Ilkeston F.C.

Ilkeston FC
Full name Ilkeston Football Club
Nickname(s) The Robins
Founded 1894 (as Ilkeston Town)
reformed 2010
Ground New Manor Ground, Ilkeston
Capacity 4,000
Chairman David Mantle
Manager Kevin Wilson
League Northern Premier League
Premier Division
2014–15 Northern Premier League
Premier Division, 5th

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.

History

The club was established in 2010 as the successor club to Ilkeston Town F.C., 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.

Nicknames

Like their predecessor Ilkeston FC are known as 'The Robins'.

Stadium

The club plays at the New Manor Ground.

Squad

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

No. Position Player
1 England GK Jordan Smith (on loan from Nottingham Forest)
2 England MF Danny Gordon
3 England MF James Reid
4 England DF Akil Wright
5 England DF Joe Maguire
6 England MF Jack Lane
7 England MF Callum Chettle
8 Northern Ireland MF David Morgan
9 Wales FW Rob Duffy
10 Wales MF Mike Williams
No. Position Player
15 England MF Luke Shaw
16 England MF Curtis Burrows
17 Bermuda FW Rai Simons
19 England DF Matt Baker
20 England MF Kieran Wallace
21 Zimbabwe MF Eli Bako
27 Bermuda FW Lejuan Simmons
Ivory Coast MF Wilfried Gnahore (on loan from Nottingham Forest)
Cameroon MF Edouard Schoenecker (on loan from Nottingham Forest)

Honours

Former players

1. Players that have played/managed in the Football League or any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league).
2. Players with full international caps.
3. Players that hold a club record or have captained the club.

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.

External links

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