RECORD LEAGUE ATTENDANCE, LAST MINUTE AGONY AND LEIGH WOOD AT STOKE LANE!

It was a full on Saturday at Stoke Lane with Ilkeston the visitors in a big local derby top five clash.

Carlton secured a record league attendance of 331 at Stoke Lane for a game that in fairness wasn’t a thriller, but kept everyone guessing till the very last kick of the game.

Carlton also secured Match Sponsors, Matchball Sponsors and Mascot Sponsors for the first time ever for a fixture and that it itself gives an idea of the direction the club is moving in.

Omotolani Omotola in for the injured Aaron Opoku opened the scoring for the Millers just before the interval, but Carlton suffered late heartbreak with Chris Wakefield equalising for Ilkeston in the 95th minute after Dan Brown had cleared off the line.

Altthough gutted to concede their second late goal in 5 days, Joint manager Tommy Brookbanks pictured with Leigh Wood, the world title belt and Mark Harvey admitted a draw was probably a fair result, given the visitors shared a good proportion of possession and drew several good saves from Kieran Preston in the Millers goal.

Indeed the club’s very special guest, WBA Featherweight World Champion Leigh Wood went down a treat with supporters, signing autographs, meeting the sponsors and doing a pre Match interview for supporters and Carlton Town Tv with Millers Chairman Mick Garton.

That interview and the after match thoughts of Tommy Brookbanks can now be viewed on Carlton Town Tv with the match highlights and an interview with the Match sponsors Chetnet’s Carlton Town man of the match Tom Maddison to follow in due course.

The interviews can be accessed via our pinned tweet via our home page on this website!