 apps 2 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals 
Rogers 0 app 1 sub 1 unused sub 0 goals  -- 0 apps 1 sub 01unused sub 0 goals 
Stainsby 0 app 0 sub 2 unused sub 0 goals  -- 4 apps 0 sub 39 unused sub 0 goals
Irvine 0 app 0 sub 2 unused sub 0 goals  -- 0 apps 0 sub 2 unused sub 0 goals

Next Game

3:00pm Saturday 21st August 2021
v Quorn away FA Cup Preliminary Round

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Match Report:

Tue 17th August 2021
North Premier League - Midlands Division
Ilkeston Town  2  Sporting Khalsa  3
The euphoria of Ilkeston’s opening day victory at Stamford was quickly extinguished by a dose of realism as the Robins succumbed to a home defeat against Sporting Khalsa. The visitors were new to the Northern Premier League after being promoted last season but were good value for their win despite going behind in the first minute. Ilkeston had only themselves to blame though as all three Khalsa goals came from defensive errors.
The match started with a chance for Khalsa followed by a goal for Ilkeston, both inside the first minute. Remaye Campbell was the Ilkeston scorer converting Billy Bennett’s cross. It was nearly 2-0 on 5 minutes when Khalsa keeper Arnold parried Zak Goodson’s effort and the ball fell to Campbell whose shot hit a defender on the line. Khalsa hit back with an effort by Armstrong which Ross Durrant did well to push round the post but on 11 minutes they equalised. Charlie Marzano’s back pass to Durrant was too short and eagerly accepted by McKenzie who fired home. On the half hour Goodson restored Ilkeston’s lead but just before half time Khalsa levelled again with McKenzie’s second after another Ilkeston defensive lapse.
Khalsa started the second half with real belief and went ahead for the fist time on 57 minutes. This time it was Durrant at fault when he spilled the ball allowing Gosling a tap in. Six minutes later Durrant atoned for his error with a fantastic double save keeping out two point blank shots as Khalsa grew in confidence. Durrant was called upon again as Khalsa pushed for a fourth. Ilkeston’s only serious effort on goal in the second half came on 80 minutes. Alex Troke’s cut back was met with a fierce volley by Goodson but it flashed the wrong side of the post. In the dying moments a Campbell header was just wide but Khalsa deserved their win.

 

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This scout likes our ground :

Russell Dutton @RussellDutton.10h
I’ve been scouting tonight at Ilkeston Town v Sporting Khalsa in the Northern premier league midlands division. First of all the ground was outstanding and the standard of play and goals were exceptional. There is no other country in the world who can beat our league structure

 

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Khalsa manager's thoughts before the start of the season.

Sporting Khalsa step into unknown – with help from friends
Published: Aug 13, 2021

Sporting Khalsa boss Ian Rowe admits he will seek guidance from his counterparts at both Halesowen Town and Chasetown as they enter the unknown this term. Khalsa are competing in step four of non-league for the first time in their 30-year history following promotion to the Northern Premier Midlands.
The first test at the level for the Willenhall-based side is at home against Yaxley, coming up from Cambridgeshire, tomorrow.
They are a new opponent for Rowe, who said: “I don’t really know much about Yaxley, to be fair.
“They’re a bit off the beaten track, so we’re going into it quite blind, really. “In some ways, that ain’t a bad thing. They can worry about us rather than the other way around.
“But it’s a trip into the unknown this weekend, and then we’ll take it from there.” Khalsa, who have a thriving set-up at Noose Lane, had been working towards promotion for several years. Rowe hopes to consolidate and work with other local bosses to get info on some of the teams further afield such as Cambridge City, Soham Town Rangers and Wisbech Town.
“We’re looking forward to it. It’s exciting times,” he said. “We just want to be competitive and consolidate our position in the league. “Obviously, it’s unknown. We know all the local sides – Coleshill, Sutton, Chasetown. We’ve played them all apart from Halesowen.
“We’ve got good relationships with them all, so hopefully we can tap into their knowledge about sides we don’t know.
“I’ll be relying on Neil Tooth at Sutton, Cam Stewart at Coleshill, Mark Swann at Chasetown and Paul Smith at Halesowen.  

 

Last edited by Matchman (19/8/2021 6:19 PM)