Reid to win it .......      Goal     4-1 Ilkeston win

UPDATES 09.02.21 Final Score
FA Trophy
Bedford Town 5 Cambridge City 0 ft
Bury Town 0 Wisbech Town 2 ft
Carlton Town 1 Bedworth United 1 ft pens 5-4
Chasetown 0 Halesowen Town 0 ft pens 4-2
Coleshill Town 2 Newcastle Town 3 ft
Corby Town 5 Histon 3 ft
Daventry Town 0 Ilkeston Town 0 ft pens 4-1
Lincoln United 0 Sutton Coldfield Town 3 ft
Loughborough Dynamo 3 Sporting Khalsa 6 ft
Soham Town Rangers 1 Shepshed Dynamo 0 ft
Spalding United 3 Belper Town 2 ft
 
Other Scores
Atherton Coll 2 Matlock Town 1 ft
Grantham Town 1 Bamber Bridge 2 ft
Mickleover 0 Morpeth 4 ft
South Shields 0 Basford 1 ft
Alfreton 1 AFC Fylde 1 ft
Yeovil 0 Notts County 2 ft
Mansfield 0 Oldham 0 ft

Strange one. Total domination of first half hour with Daventry seemingly playing for pens from the start

At least one spot kick turned down by a very poor ref. Not biased -but he looked nervy and out of his depth

Our failure to capitalise on our domination gave them hope and for the last hour they matched us. Nothing stuck up top and we lacked quality going forward

Defensively much better - now just two conceded in five proper games. One was a pen and the other an OG. But what was missing was midfielders getting past the forwards. The midfielders drop deeper and deeper when we’re under pressure which makes it so hard to get bodies forward in numbers. So not a great display overall. Had we scored in the first half hour though it’d have been very different as Dav would have needed to change plan

Not scoring their first two pens made it a big job for them. Our pens were clinical so we’re through. Not vintage stuff but we progress. Tricky pitch - very flat surface but long grass with no zip which made for a slow game

Credit to Daventry for keeping going and showing spirit and we just about survive. Our squad is good now. Only thing missing for me is a dynamic goal scoring central midfielder who makes forward runs. But they’re hard to find. Williams is solid at right back without being spectacular and thus represents good recruitment

When Tait Verma & Irvine are fit it will strengthen us. Let’s see what the draw for the next round brings

Last edited by Dick Durrant (10/10/2021 5:48 AM)

FA Trophy Second Qualifying Round
3:00pm Saturday 9th October 2021 

Daventry Town 0 (0)
 
Ilkeston Town 0 (0)
Ilkeston Town won 4-1 on penalties.

Att 160
 
Ilkeston Town– Durrant, Williams, Bennett, Wakefield, Maguire, Fenton, Goodson, Brown-Hill (Webb 61’), Campbell (Carvell 74’), Troke and Reid 
Subs not used  Williamson, Rogers and Foster. 
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Daventry Town – Martin, Childs, Print, Harris, Wilson, Nketia, Orosz, Price, Bowen (Elmore 81’), Emery and Gornal-Taylor (Ball 85’). Subs not used Parsons, Norman and Cerga.

Notes  Daventry included ex Robin Aiden Print. First goalless game of the season.

P 11 W 7 D 2 L 2 F 36 A 15 Pts 23   Pos 3rd

Player Stats 20-21  --  Career 
Durrant  14 apps 0 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals  -- 59 apps 0 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals 
Bennett 11 apps 1 sub 0 unused sub 4 goals  -- 92 apps 7 subs 12 unused sub 8 goals 
Spence 3 apps 1 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals  -- 3 apps 1 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals 
Wakefield 13 apps 1 sub 0 unused sub 5 goals  -- 13 apps 1 sub 0 unused sub 5 goals 
Maguire 9 apps 0 sub 2 unused sub 1 goal  -- 27 apps 1 sub 2 unused sub 3 goals 
Fenton 12 apps 0 sub 1 unused sub 2 goals  -- 43 apps 0 sub1 unused sub 2 goals 
Marzano 4 apps 0 sub 1 unused sub 0 goals  -- 12 apps 0 sub 3 unused sub 0 goals 
Goodson 11 apps 3 sub 0 unused sub 7 goals  -- 23 apps 4 sub 0 unused sub 16 goals 
Campbell 10 apps 3 sub 0 unused sub 7 goals  -- 10 apps 3 sub 0 unused sub 7 goals
Troke 12 apps 0 sub 1 unused sub 7 goals -- 24 apps 0 sub 1 unused sub 19 goals
Tait 10 apps 0 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals  --16 apps 1 sub 2 unused sub 0 goals
Carvell 5 apps 7 sub 2 unused sub 0 goals  -- 5 apps 7 sub 2 unused sub 0 goals 
Verma 7 apps 4 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals  -- 7 apps 4 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals 
Rogers 2 apps 3 sub 6 unused sub 0 goals  -- 2 apps 3 sub 6 unused sub 0 goals 
Stainsby 0 apps 0 sub 8 unused sub 0 goals  -- 4 apps 0 sub 44 unused sub 0 goals
Irvine 6 apps 1 sub 5 unused sub 0 goals  -- 6 apps 1 sub 5 unused sub 0 goals
Frances 3 apps 1 sub 1 unused sub 0 goals  -- 3 apps 1 sub 1 unused sub 0 goals
Reid 9 apps 1 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals  -- 21 apps 1 sub 0 unused sub 1 goal
Brown-Hill 6 apps 5 sub 1 unused sub 1 goals  -- 19 apps 5 sub 0 unused sub 2 goals
Webb 2 apps 5 sub 1 unused sub 2 goals  -- 2 apps 5 sub 1 unused sub 2 goals
Watson 0 apps 0 sub 2 unused sub 0 goals -- 0 apps 0 sub 4 unused sub 0 goals
Tomlin 3 apps 1 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals – 3 apps 1 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals 
Williams 2 apps 0 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals – 2 apps 0 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals
Foster 0 apps 0 sub 1 unused sub 0 goals – 0 apps 0 sub 1 unused sub 0 goals

Next Game
3:00pm Saturday 16th October 2021
v Soham Town Rangers home Northern Premier League Midland Division

We’ve drawn Bromsgrove Sporting away

Against teams from our league a draw away is never really a bad result. Remember Daventry won at Stamford in the last round

We were the better side and, had we scored early it would have been different and, in my view, 3 or 4 nil. Daventry wound down the clock from the start. But our lack on luck/ composure in the final third gave them hope second half. That said, we had 7 or so chances to their 3 and I’m pretty sure we should have had a penalty - even two

We defended well which is a positive though. Tommy Williams looks a good signing. Solid old school full back. Nowt fancy but knows his job & does the basics well

Not many 8/10 performances for me so my MOM goes to Fenners for some timely interceptions and his general reading of the game

Good trip - nice people and a very pleasant little ground