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at Manchester United has inspired Clitheroe as they look to re
T □ Gary Butcher
Lucky 13 for Dennis
Fold Golf Club member Dennis | Leaver on Saturday. He stormed to victo
I
T was anything but "Unlucky 13" for Mytton
ry in the 13th weekly heat of the Profession al's Winter Series to consolidate his lead at the top of the Order of
Merit. Leaver, who plays off
19 handicap, won the 16- hole competition with 39 Stableford points and left Howard Taylor, Paul Lavery - both 34 points - and Steve Tay- lor (33 points) trailing in
his wake. In-form Leaver (53
points) leads the Order of Merit ahead of Stuart Payne (36 points), Philip Walmsley, Howard Taylor - both 32 points - Dave Wetton (28 points) and Ted Bamborough
the Memorial Football League D
on Sunday. Second-placed Heys were th e
hosts, but slumped to a 2-1 defeat to De Lacy who now lie third and within striking distance of a top-
two place. De Lacy made the early running
with Warren Baker and Anthony Musker impressive. And on the half hour the locals
build. Elimination from the
FA Carlsberg Vase, and a mid-table league position has given th e Blues the leeway to ex p erimen t over the final months of
the season. And Blues joint-boss
Gary Butcher has under lined the Clitheroe blue p r in t for North-West
Counties’ League success. Player-manager Butch-
Q Dennis Underwood
er, currently sidelined with a head wound picked up in the Vase defeat at Burgess
BY CHRIS BODEN
HE conveyor belt of young talent produced
Hill Town, said: "We are looking to youth as our
future. "We feel over a period of time th a t is the way for
ward. "Manchester United
haven't bought success - they are an example for
everyone. "Clitheroe haven't got
the money to buy success - if you want to get out of the North-West Counties’ League immediately, you have to throw a lot of
money at it. "Players from UniBond
League standard are need ed, and they don't come
cheap. "The club simply doesn't
generate th a t so r t of money.
De Lacy shock for champions
E LACY scored a great win over reigning champions Heys Inn in
took the lead when Baker's cross was turn ed in by cap ta in Craig
Barnes. Heys had De Lacy under pressure
for the rest of the half, and they con- tined to press after the break. De Lacy threatened on the counter
attack though, and they sealed the points when Barnes forced a defender into conceding an own goal. Heys refused to let their heads
drop, but Robinson, Lawson, Shaun Fernandez and Procter kept them
out until the last minute when the hosts nicked a consolation.
Clitheroe suffer
cup exit at hands of derby rivals
(26
points). The annual Presi
dent's Evening takes place a t Mytton Fold
tonight.Golf clubs from the surrounding area will be represented by their presidents and other guests.
Spring Mill go clear
| ond-piaced Craven Heifer B puts them nine points clear at the top of the Ribble Valley Ladies’ Darts
SPRING Mill’s
at the top 10-2 win over sec-
League. Catholic’s 7-5 win at
the cup by derby rivals Langho Juniors. Langho kicked off with the wind and made good use of the elements, putting
D was Langho who went in ahead after a goal
Wolves under pressure. But good defending kept Langho out. Both sides played well on the break, but it
mouth scramble. Wolves played good football after the
interval, but couldn't break down a well-
organised defence. Jack Dearden and Eddie Carter came
Carakarum.
The Under 10s drew 2-2 with Junior Clarets in an entertaining cup tie that was a
. . .
credit to both teams. In the first half Wolves had more posses
sion, but the Clarets scored on the break. A catalogue of missed chances from the
Wolves, and dogged defending from the Clarets ensured that it stayed 1-0 at the
break. The second half was much the same, but
Dog and Partridge put them within three points
of Craven B. And Catholic’s Paul
ine Dewhurst recorded the individual highlight
| with an 11-dart finish. In the bottom-of-the-
table clash Royal Oak went two points ahead of Legion B with an 8-4 win. In the Second Divi
sion Black Bull (Lang- ho) lead the way by four points a fte r beating Kings Arms 11-1. Second-placed Bay Horse (Barrow) were
beaten 7-5 by Station. RESULTS
First Division
Craven Heifer A - bye: Dog and Partridge 5, Catholic
Legion B 4, Royal Oak 8:
Social 7; Spring Mill 10, Craven Heifer B 2; Low Moor
5, Legion A 7. Second Division
grove 5: Clitheroe Social 5, Black Bull (Chatbum) 7; Black Bull (Langho) 11, Kings Arms 1: Station Hotel 7, Bay Horse (Barrow) 5; Brown Cow 5. Bridge Inn 7. POINTS AND POSITIONS First Division
Billington BBC 7, Man Wolves did equalise when Chris Beckerton
eventually converted a half-chance. Almost immediately the Clarets broke
away to make it 2-1, but the Wolves would n't lie down and Jack Fielding equalised with
a crisp shot. Liam Gidlow was man-of-the-match and
Gino Peregrine was outstanding. In the past month, Wolves Under 15s have
had a mixed batch of results. Three weeks ago they beat Colne Clarets 3-
1 with goals from Stevie Wharton, man-of-the- match Thomas Woods and Danny Walker. A week later they were unlucky to lose 1-0
close, but two late goals gave Langho a 3-0 win. Man-of-the-match was Cem
ESPITE a good footballing per formance, Clitheroe Wolves Under 11s were knocked out of
ures against Haslingden. Straight from the kick-off they bom barded the visitors goal with some excel
A
lent passing football. Sam Dean opened the scoring and
Dominic Hampson made it 2-0. Andrew Hargreaves scored a memo rable third and just before the break Dean
got his second. Hampson, David Wilkinson (2), Dar
ren Fothergill (2) and an own goal com
pleted the rout. Fothergill was man-of-the-match. Whalley Under 13s were made to work
hard for their 3-2 win over Oggy Hospur. Whalley went behind but Shaun Stell
equalised before half-time. Oggy regained the lead, but Jamie
Barnes levelled, and it was end-to-end stuff until Barnes snatched a late winner. David Mercer and James Hoare were out standing, and David Price was star man. The Under 12s shared four goals with
SCINTILLATING perfor
mance from Whalley Under 10s saw them reach double fig
Swan a t Whalley’s home game ~ , 1T7T. _ 1 1 ___ l .
agains t Rishton was postponed because of continuing problems with
the Whalley pitch. And Judge Walmesley were beaten
9-3 by Kings Arms. But in the Second Division Calder-
stones scored a great win over Gra ham and Brown while New Inn were beaten 8-0 at home by Queens East-
gate. There was a surprise for Legion . , T .
in the Third Division when they were beaten 3-1 a t home by Uncle Jack’s.
Arms - postponed; Heys Inn 1, De Lacy 2: Kings Arms 9. Judge Walmesley 3. Second Division
Swan at Whalley v Rishton First Division RESULTS
stones 3; New Inn 0 Queens East- gate 8.
Graham and Brown 2, Calder-
Legion 1, Uncle Jacks 3. FIXTURES First Division
Third Division
Whalley (Wilsons); Judge Walmesley v Plough Inn (Roe- field); De Lacy - no game. Second Division
Crown Scaffolds v Swan at
Asco v Calderstones (Memor ial); Graham and Brown v New
Inn (Wilsons). Third Division
field).
Legion v Ossy Hotspur (Roe- TABLES
Acc’ton Sports. 15 13 0 2 39 Heys Inn......... 14 9 2 3 29 DeLacy.......... 14 9 0 5 27 Kings Anns..... 14 8 2 4 26 Plough Inn...... 13 7 1 5 22 Swan at Whalley 12 6 3 3 21 Rishton Anns... 12 5 3 4 18 Apeks............. 14 4 3 7 15 Judge Walmesley 16 3 3 10 12 Church St Taveml4 2 0 12 6 Crown Scaffs.... 14 1 1 12 4 Second Division
First Division p w D LPts
West End, with Richard Benson and Ben Thorpe both netting equalisers. Clark Clayton in goal was man-of-the-match. However, there were five defeats for the
other Whalley sides. The Under 8s lost 8-0 to Ossy Villa A, with Mark Frankland the pick of the
Whalley players. Maitland Steel gave the Under 9s the
lead against Readstone, but Whalley went down 3-1. Donald Wharton and Gary
Micallef were outstanding. The Under 11s were beaten 8-0 by
to champions Brunlea, and last week they beat Borrowdale United with goals from Wharton, Walker, Woods, Rick Clark, Oliver Cross and Tom Saunders. That result left Wolves third in the table. This Sunday they played Junior Clarets at
home in the cup. Wolves played well until a 20-yard strike . . . .
gave the visitors the lead. Heads dropped after that and Clarets
sealed it two minutes from time. The Under 11s played only their second
game since Christmas and had the tough task of facing top-of-the-table Foulridge Colts. Yet they put in a fine performance to earn a 3-3 draw - in the end they were unlucky not
to take the full points. It started badly with the Wolves going 2-0
I verted a Daniel Green cross to pull one back. Wolves then took control and Green netted
1, Spring Mill 86; 2, Craven
Heifer B 77; 3, Catholic Social 74; 4, Legion A 73; 5, Low Moor 72; 6, Dog and Par tridge 70; 7, Craven Heifer A 63; 8, Royal Oak 54; 9, Legion
B 52. Second Division 1. Black Bull (Langho)
109; 2, Bay Horse (Barrow) 105; 3, Clitheroe Social 89; 4, Station Hotel 88; 5, Man- grove 77; 6, Billington BBC 75; 7, Bridge Inn 65:8, Brown Cow 60; 9, Black 10, Bull (Chatburn) 60; 11, Kings
Arms 58. HIGH SCORES
152 - Pam Hampson
(Black Bull, Langho): 140 - Kath Hebden (Spring Mill), Ludi Celesial (Billington); 1 3 5 - J. Cotterill (Craven Heifer B); ,133-Louise Cook (Black Bull, Langho); 132- Andrea Holden (Black Bull, Langho); 130 - Jan Leonard (Black Bull. Chatbum); 125- Judy Cunliffe (Dog and Par tridge), Gill Shears (Low Moor); 121 - Rose Taylor (Black Bull, Chatbum): 100- Gill Shears (Low Moor); 12- dart finish — Gill Shears (I»w Moor); 11-dart finish - Paulinj^Dewhurst (Catholic).
down inside 10 minutes. But they worked hard and Oliver Bolton con-
twice before the break to give his side the lead. One of Green’s goals saw him run half the
length of the pitch, beat three players and fire the ball into the net from an acute angle. In the second half Wolves defended well
Rossendale Valley, with goalkeeper Bruce Wilson man-of-the-match. James Wright and Steven Hickey scored consolation goals for the Under 14s
as they lost 13-2 against Huncoat United. Andrew Strong was Whalley's best
player. Whalley Under 15s dominated the first
half of their top of the table clash against West End. Ryan Peel gave them the lead and Phil McGhauley made it 2-0 at half time. But after the break Whalley lost the plot as they conceded three goals to lose out.
with a left-foot snap-shot, but Blackburn
were two-up by half-time. ' Wolves had a lot of pressure in the second half but failed to convert, while Blackburn
netted another three goals. Following a late substitution Oliver Brown
played an incisive through-ball to Dale Underwood who coolly drilled the ball past the stranded Blackburn keeper. It was a well deserved consolation and
should give heart to the Under 9s as the sea son draws to a close.
and looked like hanging on for the win until Foulridge were awarded a dubious penalty in the dying stages and levelled things. Daniel Green was named man-of-the-
match.Wolves Under 9s were unlucky not to take
something from their game with Ossy Villa. Ossy won 5-0 two weeks ago, but got a sur
and Michael Ashcroft tackling back well and when Ossy got through Tom Rutherford
They held the lead with Sean Atherton . . .
saved everything. Ossy scored just before the break to level
it, but Wolves came out in the second half determined to retake the lead. They pushed forward but Ossy scored
again against the run of play. With the last kick of the game Ossy scored
again to make it 3-1 and seal the match. It was a scoreline that flattered Ossy but
the Wolves can take heart from one of their best performances from the season.
wood for the second week running to play Blackburn Boys and lost out 5-1.
Wolves Under 9s were back in Great Har
Wolves played well and had a lot of the ball for the first 10 minutes of the first 20-
minute half. Sam Johns came closest for the Wolves
prise when Chris Blockeel put the Wolves ahead.
Foulridge 8-2. Andrew Bennett added a brace, while
H Andrew Stubbs and Martyn Thompson
also found the net. The Under 8 also had an emphatic win,
beating Langho Juniors 9-1. Johnny Kennedy, Jordan Finch and
Kieran Laycock all bagged a brace, with Jamie Bury, Thomas Laurie and Tim Zak-
ski also scoring. Despite a lacklustre performance, the
Under 12s beat Islington Boys 3-2 with two goals from Shane Kennedy and one from Chris Holland. In-form Michael Fox was named man-of-the-match. The Under 11s dominated their match against Belvedere for long periods, but
were held to a 3-3 draw. Andrew Tinker, Johnny Burbridge and
Robert Cresswell were on the scoresheet. Robert Webster's goal earned the Under 10s a draw against Colne Clarets, with
Matthew Whitwell star man. The Under Us continued their unbeat en run with an excellent 3-1 victory over
Whalley. Gary Bowker scored all three goals and
Thomas Marsh was named man-of-the- match.
OT-SHOT Hudson Parsons hit four goals as Readstone United Under 14s convincingly b eat
Carlcton.
Stanhil!.......... 13 11 1 1 34 Queens Eastgate 16 8 2 6 26 Sign & Poster... 17 7 2 8 23 Royal Oak....... 13 6 2 5 20 Graham/ Brown 16 6 2 8 20 Woolpack........ 16 5 0 11 15 Calderstones.... 15 3 2 10 11 New Inn......... 17 3 2 12 11 Asco............... 11 1 3
Hole House..... 15 13 1 1 40 Clarence......... 17 11 1 5 34
P W D LPts "We have had a remark
able run of success over the last three seasons, finishing second in the league and runners-up in the Vase, and we have brought in money from transfers. "But we need to build for
the future." Butcher has been scout
ing for young talent during his enforced lay-off: "We have been given the go- ahead to pursue young players to re-build. "I have been ou t and
about looking a t players recommended to us, and hopefully we will be able to bring a couple of new faces in soon. "The players aren't play
ing to their ability, and we hope noe to give some
Waddy are
biggest winners
W Leisurewear Five-a-
ADDY Arms scored the biggest win in the Glenfield
Side League. They smashed 15 past
mid-table Buck Rovers to s ta y 12 p o in ts behind leaders Mad for It. But with just four games
left to play Mad for I t have virtually clinched the title. They need ju s t one
points from Sunday’s clash
with.Parkers Arms to be sure of the championship. As they have yet to drop
a point in the 18 games they have played already, it is a fair bet they will do it. Last Sunday they made light work of third-placed
Spitting Pig, winning 5-1. Match-of-the-day on
Sunday will be Waddy Arms against Spitting Pig. RESULTS
Bowland Strollers 5, Dynamo Sausage 5; Spitting Pig 1. Mad for It 5; Buck Rovers 5, Waddy Arms 15: Rag Legs Utd 5. Real Bladdered 0; Rapid Decline 2,
Wanderers4, Ribble Motors4;
Parkers Arms 6. SUNDAY’S FIXTURES Buck Rovers v Rapid Decline
(9 a.m.); Spitting Pig v Waddy Arms (9-50 a.m.); Real Blad dered v Ribble Motors (10-40 a.m.); Rag Legs Utd v Dynamo Sausage (11-30 a.m.); Mad for It v Parkers Arms (12-20 p.m.); Bowland strollers v Wanderers
(1-10 p.m.).
Waddy Arms.... 18 14 0 4 43 Spitting Pig.... 18 10 1 7 31 Wanderers...... 18 9 3 6 30 Rag Legs Utd... 18 10 0 8 30 Parkers Arms... 18 8 2 8 26 Dynamo Sausage 18 8 1 9 2o Buck Rovers.... 18 8 0 10 24 Ribble Motors.. 18 6 2 9 21 Bowland Strollersl8 6 3 9 21 Rapid Decline.. 18 3 0 15 9 Real Bladdered 18 2 1 15 7
Mad for it....... 18 18 0 0 54
TABLE P W D L Pts
LANCASHIRE EAST
Third Division P W D L Pts
7 6
Commercial.... 12 12 0 0 36 Ossy Hotspur... 17 11 1 5 34 EH Football.... 15 10 0 5 30 Legion........... 15 10 0 5 30
Lomax........... ® 1 Ossy Rovers.... 15 7 2 6 23
Little Crown.... 13 7 0 6 21 Uncle Jack's.... 15 5 0 10 15 Bax Bay Horse. 13 2 1 16 7 Ossy Refugees.. 15 1 1 13 4 Woodnook....... 13 0 2 11 2
CRAVEN AND DISTRICT FOOTBALL
Premier Division P W D L P
LEAGUE TABLES
Oxenhope........ 15 9 3 3 21
Embsay.......... 9 5 5 S Bulldogs......... 10 9 0 1 18 Keighley......... 11 6 1 4 13 Haworth......... 11 6 1 4 13 Addinghara..... 12 6 1 5 13 Colne CC........ 16 5 2 9 2 Cononley........ 12 4 2 6 10 Crosshills........ 12 4 2 6 10 Cowling......... 14 4 2 8 10 Skipton LMS... 14 3 1 10 7
Keighley.............. - . - Second Division P W D L P
a 11 0 0 22 13 10 2 1 22 17 9 4 4 22 15 8 2 5 18 17 6 4 7 16 13 7 1 5 15 14 7 0 7 14 12 5 1 6 11 13 2 5 6 8 13 3 1 9 7 11 2 1 8 5 17 2 0 15 4
p W D L P
Haworth Res.... 13 8 2 3 18 B'ford Utd....... 15 7 4 4 18 Hellifield......... 11 7 1 3 15 West Bradford.. 10 6 2 2 14 Embsay Res.... 13 4 4 5 12 CroeUtd........ 11 5 2 4 11 Bronte Wands.. 12 4 3 5 11 B'lickUtd....... 13 4 2 7 10 E’bum Rangers 12 2 2 8 6 -1 W'daleGate. 10 0 4 6 4 Third Division P W D L P
FOOTBALL LEAGUE FIXTURES
Colne v Worsthome; Mill Hill President's Cup
SP v Settle United; Trawden Celtic v Read United; Earby Town v Crosshills; Hurst Green v Langho: Barnoldswick PR v Rolls-Royce. Kick off 1-45 p.m.. Reserve Cup
p.m.
Stacksteads SJ v Rimington. Second Division
First Division
Ribchestcr Rovers v NFOB. Reserve Division
Kelbrook v Mill Hill SP. RESULTS
Oswaldtwistle 8, Colne United First Division
4: Stacksteads SJ 1, Gargrave 4; Trawden Celtic 2, Crosshills 6. Second Division
Skipton Town.. 13 1 1 11 3 First Division
Oswaldtwistle Town 0; Chatbum 0, Rock Rovers 3; Earby 0. Colne 2: Kelbrook 5, NFOB 2: Rolls- Royce 1, langho 3; Whinney Hill 3, Sabden 3.
Barnoldswick PR 2.
Town 1, Trawden Celtic 3; Sab dcn 1, Kelbrook 10; Mill Hill SP
Colne 2, Hurst Green 2: Earby Reserve Division
4, Colne United 3. TABLES
First Division P W D L P
Crosshills........ 17 10 4 3 34 Oswaldtwistle.. 16 10 3 3 33 Stacksteads SJ. 19 9 4 6 31 Worsthome..... 16 9 3 4 30 Tden Celtic.... 18 9 3 6 30 Rimington...... 15 8 3 4 27 Settle Utd....... 14 7 3 4 24 Gargrave......... 17 G 3 8 21 Colne Utd....... 18 6 1 11 19 Hurst Green.... 17 3 4 10 13 Mill Hill SP..... 18 4 1 13 13 B’wickUtd...... 17 3 2 12 11 Second Division P W D L P
CLITHEROE’S season reached a new low on Saturday with a lacklus tre and spiritless home defeat to Glossop North End. BY JUSTIN CONNOLLY They produced a performance, espe cially in the first half, which was as bad
Glossop North End 3 Clitheroe 1
as any seen this season. They lacked quality and, it seemed, the
desire to work hard to get a result. There was a decidedly pedestrian air about
the Blues as they were comfortably beaten by Glossop.
Walsh coming into the defence and Paul Lynch returning to the side after a couple of
Changes were made to the side with Andy
months out. It was an experienced side with the likes of
coped better than the home side and made
could not produce much of worth. It was a difficult surface, but Glossop
sides, creating a number of chance before taking the lead after 14 minutes. Steve Morgan was the creator - he burst
them look poor. Glossop started the brighter of the two
forward and rounded John Morrey in the Clitheroe’s goal, but the keeper dragged him
down as he went past. Midfield man Steve Pickford stepped up
and smashed the resulting penalty home. Glossop continued to dominate until the half hour mark when Clitheroe began to look
a little more capable. Paul Mullin did well to put Mark Walsh through, but Clitheroe’s top scorer blasted
over the bar. But in the dying stages of the half, Glos
sop extended their lead to 2-0. Morgan burst through again but saw his
shot superbly saved by Morrey. But the parried shot came out to Mark Harries, who laid it back for Trevor Small
wood to smash into the roof of the net. Clitheroe hit back straight after the
restart. Mullin slipped the ball through for Mark
v Settle United; Trawden Celtic v Hurst Green. Kick off 1-45
Colne v Read United; Sabdcn
Walsh, who beat the off-side trap, rounded the keeper and knocked the ball home.
But the side just failed to dick and they . , . ..
Mark Walsh and Chris Grimshaw also in the line-up.
□ Mark Walsh
in by Andy Taylor, but he put his shot wide. There were decent chances too for Glossop. Substitute Lee Shearer caused the Blues’
they came forward without really creating much in the way of clear-cut chances. Mark Walsh came closest after being put
defence a few problems. And he almost netted after Neil Baron
failed to clear a long ball and Shearer nipped in behind him. But Morrey was alert and
saved well. Glossop did increase their lead with just 11
minutes left on the clock. Morgan got the goal he deserved after
Morrey saved his initial shot, but could not keep out a second effort from the Glossop striker which put the result beyond any
doubt. Jon Riley and Matt Anderton rose from
the bench, but were unable to alter the course
of the match. It was a disappointing and disheartening
performance from Clitheroe. Managers Denis Underwood and Gary
Butcher must be asking themselves whether the players they have are good enough to mount a real, sustained challenge for the title
next season. On the evidence of this performance and
Clitheroe leap-frogged after last-day defeat
Junior Clarets 2 Clitheroe Youth 0
CLITHEROE needed to win their last league match for run ners-up spot, but a goal in each half saw Junior Clarets leapfrog
over them. Things started badly as the referee
failed to turn up, and the home side provided a sub s titute official in his
place. Chances were created from the whis
tle by both teams on a badly cut-up pitch, and the home side went ahead after 13 minutes. Bad defending from a comer saw the
Clarets capitalise to make i t 1-0 and grab the early initiative. Clitheroe were on the back foot for most of the first half.
Sabden........... 17 14 1 2 43 Kelbrook......... 16 14 0 2 42 Langho.......... 14 11 3 0 36 Colne............. 21 12 0 9 36
Add'ham Res.... 12 9 0 3 18 Cowling Res..... 12 7 1 4 15 Bulldogs Res.... 11 7 0 4 11 Cononley Res... 11 6 1 4 13 LMS Res.......... 12 4 3 5 11 Intake Res....... 13 4 2 6 10 Grindleton Res. 7 2 1 4 5 Earby.............. 9 2 0 7 4 Fourth Division P W D L P
Horton...........
Colne CC Res.. 14 8 1 5 17 SilsdenRes...... 14 6 4 4 16 H'field Res...... 14 5 3 6 15 Grafton Res... 14 5 3 6 13 Lothcrsdale..... 16 5 2 9 13 Bradley Res.... 15 4 1 10 9 Settle Utd....... 10 3 0 7 6 Ston Tn Res.... 11 0 1 10 1
7 ? ?
Rock Rovers.... 21 11 2 8 35 Earby Town.... 18 9 2 7 29 Whinney Hill... 18 8 3 7 27
Umpires needed for new season
B'wickPR....... 16 8 2 6 26 Rolls-Royce...... 15 7 3 5 24 Ribchester...... 16 6 3 7 21 Read Utd........ 17 4 2 11 14 Chatbum........ 21 4 2 15 14 O'twistleTown. 17 1 1 15 4 NFOB............ 17 0 2 15 2 Reserve Division P W D L P
St Paul's Res.... 14 11 2 1 24 Sutton............ 13 9 2 2 20
appealing for umpires. Umpires are needed to
T
Settle Utd....... 15 11 2 2 35 Tden Celtic.... 16 11 2 3 35 Mill HiU SP — 17 11 0 6 33 Hurst Green.... 16 9 4 3 31 Kelbrook......... 14 8 3 3 27 Sabden........... 13 6 2 5 20 Read Utd ........ 16 5 2 9 17 Colne Utd....... 15 5 0 10 15 Colne............. 17 4 3 10 15 Earby Tbwn.... 16 2 2 12 8 B'wickPR....... 13 0 4 9 4
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obtain further details from the Umpires' Secretary, Fred Booth, on 01200 424767 or Arthur Green wood (01282 438543).
And just before the break the Clarets
had the ball in the net again, only for the referee to disallow it for off-side. In the second half, Clitheroe pushed harder, but still failed to find the goal
their efforts deserved. And the Clarets added a second in the
71st minute. As hard as the locals tr ied , they
couldn't get back in the game, but they were unfortunate not to take at least a
point. Man-of-the-match was keeper Daniel
Woodhead, who made some superb saves to keep his side in the game at one end while they battled hard without reward at the other.
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the current league predicament, they clearly are not.
This seemed to give Clitheroe a boost and
younger players a chance during the rest of the sea son, without the pressure
to get results. "We won't go down, and
we would have to win every game to win the league. "At the moment these
players won't strengthen our team immediately, but we feel they will in the long run." Fellow boss Denis
aren't in the frame." Butcher added th a t
there might be one new face by Saturday when the Blues are a t home to Atherton LR, but nothing had been confirmed a t the time of going to press. Xav Bowers and Clive
cruciate and medial liga ments - the injury all foot ballers dread - in the FA Vase tie against Guisbor-
ough. But Butcher said: "Lee
Dunn will be available on Saturday, but both s ta rt bans on Monday. Bowers is out for 35 days
Underwood added: "It has been a disappointing sea son, and we have thought 'What can we do now that is positive?* "We are now looking at a
fresh influx of blood. "In the past we have
been in the frame for the title and going for players around our league and
above. "But there are players at
West Lancashire League standard and so on th a t would probably do a good
job. "It isn't a risk to blood
these players now as we
as a result of his sending- off against Vauxhall GM, while Dunn's dismissal at home against Burgess Hill Town has earned him a 15- day ban.
Rogerson blow
Lee Rogerson is still hope ful he may be able to resume his playing career at some juncture after hav ing an operation on his
Meanwhile, midfielder
knee. Rogerson injured his
had his first operation on Friday, which was done privately after we sorted it out with the PFA. "We s t il l needs more
treatment, and the medial ligament will recover, but he needs to get his cruciate ligament back to full strength to play again. "He was a major signing
and has been sorely missed. "It underlines how our
season has gone when you consider we also lost Shaun Bursnell after ju s t five minutes of his debut as
well. "If Lee's injury finishes
his career, I am sure we will have to look at taking legal action."
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