1 % i Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, September 11th, 1997 39 -litheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified)
Blues aim for more FA Cup progress
their FA Cup campaign on Saturday. By Justin Connolly
C Youths start with goal glut with a 4-4 draw at Chorley C
LITHEROE FC’S new youth team kicked off their 1997-98 campaign
Wanderers on Sunday. The goals came from Matt Gamer,
Steven Wilkinson and Martin Halleron (2). Clitheroe took the lead after 22 min
utes when Halleron got his side off to a fine start. Chorley then pressed for an equaliser
but Clitheroe survived a free kick which hit the post to go in one up at half-time. Chorley fought hard again at the start
of the second half and hit the Clitheroe crossbar after 52 minutes. I t was only a matter of time before they equalised, and the goal duly came after 65 minutes.
Gamer put one in for Clitheroe to go Uh
back into the lead soon after, but Chor ley drew level with 15 minutes to go. Chorley continued to press and scored
their third and fourth after 80 and 82 min utes, but Clitheroe refused to lie down. They got their third two minutes later
through Wilkinson and equalised with five minutes left after a 30-yard Tom Bartlett free-kick found Halleron. Clitheroe have not had a youth side for
around three years, but have this season linked up with Clitheroe Wolves to re
establish that side of the club. The Wolves have done great things for
youth football in the Clitheroe area in recent years and Clitheroe FC want to carry on that work with their youth side. The top Wolves side will move to
Clitheroe each year as they become too old to play in the various local youth
leagues. Alan Wilkinson is in charge of the side
go wiu abui ouauuej « with Keith Chamley as his assistant, . and Blues chairman Steve Rush is hop
ing for great things. "Clitheroe Wolves do a great job and we want to make sure their work does
not go to waste,” he said. “We want to give the players some
where to go when they stop playing for the Wolves so that no local players slip through our net.
“The scheme is already bearing fruit with several of the youth side turning
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out for our reserve side.” The side warmed up for the new season with two friendlies at Shawbridge. They were beaten by Nelson 3-2 and
then lost 3-1 to Euxton Villa but put in good performances which bode well for the coming season. As well as their league campaign, the club also hope to enter a side in the FA
Youth Cup next season. The side are pictured Shawbridge. (CAT12351)
• Swan hit six in poor week for locals Church Street Tavern 0 Swan at Whalley 6
IT is often said that managers are a funny breed and Swan boss Richard Quinn reinforced this view with his after-match comments on
Sunday. The amiable Liverpudlian chose to
highlight his side’s defensive perfor mance rather than drool over some breathtaking attacking play. The first half of the match was goal
less. Swan created all the scoring chances in
lowing good work from live-wire Ian Barnet.
a relatively even 45 minutes, but failed to convert, mainly due to over-anxious finishing by the front men. Swan did earn two penalties, both fol
Somewhat predictably both spotkicks
were missed, the culprits being Steven Czapowski and the promising Craig
Smailfoot. Throughout the match anything the
Great Harwood side — ironically in a Burnley strip — could throw a t Swan was delt with by the outstanding defen sive trio of Dominic Chapman, Andy
Mossop and Ian Czapowski. Goalkeeper Mark Taylor was only
called into action on comers and one late chance following a frantic scramble. After an hour the deadlock was broken
by Ian Barnes. This was quickly followed by two Sam
were rewarded by further goals from Czapowski and Matt Lee.
CRAVEN produced some great football in this Accrington League game, but need to put away their chances if they are to compete.
Craven Heifer 1, Oswadtwistle Reserves 3 They began well but missed a bagful of chances to go in front Inside the first _ 1fl
Theyhad a couple of quick comers hum which they Wt the post and then die bar F rom a rare break Oswaldtwistle took the lead, b u t C r
COod chance which was cleared off the line by an Oswaldtwistle defender. Another Craven effort hit the bar as Gary Ward produced some fine football for
a w m ‘° create i'll was his cross which found Scriven for him to equalise,
Shears had a shot which hit the bar soon after, but the scores remained level at 1-1 -^The s e c o m l h a i f
v .., , ■ . , 1 was a very even affair But soon into the half Oswaldtwistle scored rCraven°fought°hard and Shears produced a good shot which was well saved, and
"Bed Craven coSd^urtnot get the break, and a defensive mistake let Oswaldtwistle in to score a third and seal the result.
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Chapman goals, effectively ending the game as a contest.
The villagers kept their discipline and ,
penalty and the diminutive Brendan McGhee slotted it home. If Swan can consistently turn out
Swan were then awarded another
defensive performances like this then, with the calibre of attacking players in the squad, there is no reason why the should not figure towards the higher reaches of the league table at the end of
the season. Elsewhere it was a bad weekend for
Ribble Valley sides in the Memorial
Football League. Only one of the other five sides m
action managed to win with the rest
going down to heavy defeats. Judge Walmesley lost 6-4 to Apeks
while, also in the First Division, De Lacy went down 5-2 at Plough Inn. In the Second Division, Hole House
Ja r row Roofing Boldon v is i t
Shawbridge for the first qualify ing round of the competition. The side play in the First Division of
North West Counties League Round-up
• Ticket prices for Satur d ay ’s FA Cup clash a t Shawbridge have been increased to £4 for adults with concessions available
a t £2.
CLITHEROE 4, Darwen 1. Tuesday
First Division
Results Monday
Cables 2: Haslingden 1. Mossley 1; Holker Old Hoys 2, Salford City 2; Newcastle Town 2, Nan- twich Town 1; Warrington Town 3, Kidsgrove Athletic 1. FA Vase
Atherton Collieries 1, Prescot First Division
3, Thackley
4.Fixtures Saturday
the Vaux Wearside League, but Blues co-manager Denis Underwood says
LITHEROE take a rest from league action when they continue
he is not concerned by the opposition. “I’m not really interested in them,”
he said. “I know if we perform to the best of our ability we will be a tough
side to beat. “Cup competitons like this give us
the chance to experiment a bit. "Andy Taylor is getting married on
Saturday so he will be missing and it gives us the chance to try different
things. “Progress in the competition is also
important because the games give us a break from the pressure of league
a break from the pressure of league
matches. And it’s also good forjihe club for us to go as far as we can.” • Clitheroe go into the game on a high
Monday. “I t was a decent performance, said „
Denis. “I was very disappointed with the goal we gave away—it was a very sloppy mistake.
goal, but really they never looked like scoring again.
'“At the end of the day we could have
“They came back into i t after the .
• ' A tn enaoi uieuay ~
had a lot more goals than we got. “And in the second half we were real
after winning their last three games, the most recent against Darwen on
ly flying and playing some great stuff.”
again, bu t strike-partner Paul Mullin has yet to hit the net this sea-
Mark Walsh was on the scoresheet , ,
son. “Paul is really more of a creator
than a goalscorer so the goals he got for us last season were a bonus. "But he’s getting into some good
positions and the goals will come for him.”
Goal-machine Walsh makes his Mark!
Clitheroe 4, Darwen 1
GOAL-MACHINE Mark Walsh banged in his sixth of the season for
Clitheroe as they brushed aside the challenge of Darwen at Shawbridge
on Monday night. Walsh has failed to score in only two of Clitheroe’s seven league and cup games
this season. By Justin Connolly
Uurscough 2, Blackpool Rovers 2 (after extra-time);
Glossop NE 2, Vauxhall CM 4 (after extra-time); Oldham Town
Glossop NE v Blackpool Rovers; Haslingden v Chadderton; Holker Old Boys v Ramsbottom Utd; Nantwich Town v Prescot C a b l e s ; S a l f o r d C i ty v Kidgsrove Ath.
Atherton LR v Vauxhall GM; First Division
FA Cup F i r s t Q u a l ify in g Round
.
■mersdale Utd: Warrington Town v RTM Newcastle; Work
Road: Burscough v Bedhngton Terriers; CLITHEROE v Jar- row RB; Darwen v Ryhope CA; St Harwood Town v St Helens Town: Gretna v Mossley; Ilkes- tone Town v Rossendale Utd; Newcastle Town v Garforth Town; South Shields v bkel-
Dillingham Synthonia v Maine
sop Town v Oldham Town. Tuesday
beat New Inn 7-0 while Woolpack scored a 5-2 win over Calderstones. There was joy in the Third Division for
new side Royal British Legion. They smashed nine goals past Little Crown,
who scored five in reply. RESULTS
First Division Judge Walmesley 4, Apeks 6; Plough Inn 5,
De Lacy 2; Swan a t Whalley 6, Church Street Tavern 0.
Second Division
Hole House 7, New Inn 0; Woolpack 5, Calderstones 2.
Third Division
Legion 9, Little Crown 5. FIXTURES
First Division De Lacy v Judge Walmesley (Whalley);
Apeks v Swan a t Whalley (Wilsons). Second Division
(Calderstones); New Inn v Queens Hotel (Roefield).
Calderstones v Sign and Poster Studios
C Scorecards and Tables ) Sport ■r->
Bamoldswick v Clitheroe
M. Bolton c Smith bHara ..2 0 A. Robinson c Crotty b Hara 31
CLITHEROE
Fielding run out • • • • •••••• • “ M. Dewhurst c Charnley b Ahmed........................ * *' \7
S. Whalley not o u t ...............“ Extras . . .
Bolton not out ................." f
p. Seedle s t Lord b I . Scoth- N. e r n .................................. . *
5)'244 Bowling:
J.Stead7-l-31-0;Hara
9-0-39-2; J. Pickup 8-0-60-0,1. Ahmed 9-0-65-1; I. Scothem 4-1-
33b a r n o l d s w ic k si Haranotout
I. Scothem not o u t ............... ^
Extr3S.........Total'(for 0) 50
................1B Bowling: S. Bishop 2-0-11-0; M.
Hargreaves 3-0-24-0: q1^ 0‘nB 0-5-0; M. Dewhurst 1-0-7-0.
Great Harwood vRead READ
jjawaz c Allen b Haw y
T. Little not o u t ....................... ^ Extras. . ■ ^ ^ 1’('for 'tvm) 61
BcwUng^.ampspnO.Z-WS-O; M. Hawarth 9-1-4 Ribblesdale
Wanderers
v Edenfield ED EN F IE LD ^
J. Kershaw not out : " ’h’ b A. N F ranklin c famgn ^
Ashley not o u t ....................... 8 Ext ras . . • *^.Q^i’(for 1) 104
Ainsworth .......................y j
0-21-^A.^Ainsworth S-0-19-1. G* Monk 9-1-17-0.
Padiham v Whalley
H ^ ^ S b O ’Nem .^ R Metcalfe c t aiion u
A. McNicholas b smit 30
£ ;^H p a ° th ie c W e s tw o o d ^ n . a S ^ ob i> s™ *
• ; ; ; ; i6
Bead........ . B’burn Nrthin
A. Robinson run out ................ 4 S Geenotout .............
S Rashid not o u t........... . . .1 5 ?
Ext r a s . - - -— 164 Bowling: Smith 16-4-62- .
Cherry Tree.. Clitheroe....
O’Neill 21-3-79-3; M. Fallon 6-2- 16-1. WHALLEY
M. Fallon not o u t ..................57 R Macintosh not o u t ..............32
Extras.............................. *0 Total (for 0)83
Gee 6-1-38-0; Harvey 2-0-22-0. • All matches abandoned
Bowling: S. Rashid 5-1-23-0; S.
due to rain. • Match reports and latest
cricket news can be found on page 40 of this issue.
VAUX RIBBLESDALE
Cherry Tree.. 25 20 2 2 •Clitheroe..... 25 18 3 Gt Harwood... 25 14 7 4 Padiham....... 25 13 9 3 Edcnfield...... 25 13 8 4 Ribb Wndrs... 25 9 12 4
CRICKET LEAGUE Senior League P W h NR
BP Pts 28 134 20 119 18 96 22 93 8 81 18 71
Whalley........ 2o 10 2 J B'bumNrthm 25 8 12 5 Oswlmm...... 2o 8 14 6
10 66 14 &t 6 52
Bamoldswick. 25 t» 14 o Baxemlcn...... 25 5 lo 5
Settle............ 25 3 17 5 phst Division
Gt Harwood... - )■) j
Salisbury...... 22 J4 !> C lith e ra c ........ 22 14 7
l K " ,lrS- 1 7 1 12 S
E f c I l B Rolls-Royce... 22 2 17
Town; Darwen v Blackpool Rovers; Kidgsrove Athletic v Glossop NE; Nantwich Town v CLITHEROE; Mossley v New castle Town; Rossendale Utd v Chadderton; Salford City v Has- lingden: Vauxhall GM v Ather ton
Collieries.Wednesday First Division
Atherton LR v Warrington First Division
Road; St. H e le n s ' Town v Burscough.
Ramsbottom Utd v Maine
First Division PW
Newcastle Town.... CUTHKUOB....... St Helens Town..... Kiiisgrovt* Ath....... Vauxhall UM......... Present Cables...... Atherton LU........ Warrington Town..
Glossop NE.......... Burscough............ Chathlerton..........
Maine Hoad.......... Danven................ Haslingden........... Nantwich Town.... Mossley................ Blaekoool Kvrs..... Hamsbottom Utd..
Monday by Dave Bennett, who hit his third in two games, skipper Chris Grimshaw and defender Simon Gough. Clitheroe have now scored 17 goals in
He was joined on the scoresheet on o their seven games, and were joint sec nd in the table before Tuesday night s
games. Darwen made life difficult for Clitheroe
on Monday. They play a pressing game and gave
the Blues little time on the ball: To their credit Clitheroe gave as good
as they got and as the game wore on became more and more dominant. Darwen produced few chances — even their goal came from a bizarre defensive
mistake. By contrast Clitheroe could have had
a hatful. Darwen keeper Adam Howarth was
a string of fine saves to prevent his side from losing by an even bigger margin.
But that didn’t prevent him from making ' By mid-way into the second half
marauding down the flanks and Walsh and Paul Mullin were pulling the Dar
Clitheroe were really flying. Grimshaw and Dennis Hill were
wen defence apart. I t started in spectacular fashion for the Blues when they took the lead after just
seven seven minutes. Great start continues for second string inutes. • “ “ " uu
Ramsbottom United Reserves 0 Clitheroe Reserves 3
CLITHEROE second string maintained their 100% record in the North-West Counties’ League Reserve Division with a win at Ramsbottom United.
Clitheroe began well and the game was won in the first 20 Fhstteam regulars Jon Riley and Craig Dewhurst, along
o with newcomer Paul Lynch, were at the heart of Chtheroes
attacking moves. A cross by Lynch after 15 minutes fell to Dewhurst who
smashed the ball into the net from 10 yards. Minutes later a second was added when Riley broke free on
H Iki OB Salford City......... Kossendale Utd.... Atherton Colls.....
p O W lS l from the Second Division of the Great Harwood and District Bowling League after just one
1 HURST Green A have been relegated
season in the division. Their 10-0 defeat at the hands of newly crowned cham
pions Clayton Gatty consigned them to Third Division TNieyiriUberejrtaori W Clitheroe Cricket who clinched ,
the secretary soon as demand is expected to be high. RESULTS
Second Division
Clayton Gatty 10, Hurst Green A 0; Leisure Hour 8, Rishton BC 2.
Third Division Play-offs: Clitheroe Cricket 8, Come and Welcome 2;
Salesbury B 8, Milnshaw Park 2. FINAL POINTS AND POSITIONS
Second Division
10 50 6 41 8 33
p w I, Nil BP Pts
4 20 98 2 20 94 1 16 88 2 24 83 3 18 82 2 20 79 2 14 78 3 14 70 2 10 47 2 6 45 2 6 35 3 4 20
............ 22 15 4 3
Second Division p W L NR
•Edenfieid..... 22 16 3 2
Osw Imm...... ^ If (» - •Buxemlen.... ^ Jf J « ll’burn Nrthrn 22 11 9 2 Bamoldswick. ^ JO 10 l Settle............ ” 9 Whalley........ 5g Salesbury...... « BGSOB......... 22 Belvedere..... 22 Rcdls-lloyce... 22
9 10 8 10 6 14
3 17 1 18
18 14 19 14
3 4
18 13 4 16 12 3 19 13 4 8 9 8 9
19 8 19 7 18 7 18 5
17 5 11 19 4 14
15 3 11
1 1 1 1
3 4
1 l
BP Pts 28 109 14 101 26 100 16 85 20 79 16 70 10 69 16 67 16 64 8 42
8 27 12 23
p w 1, NK B P P t s 22
20 14
2 3
to
<M 92 81
18 2 12 4
3 12 16 14 12 10 4
1
18 80 79 58 55 53 49 41
12 14
:'A 27 2 2
Leisure Hour 95; 4, Rishton BC 94; 5, Whalley A 93, 6, Waddington A 86; 7, Ribblesdale B 76; 8, Coppice 76; 9,
1, Clayton Gatty 116; 2, Burnley Road B 116; 3,
Hurst Green A 74; 10, Globe B 74. Third Division
1 69; 9, Rishton Con B 68. 1, Clitheroe Cricket 100; 2, Come and Welcome 100; 3,
l Free Gardeners 84; 4, Whalley B 82; 5, Sabden Black 78, 6, Rushton St B 70; 7, Salesbury B 69; 8, Milnshaw Park
T > ___ _ More than 170 runners turned out for X v R C G • this year’s Pendleton Fell Race with Andrew Wrench of Todmorden emerging as winner He was followed home by Sean Williams of Todmorden, Gary Devine from Pudsey and Bramley and Shaun
. . .
Livesey from Clayton-leMoors. The first lady home was Keighley’s Karen Slater with
Horwich’s Tony Hesketh the first Over-40 veteran to finish.
Ian Beverley from Clayton-leMoors was the first Over- 50 veteran to cross the line, and in the Over-60 category Clayton-le-Moors runner Lawrence Sullivan was first. Organiser Roger Dewhurst of Bolton-by-Bowland will be presenting the £100 profit from the event to the
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SuperScan Appeal. -n ir
IV L G G b . attend the Ribblesdale Table Tennis j_ . New teams and players are welcome to
Association’s annual meeting. The meeting, which will also include the presentation
of this year’s trophies, will be held at the Pendle Hotel, Chatbum, on Monday, at 7-30 p.m. For more information contact the chairman on 01200
425976 or the acting secretary on 01254 822555. -v - r
offic es in King Street, Clitheroe.
JN 6WS. should reach us by noon on Tuesday. Phone 01282 426161, fax 01282 439863 or call in at our
# For the Ribble Valley Sports Scene
the Third Division title after a play-off with Come and Welcome, who also go up.
Richard is the hero
HAT-TRICK hero Richard Tyrell helped Clitheroe Wolves Under 10s get their season off to a flying s ta r t with an 8-2 win over Read- stone United. Tyrell netted in a closely
Conservative Club on Friday, October 17th, are now on They cost £3 each and applications should be made to
Tickets for the league’s presentation night at Kishton
contested first half, while fur ther strikes from Luca Musker and Liam Gidlow made it 3-1 a t the break. In the second half Clitheroe
consolidated their position with further goals from Jack Fielding, James Scriven, Gid low and two from Tyrell — the last a superb solo goal. Readstone never gave up but
the Wolves defence, well mar shalled by Oliver Nuttall only allowed them two goals. Goalkeeper Thomas Hibbert was in exellent form when
called upon. Nine Whalley sides were in
action - three of them recording victories. The Under 12s beat Oggy
Hospur 2-1 with goals from Ben Thorpe and Richard
Benson, with Terry Fothergiil man-of-the-match. However, they also lost out to
Stash on Sunday by the same score, despite andother goal from Benson and a fine per formance from James Linley. The Under 10s impressed in
a 3-0 friendly win over Waterfoot, with David
Wilkinson, Darren Fothergill
and Sam Dean on target. Back to full-strength, the
Under 14s hammered Great Harwood Town 8-2. Star man James Wright
bagged four with Michael Shields (2), Andy Strong and Liam H'll-Parker also on the
mark. Despite taking a two-goal
lead against Blackburn Boys through Thomas Hinchcliffe
and Dominic Lee, Blackburn stormed back to win 4-2. But in a much-improved
Whalley performance, John Lawson was outstanding. The Under 13s drew 2-2 with West End, but it was a game that they could have won eas ily. Whalley were 1:0 up at half-time through Will Cross, but it should have been more. West End equalised with 15
CLITHEROE Wolves Under 11s are pictured in their new strip, sponsored by The Tyremen of Clithcroc. (CAT11693)
minutes to go, before Jamie Barnes put the locals ahead
again. But a controversial free tack
leveller two minutes from time meant a share of the spoils. The Under Nines also drew
in their first U-a-side match against Readstone. They almost took the lead
through Donald Wharton’s Fele-like lob, but man-of-the- match Michael Douglas gave them the lead, before Read stone equalised later on. The Under Eights, playing
in an Under Nines league, lost out in their first game against Blue Star 5-2. Adam Brown put the locals
ahead before they were pegged back with the last kick of the first half. Blue Star made i t 3-1, but
with two further goals, but there were good perfor mances from Brown, Gary McLaughlin, Joe Cross and star man Foster. A see-saw match saw the
Blue Star sealed the points
BURNLEY FOOTBALL CLUB DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
Under 15s lose 5-3 to West End. Twice Whalley went ahead through Adam Stevenson and James Jack- son, and they levelled at 3-3 through a tremendous Phil McGauley free kick. But West End were the
stronger side after the break and would have won by a big ger margin but for goalkeeper Paul Watson. Michael Pidlyskyj was star man An under-strength Under 16s
lost 6-1 to Willow Mount. T ra ilin g 4-0 at half-time, the
Teddy Foster pulled one back with the goal of the game — beating three players before slotting the ball home.
outstanding Russell Kay in goal was overworked, but he pulled off some superb saves. David Holt scored a conso
lation with a fine header. I
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the right and pulled the ball back for Darrell Mankowski to drive the ball into the net from the edge of the box. Ramsbottom had no answer to the Clitheroe team which
passed the ball around well and created chances. But injuries to Matt Anderton and Paul Keighley disrupted
make amends. Mullin won the ball well wide on the
- Clitheroe: Ogden, Grimshaw, Lang, Bowers, Gough, Bennett (Riley 67), Sharpies, Hill, Walsh, Mullin,' Taylor (Thomas 82). Sub (not used): Baron. _
tip over the bar once again. j
the Blues for the remaining 10 minutes of the first half. Once substitutes Lee Slater and Andy Bates got into their
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stride the reserves again began to dominate and deservedly added a third after an hour when a close-range effort was par ried by the keeper into the path of John Holding who had a
simple tap in.
before the end and, although Clitheroe keeper Jim Ormond had little to do he confidently dealt with any dangers which
Riley, Lynch and Slater were close to addmg further goals .
maximum points from their opening three fixtures they look like a team with purpose.
This was the reserves’ best performance to date mid with _ . „ ,
a local derby at the Anchor Ground with a 7-30 p.m. tack-off. Clitheroe: Ormond, Keighley, Lord, Kearton, Anderton, Gough, Dewhurst, Mankowski, Holding, Riley, Lynch. Suds;
On Saturday the reserves are away to Squires Gate, m a t has a 3 p.m. kick-off. On Tuesday they face Darwen in
Elmer, Slater, Bates. . . . _L„.
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m i m.
their hero. He dislocated two fingers early in the second half after a chal lenge from Walsh.
left of the area around 20 yards out. Bennett stepped up and curled a shot
Darwen gave away a free-kick on the .
into the corner of Howarth’s net, leav ing the keeper nowhere. They could have made it two after 15
right and fired in a fierce low cross to the near post which Hill helped on to Walsh at the far post for the Blues’ top- scorer to pick his spot. From then on Clitheroe did not look
back. Just two minutes into the second hall
Walsh could have had his second when
his header from a Hill cross was superbly tipped over by Howarth. . Darwen forced a couple of scrambled
chances which came to nothing, but Clitheroe extended their lead after. 54
minutes. Mullin again crossed for Walsh, but he
could not get a shot in and the ball ran out to Grimshaw on the right. . ' ■ . • He hit it first time and such was the
with Walsh and Mullin both going close.
minutes when a great run from Grimshaw resulted in a cross to the far post which the unmarked Walsh could not bring down in time for a shot before the danger was cleared.
the day when at full-stretch he tipped a Walsh effort onto the post after 70 min
Howarth made his second great save of , utes. ;
Darwen equalised, and it could not have come from a more innocuous situ-
Disaster struck after 24 minutes when
Clitheroe keeper John Ogden rolled the ball out to Gough, but he dwelt on it
too long and was dispossessed. Paul McBeth knocked the ball forward
to Denny Khan and he slotted the ball,
home. The referee initially gave a goal kick as
the ball apeared to have gone wide, but- after consulting with the linesman a goal was given and Clitheroe were left kicking themselves. But it didn’t take them too long to
,
two minutes left on the clock. _ ^ A goal-mouth scramble in the six yard
Clitheroe’s fourth goal came with just .
area saw a number, of Clitheroe players shyatgoal.
when a blocked Mullin cross from the left looped towards Hill on the edge of
I t could have been 5-1 in injury time ;
His ferocious left-foot volley looked goalbound until Howarth popped up to
„ ■ , thearea.
came out to Gough and he atoned for his earlier mistake with a fierce drive into the top comer.
All efforts were blocked until the ball .. , , i
power of his drive, Howarth barely - moved before it hit the back of the net. More chances came Clitheroe’s way
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