Thursday, September 21st, 2000 U N R IV A L L E D C O V E R A G E O F S P O R T IN T H E R IB B L E V A L L E Y


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Souness faces tough choices ] 5 l l J .0 S F


ri n g e f i r s t teamers handed Rovers


boss Graeme Souness a few


j Lee Carsley, James I Thomas, Damien Johnson and Egil Ostenstad all played starring roles in the 4-0 Worthington Cup demolition over a poor Portsmouth side at Ewood


selection headaches on Tuesday night.


ARTE ET LABORS 1 By Suzanne Gee


Park. And after the disappoint­


I league defeats, at home to Watford, and at Sheffield United on Friday night, Souness was given food for


ments of two successive


| thought. Carsley crashed a how­ itzer of a free kick past


Diawara and Thomas might have given Rovers a fighting chance in the last few minutes, they deserved nothing from the game. However, it was a differ­


By CHRIS BODEN


I Russell Hoult to put Rovers ahead against Pom-


I pey, and shortly after ! Ostenstad played Thomas


I in down the inside left channel, and his shot trick­ led into the corner. The Blues cruised into a


ent story against Portsmouth, and Souness knows he can rely on his squad to do a job when required. He said after the 4-0 win:


"I changed the team around a bit to rest certain players carrying little injuries with Saturday's home match with Bolton in mind. "And the performance has given me selection deci­


I 3-0 lead after the break, Ostenstad netting a down­ ward header from a John Curtis cross. And the tie was effective­


sions to make. "Some people showed a


real appetite. "The last two perfor­


I whipped-in cross was direct­ ed in by Thomas at the far post.


ly killed off when Johnson sent Damien Duff scamper­ ing down the left, and his


j But he was certainly not [ to blame for an inept first half display which cost


for his glaring miss at Bra- mall Lane on Friday,


Thomas’ brace made up


ly shinned the Blades ahead after closing down namesake Alan from Hen­ ning Berg's back pass, and the goal seemed to knock | the stuffing out of the


Rovers the game. David Kelly fortuitous­


mances have been very frus­ trating, but tonight we came out in an aggressive fashion-and caused prob­ lems all night."’- Sat in the stand with


Atherton Collieries put Clitheroe back on top of the First Division of the North West Counties’ League on Tuesday night. The Blues were briefly deposed at the head of the table by Prescot Cables on Saturday, while they were progressing to the FA Cup second qualifying round. But Clitheroe turned round a 2-0 deficit at Shaw-


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bridge in the final 20 min­ utes against Atherton to move a point clear of Moss- ley _ 2-0 winners against


Prescot. They remain unbeaten in


Diawara was new £4.5m signing Lucien Mettomo, an imposing Cameroon inter­ national centre back snapped up from St Eti­


enne.


too soon for his debut, but Matt Jansen and Craig Shoty could well be in con­ tention after their recent


The Bolton game may be


injuries. Wanderers have only


Blues. Paul Devlin slammed


I closing down the former Notts County man suffi­


home a 25-yarder to double their advantage, with Berg and Stig Inge Bjornebye not


| ly legitimate goal ruled out as Martin Taylor slipped. But although Kaba


ciently.Marcus Bent even had what looked to be a perfect-


dropped two points to date - on the opening day against Burnley. They have since won six


seven league games, having won six, scoring a whopping 20 goals in the process. Mark Stewart stepped


into the breach at centre half after skipper Gary Rishton's departure to Rossendale United, and manager Dave Burgess was delighted with his team: "We showed great character and patience after going in at half-time two goals


down. "We were still positive at


straight games, with sum­ mer signing Michael Rick­ etts, who is yet to start a game, top-scorer with five


goals.Ex-Rover Per Frandsen will make a quick return to Ewood after rejoining his former teammates at the Reebok Stadium during the close season.


|Burnley battle for two draws


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behind in both their games this week to


UCH in the style of last season, Burn- 1 ley had to come from


I action against struggling Grimsby Town, the Clarets


snatch draws. On Saturday in league


1 equaliser. And the two Andys,


I took a point thanks to Andy Cooke's headed


I Tuesday in their Worthing- i to Cup second round first leg tie against Crystal


Cooke and Payton, hauled Stan Ternent's men back from two goals down on


I Palace. . Burnley failed to fire on


| each occasion, but their spirit cannot be faulted. On Saturday, after an


By Chris Boden


"Beware of Greeks bearing gifts", but Michopoulos had a perfectly sound perfor­ mance, claiming crosses with consummate ease, and displaying excellent distrib­


ution.He also saved a penalty from Chinaman Fan Zhiyi, although, to be fair, he could have put his cap on


I with a glancing header | from a pin-point Paul Cook corner, and after


untypically lethargic start, the Mariners grabbed a shock lead when Danny Butterfield hit a 35-yard daisy-cutter past Paul Crichton’s right hand for his first-ever league goal. Cooke levelled matters


I that, pardon the pun, Burnley battered their


1 opponents. 1 They had 22 goal-scor-


,ng opportunities, but could not find a way past Danny Coyne, who pulled of a number of fine stops and also enjoyed some for-


i expected to win in the league, and it was a differ­ ' ent kind of pressure.


j t was the first game Burnley had really been


But although they didn't


nlav anywhere near as well asthey can, they certainly served


deserved to win..


itlThat came with Burnley 2-1 down, and was a turning point as the Clarets went on to earn, and score a penalty of their own to set up an intruiging second leg. Finn Mikael Forssell


tion.


And Tommy Black whipped in a quickly-taken


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free kick to make it 2-0. However, Cooke scram­


bled one back from a comer, before Zhiyi's slip. And after Cooke had


been turned down two bla­ tant penalties at Fulham and at home to Grimsby - possibly costing the side five points - Payton was award­ ed a soft one after being tugged back by Andy Lin-


ighan.Payton slammed the spot kick past Kolinka to com­


plete the fightback. Payton - Worthington


Locks that forced them out-.,., ^Alpine Stadium on Sat- of Tuesday's cup clash.


However, Paul Weller^;- against his former, club d Glen Little picked up;'; Huddersfield . at the


Cup top-scorer with five ..will.hope to find, the net


Ternent handed Greek^?, 'The Padihaiii Predator


I keeper Nikolaos M i< * o p ow |fo p ^ j.'he SCpring charts los a debut as the former fifQ ^he Terriers in two of international aims for a per- ^ttfiiM-arasons-there and


{ " T t S A Palace also . pr0ve. • •JovhoL’i" keeper a debut, £600,M advantage o{ the current


I Bizarreiy.,1 a; [ (landed an


And it was certainly who was the better.


There is an old saying the bottom of the table. ‘° ?00 Burnley will look to take


1 Latvian Alexanders K malaise at Town, who have I ka.


„,fain1v clear lost all four home league games and are marooned at


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half-time, and knew we only needed one goal to get


back in it. "It still took until the


70th minute to get one back, but we carried on passing the ball and doing the right things. "Last season we might


S T O RMI N G


second half dis­ play against


TWO-GOAL heroes Neil Spencer (left) and Martin Aspinwall . • ■


Cup joy and league success as


go back of table


keeper tor nis ni season, before i sealed the points in from an Adar cross. That came on> a comprehensi


Cup win at W Town on Saturd: Spencer and


manager Lee S with a fabulous the edge of the b a goal in each h; flattered Wart Clitheroe con match from star The Blues' r


plum home tie a Bond Premier D Hyde United a v urday. And in the for


are in, Hyde wi not be looking


the trip. Some peoph gested that Cl


fade away, but defiant: "We're


have panicked and gone gung-ho, but we bided our time and battered them


eventually." Neil Spencer pulled one


back, cutting inside before firing home, and pace mer­ chant Martin Aspinwall equalised within a minute. But it still needed goal­


in the pan. "We have she


are where we ar "I know we


side, and hope two others w recognise that. "I have a g


keeper Kris Richens to pull off a stunning save from point black range moments later to keep the Blues level. Spencer then beat the off­ side trap and lobbed the


David shines in ski slope


success


land Ski Championships at Ski Rossendale. It is one of the most presti­


P


cooly slotted Palace in front after Paul Cook's poor pass caught Ian Cox out of posi­


ENDLE Race Team distinguished them­


selves at the All-Eng­


gious events in the dry slope calendar, with racers all com­ peting for the title of "Best in England". The locals secured many impressive results in the indi­


vidual events. Qualifying for the race is


hard enough, as seed points below 250 are required. Special mention goes to


David Ryding, who was third in the Children Two age group, Daniel Wyatt and Bill Latham, who were sixth and seventh in the Children Two category, and Joanne Ryding, eighth in the Children One


group. Such high placmgs are the


result of the dedication of the


skiers and co The team


of head to hi each team alongside th Both Pen


formed br reaching t


Handy Andy st Bv GEORGE EMBLEY


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N-FORM Andy Kay stormed to victory in the medal round at Mytton Fold Golf Club.


ley Road club to leave former cap­ tain Trevor Thornber (78-12-66) and ‘ the rest of the field trailing in his


Kay carded 77-14-63 at the Whal-


wake. 9 Clitheroe GC members John Cart-


mell and Orville Hudson were on win­ ning form in the medal round held at


Whalley Road on Saturday. Cartmell carded 72-6-66 and 1


claimed the Division One honours ahead of Simon Hale (75-8-67), Derek Wood (81-12-69) and Ken O'Brien


(81-12-69). Hudson returned 85-15-70 and won


aches at Pendle. events consisted •ad relays, where of four raced arrivals, die A and B per- illiantly, both rie last 12 of 32


teams. The successful Pendle team should have been in action last weekend at the British Championships in High Wycombe, but due to the fuel shortage they have been postponed until Novem­


ber.


Division Two on the card from Ray Taylor (86-16-70). Peter Hargreaves (85-13-72) was third and P. Walker


prize A


The team are pictured:


Back row (left to right) - Paul Hothersall, coach Carl Ryding, James Crompton Middle row - Bill Latham, David Ryding, Daniel Wyatt. Front row - Joanna


Ryding.


orms to Mytton Fold victory up after a card play-off with Peter |


Davey. The scheduled representative


f inished fourth with 90-17-73. Dennis Greenup (72) won the gross


:ome i


card play-off decided the out- of the fourball Stableford on


ikund y. rnda D r l


Dr Swami Narayana and Andrew


Weightman totalled 45 points and i >dged home ahead of Ken ward an d George Stoddard. The Alf England- Peter Chanter pairing claimed third place with 43 points. 9 Eight-handicapper Steve James


compiled 36 points to win the individ­ ual Stableford at Whalley GC on Sun­


day.John Heap (35 points) was runner-


match between ELGA and the Bury GA at Whalley on Saturday was post- | poned because of the fuel shortage, 9 Lady members of Clitheroe GC j were in action in a two-divisional |


LGU medal. Silver Division winner Sue Gar-


tledge returned 90-20-70. K. Stanworth returned 99-33-66 |


. and won the Bronze Division. 9 Clitheroe ladies' latest LGU medal!


took place on Sunday. Irene Hinks (86-12-74) won the Sil- |


ver Division and Sheila Willis (96-25- 71) won the Bronze Division.


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have also playi "Last season


ith of the Lspinwall vith a tap- \ Gardner


;he back of /e 2-0 FA irrington


trolled the ; to finish. ;ward is a gainst Uni- ivision side eek on Sat­


ay-ssistant culpher - :urler from ox - netted df, but 2-0 ington as


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in Clitheroe 11 certainly forward to


theroe will Burgess is not a flash


have sug- wed why we


e. are a good fully one or ill s ta r t to


ood squad, .gue, I have 16 players, mportant to ids fit and ley continue each other, n the bench :d their part, 's goalscoring


problems have gone —.in fact eight of-the 10 outfield players on Tuesday have found the net already, while our leading scorer Neil Spencer is only two behind what Dennis Hill got as top-scorer last season." Burgess was boosted by


Road: Fleetwood Freeport v Rossendale Utd; Flixton v CLITHEROE; Leek CSOB v Kidsgrove Athletic: Mossley v Curzon Ashton: Newcastle Town v Salford City: Prescot Cables v Ramsbottom United: Skelmers­


dale United v Nantwich Town. Wednesday


First Division


the availability of Chris Whittingham after suspen­ sion, and he made his debut against Collieries as a sub­


stitute. Lee Cryer will hopefully


be back for the Hyde game after his hamstring strain, but Burgess said: "Neil Ollerton has been outstand­ ing up front, and I will have a big selection dilemma when Lee is fit." The Blues entertain


St Helens Town v Cheadle Town: Woodley Sports v Great


Harwood Town. TABLES


CLITHEROE.. 7 6 1


Nantwich Town at Shaw- bridge on Saturday, and trav­ el to Flixton, relegated from the UniBond First Division last season, on Tuesday.


NORTH WEST COUNTIES'


FOOTBALL LEAGUE FIXTURES


Saturday CLITHEROE v Nantwich First Division


Town: Newcastle Town v Moss- ley; Skelmersdale United v Glos- sop North End. All other First Division sides in Carlsberg FA Vase second qualifying round. Reserve Division North


Colne v CLITHEROE; Fleet-


wood Freeport v Bacup Borough: Nelson v Maine Road; Padiham v Chadderton: Salford City v Squires Gate.


Tuesday First Division


Abbey Hey v Glossop North End; Atherton Collieries v Maine


Mossley.......... 7 6 0 1 18 Prescot Cables. 8 5 1 2 16 St Helens........ 7 4 3 0 15 Abbey Hey...... 7 5 0 2 15 Glossop NE.... 9 4 0 5 12 Kidsgrove Ath.. 6 3 2 1 11 Salford City.... 8 3 2 3 11 Fltwood Freeport 6 3 1 2 10 Curzon Ashton. 6 3 1 2 10 Woodley.......... 8 3 1 4 10 Rossendale Utd 6 3 0 3 9 Ramsbottom Utd 6 3 0 3 9 Maine Road.... 6 3 0 3 9 Atherton Colls . 7 3 0 4 9 Newcastle Town 6 2 2 2 8 Skelmersdale.... 6 1 3 2 6 Flixton............ 7 0 5 2 5 Nantwich Tn... 8 1 1 6 4 Gt Harwood.... 5


First Division P W D L P 0 19


Cheadle Town . . 8 0 2 6 2 Leek CSOB..... 6 0 1 5 1


0 2 3 2


Weekend Teams Clitheroe RUFC (v Lostock,


away, meet 1 p.m.) A. Burrill, B. Wood, P. Parker, S. Greatorex, A. Moorby, M. Heanan, D. Watson, A. Thornber, M. Wilyman, J. Procter, K. Kenyon, A. Rigby, A. Nuttall, J. McAloon, R. Holmes, M. Dughdale, D. Tattersail. Clitheroe RUFC 2nds (v Lostock, home, meet 2-15 p.m.) C. Boson- net, P. Carberry, J. Carysforth, D. Cox, J. Davenport, C. Dodding, S. Dowson, J. Dubowski, D„ Field- iong. S. Graham, Stuart Greatorex, B. Hall, N. Hardman, N. Hutchin­ son, M. Jackson, D. O’Duffy, P. Procter, M. Rowley, C. Stott, M. Stott, P. Isherwood, B. Taylor, S. Taylor, H. Wardle, Bas, James.


again topping the magical 1,000-run mark.


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third in the bowling - beaten by Padiham’s Ajay Sharma and Clitheroe’s Dexter Fit-


And he backed that feat up by finishing , . ,. Sleep ran up 1,404 runs in 23 knocks for , t r


a magnificent average of 108. Ribblesdale Wanderers paid man Shahid


Nawaz broke the 1,000 barrier for the fourth season in succession as he led the Church Meadow side to the title. He made 1,335 runs in 23 innings,and


registered an average of 74.17. Whalley professional Graham Knowles


and clubmate David Pearson - top local amateur — complete the top four, with Fit-


ton fifth.Knowles scored 964, at 45.90, Pearson totalled 224 at 32 and Fitton 572 at 27.24. Wanderers featured strongly, with Mike


among the runs.


taker with 87 at 13.30, although Fitton topped his average with 73 at 11.52.


With the ball, Sleep was top wicket- . .


Monk had another solid season, while Read's Warren Eastham and Oliver Newby showed great promise. Whalley’s Simon Gorton and Wanderers Howard and O'Neill, as ever, were also


Last season's averages winner Graham


among the leading bowling averages. LEADING LOCAL AVERAGES BATTING


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Sleep (Read)........................... Nawaz (RW)........................... Knowles (W)........................... D. Pearson (W)....................... Fitton (C)............................... M. Ward (RW)........................ D. Howard (RW)..................... J. Kearsley (W)....................... M. Briggs (RW)...................... M. Whalley (Read).................


N. Bolton (C)......................... T. Little (Read)...................... K.


S. Coulter (C)......................... St. Bishop (C)........................ R. Palmer (RW)..................... L. Kearslcy (W)..................... N. Marsh (Read).................... G. O'Connor (Read)...............


Reed(W)..........


NO10 5 2


3 5


1 2


6 3


1


1 3 2


3 2 2 2


D. Bennett (Read).................. • Qualification: 10 innings BOWLING 0


Fitton (C)................. Sleep (Read).............. W. Eastham (Read)... , Monk (RW).........


_. Gorton (W).......... D. Howard (RW)...... D. O'Neill (RW)....... Nawaz (RW)............ J. Smith (W)............ N.


1 5


0


183.4 274.3 219.1 350.1 214


316 434 169


Bibby(C)....


Knowles (W)........... O. Newby (Read)..... J. Hargreaves (Read) H. Doyle (W).......... • Qualification: 10 wickets


1,401 108.00 1,335 74.17 9G


R Ave


224 572 566


4


375 224 323 396 490 405 371 152 406 180 302 302 222


201


45.90 32.00 27.24 26.95


Ward, skipper David Howard and Martin Briggs all in good form with the bat, while Read, who finished third, could point to Terry Little and Michael Whalley, both


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READ CC professional Peter Sleep (back row, second front right) with the team after winning the Ramsbottom Cup


Run machine Sleep


tops league averages Wanderers denied a dean sweep


Bv CHRIS BODEN


EAD professional Peter Sleep topped the Ribblesdale Cricket League batting averages after


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_____Ribblesdale League titles when the seconds lost out at Cherry Tree on


IBBLESDALE Wanderers were denied a clean sweep of Jennings I


Saturday. The first team won the Senior League


the previous weekend, while the thirds wrapped up the Third Division in some


style. However, the second team faced a title


decider at Preston Old Road, going into the game five points clear of the Blackburn o u tf it . It was a thrilling and nervy end to the season with the title in the balance


throughout. Tree batted first, and found lan Brit-


cliffe in sterling form with the ball. He took 6-46 as Cherry Tree totalled 130-8, with Andrew Robinson top-scoring


with 59.But Wanderers' reply was hindered by the bowling of Cowell, who took 5-21, and in a desperate effort for victory, the locals were finally dismissed four short of the tar- get, leaving Cherry Tree champions by two


points. 188-5.


An unbeaten 81 from Booth propelled Clitheroe seconds to a derby win over rele­ gated Whalley seconds, who were all out for 103 chasing the Chatburn Road sides


, „ Read seconds came a cropper to .


Barnoldswick's Richard Bedford. Barlick were all out for 108, but Bedford


25.00 24.89 24.85 24.80 24.50 23.80 23.19 21.71 21.37 20.00 18.88 16.80 14.80 10.10


125.2


314.5 347 109 92


170.4


1,160 87 13.30 588 41 14.30 569 40 14.23 814 55 14.80 712 43 16.56 928 56 16.57 675 39 17.31 434 23 18.87


R W Ave 841 73 11.52


ing style.


Salesbury were beaten by five wickets by Stacksteads after posting just 127 and fail­


.. . , , ,


ing to defend it. In the Second Division, Salesbury sec­


onds suffered a similar defeat. The locals were all out for 73, with


Oswaldtwistle Immanuel winning with


four wickets to spare. Third Division champions Ribblesdale


Wanderers thirds' game with Blackburn Northern failed to start on Sunday, as did Clitheroe’s game with Settle. Salesbury thirds cemented fourth place after a crushing 223-run win over Baxen-


d6Jump (111) and Campbell (58) were m scintillating form with the bat as the locals


1,053 53 19.87 1,158 53 21.85 450 20 22.50 377 16 23.60 641 22 29.14


totalled 268-7. Baxenden were all out for 45. Read thirds finished second after beating


Stacksteads by four wickets. Stackteads set a total of 177-9, but


Read, with Jarvis hitting 88, passed the target with just six men down.


took 5-24 as Read were skittled for a paltry 79 in reply to end the season in disappoint­


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