We at Ilkeston are realistic, we are a football club in a small town sandwiched between two massive clubs (Forest and Derby),
most of our fans are season ticket holders at the 2 big clubs and watch us when their team is away,
David Hilton aspires to be at a higher level than possible at Ilkeston,
Matlock have no competion for fans and have far better average attendances than us,
so this may be his reason thinking he could go further than possible with Ilkeston?…
Ilkeston average attendance = 615
Matlock average attendance = 869
Ilkeston population = 38,735
Matlock population = 11,986
Matlock to Chesterfield 9 miles
Matlock to Mansfield 18 miles
Matlock to Sheff Utd 20 miles
Matlock to Sheff Weds 24 miles
Ilkeston to derby 10 miles
Ilkeston to forest 12 miles
On average, Matlock are attracting 7.25% of the towns population to their fixtures. That’s a cracking figure!
With a population of only 12,000 and an already high engagement – there would seem to be limited scope for Matlock Town to progress to the higher echelons of English football.
If you wanted to watch EFL football then Chezzy is even closer than what Derby & Forest are to Ilkeston.
Championship football can be observed a mere 20 miles away at the Steel City clubs.
