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Robins reel them in again as Ilkeston enjoy bumper crowd

HOW DO you know you’re doing a good job in football and impressing the locals? Fans flock to see your team even when it’s not a freebie!

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
9 January 2022

By Matt Badcock

OF THE RIGHT ILK! Charlie Wakefield and Zak Goodson, inset, are helping to bring the glory days back to Ilkeston Town under boss Martin Carruthers, below
PICTURE: Dan Westwell

HOW DO you know you’re doing a good job in football and impressing the locals? Fans flock to see your team even when it’s not a freebie!
That’s certainly the case for Martin Carruthers and his Ilkeston Town side, who opened 2022 with a Step 4 table-topping clash with Belper Town in front of more than 2,000 spectators.
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