Saturday 5th February 2022 UPDATES 16:12
 
Northern Premier League Midlands Division
Belper Town 3 Yaxley 0
Corby Town 0 Ilkeston Town 1
Daventry Town 2 Sutton Coldfield Town 0
Halesowen Town 0 Spalding United 0
Histon 0 Carlton Town 0
Loughborough Dynamo 0 Chasetown 1
Shepshed Dynamo 0 Bedworth United 0
Soham Town Rangers 0 Coleshill Town 2
Sporting Khalsa 1 Cambridge City 0
Wisbech Town 0 Stamford 0
 
National League 
Chesterfield 1 Dagenham & Redbridge 1
Notts County 1 Grimsby Town 0
 
National League North
Bradford Park Avenue 2 Alfreton Town 0
 
Northern Premier League Premier Division
Matlock Town 0 Lancaster City 0
Radcliffe P Basford United P
Waterlogged Pitch
Warrington Town 0 Grantham Town 1
 
United Counties League Premier North
Pinchbeck United 0 Long Eaton United 2
Stop Press! No Ex Robins have scored here yet!
Eastwood Community 0 Gresley Rovers 1
Steve Hart the scorer Who else?
Boston Town 0 Heanor Town 2
 
United Counties League First Division
Clifton All Whites 0 Radford 1

Escape for Corby as Keeper mishandles. Good spell by Corby just now. Ilkeston are under a bit of pressure. 
Troke replaced by Reid on 63 mins.      1-0

Theres a delay due to a Corby player injury   Gate 576.  Chance falls for Zak but the ball is cleared. Ball falls for Reid from a corner but he fires over.      1-0      69 mins

Furey cross lands on the net.  Great interception by Williams in the nick of time.   still 1-0       75 mins

Yellow for Chapman.  Corby now pushing for leveller.  Bird replaced by Verma.  
GOAL   That man Goodson      Another screamer        2-0     80 minutes

Reid passes to Zak and nothing looks on but suddennly the ball isw in the net.

Last edited by Matchman (05/2/2022 4:44 PM)

Saturday 5th February 2022 UPDATES 16:55
 
Northern Premier League Midlands Division
Belper Town 3 Yaxley 0 att 418
Corby Town 0 Ilkeston Town 2 att 576
Thatman Goodson cannot stop scoring! Nailed on MoM as usual?
Daventry Town 2 Sutton Coldfield Town 0 att 202
Halesowen Town 0 Spalding United 1 att 1076
Another excellent crowd! Doubt Spalding bought many!
Histon 2 Carlton Town 0 att 162
Loughborough Dynamo 0 Chasetown 2 att 177
Shepshed Dynamo 1 Bedworth United 0
ExRobins Rogers and Wakefield subbed!
Soham Town Rangers 0 Coleshill Town 2 att 112
Sporting Khalsa 1 Cambridge City 2
Wisbech Town 0 Stamford 1
Margetts with another late goal!
 
National League 
Chesterfield 2 Dagenham & Redbridge 1
Notts County 1 Grimsby Town 1
 
National League North
Bradford Park Avenue 4 Alfreton Town 0
 
Northern Premier League Premier Division
Buxton 2 South Shields 2 att 1056
Matlock Town 0 Lancaster City 1 att 626
Radcliffe P Basford United P
Waterlogged Pitch
Warrington Town 3 Grantham Town 2 att 471
 
United Counties League Premier North
Pinchbeck United 0 Long Eaton United 4
Stop Press! No Ex Robins have scored here yet! 
Yes they have JAMIEWALKER!!
Both Marshalls subbed off!
Eastwood Community 1 Gresley Rovers 3
Steve Hart the scorer Who else? And another! Hat trick for guess who?
Boston Town 0 Heanor Town 4 ft
 
United Counties League First Division
Clifton All Whites 0 Radford 1

STOP PRESS Halesowen lost at home to sapling United!! Great result for Ilkeston, Well done You Tulips!

Saturday 5th February 2022 UPDATES 16:58
 
Northern Premier League Midlands Division
Belper Town 3 Yaxley 0 att 418 ft
Corby Town 0 Ilkeston Town 2 att 576 ft
Thatman Goodson cannot stop scoring! Nailed on MoM as usual?
Daventry Town 2 Sutton Coldfield Town 0 att 202 ft
Halesowen Town 0 Spalding United 1 att 1076 ft
Another excellent crowd! Doubt Spalding bought many!
Histon 2 Carlton Town 0 att 162 ft
Loughborough Dynamo 0 Chasetown 2 att 177 ft
Shepshed Dynamo 1 Bedworth United 0 ft
ExRobins Rogers and Wakefield subbed!
Soham Town Rangers 0 Coleshill Town 2 att 112 ft
Sporting Khalsa 2 Cambridge City 3 ft
Wisbech Town 0 Stamford 1 ft
Margetts with another late goal!
 
National League 
Chesterfield 2 Dagenham & Redbridge 1
Notts County 1 Grimsby Town 1
 
National League North
Bradford Park Avenue 4 Alfreton Town 0
 
Northern Premier League Premier Division
Buxton 2 South Shields 2 att 1056
Matlock Town 0 Lancaster City 1 att 626
Radcliffe P Basford United P
Waterlogged Pitch
Warrington Town 3 Grantham Town 2 att 471
 
United Counties League Premier North
Pinchbeck United 0 Long Eaton United 4
Stop Press! No Ex Robins have scored here yet! 
Yes they have JAMIEWALKER!!
Both Marshalls subbed off!
Eastwood Community 1 Gresley Rovers 3
Steve Hart the scorer Who else? And another! Hat trick for guess who?
Boston Town 0 Heanor Town 4 ft
 
United Counties League First Division
Clifton All Whites 0 Radford 1

Saturday 5th February 2022 FULL TIME
 
Northern Premier League Midlands Division
Belper Town 3 Yaxley 0 att 418 ft
Corby Town 0 Ilkeston Town 2 att 576 ft
That man Goodson cannot stop scoring! Nailed on MoM as usual?
Daventry Town 2 Sutton Coldfield Town 0 att 202 ft
Halesowen Town 0 Spalding United 1 att 1076 ft
Another excellent crowd! Doubt Spalding bought many!
Histon 2 Carlton Town 0 att 162 ft
Loughborough Dynamo 0 Chasetown 2 att 177 ft
Shepshed Dynamo 1 Bedworth United 0  att 251 ft
ExRobins Rogers and Wakefield subbed!
Soham Town Rangers 0 Coleshill Town 2 att 112 ft
Sporting Khalsa 2 Cambridge City 3 ft
Wisbech Town 0 Stamford 1 ft
Margetts with another late goal!
 
National League 
Chesterfield 2 Dagenham & Redbridge 1 ft
Notts County 1 Grimsby Town 2 ft
 
National League North
Bradford Park Avenue 5 Alfreton Town 0 ft
 
Northern Premier League Premier Division
Buxton 2 South Shields 2 att 1056 ft
Matlock Town 0 Lancaster City 1 att 626 ft
Radcliffe P Basford United P
Waterlogged Pitch
Warrington Town 3 Grantham Town 3 att 471 ft
Great results for the Gingerbreads
 
United Counties League Premier North
Pinchbeck United 0 Long Eaton United 4 ft
Stop Press! No Ex Robins have scored here yet! 
Yes they have JAMIEWALKER!!
Long Eaton have read this and Alex Marshall credited with secong goal!
Both Marshalls subbed off!
Eastwood Community 1 Gresley Rovers 3 ft
Steve Hart the scorer Who else? And another! Hat trick for guess who?
Boston Town 0 Heanor Town 4 ft

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Conditions were similar to Yaxley, in that the wind made passing football really difficult. We certainly weren't at our best but we dug in and defended really well. The back line of Williams, Irvine, Maguire and Fenton were all excellent and Corby were restricted to only a few half chances. Corby fought all the way and will no doubt feel they deserved a better result. I felt the game was not won until Goodson scored his second which was top class. Chapman worked really hard in midfield as did Campbell up front.

Conditions can affect results but maybe that wasn't the case at Halesowen. Apparently Spalding deserved their win. Halesowen's defeat and our win gives us a bit of daylight. The Yeltz play again Monday night at Coleshill,  another tricky game for them. 

A good day for us and we need to capitalise on it by beating Loughborough on Tuesday night.



 

Last edited by Matchman (05/2/2022 10:32 PM)

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Very quick match report 


Sat 5th February 2022  Northern Premier League
Corby Town  0  Ilkeston Town  2
Excellent defending and a goal in each half by Zak Goodson earned Ilkeston the points in blustery conditions at Steel Park. 
There was an unusual situation after only six minutes when the referee pulled up with an injury. He notified both dugouts and an announcement was made over the tannoy asking if there was a qualified referee in the ground. After a few minutes delay he soldiered on with reduced mobility. 
First chance of the game fell to Corby’s danger man Sam Moore. He took the ball past Ross Durrant but Kieran Fenton got back to dispossess him. Ilkeston scored on their first real attack. Alex Troke found Tommy Williams on the right and his low cross was slammed in at the far post by Goodson. Corby pressed for an equaliser but shots from distance by Connor Furey, Sam Moore and James Clifton were all off target. 
Ilkeston made a positive start to the second half. Influential Adam Chapman saw a decent effort fly past the post and Corby keeper Ben Heath had a lucky escape when he mishandled the ball. Corby then made a determined push to draw level but despite some good possession they were denied real opportunities. On the hour Moore crossed to Elliot Sandy in the box but Fenton got there first, then one of the Steelmen’s best attacking moves was brought to an end by a last ditch Williams interception. After soaking up all that Corby could muster, Goodson made the game safe for Ilkeston with a super strike on 81 minutes after being found by James Reid. Corby had two half chances near the end. One was stopped by a dominant Joe Maguire and then Stern Irvine blocked a pile driver to preserve the clean sheet. Well done to the referee for seeing out the game. 



 

Im glad you said squad mate because you need a squad of 20 players nowadays

Sometimes you've just got to grind a result out. And that's what we did. Fantastic effort from the boys. Horrible conditions, bobbly pitch, and playing a team with a very direct style. Certainly not one for the purist and a game of very few chances - did Corby have a good chance in the whole game? Terrific defending from our lads.

Fenton is having a terrific season, and just gets better game on game.

The lack of pace at the back is a bit concerning - Fenton, Maguire, and Williams certainly ain't the quickest, but we've got away with it so far. We do get exposed sometimes when we come up against a speedy winger.

I wonder if Brown-Hill and Carvell will get a run out against Loughborough? I'd give Irvine and Fenton a go as the centre-backs.

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Mark Duffy's Derbyshire Times match report :


REPORT: Corby Town 0-2 Ilkeston Town - Goodson's double keeps Robins top
Ilkeston have won games far more attractively and convincingly than this over the course of the season but a 2-0 victory in a wind-battered Northamptonshire could end up being one of the more satisfying results of the campaign.
It was a poor game where quality was neither allowed nor able to shine through thanks to Steel Park being buffeted throughout by swirling gales, but that will only make these three points even sweeter for an Ilkeston side that defended superbly throughout and ultimately won thanks to two moments of quality from top scorer Zak Goodson.
His second goal in particular was a sight for the somewhat fatigued eyes of those who had been forced to watch the preceding 80 minutes, and a moment that Ilkeston deserved if for nothing other than their efforts in repelling the hosts at the other end.
It wasn’t that keeper Ross Durrant had needed to make many saves, more that the defence and Durrant himself had dealt well with the wind-affected crosses flung their way and limited Corby’s entries into the penalty area throughout, the hosts mostly making do with shots from distance.
And it all added up to a win that left Ilkeston alone at the top thanks to a defeat for Halesowen Town who drop to third behind the now second-placed Chasetown        
After an early delay thanks to an injury to referee Martyn Fryer – the Nottingham official eventually able to carry on for the whole game despite pulling a hamstring – Corby nearly found a way through 12 minutes in when Sam Moore got to a long ball before Durrant but couldn’t get a shot in on the empty goal before Kieran Fenton dived in to tackle well and Ilkeston cleared.
But it was the Robins who would take the lead six minutes later when Alex Troke’s fine ball sent Tommy Williams down the inside right channel and he squared for Goodson to find the roof of the net from six yards out.
Connor Furey curled a free-kick just wide for the hosts on 25 as they sought a way back into the game, Moore then driving an effort past the post from outside the penalty area and James Clifton doing similar on 34 minutes.
Jordan O’Brien was next, his shot from distance just too high but those kinds of efforts were all the hosts were being allowed by a combination of good defending and the wind interference.
The second-half saw Ilkeston with the wind at their back and Adam Chapman’s low effort in the opening minute was just wide.
Chances then became very few and far between as the conditions continued to be largely in charge, although Ilkeston were defending well as a unit to repel most of what was thrown at them.
The back three of Fenton, Joe Maguire and Stern Irvine were rock solid, the latter throwing himself bravely at a Corby shot late on.
And the visitors would then secure the killer blow with a second on 81 minutes, as Goodson received the ball on the right edge of the penalty area and curled a superb effort into the far corner.
That would ultimately be enough, the hosts huffing and puffing but unable to break through and it being left hard to fault the Robins’ display as they returned back up the M1 with the points ahead of their next assignment at home to Loughborough Dynamo on Tuesday night.

Corby: Heath, Hartley (Garwood 66), Apindia, Abimbola, White, Mulligan, Furey (Brittain 76), Clifton, Sandy, O’Brien, Moore  Not used: Gee, Grubor, Taylor
Ilkeston: Durrant, Williams, Irvine, Chapman, Maguire, Fenton, Goodson, Bird (Verma 79), Campbell, Troke (Reid 63), Wakefield  Not used: Caine, Brown-Hill, Carvell




 

Last edited by Matchman (06/2/2022 7:54 PM)

ILKESTON TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB STATS 2021-22

Northern Premier League Midland Division
3:00pm Saturday 5th February 2022 
 
Corby Town (0) 2

Ilkeston Town (1) 2
Goodson 17’ 81’

Att 541
 
Ilkeston Town – Durrant, Williams, Irvine, Chapman, Maguire, Fenton, Goodson, Bird (Verma 78’), Campbell, Troke (Reid 64’) and Wakefield. 
Subs not used Caine, Brown-Hill and Carvell. 
 
Corby Town – Heath, Hartley (Garwood 66’), Apindia, Apimbola, White, Mulligan, Furey (Brittain 77’), Clifton, Sandy, O’Brien and Moore. Subs not used Gee, Grubor and Taylor
 
Notes  Zak Goodson scored his twentieth goal of the season.

P 26 W 20 D 3 L 3 F 77 A 29  Pts 61    Pos 1st

Next Game
3:00pm Saturday 8th February 2022
v Loughborough DynamoNorthern Premier League Midland Division

Player Stats 20-21  --  Career 
Durrant  29 apps 0 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals  -- 74 apps 0 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals 
Bennett 22 apps 1 sub 0 unused sub 4 goals  -- 103 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 28 apps 2 sub 0 unused sub 8 goals  -- 28 apps 2 sub 0 unused sub 8 goals 
Maguire 24 apps 0 sub 3 unused sub 1 goal  -- 42 apps 1 sub 3 unused sub 3 goals 
Fenton 27 apps 0 sub 1 unused sub 5 goals  -- 59 apps 0 sub1 unused sub 5 goals 
Marzano 4 apps 0 sub 1 unused sub 0 goals  -- 12 apps 0 sub 3 unused sub 0 goals 
Goodson 26 apps 4 sub 0 unused sub 20 goals  -- 38 apps 5 sub 0 unused sub 29 goals 
Campbell 23 apps 4 sub 0 unused sub 13 goals  -- 23 apps 4 sub 0 unused sub 13 goals
Troke 25 apps 0 sub 2 unused sub 13 goals -- 38 apps 0 sub 2 unused sub 25 goals
Tait 12 apps 0 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals  --18 apps 1 sub 2 unused sub 0 goals
Carvell 6 apps 16 sub 8 unused sub 0 goals  -- 6 apps 16 sub 8 unused sub 0 goals 
Verma 8 apps 6 sub 0 unused sub 1 goal  -- 8 apps 6 sub 0 unused sub 1 goal 
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 10 apps 4 sub 12 unused sub 0 goals  -- 10 apps 4 sub 12 unused sub 0 goals
Frances 3 apps 1 sub 3 unused sub 0 goals  -- 3 apps 1 sub 4 unused sub 0 goals
Reid 12 apps 5 sub 4 unused sub 0 goals  -- 24 apps 5 sub 3 unused sub 1 goal
Brown-Hill 12 apps 9 sub 7 unused sub 2 goals  -- 25 apps 9 sub 7 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 15 apps 0 sub 1 unused sub 1 goal – 15 apps 0 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 12 apps 3 sub 0 unused sub 3 goals -- 12 apps 3 sub 0 unused sub 3 goals
Bird 13 apps 1 sub 0 unused sub 1 goal --13 apps 1 sub 0 unused sub 1 goal 
Caine 0 app 2 sub 2 unused sub 0 goals -- 0 apps 2 sub 2 unused sub 0 goals 
Gibson 1 app 0 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals -- 29 apps 3 sub 0 unused sub 15 goals 

Top Five 
Scorers 20-21
Goodson 20
Campbell 13
Troke 13
Wakefield 8
Fenton 5

Scorers Career
Goodson 29
Troke 25
Campbell 13
Gibson 15
Bennett 8
Wakefield 8
 
Appearances 20-21
Durrant 29
Wakefield 28+2
Fenton 28
Troke 27
Goodson 26+4
 
Appearance Career
Bennett 103+7
Durrant 74
Fenton 59
Maguire 42+1
Goodson 38+4
Troke 38