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Spartans deal a blow to Robins

BLYTH SPARTANS 1 ILKESTON TOWN 1
By Annika Bottcher

CRISIS club Blyth earned a battling point against Ilkeston, whose faltering play-off challenge floundered at the league’s basement boys.
A healthy crowd of 569 saw Blyth captain Nicky Deverdics give his struggling side an interval lead with a penalty -the fourth spot-kick conceded by Town in as many matches.
Jono Wafula, however, equalised for the visitors seven minutes into the second period, with neither side able to find a winner.
The game had started with an offside call against the high-flying Robins when McKeal Abdull...

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