Deeney slides out of the area holding the ball. Free kick to Daventry.  Deeney collects.   Gate   926.

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Thomas shot blocked by defender.  Ilkeston are not looking like scoring just now. Brown-Hill is forced to concede a corner. Great Ilkeston move but Campbell can't find the finish. Should have scored.          still   1-1

Corner to Ilkeston. Now Free kick on the Penalty Dee. Campbell replaced by Troke. Free kick hits the wall.
Still 1-1

Close thing as Ilkeston defender, not sure who it was, blocks a shot on the line.  Nervy last 10 minutes to come      2-1     81 mins 

Chance for Thomas but his effort is miles wide.      Four minutes added time,

Saturday 9th April 2022 FULL TIME
 
Northern Premier League  Midland Division
Carlton Town 2 Belper Town 1
Chasetown 1 Sutton Coldfield Town 0
Coleshill Town 1 Sporting Khalsa 2
Corby Town 1 Shepshed Dynamo 1
Halesowen Town 3 Bedworth United 0
Histon 1 Wisbech Town 5
Ilkeston Town 2 Daventry Town 1
Loughborough Dynamo 0 Stamford 2
Soham Town Rangers 0 Spalding United 2
Yaxley 1 Cambridge City 1
 
Football League
Nottingham Forest 2 Birmingham City 0
Swansea City 2 Derby County 1
Scunthorpe United 0 Mansfield Town 4
 
National League
Torquay United 5 Notts County 1
Wealdstone 1 Chesterfield 2
 
National League North
Alfreton Town 0 Darlington 0
 
Northern Premier League Premier Division
Basford United 0 Matlock Town 1
Buxton 3 Grantham Town 0
Gainsborough Trinity 2 Mickleover 0
 
United Countlies League Premier Division North
Gresley Rovers 2 Heanor Town 2
Long Eaton United 7 Holbeach United 0
Selston 2 Eastwood Community 1

Matchman wrote:

Close thing as Ilkeston defender, not sure who it was, blocks a shot on the line.  Nervy last 10 minutes to come      2-1     81 mins 

it was actually his own player blocked it but the ilson player was there just in case 
 

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Sat 9th April   Northern Premier League
Ilkeston Town  2  Daventry Town  1
This may have been another far from convincing performance but a win is a win and for the fourth consecutive game Ilkeston recorded a victory by the odd goal. It took a late belter by Montel Gibson to settle the nerves and the Robins must surely now be favourites to finish as Champions. All the top four won so Ilkeston maintain their three point lead with just three matches to play.
 Daventry belied their lowly position with a confident start. It took Ilkeston 8 minutes to create their first chance. Gibson cut in from the left and his powerful shot brought a top save by James Martin. Ilkeston’s next opportunity came when Jared Bird did really well but no one could make contact on his excellent cross. Daventry replied with an effort by Tom Lorraine which was held by Saul Deeney. The break through came on 38 minutes when Jack Thomas fired home following great work by Ollie Brown-Hill. Daventry then surprised Ilkeston with an equaliser just before half time. A long throw-in into the box caused some confusion and Jack Bowen took advantage with a close range header.
The second half started with a Remaye Campbell effort deflected wide. Taylor Orosz then went close for Daventry causing Deeney to block his close range attempt with his legs. On 54 minutes Deeney slid out of his area holding the ball giving Daventry a set play chance but he held on to the resultant free kick. Ilkeston then had a let off when a Daventry forward’s header hit one of his team mates on the line. Ilkeston’s best opportunity came when Charlie Wakefield played in Campbell who couldn’t provide the finish. With fifteen minutes left the Robins found a winner through Gibson. He received the ball with plenty to do but after shrugging off his opponent he unleashed a cracker into the top corner and Ilkeston comfortably saw out the remainder of the match.


 

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Got to mention Stern what great young player . At 19 what an asset he is to this club. He has just got on with playing and has got his reward . Playing along side Fents will bring loads of experience to his game . He's not fully there yet but at a young age and being a brick wall his game will be better in the future. I often speak to him after games , lovey lad .

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Montel is our match winner    Four Starts, three goals and one assist


https://twitter.com/andy_nally/status/1512824798229024782


 

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ILKESTON TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB STATS 2021-22

Northern Premier League Midland Division
3:00pm Saturday 9th April 2022 

Ilkeston Town (1) 2
Thomas 38’ Gibson 75’

Daventry Town (1) 1
Bowen 45’
 
Att 926
 
Ilkeston Town –  Deeney, Brown-Hill, Bennett, Reid (Wakefield 56’), Irvine, Fenton, Goodson, Bird, Campbell (Troke 71’), Gibson and Thomas. 
Subs not used Jemson, Maguire and Carvell. 
 
Daventry Town  –  Martin, Childs, McNeill, Harris, Burgess, Confue, Ball (Nketia 75’), Finch, Bowen, Larraine and Orosz.
Subs not used Coleman and Andrews.

Notes   Ilkeston Town stay three pints clear at the top with three games to play. They have won their last four games and have only been defeated once since the 11thDecember 2021.

P 35 W 25 D 6 L 4 F 91 A 36  Pts 81    Pos 1st

Next Game
3:00pm Saturday 16th April 2022
v Bedworth Unitedaway Northern Premier League Midland Division

Player Stats 20-21  --  Career 
Durrant  34 apps 0 sub 2 unused sub 0 goals  -- 79 apps 0 sub 2 unused sub 0 goals 
Bennett 27 apps 1 sub 1 unused sub 4 goals  -- 108 apps 7 subs 13 unused sub 8 goals 
Spence 3 apps 1 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals  -- 3 apps 1 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals 
Wakefield 37 apps 2 sub 0 unused sub 8 goals  -- 37 apps 2 sub 0 unused sub 8 goals 
Maguire 28 apps 0 sub 5 unused sub 1 goal  -- 46 apps 1 sub 5 unused sub 3 goals 
Fenton 36 apps 0 sub 1 unused sub 7 goals  -- 68 apps 0 sub1 unused sub 7 goals 
Marzano 4 apps 0 sub 1 unused sub 0 goals  -- 12 apps 0 sub 3 unused sub 0 goals 
Goodson 33 apps 6 sub 0 unused sub 22 goals  -- 45 apps 7 sub 0 unused sub 31 goals 
Campbell 31 apps 5 sub 0 unused sub 15 goals  -- 31 apps 5 sub 0 unused sub 15 goals
Troke 30 apps 1 sub 4 unused sub 14 goals -- 43 apps 1 sub 4 unused sub 26 goals
Tait 12 apps 0 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals  --18 apps 1 sub 3 unused sub 0 goals
Carvell 6 apps 16 sub 12 unused sub 0 goals  -- 6 apps 16 sub 12 unused sub 0 goals 
Verma 15 apps 7 sub 0 unused sub 2 goals  -- 15 apps 7 sub 0 unused sub 2 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 16 apps 5 sub 13 unused sub 0 goals  -- 16 apps 5 sub 13 unused sub 0 goals
Frances 3 apps 1 sub 3 unused sub 0 goals  -- 3 apps 1 sub 4 unused sub 0 goals
Reid 13 apps 11 sub 5 unused sub 0 goals  -- 25 apps 10 sub 5 unused sub 1 goal
Brown-Hill 16 apps 9 sub 9 unused sub 2 goals  -- 29 apps 10 sub 9 unused sub 3 goals
Webb 4 apps 11 sub 2 unused sub 4 goals  -- 4 apps 11 sub 2 unused sub 4 goals
Watson 0 apps 0 sub 4 unused sub 0 goals -- 0 apps 0 sub 6 unused sub 0 goals
Tomlin 3 apps 1 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals – 3 apps 1 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals 
Williams 19 apps 1 sub 1 unused sub 1 goal – 19 apps 1 sub 1 unused sub 1 goal
Foster 1 app 1 sub 5 unused sub 0 goals – 1 app 1 sub 5 unused sub 0 goals
Chapman 13 apps 3 sub 1 unused sub 4 goals -- 13 apps 3 sub 1 unused sub 4 goals
Bird 19 apps 2 sub 0 unused sub 1 goal --19 apps 2 sub 0 unused sub 1 goal 
Caine 0 app 2 sub 3 unused sub 0 goals -- 0 apps 2 sub 3 unused sub 0 goals 
Gibson 6 apps 2 sub 0 unused sub 3 goals -- 34 apps 5 sub 0 unused sub 18 goals 
Thomas-Sadler 1 app 0 sub 1 unused sub 0 goals-- 1 app 0 sub 1 unused sub 0 goals

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Martin Carruthers gave his thoughts following yesterday's 2-1 home win over Daventry Town.

Click here to watch       https://youtu.be/1LAaU52Etrs


 

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Mark Duffy's Match Report

REPORT: Ilkeston Town 2-1 Daventry Town - Robins win again as they close in on league title

Ilkeston Town once again made life difficult for themselves in their title pursuit but three more points were all that mattered and that’s what they got.

Daventry, struggling towards the bottom of the table but safe from any relegation fears, gave the Robins more problems than the hosts might have expected and made them work for their win, which keeps Martin Carruthers’ men three points clear at the top with three games to go and with goal difference on their side too.

That could mean, all being well, the title will be all but theirs by the time the Easter Bank Holiday comes to an end, but nothing can be taken for granted just yet as the pressure of being top continues to weigh heavily on the Robins players which is reflecting on some of their displays.

Here, they needed a winner from Montel Gibson 14 minutes from time to take the points they ultimately deserved to claim despite some worrying moments throughout but these issues will matter little when all is said and done if silverware is in their hands.

The first chance came nine minutes in when Gibson cut inside and saw his 25-yarder superbly tipped wide by Daventry keeper James Martin. At the other end, Tom Lorraine glanced a header wide from a corner after it had been flicked on at the near post, then Jack Finch also got his head to a set piece moments later but put the ball over the bar – another warning for the hosts.

Gibson headed a corner wide on 25 as Ilkeston tried to get a foothold in the game but thus far they’d been wasteful in possession despite some promising positions, Jack Thomas’s shot from distance next to threaten but wide of the target.

Daventry remained a threat and Lorraine’s low shot saw Saul Deeney fumble before gathering, but it would be Ilkeston who would finally get the lead on 38 minutes. Thomas spread the ball out wide to Ollie Brown-Hill who beat his man down the left and cut back to the penalty spot where Thomas was on hand to fire low into the corner of the net. The Robins needed to keep it tight until the break but having conceded a number of free-kicks in attacking areas, they finally paid for it with the last kick of the half as a set piece was swung in from the left and when it wasn’t dealt with, the ball fell to Jack Bowen who headed home via the hand of Deeney.

The Robins keeper had to push an early second-half effort from Lorraine away from danger as the visitors threatened again in the opening moments, a long throw then causing havoc but Finch’s header was blocked on the line by one of his team-mates.

Sub Charlie Wakefield was introduced on 57 minutes and nearly scored four minutes later, his low shot just past Martin’s right-hand post.

The Robins then should have led on 68 when good work from Wakefield saw him square to Remaye Campbell who, with loads of time to score, somehow put the ball wide from eight yards out.But they were to regain the lead on 76 minutes when Thomas knocked a lovely ball over the top to Gibson and he held off his man before volleying home via a deflection.

The Robins saw the game out with few scares aside from one or two more set pieces and long throws that they just about managed to cope with, results elsewhere meaning the situation at the top didn’t alter as the top four jostle for honours.

Ilkeston: Deeney, Brown-Hill, Bennett, Reid (Wakefield 56), Irvine, Fenton, Goodson, Bird, Campbell (Troke 73), Gibson, Thomas.Not used: Jemson, Maguire, Carvell.
Daventry: Martin, Childs, McNeil, Harris, Burgess, Confue, Ball (Nketia 75), Finch, Bowen, Lorraine, OroszNot used: Coleman, Andrews.
Att: 926




 

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Daventry were a much better side than when we played against them in August and October.Only three of their payers on Saturday played against us earlier in the season (keeper James Martin plus George Ball and Joel Nketia). 

Four matches without defeat in Feb/March took them away from relegation danger when they beat Sutton Coldfield, Wisbech  and Sporting Khalsa and drew with Bedworth. 

With an average gate of 127 they do well to compete at this level. 


FROM DAVENTRY WEBSITE
Daventry Town FC is a community-based Football Club operating as a Not-for-Profit Organisation since June 2016.Since the previous owner, Iain Humphrey handed all control of the Football Club to a small group of supporters in 2016, the club has gone from strength to strength, both on and off the pitch.



 

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Is there going to be some lateral movement of clubs at the end of the season?


FROM DAVENTRY EXPRESS 

Purple Army happy to go the distance down south
By Mike Tebbitt 

Daventry Town’s well-documented wish for a quick return to Southern League football would actually add to the Elderstubbs club’s spiralling fuel bills. To fulfil away fixtures in the Northern Premier League this season the Town will have to travel a total of about 2,156 miles with time on the road estimated at approximately 44 hours.

Travelling time in the Southern League would be only a couple of hours longer with distances involved increasing only marginally by 112 miles.

On the credit side a switch back down south would undoubtedly provide an easier route into step three football

.Neither league provides DTFC with any local derby games. Either the Town are the most southerly club in northern football or the most northerly in southern football.

Bedworth United (29 miles away) and Corby Town[/url] (35 miles) are Daventry’s nearest NPL opponents. In the Southern League that would be Kidlington (37 miles) followed closely by Bedfordshire clubs Kempston Rovers, [url=https://www.daventryexpress.co.uk/topic/bedford-town]Bedford Town and Barton Rovers.

Soham (90) and Wisbech (80) are currently the longest journeys in the NPL whilst Harlow (86) and FC Romania (74) top the list on the Southern League.




 

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