By Dave Clayton

TAMWORTH 1
Deacon 89

ILKESTON TOWN 1
Thomas 86

NET GAIN:Ilkeston take the lead through Kalern Thomas
PICTURE: Paul Barber

THERE were no room for opening-day nerves at the CR MOT Community Stadium as Andy Peak’s Lambs side welcomed Martin Carruthers’ newly-promoted Robins in an intermittently pulsating encounter under the beating sun.
The visitors exerted pressure on the home defence from the first whistle, pushing them back and forcing numerous corners in the opening ten minutes, which Jas Singh’s back line generally dealt with in any way they could, culminating in an i...