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the season, a 2-1 victory over Oggy Bospur.


before their fist win of


WHALLEY Juniors Under l ls line up


firm who make classic football strips from previous decades.


Their kit is sponsored by Classic Designs, a


Richard Grafton, Ryan Rigby.


Harry McLean, Martin Walton, Chris Brewer, Scott Stanworth,


The team are, back row (left to right):


Hinchlciffe, Joe Beck­ ett, Dominic Lee,


Front row: Tomas


James Wynne, Euan Ralston, Daniel Stevenson.


Blues only have themselves to


blame - Butcher Grimshaw F


SHAWBRIDGE co­


boss Gary Butcher says his side brought Monday's defeat against Darwen on themselves. "We got what we


deserved from the game, we s ta r te d b ad ly and some of the more senior players let us down," said Butcher (pictured). "As for the refereeing, I


just wish the officials would learn what is a bad tackle and what is not." Butcher's fellow-manager


Speedy striker sets up Wolves win ■E-


take on Brierfield Celtic. Celtic defended well for 80% of the game but


C


LITHEROE Wolves Under 16s enjoyed a comfortable win when they travelled to


the Wolves squandered good early chances. The Clitheroe side nearly always looked the


stronger of the two sides. Midway through the first half a good cross from


the right found Tony Middleton who headed ml. In the second half the Wolves pressed forward


and went further ahead when the speedy Paul Thompson out-paced the defence to score. Middleton found the net again shortly after­


, .


ing a goal disallowed, Chadwick scored his second to seal the victory.


The Wolves continued attacking and, after hav­ ____ .


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mance Matthew Ashley, Philip North and Jack Fielding deserve special praise for their contabutiona Perhaps the finest performance on the field was


In what was essentially an excellent team perfor­


by the referee, who handled the game superbly. t t THALLEY Juniors Under l l s were one V V of only three of th e club's teams cele­


brating victory after the weekend's games. They beat Oggy Hospur for the t o t success of the season. Oggy scored first but this seemed to


wards, although the Wolves missed a penalty. Ben Parsons put the game out of Bnerfields


reach with a fourth goal from a comer - his first for the club in three seasons.


Jackson and Darren Bateman was good in defence. The Under l l s in the Accrington League put lu


Man-of-the-match was the hard-working Gary


goals past hapless opponents Stanhill Juniors. Jordan Walmsley was the star man with six


goals, and three from him in the first half put Wolves 3-1 up a t the break.


Further goals were added by Jack Dearden (2), James Halstead and Martin Greatorex.


. .


to ry of th e season in th eir Burnley League encounter with Borrowdale United.


half end goalless.


Clitheroe attacking for long periods. Jake Chadwick finally broke the deadlock


The second half was much the same witn ...


after good work by Liam Gidlow and man-of- the-match Richard Tyrrell.


School side still unbeaten


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NBEATEN Clitheroe Royal Grammar School Under 15s earned their first win of the season last Wednesday after a run of draws.


And on Saturday they again avoided defeat at a tradition-


2-0 victory. 1 0 1 Pw5 ES n o * e d the angle weUtoforce


The Wolves Under 10s recorded their t o t vic­ . , ,


United defence to continuous pressure,.but a weu- organised off-side trap and poor finishing saw the


In a tight first half Clitheroe subjected the


'"m aU e ^ g o t their reward when Thomas Hinch- cliffe's pass found Scott Stanworth, and he was brought down in the area. He picked himself up and coolly slotted home the spot-tack. Oggy started the second half on top but Martin


Walton, Daniel Stevenson and s tap p er to n es


• Wynne were tremendous at the back for Whalley. With five minutes to go Ryan Rigby scored the


goal of the match when he knocked the hallover the Oggy defence and hit the ball on the volley it camedown. The looping shot found the comer


and gave the Oggy keeper no chancy The biggest winners were the Under 15s who


took to the field for their game with Blue Stiuwith just nine. But that didn’t stop them from register-


ing a fine 9-0 win. Whalley dominated with new keeper Michael


Walsh impressing.They were 4-0 up by half-time


and added another five after thebreak. Goals came from man-of-the-match Mark


Arthur (4), Gary Haslam (2), Paul Watson, Phil McGauley and Richard Whalley.


.


The Under 13s had a good 5-3 win a t Great Harwood Town after an entertaining clash.


Wharfedale Gate 0 West Bradford 2


AFTER a goal-less first half, West Bradford proved the stronger side after the break, netting I twice an d c re a t in g a


sackful of chances. Both sides failed to set­ tle in the first period, mak- I ing several mistakes, but' 1


1 the locals came good. I The f irs t goal came I I af te r a throw-in from I Bartlett was headed on by I Chamley to Hickling, and I he slotted home.


After missing a penalty True to form Clitheroe played better, after the break, keep- Whallev started toe better and went 2-0 up


five minutes thanks to Jamie Barnes and Shaun Stell. Harwood hit back but Barnes made it 3-1 before


Whalley started the better and went 2-0 up after


Mark Langley made it 4-1. Barnes completed his hat-trick to seal the result, but


Harwood fought back netting two consolation goals. The Under 10s shared a 1-1 draw with Langho B


thanks to an opening goal from Andrew Hargreaves. The Under 8s clash with Blackburn Boys Under


against Oggy Hospur. Whalley gave a lacklustre display, but managed , , .


9s Reserves finished goalless after an outstanding performance from Whalley keeper Ashley Higson. There was a close 3-2 defeat for the Under 12s


,


two goals from Richard Benson and ben Thorpe after going 3-0 down. They just did not have the


time to draw level. The Under 9s were beaten 6-1 by Foulridge


Minors despite a goal from Michael Douglas and a


good display from Donald Wharton. The Under 14s were beaten 10-1 by top-of-the-


table side Rishton. Michael Shields got the goal and keeper Gary Astley put in a good display. TT> EADSTONE United's Under 9s contrn-


X vued their unbeaten start to the season with


an excellent 3-2 victory over Fulledge Colts. This was a good all round performance with Oliver


Tyreman and ChanteUe McCormack outstanding. Gary Bowker scored two and the other came


from an own goal. The Under l l s p ut in a good performance


Andrew Tinker. The Under l l s were unlucky to lose 4-3 to Hun- „


coat.Goal scorers were Chris Holland, Joe Waller and Steve Treanor.


Swan overcome old enemies


Swan at Whalley 4 Kings ArmsO


I


and some easy chances, l West Bradford wrapped


I up the win when Hickling I I turned provider, finding 1 Bartlett, who placed the ball into the bottom cor-


ner.


S S d S S f f i e s Lewis chased down a long ball and nudged the baU past the keeper to make i t 2-0 and bring a


“ T ^ ^ t m d ^ C l i & e travelled to Mandiester te face St B^det where the previous meetmgs resulted m 12-1


The week before. West Bradford played good


I ed3-l. ,


I flowing football to beat local rivals Clitheroe Unit- [


Moore opened the .


I scoring with a terrific low I drive, and Hickling and Sudworth made i t 3-0 before United pulled back a last-minute conso- |


| lation. S e S a ^ S t e k e e p e r to Heald, who finished with ease. Clitheroe United 6, Eastburn Rangers 1 Easy for United


UNITED Played their first home game and ran out better footballthroughout the game


at L ^ 'an d ^ Jew to ^b t^h 'b a ^ ^ i1^ brace, with Shannon and Clr b e r n a b ^ ^ d l ^ ^ sponsored by Wellgate Fisheries.


Target man needed!


I Leisurewear F ive -a ­ side League a t Roefield


T


I Leisure Centre on Sun­ day were P a rk e rs I Arms, who h it double


figures. They b e at Ribble


I Motors 10-4. Spitting Pig, Buck


I comfortable wins. RESULTS


I Rovers and Real Blad- dered all netted seven in


, Wanderers 3, Rapid Decline 5; Mad For I t 6,


I Waddy Arms 2: Ribble I Motors 4, Parkers Arms 10; I Spitting Pig 7. Bowland Strollers 3; Buck Rovers 7,


OP scorers in the G len fi eld l


IN a game which could have realistically main­ tained or ended Swan's championship a sp i ra ­ tions, th e Whalley side put in a vastly improved performance to overcome th e ir old sparring p a rt-


ners. Late withdrawals forced , , .


Richard Quinn's hand when it came to his selection. But, even with several


players seemingly suffering from a bug, the team gelled from the first minute to the I nit for a comfortable victo-


17 Before the Accrington side had mounted a serious attack Swan were in the lead. After being brought down


against Bamoldswick United, ending up with a 2- 2 draw. Goal scorers were Ryan Thomas-Fisher and


Clitheroe 0, Darwen 2


A BIZARRE encounter a t Shawbridge on Monday night saw Clitheroe endure a sending off, four injured players and a


2-0 defeat. By Justin Connolly ii Darwen were the visitors for the first leg of


the Floodlit Trophy first round. But i t was the referee who took centre


stage as the football took something of a


baDaridUnsworth of Bolton was the man in charge, hut not in control, of this match. Darwen are always a bruising and bustling ,


side, but on Monday night they surpassed their reputation.


. others hobbled off a t half-time to take no fur­ ther part in the game.


Two Clitheroe players were earned off tne field with ankle ligament damage and two


.


Yet despite that, it was Clitheroe who were reduced to 10 men after the sending off of


.


up for Chapman to score his second on the hour with a spectacular scissors-kick. Ju s t 10 minutes later


Jonathan Smith broke free from Ids man-to-man marker


to cross from the right and


Chapman stole in to head home for his hat-trick. Swan held on to keep yet


-for handling the ball on his own goal line.-;.;. The Darwen goals came through Chtheroe


Clive Dunn. The irony of that was Dunn was dismissed


own goal.


another clean sheet to go alongside their improved scoring record this season. With a little more consis­


tency this promises to be a good season once the squad is back to full strength. Special mention must go


Clitheroe made some changes from tne ■ . „


side which earned the Blues their t o t away win of the season at Glossop on Saturday.


Sharpies, Paul Mullin, Andy Taylor and Dave Bennett, Clitheroe should have com­ fortably overcome a mediocre Darwen srde. They started slowly and allowed Darwen


But even without the likes of Dave


to dictate the game more than they shoum. There was- very much a feeling th a t Clitheroe were playing a poor side in a compe­


to Phil Campbell, who got his first taste of action late in Sunday's game after being a fixture on every teamsheet


this season. •Elsewhere in the Memorial


Ram Chapman took a quick free-kick to release Lee Kearsley, who slotted past the keeper for his first goal in


12 months. For the remainder of the


match Kearsley bore the brunt of some fierce Kings tackling, and for the most part was not protected by a weak referee. Former Coventry s ta r


Dave Bennett was sent off for lashing out at the What­ ley goalscorer. Roles were reversed for the


second goal — Chapman capi­ talised on Kearsley's free-


kick to score. Ian Barnes was a constant


boots. Matt Lee also worked tire­ , ,


lessly down the right against the formidable Vincent


Brooks. The viators posed more of


I Rag Legs Utd 1; Real Blad- I dered 7, Dynamo Sausage 3. 1 SUNDAY’S FIXTURES


b i t never looked kkescormf^ yery ^ jd .T h e visiting keeper Craven's


3 r e s u l t s w i u w * ^ -


I Motors (9 a.m.); Spitting Pig I v Real Bladdered (9-50 a.m.); I Buck Rovers v Wanderers (10- 40 a.m.); Rag Legs v Parkers Arms (11-30 a.m.): Bowland


Dynamo Sausage v Ribble


I Strollers v Mad For It (12-20 I p.m.); Rapid Decline v Waddy Arms (1-10 p.m.).


----------------------------------------------^ Rimington are worthy winners I t was only Rimington's second shot ____ „ B a r K ° l d i n g t o n 2 d l


e im in g t o n « ■ « • ; g s f i : E a s t L a n c a s h ire h


c la sh w i th th re e w e l l-d e se r S £ *• the opening i


was R im in g to nw h o d ^ putting the of the game, but despi


During the


home team under a tat oip failed to create


dictated the pace e they


, the home t After the oPen1^ the game and the same time denYUB , . garnoldswick ^ eam came more into ^ play forced


their more direct^sty» deep wjthin the visitors to defe periods, but at their own half


any clear cut ebun ®he iead mid-way Rimington too n Leach raced


I through the hal


I onto a through-ball anu finished coolly •fronxlSyards.


■Rimimzton's second shot


a t goal, the first being a dipping shot from Braithwaite which was well saved


by the home keeper.


, erve(j changed their formation slightly, push- “ f cgIarkson and Bradshaw forward a


that quite a few scoring chances were created but also missed by Geoff Young


and Gordon Leach. For the majority of the second half , ,


the Bamoldswick goal was under siege and it seemed just a matter of time


before Rimington netted a second. But i t was the home team who


scored with a shock equaliser just 10 minutes from time when Barnes need­ lessly gave the ball away on Riming­


ton's left flank. From then on a compilation of deten-


sive errors - the worst coming from Jim Butcher - let Bamoldswick in to score


from long range. Rimington went onto the attack for ng range. , ,_


the remaining 10 minutes and with only two minutes left Craig Bames atoned for his earlier mistake when he scored a last-gasp winner with a well-taken


header.


Rimington not gained the three points on offer.


I t would have been an injustice had . , ,


. . . . . . Although the team is defending well


at the moment their main fault lies in the fact that they are not holding on to the ball long enough and are giving away possession far too frequently to allow themselves to form any pattern to


their play. Once this is rectified they will be a


more formidable unit to break down. On Saturday Rimington are away to


Bentham in the second round of the Craven Cup. The game has a 2 p.m.


kick-off.


a threat in the second half but Mark Taylor, back in the action just 10 days after a knee operation, was protected well by the back-line, especial­ ly Ian Czapowski who remained sporting when the opposition had seemingly for­ gotten the meaning of the


Kerslet and Barnes linked


menace alongside Chapman, but had forgotten his scoring


Football League Calderstones enjoyed their first win of the season at the expense of fellow- Ribble Valley side New Inn. New Inn remain rooted to


the bottom of the Second Division with no points after the 5-2 defeat, while Calder­ stones are second from bot­


tom with four points. In the First Division De


Lacy's drive towards the top of the table was halted when they were beaten 4-1 by lead­ ers Accrington Sports. First Division side Judge


games this week. RESULTS


Swan at Whalley 4, Kings Arms 0. Second Divirion


Accrington Sports 4, De Lacy 1; First Division


Calderstones 5, New Inn 2. FIXTURES


First Division


(Queen Elizabeth's Whalley): Plough Inn v Swan a t Whalley


(Wilsons). Second Division


Queen's Eastgate v Calder­ stones (Haslingden); New Inn v


Clarence (Roefield). Third Division


Legion v Ossy Rovers (Roe- Held).


First Division P W D


Acc. Sports....... 6 6 0 Swan Whalley.. 7 4 Rishton Arms... 6 3 Kings Arms..... 7 3 Heys Inn........... 5 3 DeLacy.......... 6 3


LPts 0 18


De Lacy v Church St Tavern


tition that didn't matter, but that was to prove complacent as Darwen began to get on top. Chances were limited in the opening peri­


od— Darwen skimmed the bar with a header and a good run from Dennis Hill resulted in a cross which Mark Walsh turned just past the


Darwen upright. Clitheroe.


After 26 minutes disaster s truck for ■ ,


' Blues keeper John Morrey dropped the . .


, , _ . . .


ball in the area and Dunn could do nothing hut instinctively palm away Neil Reynolds


goal-bound shot bn the line. A penalty it had to be, and a sending off too. Darwen skipper John Howarth stepped up and slammed the ball past Morrey.


_ Just a minute later new Clitheroe signing '


mistakes rather than Darwen's ability - one came from the penalty th at resulted from Dunn's misdemeanour, the other from an.-


Peter Nolan suffered a challenge which land- ed him in hospital.


Nolan couldn't have seen Shaun Craig com- , . >


ing in on his blind-ride after the ball had gone. Referee Unsworth - who had just sent


Dunn off for a handball - thought Craig s challenge warranted only a caution. I t resulted in a visit to Blackburn Royal


some rhythm-they passed the baU well, hut didn't really create much in front of goal. Towards the end of the half Clitheroe won


As the half wore on Chtheroe began to to d __


Infirmary for Nolan and serious ligament damage which will put him out of the game forsometime.


,


Denis Underwood agreed: "We have a lad sent off for handling the ball on the line and then the tackle on Peter Nolan which only results in


a booking. "In some ways I sympa­


thise with the referee because the rules dictated that Clive Dunn had to be


sent off. "At the end of the day we


have lost the game. "We actually played bet­


in with a chance." On Saturday Clitheroe,


clinched their first away win of the season at Glossop. The three points moved


Clitheroe up to sixth spot in the table and kept them in touch with the pack chasing


leaders Kidsgrove. " I t was a good perfor­


mance," said Denis. "We set our stall out and


played Neil Baron up front


and it paid off. "Following on from the 0-


ter with nine men, but they are not a good side. "We started badly and let


them get the upper hand. "But their first goal came


from a mistake by the keeper and the second from an own


goal."When we had 11 players they looked like they could


match us. "But when we went down


to nine men they proved that they didn't have the ability to open us up. "The main thing is we did­


n't concede any more goals and that means we are still


0 draw with Newcastle it was a good result and the most pleasing thing was that we got another clean sheet." On Saturday Clitheroe are


in cup action again. They play Bacup Bor­


ough in the first round of the League Challenge Cup. "Bacup will be a tough


game because they have got some good new players in there," said Underwood.


"What we must not do is


go out thinking we will win easily like we did on Mon­ day, because if we do that we will come unstuck."


Bizarre encounter leaves Clitheroe


wins top award


l y in g full back Chris Grimshaw


has been named North-West Counties’


League F i r s t Division Player-of-the-Month for


September. Grimshaw said he was sur­


prised but delighted a t the


award. "It's a surprise because


you don't usually get defend­ ers picking-up awards like this, it's usually the goalscor- ers who get all the glory," he


said . "I once got the player-of-


the-month award in the Uni- Bond League when I was at Accrington and th a t was


nice.


here makes it extra-special. "Our form so far this year


"But being club captain


has been a bit up and down but the f irst away win on Saturday was important and hopefully we can build on


that." The Blues skipper has


impressed fans and officials with his defensive work in a. tight back-line, while, as even


he has caught the eye with his probing runs down the


(ja i iV s . Grimshaw, who signed for


the Blues from Accrington Stanley in January last year,


has been in a rich vein oHorm in the blue and white stripes. RESULTS


Atherton LR 2, Haslingden 1;


SATURDAY First Divirion


Blackpool Rovers 2, Mosriey 1: Chadderton 0, Vauxhall GM 2:


Glossop North End 0, CLITHEROE 2; Holker Old


. . 1


Boys 1, Atherton Collieries 4; Nantwich Town 0, Buiscough 1; Rossendale Utd 0, Newcastle Town 2; St Helens Town 3, War­ rington Town 2} Salford City 2, Ramsbottom Utd 1. ' Reserve Division


a free-kick on the left of the Darwen area. Mark Walsh stepped up and smashed a a, great free-kick over t h e P?1™®“


kgeperRobertCampbeUdidweUtotumaway. Injuries to Ian Lang and Neil Baron, sus­


Lee Slater at half-time.


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tained after heavy challenges, saw them forced to make way for Martin Rimmer and


- was forced torearrange itself into a 4-4-1 for­ mation with Paul Lynch and top-scorer Walsh slotting into the heart of the defence. Clitheroe needed to be secure, so the man­


. That left Clitheroe without any recognised central defenders on the pitch and the side


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ner in which Darwen's second goal came was a disappointment.


Morrey called for a harmless cross from


tn bo copurp. so the man ' ,


out of his goal.


the Darwen right, but Lynch decided to nod v it back to his keeper, who was, by now, well


led pari him and into the net. A personal nightmare continued minutes


wen forward. Having used all their substitutes Clitheroe. ...........


were then down to nine men. And it was a measure of Darwen's mastery


of the game that they failed to add to their lead against the weakened opposition.


Butcher were outstanding a t the back and limited Darwen to very few openings.


Walsh and particularly co-manager Gary


score with young winger Slater making his mark with some fine probing runs.


Clitheroe actually looked more likely to _


With another leg to play Clitheroe are still


in with a chance a t 2-0 down. w We should be in tor an interesting return


B lu e s earn first away w in Glossop North End 0, Clitheroe 2


Walmesley and Third Divi­ sion side Legion had no


TWO first-half goals were enough to earn the Blues their first league win on their travels on Saturday. Clitheroe fielded new signing Peter Nolan


from Atherton LR, and that saw centre half Neil Baron partner Mark Walsh up front.


The home ride had Clitheroe on the backfoot


early on, but Clive Dunn was solid at the back. Play was end to end, with both sides cre­ ating chances, although neither goalkeeper,


was severely tested. On the half hour Clitheroe made the


breakthrough. Micky Boyle was put under pressure by Dave Sharpies, and the Blues midfielder forced the ball home. John Morrey pulled off a fine save from


Steve Morgan to deny Glossop a deserved equaliser, but the smash-and-grab raid was complete when the prolific Walsh volleyed


home a second. Glossop had the Blues back pedalling early in toe second half, but at the other end


it could have been 3-0. Joint-manager Gary Butcher saw his goal-


Reserves keep unbeaten tag


Rossendale United Reserves 0 Clitheroe Reserves 3


A FIFTH clean sheet in eight games helped the Blues mointgin top spot in the North-West Counties’ League


^o r ik e ep e rA n d y Morris made his debut for Clitheroe but


Plough Inn...... 5 2 Judge Walmesley 6 2 Church St Tavern 5 2 Apeks................. 5 1 Crown Scaffolds 6 C Second Division P W D


Hole House...... 6 Stanhill Lions... 6 Graham & Brown 5 Queen's Eastgate 6


Woolpack.......... 6 Royal Oak......... 5


Asco................ 5 Sign & Poster... 7 Clarence............ 5 Calderstones.... 5


New Inn, Third Division Commercial Water5


EH Football.... 4 Legion............... 5 Little Crown.... 6 Ossy Rovers..... 6 Ossy Hotspur... 6 LOTnaT.............. 5 Bax. Bay Horse 5 Uncle Jacks...... 5 Woodnook......... 6 Ossy Refugees.. 5


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was a spectator for most of the afternoon. ^ • The locals began slowly, with passes going astray far too often,


but the first time they got it right, they opened toe sep™* Matt Anderton, playing in an unfamiliar midfield role, won


LPts


a header and Peter Washbrook, back after a ax-week suspen­ sion, slid the ball through to forward Gary Thomas, who slid


11 Although the Blues had most of the play, their lack of qual­ ity passing saw them take just the one-goal lead into the


on all cylinders.


After a quiet word at half-time, Clitheroe came out firing , . , ,


drilled an inch-perfect ball to the back post where Thomas V°wfththis cushion the Blues passed with confidence and the


They were 2-0 up within 50 seconds of the restart. Wing back Steve Elmer picked up a ball on the right and


, ,


CbMartin Rimmer saw a goal-bound left-foot shot brilliantly tipped over the bar, while Thomas and Elmer went close on a couple of occasions.


With 10 minutes left it was 3-0 when Lee Slater, ^ io had . _ , On Saturday the Reserves are away at Daisy Hill, tack-ofl . ; _ . . . . . ,_.___,


been impressive after replacing injured skipper John Holding after 20 minutes, broke into the box and unleashed a left-foot drive into the roof of the net.


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bound scorcher hit the keeper mid go out for a corner when it could have


gone anywhere. First Division Player of


the Month Chris Grimshaw came off the bench to put some bite into Clitheroe's


attack. But the points were


already won, and the win is a real boost for Denis Under­ wood and Butcher's men.


hen the two rides meet again in two weds at


the Anchor Ground - let’s hope that encounter manages to stir us for the right reasons.


Money could only watch as the ball tncK- -' .Maghull; Newcastle Town v Utd v St Helens Town; Vauxhall


„ . . .. . . .


later when Lynch was the second player to be stretchered off the field with ankle damage after he had challenged, and fouled, a Dar­


‘Ath v Nelson; Mossley v Chad­ derton; Nantwich Town v


Haslingden; Ramsbottom UW v Blackpool Rovers; Skelmersdale


, GM v Fleetwood Freeport. • Reserve Division


Castleton Gabriels v Cheadle Tbwn; Chadderton v Ramsbot-


Salford City v Maine Road. • TUESDAY First Divirion


- —-— . ^ 8


- derton 2; Castleton Gabriels 4, . Squires Gate 0: CLITHEROE 3, Rossendale Utd 0: Daisy Hill


' Atherton Collieries 0, Chad- ";'£ rita g to


v Salford City - postponed: Nel- -


er: Cheadle Town v Prescot Cables; CLITHEROE v Bacup Borough; Darwen v Glossop North End; Formby v Castleton Gabriels; Kidsgrove Athletic v Holker OB: Maine Road v • Atherton Collieries; Middlewidi


T Atherton LR v Warrington


, _ SATURDAY i League Challenge Cup


bwn; Burscough v Tetley Walk­


CLITHEROE 0, Darwen 2. FIXTURES


V oauurvi vj*ior — KW"*-——» - • -- son 0, Maine Road 3; Ramsbot- tom Utd 0, Cheadle Town 3. . MONDAY Floodlit Trophy


. . -n-.j o.T>~Mnv.Af_


tom Utd; Daisy Hill - v CLITHEROE; Haslingden v.


Ashton Town; Nelson v Squires Gate; Rossendale Utd v Darwen;


CLITHEROE; Burscough v Warrington Town; Chadderton v Atherton LR; Maine Road v Darwen; Newcastle Town v St Helens Town; Salford City v


Atherton Collieries v


Prescot Cables.TABLES ‘ First Divirion P W D


Kidsgrove Ath.. 12 11 Newcastle Tn... 13 9 Vauxhall GM... 13 7 St Helens Town 8 7 Atherton LR.... 13 6 CLITHEROE.. 11 5 Prescot Cables. 12; 4


. Blackpool Rvrs 13 5 Burscough......... 7 5


. Glossop N E ..... 12 4 ■Warrington Tn. 13 Mossley............ 13 Rossendale Utd 11


Haslingden...... 13 Maine Road..... ' 8 Nantwich T n ... 12


Salford City..... 10 Atherton Colls. 12 Chadderton...... 11 Ramsbottom.... 12


Darwen............. H Holker OB........ 12


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CLITHEROE.. 8 Woodley Sports 8 Maine Road..... 6 Cheadle Town.. 8 Castleton Gabs 8 Haslingden....... 8 Salford City..... j> Chadderton...... 7


Darwen............. J Squires Gate.... 8 Ramsbottom.... 7


Daisy Hill........ 7 Rossendale u td , 8 Atherton Colls. 8


Ashton Town... 4 Nelson.............. 0


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