Ilkeston Football Club was an English semi-professional

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club based at the New Manor Ground in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England.

History

The club was established in 2010 as the successor club to

Ilkeston Town Ilkeston Town Football Club is a football club based in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England. They currently play in the . History On 30 June 2017, a company, Ilkeston Town F.C. Ltd was registered at Companies House. On 20 July 2017, it was conf ...

, whose record was expunged on 8 September 2010 as they were subject to a winding up order in the high court over an unpaid £47,000 tax bill. Two months after liquidating, a new club was reformed as Ilkeston F.C. and were admitted into the

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in May 2011. The club won promotion at the end of its first season by beating

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2–0 in front of 1,670 supporters in the play off final after finishing 3rd behind runaway winners

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. The Robins suffered a bad start to their 2012–13 campaign winning only two games in their first seventeen, although a turnaround later on in the season saw them pick up a further thirteen victories which led them to a mid-table finish in their first season in the Northern Premier League Premier Division. In June 2017 the club was wound-up following a hearing at Liverpool Crown Court, with the club £14,438 in debt. In July 2017 a new club, Ilkeston Town F.C. founded by Notts County chairman Alan Hardy, replacing the liquidated Ilkeston FC, started play at the New Manor Ground in Ilkeston.

Honours

**Play-off Winners: 2011–12 *

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**Winners: 2012–13, 2013–14.

References

External links

Ilson Football – Unofficial history website
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