Big effort now by Worksop.  Daniel comes on for Worksop.  we're under some pressure just now.     2-1.   67 mins

UPDATES 13th January 2024 16:32
 
Northern Premier League Premier Division
Atherton Collieries 1 Matlock Town 3 att 234
    Atherton down to ten men 44’
Bradford PA 2 FC United of Manchester 3
Gainsborough Trinity 0 Morpeth Town 2
Guiseley 1 Bamber Bridge 0 att 585
Lancaster City 0 Hyde United 4 att 421
Marine 3 Stafford Rangers 0
Warrington Rylands 1 Whitby Town 0 att 477
Worksop Town 1 Ilkeston Town 2
    Burrow 11’ for Worksop
    Brandy 13’ equalizes for Ilkeston
    Walker for Ilkeston 55’
 
Others
Grimsby Town 4 Notts County 3
Morecambe 0 Mansfield Town 1
Macclesfield 4 Dorking Wanderers 0
Radcliffe 1 Barnet 2
Welling United 0 Chesterfield 0
Buxton 1 Kings Lynn Town 2
Warrington Town 0 Alfreton Town 1
Berkhamsted 0 Mickleover 1
Hitchin Town 1 Long Eaton United 1
Belper Town 2 North Ferriby 0 att 726
    Dunn sent off Belper down to ten men 22’
    Ex Robin Bastos scores Belpers second 48’
Carlton Town 1 Winterton Rangers 1
Gresley Rovers 1 Walsall Wood 2
Harborough Town 3 Shepshed Dynamo 0
Loughborough Dynamo 1 Boldmere St Michaels 0
Quorn 1 Cambridge City 0
    Ex Robin Grantham scores for Quorn 38’
Spalding United 0 Anstey Nomads 4 att 385
     Ex Robin Rose scores for Nomads 26’

Declan  tries a long shot but it's wide as Malkowski scampers back.Brandy replaced by Alex Marshall.    2-1.   79 mins

Into the final ten minutes and Worksop are pressing again.   Becherif fires well wide.Two miraculous saves by Yates.  we're hanging on.         2-1.   84 mins

Last edited by Matchman (13/1/2024 4:45 PM)

Free kick to Worksop 40 yards out.   Dixon replaced   Brill tackling by Dec.          2-1.    90 mins

 

 corner to worksop but we get it away. 

Worksop are appealing for everything .        Another fantastic Yates save.  we've played 95 minutes
 

Yates saves again and there goes the whistle.
Full time   Worksop. 1. Ilkeston 2

WHAT A WIN!

Last edited by Matchman (13/1/2024 4:59 PM)

UPDATES 13th January 2024 17:05
 
Northern Premier League Premier Division
Atherton Collieries 1 Matlock Town 3 att 234 ft
    Atherton down to ten men 44’
Bradford PA 2 FC United of Manchester 4ft
Gainsborough Trinity 0 Morpeth Town 2 att 538
Guiseley 2 Bamber Bridge 0 att 585 ft
Lancaster City 0 Hyde United 4 att 421 ft
Marine 3 Stafford Rangers 0 att 1929 ft
Warrington Rylands 1 Whitby Town 0 att 477 ft
Worksop Town 1 Ilkeston Town 2 att 930 ft
    Burrow 11’ for Worksop
    Brandy 13’ equalizes for Ilkeston
    Walker for Ilkeston 55’
 
Others
Grimsby Town 5 Notts County 5
Morecambe 1 Mansfield Town 1 ft
Macclesfield 5 Dorking Wanderers 0 att1933 ft
Radcliffe 1 Barnet 2
Welling United 2 Chesterfield 0 ft
Buxton 2 Kings Lynn Town 2 ft
Warrington Town 2 Alfreton Town 2 ft
Berkhamsted 0 Mickleover 1
Hitchin Town 2 Long Eaton United 3
Belper Town 2 North Ferriby 1 att 726 ft
    Dunn sent off Belper down to ten men 22’
    Ex Robin Bastos scores Belper’s second 48’
Carlton Town 2 Winterton Rangers 1 att 255 ft
Gresley Rovers 1 Walsall Wood 2 ft
Harborough Town 4 Shepshed Dynamo 0 ft
Loughborough Dynamo 1 Boldmere St Michaels 0
Quorn 1 Cambridge City 0 ft
    Ex Robin Grantham scores for Quorn 38’
Spalding United 0 Anstey Nomads 5 att 385 ft
     Ex Robin Rose scores for Nomads 26’

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Some days are diamonds and this was such a day for Ilkeston's travelling supporters. Deaks told us that the team would come good and today they showed us what they are capable of against one of the best teams in the league. We matched them all over the pitch with outstanding performances by every single player. Every player deserves praise but I'll just mention five. Dixon was unbelievable. Yates was incredible in the last 20 minutes. Walker was back to his best. Eratt-Thompson was absolutely outstanding. Tom Cursons had a fine match. Not everything came off for him but he kept battling away and causing problems for the Worksop defence. 

In my opinion our best performance of the season,

 

Last edited by Matchman (13/1/2024 8:29 PM)

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Sat 13th January 2024
Northern Premier League
Worksop Town  1 Ilkeston  Town 2
Ilkeston produced probably their best performance of the season to stun promotion contenders Worksop Town. The hosts had only been beaten at home once in the last two seasons but goals by L’Varn Brandy and Jamie Walker gave Ilkeston a deserved win. Keeper Matthew Yates played a big part in keeping out Worksop’s high scoring attack when the hosts threw everything at Ilkeston in the closing stages
A fast start saw both teams look for an early goal. Jay Rollins fired wide for Worksop in the opening minute and Walker had two quick fire efforts blocked inside the area for Ilkeston. Jordan Burrow glanced a header wide of the post before Ilkeston replied through Tom Cursons who forced Seb Malkowski to save at full stretch. Worksop went ahead with a looping header from Burrow on 11 minutes but Ilkeston levelled two minutes later when Brandy was perfectly placed to prod home a cross at the far post. The best move of the game involving Cursons and Connor Dixon ended with Malkowski denying Dixon a spectacular finish with an outstretched foot. Malkowski was soon in action again pushing Tom Marshall’s free kick round the post.
On 53 minutes Worksop had a goal disallowed for offside. Ilkeston went up the other end and Walker headed them into the lead. Cursons nearly doubled the lead when he got past Malkowski but he couldn’t find the net from the tight angle. Worksop made a big effort to rescue the game in the final 20 minutes and Yates and the Ilkeston defence had to be at their best. On 83 minutes Yates made two unbelievable saves to deny Rollins. Luke Hall  then had a chance but put his shot wide before Yates did really well to hold on to Alecs Starcenko’s low drive. Deep into added time Ilkeston’s keeper denied Burrow with yet another outstanding save after Vaughn Redford’s back heel had created the opportunity.. Ilkeston threatened to make the game safe on several occasions with counter attacks but Malkowski like Yates was in superb form between the posts.


 

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An away day on the Supporters bus

We made the journey to Worksop hoping for a decent performance but with no realistic expectation of getting a result. 
The supporters bus arrived in Worksop around 12 and the majority of supporters got off in town for drinks.
The supporters who stayed on the bus to the ground had to wait for the turnstiles to be opened but when Deaks arrived he spent a good half hour talking to us and answered every question put to him. Of course Deaks was more optimistic than us but after listening to him we were more hopeful than before. 
Once inside we were looked after by the friendly Worksop stewards who showed us where everything was ie bar, food outlets, toilets, club shop. This is non-league - all very friendly.
New signing Lindon Meikle was in the team and by 3pm there were 930 spectators in the ground creating a great atmosphere of anticipation.
Ten minutes in and the team were playing much better than expected. Unfortunately we concede a goal  but we hit back straight away and confidence is restored. If anything we are the better side and we go in level at half time. The feeling is that we've given a good account of ourselves so far regardless of how the game may finish. 
But the second half sees us take the lead with Walker's header. Unbelievably we're ahead and deservedly so. With nothing to lose Worksop make a real effort to turn the game round. We have to defend but Yates is inspired and makes save after save.  It's full time and we've caused a big upset.

There is so much elation on the supporters bus for the journey home. There's loud singing to pop songs and even a conga down the aisle. What a great day Saturday turned out to be


 


 

Last edited by Matchman (15/1/2024 6:41 AM)

Matchman wrote:

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An away day on the Supporters bus

We made the journey to Worksop hoping for a decent performance but with no realistic expectation of getting a result. 
The supporters bus arrived in Worksop around 12 and the majority of supporters got off in town for drinks.
The supporters who stayed on the bus to the ground had to wait for the turnstiles to be opened but when Deaks arrived he spent a good half hour talking to us and answered every question put to him. Of course Deaks was more optimistic than us but after listening to him we were more hopeful than before. 
Once inside we were looked after by the friendly Worksop stewards who showed us where everything was ie bar, food outlets, toilets, club shop. This is non-league - all very friendly.
New signing Lindon Meikle was in the team and by 3pm there were 930 spectators in the ground creating a great atmosphere of anticipation.
Ten minutes in and the team were playing much better than expected. Unfortunately we concede a goal  but we hit back straight away and confidence is restored. If anything we are the better side and we go in level at half time. The feeling is that we've given a good account of ourselves so far regardless of how the game may finish. 
But the second half sees us take the lead with Walker's header. Unbelievably we're ahead and deservedly so. With nothing to lose Worksop make a real effort to turn the game round. We have to defend but Yates is inspired and makes save after save.  It's full time and we've caused a big upset.

There is so much elation on the supporters bus for the journey home. There's loud singing to pop songs and even a conga down the aisle. What a great day Saturday turned out to be


 


 

Spot on John. Everybody was buzzing on the bus back. So much sweeter when you think you've got no chance of winning. 

Trowell Nicky wrote:

Match highlights. Even in 5 minutes you get a good idea of what an assured, confident, impressive performance we put in.

MATCH HIGHLIGHTS | Worksop Town 1-2 Ilkeston Town (youtube.com)

And an 11 minute vlog from behind the goal … 

match day vlog : Worksop town Vs ilkeston town. ilkeston massive upset . (youtube.com)
 

i see on the vlog their keeper was giving our fans some banter when the scored ....lol