If we lose this has been a great effort by ilkeston. 

Great effort by Kirby-Moore, I think but keeper saves..  Thornhill replaced by Dixon.      0-0.    87 mins

Good grab by Roberts And again. This is a tense finish.



 

Last edited by Matchman (20/12/2025 6:58 PM)

It was Alnwick Town 0 Sunderland RCA 0 here as well so no goals all round! I bet you did not have ten irritating and foul mouthed eleven year olds with a drum and an immature attitude! I’m getting too old for live football and Xmas! Baaaah humbug!

Last edited by WhiteBallProject (20/12/2025 11:20 PM)

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Sat 20th December 2026
Northern Premier League
Gainsborough Trinity 0 Ilkeston Town 0
An away draw is a welcome result when it ends a run of league defeats but this was a much improved performance by Ilkeston against a good Gainsborough Trinity side. On a sodden pitch both sides tried hard to win and produced a better game than the 0-0 scoreline might suggest. 

Ilkeston started well and should have been awarded what looked like a stonewall penalty in the first 5 minutes but incredibly it wasn’t given. Gainsborough began to create chances attacking down the wings causing Callum Minkley to head clear on a couple of occasions. Trinity skipper Bobby Johnson fired narrowly wide with their best chance. Ilkeston’s best opportunity came when Jamie Walker got past his defender but Robbie Fox at the far post couldn’t quite connect with his cross. Tyler Whyle then rescued Ilkeston with a great interception to cut out Lewis Butroid’s searching through ball. The Holy Blues had another great chance to score just before half time but Alfie Roberts brilliantly saved Jonathan Margetts point blank header.

The fog began to get worse during the half time interval. Gainsborough were first to threaten with a shot which flew across Roberts’s goal then another attack was thwarted by an offside flag. But Ilkeston were doing better this half and Walker’s almost perfect pass to Dylan Youmbi was cut out by a defender then Fox saw his volley on the turn blocked. At the other end Roberts was in action again saving a Charlie Parks header. With ten minutes left Jackson Blaize produced a superb pass to Youmbi but when it looked like he might score he was brilliantly robbed by Parks. Colin Daniel did brilliantly to deny Gainsborough an opportunity then on 89 minutes Ilkeston had a free kick chance in a good position. Daniel stepped up but his low thunderbolt thudded against the defensive wall. Both sides searched for an added time winner in the fog but the match ended goalless with Ian Deakin the happier manager.



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