Ilkeston team tonight is:
1 Durrant, 2 Gordon, 3 Coleman, 4 Morris, 5 Baker, 6 Foster, 7 Rose, 8 Shelton, 9 Dwyer, 10 Bather, 11, Goddard..
Subs :Walters, Clarke, Lavelle-Moore, Atkinson, Owen.

First shot by Blyth but its weak and wide. Baker cuts out dangerous through ball. Good defending by Gordon as Blyth try to get on top. 

Good spell for Blyth. Great cross by Dale is headed over. Best chance so far. 

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Nice move by Ilkeston ends with Dwyer shot saved by keeper. Goddard creates another chance. Then Dale wins a corner at other end.

Blyth supporters appeal for a penalty bur ref is not fooled.  Blyth defender booked for foul on Luis Rose. Another Blyth chance but it's fired wide.

Good effort by Shelton deflected wide for corner but it's mostly Blyth going forward. Liddle fires wide for Blyth.

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Whistle goes for half time. No score.

Blyth continue to press. Great pass from Goddard to Dwyer but his shot is high and wide. Coleman sees keeper off his line and is only just too high. Good save from Durrant. 

Penalty for Blyth. Rather generous in my opinion. Dale to take. Durrant saves but Dale follows up to score. 0-1 after 61 minutes. 

Malachi on for Morris. but Blyth are full of confidence now after their two goals in a minute

Ref books another Blyth player.  GOAL Malachi pulls one back

Malachi booked for kicking the ball away. Atkinson gets a shot in but its too weak. Ilkeston are now threatening

From a seemingly hopeless position Ilkeston are now back in the game. About ten minutes left.

Goal for Blyth on 90minutes  3-1.    4 added minutes indicated

In the end it was a fair result. There's no disputing Blyth are a good side. They used the full width of the pitch attacking down both flanks and with a wide man like Robbie Dale they are always going to score goals. Dale's second goal was undeniably brilliant. It brought every Blyth support in the stand to their feet in rapturous applause. Ilkeston had their moments and might have snatched an equaliser before Blyth finally wrapped it up in the 90th minute, Lavelle-Moore was inches from connecting with Atkinson's low cross. Before that Malachi had stunned the home crowd with a fierce 20 yarder low into the corner.