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All being well there will be regular live updates from Croft Park tomorrow evening starting with Ilkeston team news around 7 30 pm.
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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.
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The teams are out. Blyth in green and white stripes, black shorts. Ilkeston as usual wear red and blue stripes and white shorts. Ilkeston are defending the sea end. We're off.
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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.
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First corner to Ilkeston won by Dwyer. Ball flashes across goal. Even possession so far.10 minutes gone
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Good spell for Blyth. Great cross by Dale is headed over. Best chance so far.
Last edited by Matchman (18/10/2016 6:01 PM)
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Nearly a goal for Blyth as they start to press. Dale causing problems.
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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.
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Blyth are the more dangerous but Ilkeston doing ok. Morris is lively, 25 minutes gone.
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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.
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Some good football being played by Spartans. Another testing cross by Robbie Dale causes problems.
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Good effort by Shelton deflected wide for corner but it's mostly Blyth going forward. Liddle fires wide for Blyth.
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Gordon pulls up injured and Durrant puts the ball out. Gordon comes off. Now back on again. Nearly half time.
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Whistle goes for half time. No score.
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We're back underway. Connor Walters on for injured Gordon.
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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.
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Point blank Dale header pushed over by Durrant. What a save! Blyth are really pressing. Ilkeston hanging on at times.
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Penalty for Blyth. Rather generous in my opinion. Dale to take. Durrant saves but Dale follows up to score. 0-1 after 61 minutes.
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Brilliant finish by Dale makes it 0-2.
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Malachi on for Morris. but Blyth are full of confidence now after their two goals in a minute
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Dexter replaces Jaylon on 72 minutes.
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Ref books another Blyth player. GOAL Malachi pulls one back
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That silenced the crowd. Superb play by Dwyer and Lavelle Moore blasted home. 75 minutes
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Malachi booked for kicking the ball away. Atkinson gets a shot in but its too weak. Ilkeston are now threatening
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Atkinson heads over. Attendance 511.
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From a seemingly hopeless position Ilkeston are now back in the game. About ten minutes left.
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Corner to Blyth. They waste it. The ref is having trouble keeping order. Ilkeston inches away from an equaliser. Only a few minutes left now.
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Goal for Blyth on 90minutes 3-1. 4 added minutes indicated
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Blyth now wasting time . Coleman free kick drifts wide. There goes the whistle; It's finished Blyth 3 Ilkeston 1. No complaints. Dale once again is Ilkeston's tormenter.
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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.