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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, January 18th 27 Blues through to last 16 Clitheroe 3 Willenhall Town 0


CLITHEROE’S Wembley dream came a step closer to becoming a reality when they convincingly dumped Midland Alliance side Wil­ lenhall Town out of the FA Vase at Shawbridge on Sat­ urday. JUSTIN CONNOLLY reports


The win sees them in the last 16 with just three wins needed


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for a place the final. An impressive crowd turned up to


cheer the Blues on and many of them will be thinking of making the trip to Shawbridge more often after a superb performance from a


Clitheroe side at the top of their


game. They started in positive fashion,


carving out an early chance in the first minute when Dennis Hill’s curling free-kick rattled the cross­ bar with Willenhall keeper Paul Cook beaten. Hill was the provider three minutes


their best form for the Vase, having scored 20 goals and conceded only


two. On the evidence of this display it


was easy to see why they boast such an impressive record. The defending was assured and


later when another free kick found the head of Andy Darbyshire, but his effort flashed over the bar. Willenhall had set out their stall early on — they were going to play it rough and Clitheroe striker Steve Denny seemed to have been singled out for some of the heaviest tackles. To their credit, the Clitheroe play­


uncomplicated and the forward play was thoughtful and construc­ tive. Andy Rouine, returning to the


ing down the right with Clive Dunn and overlapping full-back Neil Otley causing all sorts of problems for the Willenhall defence. Willenhall were playing a danger­ ous game. Their off-side trap looked very shaky and it seemed like just a matter of time before the Blues sprung it. Steve Denny almost managed it


midfield, was outstanding and co­ manager Gary Butcher was in for everything. With eight minutes on the clock it was Butcher who had a good chance to put Clitheroe into the lead. He fed Rouine down the right and


ers kept their cool and continued to play the kind of football which has seen them unbeaten in the league in six games. This season they have reserved


Dunn latched on to a through ball to race away down the right. He tried to chip Cook in the Wil­


after 18 minutes when a ball over the top sent him racing through on his own, but the Willenhall keeper just beat him to the ball. At the other end Clitheroe looked


when the cross was headed out Butcher was on the edge of the box to volley just wide of the right-hand post. Everything for the Blues was com­


Clitheroe set to fly the flag


CLITHEROE are just one of three North West Counties League sides in the draw for the last 16 in the Carls- berg FA Vase. BY JUSTIN CONNOLLY AND CHRIS BODEN


Flixton, the league leaders, take on Vase


giant-killers Barwell next month for a place in the quarter-finals following a late double strike from Chris Byrne th a t saw off Northern League side Dunston Feder­ ation Brewery. Their Leicestershire opponents are enjoying


their best run in the competition having beating Mossley and Lye Town.


The Blues, of course, travel away to Belper Town, semi-finalists last season, after five suc­


cessive home draws. Belper needed extra-time to see off Durham


side, although they had a replay at Selby to negotiate last night. The winner of that tie will visit Brigg Town, who Clitheroe saw off in the FA Cup earlier in the season. The full draw is: Raunds Town v Torpoint Ath­


City 3-2. Trafford are the third North West Counties


to have a home tie at this crucial stage. "We have just come through a very difficult tie


against Durham who are going well in the Northern League, and we were more compre­ hensive winners than 3-2 suggests we missed a penalty, hit the woodwork three times and had a goal disallowed. “But we have the experience of reaching the semi-finals last season, and we only lost out 3-2 on aggregate to a very strong Oxford City side. “Hopefully we will have a large crowd here at


of organising the club’s off the field entertain­ ment and bringing in some extra much appreci­ ated revenue is found. • Monday’s ATS Trophy tie with Darwen at Shawbridge was abandoned after 86 minutes due to thick fog with the scores at 1-1. Mark Heys was on the mark for the Blues, but Clive Dunn was dismissed for two bookable offences and will now serve a suspension. Club officials are currently trying to re-


Christ Church Meadow and a cracking match.” Belper have knocked out the likes of Bloxwich Town and Seaham Red Star, as well as Durham City, and the Nailers’ Vase pedigree is there for all to see after last season’s exploits, and the pre­ vious season when they also reached this stage. The Blues are looking to run two coaches to Belper and bookings are being taken at Banana News on Castle Street and at the club from today, priced £6 and £3. • The first part of the Shawbridge 2000 scheme is well underway with plans having been drawn up and materials ordered towards the changes at the Nursery end. Upon completion of the work the Nursery End will be wider so enabling more people to stand behind that goal and will have a 24 metre cov­


letic; Wivenhoe Town v Paulton Rovers or Mangotsfield United; Banstead Athletic v Peacehaven and Telscombe; Collier Row v Ans- ley Nomads; Brigg Town v Trafford or Selby Town; Flixton v Barwell; Thamesmead Town v Canvey Island; Belper Town v Clitheroe. Ties to be played on Saturday, February 3. Belper are currently joint-top of the Northern Counties East League with North Ferriby, who were knocked out of the Vase on Saturday, hav­ ing won 12, drawn four and lost four of their 20


league games. Their last defeat was at the hands of Brigg


Town in late November, and club secretary Dave Laughlin said: “Obviously we're pleased


ered section. Clitheroe’s plans to build for the future are well


underway and as the club gets bigger and becomes more successful both on and off the field more finances are required as are individu­ als to get involved in areas the club need to improve it’s profile in. The club are specifically looking for someone


to take on the role of Press Officer and another person to look after the organising of social


events. A Press Officer is essential to a club looking to continue to improve it’s media profile and if the right person can be found, he or she will have this job only to look after. Similarly it is imperative that someone capable


arramge ther game for Monday night. Details can be obtained from club secretary Colin Wilson (01200 24370). • Saturday sees a visit to St Helens, involved


on that tense title tussle with Clitheroe last sea­


son. Saints are also challenging for the champi­ onship this time around and Denis Underwood expects “a formidable task ahead. Hopefully there will be the usual large travelling support


for the lads!” Results Saturday: Burscough 3, Penrith 1; Chadderton 3,


Kidsgrove Athletic 2; Eastwood Hanley 1, Blackpool Rovers 0; Holker Old Boys 1, Darwen 1; Maine Road 5, Skelmersdale United 2; Mossley 0, St Helens Town 3; Newcastle Town 1, Bootle 4; Prescot Cables 6, Sal­ ford City 1; Rossendale United 1, Glossop North End 2. Tuesday: Newcastle Town 2, Nantwich Town 1. Fixtures


Saturday: Bootle v Nantwich Town; Chadderton v Rossendale United; St Helen’s Town v CLITHEROE; Salford City v Maine Road; Skelmersdale United v


Eastwood Hanley. Monday: CLITHEROE v Chadderton - postponed. Tuesday: Blackpool Rovers v Rossendale United;


Bootle v Trafford; Darwen v Burscough; Eastwood Hanley v Mossley; Flixton v Penrith; Maine Road v Kidsgrove Athletic; Salford City v Newcastle Town. Wednesday: Prescot Cables v Glossop North End. 9 THERE is an East Lancashire League


derby at Shawbridge tomorrow night. Clitheroe Reserves take on Rimington and


the match kicks-off at 7-30 p.m. T c a n ’ t f a u l t a n y o n e ’ - m a n a g e r ’ s p r a i s e f o r B l u e s


CLITHEROE co-manager Denis Underwood was a delighted man after watching his side outplay Willenhall Town in the FA Vase Fourth Round tie a t Shawbridge on Saturday. BY JUSTIN CONNOLLY


He was full of praise for his players


who, to a man, had produced the kind of performance the Blues’ boss had been


hoping for. “I just can’t criticise anything about


the way they played today,” he said. “Every single one of them was out­


standing and deserve all the praise they get for the performance. “We have managed to put together a


good run just recently, but anything can happen in a cup game and I am very pleased we have come through this one. “I t means so much to all the players


and staff a t the club and the supporters have shown today that it means a lot to


them too. “ I thought the win was thoroughly


deserved—we outplayed them on every


part of the pitch. “I said to them before the game that if


they weren’t fired up for this game then nothing could get them fired up. "They responded in the best way pos-.


sible. “A few changes were made with Andy


Rouine and Carlo Nash coming back, but the side adapted to that very well. “Steve Denny makes a big difference up


front and he had yet another outstand­ ing game today. “They play an off-side trap, which is


dangerous, and i t is always likely to come unstuck. “We don’t do it because we know that


a t least once in a game either the defenders are going to get it wrong or the linesman is going to get it wrong and once chance can so often change the


course of a game. “Up front they had nothing we could­


n’t cope with. Our defending was


superb. “We are all delighted to have made it


through to the last 16 — let’s hope we can make i t through the next round before we sta rt talking about Wemb-


leyl”


THE REST OF THE WEEKEND SOCCER ACTION CAN BE FOUND ON PAGE 15


j Kibble Valley Darts Scene Four on the maximum trail


i New Year saw a steady s ta r t to llitheroe and District Men’s Darts ;ue with no shock re su lts in the Division and only four maximums


; recorded. i Kings A and Craven A took advan- of Castle’s bye to close the gap with ins — but the leaders still have a 21-


advantage. Second Division saw a top-of-the-


clash between Craven B and Social A the former steamrolling their way to win and allowing Petre Arms to go 10


s clear in second place, first Superleague match of the year


Dlitheroe entertain Southport a t the and Partridge, Clitheroe.


town team started well and went 3-0 d, but then Southport claimed a 4-3


s went alternately after th a t and ted in a 5-5 draw — thus preserving


leroe’s unbeaten home record. Results


First Division


en Heifer A 7, Kings Anns B ^ ^ ‘ Oak Lacy 2; Black Horse 6, Dog and P ^ n d g e


ow) 2; Pendle Witch 3, New Inn A 5 BBC Mangrove 5; Kings Arms A 6, Judge


iesley2. Second Division Inn B 6, BBC B 2; Social A 1, Craven


.r R 7* Horseshoe 4, New Inn C 4; Petre 5Bpe’ndle Hotel 3; Black Bull (Old Lang- Dog and Partridge (Clitheroe) 6, Swan


tw o Necks 7, Social B 1. Points and Positions


First Division ___


stle Inn 99,2, Kings Arms A 78; 3, Craven r A 77; 4, Royal Oak 65; 5, New Inn A 63; angrove 55; 7, Pendle Witch 52; 8, Judge nesley 48; 9, Black Horse 48; 19, Kings " B 46; 11, Dog and P a r tr id g e 35; 12,


' to n BC A 34; 13, De Lacy Arms 20. Second Division


Moifor B 92; 2, Petre Arms 84, 3,


; r r ?4 4 D o f and Partridge 67; 5 New - CO. k Horseshoe 56; 7, Swan with Two i l l ; 8,' Black Bull149; 9. Pendle Hotel 47; lew Inn B 47; 11, Billington BC B 42,12,


Ribble Valley Ladies’ Darts League


LEGION still enjoy a four-point lead a t the top of the Ribble Valley Ladies’ Darts League following a 5-3 win over Craven Heifer A. Second-placed Petre Arms won by the


same scoreline on th e ir tr ip to play Judge Walmesley. Victoria still have a five-point lead a t


the Second Division. Both th ey and second-placed Low


Moor scored 5-3 wins - over Billington BC and Royal Oak B respectively. Petre Arms darter Doris Morris record­


ed the individual highlight of the night with a throw of 174 while Victoria’s


Trish Conti scored an 11-dart finish. Results


First Division


Judge Walmesley 3, Petre Arms 5; Catholic SC 5, Black Horse 3; Kings Arms B 3, Kings Arms A 5; RBL 5, Craven Heifer A 3; Royal Oak A 4, OwdNeds4.


Second Division Low Moor Club 5, Royal Oak B 3; Craven


Heifer B v White Horse—not played; Dog and Partridge (Barrow) B 4, Dog and Partridge (Barrow) A 4; Victoria 5, Billington BC 3; Dog and Partridge (Clitheroe) 5, Black Bull 3. High scores


174 — Doris Morris (Petre Arms); 133 — Mary


Taylor (Dog and Partridge, Clitheroe); 140 — Karen Barrow (Dog and Partridge (Barrow) B); 140 and 11 dart finish—Trish Conti (Victoria). Points and Positions First Division


1, RBL 49; 2, Petre Arms 45; 3, Craven Heifer A 44; 4, Royal Oak A 43; 5, Judge Walmesley 40; 6, Kings Arms A 38; 7, Catholic SC 37; 8, Black Horse 35; 9, Owd Neds 33; 10, Kings Arms B 28.


Second Division


1, Victoria 50; 2, Low Moor Club 45; 3, White Horse 44; 4, Craven Heifer B 42; 5, Dog and


Partridge (Clitheroe) 40; 6, Dog and Partridge (Barrow) A 38; 7, Dog and Partridge (Barrow) B 38; 8, Black Bull 33; 9, Billington BC 26; 10, Royal Oak B 26.


Hemthorn Volleyball Club


Locals still lead the way


AT THE Leyland Leisure Centre, in the first of two matches, Henthorn Volleyball Club did not make the start they wanted to the second half of


the season. An unimpressive performance from the local side


resulted in a loss against Ashton C. Henthorn’s reception was good on the whole, but


they found it difficult to transform the possession into any useful attacks. More encouraging play, although spasmodic, kept the scores of both losses to a respectable 12-15 and 9-15. Coming to terms with the previous defeat, Hen-


thorn’s second match of the evening, against Spring- field B, was played with much more confidence. Serv­ ing proved the decisive factor in the first set. Andy Child had one of his best games of the season. Even a time-out called by Springfield failed to defuse his service. Scoring five points, his efforts helped take


the set 15-7. In the second set, Bala came into his own in the back


court, recovering several deep spikes from Spring- field. Producing a memorable spike himself, which landed irretrievably in the opponents’ comer, earned him player-of-the-match. Henthorn won the set and


match 15-715-7. Having won seven of their 10 matches, Henthorn are


still at the top of the league table. With only four points separating the top four teams in the division, they cannot afford to lose any of their remaining


matches. Midweek Cricket League Annual meeting planned


THE annual general meeting of the Clitheroe and Dis­ trict Midweek Cricket League takes place on Monday, January 29th, a t the New Inn, Clitheroe, starting a t 7-


30 p.m. All clubs who intend to compete in the 1996 season


must be represented. Any new teams interested in joining can get more


information from league secretary Fred Booth (01200 24767).


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WINGER Dennis Hill goes past a Willenhall defender to create yet another opening for the Blues.


lenhall goal but the keeper managed to get a fingertip to it. As the ball bounced in the six-yard box Denny was the first to it to fire into the empty net to put the Blues in front. By the time the half-time whistle came the only question being asked was how Clitheroe had failed to score more than one goal. Hill and Dunn provided a number


very solid — Simon Westwell and Neil Baron looked as if it would take something very special to beat them, with Steve Lampkin and Neil Otley letting nothing pass down the flanks. After 30 minutes the Willenhall off­ side trap was finally undone when


of perfect crosses which no-one could latch onto and good chances fell to both Denny and Darbyshire. The best chance came after Otley


and Dunn combined to send Denny away down the right. His cross found Hill and the far


post who headed down for Dunn, who had raced into the box, but his


effort trickled just wide of the post. The closest Willenhall came to a chance was a long range effort from Jimmy Tipper which was well wide. Apart from tha t it was all the


Blues. They had a t least three good


chances in first-half injury time and at the break they must have been wondering why the game wasn’t


already won. They needn’t have worried for too long though. It took just two min­ utes of the second for them to get their second. The alarm bells were ringing for Willenhall when Clitheroe began the second-half as they had ended the first. Andy Darbyshire almost made it two in the first minute of the sec­ ond-half when he raced through on


his own but couldn’t hit the target. Moments later Dennis Hill robbed


a Willenhall player of the ball just inside his own-half. He found Steve Denny on the edge of the Willenhall box and he slipped the ball through to Andy Rouine who had arrived late an unmarked in the box. Rouine coolly slotted the ball past


a stranded Willenhall keeper. The visitors came into the game a


little after that but failed to produce many really clear-cut chances. Richie Garner went close for Wil­


lenhall but his shot was well saved by Carlo Nash in the Clitheroe goal. Time and again Clitheroe were


foiled by WUlenhall’s offside trap. The visitors were defending so far forward that it was inevitable that the Blues would get another chance. As Willenhall pushed forward to


get back into the game, Clitheroe put it well beyond them when a long-ball found Clive Dunn on-side and the Blues* number nine drew the keeper and pushed the ball into the empty net. From then on there was no way back for the visitors from the mid­


lands. Clitheroe had produced a profes­ sional, exciting performance full of good things and Willenhall Town could have no complaints about the outcome. Clitheroe: Nash, Lampkin, Otley, Baron, Westwell, Butcher (Lawson 89), Rouine (Taylor 75), Denny, Dunn, Darbyshire, Hill. Sub not used: McCluskey.


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CLITHEROE FC line up before Saturday’s big FA Vase clash with Willenhall Town at S hawbridge. Club Chairman Steve Rush (right) greets a repre­ sentative from competition sponsors Carlsberg.


Clitheroe Ladies’ Hockey Club


Sweet revenge for hockey stars


Clitheroe 2, Vernon Carusl


CLITHEROE lost 5-0 to Vernon Carus jus t before Christmas and were determined to make amends for


th a t heavy reverse. They began the game in attacking mood and in a hard


fought game they were determined to keep on top. The team worked well together and moved the ball


around with confidence. They were eventually rewarded with a goal after nine


minutes through left-winger Pauline Bush, who made a very positive deflection to net the ball. Vernon Carus then went onto the offensive and looked


dangerous, but some good defending, particularly from keeper Amanda Campbell kept the sheet clean. Clitheroe continued to attack and could have gone fur­


ther ahead if they had been more positive in front of goal. Eventually, though, it was Vernon Carus who got the goal, just before the break, after their centre forward beat


three defenders to score a very good goal. The second half was all end-to-end stuff, but Clitheroe’s defence held firm and their forwards continued searching


for the breakthrough. Half-way through the second half Clitheroe right-winger


Sarah-Jane Clegg pushed the ball across to the circle for the centre-forward Emma Redman to score the winner. Neither side gave up their attacking approach to the game, but there were no further goals and Clitheroe ran


out deserved winners of an exciting game. Clitheroe: Amanda Campbell, Beth Dugdale, Anna Holling- worth, Jessica Cunliffe, Jayne Seed, Liz Coar, Pauline Bush, Frances Griffiths, Emma Redman, Helen Barker, Sarah-Jane Clegg. Clitheroe’s next game sees them play host to Lytham’s first team. Push-back at the Hyndburn leisure Centre is at 2 p.m.


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