Fresh from their surprise win in midweek, Ilkeston (5th in table) travel to Merseyside to play a side that made a poor start to the season but is now 12th (5pts behind Ilkeston) after a good recovery.
Teams –
Prescot Cables:
1 Mendes, 2 McNally, 3 Devine M, 4 Koehler, 5 Hollett, 6 Devine J, 7 Goodwin, 8 Foley, 9 Murphy, 10 Smith, 11 Cross-Adair.
Bench : 12 Gilboy, 14 Owens, 15 Carberry, 16 Elliott, 17 Porter.
Ilkeston Town:
1 Yates, 2 Marshall, 3 Walker, 4 Meikle, 5 Wilkinson, 6 Parker, 7 Wafula, 8 Dixon, 9 Cursons, 10 Kirby-Moore, 11 Daniel.
Bench: 12 Brandy, 14 Eratt-Thompson Kobe, 15 Johnson, 16 Stevens, 17 Eratt-Thompson Declan.
Interesting stat: Out of Ilkeston’s 18 games played this season Tom Cursons has scored in 12 of them and scored 15 times all together.
Prescot are in amber and black, Ilkeston are in all red.
Nice bright day. Ilkeston kick off. We’re underway.
First corner to Ilkeston. Walker shoots over the bar.
And a chance for Wafula – he shoots wide.
Ilkeston are on top in the early stages. Inswinging corner is headed off the line by a Cables defender.
Former Benfica youth goalkeeper Andre Da Silva Mendes is having a lot to do as Ilkeston dominate. He’s helped by a team-mate who clears off the line again.
Unbelievable! Cables have scored.
GOAL. RED CARD.
A complete disaster for Ilkeston as the home side are awarded a penalty and Colin Daniel has been sent off.
Cables were saying the ball had crossed the line.
Daniel has been dismissed for handball, it seems.
James Foley scores from the spot. 22 mins 1-0.
Cables are transformed. They’re doing much better now. They almost score again. Great save by Matt Yates.
Cables’ Hollett is booked for a kick at Kirby-Moore.
Another good save by Yates from Hollett. This crowd is really loud when something happens.
Chance for Ilkeston as Cursons gets his head to Marshall’s free kick but the ball flies over the bar.
Harvey Kirby-Moore’s cross appears to hit a Cables player’s hand but nothing is given.
Big miss by Jack Goodwin in added time as he gets past Yates but then puts his shot wide.
Half time: Prescot Cables 1 Ilkeston 0.
[HT: Derby 0 Hull 0; Notts Co 0 Harrogate 0]
Ilkeston are up against it with ten men – but if they can get a goal back, who knows what will happen? We’re off again.
Devine is booked for a foul on Kirby-Moore.
[Derby 0 Hull 1; Notts Co 0 Harrogate 0]
There’s an incident – handbags and pushing and shoving – and Ilkeston players are not happy with the outcome – only a caution for the Cables player who started it. The ref took his time deciding.
One can’t help but wonder if it would have been a different outcome had it been an Ilkeston player.
Cursons tries a long shot – it doesn’t trouble Mendes.
[Derby 1 Hull 1; Notts Co 1 Harrogate 0]
Despite being a player short Ilkeston are looking for a leveller.
The crowd are trying to lift the home team who have gone off the boil.
Declan Eratt-Thompson comes on for Meikle.
GOAL for Prescot Cables. Sub Ben Elliot scores against the run of play, 73 minutes. 2-0. What a disheartener for Ilkeston.
Ilkeston’s Connor Dixon is booked for a challenge on Gilboy.
GOAL for Prescot Cables. Lewis Gilboy scores. 82 mins. 3-0.
PENALTY for Ilkeston
GOAL – Tom Cursons pulls one back, 84 mins. 3-1.
Ilkeston are still trying – although it’s hopeless.
Shot by Declan Eratt-Thompson is so close.
Then Kobe Eratt-Thompsons sees his great effort saved.
Full time: Cables 3 Ilkeston 1.
