Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, October 30th, 1997 31 ClUhoixu, 4asnjM (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified)


Blues need winning run to stay in title hunt


C L ITH E RO E go into the next three North-West Counties’ League games knowing they need a winning run to keep up with the leading pack.


By Justin Connolly The Blues stand in eighth spot in the


latest table and are already 14 points behind leaders Kidsgrove. But with three league games in the next week the Shawbridge outfit could make


inroads into that lead. Co-manager Denis Underwood said:


“Over the next few weeks all the sides at


the top have to play each other. “We’ve got to make sure we win our


games while the other sides drop points. “We have a league game on Saturday


CLITHEROE Reserves are pictured before their 6-2 victory over Woodley Sports at Shawbridge on Saturday. (CAT13613)


Rimington go nap happy


Mill Hill St Peter’s 0 Rimington 5


DESPITE being without five regu­ lar first team players an under­ strength Rimington still proved too


strong for a struggling Mill Hill side. Throughout the opening minutes


Rimington found it very difficult to play good football on what was proving to be a very humpy surface. T h e home team were content to


defend most of the time and happily knocked long balls, the m ajo rity of which ran straight through to Riming-


ton’s keeper Dave Binns. This was the pattern of most of the


game with Rimington forcing play and creating all the chances. Watkins, Young and Leach all went


close before Geldard put the viators ahead from the penalty spot after 20 minutes.


Gordon Leach should have made it 2-


0 a minute later, but his overhead kick was superbly headed off the line by a


Mill Hill defender. Rimington, however, did go further


ahead in the 25th minute when Farnsworth’s shot took a deflection to beat the home keeper and give the visi­ tors a two-goal cushion at the interval. In the second half Rimington contin­


ued to force the pace with Eric Geldard controlling things from midfield and Geoff Young continually causing prob-


■ iems for the Mill Hill defenders. Geldard scored Rimington’s third


goal on the hour with a well-struck shot from just outside the opposition’s penal-


tyarea. In the final half hour Rimington cre­


ated a string of scoring chances which were either narrowly missed or well saved by the goalkeeper.


Rimington’s fourth goal was scored in


the 75th minute by Trevor Watkins, and two minutes later he narrowly missed completing his hat-trick when his free kick went just over the crossbar. Minutes la te r T re vo r Watkins


became a firm favourite to win the square-ball award for this season when he scooped the ball over the bar from a position directly underneath it following


a superb headed pass from Geoff Young. With five minutes to go Craig Barnes


scored Rimington’s fifth goal to complete a comprehensive victory for the visitors.


This was a good workman-like per­


formance from Rimington with their defence once again looking strong and restricting Mill Hill to having just one scoring chance throughout the game and leaving Dave Binns in the Riming­ ton goal a virtual spectator throughout


the match.


Cup of joy for De Lacy Arms T


Heifer hit top


form Crown 1


. Craven Heifer 3 RECOVERING from conceding a first- minute goal, Craven Heifer found form to


beat Crown 3-1. Craven knew they had to


perform well against the sec­ ond-placed side, but a defen-


I sive lapse let in the home side I within a minute. 1 Craven settled down after that to play some good foot-


| ball, but Crown also played I well in an even first half. I M a r t in A sp inw a l l w ent closest for the locals afte r a


I g o o d run from C leg g , but i C ra v en w en t in behind a t


I half-time. J Craven were well on top I a fte r the break, and Aspin- I wall drew them level, shoot­ ing into the corner of the net from J. Clegg's pass.


| Crown seemed to crumble after that and Shears put the


locals ahead from Aspinwall’s cross.


| In th e f inal 15 minutes


J Craven had to play on with I nine men through injuries, |: b u t th e y b a t t le d hard and l managed n o t to concede a L goal - but to score another. r A sp inw a ll picked up the ! ball on the half-way line and ioutpaced th e op p o s it ion l b e fo re f ir in g home from 10


1’ yards. | T h e Clegg brothers stood i out in a fine performance.


Headed goal


wins the day


Haworth 2 'AN under-strength West Bradford 3


! Bradford.side were on 'the back-foot straight away in this difficult


tie at Haworth. The home side started


brightly and within the


'f i r s t 15 minutes were ahead from the penalty


ISP From then on Bradford


's ta r te d to create a few chances of their ovm and


le v e l led through a fine goal from Hicklmg.


■ In the second hall


Brad ford ptoye.d s° ® e better football with last


minute signing Ward hav­ in g an ex cellent game alongside the a erial


prowess of Chamley. P Bradford then took the lead through a M o ore


; spot-kick a fte r Watson ' was fouled in the area.


■.gSBSfiSSE then made their onlymis-


t a k e 0 f eh H a w o nr t h i o a l low in g Hawor ^W U h in f iv e minutes


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ord defence and they cruised to a great win.


HE romance of the cup left the De Lacy Arms on doud


nine and Judge Walmsley


brokenhearted. The Judge men lost out by


the odd goal in seven having fought their way back to level


from a three goal deficit. The match turned into a


classic cup thriller hanging in the balance right up to the last


minute when De Lacy’s Lee Burgess joyfully fired home


the winner. Until that point it seemed


the Judge outfit were going to pull off an escape to victory coming back from the brink of a stinging derby defeat. I t had been De Lacy who


started the brighter with Judge keeper Paul Hoole being forced into making some impressive blocks when De Lacy’s front men, who looked dangerous going forward every time, seemed certain to score. But the 19-year-old keeper


w i l l want to forget his appalling blunder that gifted De Lacy the lead after 20 min­


utes. A misdirected pass was


harmlessly lobbed into the home team’s box, where Hoole climbed to catch the hall. He dropped the ball in front


of one of his defenders, and a blind panic seemed to beset him as he fumbled and flapped, then inexplicably pushed the ball away into the path of Craig Barnes, who must have thought Christmas had come early, as he tapped the ball into the open net with no one anywhere near him. I f De Lacy’s first goal was farcical their second, a penalty,


was controversial. The referee awarded the


spot-kick after Wez Clarkson was deemed to have handled the ball, even though it had appeared to have struck him on the right shoulder. Despite loud protests from


the Judge players, the referee was having none of it, and De Lacy striker Warren sent the keeper the wrong way. The Billington boys were


battling hard looking to spring the De L a c y defence with some neat flick-ons, but the De Lacy back four were giving Judge little change and the Whalley men’s forceful mid- field were doing a good job of snuffing out any meaningful movement from the opposi­


tion. A t 2-0 at half-time Judge


were down but not out, and they started the second-half with extra rip. But, after five minutes they


took a sucker-punch, when De Lacy’s Paul Whaling found himself in front of goal with more time and space than any


striker should ever have. He managed to get his shot


in before losing his footing, but Hoole managed to parry only for the sprawling Whaling to use his nous to shin the ball into the far comer while still on the ground. Judge heads dropped but


only for a while, before the commanding Chris Stanley cooly brought down the ball m the box and rifled a shot past the diving De Lacy keeper. Judge now had something


to go for and at last began to look threatening. The pressure nearly paid


dividends as Seedall floated a curling corner which Chris Stanley sent crashing against the cross bar, the ball came fly­


ing back into play off the goal


line before being cleared. A few minutes later saw


Judge get their deserved sec­ ond, when Charlie Street


struck a low shot with venom from the edge of the box.


_ , With 10 minutes to go the


game really took off as Judge pressed hard for the equaliser. Chris Stanley went inches


wide with a header from another superb Seedall comer. The game was made level


by the goal of the match when Seedall looped in a cross from


10 yards over the half way line plum onto the boot of Antho­ ny Clarkson,who volleyed exquisitely from just mside the


box. The Judge men went wild


and the scene was set for a grand-stand finish. A frenetic fiv e miutes


ensued, with the play running from one end to the another. With less than a minute


remaining D e L a c y won a throw in on the left ride more than 30 yards out from goal. The ball was launched into


the penalty area, and an unfor­ tunate back-header from one


of the Judge defenders looped back on to the boot of Lee Burgess who left Hoole with l it t le chance, as the Judge players sank to their knees in


despair. Swan at Whalley 7 New Inn 0


OVER confidence against ((supposedly inferior oppo­ sition has often been the undoing of the Whalley side, but on Sunday they cruised into the next round of the cup after a rout against their Clitheroe


rivals. Stafford Linford, who had a


long career with Swan, had the honour of captaining the visi­ tors, and it was New Inn who dominated the opening period of the game. Mark Taylor was forced


into making the first save of the game when Dave Longair found himself with time and space in the area. This seemed to kick-start


the Swan engine room and soon Sam Chapman gave the favourites the lead with a breathtaking volley on the turn from 12 yards. Steven Czapowski’s comer- kicks had started to cause the


■ Second Divirion outfit real dif­ ficulties and a second goal arrived from one after 25 min­


utes. Dominic Chapman was the


beneficiary in bizarre circum­ stances when the ball seemed to strike the big defender in the face before flying into the top comer of the net. The pressure was now inces­


sant and midfield general David Cooke added a third from another Czapowski cor­ ner.


Brendan McGee had been


given a chance to stake a claim for one of the striker’s berths on a more permanent basis and his unique style helped put Whalley four in front by half-time. This time a New Inn defender added the final touch. In the second half Swan


looked capable of running up a cricket score, but to their cred­ it New Inn never declared and eventually created scoring chances of their own. Czapowski finally scored


himself, inevitably direct from a right-wing corner, and Dominic Chapman slotted home a penalty. Ram Chapman also capped


a fine individual display with another rocket volley.


The match came to life


again in the dying minutes when Dominic Chapman con­ ceded a penalty to give the vis­ itors a chance of a consolation. However Taylor had not


read the script and earned himself the man-of-the-match award with a wonder save


cy. ■ R E SU L T S


Knockout Trophy Second Round


Judge Walmesley 3, D e Lacy


4; Legion 2, Crown Scaffold 7; Swan a t Whalley 7, New Inn 0. ' Second Division Calderstones 2, Royal Oak 5. F IX T U R E S First Division


Apeks v D e L a c y (Wilson’s);


Swan a t W h a l le y v Judge Walmesley (Queen Elizabeth’s


Whalley). Second Division


C la ren c e v C a lderston es (Haslingden); Asco v N ew Inn


(Bullough Park). Third Division


L e g io n v W o od n o ok (R o e - field).


First Division p W D L Pts


Accrington Sports 7 7 0 0 21 Swan at Whalley 8 4 1 3 13 Rishton Anns...


7 3 2 2 11


Plough Inn...... 0 3 1 2 10 Kings Arms..... 7 3 1 3 10 Heyslnn.......... 6 3 1 2 10 DeLacy........... 6 3 0 3 9 Church St Tavern 5 2 0 3 6 Apeks................. 6 1 2 3 5 Judge Walmesley 7 1 1 5 4 Crown S'ffolds.. 7 1 1 5 4 Second Division P W D L Pts


Hole House...... 7 5 1 1 16 Stanhill Lions... 7 5 1 1 16 Queen’s ............ 7 4 0 3 12 Graham & Brown 5 4 0 1 12 Sign & Poster... 7 3 1 3 10 Royal Oak....... 6 3 1 2 10 Woolpack........ 6 3 0 3 9 Clarence.......... 6 3 0 3 9


Asco................. 5 1 1 3 4 Calderstones.... 7 1 1 5 4


New Inn........... 7 0 0 7 0 Third Division P W D L Pts


Commercial.... 6 6 0 0 18


EH Football.... 5 5 0 0 15 Little Crown.... 7 5 0 2 15 OssyRovers.... 7 4 1 2 13 Legion............... 6 4 0 2 12 Ossy Hotspur...


when a lot of the other sides are in Vase games, so there is another opportunity to close the gap. “We are still not half way and there is a


very long way to go. "Kidsgrove were beaten by Vauxhall on Saturday, so they are back in the melting


pot now. “We play them a week on Saturday and


that will be a very important game.” The Clitheroe boss says he and co-man-


ager Gary Butcher are still in the hunt for new blood to strengthen their squad.


New signing Chris Stampton, a left­ sided defensive player, was one new face in


the line-up this week. “ I still have a few irons in the fire - 1


should learn in time for Saturday whether a player I want from Glossop can play for us” said Denis.


said Denis.


“T am having to go a little further afield for new players now, but I am still looking


to improve the squad.” The need for a strong squad has never been better illustrated than by the events


of this week. “We had a few injuries going into Satur­


day’s game at Haslingden, and we picked


up a few more in that game. “So on Tuesday at Darwen we had four


young players making their debut. “One of the most encouraging things


was that they performed very well. “The young players tend to listen more to what you ask them to do and actually


try to do it.” Clitheroe performed superbly against


Darwen to recover a 2-0 deficit and tri­ umph 3-2 to go into the next round of the


Floodlit Trophy. “The game two weeks ago was a bit of a


farce,” said Denis. “We ended up with nine men and actu­


ally looked better than they did with a full


team. "Some of the players thought there was


a bit of a score to settle on Tuesday, but thankfully we punished them with good


football. “ I was delighted with the result, espe­


cially when the team we put out was not,


on paper at least, our best ride. “On Saturday at Haslingden it was a


different story. “We didn’t play well and lost the lead


twice. _ “ I t was a poor pitch and I think we


were guilty of overplaying it at times. “When we missed out the midfield and got the ball to the forwards we


looked decent. "Tha t ’s how we got our goals, even


though it doesn’t look good to the specta­ tors.”


The injury situation is beginning to . . . .


clear up for the Clitheroe boss. “ Clive Dunn should be OK for Satur­


day, as should Mark Walsh,” he said. “Paul Lynch will be another week, as


1 will Neil Baron and Jon Penman is due


to start training again next week. “Andy Taylor went off on Tuesday,


night with a recurrence of an old injury, which is a bit worrying, but overall the


situation is getting better.” Clitheroe’s home match with War­


rington Town on Saturday kicks-off at 3 p.m. On Tuesday night they visit Black­ pool Rovers and that game has a 7-30


p.m. kick-off. • Clitheroe's aggregate win over Dar­ wen in Tuesday night’s Floodlit Trophy tie earns then a second round clash with


Vauxhall GM. The one-leg tie will be played at Shaw­


bridge during the week commencing


December 1st. • Clitheroe’s revised fixtures for November are:


Saturday, November 1 - Warrington


Town (h ) ; Saturday, November 8 - Kidsgrove (a); Saturday, November 22 - FA Vase; Saturday, November 29th —


Nantwich (a): _ .


Clitheroe overcome odds to book second round spot


Darwen 0 Clitheroe 3


(Clitheroe win 3-2 on aggregate) CLITHEROE clinched their place in the second round of the Floodlit Trophy with a dramatic 3-0 win at Darwen’s Anchor Ground on Tues­


day night. A t 2-0 down from the f irs t leg


fr om B r e t t T a t lo c k ’s e f fo r t high to his left. T h e overall display provides


e v iden ce o f Swan’s a t ta ck in g and defensive capabilities, but th e p rosecution w i l l p o in t to th e in ep t performance o f last week to crush an y complacen­


Clitheroe needed something special. In the f irs t leg two weeks ago at Shawbridge luck was very much against


them. They had a man sent off and four put


out of the game with injury, forcing them to battle on with just nine men in the dying stages. But on Tuesday the luck was with them. Darwen created chances, but missed


them, and Paul Mullin scored one of Clitheroe’s goals off his chest,


Injuries had forced Clitheroe man­


agers Denis Underwood and Gary Butcher to field no fewer than fiv e


reserve team players. ' Darwen were first to attack and pro­


duced a good chance which saw the ball


go just over the bar. Mullin should have put Clitheroe a


goal to the good minutes later, but he


fired wide from close range. But despite Darwen’s early pressure


it was Clitheroe who broke the deadlock after just 10 minutes. Gary Thomas was the man to get the


Blues back in the tie with a terrific lob over the keeper from 10 yards. Darwen began to struggle to put any


passing moves together and the game became scrappy after the goal.


A mistake by the Darwen keeper let Mullin in just before the break to put


Clitheroe 2-0 up on the night and level


onaggregate. The early stages of the second half


saw Darwen put Clitheroe’s defence under some pressure, as they had in the


first half. Poor finishing let. them down again,


and Clitheroe stayed in the hunt. The Blues went in front for the first


time in the tie after 57 minutes. The keeper once again failed to clear


the ball properly and the ball landed at the feet of Jon Riley - he fired the ball first time into the back of the net. W ith time running out Darwen


became desperate for a goal and should have scored when Denny Khan ran down the right, cut inside and with the goal at his mercy shot wide. But Clitheroe held out until the final


whistle to seal a great victory. Blues held by lowly rivals


Haslingden 2 Clitheroe 2


CLITHEROE took the lead, and lost it twice, to take a point from their visit to Haslingden


on Saturday. The Blues brought in new signing


Chris Stanton from Liverpool side Preesall and also Reserve team regu­ lars Steve Elmer and Steve Gough. On the bench was injured leading


scorer Mark Walsh. The first chance of the game fell to


Dennis Hill when he struck a fine free- kick which skimmed the post.


Minutes later Jon Parrott in the Haslingden goal pulled off a fine save


from Andy Taylor. Clitheroe were well on top, but on a


rare excursion forward former Clitheroe player Mark Stewart was unlucky to see his first-time shot blocked. On 28 minutes Paul Mullin netted


his second goal of the season with a fine volley which he struck into the


roof of the net. Clitheroe could have been two up


by half-time when Hill — Clitheroe’s most dangerous player - was unlucky


to see his shot come back off the post, Haslingden came out stronger for ,


the second half and soon carved out a good opening.


, A Stewart shot hit a post with


Blues keeper John Morrey well beat­ en.


Reserves bounce back


Clitheroe Reserves 6 Woodley Sports Reserves 2


NORTH-West Counties’ 7 4 0 3 12


Lomax............. 6 1 2 3 5 Baxenden BH ..6114 4 UndeJacks..... 5 1 0 4 3 Woodnook....... 7 0 2 5 2 Ossy Refugees.. 6 0 0 6 0


EAST LANCASHIRE


FOOTBALL LEAGUE RESULTS


President’s Cup First round


Sabden 2, Worsthome United


8; Colne United 0, Settle United 5; W h in n e y H i l l 2, N F O B 1; R ib ch e s te r R o v e r s 0, R o l ls - Royce 1; Stacksteads St Joseph's 1, Read United 2; Oswaldtwistle Town 1, Hurst Green 2; Chat- bum 0, Crosshills 7. Reserve Cup • First round


Bamoldswick Park Rovers 0, Hurst Green 2; Colne United 1,


Colne 2 (aet). First Division


M i l l Hill St Peter’s 0, Riming­


ton 5; Oswaldtwistle 2, Gargrave 1; T raw d en C e l t ic 3, Bamoldswick United 0. Second Divirion


Colne 2, Bamoldswick Park R o v e r s 0; K e lb ro o k 2, R o ck


Rovers 0. Reserve Division


Read United 3, Kelbrook 1;


S e t t le U n ite d 3, M i l l H i l l S t Peter's 1.


FIXTURES First Division


Crosshills v Colne U n ited ;


Gargrave v Bamoldswick Unit­ ed; H u rs t Green v T raw d en C e lt ic ; M i l l H i l l S t P e te r ’s v Stacksteads St Joseph's. Second Division


Chatburn v Sabden; Earby


T ow n v K e lb ro o k ; L an gh o v R ib ch e s te r R o v e rs ; N F O B v Colne; Oswaldtwistle Town v B am o ld sw ick P a rk R o v e rs ; Read United v Rock Rovers. Reserve Division


Bamoldswick Park Rovers v


Hurst Green; Colne v M i l l Hi ll St Peter's; Colne United v Read United; Kelbrook v Earby Town; Sabden v Worsthorne; S e t t le United v Trawden Celtic.


Reserve Division leaders Clitheroe put last week’s defeat well and truly behind them with an emphatic win over third-


placed Woodley Sports. Every player performed to


a high standard and the visi­ tors had no answer to the slick passing and movement


of the reserves. They opened the scoring


when Danny Lord hit a free- kick from 20 yards and strik­ er Dave Horrocks was on hand to deflect it into the net. Gary Thomas scored the


second after Shaun Lister placed a perfect pass into his stride and Thomas rounded the keeper to slot the ball into the net. W oodley pulled a goal


back when le e Dobson was adjudged to have pushed a striker in the area.


Th e resulting penalty gave keeper Andy Morris no


chance. Minutes later the two goal


lead was restored when Thomas broke free and passed to fellow-striker Horrocks who, despite slipping, man­ aged to riot the ball home. Another goal followed in a bizarre fashion just before


half-time. A back-pass was missed


by the keeper and as he tried to recover he found himself in a race for the goal-bound ball with Thomas. The ball was adjudged to


be over the line as both play­ ers ended up in the back of


the net. The keeper argued that he


had cleared it, but the referee gave a goal and the reserves went in at half-time 4-1 to the


good. Th e team kept up the


pressure in the second half and mid-way through Thomas got his second with a shot from the edge of the


area and with 10 minutes to go Simon Pickles scored with a header from a cross from


Thomas. Woodley did m an a g e :


another goal in the 90th minute, hut by then they had resorted to hacking the Clitheroe team down in des- ' peration. Overall the result was


excellent and the perfor­ mance impressive. • On Saturday the Reserves


are away to Ashton Town. The match has a 3 p.m. kick­ off.


The team have been drawn


against Ramsbottom United Reserves in the North-West Counties’ Reserve Division


Cup. Clitheroe were runners-up


to Trafford in the competi­ tion last season and will be looking to go one better this time around. The game will be played


on Saturday, November 22nd at 3 p.m. at Ramsbot­ tom.


Garner fires second half hat-trick for youth team


Clitheroe Youth 4 Burnley Belvedere 1


MATT Gamer fired a second-half hat- trick to give a weakened Clitheroe Youth side a comfortable win over


Burnley Belvedere. The Blues were without several players


who were away in Holland with their school. That meant a number of positional changes. Early on it looked as if Clitheroe would


dominate the game with some promising play and attacking moves which resulted in


them hitting the crossbar. Belvedere were down to 10 men soon after


as they lost a player with a shoulder injury and had no substitutes. Clitheroe’s fighting spirit seemed to be


missing at times throughout the game, but not after 15 minutes when Martin Halleron put his side in front. And it was only too evident on the hall hour when Belvedere, with determination


r and aggression, saw them earn a free-kick on


the edge of the area. A well taken shot to the right-hand comer


of the net saw them level the score at 1-1. From here on in it was Belvedere’s domi­


nant play that had Clitheroe defending. But after going down to nine men at the


break with another injury, it was always going to be difficult for them to dominate the


rest of the match. Clitheroe came back into the game and


after 58 minutes Garner slotted home to make the score 2-1. Three minutes later Gar­ ner popped up again to make it 3-1. Belvedere showed good fighting spirit and


Clitheroe were not helped when Kieran Ans- bro had to come off with a leg injury. With their only sub used five minutes ear­


lier, they went down to 10 men. But after 80 minutes Gamer fired his third


and ensured Clitheroe a 4-1 victory. Man-of-the-match fo r Clitheroe was


James Croasdale. L- H a s l in gd en ’s pressure


eventually paid o f f when th e y g o t b a ck on le v e l terms. Po or defensive work by


the Clitheroe back-line let in Stewart and he fired into the comer of the net with Morrey beaten. Th e goal seemed to put


more heart into Hasling­ den’s (efforts and they were unlucky not to take the lead minutes later when Wayne H ow a r th - ano th er ex- Clitheroe player - saw his effort come back of f the bar. Clitheroe re-took the


lead with just 10 minutes left on the clock. H i l l f ir e d in a corner


which was headed power­ fu l ly . home b y b y X a v


Bowers. F iv e minutes la te r


Clitheroe saw three points turn in to ju s t one when C o l in L am b e r t put Haslingden back on level


terms. H e stabbed th e b a l l


home from inside the area with the Clitheroe defence once a ga in a l l o v e r the place.


R E SU L T S Saturday


First Division Atherton L R 0, Atherton Col­


lieries 1; Burscough 0, Newcastle T ow n 0: D a rw en 1, P re s c o t Cables 2; H a s l in gd en 2, C L IT H E R O E 2; H o lk e r Old B o y s 4, B la ck p o o l R o v e r s 1; Kidsgrove A th letic 1* Vauxhall GM 3; Mossley 2, Ramsbottom U n ited 1; N a n tw ich T ow n 2, Rossendale U n ited 1; Salford City 0, Chadderton 2; St Helens Town 1, Maine Road 1; Warring­ ton Town 0, Glossop North End


1. . Reserve Division . . . Ashton Town 3, Squire’s Gate


2; A th e r to n C o l l ie r ie s 1, Rossendale United 3; Chadder­


ton 0, Darwen 1; Cheadle Town 4, Salford C ity 4; C L ITH E R O E 6, W o o d le y S p o r ts 2; M a in e Road 3, Daisy H i l l- l ; Nelson 2, H a s l in gd en 0; R am sb o t tom United 0, Castleton Gabriels 3. Tuesday


First Division Nantwich Town 3, Atherton L R 4 . Floodlit Trophy First Round, Second Leg C a s t le ton G ab rie ls 3 (6 ) ,


Fleetwood Freeport 2 (3 ); Chad­ derton 3 (5 ) , Haslingden 1 (3 ); Darwen 0 (2 ), C L IT H E R O E 3 (3 ) ; H o lk e r Old B o y s 1 (2 ) , Atherton Collieries 0 (0 ); Kids­


g ro v e A th le t ic 3 (5 ) , Glossop North End 1 (2); Mossley 3 (4), R am sb o t tom U n ited 1 (1 ) ; Rossendale United 3 (4), Prescot Cables 2 (6); Oldham Town 0 (2), Burscough 1 (4); Vauxhall G M 4 (8), Salford C ity 3 (5); Warring­ ton 0 (1), Blackpool Rovers 0 (3). F IX T U R E S Saturday


First Division . • Atherton Collieries v Mossley;


Blackpool Rovers v Holker Old Boys; C L ITH E R O E v Warring­ ton Town; Darwen v Ramsbot­ tom United; Glossop North End v Salford C ity ; Ma in e ,R oad v Ath e r ton L R ; Vauxhall GM v


Haslingden. F A Carlsberg Vase , First Round


Castleton Gabriels v Marske


U n ited ; E a s in g ton C o l l ie ry v Burscough; East Manchester v Ro s s en d a le U n ited ; H a t f ie ld Main v Nantwich Town; Jarrow R o o f in g B C A v B o o t le ; . Kidgsrove Athletic v R TM New­ castle; Prescot Cables v Sheffield; Skelmersdale Unitd v West Auk- land T ow n ; South Shields v Chadderton; Tow Law Town v St Helens Town. Reserve Division ___ __ .


’ A sh ton ' ? T ow n ” v C L IT H E R O E ; D a is y H i l l v


S qu ire ’s G a te ; H a s l in gd en v Chadderton; Ramsbottom Unit­ ed v Ma in e Road ; Rossendale . United v Cheadle Town; Salford City v Woodley Sports. Monday


Reserve Division


Darwen v Nelson. Tuesday


First Division Atherton Collieries v Darwen:


B la ck p o o l ■ R o v e rs , v C L ITH E R O E ; Newcastle Town v V auxh al l G M ; Ro s s en d a le United v Atherton L R ; Warring­


ton Town v Burscough. , T A B LE S


First Division P W D L P


Kidsgrove Ath.. 13 11 0 2 33 Newcastle Tn... 15 9 . 6 0 33 Vauxhall GM... 14 8 4 2 28 StHelensTown '10 7 3 0 24 Atherton LR.... 15 7 3 5 24 Burscough....... 9 6 2 1 20


. Prescot Cables . 13 5 5 1 3 20 CLITHEROE.. 12 5 4 3 19 Glossop N E ..... 13 5 4 4 19 Mossley.......... 14 4 5 5 17 Blackpool Rvts 14 5 2 7 17 Warrington Tn. 15 5 1 9 16 Nantwich T n ... 14 5 1 8 16 Maine Road..... 10 4 3 3 15 Haslingden...... 14 3 6 5 15


. Rossendale Utd 12 4 2 6 14 Atherton Colls. 13 4 2 7 14


Chadderton...... 12 4 1 7 13 Salford City__ 11 3 2 6 11 Holker OB....... 13 2 2 9 8 Ramsbottom.... 13 2 2 9 8 Darwen............ 13


2 9 8


Reserve Division P W D L P


Clitheroe......... 10 8 1 1 25 Maine Road.... 9‘ 8 1 0 25 Cas'ton Gabs.... 11 7 0 4 21 WoodleySports 9 6 1 2 19 Haslingden...... 10 5 1 4 16 Cheadle Town.. 10 5 1 4 16 . Chadderton..... 9 4 1 4 13 • Darwen........... 9 4 1 4 12 Salford City.... 8 3 2 3 11 R'dale Utd....... 10 3 1 6 10 Squires Gate.... 10 2 3 5 9 R'bottomUtd.. 9 3 0 6 9 Daisy Hill....... 9 3 0 6 7 Ashton Town... 6 2 0 4 6 Nelson............. 9 1 1 7 4 A'tonColis...... 9 1 1 7 4 L E A D IN G SCORERS First Division


Steve Pennington (S t Helens


T ow n ) 11 (league -1 1 , cup - 7); Robbie Cowley (Burscough) 17 (10, 7); Greg Blundell (Vauxhall G M ) 16 (11, 5 ) ; P au l K ie ly (Kidsgrove Athletic) 14 (10 ,4 ); M A R K W A L S H (C L ITH E R O E ) 12 (8 ,4 ) ; Scott Dundas (Kidsgrove Athletic) 11 (8 ,3 ); Kevin O’Connell (Glossop N o r th E n d ) 11 (7 , 4 ) ; P au l Thompson (Rossendale United)


11 (6 , 5 ) ; M a rk W i ld e (Burscough) 11 (6,5 ).


BURNLEY FOOTBALL CLUB DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION


PRIZE VALUE NUMBER MON £50


£25


TUE £50 £25


WED £50 £25


THUR £50 £25 £50 £25


SAT £1,000 E0813 Mrs Clark £50


FRI £25


WEEK 37 Saturday, October 25th 1997 AREA


CLARET & BLUE BOND NAME


C4435 M. Kennetley D6512 1. Ford


A5239 D. Whitworth B5282 M. Gallagher


E3287 J. Brogden C3170 M. Smith A1446 C. Finnie D3156 B. Kelly


Burnley Padiham Bacup Burnley Burnley


A3491 B. Brookfield A0793 Mrs Redhead


B0893 P. Laycock B4279 Mis Reeder


Burnley Avon Burnley Burnley Burnley Burnley Keighley Burnley


JOIN NOW1 DRAWN EVERY DAY


£63,000 a year In local prizes “FOR ONLY £1 PER WEEK" Collectore/Agenta Required NOW1I RING 700000 Promoter: B. Dealing, Tort Moor Development Office


I T ” AGENT


208 144 008 066 173 S/O 129 034 022 212 098 S/O 066


Vdtels B5130 P. Haworth, Burnley; B183S Mr Baron. Accrington S/O Agenrs Prize 070 Mr. Holt £20


■ North


West Counties League Round-up


£ f


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