We had to withstand some City pressure at the end of the first half but we’re still ahead by 1-0. 

We’re off again.......

bloody ell this  is tense 

UPDATES 16:15
 
Premier League
Newcastle United 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0
 
Championship
West Bromwich Albion 0 Derby County 0
 
League One
Burton Albion 0 Lincon City 1
Mansfield Town 0 Stevenage 0
 
League Two
Chesterfield 0 Milton Keyes Dons 1
Gillingham 1 Notts County 0
 
Northern Premier League Premier Division
Cleethorpes Town 1 Leek Town 0
Lancaster City 1 Ilkeston Town 1
 
FA Cup Second Qualifying Round
AFC Fylde 2 Bamber Bridge 0
Ashton United 0 Scarborough Athletic 0
Buxton 0 Redditch United 0
Colehill Town 0 Hednesford Town 5
Curzon Ashton 3 Hebburn Town 1
Dunston 0 Stocksbridge Park Steels 0
FC United of Manchester 0 Chadderton 0
Gainsborough Trinity 0 Rushall Olympic 0
Harborough Town 1 Worksop Town 2
Hyde United 2 Whitby Town 0
Matlock Town 1 Carlton Town 0
Morpeth Town 2 Witton Albion 1
Newcastle Blue Star 0  Marine 0
Quorn 1 Kettering Town 0
Shepshed Dynamo 0 Stamford 0
South Shields 0 Guiseley 0
Spalding United 0 Alfreton Town 0
 
Northern Premier League East Division
Blyth Spartans 0 Bradford PA 0
Brighouse Town 1 Heaton Stannington 0
Newton Aycliffe 0 Blyth Town 1
 
Northern Premier League Midland
AFC Rushden & Diamonds 3 Basford United 2
Belper Town 1 Bedworth United 1
Mickleover 2 Bourne Town 0
St Neots Town 1 Long Eaton United 2
 
Northern League Division One
Newcastle Benfield 2 Horden CW 0
Northallerton Town 0 North Shields 2
Whitley Bay 1 Shildon 0
 
United Counties League Premier Division North
AFC Mansfield 3 Deeping Rangers 1
Belper United 1 Eastwood Community 1
Gresley Rovers 0 Grantham Town 1
Harrowby United 0 Sherwood Colliery 2
Heanor Town 1 Blackstones 2
Hucknall Town 0 Boston Town 2
Kimberley MW 2 Ashby Ivanhoe 0
Newark Town 2 Clay Cross Town 1
Skegness Town 2 Newark and Sherwood United 0
 
Northern League Division Two
Grangetown BC 1 Prudhoe YC 0
Newcastle University 0 Redcar Town 3
Park View 0 Alnwick Town 1
Ryton & Crawcrook Albion 3 Billingham Town 0
Sunderland West End 1 AFC Newbiggin 1

GOAL. Bailey SeeS ROBERTS OUT OF HIS GOAL AND SCORES FROM HALF WAY.

City 2 Ilkeston 1        65 mins

UPDATES 16:30
 
Premier League
Newcastle United 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0
 
Championship
West Bromwich Albion 0 Derby County 0
 
League One
Burton Albion 0 Lincoln City 1
Mansfield Town 0 Stevenage 0
 
League Two
Chesterfield 0 Milton Keynes Dons 1
Gillingham 1 Notts County 0
 
Northern Premier League Premier Division
Cleethorpes Town 1 Leek Town 0
Lancaster City 2 Ilkeston Town 1
 
FA Cup Second Qualifying Round
AFC Fylde 2 Bamber Bridge 1
Ashton United 2 Scarborough Athletic 0
Buxton 1 Redditch United 0
Coleshill Town 0 Hednesford Town 5
Curzon Ashton 3 Hebburn Town 1
Dunston 0 Stocksbridge Park Steels 0
FC United of Manchester 0 Chadderton 0
Gainsborough Trinity 0 Rushall Olympic 1
Harborough Town 1 Worksop Town 2
Hyde United 2 Whitby Town 0
Matlock Town 1 Carlton Town 0
Morpeth Town 2 Witton Albion 1
Newcastle Blue Star 0  Marine 1
Quorn 1 Kettering Town 0
Shepshed Dynamo 0 Stamford 1
South Shields 0 Guiseley 1
Spalding United 0 Alfreton Town 0
 
Northern Premier League East Division
Blyth Spartans 0 Bradford PA 0
Brighouse Town 1 Heaton Stannington 1
Newton Aycliffe 0 Blyth Town 1
 
Northern Premier League Midland
AFC Rushden & Diamonds 3 Basford United 2
Belper Town 2 Bedworth United 1
Mickleover 3 Bourne Town 0
St Neots Town 1 Long Eaton United 3
 
Northern League Division One
Newcastle Benfield 2 Horden CW 2
Northallerton Town 1 North Shields 3
Whitley Bay 2 Shildon 0
 
United Counties League Premier Division North
AFC Mansfield 3 Deeping Rangers 1
Belper United 2 Eastwood Community 2
Gresley Rovers 0 Grantham Town 1
Harrowby United 0 Sherwood Colliery 2
Heanor Town 1 Blackstones 2
Hucknall Town 1 Boston Town 2
Kimberley MW 2 Ashby Ivanhoe 0
Newark Town 3 Clay Cross Town 1
Skegness Town 2 Newark and Sherwood United 0
 
Northern League Division Two
Grangetown BC 1 Prudhoe YC 1
Newcastle University 0 Redcar Town 3
Park View 0 Alnwick Town 2
Ryton & Crawcrook Albion 3 Billingham Town 0
Sunderland West End 1 AFC Newbiggin 1

Fox replaced by Whyle on 78 mins
 

UPDATES 16:42
 
Premier League
Newcastle United 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0
 
Championship
West Bromwich Albion 0 Derby County 0
 
League One
Burton Albion 0 Lincoln City 1
Mansfield Town 1 Stevenage 0
 
League Two
Chesterfield 0 Milton Keynes Dons 1
Gillingham 1 Notts County 1
 
Northern Premier League Premier Division
Cleethorpes Town 1 Leek Town 0
Lancaster City 2 Ilkeston Town 1
 
FA Cup Second Qualifying Round
AFC Fylde 4 Bamber Bridge 1
Ashton United 2 Scarborough Athletic 0
Buxton 2 Redditch United 0
Coleshill Town 0 Hednesford Town 6
Curzon Ashton 4 Hebburn Town 1
Dunston 0 Stocksbridge Park Steels 0
FC United of Manchester 0 Chadderton 1
Gainsborough Trinity 0 Rushall Olympic 1
Harborough Town 1 Worksop Town 2
Hyde United 2 Whitby Town 0
Matlock Town 1 Carlton Town 0
Morpeth Town 2 Witton Albion 1
Newcastle Blue Star 0 Marine 2
Quorn 1 Kettering Town 0
Shepshed Dynamo 0 Stamford 2
South Shields 1 Guiseley 1
Spalding United 0 Alfreton Town 2
 
Northern Premier League East Division
Blyth Spartans 0 Bradford PA 0
Brighouse Town 1 Heaton Stannington 2
Newton Aycliffe 0 Blyth Town 1
 
Northern Premier League Midland
AFC Rushden & Diamonds 3 Basford United 2
Belper Town 2 Bedworth United 1
Mickleover 3 Bourne Town 0
St Neots Town 2 Long Eaton United 3
 
Northern League Division One
Newcastle Benfield 2 Horden CW 4
Northallerton Town 1 North Shields 4
Whitley Bay 2 Shildon 0
 
United Counties League Premier Division North
AFC Mansfield 3 Deeping Rangers 1
Belper United 2 Eastwood Community 2
Gresley Rovers 0 Grantham Town 1
Harrowby United 0 Sherwood Colliery 2
Heanor Town 1 Blackstones 2
Hucknall Town 1 Boston Town 2
Kimberley MW 2 Ashby Ivanhoe 0
Newark Town 3 Clay Cross Town 1
Skegness Town 2 Newark and Sherwood United 0
 
Northern League Division Two
Grangetown BC 2 Prudhoe YC 1
Newcastle University 0 Redcar Town 3
Park View 0 Alnwick Town 2
Ryton & Crawcrook Albion 3 Billingham Town 0
Sunderland West End 1 AFC Newbiggin 1

Great cross by stevens but no one connects with it . Thornhill just on is close with a shot that just clears the bar. 

5 minutes added time.

It’s all over now.  City have been the better side in the second half. 

It’s a 1-3 defeat and nearly another goal conceded but for a fine save by Roberts.

Result :  Lancaster 3 Ilkeston Town 1
 

Deakin Out!

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Sat 13th September 2025
Northern Premier League
Lancaster City 3  Ilkeston Town 1
Once again ilkeston squandered a lead and came away with nothing making it four defeats on the bounce. They were worth their half time lead but a poor second half performance saw them slump to a 3-1 defeat while Lancaster went top of the league.

Ilkeston gave a debut to goalkeeper Alfie Roberts. The first two chances fell to Lancaster’s Steve Yawson. The first brought an excellent save from Roberts before the winger squandered a real chance on the break. Ilkeston gradually gained control mainly through Youmbi taking on the City defenders and it was the Robins who scored first through Sam Parker who diverted Colin Daniel’s effort past City keeper Brad Kelly. Lancaster responded  immediately with a shot that struck the bar and flew over followed by Jordan Stevens clearing off the line. Roberts was called upon again before Stevens nearly made it 2-0 just before half time with an effort that was just too high.

Ilkeston started the second half without their most influential player Connor Dixon and were soon under pressure with Roberts tipping over Nathan Caine’s fine effort. But on 52 minutes City were level with a superb curling shot by Yawson. Ilkeston replied with an attempt from Daniel which was saved by Kelly. Straight after that Roberts kept Ilkeston in the game with a fine stop when faced one on one with Dominic Lawson. Ilkeston came close to equalising on the hour when first Youmbi’s shot was blocked then Harvey Kirby-Moore’s followup was saved by Kelly. Kirby-Moore then headed against the post. But on 65 minutes Sam Bailey saw Roberts a long way out of his goal and smashed the ball into the net from the halfway line. That was a blow that Ilkeston couldn’t recover from and Bobby Bjork scored a third goal for Lancaster in added time.  

 

Pezamb - You say we are a huge club at this level.  I would like to agree but our attendances at home matches are more Step 4 level.  

pezamb wrote:

kevilsonlad wrote:

am i happy about where we are in the league ? NO
Am i more concerned about the clubs future as promotions ? No , really do think we should consolidate in this league but be a top ten side ...
Am i bothered about a owner throwing money at the club to get promotion ? Hell NO WAY 
Am i more bothered about the club being stable in the future so we have a club for the long term future ? Hell YES .
  Like i said i dont like the situation we are in at the moment but i suppose i am being blinkered in having a club thats stable so i am not pressing the panic button just yet. 
   Soneone said to me " you dont want promotions then Kev ? " I replied yes but not at the cost of the club being financially ruined which most likely would happen as we stand as a club now. I dont want Nally or anyone else throwing money at the club just to want it back in the future . 
   Again i dont like where we are in the league but we are here not like 100`s of club who have gone out of business and we know how that feels dont we . 
 

You're totally right, and that's great for us that remember the club going bust... But getting new people through the door when your ambition is to finish mid table just isn't going to happen.

thats quite right mate about new fans so thats why its even more important to get some kind of revenue from other inlets....Nally is trying soooooooo hard to do this which i totally respect . i know i go on about this but when Dave and Nally took over Nally said something very important and that was " I am not here to spend my kids inheritance "  too right as well ...
 

kevilsonlad wrote:

am i happy about where we are in the league ? NO
Am i more concerned about the clubs future as promotions ? No , really do think we should consolidate in this league but be a top ten side ...
Am i bothered about a owner throwing money at the club to get promotion ? Hell NO WAY 
Am i more bothered about the club being stable in the future so we have a club for the long term future ? Hell YES .
  Like i said i dont like the situation we are in at the moment but i suppose i am being blinkered in having a club thats stable so i am not pressing the panic button just yet. 
   Soneone said to me " you dont want promotions then Kev ? " I replied yes but not at the cost of the club being financially ruined which most likely would happen as we stand as a club now. I dont want Nally or anyone else throwing money at the club just to want it back in the future . 
   Again i dont like where we are in the league but we are here not like 100`s of club who have gone out of business and we know how that feels dont we . 
 

 
Spot on Kev. A self-sustaining club is the most important thing, so an owner doesn't have to chuck money in every month to keep it going. When you use that model though, and the manager doesn't have megabucks to spend on players, it sometimes feels like you're shopping in the bargain basement for players, or you need loan players, or you need your manager to unearth one or two diamonds. And however good your manager is, sometimes that's gonna catch up with you. What most fans want, and understandably so, is to see high-quality players, your team playing good football, scoring goals and winning games, and challenging for honours. Which, usually, is the 'rich owner' model for a football club. Which, as we've seen, can be great fun but it can also lead to your club going bust. It's a tricky balance, to say the least.

As for yesterday, we probably edged the first half but the second half was dire. I described it as relegation form. I know we lost Connor Dixon, but still. If it hadn't been for Alfie Roberts (early days, but he looks to be a good shot-stopper) pulling off 3 or 4 brilliant one-on-one saves, it would have been a real ugly score. He does seem to come a long way off his line, and it looked like he got caught out yesterday with their wonder strike from the halfway line, but I think you have to credit the vision and technique of the goalscorer. It's here (His own half!!! His own half!!!) ...

https://youtube.com/shorts/NkRdTz40O-k?si=CET-Wr2aPGwkBjvH

We only had 4 subs on the bench yesterday, and when things like that start to happen it becomes increasingly difficult to use your subs to change a game. Mitchell Lievers was one of them. And Deaks clearly didn't want to bring Thornhill on, so effectively we only had 2 outfield players (Sulkowski and Whyle) on the bench. Both subs were used (Sulkowski for Dixon (hamstring - so is he another one missing for Tuesday?) and Whyle for Fox), and Thornhill had to come on for the last 5 minutes cos the sub Sulkowski had to go off. To be fair, Thornhill really got stuck in in those remaining minutes and after the game finished he came back out to the pitch and did some running work, so perhaps he'll be fit for half a game on Tuesday. I really like Thornhill, he could be a game-changer for our season, but he's only played about 3 hours so far this season.

Sorry, but our centre-forwards (Fox and Kirby-Moore) just ain't cutting it. They could have played all week and not scored. Don't get me wrong, Stevens and Walker have done well at full-back (they're good technical footballers, so to some extent they would do a good job in any position), but I'm a big believer in specialist full-backs. I'll give the new lad Janneh a few games before judging. How long's Minkley out for? He always does a good steady job for us.

We've lost the last 4, lost 6 out of the last 7, and we're struggling to score goals. Nine games in, and we're on to our second goalie, and we seem to play a different back 4 in every game. And we've got an injury crisis. So we're struggling at the moment, quite clearly. We definitely need 2 or 3 players in, but who's available, and can we afford them?

In the first half of our first game at Morpeth, we played some of the best football I've seen ITFC play in a long time, and to sink to our performance in the second half yesterday in just 9 games is very disappointing.

Highlights are here ...

https://youtu.be/Tqb90FF522A?si=QUm5keN6RV6DyvBF