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Ilkeston v Sutton Coldfield UPDATES
Ilkeston line up: 1 Jamie Hannis 2 Max Thornberry, 3 Charlie Scanlon,4 Jaylon Bather, 5 Matt Baker (c), 6 Dante Leverock, 7 Louis Rose, 8 Danny Gordon, 9 Dexter Atkinson,10 Ben Morris (Reece Horne 82), 11 Brandon Clarke Subs not used: Ryan Head, Reece Horne, Meenan Meakin, Anthony Dwyerand Tom Gamblenn
1-0 Atkinson 5mins
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Still 1-0 at half time Good performance! so far! The Goat era 100%
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1-0 Still pressing! Atkinson close again!
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1-0 Ilson playing some nice stuff! Atkinson another good chance! We
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66 mins Dwyer on for Morris
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excellent work by Dwyer but shot over bar Sub Head for Scanlon
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Ilkeston win 1-0!
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A well deserved victory against a Sutton side who like Ilkeston are fighting relegation. The Robins had a dream start when Dexter Atkinson broke free of the visitors defence and took the ball round the keeper before slotting it home after only four minutes. Ilkeston had. chances to increase their lead with Atkinson looking particularly dangerous. Sutton however had their own efforts on goal and will have felt hard done to going in at half time one goal down. After the break Ilkeston continued to press for a second but Wren in the visitors goal made a number of fine stops. Jamie Hannis also was called on to make a number of important saves. In the closing minutes Sutton had a player sent off for dragging down Dwyer. This led to a few angry scenes at the end of the game. Nothing however could disguise the joy for players and supporters on ending their depressing run of games without a win.
There were many fine performances particularly Leverock and Bather but for me Dexter Atkinson was a revelation scored the winning goal and then ran and ran!
Finally today Ilkeston's good approach got some reward. Most importantly they had a bit of luck going their way for the first time in a long while!
Sutton were not a good side and I believe they are very likely to go down. Whether the Robins join them now depends on whether the Goater miracle is a possibility or not! It is however a 100% start to life at the NMG!
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This is my report on the game for Ilkeston Life
Ilkeston 1 Sutton Coldfield 0
On Friday 17th February it was announced that ex Manchester City star Shaun Goater would succeed Paul Holland as Ilkeston FC's first team manager and Saturday's match against Sutton Coldfield would be his first game in charge. The Club need a sensational run of results to avoid relegation but Shaun said he was excited by the difficult challenge facing him over the next ten weeks or so. With just one day to prepare before the relegation six pointer Goater was looking for 100% commitment to the cause and hopefully a bit of good fortune to go with it. As it turned out he got both. In front of a decent attendance the Robins brought their winless run to an end and maybe kickstarted an improbable battle to escape relegation. Ilkeston had to make a late change with Jamie Hannis replacing Dale Eve in goal. There were chances galore for both sides in an exciting encounter but the only one taken came after just 5 minutes. Brandon Clarke fed Dexter Atkinson who got past the keeper and managed to slot the ball home from a tight angle. Ilkeston had the edge early on but Sutton came storming back in an effort to draw level and the visitors could consider themselves unlucky to be behind at half time after failing to convert several opportunities. The second half continued as the first with both sides creating chances but not taking them. Jamie Hannis was called upon to make a couple of outstanding save whilst Ilkeston's forwards were guilty of failing to put the result beyond doubt. Atkinson and Dwyer both went close. In added time sub Reece Horne came nearest to scoring when his powerful shot struck the post and then in the final moments Sutton's Matthias Curley received a red card for bringing down Anthony Dwyer who was through on goal. Thirty seconds later the full time whistle sounded and Ilkeston's long winless run was over. There was a bit of disorder before the players had left the field as Ilkeston's players understandably celebrated a vital win and one of Sutton's players' frustration got the better of him. Shaun Goater's after match reaction was that it was a positive start which must now be built on over the remaining games.