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A point at Belper after 2-0 down but Trevor on twitter from Halesowen blames the Manager. Sounds familiar!!
"Players did all they could. Responsibility lies with the manager. Why change a system with 3 wins and 13 goals with only 1 against? Decisions like this have cost us winning the league. Disappointing to say the least. The players who came on changed the game. Good for them."
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Dale on twitter from Halesowen is more philosophical and calm
"Game of two halves. First half utterly dreadful, as has been said tactics wrong and also think the players needed reminding it was a 1pm kick off as not enough effort. Changes made and much better second half. Although our title challenge is officially over now so playoffs it is."
Nice to see he has awarded us the title!
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JJ from Chasetown is happy then sad on twitter
"Get in Langy! Shame Ilkeston just scored late on again…"
We seem to be breaking hearts with our late rescue acts!
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The fans were great today, urging us on when we were behind. We were always the better side but Bedworth made it hard for us. I thought Jared Bird was excellent apart from his pass back which gave Bedworth their goal. We defended well and i can only remember Bedworth going close once. Stern Irvine was a rock again and Ollie also did well. Man of the match for me was Jack Thomas who was our driving force throughout. What an excellent signing. A word also for Dan Bradley who showed some attacking endeavour. Charlie Wakefield took a knock and was seen limping after the game. Kelvin Wilson did the after match interview.
So only two days for the players ro recover before Easter Monday's match
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Mark G shared his feelings on twitter
"Don't think my nerves can take much more of this even when sat in a pub in sunny Hunstanton with Twitter permanently on watching the score, got to be another pint now to calm the nerve"
When you look back on this Mark G It will be one of the best times of your life!! Have faith. Enjoy the ride!
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Jack Thomas has posted on twitter
"One of my best moments in football that! One step closer lads"
Its great to see how much it means to our players. Thanks Jack!
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Sat 16th April 2022 : Northern Premier League
Bedworth United 1 Ilkeston Town 2
A Jack Thomas goal five minutes from time enabled Ilkeston to come from behind and record a fifth win on the bounce. They fell behind in the first half when Ryan Nesbitt latched on to Jared Bird’s intended back pass to Saul Deeney. Then Ilkeston had what looked like a legitimate equaliser ruled out just before half time.
The first chance of the game fell to Montel Gibson when he fired over from a tight angle. Goal opportunities were few but as Ilkeston were starting to dominate Nesbitt put Bedworth ahead. Deeney managed to block Nesbitt’s first attempt but the ball fell kindly for the striker to get the ball over the line. Charle Wakefield fired over before one of several Ilkeston corners finally came to fruition when Gibson headed home at the far post. Unfortunately it was ruled out for something the referee had spotted before the ball reached Gibson.
Ilkeston started the second half with real determination but Bedworth had an early chance to go two up. Harry Wakefield was only two yards out when he failed to connect with the ball. Normal service soon resumed though as Ilkeston pressed forward and Kieran Fenton saw a decent effort go across the face of the goal. The Robins persistence finally paid off on 65 minutes when Thomas’s left wing cross was headed in by Remaye Campbell. Gibson then hit a first time volley just wide. Bedworth keeper Sam Lomax was dealing with everything in the air as ilkeston searched for a winner. When the decider came it followed an almighty scramble in the Bedworth penalty area. Two shots were blocked before Jack Thomas slotted the ball into the corner of the net. Bedworth had little left in the tank and Ilkeston saw out seven minutes of added time without any alarms.
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Another poor performance, but at this stage of the season who cares? It's all about winning. And we seem to have a happy knack of grinding out results at the moment.
For the first hour it was tippy-tappy across the back line at pedestrian pace, and then hoof it forward, usually straight into the arms of their keeper (what was he, 6' 10"?). Looked like we could play all day and not score. Have to say though, the Gibson header from a corner looked like a perfectly good goal to me (I thought the ref had a very poor game). We give away a bad goal, our heads dropped, Charlie Wakefield came off injured, and you feared the worst.
We desperately needed some width and switching Jack Thomas to left wing provided that; he and OBH (who had a good game) worked well together. Terrific cross from Thomas for our opener, right down the corridor of uncertainty for their keeper. The outpouring of relief and joy when we scored our second was incredible. And of course then you desperately want the final whistle, and the board goes up with 7 mins of added time!
I thought Stern Irvine had another good game, he gets better and better; just hope we can hang on to him next season.
One thing I will say is that the Ilkeston fans behind the goal were terrific yesterday, particularly in the second half. Fantastic support, willing the team on to win.
Charlie Wakefield came off injured at half-time, Dan Bradley, who came on as sub, came off injured, and did Billy Bennett get injured in the leadup to our second goal? Might well be a patched up team tomorrow.
Please can we win tomorrow so I can relax and enjoy the Wisbech game? Not too much to ask surely?
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ILKESTON TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB STATS 2021-22
Northern Premier League Midland Division
3:00pm Saturday 16th April 2022
Bedworth United (1) 1
Bowen 45’
Ilkeston Town (0) 2
Campbell 65’ Thomas 86’
Att 307
Ilkeston Town – Deeney, Brown-Hill, Bennett, Bird, Irvine, Fenton, Troke (Goodson 54’), Wakefield (Bradley 45’ (Reid 90’)), Campbell, Gibson and Thomas.
Subs not used Jemson and Carvell.
Bedworth United – Lomax, Wells, Rowe, Parrott, Barnett, Bennett, Sawyers (Murphy 88’), Blackmore, Nesbitt, Wakefield (Jones 88’) and Lockett
Subs not used Baynham and Sanderson.
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 36 W 26 D 6 L 4 F 93 A 37 Pts 84 Pos 1st
Next Game
3:00pm Monday 18th April 2022
v Shepshed Dynamo home 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 28 apps 1 sub 1 unused sub 4 goals -- 109 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 38 apps 2 sub 0 unused sub 8 goals -- 38 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 37 apps 0 sub 1 unused sub 7 goals -- 69 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 7 sub 0 unused sub 22 goals -- 45 apps 8 sub 0 unused sub 31 goals
Campbell 32 apps 5 sub 0 unused sub 16 goals -- 32 apps 5 sub 0 unused sub 16 goals
Troke 31 apps 1 sub 4 unused sub 14 goals -- 44 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 13 unused sub 0 goals -- 6 apps 16 sub 13 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 17 apps 5 sub 13 unused sub 0 goals -- 17 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 12 sub 5 unused sub 0 goals -- 25 apps 12 sub 5 unused sub 1 goal
Brown-Hill 17 apps 9 sub 9 unused sub 2 goals -- 30 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 20 apps 2 sub 0 unused sub 1 goal --20 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 7 apps 2 sub 0 unused sub 3 goals -- 35 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
Jemson 2 apps 1 sub 5 unused sub 0 goals-- 60 apps 1 sub 5 unused sub 4 goals
Griffiths 0 app 1 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals-- 0 apps 1 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals
Deeney 5 apps 0 sub 1 unused sub 0 goals-- 5 apps 0 sub 1 unused sub 0 goals
Thomas 5 apps 0 sub 0 unused sub 2 goals-- 17 apps 1 sub 0 unused sub 2 goals
Bradley 3 apps 1 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals-- 3 apps 1 sub 0 unused sub 0 goals
Top Five
Scorers 20-21
Goodson 22
Campbell 16
Troke 14
Wakefield 8
Fenton 7
Scorers Career
Goodson 32
Troke 27
Gibson 18
Campbell 15
Bennett 8
Wakefield 8
Appearances 20-21
Wakefield 37+3
Fenton 37
Durrant 34
Goodson 33+7
Troke 33+2
Appearances Career
Bennett 109+7
Durrant 79
Fenton 69
Jemson 61
Maguire 46+1
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Northern Premier League Midland Division The Title Chase
Ilkeston Town Pl W D L F A Gd Pts Pos Pts/g PossPts
28 20 5 3 79 30 49 65 1st 2.32 95
26.02.22 Carlton Town h 4-1 29 21 5 3 83 31 52 68 1st 2.34 95
05.03.22 Spalding United a 0-0 30 21 6 3 83 31 52 69 1st 2.30 93
12.03.22 Chasetown a 0-1 31 21 6 4 83 32 51 69 1st 2.23 90
19.03.22 Coleshill Town h 3-2 32 22 6 4 86 34 52 72 1st 2.25 90
26.03.22 Yaxley h 1-0 33 23 6 4 87 34 53 75 1st 2.27 90
02.04.22 Cambridge City a 2-1 34 24 6 4 89 35 54 78 1st 2.29 90
09.04.22 Daventry Town h 2-1 35 25 6 4 91 36 55 81 1st 2.31 90
16.04.22 Bedworth United a 2-1 36 26 6 4 93 37 56 84 1st 2.33 90
18.04.22 Shepshed Dynamo h
23.04.22 Wisbech Town a
Chasetown Pl W D L F A Gd Pts Pos Pts/g PossPts
28 19 6 3 65 29 36 63 3rd 2.25 93
26.02.22 Soham Town R a 2-1 29 20 6 3 67 30 37 66 3rd 2.28 93
05.03.22 Stamford h 0-4 30 20 6 4 67 34 33 66 3rd 2.20 90
12.03.22 Ilkeston Town h 1-0 31 21 6 4 68 34 34 69 3rd 2.23 90
19.03.22 Halesowen Town a 2-0 32 22 6 4 70 34 36 72 2nd 2.25 90
26.03.22 Cambridge City h 3-0 33 23 6 4 73 34 39 75 2nd 2.27 90
02.04.22 Carlton Town a 0-2 34 23 6 5 73 36 37 78 3rd 2.21 87
09.04.22 Sutton Coldfield T h 1-0 35 24 6 5 74 36 38 81 3rd 2.23 87
16.04.22 Wisbech Town a 4-0 36 25 6 5 78 36 42 84 2nd 2.25 87
18.04.22 Sporting Khalsa h
23.04.22 Spalding United a
Halesowen Town Pl W D L F A Gd Pts Pos Pts/gPossPts
28 20 4 4 62 26 36 64 2nd 2.29 94
26.02.22 Loughborough D h 4-1 29 21 4 4 66 27 39 67 2nd 2.31 94
05.03.22 Carlton Town a 3-3 30 21 5 4 69 30 40 68 2nd 2.27 92
12.03.22 Corby Town a 2-2 31 21 6 4 71 32 41 69 2nd 2.23 90
19.03.22 Chasetown h 0-2 32 21 6 4 71 34 39 69 3rd 2.16 87
26.03.22 Soham Town R a 6-1 33 22 6 4 77 35 44 72 3rd 2.18 87
02.04.22 Histon h 3-0 34 23 6 4 80 35 45 75 2nd 2.21 87
09.04.22 Bedworth United h 3-0 35 24 6 4 83 35 48 78 2nd 2.23 87
16.04.22 Belper Town a 2-2 36 24 7 4 85 37 48 81 3rd 2.19 85
18.04.22 Sutton Coldfield T h
23.04.22 Daventry Town a
Stamford Pl W D L F A Gd Pts Pos Pts/g PossPts
28 17 5 6 66 33 33 56 5th 2.00 86
26.02.22 Cambridge City h 2-2 29 17 6 6 68 35 33 57 5th 1.97 84
05.03.22 Chasetown a 4-0 30 18 7 6 72 35 37 60 4th 2.00 84
12.03.22 Bedworth United a 3-0 31 19 7 6 75 35 40 63 4th 2.03 84
19.03.22 Spalding United h 1-0 32 20 7 6 76 35 41 66 4th 2.06 84
26.03.22 Sutton Coldfield T h 6-0 33 21 7 6 82 35 47 69 4th 2.09 84
02.04.22 Daventry Town a 2-0 34 22 7 6 84 35 49 72 4th 2.12 84
09.04.22 Loughborough D a 2-0 35 23 7 6 86 35 52 75 4th 2.14 84
16.04.22 Coleshill Town h 3-1 36 24 7 6 89 36 54 78 4th 2.17 84
18.04.22 Yaxley a
23.04.22 Carlton Town h
Belper Town Pl W D L F A Gd Pts Pos Pts/g PossPts
29 19 2 8 59 38 21 59 4th 2.03 86
26.02.22 Spalding United h 1-2 30 19 2 9 60 40 20 59 4th 1.97 83
12.03.22 Cambridge City a 1-1 31 19 3 9 61 41 20 60 5th 1.94 81
19.03.22 Daventry Town h 1-0 32 20 3 9 63 42 21 63 5th 1.97 81
26.03.22 Shepshed Dyn a A-A 32 20 3 9 63 42 21 63 5th 1.97 81
29.03.22 Shepshed Dyn a 1-3 33 20 3 10 64 45 21 63 5th 1.91 78
02.04.22 Wisbech Town h 2-1 34 21 3 11 66 46 22 66 5th 1.94 78
09.04.22 Carlton Town a 1-2 35 21 3 12 67 48 21 69 5th 1.89 78
16.04.22 Halesowen Town h 2-2 36 21 4 12 69 50 21 70 5th 1.86 73
18.04.22 Loughborough D a
23.04.22 Corby Town h
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NPL Midlands: Ilkeston Remain In Control about 23 hours ago By James Gordon
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Kelvin Wilson gave his thoughts following yesterday's 2-1 away win over Bedworth United.
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4:26 PM · Apr 17, 2022
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Not happy with the comments about the fans.
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Kelvin is a nice bloke. He was just defending the players who are under a lot a pressure.
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I want to post about Alex comment but I have been in trouble just lately so I won't . So no comment .