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H E draw for the la s t 32 of th e FA C a r ls b e rg Vase


h a s p a i r e d C l i th e ro e w i th N o r th W e s te rn T ra in s League rivals S t


Helens Town. And for boss Steve


Parry it’s a case of better- the-devil-you-know. “We can beat anybody in


our league and we know we should be beating teams like St Helens every week,”


he said. The home game against


St Helens Town takes place at Shawbridge on Saturday, January 9th. Clitheroe stormed into


• the third round with a rous­ ing 2-0 away win at Billing-


perfect s ta r t when Barry H a r t converted a first minute penalty after Andy Taylor was felled. “Scoring so early in the


ham Town. The Blues got off to a


-match seemed to make us edgy,” said Parry after Sat­ urday’s match. “We missed a lot of


chances in the first half and should really have won more convincingly. “We needed that second goal to kill things off, but - we didn’t get it until very


late.” First-half chances were


plentiful for the Blues-Jon Riley and Mark Stewart both hit the bar, and Stew­


a r t fired wide in a spell which should have seen Clitherbe sew the match up. In the second half the


Blues were on the back foot


a little. Billingham’s leading scor­


er George Woodhouse was causing problems but the Clitheroe defence held firm


and kept the lead intact. There were a few goal­


mouth incidents which had Clitheroe hearts in mouths, but the danger was always


cleared. Substitute Dave Gardner


replaced Jon Riley and made an immediate impact.


With ju s t five minutes remaining he burst through and found the net with the keeper stranded to ease Clitheroe’s fears. “I don’t think they were


as good a side as West Auckland bu t we had to give them respect because


they were the home side. “I would have expected


us to come away with a four


or five-nil win. “But we had a couple of


players with niggling injuries on the day and that didn’t help. “But we have to be happy with getting through


the tie.” One plus point for the


Blues was the performance of new keeper Andy Hills, signed last week. “Andy played very well and he’s proved a good sign­


ing,” Parry said. “He’s been at Flixton and


Radcliffe so he has plenty of experience and he has been to the Vase semi-final


before.” Parry has promised that


more squad strengthening is high on his agenda, hopeful­ ly before the next round of the Vase next month.


bring one or two players in with an eye on the next round of the Vase,” he said.


‘We are still looking to


when the right players become available.” Looking forward to the next round Parry was satis­


“We will bring them in


fied with the draw. “After Saturday’s game


we just said we’d be happy with a home tie,” he said. , “And we have to be happy with drawing St


th a t we know too much about each other. “We’ve played them


Helens. “The problem might be


twice already this season - we beat them at their place and they beat us here a cou­ ple of weeks ago. “We had a few players out that day so that should


not worry us. “We know we can beat


them and, although they probably feel confident, so


do we.” Before that Clitheroe face


a home clash in the league against Bootle on Saturday, and Parry knows it is impor­ ta n t for the side to keep picking up league points. “We haven’t won in the


finalists Kidsgrove. RESULTS


2; Kidsgrove Ath. 3, Oadby Town 1; Mossley 3, St Andrews 0; St Helens Tn 3, Eccleshall Utd 1; Sea- ham Red Star 0, Vauxhall GM 2; Warrington Tn 2, Heanor Tn 1 (after extra-time); Workington 1, Tow Law Tn 1 (after extra-time). First Division


Billingham Tn 0, CLITHEROE


Second string in seventh heaven Derby as Steve bags a hat-trick


Atherton Colls 0,‘ Cheadie Tn


2; Bootle 1, Ramsbottom Utd 2; Holker OBI, Skelmersdale Utd 2; Leek CSOB 0, Salford City 2; Nantwich Tn 1, Glossop NE 3; Newcastle Tn 3, Rossendale Utd 1; Prescot Cables 6, Maine Rd 1. . FIXTURES First Division


Cheadie Tn v Prescot Cables; CLITHEROE v Bootle; Glossop


Atherton LR v Maine Rd;


No rth End v Newcastle Tn; Mossley v Vauxhall GM; Rams­ bottom Utd v Leek CSOB; St Helens Tn v Holker OB; Salford City v Rossendale Utd; Skelmers­ dale Utd v Nantwich Tn; Work­ ington v Atherton Collieries. Reserve Division North


Bacup Borough v Colne;


Castleton Gabriels v Darwen; Nelson v CLITHEROE; Squires Gate v Ramsbottom Utd. TABLE


First Division 19 15


muadivy........ Workington.....


Vauxhall GM... 18 Prescot Cables. 18 St Helens Town 16


Salford City....


league for a while because we have had so many cup


games. “Obviously the cups are


im p o rtan t to us, bu t we need to get into good runs. “We must win on Satur­ day because a lot of the


22 14 21 11 18 11 19


R’dale Utd..... . 20 Maine Road....; 18 Atherton LR.... 17 19


18 CHeadleTn.....


CLITHEROE..' 21 ■ 8 8 7 7


9 9 8 9


Glossop NE..... 17 R’bottomUtd.. 15 Leek CSOB.....


Nantwich Tn... 17 Atherton Colls. 18 Holker Old Boys 21 . 20


Bootle.... 16


p W D L Pts 47


2 3 4 4 8 5 6


1 4 3


6 6 5 5 4 4 3


6 ' 4 4


3


3 10 2


2 5 6 3 2 4 4 6 9 7


9 7 9


2 • 2 16


2 11 2 12 2 16


5 5


5 6


RIBBLE VALLEY SPORT is back on Wednesday next meek , 1. . D


RASTIC measures have been taken by


the Skipton keeper could only 1


th e Memorial Fo o tb all League Committee in a bid to relieve the fixture congestion which was threatening to make the end of the current season


a farce. From now on all sides who


have t. j t yet met each other will play a single game for six points. On top of that the cup


wave at the ball as it flew past him and into the net. This lifted Clitheroe and


competition has been put on the back-burner until the end of the season as the league bids to get through as many league games as possible. Including the games post­


Royal Hotel.... 7 7 0 0 21 Queens E’gate.. 7 6 0 1 18 Woolpack........ 9 5 0 4 lb Brownhill Arms 8 4 1 3 13 EH Football.... 6 4 0 2 12 Little Crown.... 8 2 3 3 9 Ossy Rvrs....... G 2 1 3 7 Ossy Hotspur..., 7 1 2 4 5 Crown Scaffolds 10 0 3 7 3 Calderstones.... 6 1 0 5 3 Third Division P W D L Pts


Second Division I’ W D L Pts


they could have won the game but for squandered chances.


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45 37 37 35 32 30 28 28 27 24 23


Clilheroe Reserves ................................. 7 Bacup R e se rv e s .................................... CLITHEROE Reserves continued their good form with an easy 7-1 victory a t


home to Bacup Reserves. The strikers had a ball with Dave Wor­ thington scoring two more to take his season’s


shaw helped himself to a hat-trick. The other


tally to 14 in seven games. Dave Gardner scored one and Steve Grun-


goal came from a Bacup defender. Grunshaw scored the first two with low dri­


ves from inside the area and on the half-hour Gardiner curled a classy effort behind the


keeper tp make it 3-0. Bacup pulled one back when a quick free-


kick was missed by the home defence and keeper Jim Ormond was given no chance with


the header. Just before half-time a cross by the impres­


sive Matt Houldsworth was put past the


keeper by a Bacup defender. The second half was all Clitheroe with


youth team player Tom Benfield having an excellent game in midfield along with Mark Wilson, as did Matt Houldsworth and Matt


Anderton at the back. First team manager Steve Parry also


turned out at the back, but had little to do against a weak Bacup forward line.


22 22 21 20 20 14 14 11 8


the net. Minutes later he broke clear and slipped . . . .


the ball past the advancing keeper. Grunshaw added a seventh and completed


his hat-trick in the filial minutes. I t was a strong performance by the


reserves, who now top the group in the Reserve Cup League Cup. On Saturday the Reserves return to league


action with a game at Nelson Reserves. Kick­ off is at 2 p.m.


Grunshaw had a penalty saved by the keeper, only for Worthington to put the loose ball into


Dave Worthington added the fifth when Todmorden Colts Under 18s.......... ....0


Clitheroe Y o u th ...................................... 2 CLITHEROE were missing four key players but pu t up a great performance to beat Todmorden Colts 2-0. In only their second league game in seven


weeks it took Clitheroe 20 minutes to settle


into their game. But once into their stride they began to put


a lot of pressure on the Todmorden goal. Halleron went close on 25 minutes, and


then Tom Benfield, after a great run down the left, pulled the ball back for Gamer. His shot came back off the goalkeeper's


Read United . .................1 Chatburn


.......... . 4


CHATBURN won a t a canter against their East L an c a sh ire F o o tb a l l League Second Division


legs, but he managed to convert the rebound only for the referee to disallow the effort for off-side. Clitheroe did take the lead just after the


Chatbum never looked in any danger and, despite missing several chances, it was only a matter of time before they broke the deadlock - Braith- waite converting Lawson's cross at the near post. Number two came thanks


opponents. On a gluepot of a pitch


break when the ball was played through mid- field up to Wilkinson-his lay-off to Benfield put Halleron through and he went on to score. In the second half Clitheroe'pressed for­


. ren Bateman, who was superb at the back and won the man-of-the-match award. WEEKEND TEAMS


Saturday


Clitheroe RUFC (v Bury, away, meet 12-45 p.m.) A. Burrill, M. Heanan, N. Hutchinson, D. Watson,,


A. Moorby. D. O’Duffy, S. Graham. A Thomber, M. Wilyman, J. Proctor, M. Wigley, N. Green, A. Nut- tall, R. Holmes, AN. Other. D. Tattersall, M. Briggs. Clitheroe 2nds (pool game, meet 1-30 p.m.) M. Allen,


C. Bosonnet, J. Breakell, D. DAvenport, T. Dubowksi, D. Fielding. G. Giles, D. Glover, S. Gretton. S. Hall, D. Lawson, G. Meadows, R Parker, E. Pickup. B. Platt, P. Procter. B. Stansfield, C. Stott, S. Taylor, R. Wilkinson.


Drastic measures to ease pile-up Hat-trick leads to great cup win C


LITHEROE Wolves’ Under 8s


earn ed a su pe rb 6-0 win over strong rivals Salterforth Boys in


their final cup group game on Sunday. It was a performance the boys can be proud


Clitheroe showed character as a team to earn a point


away from home. It wasn’t their best perfor­


mance of the season, but they battled hard and deserved the point. Man-of-the-match was


Justin Waterhouse.


poned on Sunday more than 140 games were left needing to be re-arranged, so the com­ mittee have thrown out the fixture list and rearranged all


games. Notification of the new


dates should be received by clubs over the next couple of


weeks. Meanwhile, a good week


Lomax............ 8 7 1 2 22 Brown Cow..... 9 7 i 1 22 Alma............... 8 7 0 i 21 B’burn BH...... 9 5 3 1 18 Legion............ 8 5 0 3 15 Ossy Ref......... 9 2 3 4 9 Tinker & Budget n 3 0 8 9 United SC....... 8 2 1 5 7 Woodnook....... 10 2 1 7 7 Wilpshire BH... 8 2 0 C 6 LS Roofing..... 9 2 0 7 6


for the Ribble Valley’s first Division sides saw De Lacy smash seven past Hole- house and Swan at Whalley go one better with an 8-3 win over Plough inn. Judge Walmesley drew 1-1 with Clarence. The rest of the matches


unfit pit,dies. RESULTS


First Division .


I lolchou.se 2, Do Lacy 7; Judge Walmesley 1, Clarence 1; Swan at


Whalley 8, Plough Inn 3. FIXTURES First Division


Clarence v De Lacy (Ilasling-


den); Hcys Inn v Judge Walmes­ ley (Wilsons); Swan a t Whalley - free dale


Second Division Culderstones v Crown Scaf­


folds (Caldcrstones). Third Division


(Memorial).


Tinker and Budget v Legion TABLES


Hoys Inn......... • 8 6 1 1 19 Acc Sports...... 10 5 3 2 18 Dc


P W D L Pts


Swan at Whallcy 9 5 1 3 16 Judge Walmesley 11, 1 4 3 16 Plough Inn...... 9 5 0 1 15 SlanhiU Lions... 8 3 3 2 12 Rishton Arms... 7 2 1 4 • 7- Holchouse....... 8 1 2 5 5 Clarence.......... 8 0 1 4 4 Apex............... 8 1 1 G 4


10 5 2 3 17


Skiplon Bulldogs........ 1 Clilheroe United..........1 C L IT H E R O E w e re c au g h t n ap p in g in th e very first minutes when they gave a sloppy goal away to home side Skip-


ton Bulldogs. And then to make things


scheduled for the weekend were postponed because of


worse they lost a forward player when he was dismissed for dissent. After that the side found it


hard to motivate themselves and for most of the first half they were under pressure from Skipton. Despite that the side held on and went in at the break a


single goal down. In the second half 10-men


Clitheroe started to play some good football and grew in confidence as the game


wore on. Skipton did have a good


spell, but Clitheroe’s defence


held firm. With 20 minutes to go


Clitheroe made a tactical change and pushed Ilodgkin- son up front. This almost paid off when


Ribchesler Rovers.......5 Rolls-Royce....................J RIBCHESTER continue to improve th e ir league position with an excellent win over Rolls-Royce on


Saturday. The opposition were lying in second-spot and had not


been defeated all season. Right from the start the


home side took control with some free-flowing football, and were rewarded after 15 minutes when Alan Sargent headed home from close


range. A sweeping move was then


rounded off by Dave Talbot with a superb drive from 20 yards and Andy Holling- worth took the score to 3-0 with a fine solo effort. Ribchester should have


of and every team member played a part. Skipper Adam Barton scored one of the


goals and earned the man-of-the-match award, and the other high-light was an excel­ lent hat-trick from James Tootle. The other goals came from Ben Frankiand (2). Wolves Under 12s.from the Accrington


League took on Langho and were unlucky to go down 3-1 in a match they deserved the get


something from. Wolves took an early lead when Jack Dear-


den beat the keeper with a superb lob after just two minutes. The game was end-to-end after that, but


langho levelled just before the break. Langho were on top at the start of the sec­


ond half and won a free-kick inside the Wolves’ box after the referee harshly penalised the keepei; for taking too many steps. The resulting free-kick produced a goal


which put Langho in front. Wolves fought back and put langho under


pressure but the crucial goal went against the when Langho broke clear to make it 3-1. central defender Cem Karakurum had a


fine game for the Wolves — but for him the score-line could have been higher. But all the players performed well, and


W


wrapped things up, but missed a succession of good chances and Rolls were thrown a lifeline just before half-time with a scrambled


goal. At the start-of the second


half Ribchester lost their shape and composure, surren­ dering two quick goals to level the scores. Having let a commanding


match was finally settled when Gamer's cross was fumbled into the net by the Todmorden keeper. This was a sound, workman like per­ formance and credit goes to the players for their effort and commitment, especially Dar-


I t wasn’t until the 89th minute that the ' G re a t


n ew s for S a b d e n


C h r is tm a s p re s e n t this week with the news they h a v e 'b e e n awarded a National Lo ttery Sports


S


Fund award. - The dub is undergoing a


transformation with the erection of floodlighting at the green. The Lottery cash will go


to Young, who latched on to a ball down the left wing and crashed the ball past the Read keeper. The back four had one of


ward trying to finish the game off, but with bad luck and some poor finishing Clitheroe had to be firm in defence to keep Todmorden’s forwards at bay.


a long way to helping them pay for the lights - the g rant' will account for almost £6,000 of the £9,000 project. Club member David


their easiest games of the sea­ son as Chatburn went into the interval leading 2-0. Mud


scored for the first time the previous week, found the net again with a shot that stuck in the mud and just crept over


Jamie Clarkson, who


the line. Read pulled one back


through ex-Chatbum player after Craig spilled the ball after making a fine save. Young completed the scor­


ing when he outpaced the Read hack four and netted


with aplomb.Thelasrsignllicant’action


saw Craig pull off a fine save to deny Butcher from the spot.


the Association of Cricket T


Umpires and Scorers’ 1999 Umpires Training Cpursev The


urnpireshas been very good, new


"and it will not be possible to accommodate further people -


who turn up on the first night of the course on January 6th.


Beesley, who was responsi­ ble for the club’s Lottery application said: “This is the best Christmas present we could have had.”


C o u rse is full


HERE are no further places available for


V


A B D E N B ow l in g Club received an early


FA Carlsberg Vase NORTHEAST RUN:


Clitheroe Football Club players stop for a picture


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before the long coach trip to Billingham for their FA Carlsberg Vase clash at the weekend. 121298/11/22'


Thursday, December. 18th, 1998 y


teams around us have played fewer games, so it’s important th a t we keep picking up the points and


stay in touch.” 0 Six out of .the seven


North Western: Trains League sides in the Vase on Saturday made it through to the next round. They included last season’s semi­


„„ia „r,i„ *— T T T H F PO F . W n lv p s ’ T in d e r 8 s game as they took to the field with a undei


game as they took to the field with a under­


strength side for the sixth time this season. They eventually lost 3-0 to Ossy Boys, despitfc


The Under 15s battled well against Rcvidgc ,


a valiant effort from Chris Brewer in the Whal­ lcy goal.


for the first half, and managed to go in level at | half-time.


Whalley into the lead, but this seemed to stir the Rcvidge players and they were rewarded


Edward Andrews scored a brilliant lob to put | ■,


with three goals. The Under 16s finally got a game in after nine


weeks without a match. With a full strength side Whalley battled for a


1-1 draw at Burnley Belvedere. Paul Clegg got the goal which gave Whallcy |


the lead and Paul Duxbury was named man-of- the-match.


entertaining encounter on Sunday. Goalscorers were Jamie Bury, Tim Rakshi and Nathan Dunn.


R i ± v t


Daniel Haworth was named man-of-the- ■


match, and the win sees Readstone through to the semi-final of the cup.;' The Under 9s drew 0-0 with Fulledge Colts,


with Nathan Moon claiming the man-of-the- match award.


with a little more luck could have got a better result.


10 minutes, but goals from Adam Brown (3), Joe Cross and Ashley Walker gave Whalley the win. William Henderson was named Whalley’s man-of-thc-match.


They went behind through apenalty after just


visiting Darwen Rangers when Daniel Hosker found the net, but they couldn’t hold the lead and eventually went down 2-1. Peter Iverson played well for Whallcy and Terence Van Eysdcn was named man-of-thc-


The Panthers Under 9s went ahead against _


match. The Arrows Under 10s were without a keeper


position slip Ribchester had to claw their way back into the game and it was Ilolling- worth who returned the lead with a carbon copy of his first


goal. Within five minutes Ribch­


Best got the ball from Hodgkinson and set off for goal, only to be denied by the upright. It was Best again who was


ester were awarded a penalty when Ian Barton was up­


ended in the box. From the spot-kick Phil


up-ended outside the Skipton box and Clitheroe equalised from the resulting free-kick. Holmes took the kick and


Robinson played a one-two with the keeper before lashing the ball into the roof of the net for his first ever goal for the club from open play.


and Alex Smith deputised between the sticks against Lammack, keeping his side in the game


for the first half. But two goals in the second half helped Lam-


mack take the points. Mark Astlcy was named


man-of-tlic-match. The Under 11s were beaten 5-1 by Blue Star


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' consolation goal and Zak Foley was outstanding. The Under 12s played perhaps their final


Boys to go out of the cup. Calum Mahon scored a


end after a hard-fought encounter with Hclli- field in muddy conditions at Roefield. <


ADDINGTON’S unbeaten run came to an


utes when they scored from a corner. Waddington piled on the pressure for the


Ilcllifield went into the lead after 20 min­


The Under 10s also went though to the next round of the cup thanks to a 7-1 mauling


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of Salterforth Boys. Martin Pollard and Gary Bowker both net­


HALLEY Junior Pumas Under 9s came back from going a goal behind to win their clash with Blue Star 5-1 on Sunday.


ted hat-tricks while Scott Wilkinson got the other. Man-of-the-matcli was Adam Sharpies. The Under 11s were unlucky to go out of


the cup when they lost 3-2 to Ighten Leigh. Michael Whittaker and John Thompson


got the goals while Anthony Freeman was


named man-of-the-match. The Under: 12s were beaten 5-1 by


Belvedere, with Ryan Thomas-Fisher getting the goal and Robert1 Cresswell winning the


man-of-the-match award. The Under 13s heat Stash 4-1 with goals


from Matthew James (2), Murray Leach and man-of-the-match David Morris. The Under 14s Accrington League side


were beaten 5-2 by Haslingden Boys. The goal-scorers were Jamie Dunbar and


an own goal. Thomas Fcarnhead was named


man-of-the-match. The Under 14s from the Burnley League


had a better result, beating Borrowdale Unit­ ed 3-1. Simon Dickinson, Roger Carins and


Duncan Fearnhoad netted. The Under 15s' were beaten 3-2 by Miche-


lin. Robert SimpSon and James Fletcher got the goals for Readstone.


rest of the first half, but could not equalise. Second-half substitutes Wayne Boothman


and Nicholas Laxton played well, but Helli- field managed to get another couple or goals


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