A town with football in it.
Ilkeston's football story stretches back into the nineteenth century. Different clubs and different eras, but the same town, colours and appetite for the game.
Ilkeston through the years.
A concise timeline of senior football in the town, with more archive material to be added as the site develops.
The roots
Ilkeston Town first appeared as a football club in the 1890s, beginning a football story that has continued through several incarnations of the town's senior club.
A town making headlines
Ilkeston FC were featured as team of the week in the Nottingham Football Post. The era followed the original Ilkeston Town and Ilkeston United sides that had represented the town earlier in the century.
Senior football pauses
Ilkeston FC ceased to exist and the town went without a senior football team for the remainder of the pre-war period.
Ilkeston Town returns
Senior football returned to Ilkeston after the Second World War when Ilkeston Town was reformed, restoring the Robins to the local football landscape.
The present club
The current Ilkeston Town Football Club was formed in 2017, carrying the town's football identity into a new era.
Champions of Derbyshire
Ilkeston Town lifted the Derbyshire Senior Challenge Cup at Pride Park, drawing 2–2 with Glossop North End before winning 3–1 on penalties — the club's first triumph in the competition since 2014.
The Microlise New Manor Ground
The Robins compete in the Northern Premier League from a modern home that also supports junior football, community activity, hospitality and events throughout the week.
The stories behind the scores.
Historic cup ties, old teams, photographs and memories deserve more than a paragraph on an About page. This section gives the club a home for archive features as the collection grows.