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TRIS IS WHAT IT’S ABOUT FOR ILKESTON IN LATE WIN

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
9 August 2026

ILKESTON TOWN 1 STOCKTON TOWN 0 By Rod Malcolm

NEW boss Tris Whitman had the broadest grin in Derbyshire after his team won in the sixth minute of added time.
Left-back Lynden Joyce crashed home after a long throw-in by Ashley Hunter was flicked on by captain Pharrell Johnson. All three were Ilkeston summer signings.
The visitors were disappointed by the defeat, having forced debutant keeper Sam Wilson into action.
He was only beaten once and that was when Thomas Coulthard hit a post after left-winger Layton Watts caused havoc.
The Anchors ended third and fifth in the last two sea...

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