3.00pm Saturday 18 March 2017 Evo-Stik Northern Premier League
Att : 229 at the New Manor Ground
T H E D A B B E R R E P O R T
ILKESTON FC 2
DWYER 72 ’, MORRIS 80 ’
NANTWICH TOWN 3
BELL 7 ’, PEERS 22 ’, HALL 33 ’
By Jack Jones
Nantwich Town made it 13 league games unbeaten as they beat Ilkeston 3-2 at the New Manor Ground .
The Dabbers started brightly on the soggy surface , with Bell testing out Robins keeper Dale Eve in the first 30 seconds . He worked some space in the box and shot straight at the stopper .
The visitors were well on top and it didn ’ t take long for the first goal to arrive as Bell found the bottom corner with a clinical finish .
The second goal did come on 22 minutes when Johnston picked up a throw in on the left and swung a cross into the box . Peers met the ball and flicked a header into the far corner for his fourth goal of the season .
The Dabbers had their third just after the half hour mark though , as a corner into the box was met by a wide open Sam Hall , and he glanced into the far corner .
Despite looking in control and untroubled for most of the half , the Dabbers almost conceded when Luis Rose picked out a wide open Anthony Dwyer in the six yard box with a looping cross .
He could only a direct a free header straight at Dan Gyollai when he really should have scored . There were strong appeals for a penalty against
Ilkeston on 56 minutes when Johnston beat two men on the byline . His ball towards goal deflected onto a covering Robins player and seemed to hit his hand , but referee Philip Hardisty was left uninterested .
But just when the game looked to be drawing to a drama free conclusion , the Robins suddenly burst into life . Anthony Dwyer picked up the ball in the box and found some space to squeeze a shot off on goal . Gyollai looked to have easily gathered it , but the ball rolled between his legs .
With ten minutes to go though , the hosts got another back through sub Ben Morris , who calmly side footed into the far corner after receiving the ball from Dwyer .
There was thankfully no more drama as the final five minutes of the game closed out without any incident .
Ilkeston : Eve , Thornberry , Scanlon , Laverock , Baker ( c ), Bather ( Paine 86 ’), Rose ( Gamblen 79 ’), Gordon , Tyrell ( Morris 45 ’), Dwyer , Horne .
Unused subs : Head , Hannis .
Nantwich Town : Gyollai , White ( Brooke 64 ’), Touray , J . Stair , Harrison , Hall ( Hancock 49 ’), Johnston , Riley , Peers , Bell , Mwasile ( S . Jones 45 ’).
Unused subs : Mukendi , Cooke . Page 12 www . nantwichtownfc . co . uk @ TheDabbers www . facebook . com / NantwichTownFC