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'tw-\ t i Clitheroe 4 2 2324 (Editorial), 4 2 2323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified)
leaders Mad-For It are , pictured before their
Leisurewear Five-a- Side League runaway
16th consecutive win of the season on Sunday
They are (left to right): Steven Jones, Rick Alston, Paul Clegg, Billy Coates, Adam Whitworth, Steven
Clark, Chris Pirard. Latest results and
tables can be found below.
(250I98I6I22) GLENF1ELD ' 9 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, January 29th, 1997 31
Managers vow to battle on
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By Justin Connolly
CLITHEROE boss
Denis Underwood has vowed to keep on fight ing for the Blues, despite their FA Carls berg Vase d e fe a t on
Saturday. Speaking af te r a 3-0
Goal machine Jamie strikes again
13s beat West End 7-2. For the second time in three
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weeks, the locals beat West End, only this game was more oner
sided.Mark Langley opened the scor ing before Barnes struck a first- half brace to make it 3-0 at the
interval.
Barnes completed his hat-trick and Shaun Stell scored an oppor
West End pulled one back, but .
tunist fifth. Barnes made it 6-1 before West
End added their second, and David Price completed the scor-
There were fine performances
from David Mercer, Michael Thompson and Simon Hartley in midfield and Stell and Langley up front, but Barnes was the star
man. The Under 12s lost by the odd , lt , ,
goal in seven in the cup after extra- time against Huncoat United, The first half ended all-square
thanks to Clark Clayton pulling off a couple of fine saves for Whal
ley.Danny Roff gave the locals the lead after good work by Darren Fothergill, and Whalley hit the bar before Richard Benson made it 2-0 after a move involving Fothergill and Thorpe.
Huncoat pulled one back, in injury-time - although neither trainer had been called upon - Huncoat grabbed an equaliser. Terry Fothergill put Whalley
With five minutes remaining . .
OAL-MACHINE Jamie Barnes smashed four as Whalley Juniors Under
team performance.
Colne Clarets after taking the lead through Donald Wharton, who only had one boot on at the time after an over-zealous tackle from a
Whalley Under 9s drew 1-1 at . . . dcfenderl
but Gary Micallef and man-of- the-match Michael Dilworth were
Colne levelled in the second half, ,.
outstanding. The Under 11s drew 0-0 with
Ivy Rovers on the all-weather picth at Hyndburn Sports Centre. Chris Brewer in goal was man-
of-the-match. Lee Rainer put the Under 16s
ahead at West End, but the home side equalised to snatch a 1-1 draw. Striker Dave Johnson was out
standing. The Under 14s lost 4-2 against . , „ . ,
Great Harwood Town. The locals fell behind before
Michael Shields ran onto a through-ball from Liam Hill-Park-
er to level matters. Harwood regained the lead, but
almost immediately, and added a f°urt-h-
Andrew Strong was denied by the post as he looked to put Whal
But the visitors made it i-e. , . . . ,
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ley back in the game, and he was named man-of-the-match.
ahead in extra-time, but in the sec ond extra period Huncoat drew
level again, and two minutes later took the lead for the first time. Terry Fothergill was named
mati-of-the-match in an excellent
comfortable 2-0 win over Salter- Wolves attacked for virtually
I
Hill-Parker equalised again for Whalley.
chances were rare. Man-of-the-match Luca
Musker scored in the first half and Jack Fielding sealed the win with
a crisp shot near the end. Gino Peregrine and Marcus
P ra tt marshalled the Wolves defence well and stifled the away team comfortably on the few occa sions they threatened. Three quick goals in the first
20 iv Waller.
half put .paid any chance the Under 9s had of beating Ossy
In a close first 10 minutes both
teams had chances with Chris Blocked hitting the bar with a great shot on the turn.
and more experienced players began to get on top and rattled in three quick goals.
Ossy Villa’s physical strength Blocked went close again before .
Ossy scored again. After half-time all substitutes
were used to give Wolves some
fresh legs. Blocked and Shane Atherton,
who is improving every game, went close on four occasions before
Ossy scored again. In an entertaining game the
highlights were five excellent saves by Wolves keeper Tom Ruther-
The manager is hoping that the
team is learning from this season to prepare for a step up next sea-
son.
N the Warburton’s Sunday League Clitheroe Wolves Under 10s started 1998 with a
the whole of the match, but Salter- forth defended doggedly and clear
R
Four sen t off — but Heifer are
still triumphant! Dog and Partridge 1 Craven Heifer 2
CRAVEN had no fewer than r uUK players sent off, but still managed a vic tory over second-placed Dog and Par
tr*They started well but missed a couple of early chances before Clegg jnr was harshly sentoff for tripping a Dog and Partridge
deCraven had to reorganise with Wash- brook going into the defence and Aspin- wall going into midfield for the rest of the
haThe second half saw Craven still domi nating but the Dog won a penalty against
Gary Kaywas sent off for throwing the ballball down in disgust and he. was followed
into the early bath by Washbrook and John Shatter, who received their marching
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orders for dissent. After all that the drama was not over -
the penalty was saved by the Craven kcep-
C A Dog player then received his march ing orders for a foul on the Craven keep-
Cr Craven then began to fight back and amazingly took the lead through Phi Traynor, but that was soon wiped out when Dog equalised. With just a minute to go Clegg snr raced forward and sensationally grabbed a
winner for Craven. That was to be the final act of a game
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Knockout Cup quar ter- finals was First Division Swan at Whalley’s defeat at the hands of Third Divi
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sion Commercial. Commercial, who are
new to the league this sea
son, are going very well in their division and have won
njoyed a good win over • Church Street Tavern
all 10 of their games so far. e Elsewhere, De Lacy
which takes them above
Swan in the table. Sadly there was no joy
Second Division New Inn went down to their
. .
1 by Clarence. 3
r e su l t s Quarteripma? « f , at Whalley I'-- '
for Judge Walmesley, who crashed to their ninth defeat of the season to Rishton Arms.'
11th defeat of the season when they were thrashed J-
with Mad for I t now 12 points ahead of the chasing pack-
Leaders canter on in one-horse race T
which had been nothing if not eventful.
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HE Glenfield Leisurewear Five-a-Side League contin ues to be a one horse race
Rag Legs United were their latest victims, succumbing to a 7-2 defea . - —*
scorers, though. That honour goes to second-placed Waddy Arms, who have hit the net 142 times m their 16
games this season. But Mad for It, who have scored
Mad for It are not the leagues top- ______ _______ , - mrat misprlv defence, Parkers Arms. the season.
115 themselves and won every one of their games this season, have conced
ed just 27 goals, less than half the total conceded by the league s second
Swan miss semi-finals after shock defeat
HE major shock
in the Memorial Football League
Lacy 4: Rishton 1, Judge Walmeslcy 0.
Second Division
Clarence 9, New Inn 1. Third Division
Ossy Rovers v Legion - post-
poncd' FIXTURES First Division
De Lacy v Apeks (Whalley); Judge Walmcsley v Swan at
Whalley (Rocficld). Second Division
Calderstones v Clarence (Calder- stoncs).
New Inn v Asco (Rocfield); .
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Woodnookv Legion (Memori- TABLES
Third Division First Divisionp W D L Pts Acc. Sports...... J3 11 0 | ^
. Kings Arms..... 2 6 2 4 20 :« 3 3 \
K & l l Ju'dge Walmesley 14 3 2 9 1
_.; Commercial (Water) 4, Swan OajCr;;J?. f r
Hole House..... 13 J1 { Kta"h«l Dons... 2 » ‘ Clarence.......... ® 13 ? Queen’s ..........
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................. „ H 7 1 ^
g 2 4 0 2 3 20
Church St Tav.. 2 2 « 3 \ Crown Sfolds... 12 J ' 10 Second Division P W D
Church Street Tavern 1, Dc . .
First Division
most miserly defence, Parkers Arms. This week Mad for It take on struggling Rapid Decline, who will be looking for only their fourth win of
Results
Spitting Pig 7. Dynamo Sausage 6; Rapid Decline 5, Ribble Motors 10; Wanderers a, Waddy Arms G; Bowland Strollers 8, Real
Bladdcrcd 5; Rag Legs Utd 2, Mad for It 7; Buck Rovers 3.
Parkers Arms 1. Table I> W
Sign and Poster 15 6 2 Graham it BrownM 6 1 Woolpack........ 14 5 0 New Inn......... 16 3 1 1 Calderstones.... 13 2 1 Asco............... 9 1 2 Third Division P W D
Ossy Hotspur... 16 10 1 EH Football.... 13 10 0 Commercial.... 10 10 0 lwgion........... 13 9 0 Little Crown.... 11 7 0 Lomax........... 13 6 3 Ossy Rovers.... 13 6 2 Uncle Jacks..... 13 4 0 Bax. Bay Horse 11 2 1 Woodnook....... 12 0 2 Ossy Uelugees.. 13 0 1
. Spitting Pig.... 10 10
Mad for It..... 16 J® Waddy Arms.... 10 12
l DySamSsa'^gelO 8 ? ^ Bag Legs Utd... 16 8 1 10 Parkers Arms... 16 7 0 7 Buck Rovers.... 16 7 G 5 Ribble Motors.. 16 6 BowlandStrolleislO 6
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Rallying Golf ;
Swedish Rally, Karlstad South African Open, Durban
EADSTONE United’s Lions Cup with an excellent i-A
win over Oggy Hospur. First half penalties converted by
Shane Kennedy saw the teams
drawing 2-2 at half-time. This scoreline remained the
same into extra-time until Michael Fox went on a lengthy run before
reverse a t Burgess Hill Town in Sussex sent his side crashing out of the competition, Denis said the thought of quitting as Blues co-boss had not
blMasting a 20-yard drive inti Oggy net.
in o the
Man-of-the-match was Joe ,
Clarets in a very entertaining game which ended in a 5-5 draw.
The Under Eights played Junior , , . Readstone were trailing 4-2 at
half-time but a much improved performance in the second half saw them leading 5-4 with just a few
minutes left to play. But Junior Clarets came back
man-of-thc-match Jamie Bury, who got four. There was also a good performance from Kciran
Scorers were Jaryd Wallis and .......
L^ycockThe Under Nines continued their unbeaten start to the season with an excellent 5-0 win over
Trawdcn. Goalscorers were Gary 8owker „ _ .
(2), Adam Sharpies, Scott Wilkin son and Luke Vercoe. Man-of-the- match was Jamie Ball. The Under 14s remained top of
the table with a hard-fought victo ry over North Valley Dynamos. Goalscorers in the 3-2 win were Andrew Stubbs, Hudson Parsons
and Andrew Bennett. The Under 10s played top-of-
the-table Michelin and con tributed to an excellent game, despite being beaten 3-1. Goalscor- er was Mark Jaggs and man-of- the-match was Andrew Harg
reaves.
Under 12s progressed to the semirfinal of the Accrington
pointing performance to lose to Michelin 8-1.
The Under 11s put in a disap .
and Ryan Thomas-Fishcr was named man-of-the-match. Despite taking an early lead the
Thomas Ilarling got the goal goal.
Hodgkinson double
seals win
Easlburn Rangers 1 Clithcroc United 3
UNITED eased to victory against Eastburn Rangers with a solid team performance.
Clitheroe started very slowly, but with the wm behind them they kept the pressure on the Eastburn
^Mid-way through the first half Hodgkinson scored the f!mt goal with a shot from outside the area which
flew through a crowd of players into the bulgingneL They started the second half on top and for the first
20 minutes dominated the game. Within this period of play Hodgkinson scored his
second again through a crowd of players. Ten minutes later a cross came in from Newton
which was brilliantly headed home by Parkinson. The Clitheroe defence slipped up just the once to let
Eastbum in for a consolation, but Chtheroe were com fortable winners at the end.
.
Under 13s were beaten by Borrow- dale Colts. Danny Liles got the
and equalised with virtually the last kick of the game.
entered his head. “It’s a low and we are all
very disappointed with the result and the perfor mance,” he said. “But I have been at this
Underwood Denis
draw with 10 men Clithcroe last week.
club a long time, I feel I still have something to offer and I don’t want to go out
on a low point. “Our season now is effec
tively over because we are out of the cups and not in with a chance in the league. “I t is strange because
since Gary and I took oyer we have never been in this
position. “We have always been
involved right up to the end and in with a shout in some
competition. “But my thoughts at the
moment are about gearing up for training on Thurs day night and working out what sort of a side we are going to put out on Satur
day.
might be thinking differ ently, but for me I am only thinking about that." Clitheroe travelled down
“Other people at the club , , ,
1 to Sussex full of hope for 1114 nn-
Saturday’s game after hold 1ing the Sussex Counties
0 a t n u* League cnaiiiyiuno m ~ h mp o s to a t---- --- at But Denis admitted that
his side were not on top of their game when iWmat-
“I was unhappy with the result and with the perfor
mance,” he said. “I t seemed as if we
couldn’t hold the ball up up
front. “We weren t getting
round the back of them, but their number nine, who had done well at our place, wasn’t really causing us many problems. “The pitch was OK, but we still didn’t manage to
get our passing going. “But at half-time it was
still 0-0 even though I thought we hadn’t been in the game at all. “I knew we would have a
spell in the second half where we got chances and if we could have got in front we could have made things difficult for them. “But then Butch came
off with an injury and they scored before we had really
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got ourselves organised. “After that it was always
going to be hard for us, but we came back and had a big spell of pressure but just couldn’t find the net. “After that we lost our shape and too many players
were below par. “We knew we would have
to play well to beat them and I still think we could
have on our day. "But we were lacking in
en0U
options and tha t didn’t help, but at the end of the day we didn’t play well
return to league action with a trip to Prescot Cables. That will be a tough
n Saturday fclithcroe
game as Prescot lie fifth in the table, and have just signed former Everton £1 million-man Mark Ward. At 35 Ward may be past
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we have had a winning side and it has been difficult to get young players a good
“Over the last few years n«np
run in the side. “But now we have the
chance to get a few of those young players into the ao0,
see what they can do and give them experience for
next season. “There’s still a long way
to go before the end of this season and our aim will be to finish as high up the
Fourth Round Replay Brache Sparta 0, Kids-
FA Carlsberg Vase
RESULTS Wednesday
grove Ath. 3. Cables 2.
Rosscndalc Utd 1, Prescot Saturday
First Division Friday
Sudbury Tn 1, Burscough 0. FA Carlsbcrg Vase
FA Carlsberg Vase Fourth Round
Burgess Hill Tn 3, CLITHEROE 0. League Challenge Cup Third Round
Fourth Round Replay
his best, but at this level he will provide Clitheroe with tough competition. "The fact that we have
nothing to play for now may be advantageous in certain areas," said Denis.
Season at an end after Wembley dream dies
Burgess Hill Town 3 Clitheroe 0
CLITHEROE’S dreams of a Wembley return were shattered on the south coast when three Burgess Hill Town goals sent them crashing out
of the FA Carlsberg
Vase on Saturday. It was a cruel blow for
campaign.
Wembley two years ago players, officials and fans were beginning to dream of the Twin Towers again. But it was not to be for
And after the visit to .
the Blues who now find their season effectively over after a disappointing league
hall GM 3; Garswood Utd 2, Glossop North End 2 (after extra time); Skelmersdale Utd 3. Kidsgrove Ath. 4. First Division
Blackpool Rovers 1, Vaux-
table as possible.” • A coach taking sup
porters to St Helens for the match against Prescot
Cables on Saturday will leave the Bridge at 12-45 p.m. The cost is £5.
7; Darwen 1, Salford City 0; Holker OB 1, Warrington Tn 1; Nantwich Tn 2, Atherton Collieries 2; Newcastle Tn 0, Ilaslingden 0; Ramsbottom
Atherton LR 3. Maine Rd
Tn 1, Chadderton 2. Reserve Division
Utd 3, Mosslcy 2; St Helens
Clitheroe held the two hit men at arm’s length and were still on level terms at
But for the first half
the break. Clitheroe were the first
on the attack when a free- kick from 20 yards out forced Richard Waters in the Burgess Hill goal into a
fine save.But the home side soon hit back and Boxall always looked a threat. Darren Newman should
Woodley Sports 3; Chadder ton 1, Castlcton Gabriels 1; Chcadle Tn 2. Squire’s Gate 1; Daisy Hill 1, Rosscndale Utd 3; Haslingden 0, Rams bottom Utd 4; Nelson 2. CLITHEROE 0; Salford
Atherton Collieries 1,
City 3. Ashton Tn 1. - Reserve Division
Atherton Collieries v New First Division
have scored when through one-on-one with the keeper,
Clitheroe, who found them selves up against two strik
ers who are bang in form. Clitheroe performed well
against Burgess Hill the previous week when down
to 10 men. But it always looked like
ly that the men from Sus sex would prove too strong for Clithcroe on their home
turf-
needed to be at their very best to make progress into
Clithcroe would have , the fifth round Grimshaw Chris
Sadly, they were not. Burgess Hill posed a
double threat up front with Ashley Carr and Paul Box- hall boasting 43 goals between them so far this
season.
but he shot wide. Mark Walsh then went forward for Clithcroe, but
he missed out. The Blues just did not
seem to have the bite in midfield or attack to do
much damage. At hall time the score
was still 0-0 and Clitheroe were still very much in it. But disaster struck when
castle Tn; Blackpool Rovers v Atherton LR; Chadderton v Ramsbottom Utd; Darwen v St Helens Tn; Glossop North End v Warrington Tn: Kidsgrove Ath. v Rosscndale Utd; Maine Rd v Burscough; Mosslcy v Vaux- hall GM: Nantwich Tn v Haslingden; Prescot Cables v CLITHEROE; Salford City
v Holker
OB.Reserve Division Ashton Tn v Darwen;
Castleton Gabriels v Ather ton Collieries; CLITHEROE v Salford City; Haslingden v Daisy Hill; Ramsbottom Utd v Woodley Sports (2 p.m.); Rosscndale Utd v Chadderton (2 p.m.): Squires
influential midfield man and player-boss Gary Butcher had to leave the field with a head injury which later required hospi tal treatment. Soon after that Clitheroe
Gate v Maine Rd. TABLES
Newcastle T..... 27 15 12 Kidsgrove Ath.. 19 16 Vauxhall CM... 24 15
Burscough....... 19 |2 Prescot Cables. 25 11
were a goal behind when Carr struck to nail home his 18th goal of the season. Clitheroe then came back and had their best
spell of the match. But chances were few
and far between and those that did come could best be described as half-chances. The Burgess Hill defence held firm and kept
Clitheroe out. Stalwart and club skip
per Chris Grimshaw was playing his heart out for the Blues, but after 80 minutes Boxhall struck to make it 2-0 and effectively end Clithcroe’s hopes. The final nail went in
St Helens T— 22 0 Chadderton-.-. 23 11
GlossopNE-. 23 10 Mossley------- 23 8 Atherton LR— 24 9 Blackpool Rvn 25 9 CL1T11ER0E- 20 S Rossendale U— 23 S Maine Road— 23 f Warrington T... 26 i llaslingden—.. 25 Ramsbottom U 25
Salford City— 23 Nantwich Town 24 Atherton Colls. 25 Holker OB...... 23
First Division P W D
L Pts
1 5 4 6 8 4 4 9
9 6 5 10 5 11 7 5 4 10
Darwen------- - 25 - _ Reserve Division P W D
Maine Road— 17 16 CheadleTown- 18 11 Clitheroe—— 17 U Cas'ton Gabs— 17 9 Chadderton— 20 Woodley SpTts. 16 Salford C i t y 17 Ashton Town- 16 llaslingdcn—.. 17
Clitheroe’s coffin five min utes later when Paul Smith struck to make it 3-0 and end Clithcroe’s Vase hopes for another season.
1 pu Rapid Decline.. 16 3 .
, , Real Bladdered 16 2 Fixtures
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“ H Arms (9 a.m.); Rapid Decline v \ f. Wanderers ((-50 a.m.); Bowland
Real Bladdcrcd . Waddy I, , Strollers v l’arkers Arms < 10-40
5 f . It (11-30 a.m.); Buck Rovers v 1 , Dynamo Sausage (12-20 p.m.)j I Spitting Pig v nibble Motors )1-
2 f 10 p.m.).
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WEEK 50 Saturdayi January 24th, 1998 AREA.—.
CLARET & BLUE BOND NUMBER NAME
A36GS Joan Mayen A5051 GC815 B2976
C1331 B0781 D3686 A6486 AB345 El 203 B5458 C46Q1 E4821
A. Duckworth J. Roberts FrenSeAon Mr Stokes MrUzarevtch D. Smith S. Proctor D. Btemokl Mn Sm«h J. France A. Worthington
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Nelson— — . }» Rossendale U... 18
Darwen— — 18 Squires Gate— 18
Daisy Hill— 17 Kar—bottom U 15
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49 35 35 31 31 25 25 23
P Atherton Colls. 15
21 20 19 19 17 17 15 8
Maine Road 4, Darwen 1. FIXTURES Saturday
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