Ilkeston F.C.

Ilkeston FC
Full name Ilkeston Football Club
Nickname(s) The Robins
Founded 2010
Ground New Manor Ground, Ilkeston
Ground Capacity 3,029
Chairman Nigel Harrop
Manager Andy Watson
League Northern Premier League
Premier Division
2015–16 Northern Premier League
Premier Division, 14th

Ilkeston Football Club is an English football club based at the New Manor Ground in Ilkeston, Derbyshire. They play in the Northern Premier League Premier Division. The club was founded in 2010 as a successor to the liquidated Ilkeston Town. The club have played since their formation at the 3,029 capacity New Manor Ground, formerly the home of their predecessor club. Like Ilkeston Town, they are known as 'The Robins'.

History

The club was established in 2010 as the successor club to Ilkeston Town, whose record was expunged on 8 September 2010 as they were subject to a winding up order in the high court over an unpaid £47,000 tax bill.[1] Two months after liquidating, a new club was reformed as Ilkeston F.C. and were admitted into the Northern Premier League Division One South in May 2011.[2][3]

The club won promotion at the end of its first season by beating Leek Town 2–0 in front of 1,670 supporters in the play off final after finishing 3rd behind runaway winners Grantham Town. The Robins suffered a bad start to their 2012–13 campaign winning only two games in their first seventeen, although a turnaround later on in the season saw them pick up a further thirteen victories which led them to a mid-table finish in their first season in the Northern Premier League Premier Division.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
England GK Jamie Hannis
England MF Keenan Meakin
England MF Dexter Atkinson
England DF Ryan Head
England DF Jordan Wheatley
England MF Ben Morris
England DF Matt Baker
England MF Danny Gordon
England MF Haydn Goddard
No. Position Player
England DF Aiden Print
England MF Luis Rose
Wales MF Mike Williams
England DF Luke Shaw
England DF Conor Walters
England MF Curtis Burrows
Bermuda GK Jacquil Hill
England FW Roy Lee
England DF Max Thornberry

Honours

References

  1. "Ilkeston Town Football Club wound up over unpaid tax". BBC News. 8 September 2010.
  2. "Ilkeston History". Ilkeston F.C. 20 May 2010.
  3. "NON LEAGUE RESTRUCTURING 2011/12 ‐ PROPOSED CLUB ALLOCATIONS" (PDF). The FA. Pitchero. 20 May 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2010.

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Coordinates: 52°59′02.10″N 1°18′00.83″W / 52.9839167°N 1.3002306°W / 52.9839167; -1.3002306

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