Ilkeston team as posted by Danny Draper on twitter:

1 Richard Stainsby, 2 Daniel Melanius-Mullarkey, 3 Billy Bennett, 4 Reece Fyfe, 5 Tom Marshall, 6 Kieran Fenton, 7 Fabian Smith, 8 Fernando Bell-Toxtle, 9 Kieran Wells, 10 Alex Marshall, 11 Kole Lambert.
Subs :  12 Jamie Walker, 14 Jermain Hollis, 15 Dean Freeman, 16 Fuseine Rachid, 17 Ben Squires, 18 Jimmy Lawton.

Fuseine Rachid is ex Derby County Under 23 player 

Last edited by Matchman (23/1/2020 5:25 AM)

Uni keeper palms away an inswinging corner.  Free kick for Uni on corner of penalty area. No. 2 shoots but its wide.

Ilkeston No 2 is not Mullarkey. I'm told it's Fuseine Rashid 

This game is surely never going to finish. The referee can obviously see both goals from the centre circle but from the clocktower stand I can see no further than the halfway line.         It's  still 0-0     after 15 minutes

Last edited by Matchman (23/1/2020 4:50 AM)

Good save by Stainsby.  Ilkeston are doing most of the attacking but I can't see the action at the far goal. 

Good attack at my end by Uni but Ilkeston escape. Good effort by Uni No.3 is just wide. 

Fabian Smith corner is punched clear by Uni keeper.  Bennett cross collected by keeper. 

​Fernando is helped off injured.  Not good news.  Replaced by Under 17s player Ben Squires.

Visibility has improved very slightly now. Uni shot is just wide. They've been close to an equaliser a couple of times.  Another Under 17s player Jimmy Lawton replaces Fabian Smith.           1-0        70 minutes

Ilkeston break is ended by Uni keeper racing out to clear. Another corner to Uni but Uni player penalised when the cross comes in.      1-0      90 mins
We're into added time 

I've now made a few amendments to the original match updates. I've never tried to watch a game through as much fog as there was tonight. Obviously the referee could see the goalposts at each end from the centre circle so he and the players must have been able to see much better than the spectators. For anyone trying to watch the game; well let's say it was a good job it was free admission. It was impossible to say which individual players did well but it's fair to say the Uni lads gave us a good game. Ilkeston dominated most of the first half attacking the car park end which I couldn't see properly from the Clocktower Stand but the University did better in the second half especially after Ilkeston's several changes and they pushed for an equaliser towards the end. Nice to see the two Under 17's lads, Ben Squires and Jimmy Lawton get game experience with the first team. Unfortunately, Fernando Bell-Toxtle and Alex Marshall both picked up injuries so hope they recover for Saturday's match at Wisbech. Apparently Nottingham University are one of the best University teams in the country and they certainly looked a decent side.

Matchman wrote:

Good save by Stainsby.  Ilkeston are doing most of the attacking but I can't see the action at the far goal. 

 
Stainsby must have paid you to put this 😄😄😄

Last edited by Alex (23/1/2020 10:20 PM)