BEDWORTH UNITED – Who are they?
 
Bedworth United Official Website can be found here >>> https://bedworthunitedfc.co.uk/
 
Their Wikipedia is informative and generally up to date and can be found here >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedworth_United_F.C.
 
Alex Troke played for Bedworth United before joining Ilkeston Town. Ex Robins who have played for the Greenbacks Simon Black and Dan Mullarkey plus details of Aman Verma’s career can be found here >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Bedworth_United_F.C._players
 
League and Cup details of the original Greenbacks Bedworth Town can be found here >>> https://www.fchd.info/BEDWORTT.HTM
 
League and Cup details of the present club Bedworth United can be found here >>> https://www.fchd.info/BEDWORTU.HTM
 
Bedworth United’s results and fixtures  for the present season can be found here >>> https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/bedworth-united/fixtures-results
 
Bedworth United Twitter account can be found here >>> https://twitter.com/bedworth_united
 
A guide to the Oval Bedworth United’s home ground can be found here >>>
http://www.myfootygrounds.co.uk/StadiumDetails.asp?team=Bedworth%20United&StadiumId=478
 

Ilkeston team :
1 Ross Durrant, 2 Billy Bennett, 3 Mitchell Tait, 4 Charlie Wakefield, 5 Joe Maguire, 6 Kieran Fenton, 7 Zak Goodson, 8 Aman Verma, 9Remaye Campbell, 10 Alex Troke, 11James  Reid.
Bench :  12 Stern Irvine, 14 James Carvell, 15 Ollie Brown-Hill, 16 Patrick Webb. 17 Richard Stainsby

Bedworth United
1 Sam Lomax, 2 Cal Templeton, 3 Joshua Steele, 4 Elliot Parrott, 5 Kyle Barnett (C), 6Luke Rowe, 7 Ishmael Dawson, 8 Reece Blackmore,  9 Mitchell Piggon, 10 Richard Blythe, 11 Oliver Mulders.
Bemch :  12 Jamal Adams, 14 Cesa Sawyers, 15 Daniel Preston, 16 Jamal Clarke, 17Jack Wells.



 

Last edited by Matchman (28/8/2021 12:15 PM)

First effort of the game is by Wakefield who makes himself room for a shot but puts it wide.     0-0     10 mins

Bedworth first attempt sails over the bar.  no chances created at either end.      0-0    18 mins

GOAL Ilkeston   27 mins     Tap in for Alex Troke after keeper can't hold Goodson shot.       1-0

Tait cross headed over by Goodson. 
GOAL Bedworth   own goal Joe Maguire. Would have been a great headar if it was at the right end.        1-1    34 minutes

Last edited by Matchman (28/8/2021 1:36 PM)

James Reid recieves his second yellow and is sent off 43’

Kieran Fenton puts Ilkeston 2-1 with a brilliant freekick on 48’

Paddy Webb replaces Remaye Campbell 65’

Carvell replaces Goodson 74’

Ilkeston defending stoutly despite being a man down 81’

It’s back against the walls with some excellent defending for Ilkeston 86’

FINAL SCORES NPL
Midland Division
Carlton T 1 Cambridge 0
Chasetown 3 Wisbech T 1
Coleshill T 0 Stamford 3
Corby T 1 Spalding U 2
Halesowen T 2 Belper T 0
Histon 0 Sutton Coldfield T 1
Ilkeston T 3 Bedworth 1
Loughborough D 6 Sporting Khalsa 2
Soham T Rangers 0 Shepshed D 2
Yaxley 2 Daventry T 0  

OTHERS
Swindon T 1 Mansfield T 0
Notts County 1 Torquay 1
Chesterfield 2 Wealdstone 0
Darlington 2 Alfreton 3
Basford U 2 Witton A 2
Lancaster C 3 Mickleover 0
Warrington 0 Matlock 2

Discipline following ill discipline!

Let’s not get carried away with beating Bedworth. They were poor. Bar their 8 not one would get anywhere near our side

They were there for the taking. We played some nice stuff first half but gave away too many daft free kicks. The one to concede the free kick for their goal was avoidable. Both bookings for the sending off were avoidable. Both in the opposition half. Both where there was no danger. Left the 10 with a mountain to climb

But they climbed it. In style. Great discipline. Held the shape brilliantly. Use of subs was great too. Worthy winners in the end but did it the hard way

Paddy up top looks like a good acquisition. Worked very hard. But this was a real team effort. The defence were top drawer. MOM for me Bennett. But most were 7 or 8/10

Not many of the good sides will lose to Bedworth. They were bang average. So we’ve avoided a banana skin

On the plus side - had Reid been on the pitch Fenton May not have been on the free kick. Perhaps a lesson to learn?

Congrats to the 10, management and subs. Great support right up to long after the whistle too

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My match report :


Sat 28th August 2021
Northern Premier League -Midlands Division 
Ilkeston Town  3  Bedworth United  1
Ilkeston pulled off a remarkable win in unlikely circumstances after being reduced to ten players in the first half. After James Reid saw red, supporters feared the worst but two goals in the opening ten minutes of the second half restored belief. After that it was a rearguard action and the Robins successfully defended their 3-1 lead.
Ilkeston’s first chance came on 10 minutes when Charlie Wakefield made room for himself but placed his shot wide. On 25 minutes Remaye Campbell looked certain to score from Zak Goodson’s pass but keeper Sam Lomax did really well to smother his effort. Two minutes later Ilkeston went ahead. Lomax couldn’t hold on to Goodson’s shot and Alex Troke was left with a tap in. Despite creating very little Bedworth levelled when a Joe Maguire header went into his own goal. Then came the two yellow cards for Reid and suddenly the outlook changed from positive to challenging.
A superb strike by skipper Kieran Fenton three minutes after the restart gave Ilkeston a massive boost and something to hold onto. The goal came from a free kick which he rocketed into the top corner of the net. This was quickly followed by another goal when Campbell forced the ball home after Goodson’s shot was only parried. Bedworth did their best to make their extra man count but they were kept at bay by resolute Ilkeston defending. Despite plenty of possession the Greenbacks created few real opportunities. There were a couple of close shaves including a Ross Durrant save and a desperate goal line clearance by Billy Bennett but as Bedworth pushed players forward Ilkeston could have put the game beyond them with some effective counter attacking, especially down the right flank by the outstanding Zak Goodson.