Half-time 0-0
Apparently we are the better team but nothing happening up front. Ilson down to 10 men.
9.04pm Ilson now down to 9 men. One of their guys (Morgan Smith) 2nd booking for a dive in the penalty area.
Kendall v Guiseley abandoned after 35mins at 1-1 due to water-logged pitch.
Albion 2-0 Donnelly and Proffit
Full time 2-0
The Dozzler is back!! 
Gutted i couldn’t make it, but oh so gald we won!:)
THE DOZZLER RETURNS :laugh: :laugh:
NA NA NA NA
NA NA NA NA
WAY HAY HAY
WITTON ALBION!
Great Result tonight lads. Well Done!!
:laugh:
well said left pegger, awesome result well done lads!
Magic!!! and I won the Challenge Shield at the Bowls tonight too so an extra £15 heading for the players fund.
WHS.
I WILL be there on Saturday, so put me down for the half time draw or the gate or anything else that might need doing.
WHS.
any idea of the gate tonight. at least them got beat 2-1
well done lads … great result :laugh:
Gate 271
Ilkestons tactics got them exactly what they deserved - F**k all.
Good display tonite - the squad is looking stronger and the introduction of Willis and Thacker opened up their defence. Brilliant goal from " the Dozzler" from an excellent thro’ ball from Gaghan.
Onwards and upwards
WHS wrote:
[quote]Magic!!! and I won the Challenge Shield at the Bowls tonight too so an extra £15 heading for the players fund.
WHS.[/quote]
Well Done Alan.
Success breeds success
Alan - if you could do the half time draw again along with Witton robbo if available it’d be appreciated.
Good result, disappointing gate - the club still needs the support folks even when we are not top of the league.
Well done to Nige and Andy, lets kick on on Saturday.
Tuesday September 2nd 2008
WITTON ALBION 2 ILKESTON TOWN 0 attendance 271
TEAM: Smith G.; Scott, Schwarz (Thaker 67), Burke, Donnelly; Settle (Gouldbourne 78), Drew, Smith S. (Willis 52), Gahgan; Lugsden, Proffitt. Unused subs: Coyne & Millington.
Centre-back Garry Burke, who’d won a Cheshire Senior Cup medal with Albion whilst on a three match loan spell from Droylsden in 2006, had been recruited, ironically from Stalybridge this time took over the Brian Pritchard role and performed magnificently along with his fellow defenders and goalkeeper to record Witton’s first shut-out of the campaign.
Along the way they were certainly helped by the actions of a couple of the visitors in particularly. With only a quarter of the game gone Robert Scott was very well spotted by Bootle referee Joe Johnson exacting punishment to Kieran Lugsden’s kidney area whilst most people’s gaze was awaiting Paul Donnelly’s throw-in. Claims that Lugsden had stood on his toes instantly fell on deaf ears with the red card very quickly brandished. Town’s much heralded striker Amari Morgan-Smith dismissal was one that managers, coaches and team-mates totally abhor. Having been cautioned already for playing on in the 34th minute when an off-side decision had gone against him the hour mark then saw him throw himself to the ground and receive a second yellow for simulation.
So for the last third of the match Witton seemingly had the straight forward task of scoring against their nine remaining opponents. Not so and in fact it needed a very good diving save by Greg Smith to prevent Anthony Howell immediately snatching Town the lead against the odds. Ilkeston’s reduced numbers performed very well indeed and it wasn’t until new blood was injected by Nigel Deeley that finally saw some tired limbs amongst the visitors.
The breakthrough came in the 82nd minute after Dorryl Proffitt’s shot had been deflected for a corner. The flag-kick, being played back to PAUL DONNELLY saw the defenders get caught out and as they belatedly advanced the left-back launched the ball from outside the angle that deceived keeper Chris Adamson and curled inside the right hand post.
The total relief was clear to see and hear, Town’s manager David Holdsworth, within two minutes, used all three allowed substitutions but as they were still getting to the hectic pace of the match Albion struck again. Chris Gahgan produced his best pass of the evening, threading it through for DORRYL PROFFITT, making his full debut upon his return to Witton, was pushed to his left by Adamson but kept his composure to deftly slide the ball home from the tightest of angles. He duly ran to celebrate with the fans behind the goal, causing slight concern as he had been the only home player to have been cautioned, however Mr Johnson just ushered him back onto the field of play.
Albion much earlier had nearly got their noses in front in the 3rd minute, Steve Settle fouled on the edge of the box saw Mark Drew’s resultant free-kick struck very well only for Adamson to block equally well and then save when Drew struck the rebound. The midfielder, following the first dismissal, also fired in a shot that whistled over the crossbar before two minutes before the interval another free-kick was too hot to handle but Burke only found the side netting from Adamson’s parry. Steve Smith went close following a nice move across the park as the half ended.
Whether Donnelly’s strike was fully intended might be open to discussion but six minutes before he netted he had attempted another 25 yard shot that was deflected onto the crossbar off a Town defender.
CHAD wrote:
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attendance 352
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Did I - Prove it:woohoo:
Well spotted, shouldn’t use a template 
Unfortunately this error raises serious question marks around the reliability of the rest of Chadwick Snr’s records.
I think that you are going to have to go back to 1887 and validate your whole archive.
We just can’t take the risk.
Robbo_ wrote:
[quote]Unfortunately this error raises serious question marks around the reliability of the rest of Chadwick Snr’s records.
I think that you are going to have to go back to 1887 and validate your whole archive.
We just can’t take the risk.[/quote]
Good idea, can he borrow your time machine then?
I will be at the ground at 2-00pm to do the half time draw. As to the gates we are likely to get, we have to be realistic, many people only come to watch their team when it is winning, that is sadly a fact of life.
WHS.