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? sTo'TH t Early Christmas cheer


BY CHRIS BODEN


C L I T H E R O E c o ­ manager Denis Under­ wood was given some Christmas cheer by his side on Saturday, b u t he fel t th e y "could have won by a cricket


score". His side dominated the


clash with Nantwich Town from s ta r t to finish, despite going beh in d to a f if th - minute goal, and should have won a t a canter. But two quick goals on


the hour and a late strike saw Clitheroe run out com­ fortable winners, and Denis said: "We were disappoint­ ed a t half-time because we had created a lot of chances and went in 1-0 down. "We thought it was going


to be one of those days. "After the win in the Vase


Team manager Phil Greatorex (right) is pictured with captain Martin Greatorex and Moorcock Inn landlord Peter Fillary. (CAT15192)


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CLITHEROE Wolves Under Us are pictured wearing their new strip which is sponsored by the Moorcock Inn at Waddington.


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last week it is hard to pick yourself up for games like this, bu t once we got one goal, we were always going to win - they were poor.


Rimington win through to semi-finals


Rimington4 Settle United 2


RIMINGTON knew before the game tha t nothing less than a good solid all round team perfor­ mance would be good enough to beat high-flying Settle in the


Craven Cup quarter-final. On the day the visitors could not


cope with the effort and determina­ tion being displayed by the Riming­


ton players. The opening period was very even with both teams probing each other’s


defences. After 15 minutes it was Riming­


ton who took the lead when Geoff Young won a decisive header. When the ball fell to Gordon leach he swept


the ball home from close range.


two goals to the good when Frank- land’s cross into the area once again fell to Leach, and he finished in clini­ cal fashion. These two goals visibly shook the


Ten minutes later Rimington were


frustration and this came to a head when a Settle defender was sent off for stamping on Rimington’s Jamie


This caused Settle a great deal of


Clarkson. From th a t point onwards the


visitors, who were by now struggling to find any pattern to their play. They continually knocked long


balls forward, but these were easily dealt with by the Rimington defence. The visitors pulled a goal back in


the 35th minute when the Riming­ ton defence failed to deal effectively with a Settle corner. At the interval the score was 2-1 to Rimington. Throughout the second half Rim-


ington’s midfield won all the chal­ lenges in the middle of the park and each time they broke they caused


problems for the visitors. Junior Soccer


Cup exit for locals after solid start


knocked o u t of th e cup by a very strong Black­ burn Boys side on Sun­


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day. The Wolves s ta r te d


well and defended su p e rb ly u n t i l


th e stronger side began to get


on top. The side were trailing


3-0 a t half-time and even­ tually lost 9-1. The manager gave all


th e f r inge p lay e rs a chance, but despite their e fforts Blackburn were just too strong. A fine solo goal from


Blockeel and good keep­ ing from Tom Rutherford were the highlights of the


game. The U n d e r 10s from


th e Accrington League


fell b eh in d to an e a r ly goal when th ey visited S ta n h i l l Ju n io rs , b u t came back superbly to


win 2-1. Two goals from


Michael Barker gave the Wolves the lead by half­ tim e a f te r a g re a t save from Wolves’ keeper Christian Wrathall. The second h a lf was


goalless despite end-to- end action - defenders Jam e s B lackburn and Simon Haslam perform­ ing heroics to ensure their side took the points.


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L I T H E R O E Wolves U n d e r


__ N in e s were


Andrew Hargreaves, Sam Dean and Calum Gunn sealed th e p o in ts . Jon Brooks was named man- of-the-match. The Under 12s started


th e i r clash with Oggy Hospur in rousing fash­ ion, producing a marvel­ lous move as early as the third minute. Richard Benson passed


the ball inside to Danny Roff, who found James Linlay who threaded the ball through to Benson. He coolly found the cor­ ner to make the score 1-0. Oggy h i t back and


Whalley had Clark Clay­ ton in goal to thank for keeping them out. Chances came a t both


ends with Fothergill and Benson going close. In th e la s t minute of


th e f i r s t half Oggy grabbed an equaliser from


a corner. The second half was


exciting with both teams playing some great foot­ b a ll on a very heavy


pitch. Both team s c rea ted


chances b u t found th e keepers on good form and in the end a draw was a fa ir re su l t. Linley was named as Whalley’s man- of-the-match. Due to illness Whal­


H A L L E Y Juniors Under 15s p ro d u c ed some outstanding foot­


ball to completely o ut­ p la y o p p o n e n ts Blue S ta r on Sunday and h it a n in c red ib le 17 goals


without reply. The football was crisp,


d ire c t and incisive and Blue S ta r were over­ whelmed by the clinical finishing of the Whalley


team. Gary Haslam scored


five and Ryan Peel four, and there were hat-tricks apiece for James Jackson an d P e te r Wright. R ich a rd W h alley and Mick Walsh got the other two and Phil McGauley was named man-of-the-


match. The Under 10s also had


a good win when th ey took on Oswaldtwistle


Juniors. They took control of


the game right from the


star and played some fine p a s s i n g f o o tb a l l . Goals from Zak Foley


an d D a r ren F o th e rg ill gave the side a 2-0 half­


time lead. In th e second ha lf i t


was all one-way traf f ic and fu r th e r goals from


ley’s Under 8s took to the field with only six players in their seven-a-side clash with Blackburn Eagles. The p u t up a spirited


display, despite going 2-0 down inside five minutes.


They held the score a t 2-0 u n t i l th e la s t minute when Eagles scored their


third. Joe Cross, Ashley Higv


son, Teddy Foster, William Henderson and Sam Townend were all outstanding, b u t Adam Brown was named man- of-the-match. The Under 14s picked


home team used their extra man to


great effect. In the 65th minute Young crossed


from the right and the ball was met by Trevor Watkins, whose delicate header evaded the Settle keeper and gave the home side a 3-1 lead. This lead was extended to 4-1 10


minutes later following good passing between Watkins and Young down Rimington’s right. The cross into the six-yard box


was finished off by Leach to com­ plete his hat-trick. Rimington had two glorious


chances to go further ahead in the closing minutes, but these were both missed by Leach and Watkins. With only two minutes to go and


the game won the players lost their concentration and allowed the visi­ tors to score against the run of play. At the final whistle it was Riming­ ton who had moved into the semi­


final of the Craven Cup. I t was an excellent team effort by


the Rimington players, each of whom put in maximum effort into their individual performances. Geoff Young’s non-stop running


throughout the game ensured that he had a hand in all four Rimington goals. The side are a t home to


Barnoldswick United on Saturday. Kick-off is a 2-15 p.m. and all teams are to meet at the ground at 1-30 p.m.


Five-goal Judge lay down the law


Judge Walmesley 5, Crown Scaffolds 2. THE Judge Walmesley recovered from a two-goal


the stronger assaulting the Billington men's penalty box with long high balls. The Judge defence


S te v e S tan ley . I t was Crown who started


deficit to romp home in this bottom of the table clash. Their victory was aided by a hat-trick from man-of-the-match


crunching tackles were putting the fear of God into Crown. Anthony Clarkson's runs


seemed capable of handling the onslaught until the oth­ erwise sturdy Steve Stanley made a hash of a clearance scuffing the ball to an oncoming Crown forward. In a vain a ttem p t to


were leaving the Crown defence in tatters and before long he broke the off-side trap to latch onto the end of a Chris Stanley cross, to slot home from a yard out. Steve Stanley appeared to


regain the ball, he lunged forward and took the legs


away from the Crown player in the box. The referee apparently full


of seasonal goodwill, declined to send Stanley off and instead merely awarded a penalty. The penalty kick rico­


cheted off the bar and back out of the goal mouth only for A. Maguire to slam home the rebound beyond the sprawling Alan Taylor. Judge failed to wake from


ball in front of an open goal for long enough to allow the defence to recover. The end result was a fair


one, though, and Swan go into the festive break on the back


be enjoying himself skipping around the lunging Crown players at will, and he took his third, when with outra­ geous nonchalance he round­ ed the keeper, stopped, picked his spot from the tightest of angles and fired home. Swan at Whalley 1 Heys Inn I


IN the cold light of day th e outcome of an o th e r b ru is in g en co u n ter a t Queen Elizabeth Playing Fields does neither side’s championship aspirations


their slumber and ten min­ utes later Steve Shields car­


rying a painful ankle injury found himself stranded with the ball and fluffed a clear­ ance committing the cardi­ nal sin of passing across his own goalmouth. The ball landed at the feet


much good. But both can reflect on an


evenly matched contest that produced the second draw between the two sides this season with a certain


amount of satisfaction. A competitive approach


of Macguire who accepted his early Christmas present blasting home from a matter of yards out. The Judge men appeared


completely stunned by this blow, particularly because ear­ lier in the season, they gave the Crown men a 5-1 spanking. On that occasion Judge had


them to the league for fielding an unregistered player. Even though "the Judge


the points taken away from them after Crown reported


holds no grudge" it was per­ haps the painful memory of having such a convincing victory erased that finally spurred the team into action. There was some impres­


sive wing-play by the tireless Anthony Clarkson, who seemed on-song after his sen­ sational goal against Accrington Sports last week. He released Charlie Street


who uncharacteristically blasted the ball straight at


the worst possible game to be reduced to nine men through illness when they took on tab le - to p p in g Rishton United. Leading scorer James


Wright had to go in goal and made some outstand­


ing games, bu t the odds were s ta ck ed ag a in s t Whalley and they had no answer to Rishton, even­ tually losing 13-0. The Under 16s were


also on the losing side but manager Mark Wilson was pleased with the way his side performed. Barrowford Celtic


came to Whalley with a 100% record and soon established a 3-0 lead. Whalley were unlucky


no t to pull a goal back before Celtic added their fourth.


to bring him down. Had he have taken the


tumble he would have prob­ ably been awarded the penal­ ty, but instead commendably tried to stay up to slot the ball home, but unfortunate­


ly took the ball too wide. Ten minutes late r the


powerful forward was to get his first, with a superbly taken free kick, which curled


around the wall. It remained 2-1 at half-time,


but for the first time in the game, the Judge appeared to


h a v e th e i r ta i l s u p , w i th in a few m in u t e s C h n s S t a n le y


w e n t th ro u g h to sm a r t ly c h ip the oncoming keeper Now t h e J u d g e took the


game by th e s c ru f f of thei ne ck . A particularly gritty shift in


m id f ie ld w a s b e in g p u t in b y M ic h a e l D e r b y s h i r e , w h o s e


the oncoming keeper. Chris Stanley started get­


ting into gear, rounding the keeper who appeared to try


needs to be taken if anything is to be taken from the cur­ rent champions and Jonathan Smith and David Cooke certainly weren’t showing any festive cheer towards the viators’ midfield. There were biting tackles


at every opportunity. Swan seemed to have


gained an early advantage when the excellent Heys keep­ er Terry Edwards was forced outfield by a hand injury. But his deputy, who bizarrely seemed not to want


to use his hands, was not t e s t e d e n o u g h , e v e n th o u g h Swan got in some excellent


attacking positions. The first incident of note,


apart from a couple of wild Cooke challenges, was when


Edwards nearly forced home


a volley from close range. But Taylor, Whalley’s cus­


todian, managed to scoop the ball out at the second attempt. The goal a t the Station


Road end of the ground led a charmed life for the majority of the game - in the first half Jimmy Cunliffe managed to hit the bar twice and Heys also struck the same wood­ work in the second period. Cunliffe’s first effort would


EH Football ....


Legion............ Little Crown....


Woodnook....... Ossy Refugees..


Dc Lacy.. Rishton A Apeks.....


Church St Tav.. Crown Scaffs....


Stanhill Lions... Clarence.......... Sign & Poster ... Royal Oak....... Queen’s East....


of a good run, which keeps them in the chase for honours in both league and cup. • Elsewhere in the Memori­ al Football League, Calder- stones were beaten 3-1 by leaders Hole House in the Second Division, but there was a welcome 4-3 win for New Inn over Woolpack. Legion’s Third Division


clash with Baxenden Bay Horse was cancelled after the Bay Horse side turned up with just five players. Legion win the points


with a 0-0 scoreline and move to within four points of leaders Ossy Hotspur. F i r s t Division


J u d g e W a lm e s le y 5, C row n


Scaffolds 2; Swan a t Whalley 1, Heys In n 1; D e L a cy - no game. Second Division


Hole House 3, Calderstones 1;


Woolpack 3, New In n 4. T h ird Division


Legion v Baxenden B ay Horse - cancelled, Legion awarded win


with 0-0 scoreline. F i r s t Division


" I t could have been a


cricket score. "We were glad to get the


points, but we were disap­ pointed to miss as many chances as we did. " I t was f ru s tra t in g a t


times, but it is more frus­ tra t in g when you a ren 't creating any chances." Denis handed a f irs t


start to Leo Slater, and he was delighted with the exciting winger, who was awarded th e sponsors' man-of-the-match award:


"He has done very well in the reserves and he was excellent today. "He tries to do too much


sometimes, but he caused them problems all day. "We asked Dennis Hill


to move inside, and he worked his socks off in the middle. "But we were pleased with all the lads, although


Mark Walsh was lucky to stay on the park after kick­ ing their keeper." He hopes the side can


carry on that sort of form over the next few weeks to get in touch with the chas­ ing pack and keep their spirits up for the forthcom­ ing FA Carlsberg Vase clash with Burgess Hill Town on Saturday week. The Blues look for


another good home return on S a tu rd ay when they e n te r ta in Blackpool Rovers - a team they have enjoyed playing against over the last couple of sea­ sons: "They are above us,


bu t to be fair, we played them earlier in the season and they were poor. "We drew 2-2 after being


2-0 up. "We have to pick up a few


results in the league now. "We won well in th e


Vase, th en lo s t in the League Cup, but hopefully we can p u t a few wins together now. "If we win three or four


games, it could put us right up there with the chasing pack.”


Justice at last as Blues win easily


Nantwich Town 1 Clitheroe 3


A F T E R i t looked like Clitheroe had fallen o u t of favour with the gods, justice was finally done as the Blues ran out easy winners against


a poor Nantwich side. Denis Underwood's men created a


sackful of chances a g a in s t the Cheshire side, b ut until the Blues drew level just after the hour, it had­ n't looked like being their day. Nantwich collapsed a f te r the


equaliser, and they also lost their disci­ pline as they were reduced to 10 men. The Blues stated their intentions


within two minuts when young Lee Slater, handed his first s ta r t, sent Paul Mullin down the inside left channel and he pulled the ball back for Gary Butcher, whose shot was


blocked on the line. But a loss of concentration a t the


back saw Clitheroe fall behind on five minutes when a quick throw found the Blues back-line disorganised and a deflected cross from Andrew Brownsword was slipped home a t the fa r po s t by th e unmarked Ray Notice, with Jason Jones also free. Slater struck the post with a fierce


shot moments later after some good Clitheroe pressure, and th e Blues s ta r te d to play the ball down the flanks to get crosses in, rather than hit long, high balls into a congested and narrow midfield. Dave Bennett had a volley blocked


from a Hill corner as the Blues con­ tinued to search for an equaliser, while Mark Walsh shot wide under pressure from keeper Joe Paladino from a fine through-ball from Butcher. Walsh was again denied by the


keeper when he delayed a shot from a Slater pullback, before Mullin had a


tage of a defensive slip, only to see his shot cleared off the line. But on the hour, the breakthrough


finally came when Slater cut inside, played a one-two with Mullin, and was scythed down from behind by


Simon Ashton. Walsh took responsibility, but Pal­


adino dived to his left to keep the spot-kick out. However, Mullin was alive to the s i tu a t io n and lashed home th e


rebound. A minute later Walsh, desperate to


find the net after having his penalty saved, picked the ball up on the right, cut inside and unleashed a vicious shot across Paladino into the comer. At the end of an action-packed


shot kept out by Paladino's legs after skipper Chris Grimshaw raced infield and released the tall targetman. Xav Bowers headed over from


another fine Hill comer, before Ben­ nett went close with a free kick just


before the break. How Clitheroe were behind at the


interval beggared belief. But ra th e r th an let their heads


drop, they continued to do the same things after the restart, knowing the break would surely come. Bowers again missed the target


with a header from a Clive Dunn free kick, before Walsh was booked, and lucky to stay on after a wild lunge at


Paladino. The keeper had been constantly time-wasting after the Nantwich goal,


and a frustrated Walsh tried to kick the ball out of his hands, only to catch the former boxer in a delicate area. T h a t clearly ra tt led Nantwich, and Grimshaw almost took advan­


Glen’s late goal saves the day


Knuzden Youth 2 Clitheroe Youth 2


A LATE free kick from Clitheroe’s Glen Taylor gave the Blues’ youth team a point from their


visit to Knuzden. Clitheroe sta r ted the


game b a ttling for every­ thing, but it was Knuzden who gained the advantage in the 13th minute.' The referee awarded a


penalty against Clitheroe after keeper Danny Wood- head brought down a player in the area. Knuzden slotted it home to make it 1-0. Clitheroe fought hard to level the game the goal even­


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tually came from Glen Tay­ lor, who slammed the ball into the bottom right-hand corner to make it 1-1 after 26th minute.


firm to keep the game under control as tensions rose. Bookings followed on both sides but the score remained 1-1 at half time. In the second half Knuz­


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den came out with determi­ nation and battled hard for everything. With Clitheroe standing off the deadlock was soon broken. I t came on the 70th minute


fought off a tta ck after attack and, but for the ball stopping on the line for the keeper to grab, Clitheroe could have gone 3-1 down. I t stayed st 2-1 until the


for Knuzden to go 2-1 up. From then on Clitheroe


88th minute when Taylor slammed in a 20-yard free-kick


to earn a share of the points. Man-of-the-match for Clitheroe was Paul Parkinson.


Bradford back to winning ways


Clitheroe United 1, West Bradford 3


WEST Bradford got back to winning ways after a draw and a heavy defeat in the last two weeks to beat local rivals Clitheroe United. Bradford started slowly and United could have scored in


the first few minutes of the match. The home side mounted some good forward raids, but Mar­


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tin Ryan pulled off some fine saves to keep them out. Bradford seemed to settle down and mounted some attacks


o f th e i r ow n , o n e o f w h ic h b r o u g h t a c o m e r f o r M ic k C h am - le y t o h e a d h om e . The goal seemed to spur both teams on and it was United


w h o s c o re d n e x t a f t e r a g o o d m o v e d ow n t h e r ig h t . The second half saw the same enthusiasm from both sides,


but United pushed too far forward in their bid to take the lead, allowing Bradford to capitalise. A fine through ball was latched on to by Warren Jackson play­


ing his first game up front and he coolly slotted the ball homa United continued to press and Ryan again was forced into


making some good saves. . After some near misses at both ends Stewart Hickling put


Cream rises to the top at Dog and Partridge


THE cream of Lancashire darters were in action at the Dog and Partridge in Clitheroe this week. They were attracted by the £150 prize on


have been a contender for goal of the season had it been a couple of inches lower, but he should have scored with the second. Heys opened the scoring


after an hour - Gary Gill- martin outpaced the Swan defence and coolly slotted the ball past the onrushing Taylor. Within 10 minutes it was


offer to the winner of an all-comers knockout competition.


included illustrious names like Ronnie Baxter and Alan Glazier, was Tony Place. World-num­ ber-two Baxter was the runner up The first three rounds were the best of five


The eventual winner from a field of 32, which


legs and the opening stages saw five country players outplayed, including Lancashire Reg


all square. Lee Chapman fed Richard Quinn, who rifled home from a tight angle. The villagers then started


Cupit. The highest checkout of the afternoon went


to Clitheroe’s own Andy Gudgeon, who threw a


squandering the easiest chance when he dwelt on the


to pile on the pressure and some highly dubious deci­ sions coupled with with some appalling finishing kept Heys in the game. Matt Lee was guilty of


next round, one of them being Gudgeon, the other Mark Holding from Rochdale The first semi-final was a high scoring affair


154 to win £10. Two more county players departed in the


between Blackburn’s Ian Lever and Great Har­ wood’s Baxter, who narrowly won through to


the final. In the other half of the draw Blackburns


Dave Place narrowly lost to Morecambe’s Alan


Glazier, while brother Tony Place fought through to play Glazier in the semi - where he stormed through to the final. A closely-fought battle over nine legs saw


Tony Place taking the title ahead of Baxter. Three ladies also took part in the competition


and after retiring from the first round took part in a round robin tournament between them­ selves. Debbie Baxter was the winners with Christine Robinson and Chrissie Ellidge the


other two to take part. Alongside the singles a blind draw doubles


competition was held. The draw was made on the day with 22 play­


bie Baxter in the final. - Divisional Knockout


Jan u ary 5th First Division


Heifer A v Dog and Partridge; New Inn v Kings Arms;


Black Horse v Black Bull Old Langho; Royal Oak v SodalA. Second Division


BBC A v Mangrove; Bay Horse v Judge Walmesley: Swan


with Two Necks v Pendle Inn: Petre Arms v Pendle Witch. Third Division


Bridge Inn v Heifer B; Social B vNew Inn B.


ers being pulled out of the hat. The winners of that were Darren Place and Barry Noble, who beat Allan Allcock and Deb­


the game out of reach for United after netting Bradford’s third. I t was a better performance from West Bradford and all the players deserve the credit for the victory.


three minutes, Nantwich's fate was virtually sealed when Ashton was justly dismissed for a crazy foul from behind on Walsh - his second book­ able offence. The Blues continued to pile for­


ward, looking to take advantage, and Grimshaw, Hill and Walsh went close before the points were sealed two minutes from time. Paladino got what he deserved


a f te r his tim e -was tin g when he placed a clearance straight a t Hill in


front of goal. Hill did the rest, steering the ball 1 around him before rolling i t into the


empty goal. Slater was then denied after a love­


ly piece of trickery, while Walsh had a screamer tipped over and Mullin stung the keeper's fingers twice all in injury-time. In the end, 3-1 was flattering to


Nantwich, but i t was sufficient for the Blues fans, and the three points were just reward.


NORTH-WEST COUNTIES’ LEAGUE ROUND-UP


SATURDAY First Division


RESULTS A th e r to n L R 1, M o s s le y 1;


Blackpool R o v e rs 2, D a rw en 0; Chadder ton 1, S t Helens Town 1; C L IT H E R O E 3 , N a n tw ic h Town 1: Glossop N o r th E n d 2, B u r s c o u g h 4 ; H a s l in g d e n 1, A th e r to n Collieries 2; Kidsgrove


Ath let ic 2, R am sb o ttom Un ited 0; P re sco t Cables 7, H o lk e r Old


B o y s 1; R o s s e n d a le U n i te d 1, Warr ington Town 0; Salford C i ty 0, New c as t le Town 4; Vauxhall GM 0, Ma ine R o ad 0.


Reserve Division A th e r to n Collieries v Hasling­


d e n - p o s tp o n e d ; C a s t le to n G a b r ie l s 2 , A s h to n T ow n 2; Cheadle Town 3, C L ITH E R O E 0; Darwen 2, D a isy Hill 1; Maine R o a d 2 , R o s s e n d a le U n i te d 0; Nelson 2, Ram sb o ttom Un ited 4; S q u ire s G a te 2, Sa lfo rd C i ty 2; Woodley S por ts 0, Chadder ton 1.


- SATURDAY F i r s t D iv i s io n


FIXTURES A th e rto n Collieries v Atherton


L R ; B u r s c o u g h v N a n tw ic h Town; Chad d e r to n v Rossendale U n i ted ; C L ITH E R O E v Black­ pool Rovers; Holker Old Boys v Da rwen ; M a in e R o ad v Salford C i ty ; M o s s le y v Glo s so p N E ; N ew c a s t le Tow n v K id sg ro v e Athletic; Ram sb o ttom Un ited v H a s l in g d e n ; S t He len s Town v P r e s c o t C a b le s ; W a r r in g to n Town v Vauxhall GM.


Reserve Division


A shton Town v Ma ine Road; Da rwen v Ram sb o ttom United;


Haslingden v Castleton Gabriels; N e lso n v C h ad d e r to n ; Rossen­ dale U nited v Daisy Hill; Salford C i ty v C h e ad le Town; S q u ire s Ga te v Ath e rto n Colls. F ir s t Division p w D L P


Newcastle Tn... 23 14 9 0 51 Vauxhall GM... 22 13 5 4 44 Kidsgrove Ath.. 17 14 1 2 43 St Helens Town 19 9 8 2 db Burscough....... 17 10 4 3 34 Prescot Cables. 22 9 6 7 33


CHRIS BODEN


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Atherton LR.... 22 9 5 8 32 Blackpool Rvrs 22 9 5 8 32 Glossop NE..... 20 9 4 7 31 Chadderton..... 19 9 2 8 29 CLITHEROE.. 18 7 7 4 28 Rossendale Utd 19 8 3 8 27 Maine Road.... 20 7 5 8 26 Mossley.......... 19 5 9 5 24 Warrington Tn. 23 7 3 13 24 Haslingden...... 21 6 6 9 24 Atherton Colls. 23 6 5 12 23 Salford City.... 20 6 3 11 21 Nantwich Town 18 6 2 10 20 Holker OB...... 20 3 4 13 13 Ramsbottom.... 21 3 4 14 13


Darwen........... 21 2 4 15 10 Reserve Division p W D L P


Woodley.......... 14 7 1 6 22 Ashton Town... 12 6 2 4 20 Haslingden...... 14 5 3 6 18 Salford City.... 13 5 3 5 18 Darwen....'....... 15 5 3 5 18 Squires Gate.... 15 3 5 7 14 Daisy Hill....... 14 4 2 8 14 Ross'dale Utd... 15 3 3 9 12 R’bottom Utd.. 13 4 0 9 12 Nelson............ 14 3 2 9 11 At’ton Colls..... u i 2 8 5


Maine Road.... 14 13 1 0 40 CLITHEROE.. 16 11 2 3 35 Cheadle Town.. 15 9 2 4 29 Cas’ton Gabs.... 15 8 3 4 26 Chadderton..... 16 8 2 6 26


Raffle winners


CLITHEROE Referees’ Society held its annual Christ­ mas raffle a t its latest meeting and the winning num­


bers appear below. New members to the society are always welcome


with training videos available to new referees and prac­


tical support from senior members. For further details contact Gordon Dixon on 01200


422739, or turn up to the next meeting on Wednesday, January 21st a t 8 p.m. at the New Inn, Clitheroe. Winning numbers: 1,1546; 2, 0396; 3,1563; 4, 0076;


5 0014; 6,1640; 7, 0525; 8,1716; 9,1010; 10, 0128; 11, 0740; 12, 0262; 13, 0767; 14,1343; 15, 0325.__________


BURNLEY FOOTBALL CLUB DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION


PRIZE VALUE NUMBER NAME £25


WEEK 45 Saturday, December 20th 1997 AGENT


CLARET & BLUE BOND AREA


MON £50 C2228 Linda Thompson Waterloo! Burnley


C6275 N. Collinge


TUE £50 B1177 C. Duerden D2326


£25 S . Geoghegan


WED £50 A2235 B. Settering £25 B1627 Mr Tempest


THUR £50 F4247 Mrs McGregor G0225 C. Hughes


FR1


£25 £50 £25


A6018 Je an Rushton C1384 M. Bracken


SAT £1,000 A0339 C. Tait £50 £25


F1302 Mr Ashworth E3021 B. Walsh


Burnley Burnley Rishton


Accrington Burnley Burnley Burnley Penrith


Burnley Burnley


132 172 172 131 122 S/O 178 191 208


Office


Crawshawtxxith 128 184 173


Tickets: B2081 Mrs Milner, Burnley S V ; A3260 D. Garnett, Burnley 139 Agent's Prize 023 L Kearney, £20


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