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Ilkeston Line up:- 1.
Turner 2. Knowles 5. Lever 4. Swinscoe 3. Lucas 7. Hindley 6. Laws 8. Johnson 9. Smith 11. Adam 10. Jemson Subs
12. Thompson for Smith 64 mins 14. Jenkins for Hindley 83mins 15. Freestone for Jemson 90 mins
Yellow Cards Adam 54 mins Red Cards None
Debutants None
Match Facts 4 mins Ross Turner forced to make a double save as Rossendale United surprise Ilkeston early on. 6 mins GOAL 0-1 A Paul Forsyth free kick from near the corner flag is caught by the wind and decieves the Ilkeston rearguard to put the visitors one nil up. 10 mins GOAL 1-1 Ryan Hindley breaks through the Rosssendale defence but is tackled. Somehow the defenders give the ball back to a grateful Hindley who powers the ball into the roof of the net. 16 mins GOAL 2-1 Paul Smith crosses from the right for Nigel Jemson to score from close range. 23 mins GOAL 3-1 Chris Adam is fouled and Craig Swinscoe gets on the end of a Ryan Hindley free kick to head home. 24 mins Ryan Hindley feeds Paul Smith who shoots over the bar.
HALF TIME ILKESTON TOWN 3 ROSSENDALE UNITED 1
46 mins Ryan Hindley corner just evades Paul Smith. 49 mins GOAL 4-1 Ryan Hindley puts Nigel Jemson clear and he coolly lobs the keeper from a tight angle. 54 mins Chris Adam is booked for ungentlemanly conduct or not allowing Rossendale United to take a quick freekick. 62 mns GOAL 5-1 Steve Johnson feeds Chris Adam on the left and he plays a delightful ball into Ryan Hindley who sidefoots the ball home. 63 mins GOAL 5-2 Craig Swinscoe scores an own goal with an header almost identical to the one he scored for the Robins in the first half. 64 mins Chris Thompson replaces Paul Smith. 67 mins Chris Thompson latches on to a superb headed pass from Nigel Jemson but sees his well struck shot cannons off the bar. 68 mins Paul Forsyth has a good shot at goal for Rossendale United. 71 mins After Ryan Hindley is fouled yet again his free kick narrowly evades two or three Ilkeston players waiting to pounce. 79 mins Marc Laws has a shot well saved by Paul Eatock in the Rossendale goal. 83 mins Justin Jenkins replaces a limping Ryan Hindley. 88 mins Nigel Jemson comes close to getting his hat trick after excellent work by Justin Jenkins. 90+1 min Jemson feeds Steve Johnson with a delightful ball only for Johnson to shoot wide 90+2 mins Bradley Clegg is sent off after getting a second yellow card for a foul on Nigel Jemson. 90+3 mins Chris Freestone replaces Nigel Jemson 90+4 mins Rossendale keeper Paul Eatock drops the ball but recovers to save goalbound effort 90+4 mins GOAL 5-3 Rossendale United break down left after mistake by Richard Lucas and Staurt Cartridge scores a well taken goal. FULL TIME ILKESTON TOWN 5 ROSSENDALE UNITED 3
WhiteBallProject Man of the Match - Nigel Jemson - An excellent performance from a class act. Deft touches and excellent passes. Yes and two well taken goals. narrowly pipped Ryan Hindley who had an exceptional game by far his best this season.
Ilkeston played five across the middle and one up front and it was obvious the Rossendale did not know who to pick up. Both widemen had good games and Paul Smith excelled again as the most advanced central midfielder.
Manager Phil Stant biggest concern after the game apart from the growing injury list is the number of goals the defence is giving away unnecessarily. Rossendale should have been dead and buried at 5-1 but they kept on fighting and were buoyed by the hesitancy shown by the Ilkeston rearguard. Hopefully Steve Chettle will be available for the trip to Brigg Town which after today's result is a top of the table clash. Therefore Ilkeston face top of the table on Wednesday and then third in the table the following Saturday when they entertain Gresley Rovers in the FA Cup. If the Robins come through these games with positive results Ilkeston will have shown to the rest of the UniBond they are serious contenders and championship prospects.
On a final note it is a dangerous occupation to go criticizing referees on websites so to be on the safe side I would just like to say Mr Dale is the best referee I have ever seen at the New Manor Ground but I would lying so I leave you to make up your own mind!!!
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Marc
Laws (pictured left) returned to the Ilkeston Town line up for his first game of the
season after returning from the States and filled in for the injured Liam
Walshe. Striker Justin Jenkins
was relegated to the bench as the Robins lined up with a 4-5-1
formation. 
At
last Ilkeston Town converted their chances into goals albeit against who
only started playing when they were 5-1 down. Rossendale shocked Ilkeston
with an early goal but it seems they were also sent in a state of shock
for they then proceeded to gift Ilkeston an equaliser which Ryan
Hindley (pictured right) gratefully accepted. From then on
Ilkeston piled on the pressure and for once it was the attacking players
who stole the show Ryan Hindley had his best game of the season and
was relishing being in the thick of the action. The Ilson faithful love
him because he wears his heart on his sleeve and he gives his all. The
star of the show however was Nigel Jemson (pictured left) who oozed
class from start to finish. His touch and control was first class and
although his running may be at an end he can still tackle back and rob
defenders.
