Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, December 18th, 1997 27 plitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified)


Youth team battle back


Clilheroe Youth 2 Todmorden Colts 1


CLITHEROE’S youth side came back from going a goal behind to


beat Todmorden Colts 2-1 at Waddington on Sunday. The game was marred


m the first half with the sending off of a Todmor­


den player for miscon­ duct. The visitors fought


Blues ready for league return C


JUSTIN


CONNOLLY reports...


L ITHEROE play their first league game of the month on Satur­


day when they put their recent cup exploits behind them to take on Nantwich


hard after th a t 15th minute setback and took the lead after 22 minutes. Clitheroe seemed to


Town at Shawbridge. And co -b o s s D en is


struggle on the heavy sur­ face and looked slower to the ball than their oppo­ nents. The Blues remained behind at the break.


Underwood says the side s t i l l have ev e ry th in g to play for in the North-West Counties’ First Division. “Everyone thinks Kids-


But they came out for the second half in a more


grove will run away with it, but we only need a couple of wins and we are right back in with the group of sides which


determined mood and five minutes later Matt Gar­ ner slotted home to put them back on level terms. Both teams attacked in


are chasing them,” he said. “We play Nantwich at home


turn as the game balanced on a knife edge. But it was Clitheroe who eventually


made the breakthrough. Martin Halleron netted


with a thundering drive to give his side a 2-1 lead. Clitheroe then looked


on Saturday and then Blackpool Rovers at home the following week and they could be the matches to get us going in the league again.” Clitheroe have met Blackpool


Clitheroe 3 Boston Town 0


THE Blues booked their place in the last 32 of the FA Carlsberg Vase with their best performance of the season and an


em p h a t ic win


over U n ited C o u n t i e s League side


Boston Town. Clitheroe were


very dangerous going forward with skipper Chris Grimshaw partic­ u la r ly effective down the right. Before the game


Bennett for a vicious shot which Boston keeper Linden Parslow did well to keep out. Parslow was on good form and his efforts helped


keep Clitheroe out until the break. Just before the half-time whistle Boston had


their best chance when they hit the post from a cor­ ner and the Clitheroe defence cleared the ball up


field. But it was Clitheroe who took the lead after just


three minutes of the second half. A mistake in the Boston defence saw the ball


drop to Gary Butcher and the midfielder ran into the area and slotted the ball past the Boston keep­


er.After that Clitheroe seemed to take their foot off the pedal and that meant Boston were still in with a chance of getting something from the game. But, although Boston came more into the game


co-manager Denis Underwood called for his side to get back to what they do best - getting crosses into the box. This they man­


aged to do, and it produced results. Clitheroe made


the early running and Paul Mullin was unlucky to see a fine effort go just over the bar.


to increase their lead but shots either went wide or were saved by Todmor- den’s on-form keeper. Clitheroe skipper Tom


already this season, earning a 2-2 draw at Bruce Park earlier in the season. Nantwich and Clitheroe have yet to meet this season - their encounter at Jackson Avenue has been postponed twice already. Nantwich are having a disap­


Bartlett was named man- of the-match. On Sunday the youth


pointing season and currently lie fifth from bottom of the North-


West Counties’ First Division. Clitheroe have dropped down


side take a trip to Pleck- gate, Blackburn, to take on Knuzden Youth. Kick-off is at 2 p.m


and supporters are both welcome and much need­ ed.


to 11th, but have only played 17 games and have five games in hand on current leaders Newcas­ tle Town. But Newcastle are 23 points


ahead of the Blues. More of an immediate target are St Helens Town in fourth


Losers enjoy


CHATBURN A s t i l l have a 10-point lead at the top of the First Divi­ sion of the Clitheroe and D is tr ic t


Snooker


League. That’s despite the fact


that they lost out this week to second-placed Catholic


SC B.Police have jumped to the dizzy heights of joint second after a good win over Legion, but most of the pack are hard on their


heels. At the foot of the table


Chatburn B recorded only their second victory of the campaign when they sur­ prisingly


Clitheroe Conservative overcame


Club.Whalley Conservative Club took advantage of Pendle Club’s bye in the


Second Division. Aided by a break of 38


by M. Riley, they thumped Catholic SC A to head the


table. Pendle drop to second


but are under pressure from


Chipping B. Craven Heifer s second


successive win takes them away from the foot of the table leaving Downham


propping the rest up. RESULTS


: - Catholic B 8 (396), Chatham A 6 (388): S. Duckworth (-7) 66, P. Craig (scr) 51; S. Simpson M


First Division


62, G. Simpkin (-9) (7) 47, G. Clark (16) 74, R.


Alston (9) 70. S. Harrison (7) 47, M Byrne (12) 75, A. Bradshaw (13) 58; T. Byrne (21) 7b, r.


C1^ ,S ; l 7\ f ( 3 7 9 ) . Lesion 4


ABurgei(-ll)57;RAtkmson (24) 62, B. Hitchen (-1) 54, J. firiffiths (20) 78, N. Gamer (17)


(17) 59; N. Thompson (22) 89, MbG


hS h M S S 14>, 42: T. bumVHB8(376).Con-


big lead! ( SnooKer )


Riley (scr) 105, A. Scott (14) 23; J. Waggett 915) 57, S. Wilson (26) 78; N. Harris (-15) 87, M. Jezierski (1) 44; M. Riley (14) 100, M. Ryan (13) 50; D. Cox (- 13) 97, J. Bolton (19) 49; D. J. Timperley (20) 70, D. Southwell


(21)56. Chipping A 4 (366), Riming-


ton B 10 (375): G. Johnson (10) 46, A. Hayhurst (21) 71; A. Cookson (21) 54, R. Bolland (20) 73; T. Procter (21) 90, J. Lund jnr (25) 51; F. Whittaker (15) 69, P. Hobson (16) 58; S. Cookson (15) 65, D. A. Seed (25) 70; J. Winder (19) 42, S. Winckley (6) 52. Downham 4 (374), Chipping


A 10 (415): L. Cragg (13) 55, T. Procter (21) 79; C. Aspinall (13) 89, S. Procter (14) 49; A. Cap- stick (22) 38, A. Cookson (21)75; P. Parker (7) 79, P. Procter (14) 57; C. Swarbrick (21) 55, F. Whittaker (15) 75; P. Walmesley


(21) 58, S. Cookson (15) 80. FIXTURES


First Division Chatburn B v Low Moor A;


Legion v Catholic B; Clitheroe Conservative v Waddington B: police v Rimington A; Slaidbum v Billington A; Billington b v


Chatbum A. Second Division


Waddington B v Social; Riming­ ton B v Pendle; Chipping B v Downham; Whalley Conserva­


Low Moor B v Craven Heifer;


tive v Chipping A. POINTS AND POSITIONS First Division


1, Chatbum A 94; 2, Catholic


SC B 84; 3, Police 84; 4, Clitheroe Conservative 78; 5, Low Moor A 78; 6, Legion 76; 7, Slaidbum 72; 8, Billington A 60; 9, Billington B 58; 10, Waddington A 54; 11, Chatbum B 44; 12, Rimington A


42. Second Division 1 Whalley Conservative 86; 2,


Pendle Club 82; 3, Chipping B 80; 4, Chipping A 74; 5, Rimington B


72; 6, Catholic A 63; 7, Social 60; 8, Waddington B 48; 9, Low Moor B 45; 10, Craven Heifer 40; 11, Downham 30 (three points deducted for late card).


HYNDBURN


AND DISTRICT CONSERVATIVE


SNOOKER AND DOMINOES


rn!ith0:(2S7,” ~ ( 1 7 j 4 1 , ^WhftrakertlUS^EWikon


(27)87,1. Charlton (10) 43.42)i Billington A ^ wil.


W“d(5r 56° nj Baines (9) 53; J. W n d ^ iu kB -W a d d in g to n L


Makinson(ll)47.KD XFlannery(21)42, R. Cowking


Barker (14)


' (6LowMoorA10(399).S'aid- b. a (1941- T. Henshaw (-7) 34,


um 4 (394). Thompson


S 9^ ^ <P .V k e r (9 ) ? » iB (19) 4 9 , y*.. „ „ w TJnhinson


(1 9 ) 4 9 ' ^ f e e W. Robinson


Traynor (14) 6b, w iv G n n i 50- P. Lapicki (21)


<i8)77'L™ % S ;


^ P S t e — ('14)74=» G d j j lTm a i*52 H. Pilkington (14) dard ( 1 4 ) ; jl* ?3 p Gunther


57; A. Wnght (24) r Q sjmp. (14) 78;D-Clay(27)


S°n <14' , , K. Walmesley Geldard (14)


v


Burgess\&n 1 *»*'• eo


^ n! .V ayhursU2p74;G.Lax- r - M e i T S S i f a S


Swift (10) 1. 65 A Dickin- ^ ^ 2 lT 5 7 :T L e s l e y (13)


66, P. WhV“ ajk p ro ic r f 14)57'. Davies(21)54 J


(5Whalley ponser 16), Catholic SC A 4 12


(14) 65’u?' m f f 6 (342) Chip- ■ WaR 8^ 350): I Jaekson (27)


^ j


LEAGUE RESULTS Snooker


den A 5, Clayton A 2; Clitheroe A 4 Oswaldtwistle A 3; Rishton


Clitheroe B 1. Dominoes


Read 8, Baxenden B 7; Baxen-


den A 11, Clayton A 4; Clitheroe A l l Oswaldtwistle A 4; Rishton


A 8, Whalley A 7; Clayton B 6, Rishton B 9; Whalley B 4,


Clitheroe B 11. TABLES Snooker


P W L P


Whalley A.......... 11 6 5 44 Clitheroe B......... 10 7 3 41 Whalley B.......... 10 6 4 41 Rishton B.......... U 5 6 40 Baxenden B........ 10 8 2 39 Baxenden A........ 10 7 3 39 Oswsddtwistle B.. 10 5 5 39 Rishton A.......... 10 5 5 37 Clayton B.......... 10 4 6 36 Clitheroe A......... 10 4 6 28 Oswaldtwistle A- 10 3 7 26 Read.................. 9 3 6 23 Clayton A.......... 9 2 7 22 Dominoes


Oswaldtwistle B.. 10 8 2 87 Clitheroe A......... 10 7 3 84 Whalley A.......... 11 4 7 82 Rishton B.......... 11 5 6 81 Baxenden A........ 10 5 5 79 Clayton B.......... 10 6 4 77 Rishton A.......... 10 5 5 77 Whalley B.......... 10 5 5 75 Oswaldtwistle A.. 10 4 6 70 Clitheroe B......... 10 4 6 69


P W L P


Read.................. 9 5 4 67 Baxenden B........ 10 3 7 67 Clayton A.......... 9 4 5 60


Read 3, Baxenden B 4; Baxen-


A 1, Whalley A 6; Clayton B 1, Rishton B 6; Whalioy B 6,


defence and keeper John Morrey to find the net. After that, though, Morrey had another fine per­


formance in between the posts, making some superb saves which saved the Blues from further embarrassment. Things went from bad to worse when, after just


six minutes, midfielder Andy Taylor had to be replaced after tweaking the nagging hamstring injury which had dogged him for some time. Andy Walsh was the man to come on. Clitheroe were playing into the icy wind and that


(pictured below) was dismissed by the referee for violent conduct. He swung a fist at a Vauxhall


force their way back into the game. Riley it was again


made it very difficult for them to get the ball for­ ward quickly. Vauxhall’s pressure was virtually non-stop, and


who broke through on the right. His shot was superbly saved by Hughes but the ball came out to Butcher on the edge of the


Clitheroe seemed powerless to do much about it. And after 17 minutes they made it 2-0 through


they could not penetrate the Clitheroe defence. The score remained at 1-0 until the 89th minute when Mullin (pictured left) popped up to knock in


Hill hit the Blues’ third.Clitheroe 0 Vauxhall GM 2


VASE joy turned to League Cup misery on Monday night as Clitheroe produced a shambolic performance to crash out of


this year’s competition. Vauxhall, who have already dumped


Clitheroe out of the Floodlit Trophy, were


their conquerors again. After the highs of the win over Boston, this was a


Boston pushed Clitheroe back after that and ,


keeper John Morrey had to be alert. Clive Dunn was having one of his best games


place, who have nine points more than Clitheroe and have played one more game. Going into Saturday’s game


this season and his good work helped set up Dave


real low in bitterly cold conditions at Shawbridge. It started in nightmare fashion when Vauxhall


scored direct from a corner after just 45 seconds. Carl Nesbitt launched the vicious m-swinger from the right and it evaded the entire Clitheroe


continues to serve his suspension. The three recent cups ties have produced two defeats for


Clitheroe have one or two injury problems which could affect the selection. Andy Taylor picked up anoth­


er injury to his hamstring on Monday, limping out of the


action after just six minutes. And new signing Sean Bursnell is also struggling after picking up


an injury on Saturday. Paul Lynch is also absent as he


i Rimington j ; maintain ^ r winning ; run


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Colne United 1- '


Rimington 3 • ' ’


, RIMINGTON m a in ­ t a i n e d th e i r w inning ; t league form thanks to a 1 ; good away win at Colne, United.


\ “ The vUitors were first to" adapt to the heavy condl- 1


~


t tions and forced the home , team to defend desperately from deep within their own ;


! half.. ■ By doing the simple


, running wcil off the ball ’ ‘ Rimington looked much the , ‘ better team.


things well and quickly and • s


’. ‘ I t cam e a s no s u r p r i s e , w hen Leach put the visitors ;


J ahead after 12 minutes fol- ; ’.lowing, good, approach |


iwork., • ■


■ scored his second goal by , I beating the off-side trap. , : Watkins scored Riming-; ; ton’s third goal on the half f j hour when, after.a long J * clearance by Whittaker in > | the Rimington goal, ] ; Watkins outpaced th e ) ; Colne defence and lobbed * ’ the keeper. : At this stage the home1 ; ptayers looked to be in com- . . plete disarray, and with ’ j each Rimington player full j . of confidence it looked as if < | Colne were facing a heavy . ; defeat as the half-time whis- j


Ten minutes later Leach ; ’ ’■


ItlesoundecL.'.v'C S ' ' V ; !:■; Despite manager Jim] r Tierney’s half-time instruc- ’ : tions to keep applying the 1 i pressure and keep things.] |simple, old]habits.once ; I; again drifted into Riming- J | ton’s play and in the open- j I ing 10 minutes of the second j j half they continually gave.! : the ball away by choosing, j the most-difficult'pass or j | dwelling on the ball too '


r long. i '•This set the tone for the


’ second hair and,.with the. home players sensing that ; Rimington had cased upf and had lost the sharpnessj and bite they showed in the. fust half, the visitors were*


forced to defend themselves,? .; Rimington had to rely on .; the occasional counter*;;


v\ Leach, ! F ran k lan d ,; «


, Watkins a n d H a y thornth-j ; waite got in good positions,?? bat all missed. ‘ ■


At.the other end Coine;| > - «s


“missed'two superb chances j through poor finishing. ; The pressure Colne; applied eventually paid oft ; ^ When, they pulled a goal;-]


J back with'10 minutes °f J “ft j 1 game remaining! ” « | But at the final whistle j ■ Rimington were happy tojj j come away with a victory- ; jf rom a venue which has , seen Colne defeat top teams


fin the league,


| ,, It is a mystery why Rim-;; ; ington produced one or, . their best displays of thej i season in the first half, an d ; , one of their worst In the sec-i


s . ' % j ’ ond.


? a home game against Settle^ , in the quarter-final of the r Craven Cup.


' The side’s next fixture is -; ‘ ‘ • . / )


attack. * The sporadic breakouts^ broke down due to b a d . delivery of the final pass,;] although good chances fori Rimington to extend their J lead were created,'


s


Clitheroe - both to Vauxhall GM. The side also beat Boston Town in the FA Carlsberg Vase


third round. Denis was delighted with the


way his side performed against


Boston. “It was probably one of our


we had the chance. “But in the end we were through and we have a home


draw.” Clitheroe have drawn Burgess


best performances of the season. “Having said that I was still a


little disappointed with the way we did not finish them off when


Hill Town of the Unijet Sussex County League. They made it to the third round of last year’s competition where they were beaten 1-0 by Bemerton Heath Harlequins. The side are the reigning champions of their division and


currently top the table, but have an unimpressive pedigree in the


North-West Counties’ leading scorer Greg Blun­ dell, also the scorer of the goal which knocked Clitheroe out of the Floodlit trophy. He picked the ball up 20 yards out after good


a tremendous effort and seal the result. But Clitheroe were not finished there and Dennis


box.The co-manager couldn’t reproduce his goalscoring feats of Saturday and saw his shot cleared off the


work on the left from Mike Fox, and then curled a superb shot into the top right corner of Morrey’s goal. I t was a superb strike which gave the Clitheroe keeper little chance. Blundell had another chance before the end of


the half, but found Morrey equal to his effort. At the break Clitheroe were two down and still


in the game. There was a feeling that a place in the next round was still up for grabs with Clitheroe playing with the wind at their backs. But it just was not to be. Clitheroe did perform better in the second half


line. And after that it


1 is wasn’t to be Clitheroe’s night. Nicky Young and


seemed obvious that


Blundell both had chances to make it 3- 0. Both were denied, first by Morrey and


and managed to carve out a couple of good chances. But Vauxhall kept their heads and created


then by Hill with a great header off the line.


enough chances of their own to put the match well beyond Clitheroe’s reach. After 60 minutes Jon Riley picked up the ball on


the edge of the area and turned to shoot, forcing a decent save from Vauxhall keeper Russell Hughes. Five minutes later Clitheroe’s night of misery received another twist when defender Xav Bowers


FA Carlsberg Vase. “We are pleased with the draw


and we would have taken any­ body at home. But we have


ended in two of the four cup competitions they have taken part in this season, Chtheroe now


With their interest


have the league, and Vase and the ATS Trophy left to concentrate on as they bid to turn what has so far been a disappointing season into a successtul


one.


it was always going to be difficult and Vauxhall are a tough side,” said Denis. “But I was very disappointed


avoided some of the big names and we have an excellent chance to go through,” said Denis. One cup triumph was followed


by a cup disaster on Monday night when Vauxhall came to Shawbridge and beat Clitheroe 2- 0 in the League Cup third round. "After such a massive game on


Saturday we could have done without another game so soon -


Penalty j o y f o r Swan at Whatley 1 De Lacy Arms 1 (alter extra-llme. Stran at Whatley u-ln 2-0 on pcnaltlc*)


SWAN at Whalley emerged victorious from this blood and guts derby clash with De Lacy.


There they will meet Third Division high-flyers Com­


The penalty victory earns them passage into the next round of the Memorial Football League Knockout Cup.


reduced to 10 men after just 30 minutes makes their even­ tual victory all the more


mercial from Water. The fact that Swan were


remarkable. It is a credit to both teams


conditions. - .


place in the middle third of the field and eight players were booked as a result of some tackling which would make Vinnie Jones wince. Malcolm Neerie was the


Most of the action took


that the pace of the game did not relent over the two hours, despite the mach being played in energy-sapping


only De Lacy player to test Swan keeper Mark Taylor in the first half, but repeated long-range efforts were dealt with comfortably. Swan did try to play the ball around to open up the


home side’s defence, but this tactic came to a premature end when Brendan McGee was dismissed for his second bookable offence. Following the sending off


............ ,


with the way we played in the first half. "We started badly and gave


away a terrible goal direct from a corner and then we struggled


from then on. "We did a little better in the


second half and managed to get at them, but we had lost the game in the first half.” • The fourth round FA Carls­


berg Vase match against Burgess Hill Town will be played at Shawbridge on Saturday, Janu­ ary 17th. Kick-off is at 3 p.m. The ATS Trophy second


round clash with Chorley at Shawbridge will be played on Monday, January 5th. Clitheroe have two more


games left to play this year. They take on Nantwich on Saturday, and Blackpool Rovers a week later on Saturday, December 27th. Both games are at home


and have a 3 p.m. kick-off. Swan at Whalley


templating retiring from the game, put in one of his best displays in a Swan shirt. Such was Lee’s threat


roHrincr from the


De Lacy dominated posses­ sion, but a mixture of poor distribution and desperate defending prevented the tan­ gerines from carving out any real openings. Just after the interval


from time for the deadlock to A Neerie shot-finally


down the right that De Lacy substitute Anthony Musker was himself replaced by the experienced Eric Moore in an attempt to stem the flow of


crosses. In the final minute of nor­


Taylor had to be at his best to prevent Tangerines header from flying in following good work from Mark Chipping. Dominic Chapman then


aggravated an old injury and his replacement Matt Lee, who only weeks ago was con­


was still goalless and during extra-time there was to be no let up in the aggression or


goal. After 90 minutes the tie


tension. It took until four minutes


Wolves earn sweet revenge


Wolves Under 11s avenged an early-season defeat against title rivals Huncoat United in fine style. The locals went ahead on two min­


H


utes when James Halstead slotted home a cross, and the same player added a second just three minutes later. Jordan Walmsley side-footed a third


and Ed Carter made it 4-0 before a Martin Greatorex lob and a net-buster from Thomas Hall put the match out of


Huncoat’s reach by half-time. Huncoat pulled one back within a


•pleted his hat-trick. Huncoat netted a second, but Hall scored the Wolves’ ninth goal to com­


minute of the restart, but Walmsley added his second, and Halstead com-


plete a comprehensive win. Wolves Under 16s earned their best


result of the season, beating Ighten Leigh 4-0 to maintain their unbeaten start. A first-minute goal from Gary Jack-


AVING started the match level on points, Clitheroe


opponents Huncoat United. When Sieczkowski netted, the


battled right until the end. They got their reward in the final


Wolves were already 3-0 down, but they mighty have added to their one goal with Michael Barker and Gary Hick-


ling going close. Star man Russell Thompson was also unlucky with a long-range effort.


EADSTONE’S Under 8s took on Fulledge Colts over the weekend and performed superbly


R


to earn a thrilling 4-3 win. Goalscorers were Keiron Laycock


croft, but there was also a good perfor­ mances from Laycock, who was making


(2), Tim Rakshi and Jaryd Wallis. Man-of-the-match was Leon Ban­


his debut for the side. The Under 9s continued their


unbeaten start to the season with a hard-fought victory over Colne Clarets. Gary Bowker scored the only goal of


son set them on their way and they could have been 2-0 up shortly after, but the same player fired wide. Jackson doubled the lead with a


match, and he was backed up by fine performances from all his team mates. The Under 14s also had a good win when they took on Darwen Town


Jordan Szabo was named man-of-the- _


Under 14s at home. Man-of-the-match James Wright


netted five in a comfortable 10-2 victory. The other goals came from Chris


Grafton, Michael Shields, Edward Andrews and Andrew Strong. The Under 9s were the other victori­ ous Whalley side they beat North Val­


ley Dynamos 2-0. Whalley travelled to Colne for a cup


the game and Oliver Tyreman was named man-of-the-match. Goalkeeper Shaun Laurie was also on top form, saving a penalty to ensure his


long-range effort and he then earned a penalty, which Tony Middleton netted. There was still time for Matthew


clash and took the lead through Alex Smith in an uneventful first half. In the second half Whalley played


side took the points. • The Under 10s produced a miracu­


lous fightback to earn a 2-2 draw. They were behind for most of the


Coulter to score a fourth to set the seal on the locals' best performance to date. There was more good news for the club when the Under 10s won 7-0 at


and he then provided an unselfish pass for Jake Chadwick to make it 2-0 at half-time. Jack Fielding added the third and Dominic Brown beat the keeper with a


Ighten Mount. Chris Beckerton opened the scoring


fierce shot for the fourth. Chadwick netted a second-half hat-


trick to take his tally to four, and com­


plete the scoring. The Wolves Under 9s Accrington


League side played for the first time in a month, and were unlucky to go down 3-2 against Rossendale Valley. The seven-a-side game, brought in to


match, but John Thompson and Matthew Whitwell both netted in the final 10 minutes to give Readstone a point. Benjamin Heap was named


minute when Nick Lord scored a fine winner to send Whalley, their fans and their manager into raptures.


mal time David Cook met one these crosses but his shot flew just over Seedall’s


from time for th deadlock to be broken.


found a way through the sea of legs and then crept over the line via Richard Quinn’s


thigh. Swan refused to lie down


men who held their nerve to slot home the decisive kicks. The other hero of this epic


rnes and Cook were t


and be beaten and drew level almost immediately when Ian Barnes beat the offside trap and lobbed Seedall from 30 yards. There was then no time


left for either side to prevent the inevitable penalty shoot­


Swan emerged victorious with three players at the ■ heart of the wild celebrations.


out. After four kicks each the


R u n a w a y . . .


RUNAWAY leaders Mad For I t continued th e ir charge towards the Roe- field Leisure Centre Glen- field Leisurewear 5-A-Side League title on Sunday. They beat Ribble Motors 9-1 to maintain a 12-point


lead at the top. RESULTS


SpittingPig 5, Buck Rovers 3;


Rag Legs 5, Bowland Strollers 6; Real Bladdered 2, Wanderers 8’ Rapid Decline 0, Dynamo Sausage 11; Ribble Motors 1, Mad For I t 9; Waddy Arms 6, Parkers Arms 3.


some nice football and it was against the run of play when Dynamos won a penalty which was superbly saved by Michael Dilworth. Smith scored his second late in the


Mad For I t ...... 12 12 0 0 36 Waddy Arms.... 12 8 0 4 24 Wanderers....... 12 6 2 4 20 Parkers Arms... 12 6 1 5 19 Rag Legs......... 12 6 0 6 18 Dynamo Sausage 12 6 0 6 18 SpittingPig.... 12 6 0. 6 18 Bowland Strollersl2 5 1 6 16 Buck Rovers.... 12


P W D L P


(after extra time, Swan a t Whal­ ley win 2-0 on penalties). First Division


Accrington Sports 3, Judge


Walmesley 1. Second Division


Sign and Poster 2, New Inn 5. Third Division


Lomax Arms 4, Legion 3. FIXTURES First Division


Judge Walmesley v Crown


Scaffolds (Roefield); Swan a t Whalley v Heys Inn (Queen Eliz­ abeth); De Lacy-open data - Second Division


(Memorial); Woolpack v New Inn (Haslingden). Third Division


Hole House v Calderstones Legion v Baxenden Bay Horse


(Roefield). • TABLES


Acc. Sports...... 12 11 0 1 33 Heys Inn......... 11


Ribble Motors.. 12 4 1 7 13 Rapid Decline.. 12 3 0 9 9 Real Bladdered 12 2 1 9 7 SUNDAY'S FIXTURES Christmas Tournament .


5 0 7 15


game with a goal to rival any which will be scored in the league this season. Maitland Steele was named as the


man-of-the-match. The Under 11s had an excellent 6-3


victory over Bamoldswick. Ryan Thomas Fisher got two,


Thomas Hackling one and Andrew Taylor hit three on his return to the side after a recent operation. The Under 12s were the only Read- stone side to suffer defeat, losing 3-1 to


Haslingden. The Under 13s played a friendly against White Horse and had a con­


vincing 8-1 victory. Nick Harbour (3), Duncan Fearn-


head, Ryan McBreen, Neil Holden and


help develop better skills, is certainly working and in the first half the Wolves broke quickly to score two excellent goals through Luke Green. But in a game of contrasting halves,


Adam Nuttall (2) got the goals. The Under 14s maintained their


Stubbs two and Andrew Bennett one.


Rossendale struck hack to win 3-2, although Wolves' captain Andy Hear- sum came close with a 20-yard effort in the final minutes. Wolves have an early chance of


W


revenge when they play Rossendale Valley in the cup at Edisford School on Saturday. . The Under 15s had a comfortable 3-1


win against Rossendale Valley. Tom Saunders put them ahead after 20


minutes and the Wolves made it 2-0 just after the break when Steve Wharton's cross was palmed into the net by the keeper. Rossendale then missed a penalty, and their misery was complete when


Saunders hit his second. Rossendale hit a late consolation, but the


locals were worthy winners, with Danny Walker emerging man-of-the-match. Despite a goal from debutant Daniel


position as joint leaders of their division with a comfortable 7-1 win over Brier-


field Celtic. Hudson Parsons scored four, Andrew


HALLEY Juniors Under 16s notched up their first-ever


win in a competitive match when


they beat Anchor Under 16s 4-3. Anchor took the lead after five min­


ther behind. Whalley weathered the early


utes and but for debutants Martin Peel in goal and Andrew Pearce at centre- half Whalley could have gone even fur­


onslaught by Anchor and started to


play some good football. Dave Johnson levelled things before


adding a second to put his side in the lead. Then came the goal of the game


when Lee Wilson ran down the centre of the pitch before unleashing an unstoppable shot from 30 yards to give Whalley a 3-1 half-time lead. Whalley seemed to take their foot off


Sieczowski, Wolves Under 10s lost out 3-1 at high-flying Accrington League r


utes and draw level. Whalley were not to be outdone and


side’s man-of-the-match after what was an excellent all-round team display. The Under 12s earned a share of the points with a 1-1 draw when they visit­


ed Darwen Rangers. Whalley were playing their first


league game for a month, but got at Darwen from the off. They could not find the net in the first


Bladdered v Dynamo Sausage; 9-15 a.m. - Ribble Motors v Real Bladdered; 9-30 a.m. - Dynamo Sausage v Ribble Motors. Group B: 9-50 a.m. - Rapid Decline v Mad For It; 10-05 a.m. - Waddy Arms v Rapid Decline; 10-20 a.m. - Waddy Arms v Mad For It. Semi-final A: 10-40 a.m. - Winners Group A v Winners


Group A: 9 a.m. - Real


Group B. Group C: 11-05 a.m. Wanderers v Spitting Pig; 11-20


half, but took the lead through Terry Fothergill in the second. Whalley began to tire in the last few minutes and Dar­ wen took advantage to equalise. James Linley was named man-of-the-match. The Under 8s went down 3-0 on their


visit to Blue Star. The game was very even for the


opening 10 minutes before Blue Star grabbed two quick goals. Whalley threw everything at Blue


a.m. - Buck Rovers v Wanderers; 11-35 a-m. - Spitting Pig v Buck Rovers. Group D; 11-55 a.m. - Parkers Arms v Rag Legs; 12- 10 p.m. - Bowland Strollers v Parkers Arms; 12-25 p.m. - Rag Legs v Bowland Strollers.


Semi-final B: 12-45 P;m- - Winners Group C v Winners


Star after that and were unlucky not to equalise, hitting the post and the bar. Blue Star nicked another late on to


Semi-final A v Winner Semi- final B.


Group D. Final: 1-30 p.m;. - Winner


seal the win and Teddy Foster was named man-of-the-match. Hurst Green 2, CrosshiUs 2


HURST Green put in one of their best performances of the season, but once again conceded a late goal to share the points after seeming to


have the game won. The Yorkshire visitors were the first


to score but the Green equalised with a rocket header from Jeremy Rising. As the home side gained the ascen­ dancy they were rewarded with a goal


through Andy Holden. Further good passing moves failed to


bring any reward and as the Green tried to play out time they were punished on the break by Crosshills’ centre-forward. Stuart Procter was outstanding for


the home side. Hurst Green Reserves, currently sec­


ond in the Reserve Division, enjoyed an


the pedal and Anchor got back into the game with two goals in as many min­


emphatic 8-3 win over Read. The goals came from Stephen Cza-


powski (3), Keith Bamber (2), Dave Moore (2) and John Wilkinson.


First Division P W D LPts


Swan at Whalley 10 6 1 3 19 Delacy.......... 11


Kings Arms..... 11 5 2 4 17 Plough Inn...... 10 5 1 4 16 Rishton Arms... 10 4 - 2 5 14 Apeks.............. 6 2 2 5 8 Church St Tavern 9 2 0 7 6 Judge Walmesley 11 1 2


8 1 2 25 6 0 5 18


Crown Scaffold. 10 1 1 8 4 Second Division P W D LPts


8 5


Stanhill Lions... 11 9 1 1 28 Clarence.......... 12 8 0 4 24 Sign and Poster 13 5 2 6 17 Queens Eastgate 11 5 1 5 16 Graham & Brownl2 5 1 6 16 Woolpack........ 12 5 0 7 15 Royal Oak....... 10 4 2 4 14 Calderstones.... 10 2 1 7 7 New Inn........ . 13 2 1 10 7 Asco................ 7 1 2 4 5 Third Division


Hole House..... 11 9 1 1 28


Knockout Cup - Third Round De Lacy 1, Swan at Whalley 1


RESULTS


defender after being fouled. As is so often the case Clitheroe seemed to per­


form better with just 10 men. And after 69 minutes had their best chance to


BaBarnes and Cook were the ,


story was Taylor who bril­ liantly saved three of De Lacy’s efforts while the other was sent high over the bar. • New Inn produced a


shock result in the Second Division, beating high-flyers Sign and Poster 5-2 to move off the bottom of the table. Legion suffered a setback


Judge Walmesley in the First Division as they were beaten 3-1 by leaders Accrington Sports.


in their bid for Third Divi­ sion glory with a 4-3 defeat at Lomax Arms. There was misery too for


11 9 0 2 27 9 9 0 0 27


p \v D L Pts Legion.


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