Northern Premier League

Chasetown 1-0 Ilkeston Town: Scholars title push now back on track

A late Joey Butlin header saw off Ilkeston Town and put Chasetown back on course in the battle for the league title.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
13 March 2022

DIV 1 MIDLANDS
By Paul Mullins

CHASETOWN 1
Butlin 84
ILKESTON TOWN 0

A LATE Joey Butlin header saw off Ilkeston Town and put Chasetown back on course in the battle for the league title.
For the second week running, the Scholars were up against a rival for promotion. After last week’s 0-4 reverse, Chasetown had a point to prove.
In front of their record league gate of 1,404, the Scholars started brightly and Jack Langston had a shot blocked after build up play from Butlin and Johno Atherton.
Langston then fired over the bar, before Ilkeston troubled Chase keeper Curtis Pond with a long ra...

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