UPDATES 16:40
 
Northern Premier League Premier Division
Bamber Bridge 2 Ashton United 1
Basford United 1 Hyde United 2 
Blyth Spartans 0 Guiseley 2
Gainsborough Trinity 2 Hebburn Town 1
Macclesfield 0 Ilkeston Town 0
Matlock Town 0 Worksop Town 2
Stockton Town 1 Morpeth Town 1 
Warrington Rylands 0 Lancaster City 1 
Workington 0 Prescot Cables 0
 
Table @15:40         GD  Pts  Poss Pts
1 Macclesfield        +70  101      109
2 Worksop Town    +41   77        83
3 Guiseley              +23   71        81 
4 Stockton Town    +20   72        80
5 Ashton United     +16   66        75
6 Ilkeston Town      +16   63        71  
 
Northern Premier League East
Cleethorpes Town 2 Belper Town 0
Dunston 1 Carlton Town 1 
Sherwood Colliery 0 Newton Aycliffe 3
 
Northern Premier League Midland 
AFC Rushden & Diamonds 0 Shepshed Dynamo 2
Quorn 1 RC Warwick 0
Rugby Town 0 Anstey Nomads 3 
Sporting Khalsa 2 Long Eaton United 1
 
Lowland League
Cowdenbeath 2 Berwick Rangers 0 
 
Northern League Division One
Blyth Town 1 Newcastle Blue Star 0
Crook Town 0 Newcastle Benfield 0
West Allotment Celtic 0 Boro Rangers 0
Whitley Bay 0 North Shields 0
 
Northern League Division Two
Alnwick Town 3 Sunderland RCA 0
Grangetown BC 2 Bedlington Terriers 2
Newcastle University 4 Billingham Town 1
 
Ex Robins 
Declan Howe score for Gainsborough Trinity 18’

Goal.  Macc finally score.         0-1.   80 mins.   crowd are chanting Rooney

Last edited by Matchman (19/4/2025 2:38 PM)

UPDATES 16:50
 
Northern Premier League Premier Division
Bamber Bridge 2 Ashton United 1
Basford United 1 Hyde United 2 
Blyth Spartans 0 Guiseley 2
Gainsborough Trinity 2 Hebburn Town 1
Macclesfield 2 Ilkeston Town 0
Matlock Town 0 Worksop Town 2
Stockton Town 1 Morpeth Town 1 
Warrington Rylands 0 Lancaster City 1 
Workington 2 Prescot Cables 0
 
Table @15:40         GD  Pts  Poss Pts
1 Macclesfield        +72  103      109
2 Worksop Town    +41   77        83
3 Guiseley              +23   71        81 
4 Stockton Town    +20   72        80
5 Ashton United     +16   66        75
6 Ilkeston Town      +15   62        71  
 
Northern Premier League East
Cleethorpes Town 2 Belper Town 
Dunston 2 Carlton Town 1 
Sherwood Colliery 0 Newton Aycliffe 3
 
Northern Premier League Midland 
AFC Rushden & Diamonds 0 Shepshed Dynamo 3
Quorn 2 RC Warwick 0
Rugby Town 0 Anstey Nomads 3 
Sporting Khalsa 2 Long Eaton United 1
 
Lowland League
Cowdenbeath 2 Berwick Rangers 0 
 
Northern League Division One
Blyth Town 1 Newcastle Blue Star 1
Crook Town 0 Newcastle Benfield 0
West Allotment Celtic 0 Boro Rangers 0
Whitley Bay 0 North Shields 1
 
Northern League Division Two
Alnwick Town 4 Sunderland RCA 0
Grangetown BC 2 Bedlington Terriers 2
Newcastle University 4 Billingham Town 1
 
Ex Robins 
Declan Howe score for Gainsborough Trinity 18’
Tayo Alexander-Tucker scores for Shepshed 77’
Kevin Bastos scores for Belper 81’

It's another.   Macc 3 Ilkeston 0

Very unsatisfactory finish by Ilkeston.

Last edited by Matchman (19/4/2025 2:49 PM)

Rooney belter is just wide.
GOAL now it's 0-4 . What a disappointing ending to what was a decent display for 80 minutes.

Last edited by Matchman (20/4/2025 6:11 AM)

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Sat 19th April 2025
Northern Premier League
Macclesfield  4  Ilkeston Town 0
Already crowned champions Macclesfield produced a devastating four goal finish to crush Ilkeston’s resistance. The breakthrough goal took 78 minutes but it was quickly followed by three more. Until then Ilkeston had done well to keep the score goalless but all of the Macclesfield goals were of quality and none better than the opener by John Rooney, a bullet of a shot from the edge of the area.  D’Mani Mellor added a second 4 minutes later then the leagues leading scorer Danny Elliott added two further goals in added time. 

Ilkeston started well with Jamie Walker having an early shot blocked then had a penalty appeal waved away. Macclesfield winger Sean Etaluku was proving to be their main threat as the hosts started to attack more often but Ilkeston were defending well. At the other end Macclesfield keeper Max Dearnley was generally untroubled. The first big chance in the game took 24 minutes when Lewis Fensome’s inviting cross was met perfectly by Rollin Menayese causing Matt Yates to produce a fine save. Paul Dawson’s free kick then brought another save from Yates. By the 30 minute mark Macclesfield were well in the ascendency but Yates and his defenders were holding out. There was scare when Sam Parker’s clearance deflected goalwards off Etaluku but Yates managed to stop the ball crossing the line. Just before half time Walker tried to catch Dearnley off guard but was off target.
  
After the restart Savage sent on his big hitting forwards, first Mellor followed later by Kengni, Duffy, and Rooney and Macclesfield became much stronger opponents. First to show intent was Rooney with a powerful blast that flew just wide. Kengni was next cutting inside then seeing his shot brilliantly saved by Yates. Duffy then saw his effort curl wide. A goal had to come from the relentless second half pressure and it was a beauty from Rooney finding the very corner of the net. Four minutes later D’Mani Mellor doubled the lead with a point blank header from Duffy’s cross. Elliott added two more in added time as Macclesfield ended the match in ruthless fashion.