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Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified)


d'itheroe Advertiser & Times, October 2nd, 1997


Clitheroe ready to meet high-fliers?


Chris Boden an d ju stin .


clu b u sed to h a v in g th in g s th e ir way a t Shawbridge.


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BY JUSTIN CONNOLLY


Clitheroe were dumped out of


the FA Cup by Lincoln United on Saturday and then consigned to a rare home defeat by league- leaders Kidsgrove on Monday night. Both games gave Clitheroe co­


WO h om e d e fe a ts inside three days have come a s a sh o ck to a


So Clitheroe could not have a tougher fixture as they bid to get


back on track. Monday's affair was disappoint­


ing for the Blues as Denis admitted. "For the first 20 minutes we


played well and up until they went down to 10 men we were still going forward. "But after th a t they looked


more dangerous. "I can't say how we are going to


change things to try and improve, but something needs to be done." On Saturday, Clitheroe were


manager Denis Underwood plenty to worry about. "We are just letting in too many goals, that's for sure," he said after


RIMINGTON line up before their 9-2 defeat at the hands of Settle United. (CAT12SS5) Nightmare for Rimington


R im ington 2 S e tt le United 9


RIMINGTON boss Jim Tierney described this game as "my worst experience in football since I first became involved in the game a t the age of seven." And he also made no secret of the


ton's right flank from Jamie Clarkson. The visitors second goal came ten


faith in him and he had lost faith in


minutes later when Lambert failed to collect the ball and when it deflected off his knee it was volleyed home by a Set­


tle player. The visitors went 3-1 ahead on the


fact that he felt he had been let down by the attitude of several players prior to the game and by the majority of the team during the game. With regular goalkeeper Danny


half-hour when McTear needlessly con­ ceded a free-kick which, when taken from 40 yards, the keeper allowed to go through his hands. The home team pulled another goal


Whittaker taking time out of football for personal reasons, his stand-in Fete Lambert must bear the majority of the blame for the goals conceded. But i t also must be said tha t the


them. It did not take the visitors long to


recognise this and they began to rain shots in on the Rimington goal from all angles and distances — the majority


went in. The fact that the visitors were


back after 35 minutes when Leach scored with a good half-volley, again from close range, to make the score 3-2 in the visitors favour at the interval. Following the start of the second half


cover he received from his outfield play­ ers would not have been tolerated at schoolboy level. Settle took the lead after 15 minutes


allowed so much freedom and space to cause such havoc was due to the fact that the majority of the home team allowed their heads to drop and lost all sense of discipline and purpose. At the final whistle, and after Rim­


when the home defenders failed to clear their lines and allowed the opposition to score from close range. Rimington drew level six minutes later when Young scored from close- range following good work on Riming-


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Rimington missed two glorious chances to go into the lead when King's headed effort from three yards out was cleared off the line and a superb volley from Leach was tipped over the bar by the visiting keeper. From this stage on, however, things


with any credit. The remainder of the Rimington


team were a disgrace to themselves, to Rimington Football club and their


manager. On Saturday, Rimington are away to


began to go horribly wrong for Riming­ ton.


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nervous in goal it was very obvious that Rimington's defenders had lost their


With keeper Lambert looking very ---------------------


league high-fliers Oswaldtwistle and a completely different approach to this game will need to be taken by the Rim­ ington team if they are to gain any­ thing from this tough fixture.


- Missing midfield sinks Swan HeysfnnO Swan a t WhalleyO


THREE injuries, a christening and a holiday is not the title of Hugh Grant’s latest film, i t ’s the reason the m a jo r i ty of Swan’s midfield was missing on Sunday. Matt Lee and Sam Chapman were both asked to play in unfamiliar roles against last season’s champions and, along with the rest of the team, took a short while to adjust to a new formation before putting in determined displays. The Whalley side actually had the bet­


H e i f e r p a y th e p r ic e fo r m i s s e d c h a n c e s


ton United in the Accrington League. Man-of-the-match Gino Peregrine was


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other goal came from Andrew Orr. I t was an excellent all-round performance and gave proof they will be a force to be reck­


Michael Barker scored three times and the .


oned with next season. The Undo- 10s from the Burnley League trav­


first-half with a well crafted goal and swiftly


battling performance. Celtic took the lead mid-way through the


to the Celtic defence, but were stiuined when Celtic s c o r e d


again with a 20-yard shot.


Near the end Jake Chadwick scored a good goal which was just rewards for a lot of hard work throughout the match. Chris Beckerton then added a second for


q ^m e fm r tr ick e ry o n th eb an a sw eU


lom in a t mood ag ains t Rishton with new signing Jordan Walmsley scoring four times Goalkeeper Tom Blockeel played outfield for


i change and opened the scoring for the Wolves before manof-the-match Walmsley


mdThomas Hall got the sixth for the Wolves. THALLEY Juniors’ sides were


\ A / certainly in the goals this week— V V o n e o f their sides hit nine goals


and two others 10 in the weekend’s fixtures. The Under 14s were the top scorers with a 9-


W M ^ S y ^ ^ a t e d the game and but for a great performance by PAAK keeper Ash-


f n 4.Up score would have been much higher. t t y S m f o r t a b l y a h e a d b y l ^ - t a e


thanks to goals from James Wright, Liam Hill-Parker and two from Michael Shields. Three second half strikes from Wright and


two more from Shields ensured Whalley were elsy winners- Andrew Strong was named


Wolves and the Celtic players breathed a sigh of relief at the final whistle.


added a second after a breakaway. In the second half Wolves applied pressure


elled to take on league-leaders Barrowford Celtic. And despite losing 3-2 can be proud of their


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chance was gone. Jimmy Cunliffe, putting in a much, improved display, also went close with


ter of the first half chances with Ian Barnes forcing the home keeper to make one excellent save low to his right. Brendan Magee broke clear from the Oswaldtwistle side’s off-side trap after 30 minutes and surely would have been awarded a penalty if he had thrown himself to the ground when the defend­ er seemed intent on hitching a ride. Instead he stayed on his feet and the


a 20-yard volley. The second half was a different story


AGAIN Craven’s failure to capitalise on their chances came back to haunt them as they had to settle for a point. The locals began well and Mitchell shot wide after Kay


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and Ward exchanged passes. Kay then broke through, but the keeper robbed him as he


tried to take it round him.


Sacred Heart forced three comers, but Craven dealt well with the threat.


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But the visitors netted the opener when a free kick wasn t cleared and they were punished. Craven were well on top after the break, but were frustrat­ ed at their failure to score. Aspinwall saw a great strike hit the post, while Shears hit


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as the wind picked up and Swan were pinned back in their own half for the majority of play. The backbone of the Whalley side held


cem, firstly when Taylor had to defend a • oneon-one situation, and secondly when Justin Shand struck a post for Heys with


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a blockbuster that fired across goal after hitting the woodwork. I t became apparent that a


draw was the likely result, especially with certain players seemingly happy to waste any valuable time, and when the excellent referee drew the game to a close Swan were the hap­ pier team after suffering two defeats to Heys last season. Elsewhere in the Memorial


Only twice was there real cause for con- visitors really took control of the game. ___- After that Clitheroe seemed all at


firm, though, most notably Dominic Chapman and Richard Quine. Anything Heys did manage to get past the Swan rearguard was delt with well by Mark Taylor in his last game before rg


a lay-off due to knee surgery. ior a seconu uou**u.e


ington had suffered their worst ever defeat, only three of the home players - Geoff Young, Gordon Leach and Jamie Clarkson - came come out of the game


Monday night's game. "We might have to have a re­


think for Saturday's game and per­ haps change the system a little bit." The visitors to Shawbridge on Sat­


urday will be high-flying Newcastle Town, who are currently in second spot and undefeated this season. Newcastle have conceded just


beaten by the better side in Lin­ coln United in the FA Cup. "Saturday was a much better performance, but we still let three


goals in. "Their number nine was very quick and strong and he caused us


a lot of problems. "What we need to do now is. for


me and Gary to sit down and work out what needs to be done and keep working to get things right." Clitheroe's Saturday clash at


eight goals in their 10 games com­ pared to the 14 Clitheroe have con­ ceded. The. defeat on Monday left Clitheroe in eighth spot in the


table after playing nine games. They are already 16 points behind the league leaders,


Shawbridge kicks-off at 3 p.m. • Clitheroe entered the North- West Counties' record books when Dennis Hill fired them2-l in front


at Maine Road. I t was Clitheroe's 1,000th goal


in the league - a feat only achieved by. Blackpool Rovers and Burscough.


win over Vauxhall GM. Maine Road were 18th before


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HOCK of the week in the North-West Counties’ Football League was lowly Maine Road’s


Tuesday night’s game, but after their 3-2 home win over third- placed Vauxhall, they jumped to


14th. Newcastle Town kept pace with


Kidgsrove at the top with a com­ fortable 4-1 home win over peren­ nial strugglers Darwen. Kidgsrove lead the table with 30


points, three ahead of Newcastle after both sides have played 1 1


games. Atherton LR, who were fourth,


were beaten by Burscough, but the other top-five side, St Helens Town, beat Holker Old Boys 1-0


away. St Helens are one of only two


sides in the division without a defeat to their name so far. They have won six and drawn


one. The other unbeaten team, Newcastle, have won eight and drawn three times. Warrington Town’s 5-1 win over


Salford City sees them leapfrog Clitheroe and move into seventh


spot in the table. RESULTS Saturday


Atherton LR 0, Ramsbottom First Division


Blues suffer first home defeat


Clitheroe 1 Kidsgrove Athletic 3


CLITHEROE dropped their first home points of the season when th ey slumped to a 3-1 defeat against league-leaders Kidsgrove Athletic on Monday night.


BY JUSTIN CONNOLLY


mance from the Blues on a night when the points should have been


I t was a disappointing perfor­


there for the taking. Kidsgrove were even reduced to 10


men in the second half and a t that point Clitheroe were still on level terms. Strangely it was not until Kids-


grove's Steve Coldclough was sent off for a second bookable offence that the


After that Clitheroe seemed all a t :


sea - especially a t th e back. They looked uncomfortable in pos­


session and rattled by Kidsgrove's pres­ sure and it was no real surprise when the league-leaders went into 3-1 lead. The big problem was Clitheroe's wing-backs Chris Grimshaw and espe­ cially Dennis Hill were unable to get forward to support their frontmen. That meant defence and midfield were left with few options out wide


the bar with a header from a Mitchell cross. But the pressure finally paid off when Kay crossed for


Football League, Judge Walmesly managed to notch up their first win of the sea­ son with a 5-1 victory over bottom ride Crown Scaffolds. But down in the Second


Shears to level matters. But the locals must stop arguing among themselves, stick


together and play their football. Craven Heifer: Kenyon, J. Clegg, P. Clegg, Wild, Henshaw, Ward,


Gary grabs five


ILITHEROE Wolves Under 10s .continued their improving form with a great 10-2 win over Rish-


superb for Clitheroe in the centre of defence, and crowned his fine performance with a goal. Gary Hickling was the chief contributor m


the goals department — he hit five of the Wolves’ goals.


Whalley’s man-of-the-match. The Under 9s were one of the 7-0 winners—


they continued their 100? record for the sea­ son with a great win over Brierfield Celtic. It was tight early on, but when Ben Wright converted a Maitland Steele centre Whalley took control of the game. Just before half-time Mathew Riding made


it 2-0 and in the second half Whalley scored further goals through Riding, Sam Taylor, manof-the-match Steele, Michael Douglas and Donald Wharton. The other ride to score seven were the Under


goals from Terry Fothergill and Ben Thorpe made it 3-0 at half-time. Fothergill scored with a fantastic solo effort after running from the half-way line to make it 4-0 and five minutes later completed his hat- trick after finishing off a fine three-man move. James Linlay added the fifth while an own goal completed Whalley’s rout. Sadly the Under 12s couldn’t carry oyer


12s who beat Clayton Park Rovers comfortably. Jamie Enfer got the first goal and further


Kay, P Aspinwall, Blackburn, Mitchell, M. Aspinwall. Subs: Shears, Blackledge.


when in possession. True, Kidsgrove were awarded a dubious penalty when the scores were


level. But even taking that into account


Kidsgrove were very much the wor­


thy winners. For the first 20 minutes of the


Division both Calderstones and New Inn were sent crashing to defeat. Third Division side Legion continued their good start to the season with a 8-4 win at Baxenden Bay Horse. Sunday sees the start of the Memorial Knockout Trophy with just Calderstones from the Ribble Valley in action. They will take on Third Division league leaders Com­


mercial (Water) at Marl Pits. RESULTS


Crown Scaffolds 1, Judge Walmesley 5; Heys Inn 0, Swan


First Division


at Whalley 0. • Second Division


Calderstones 1, Hole House 5; New Inn 1, Woolpack 5. Third Division


Commercial (Water) v Calder­


Memorial Knockout Trophy


stones (Marl Pits). First Division


Street Tavern (Roefield); Swan at Whalley v De Lacy (Whalley). Second Division


(Wilsons). Third Divirion


their good form into Sunday’s clash with Brunlea which they lost 3-0. The other Whalley side to earn victory were


Stanhill Lions v New Inn Legion v Ossy Refugees (Roefleld).


the Under 10s, who bounced back after a mid-week defeat to beat Oswaldtwistle 3-0. Darren Fothergill gave them the lead before increasing the tally in the second goal. Man- of-the-match Zak Foley sealed the points


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with the third. Earlier in the week the side had taken on


Blackburn Eagles, but had lost 3-1 with Whalley’s only goal coming from man-of-the- match John Brooks. The Under Us played out a 0-0 draw with


AccSjairts.............. Kings Anns A......... Swan at Whalley.... Itishton Arms......... HeysInn................ Plough Inn.............. De Lacy.................. A poles..................... Judge Walmesley... Church St Tavern... Crown Scaffolds.....


Turton Tigers, and performed superbly to hold a side who had beaten them 10-0 in the sides’ last meeting. Whalley could have won it with a good


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5 8 5 8 4 2 1 2 4 2 4 1


5 1 8 1 5 0


Second Division PW D L P


Hole House.................. . f> 4 0 I 12 Stanhill Lions..............


chan'ch for man-of-the-match Richard Grafton and defenders Walton, Stevenson, Wynne and Becket all performed heroics. Whalley’s Under 8s were hit by two quick


Graham and Brown.... .. 1 8 0 1 9 Sign and Poster.......... . 5 > Royal Oak................... .. 5 i


Woolpack........... - ...... .. 5


goals in their clash with Langho Juniors, and found themselves 2-0 down after two minutes. Whalley battled hard, but Langho hit three more in the second half to lead 5-0. Joe Cross got the consolation goal and there were fine performances too from Thomas


Asco............................. . 4


Queen’s Hastpite........ . 4 2 0 2 6 Clarence.....................


2 7 2 7


r> > 0 8 6 2 4


Cnlrierstones............... . 4 0 8 1 New Inn..................... .. 4 0 0 •1 0


Keighley, Chris Hawara, William Handerson and man-of-the-match Adam Brown. • THE Blackburn and Darwen Football League currently have vacancies in their


tree (01254 70*103).


Third Division PW 1) L P


Commercial Water.... .. 4 4 0 0 12 EH Football............... .. 8 Little Crown.............. .. 4 Kill............................. .. 4 Ossy Rovers...............


Under 17s Division. Boys should be under 17 on August 1st this


year, and clubs interested in applying to the league should contact secretary Peter Crab­


Ossy Hotspur............. .. f» J 0 8 6 Lomax........................ .. 4 1 2 1 r» Unde JaekV............... .. 4 1 0 8 8


Woodnonk.................. ... 1 (l 2 2 2 Bax Bay Horse.......... .. 4 0 1 8 1 Ossy Refugees.......... ... 8 0 II 8 II


pj 2 1 2 7


0 (1 9 II 1 9 0 1 9


5 4 0 1 12 0 1 9


Judge Walmesley v Church


game it was a very different story as Clitheroe began in typical fashion. They pressed, hurried and harried


His effort was mis-hit and was eas­ ily saved by Scott Bentley in the


Kidsgrove goal. Butcher made amends six minutes


later with a delightful ball over the Kidsgrove defence which sent Mark Walsh away. Walsh took it on down the fight


and shot across the keeper, who's out­ stretched hand just managed to tip


the ball round the most. Walsh had a great header from a


Dennis Hill comer well saved by the Kidsgrove keeper minutes later. After th a t the visitors began to


keep possession well. Clitheroe were defending deep and giving Kidsgrove plenty of time on


the ball. But at that stage Kidsgrpve were


not really doing anything with it. Paul Kiely had a long-range blast


which was well saved by John Mor- rey, but for 30 minutes Clitheroe looked comfortable. Then after 33 minutes Kidsgrove


Craig Walklet and he calmly took it around Morrey and slotted home from a fairly tight angle. But Clitheroe did not lie down and


took the lead. A ball came in from the left to


Walsh could have had the game level a couple of minutes later, but his curling


' shot found Bentley well positioned. There were just seven minutes of the first half left when Clitheroe did


level things. I t was a fine move which saw Paul


Lynch knock the ball into Xav Bow­ ers, who knocked it straight back for Lynch to fire into the comer of the Kidsgrove net from 20 yards. That's the way it stayed for the


and played some comfortable flowing football which Kidsgrove found diffi­ cult to cope with. After just two minutes co-manager gary Butcher had the chance to give his side the lead when a defensive mis- kick handed him the ball unmarked oa nn the edge of the six-yard box.u uux.


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rest of the half, and Clitheroe carried their positive mood into the start of the second period. But the turning point came seven


minutes into the half. Coldclough was off and Kidsgrove


there didn't seem to be anything Clitheroe could do about it.


began playing like a team possessed -


United 0; Glossop NE 1, Newcastle a' Town 1; Haslingden 3, Blackpool;« Rovers 3; Holker OB 0, Rossendale S United 6; Kidsgrove Ath. 3, Chad- derton 1; Nantwich Tn 1, Mosriey 1; 55 Prescot Cables 0, Vauxhall GM 1; Salford City 1, Darwen 0; Warring- d ton Tn 3, Atherton Collieries 4. 3 FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round X CLITHEROE 1, Lincoln United


3; Burscough 1, Ossett Town 4;® Ryhope CA 2, St Helens Town 1; p South Shields 2, Maine Road 0.


ton Collieries 1, Salford City 2;.. Castleton Gabriels 0, Haslingden 3; . Chadderton 4, Rossendale United 4; f Cheadle Town 5, Woodley Sports 1;


Ashton Town 5, Nelson 0; Ather-‘ Reserve Division


Maine Road 5, Squires Gate 1;, Ramsbottom United 2, Daisy Hill 0." Monday


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CLITHEROE 1, Kidsgrove Ath. 3. p Tuesday


First Division.


Atherton Colls 1, Rossendale Utd’m 5; Blackpool Rovs 5, Ramsbottom jj


' First Division


Utd 3; Burscough 4, Atherton LR 3; Glossop NE 0, Mossley 0; Hasling-*] den 2, Nantwich Tn 1; Holker OB 0,^;


Glossop NE v Atherton LR; Mosriey v Warrington Tn; Nantwich tj Tn v Blackpool Rovs.


CLITHEROE v Newcastle T n ; | First Division


Road; Brodsworth v Dar-a wen; Burscough v Salford}?


defence were pulled out of position and Kidsgrove marauded forwards. Kidsgrove had a number of chances


Time and time again the Clitheroe


before actually taking the lead. But Clitheroe too could quite easi­


ly have gone in front. Walsh was through on the right of


the box and forced Bentley into a good save with his legs. And minutes later Paul Mullin was


free in the same spot but elected to cross rather than soot and the open­


ing came to nothing. Immediately after that Kidsgrove;


took the lead. Bowers was very harshly adjudged to have pushed Scott Dundas in his


own penalty area. The referee had no hesitation in


smacked i t hoine. . .


A third Kidsgrove goal came and i t CLITHEROE............ 9 4 2 3 H was no real surprise.


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was lucky when his shot was pushed Burscough................. 6 4 1 1 13 back to him by Morrey and he made


no mistake second time around.


Kiely found himself m the area an a • Hasiingden.............:.. 12 3 5 4 14 " * 1


chadilerton.... ..... . 9 3 0 6


Clitheroe did all they could to get back on level terms. But i t looked more likely th a t Kidsgrove would bag a fourth on the


break as the Blues pressed forward. Defeat was no disaster for the


Blues, but i t leaves them already playing catch-up with the table's


front-runners. Scoring goals is not a problem, but


co-managers Denis Underwood and Gary Butcher have a lot of work to do on the team's defensive ability if they are to realise their aim of UniBond football at Shawbridge by next season. Clitheroe: Morrey, Grimshaw, Lang,


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Bowers, Butcher (Riley 76), Dunn (Thomas 76), Sharpies, Paul Lynch, Walsh, Mullin, Hill. Sub (not used): Baron.


With 15 minutes still to go


Salford City................ 8 2 Mossley.......................... 10 1 Atherton Colls............... 10 2 Ramsbottom Utd.......... 10 2 Darwen.......................... 10 2 Nantwich Town............. 10 2 Holker Old Boys........... 11 1


Reserve Division


2 6 8 2 6 8 1 7 7


2 4 5 4 _


1 6 7 2 8 5


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CLITHEROE........... ... 6 6 0 0 18 Woodley Sports:........


. Cnadderton................ ... 5 2 1 2 7 Ramsbottom Utd...... ... 5 2 0 3 6 5 2 0 3 6 1 1 3 4


Daisy Hill................... Darwen........


Rossendale Utd......... ... 6 1 1 4* 4 Atherton Colls.......... .... 6 1 1 4 4 Ashton Town............ .... *3 1 0 2 3 Nelson...... ....;...........


0 0 4 0


F A C u p r u n e n d s in S h a w b r id g e s h o w d o w n It was Hill's run and cross from


’ Clitheroe 1 Lincoln United 3


Baxenden Bay Horse 4, Legion 8. FIXTURES


FA Cup progress was denied Clitheroe by a stronger Lincoln United side a t Shawbridge on Saturday.


with his seventh strike in consecutive games and his tenth of the season. But it was not to be for Clitheroe


as they failed to capitalise on too many of the chances they created. Jon Riley continued up front in


BY JUSTIN CONNOLLY Lincoln, from the UniBond First Division, are one division higher


than the Blues. They finished third in that divi­


sion last season and were denied pro­ motion to the Premier Division by the narrowest of margins. The gulf in class was not as appar­


ent as the scoreline suggest. Although Lincoln were the better


side on the day they did not deserve to be three goals to the good after 90


minutes.Their star man was striker Rick Ranshaw.The shaven-headed hitman proved a constant threat with his pace and strength and he netted


twice for the visitors. For Clitheroe striker Mark Walsh


kept up his remarkable scoring record


place of Paul Mullin and there was also a place for Clive Dunn in the heart of the three man defence. Clitheroe had the first chance of


a couple of minutes later. But he was falling as he shot and weak the effort was easily saved by


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Heath. Hill was proving a real handful for


the left which put Walsh in for a beautifully taken strike. Just a couple of minutes later Lin­


the Lincoln defence down the left and was providing some telling balls into the box. It was Hill who created possibly


the game when Neil Baron poked a shot towards goal when the ball fell to him from a Dennis Hill free kick


after 15 minutes. His effort was saved by Lincoln


keeper Mike Heath. Just a minute later Lincoln were in


the ball home. Ranshaw tested Morrey again


front after they won a dubious, even mysterious, penalty, awarded rather harshly against defender Ian Lang. Ranshaw stepped up and smashed


just four minutes later with a fierce long-range effort which the Clitheroe keeper tipped round the upright. Good work down the left from Riley and Hill saw a cross find Walsh


coln could have made it 3-1 when livewire Andy Gray beat Baron on the right and John Morrey was forced into a good save. Gray broke away again soon after


Clitheroe's best chance of the game when he found Walsh in a good position. Walsh cut inside and found space


as Clitheroe poured forward in a bid to get back on level terms. Lincoln's third came with just a


for a good shot which flashed across goal and past the far post. Clitheroe had a number of good chances in the early part of the sec­


ond half. Riley, Baron and Xav Bowers all


went close but either missed the tar­ get or found Heath on his toes. Then after 67 minutes Lincoln


went two in front. Darren Munton outfoxed the Blues


defence down the left and found Ran­ shaw who fired inside the near post. When Clitheroe pulled a goal back


Reserves maintain dream start


Darwen Reserves 2 Clitheroe Reserves 4


A D EC IS IV E win a t Darwen on Thursday - courtesy of a Gary Thomas hat-trick saw Clitheroe maintain their


the early initiative and went close to scoring on several occasions, with Andy Taylor twice squandering chances when one-on-one with


100 % start to the season. On a poor playing surface, the Blues took


the keeper. Steve and Paul Lynch also went close


before striker Thomas finally made it 1-0 when shooting past the keeper on 20 minutes. Two minutes later he added a second when


break but rarely troubled John McCarthy in


the Clitheroe goal. Midway through the half Thomas com­


pleted his hat-trick from close range. And even though Darwen pulled one back


after poor defending from the Blues, Clitheroe were never in trouble and when Steve Lynch was brought down in the area, Lee Slater stepped up to score from the


spot. Darwen scored again in the last seconds,


but they were never a match for the league


leaders. Clitheroe; McCarthy, Elmer, Dunn, Kearton,


put clean through, and he coolly slotted the jParwen came more into the game after the


Anderton, Taylor, P. Lynch, Holding, S. Lynch, Thomas, Slater. Subs: Hill, Hosty, Horrocks. • On Saturday the Reserves are away at


Maine Road, kick-off 3 p.m.


after 79 minutes it was no surprise HUl was involved.


couple of minutes left on the clock. I t was a classic near-post corner


Haslinpien................ .... 'i 4 0 3 12 Maine Road............... ..... 4 4 0 0 12 Salford City........1...... ... 6 3 1 2 10 Cheadle Town........... .... 6 3 0 3 9 Castleton Gabs.......... ... 6 3 0 3 9 Squires Gate.............. ... 6 2 2 2 8


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Rainsworth MW; Hasling-a den v Rossington Main;a Heanor Tn v Atherton Col-d lieries; Holker OB v Prescot-J Cables; Kidsgrove Athletic v3 Vauxhall’GM; Nattleham v.| St Helens Town; Worsbor-| ough Bridge v Rossendalejj United.


City; ; Chadderton vf{


Chadderton; Cheadle Town^ v Daisy Hill; Darwen v | Atherton Collieries; Maine! Road v CLITHEROE; Sal-1 ford City v Ashton Town;| Squires Gate v Haslingden;| Woodley Sports v Nelson, k . .Tuesday , First Division


Reserve Division ■ a Castleton Gabriels va


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Nantwich Town v Warring-, ton Town; Vauxhall GM v. Blackpool Rovers. First Division


^ S ^ ^ r dD u n d a s ? to s ^ ' - • KM*™**-.; m a o 1,3d T h e go al se emed to do l i t t le to vauxhaiiGM............. 11 6 4 2 19


"NewcastleTown...'..' 11 8 3 0 27 Kidsgrove Ath............... 1110.


restore Clitheroe's appetite for the";. st HelensTowh >........ 7 6 1 0 19 right, ’and they still looked -ray n e r - r ,


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Warrington Town........ 10 5 1 4 16 Rossendale utd........... 10 4 2 4 14


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St Helens Tn 1; Maine Rd 3, Vaux-| b a l l GM 2; Newcastle Tn 4, Darwen^ 1; Warrington Tn 5, Salford City 1.' 'a FIXTURES Saturday


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Mossley v Salford City;-


move, taken by Steve Carter, touched on by Ranshaw and headed home by defender Brendan McDaid. Clitheroe had performed well,


despite the score, but still managed to give away a couple of soft goals. At the end of 90 minutes, though,


Lincoln deserved to go through - they were the stronger side and they defended with much more purpose. Clitheroe: Morrey, Grimshaw, Lang,


83), Hill.


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