Rushall were always a team of over achievers until they made it to the National League North. That turned out to be a step too far and after just avoiding relegation in their first season, they were relegated at the end of their second season. Their two seasons at Step 2 proved to be a costly experience and now they face a possible second relegation from Step3 to Step 4. 

 

Charlie Carter and Tyler Whyle were held back from Saturdays match so they’d be fresh for the Rushall match two days later. I really like the squad we currently have. I thought Tom Marshall would be a big miss after his injury but Taylor Anderson has done well replacing him. Jay Abudu has been a great signing as has Daniel Odunaiya. We’ll do well to keep Sam Essien. Good job he’s under contract. I heard that when Alfreton signed Dylan Youmbi, the player they really wanted was his best mate, Sam Essien.  Was that an underhand way of trying to attract Sam?  Robbie Fox won’t like me saying this but I think he’s been great coming on as a sub. Jordan Stevens picked up an early injury against Warrington. Deaks took him off with Rushall in mind. Two games in 48 hours is tough but we have a young side with the exceptions of Daniel, Thornhill and Walker so we’ll be able to cope. The rest of the squad are under 25. 


 

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Alex wrote:

I think the last time we went there we had 2 players sent off.

I've been a couple of times to rushall and it's one of them grounds where we don't get the rub of the green.

If we come away with a point I'll be happy.

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Oh yes I remember that game. It was when we were in the Southern League with Jamie Ward as manager.
Willock and Arlott-John were sent off.
I remember the Arlott-John incident. He made a strong tackle on one of their players and several Rushall players pressured the ref into showing a red card. 
I knew there was a reason I don’t like Rushall.



 

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Match Day - Easter Bank Holiday Monday

Here we go. it’s our penultimate away game. Only Stocksbridge after this one. Let’s try to get six points from these two games to improve our away record. 

 

Ilkeston team
1 Roberts, 2 Abudu. 3 Walker, 4 Thornhill, 5 Anderson, Parker, 7 Odunaiya, 8 Essien, 9 Kirby-Moore- 19 Carter, 20 Fox.
Bench: 12 Brandy, 14 Dixon, 15 Whyle, 16 Daniel, 17 Hutchinson.

Rushall Olympic
1 Laban, 2 Ram, 3 Lycett, 4 Teixeira, 5 Brown, 6 Willets, 7 McGlinchey, 8 McAlinden. 9Chimeziri, 10 Clayton-Phillips, 11 Dwyer, 
Bench:13 Kilroy. 12 Okuonghae, 14 Ktuszynski,15 Enright, 16 Wakefield.

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ABUDU CROSS CAUSES MAYHEM BUT ITS ONLY A CORNER.      0-0.  4 MINS

Rushall on the break and shot is deflected for a corner.     0-0.   12 mins

Rushall corner. It’s eventually cleared. Ilkeston attacks have dried up. But we now have a corner.  nothing from it.       0-0.    26 mins

It’s getting physical now.   Great play by Fox wins a corner. Parker header from the corner is wide. Blatant rushall foul is overlooked allowing them to break forward.      0-0.    40 mins

Half Time 0-0