70' Ollie Brown-Hill pus Goodson through who comes close after trying to lob the keeper 3-0

71' Ilkeston's final substitution James Carvell replaces Aman Verma 

If results stay the same Ilkeston will climb to fifth place and into the play off positions

75' Ollie Price fouled Webb in the box and his given a red card 4-0

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Latest scores  (approx 85 minutes played)   

Belper Town  0  Coleshill Town 2
Halesowen Town  1 Carlton Town  2
Histon  0  Corby Town  5   
Ilkeston Town 5  Spalding United  0  
Soham Town Rangers  1  Daventry  0  
Sporting Khalsa  2  Bedworth Utd  1 
Stamford  1   Chasetown  3      
Sutton Coldfield  0 Cambridge City  1 
Wisbech  v Loughborough Dynamo  -  Postponed 
Yaxley  1  Shepshed Dynamo  1  


 

Last edited by Matchman (14/9/2021 7:35 PM)

Final Score 

Ilkeston Town 5
Bennett 14' 33'
Clarke 20' og
Troke 75' pen
Brown-Hill 78'

Spalding United 0

An energetic performance. Fortunate in the manner of the first two goals but never looked back

Concerning injury list but remember Spence Marzano Fenton & Reid weren’t on duty last night so we’ve got numbers

On plastic it’s a different game. Much quicker and end to end. So energy is key. Charlie Wakefield was once more good. OBH surely has to get a run in the side for me. MOM Irvine. A real prospect

Good team selection from management - backed up by a no nonsense performance. No messing about at the back. Got it forward quickly

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Once again I wasn’t at the match last night. Before kickoff I thought Spalding looked like a tough test (they beat Stamford). Certainly wasn’t expecting a 5-0. I’ve said for a while that Stern Irvine is decent and now others are saying so. Really pleased to see Ollie Brown-Hill on the score sheet too. Last night’s win made me feel a lot better after Saturday’s defeat against Chasetown. But after Chasetown won at Stamford maybe it wasn’t such a bad defeat as it seemed on the day.

The table is starting to take shape now. I’m not surprised at seeing Halesowen in top spot but a couple of teams have done better than I expected; ie Chasetown and Coleshill. Our win 3-2 win at Coleshill is starting to look like a better result than we at first thought. Carlton have also made a great start and as if to emphasise it they almost won at Halesowen. Surprised that Stamford have lost thee of their matches so far but they are still major promotion contenders.Three teams that haven’t done as well as I expected are Belper, Corby and Cambridge. I was expecting them to be near the top but there’s time for them to recover.

The final match I miss is Saturdays match at Carlton which now looks massive for both teams. Really hope we can pull off a win. If we do we can move up to 3rd. 

 

Last edited by Matchman (15/9/2021 3:55 PM)

You can see having a plastic pitch as an advantage. And in time it will be

But our lads need to learn how to play on it just like the opposition do

Tuesday saw an altogether less complicated approach from us. Less playing from the back which enables us to get higher up the pitch. If the keeper gives it to defenders who just launch it the the keeper may as well launch it. Much less risky

Then we can play a higher line which in turn get midfield & forwards further forward

You need fitter players on plastic too as it’s like a basketball match in tempo. Tuesday we looked better and more energetic. Because of younger legs? Not sure. But it has to be a factor for me