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SMART ALEX SPOT-ON AS THE NASH GO INTO THE HAT

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
16 November 2025

By Rod Malcolm

ILKESTON TOWN 0
CURZON ASHTON 1
But visiting captain Marcus Poscha kept it calm at the back and keeper Hawkins needed no heroics to see the game out.
All that was in contrast to a dull first half which was only notable by Tony Weston anticipating a slack Ilkeston back-pass.
ALEX CURRAN’S 57th-minute penalty was just enough to edge Curzon Ashton through.
The spot-kick was awarded when Town keeper Alfie Roberts charged from goal to bring down an onrushing forward.
Roberts guessed right by diving left and came within a whisker of erasing his indiscretion and b...

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