Chlkiroe 22321, (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising), Burnley 1,22331 (Classified) Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, January l l lh , 1996 33 Blues aim for FA Vase glory!
SATURDAY sees the biggest day in Clitheroe’s recent history as they take their place in the fourth round of the PA Carls- berg Vase for the first time since 1982-83. JUSTIN CONNOLLY reports
And chairman Steve Rush urged the Blues* loyal
following to get behind them aga ins t Beazcr Homes Midland Division side Willenhall Town. M
Wc have been getting superb attendances for many
seasons now, and I hope we can get as many people down tn Shawbridge as possible. “It is a huge day for Clitheroc, and at this stage in the
The FA Vase
competition thoughts turn to Wembley. “We hare reached the last 32 for the first time in 12 years, and with another home tie and home crowd behind ujn hopefully we can progress even further. “People come from miles away to watch Clithcroc, and I
would like to see football fans from the area at Shaw bridge supporting the town’s team.
Reserves lose
^Tnmanue^ 2, Clitheroe Reserves 1 th e i r th i rd d e fe a t in four games,
duc tor all their possession, sloppy play in the last third of tile pitch kept their chances to a minimum.
u ith e ro e went down to league leaders Oswaldtwistle. he seconds opened well with the help of a strong wind,
worried the home goalkeeper. Within a minute of the second half, Damien Ingham had
a shot saved and the home keeper then tipped Paul Greens rebound shot over the bar.
began to cause the home defence problems. They equalised 10 minutes from time when skipper Der
ick Mercer blasted home from close range after good work by Aspinwall and Lee Slater.
sent and the Blues now had the advantage. Steve Elmer, a replacement for the injured Green, picked
area was not dealt with and a cross shot was looped into his own net by the luckless Gary Kay.
I t was an unjust end to a game dominated by Clitheroe,
but that is the way the ball has been running against them recently.
Ingham, Slater, Young, Green, Aspinwall. Subs: Elmer, Hosty, Carter.
• The Reserves’ nest game is a week on Saturday, January
in the season. Simon Pickles and Mark Smedley should be available for
selection after recovering from broken legs, and Peter Washbrook should make a return after a groin injury.
Clitheroe Ladies 4, Leek Ladies 5 RUNNING the length of the pitch, the visiting centre
locals took the lead when Ralph scored on 15 minutes. Leek equalised 20 minutes later, but Clitheroe went in at
forward snatched victory for Leek in the last minute of this thriller. Leek put Clitheroe under pressure from the start but the
half-time ahead after Ralph headed home Scott’s comer. Three minutes after the restart it was 2-2, but a further
three minutes later and Clitheroe were again ahead when O’Brien scored from 25 yards.
The visitors again levelled from the penalty spot, before
the gritty locals forged ahead for the fourth time when Watson lobbed the goalkeeper on 65 minutes.
raway, H. Thwaite, Scott, Ralph, O'Brien, Watson. Subs: Slack, Room, E. Thwaite.
SQUASH STARS INTOP
FORM CLITHEROE Squash Club returned to action after the Christmas break and the men’s f irs t team recorded their best win of the season.
They went through the
card to record a 5-0 success against Lancashire Police.
third teams fell to defeat. The ladies matches recom mence next week. At the break, all the club's
seven teams were in com fortable positions in their respective leagues, but had no promotion prospects. Results:
away, lost 1-4) Dave Mackenzie lost 9/6, 9/4,
home, lost 1-4) Conor McLaughlin lost 3/9, 4/9, 4/9; Steve Dugdale lost 9/10, 5/9, 2/9; Neil Catter- mole lost 8/10, 6/9, 7/9; Peter Thompson won 9/1, 10/8, 9/2; John Willis lost 4/9, 9/4, 2/9, 5/9. 3rd team (v Longridge,
8/10, 3/9, 5/9; John Mead ows won 9/5, 10/9, 9/10, 9/4; Dave Walters lost 4/9, 5/9, 5/9; Roger Singer lost 10/9, 7/9, 5/9, 2/9; Lawrence Crouch lost 3/9,
3/9,4/9.
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cashire Police, home, won 5-0) Ray Dryden won 9/6, 9/5, 3/9, 9/2; John Carter won 4/9, 9/7, 9/4, 9/7; Robert Fielding won 9/5, 9/4, 9/2; Dave Matthews won 9/6, 9/4, 9/3; Martin Hill won 9/4,9/1,9/2. 2nd team (v Burnley,
Men: 1st team (v Lan However, the second and
off for handling outside the area, with Hindson taking over, but Leek took advantage to steal a fifth goal in the dying seconds. Clitheroe: Vickers, Hindson, Middleton, Hughes, Ward, Gar-
10 minutes from time, Clitheroe keeper Vickers was sent
20th, when they entertain local rivals Rimington at Shaw bridge. The Blues will be hoping to avenge a 4-2 drubbing earlier
Clitheroe: Nash, Kay, Lord, Rowbotham, Dugdale, Mercer, Minutes later Oswaldtwistle had a man sent off for dis
up a poor clearance by the keeper, but his near-perfect chip was caught under the bar.
With a minute to go, a harmless ball into the Clitheroe Clitheroe’s passing improved and Martin Aspinwall
dent and took the lead with a close range shot, giving goal keeper Carlo Nash no chance. Danny Lord created most of Clitheroe’s chances but none
As the half progressed the home side became more confi “Blackburn Hovers are away at Queens Park Rangers,
and any Rovers fans not going to London arc more than welcome at Clitheroe to cheer us on.
against both Blackburn and Burnley, and I hope we will see a superb turnout and atmosphere on Saturday. “We were a whisker away from winning the league last
‘We had superb gates for the pre-season friendlies
form and the luck of the draw we have been having, any thing is possible.”
Clithcroe’s opponents on Saturday, Willenhall Town, have something of an FA Vase pedigree themselves. They made it to the final in 1981, but were beaten by Whickham 2-1. That same year the played in the first round proper of
the FA Cup when a crowd of 3,<154 turned up to see them lose to Crewe Alexandra.
been second to none. They have played six games including the qualifiers and
The Blues’ record in this year’s competition has so far
season, but it would be a massive achievement to go fur ther in this prestigious competition, and with our home
have scored 17 goals while conceding only two. The last round saw them demolish West Auckland 6-0
were all part of the Colne Dynamocs side which beat Emley 1-0 in the 1988 final.
sent at Saturday’s game, and are providing a man-of-the- mntch award, in addition to the regular award, which is given to the best Clitheroe player.
Following Saturday’s game the Blues are in cup action again at Shawbridge on Tuesday night when they take on Darwen in the Second Round of the ATS Trophy. Meanwhile the club has announced that plans have been completed for the redevelopment of the Nursery End. Terracing will be built which allows for the possible expansion of the seating areas at a later date. The new Nursery End will include turnstiles and a car-
CLITHEROE EXTEND UNBEATEN RUN
Clitheroe 2, Skelmersdale United 0
ALTHOUGH this wasn't Clitheroe’s most convincing performance of the season it earned them three vital points and extended th e ir cur rent unbeaten run to six league games.
BY JUSTIN CONNOLLY They faced a very poor Skelmersdale side
their name with one win and one draw from 25 games.
whose lack of quality is reflected by their posi tion at the bottom of the North West Counties First Division. They have just four points to
ball on the edge of the Skelmersdale area and tried a cheeky chip after spotting keeper Kevin Jarvis off his line.
as it floated over the head of Jarvis in the Skelmersdale goal and bounced on the line. Defender Neil Baron was on hand to make sure
tors into action as their one forward-thinking trick of slotting the ball through the Clitheroe back four for their forwards to chase failed time and time again.
was just too high for Hill and he couldn’t keep his header down. On the half-hour mark Clitheroe’s good passing
and movement resulted in another opening. A cross from the left found Darbyshire in plenty of space on the right edge of the area and he shot low and hard towards the bottom corner. But Jarvis
was equal to it and tipped round the post for a cor ner. Minutes later Skelmersdale managed to engineer
their first shot at goal on one of their brief excur sions into the Blues’ half.
through on the right of Clitheroe’s penalty area and managed to evade a challenge from Neil Baron to make space for a shot which flashed nar rowly wide of the post. Just before the break Clitheroe could have scored
Centre forward Andrew Mathews was put
after 11 minutes when good work down the right from Denny resulted in a dangerous cross which
Dennis Hill should have doubled the advantage
took the responsibility on himself and floated the ball into the box. The wind-assisted cross seemed to hang in the air
the ball went over the line. Going a goal behind didn’t seem to spur the visi
so often at Shawbridge this season was repeating itself.
but just couldn’t finish off a side they were so clearly superior to.
throw-in on the left halfway inside the Skelmers dale half.
That was to change early in the second-half. With 67 minutes on the clock Clitheroe won a
Denis Hill and Andy Darbyshire combined to
flag stayed down and Denny kept his nerve to shoot home for his first goal in Clitheroe colours. Skelmersdale’s response to Clitheroe taking a two goal lead was to substitute two of their defenders for two more defenders, but nevertheless they managed to get more into the game and put a little bit of pressure on the Blues’ defence. Full-back John Brownrigg was the most adven
release Denny who ran clear of the Skelmersdale defence and only had the keeper to beat. Although there was the suspicion of off-side the
Clitheroe had dominated and got the early goal
again when Denny’s cross was again just too high for Hill who failed to make contact when he rose unmarked in the Skelmersdale six yard box. It seemed like the familiar pattern we have seen
when a through-ball found Mathews on the edge of the Clitheroe box.
which forced a save from John Morrey in the Clitheroe goal. After 75 minutes Skelmersdale threatened again
chance the Blues had late on in the game fell to him.
The last word went to Clitheroe right-back Neil Ottley, who had had another good game.
Lawson, Butcher, Denny, Dunn, Darbyshire (Taylor), Hill. Subs not used: Rouine, McCIuskey.
NEW DEAL FOR TUNIOR SOCCER
YOUTH football will receive a cash injection thanks to the new sponsorship deal between Darwen-based compa ny Wolstenholme Rink and the Burnley and District Youth League.
The company takes over sponsorship of the league’s cup
competitions and will provide medals and trophies for winners and runners-up.
The Wolstenholme Rink Cup, as it is now known, is actu
ally seven different cup competitions for the various age groups in the league ranging from Under 10s to Under 16s. Raymond Ryland, who runs the league, said ol the deal;
can put into the competition and will really give the lads something to play for.”
Rink, who was responsible for setting up the sponsorship, expects no favouritism for the company’s team.
their competition and if past years are anything to go by they will.
READSTONE UNITED Under 16s arc pictured before their weekend defeat against Junior Clarets
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covered but it somehow squeezed through his legs for a third Intake goal.
kick some 20 yards from goal. Keeper Barnes seemed to have the shot
goal-kick by Hodkinson. Bradford’s nerves began to fray and at times there was some desperate defending to be done. Intake were then awarded a dubious free-
towers of strength down the middle of the pitch. Intake pulled a goal back after a poor
shot over Barnes, but Bartlett scored an all important fourth just before half-time with a screamer into the top comer. The second-half was a real tester for Bradford, but Robinson and Hitchin were
was squashed by Watkins, who broke clear of the defence to score Bradford’s third. Intake pulled a goal back with a looping
them in the first-half Bradford took a two goal lead through Smith and an own goal. But then disaster struck as Smith was red-carded for retaliation. This gave Intake renewed hope, but this
Intake Reserves 3, West Bradford 5 WEST Bradford began 1996 with this superb victory a t Intake. Playing with a strong wind behind
Just when it seemed Bradford would suc cumb they found the salvation in the form of Hickling who combined with Aspin to score Bradford’s fifth with just minutes remaining.
although they did strike a post in the dying seconds.
This knocked the stuffing out of Intake,
This win keeps Bradford at the top of Division Three averaging a scoring rate of five goals a game. West Bradford: Barnes, Sudworth, Hodgkinson, Robinson, Moore, Hitchen, Aspin, Smith, Bartlett, Watkins, Hick- ling. Subs: Watson, Niven, Pilkington. The Plough 6
Waggon and Horses 1
early on in the game, losing three goals before half-time.
These came from the innovations of the Plough rather than out-of-date techniques
team at the eleventh hour and they had to call on the pub’s barman, Chris Marsden, to come along as substitute. As a result, the Waggon were unharnessed
THERE might have been a team of Waggon and Horses out on the field, but they were no match for the 11 men pulling The Plough. Waggon only managed to make up a
from the area a positive outlet for their energies. • Youngsters from the Ribble Valley are represented through Clitheroe Wolves and Readstone United.
used by the Waggon. However, Roger Walker did slip to allow
second half by a Waggon side whose short comings had been exposed.
in the first of the Plough’s strikes. Three more goals were conceded in the
by Chris Marsden, whose curling corner drifted into the goal for a consolation. Waggon: Winckley, Neild, D. Booth, P. Clegg, Isherwood, J. Clegg, D. Gregory, Hill, N. Gregory, Walker, A. Booth. Sub: Marsden.
But the final goal of the game was scored
• GOAL-HUNGRY Clitheroe Wolves smashed 29 in their four games over the weekend in thd junior leagues.
Ighten Leigh 15-1 with goals from Matthew Musgrove and Mark Hitchen, who hit four each, Lee Waller (3), man-of- the-match Karl Fowler (2), Ben Dewhurst and Glen Dinsdale.
The Under 10s were top scorers, beating
The Under 11s won 9-0 at Rishton United with Thomas Holgate netting a hat-trick. Daniel Holgate and Elliot Wood hit two, and there were further goals from Gareth Jones and the outstanding Chris Rush.
ThelJnder 12s lost 3-2 to Brierfield Celtic despite goals from star man Daniel Hol gate and Jamie Thomas.
man-of-the-match Matthew Garner (2) and Ian Davies.
• READSTONE United had a disap pointing start to 1996 with all but one of their three sides slipping to defeats.
spot of the weekend with a convincing 8-1 win over Great Harwood Town.
Stephen Lindley (3), Andrew Purvis and Billy Newton ensure the side retain sec ond spot in the league.
Goals from David Hankinson (3),
beaten with the Hyndbum side losing 5-1 to Borrowdale United.
ing 6-0 to St Joseph’s in a cup game. Both the club’s Under 16s sides were
but in the end they were beaten by a stronger team.
Simon Best scored the only goal of the game and also won the man of the match award for his battling performance.
Chris Townson and Dean Sisson were the Burnley and District Boys’ League Under 16s team’s scorers in their 5-2 defeat at the hands of Junior Clarets.
They did create a good deal of chances The Under 14s had a very poor result, los The Under 15s provided the only bright
with the league and hope that the best team wins.” The league was initially set up to give local youngsters
“We are just pleased to be able to expand our connections He said: "Obviously we hope that our teams do well in But the joint-chairman of Wolstenholme Rink, Tony
“We are absolutely thrilled with the involvement of Wol stenholme Rink in our league and are very pleased that one of the big companies in our area has taken the trou ble to show an interest in the local community in this way. “This sponsorship is an enormous boost to the funding we
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clock and was unlucky to see his long-range shot fly over the bar. Clitheroe: Morrey, Keighley, Otley, Baron, Westwell,
He burst forward with just a minute left on the
shot flew high over the Blues’ goal. By now Andy Taylor had replaced Andy Dar byshire in the Clitheroe front line and the best
Clive Dunn's pass found Denny who again showed his quality by beating two men down the right and crossing well for Taylor to head wide.
an unmarked Paul Langley. Instead he went for glory but regretted it when his
His best option was to push the ball out wide to turous, firing in several long-range efforts none of
Jarvis did well to tip the ball over the bar as he scrambled back but the comer he conceded led in bizarre fashion to Clitheroe’s opening goal. Dennis Hill and Clive Dunn were poised over the ball to work their tricky comer routine but Dunn
utes when Andy Darbyshire headed over a Dennis Hill free-kick from the left. Loan signing Steve Denny showed an early touch of class moments later when he picked up a loose
Even though the Blues were not at the top of their game, their dominance was unquestionable and they should have scored a lot more goals. Chances for Clitheroe came thick and fast in the first-half with the first coming after just four min
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CLITHEROE co-manager Denis Under wood was disappointed by his side's perfor mance against bottom-of-the-table Skelmersdale at Shawbridge, but relieved to have taken three points from the game. The win sees the Blues take their points
tally for the season to 30 and puts them in 16th place in the North West Counties First Division, just six points behind GIossop North End in tenth spot.
result - but I am not really satisfied with the performance.
Denis said: “I ’m very pleased with the
their level. “The blustery conditions didn’t help and it
“I think they seemed to drag us down to
was very cold but in the end the three points keeps us well in touch with the mid-table and sees us heading in the right direction. “We know that our fortunes have revived recently but we have to keep plugging away
under a great deal of pressure. But again we couldn’t get the second which would have put the game out of their reach.
“To be fair to them though they came back a t us in the second half and put us under
showed that today, but when it gets to this stage in the season you just have to battle to make the points safe. “We got an early goal and then put them
to scrape the points we need to put us safely in the right half of the table. “Skelmersdale are not a good side and they
some pressure. “But if you look back over the game they
didn’t create many chances and I don’t think they even managed a shot on target. “After we scored the second though I didn’t feel they were capable of coming back. “We ought to have scored more and we
ought to have won more convincingly. “But a t the end of the day I ’m happy to
have the points, however we manage to get them.
“No games at this level are easy and at the
something from the game against Willenhall Town on Saturday.
game like this is home advantage. We should get a good crowd and that can only help the players. “Willenhall are not exactly an unknown
a cup tie and anything could happen. “I know the lads will be up for it — if they can’t get themselves motivated for a big
quantity because they knocked out Newcas tle Town in an earlier round. I have spoken to the Newcastle boss about them. “On paper we should beat them, but this is
game like this they have no right to be in the side. “We are confident but not complacent and I am sure it will be a cracking game.”
He said: “Obviously the main thing in a
wrong end of the table i t ’s a question of fighting to grind out the results we need.” Denis is confident that Clitheroe can get
interest in the FA Vase in the past. Skipper Simon Westwell, Steve Lampkin and Clive Dunn
and a repeat performance on Saturday will see them into the Inst 16 with thoughts turning towards Wembley. Three of Clitheroe’s squad have had more than a passing
park behind the ground with access to Bridge Street. Plans for the erection of new changing rooms and other
facilities are to be discussed at the next meeting of the Shawbridge 2000 group.
Results First Division Burscough 2, Prescot Cables 2; Blackpool Rovers 1, Maine Road Representatives of the sponsors Carlsberg will be pre
1: Chadderton 1, St Helens Tn 0; CLITHEROE 2. Skelmersdale Utd 0; Eastwood Hanley 2, Trafford 1; Flixton 5, Rossendale Utd 0: Mossley 1, Bootle 3; Nantwich Tn 2, Holker OB 1; Penrith 0, Newcastle Tn 3; Salford City 1, Darwen 3.
Fixtures Saturday
FA Vase 4th Round: CLITHEROE v Willenhall Tn; Flixton v
Dunston FB; Trafford v Selby Tn. First Division: Burscough v Penrith; Chadderton v Kidsgrove Athletic; Eastwood Hanley v Blackpool Rovers; Holker OB Darwen; Maine Road v Skelraers- dale Utd; Mossley v St Helens Tn; Newcastle Tn v Bootle; Prescot Cables v Salford City; Rossendale Utd v GIossop North End. Monday
ATS Trophy: CLITHEROE v Darwen. Tuesday
First Division: Newcastle Tn v Nantwich Tn. ATS Trophy: Black pool Rovers v Daisy Hill.
Swan dive to first defeat
THE BIG shock of the weekend’s Memorial League games came right a t the top of the First Division when leaders Swan Hote l were be a ten 6-1 a t home by
ria have cut the gap a t the top to nine points while Thwaites Arms lie third three points behind Victo ria.
Lacy however who slumped to yet another defeat, this time at the hands Clothes Yard.
The loss sees De Lacy slip
from their former heights even further down the table to sixth spot. De Lacy boss Alan True
was at a loss to explain his side’s recent lapse in form.
down to individual mis takes.
doing anything different to when we were playing so well earlier in the season. A relegation battle might now be looming!”
“But we are not really
against Brownhill had to be cancelled at the last minute when RBL failed to raise a team.
RBL’s scheduled game Results First Division: Clothes Yard 3,
De Lacy 1; Swan at Whalley 6, Judge Walmsley 2.
New Inn 1.
Second Division: Calderstones 1, Black Dog 6. Third Division: Walmsley 9,
He said: “This defeat was There was sad news for De
the season and gives the chasing pack some hope for the rest of the season. Second placed club Victo
ThwaitesArms. The defeat is Swan’s first of
Fixtures Sunday
Cup Round Three: Whinney
Hill v De Lacy (Foxhill Bank). Cup Quarter Final: Swan at
Whalley v Calderstones (Wilsons).
First Division: Judge Walmsley
v Rose and Crown (Roefield). Second Division: RBL v Ossy
Allstars (Roefield). First Division
Swan Hotel...........
Victoria........................... 16 9 3 4 30 Thwaites Arms.............. 14 9 0 4 27
HeysInn..................... .... 15 8 1 6 25 Clothes Yard............. .... 13 7 3 3 24 De Lacy...................... .... 15 8 0 7 24 Swan at Whalley....... .... 13 7 0 6 21 GriffinArms........... Judge Walmsley........
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Crown Scaffolds...... .... 15 4 3 8 13 Rishton Arms......... .... 14 1 1 12 4 Rose and Crown........... 13 I 0 12 3
Black Dog............. .... 1514 0 1 42 Centurian............. .... 1510 2 3 32 Dog Inn....................
Second Division PW D L P
Commercial Hotel... F L
5 L
Grand Rangers........ Ossy Allstars........... Calderstones............ Fox and Hounds...... Red Cap.................... Brownhill.................. Rising Sun................
. 14 10 0 4 30 14 9 1 4 28: 13 9 0 4 30 14 6 3 5 21
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. 15 3 3 9 12 14 3 0 11 9
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Third Division
Walmsley................... Tag Clothing............ Alma........................... Graham and Brown.. Stanhill Lions........... Whinney Hill............ Woolpack.......................... 15
Bennett OS. New Inn............. Bay Horse Ossy.
1312 1 0 37 1510 1 4 31 1510 0 5 30 14 7 4 3 25 14 7 2 5 23 15 7 1 7 22 15 7 0 8 21
P WD L P
15 4 1 10 13 15 3 3 9 12 15 0 0 15 0
Craven Heifer 3, Crown Reserves 0
CRAVEN Heifer’s good passing put them well on top early on early in this Accrington League game. Both Blenkinship and Robinson went close with
good chances before Ward put Craven Heifer ahead from Shears’ good cross.
Crown began to push forward but couldn’t force any
real openings and went further behind when a defen sive mistake let Bell in to bang in the second.
by half-time Craven were back in command of the game.
Again Crown rallied but missed a good chance and In the second-half Crown began to get on top and
put some pressure on the Craven goal. Even so, the better football still came from Craven.
and continued to press the Craven defence. But they held firm and Barnes in the Craven goal
Shears, Robinson, Ward, Bell, Blenkinship, Parkinson. Subs- Grant, Wright.
to add to their tally with the final pass too often going astray. Craven Heifer: Barnes, Rawson, Charaley, Barrett, Henshaw,
was equal to any shot Crown got on target. Craven still produced some good football but failed
on the break from Ward to go three up. The teams began to tire but Crown didn’t give up
They managed to kill off the game with a good goal S 5 5. 8
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