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You are correct.  Ilkeston Town Reserves played in the Central Alliance

This is how Ilkeston Town first team finished in the same year:


Midland Counties League         1963-64

                                           P   W   D   L     F    A   Pts
1.Grantham                       42  33   6   3   152  56  72
2.Scarborough                  42  26  11   5   107  45  63
3.Lockheed-Leamington   42  23   8  11   114  60  54
4.Alfreton Town                 42  22 10  10    88  56  54
5.Retford Town                 42  22   8  12    94   70  52
6.Gainsborough Trinity     42  22   4  16    92   81  48
7.Heanor Town                 42  20   7  15    76   71  47
8.Long Eaton United        42  17  10  15   70   82  44
9.Worksop Town              42  16  11  15   93   66  43
10.Goole Town                 42  18   7  17   94   99   43
11.Boston United             42   20   2  20   91  92   42
12.Belper Town                42   16  10 16   87  94   42
13.Ilkeston Town              42   15  11 16   73  75    41
14.Spalding United          42   15  10 17   80  69    40
15.Sutton Town                42   17   6  19   79  78    40
16.Arnold                          42   14  12 16   70  84   40
17.Loughborough Utd      42  15   6   21   92  94   36
18.Matlock Town              42  14   4   24   80 105   32
19.Bourne Town               42  11   6   25   94 136   28
20.Skegness Town          42    8  11  23   57   87   26
21.Stamford                     42    8   7   27   52  123   23
22.Denaby United            42    4   5   33   45  157  13






 

Last edited by Matchman (20/6/2022 1:53 PM)

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I seem to remember Arnold having two teams; Arnold Rovers and Arnold St Marys.

I used to watch Ilkeston Reserves regularily and they had quite a strong team. The Reserves contained some older ex first team players who were there to bring on the younger players.

 

Last edited by Matchman (20/6/2022 6:05 PM)