Coalville Town may have two ex Robins in their team today. Liam Walshe initially played for Ilkeston Town in 2005 under Phil Stant. He left the New Manor Ground apparantly to go back packing! He returned to local football and played for Gresley, Stafford Rangers and Mickleover Sports. Messiah MacDonald split opinion amongst the fans during his brief pre season spell with the Robins a few years ago. However Messiah is not just a very naughty boy he is a very good footballer and has also turned out for Alfreton, Corby and a host of other clubs.

It's sunny at the moment but there's plenty of cloud. The teams are out on this much improved ground.
Ilkeston are playing up the slope in the first half. We're off.

First effort on goal by Coalville but it's wide. Corner to Ilkeston won by Dwyer. Coleman to take. Ball is cleared. GOAL. Lavelle- Moore on 9 minutes.

Coalville trying to come back but Ilkeston are defending well.15 minutes  gone 1-0.

GOAL . Coleman crosses and Rose heads home . Ilkeston lead 2-0 . Immediate reply from Coalville . It's now 2-1 .  26 minutes gone.

Outstanding hold up play by Dwyer. Good attack by Coalville ends with header too high.

Good save from Durrant on 43 minutes keeps scores level. Ball the drops for Rose but his blast is just wide. Strong penalty appeal by Ilkeston but it's turned down.

Underway again.

Hour gone.  It's mainly Ilkeston pressing. But Coalville dangerous on break

Foster header saved. Atkinson sent off for alleged elbow

It's going to be hard now. Ref didn't see incident  but acted after consulting linesman

Sorry for loss of service. It's still 2-2 but Ilkeston are hanging on

Apologies for the breakdown in service in the second half. It was really frustrating not to to be able to report on such a momentous period of the match.
Following Ilkeston has it's ups and downs and today was the day to make all supporters forget the bad times. When we were reduced to ten players it was a case of could we hold out. No one expected the final outcome.
Dexter Atkinson had not long been on when he went up for a ball with a Coalville player. The Coalville player was left on the deck. The game went on for 30 seconds or so before the referee decided to stop the game. There had been no flag from the linesman at the time of the incident. The referee now goes over to the linesman to consult. The Coalville players were saying that Atkinson had elbowed the Coalville player. The ref eventually shows a red card to Atkinson even though he and the linesman had not indicated a foul at the time. The Coalville player came off with a facial injury and Coalville were given a belated free kick. Officials of both sides were incensed by the incident and the decision.
With Ilkeston a player down Coalville sensed that they could win. Ilkeston were forced to defend and rely on the occasional break. This they did and despite Coalville's man advantage they weren't able to create many real openings. The game went into added time with most Ilkeston supporters wanting to hear the full time whistle. Then out of the blue Malachi Lavelle-Moore volleyed home an unbelievable shot into the roof of the net from way outside the area. He ran to the delighted travelling fans and was mobbed by every Ilkeston player. What a finish.  The Coalville players were left deflated and could not find a response in the remaining minutes. Malachi has now scored four goals in the last three games. I spoke to Dexter after the game. He was clearly very upset at his dismissal saying "I may have caught him but it was purely accidental."