Ilkeston Town Football Club is a football club based in

Ilkeston Ilkeston is a town in the Borough of Erewash, Derbyshire, England, on the River Erewash, from which the borough takes its name, with a population at the 2011 census of 38,640. Its major industries, coal mining, iron working and lace making/texti ...

, 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 confirmed that Ilkeston Town was bought by Alan Hardy. The club was formed in July 2017 after the previous football club in the town,

Ilkeston F.C. Ilkeston Football Club was an English semi-professional football 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, whose record was expunged on ...

, folded months earlier. Taking the name of two earlier clubs to represent the town, Ilkeston Town were admitted into the

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as a late entry for their inaugural season, and were allocated a place in Division One. In their first season, Ilkeston finished 2nd in the league on 95 points, 15 behind runaway league champions

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, to gain promotion to the Midland Football League Premier Division. The 2018–19 season would be much more successful for the Robins as they clinched the Midland Football League Premier Division title on 27 March 2019 and to earn their second promotion in two seasons as a club. They won the title in style, beating Loughborough University 8-1 on the final day of the season, pipping Walsall Wood to a spot in Step 4 on goal difference. On 16 October 2019, Alan Hardy sold the club to then Manager

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. On 27 November 2019, Mark Clifford announced a restructure at the club. As part of this restructure, the club appointed

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as Manager, reuniting him with Clifford with whom he had worked at Basford United F.C. On 3 November 2021, Mark Clifford announced he was to step down from his role as chairman and hand sole control of the club to local businessmen David Hilton and Andrew Nally, whom had helped oversee extensive improvements to the club's ground, including the installation of a state-of-the-art 3G pitch, with further plans in place to expand and renovate the New Manor Ground facilities. Ilkeston Town won the Northern Premier League - Division One Midlands title for the 2021-22 season, gaining the team automatic promotion and on 13 May 2022, the FA’s National League System allocated Ilkeston Town F.C. to the Southern Football League for the 2022/23 season. On 10 June 2022, Ilkeston Town announced a new sponsorship deal with Microlise - A two year deal which will see the New Manor Ground renamed as the "Microlise New Manor Ground".

Under 23 team

On 16 May 2020, Ilkeston Town FC announced plans to run an U23 team for the 2020–21 season. The side was managed by Anthony Spencer, who also headed up the club’s academy. The U23 side was disbanded in 2021 to be taken over by and relocated to Nottingham club Clifton All Whites F.C.

Players

Current squad

''The Southern Football League does not use a squad numbering system.''

References

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