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Mixed bag for Rovers


R A E M E


.Soilness' promo­ tion-chasing out­


f it have experienced a mixed bag of results in the past week, suggest­ ing nerves could be get­ ting the better of them as they bid to make the second automatic pro­


motion spot their own. First they gave 10-men


Fulham a helping hand to the First Division title after Sean Davis grabbed a last-


gasp winner. They then recovered to


earn a 0-0 draw at strug­ gling Stockport County before beating relegation candidates Huddersfield 2- 0 at a packed Ewood Park on Easter Monday. Rovers now have to carry


ARTE ET LABQRE By Suzanne Gee


tage but suffered for spurn­ ing a host of chances when Lee Clark's cross was deflected into Davis' path


for a late winner. There was no such high


drama at Edgeley Park on


Saturday. Alan Kelly, who recently


on winning if they are to keep Bolton off their tails as only three points separate


Body blow for Blues promotion drive


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LITHEROE have been dealt a huge blow to th e ir


chances of winning the N o r th West Counties ’ F ootball League F irs t


Division. Hugely talented goal­


the local rivals, with both having played 41 games. The Ewood Park outfit


finished a brief loan spell at Stockport, warned his Rovers team-mates they would not be in for an easy ride with County battling to stay out of the drop zone. And so it proved as the visi­ tors were held to a 0-0 draw. But a bumper home


I home to Fulham last Wednesday. But, as usual, they made hard work for themselves.


could have gone a long way to wrapping things up at


| Matt Jansen grabbed his 20th goal of the season with a powerful header at the far post from Keith Gillespie's right wing cross on six min­


utes.But wing wizard Damien Duff suffered a hamstring strain minutes later - an injury which could leave him sidelined for the rest of the season - and that proved to be the first turn­ ing point of the game. The second came on 40


crowd eventually saw Rovers get back on track to earn three valuable points against Lou Macari's Terri­


ers.Flitcroft settled the Blues' nerves with the open­ er on the half-hour, collect­ ing Marcus Bent's clever flick and threading the ball through goalkeeper Nico Vaessen’s legs. Town's number was up


keeper Kris Richens faces the rest of the season on the sidelines after fracturing his thumb in a freak warm-up incident before Easter Monday’s derby clash with Great Harwood Town at Shawbridge. Richens managed to play


Goalkeeper Kris Richens in action for Clitlieroe


the full 90 minutes, pulling- off one particular outstand­ ing save in the first half. However, after the match


his thumb swelled-up and X-rays revealed a fracture. Manager Dave Burgess


said: “I t will be a massive blow if we lose him for the rest of the season but it doesn’t look promising. “I t happened in the


warm-up when I was firing some practice shots at him. He played but after the match he came back in the dressing room and his thumb was black.” Experienced former


Chorley and Morecambe goalkeeper Ian Senior will be the likely replacement


for Richens. Meanwhile, Clitheroe hit


the summit of the North


West Counties’ Football League First Division with their victory over Great Harwood Town. The Blues faced fellow


Burgess added: “To be _ do.


promotion candidates Kids- grove Athletic last night hoping to maintain their position at the top. Rossendale United suf­


fered two successive defeats over the Easter period to hand Clitheroe the initia­


tive. However, one of those


defeats was against Rams- bottom United on Monday who moved to fourth - three points behind the Blues but with two games in hand.


Clilheroe...............................6 bridgers were awarded a dubious Great Harwood Town........ 1 penalty after Neil K e n n e d y had A FIVE-star first-half perfor- been adjudged to have handle


mance saw Clitheroe easily brush aside derby rivals and bottom-of-the-table side Great Harwood Town at Shawbridge on Easter Monday. The win saw the Blues hit the top of the North West Counties’


after the break when Vaessen was sent off for handling the ball outside the area after Jansen tried


to lob him. Reserve stopper Martyn


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minutes when Rufus Brevett, who had already been booked for a foul on Dunn, kicked out in the direction of Garry Flilcroft and was sent off. Crucially, Fulham equalised just before the


Margetson took over in goal at the expense of Ben Thornley and made excel­ lent saves from Flitcroft and Mahon to deny Rovers a


break. Brad Friedel rose to col­


lect Steve Finnan's cross but dropped the ball after tum­ bling over a helpless Hen­ ning Berg and Louis Saha drilled the ball into an


second.Nerves returned when Huddersfield threatened to equalise - former Burnley loan man Craig Armstrong seeing his left-foot volley crash against the post with Friedel beaten. Jansen eventually made


empty net. Rovers dominated pos­


session in the second half with their numerical advan-


Football League First Division after Ramsbottom defeated


Rossendale 1-0. Neil Spencer should have


scored as early as the fifth minute but failed to convert when one-on-one with the keep-


er.However, six minutes later Mark Stewart glanced home a. header from Martin Aspinwall s excellent dead-ball delivery. Two minutes later, Clitheroe


went two-up when Lee Sculpher connected with a bullet header from a Barrie Hart corner. On 17 minutes, the Shaw-


the points safe in the last minute when he dinked the ball over Margetson with the outside of his left foot. Rovers now have two


Clarets stay in the hunt


off hunt after an excel­ S


been better, had they deservedly hold on to beat West Brom on Saturday, they showed terrific char­ acter to twice come from behind to win at Norwich on Monday. And four points from six | set up a tense finale to the


lent Easter weekend. Although it could have


By Chris Boden


inside and passed the ball beyond Russell Hoult with


season. The Clarets currently lie


his left foot. . That looked like.being


i sights on West Brom and Saturday's opponents Birmingham, rather than Preston in sixth. They have a game in


four points outside the play-offs — although their goal difference is decidedly poorer than their rivals. But they have their


enough, but West Brom almost inevitably grabbed an equaliser six minutes from time when Ruel Fox's cross was guided into the top corner by Bob Taylor. The Clarets then went to


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Norwich knowing they had to win to stay in touch, and


win they did. Norwich went ahead


beat Birmingham at Turf Moor, and win their game in hand at home to rock- bottom Tranmere on Tues­ day, they can give them- I solves real hope of making


hand on the pair, who are five and six points ahead of Burnley respectively. So, obviously, if they can


the top six. Against the Baggies, the


Clarets were again pegged back late in the game, as happened at The Hawthorns in November. But no-one could have


argued if they had taken all three points and really put the cat among the pigeons. They again took the


game to the opposition from the off, and should have had an early penalty when the outstanding Ian Moore was upended by Des Lyttle after leaving three defenders in his wake. Burnley had the better


when a lack of communica­ tion at the back between Paul Smith and Gordon Armstrong allowed Alex Notman to wriggle through, round Michopou­


los and score. But the Clarets were


gifted an equaliser when rookie keeper Robert Green allowed, a tame shot from Kevin Ball to squirm through his grasp and into


the corner. The Canaries went in


ahead at half-time in con­ troversial circumstances when Smith appeared to take the ball in a challenge on Notman, but the referee gave a penalty, which Iwan Roberts cooly dispatched. Jaded Burnley had


TAN T e r n e n t 's indomitable Clarets stayed in the play­


Craig Salmon’s round-up of Clitheroe’s latest match acticm S l ip ® tacularly by goalkeeper Kris


Richens. The Blues took their foot off


inside the area. Stewart made no mistake from the spot. Spencer saw a couple of


chances go begging but with half-an-hour gone, Dave Burgess


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saw his team wrap the game up when Carl Greenwood fired home from the edge of the area to cap a marvellous individual


performance. Thereafter, it was a matter of


how many goals Clitheroe would score with most of the spectators expecting a goal-glut of Cheadle


Town proportions. Lee Cryer made it five shortly


before half-time when he nipped in ahead of Town goalkeeper Daryl Sloane after a long punt downfield from Hart. Harwood’s only real notewor­


thy effort of the half arrived in the 28th minute but Shaun Bursell’s header was met spec­


away games, at hot and cold Wolves on Saturday, and in­ form Grimsby on Tuesday.


Wolves secure second place


C The goals came from Catherine Bolton and Sarah Tom­


LITHEROE Wolves Under 12s Girls secured runners-up spot thanks to an excellent 2-1 win against a much improved Blue Star.


linson, while Carlie Thomas was solid in midfield. The Wolves Rangers Under 10s finished their league


campaign with a fine 8-2 win against Huncoat United. Defender Richard Clarkson had a game to remember,


scoring once for the Rangers. The other goals came from Sam Raynor , Matthew Winckley and man of the match Adam Barton (all two). The other goal was scored by


Matthew Devine.


League side scored an impressive 6-0 win against Borrow- dale.


Star man Giorgio Peregrine gave nothing away at the back, while Luke Jackson (3), Charlie Colhnge (2) and


An understrength Wolves Under nines Accrington , .


. . . . . .


Will Tyrell netted. Joe Nightingale deputised well in goal.


• The club is appealing to any parents who can sell rattle


tickets at Woolworths over the next couple of Saturdays. Contact Jo Greatorex 425089 or Stephen Winckley on 428412.


Pumas on prowl


HALLEY Pumas continued their recent top form with wins over Trawden Celtic and then twice over local rivals Clitheroe Wolves in a Maundy


Thursday double header. Against Trawden, man of the match Gary Micallef was in tremendous form and fired home two goals in a 3-2 suc­


cess. Mark Frankland also netted. In the second match against Clitheroe, the Pumas won 4-0 with man of the match Adam Brown hitting a memo­


rable hat-trick and Micallef netting the other. A tighter second match finished 3-1 to the Pumas with


Brown getting two more before Daniel Hosker’s glorious top-corner finish put the result beyond doubt. Dominic Lester was deservedly voted man of the match.


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Successful weekend Five wins out of six were recorded as the locals showed


EADSTONE United’s teams had a successful weekend.


impressive form.


tory over Brierfield Celtic, courtesy of goals from Alex Pilkington and man of the match Elliot Bywater. Another competent performance from the Under 11s saw them consolidate their top-of-the-table position with a


The Under 8s returned to winning ways with a 2-0 vic­ .


2-0 win over Trawden Celtic. Jordan O'Mara and Lewis Gray netted with Joshua


Holmes named star man. The Under 12s beat Salterforth 7-0 with five goals from


looked out of sorts, but they came out to dominate


the second half. They equalised within


of the possession, without hurting West Brom too much first half, but the vis­ itors' best chance was pre­ sented to them by referee Chris Foy, who deflected


I Glen Little's pass into the path of Lee Hughes, who saw his effort superbly palmed, out by • Nik I Michopoulos.


two minutes of the restart when Gareth Taylor dived head-long to nod home a superb cross from the ram­ pant Little. Burnley went ahead for


Seconds after the restart ■■■■■■■ ,


Burnley were ahead when Paul Weller's incisive pass found Glen Little, who cut


the first time when Weller dummied a pass from Lee Briscoe, and the grounded Taylor flicked the ball back for Moore, who curled home beyond Green first time from 12 yards. The Clarets never looked


like conceding after that, and now all eyes are on Sat­ urday - bring on the Zulusl


the outstanding Mark Campbell; Danny Almond and Gary Bowker were also on target. Anthony Freeman put the Under 13s ahead against Foul- ridge Minors, but the locals were then overrun 5-1, despite


the efforts of man of the match Matthew Whitwell. The Under 14s had two excellent wins to move into mid­


table. They beat Borrowdale 3-2 with strikes from Ashley Brown, Gregg Williams-McLean and man of the match Robert Cresswell.They also saw off Barrowford Celtic 5- 1, with goals from Brown (2), Martin Greenwood, Phil


Greenwood and Martin Waiton. Kyle O'Connor caught the eye for United.


Under 15 s sought


September, has vacancies for teams in the Under 15s age category.


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All games are played on Saturday mornings within a 15- mile radius of Accrington Town Hall. . , ' .


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• Any club interested in joining for the new season should contact league secretary Alan Greenwood on 01254 237973


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before the end of this month. For further details on the league.visititswebsiteatwww.adjfl.org.uk.


HE Accrington and D is tr ic t Junior Football League, which will commence its 44th season in


the gas in the second half but still had their chances. Cryer fired over inside the area


while Neil Reynolds' finely struck shot whistled past the


post. Town pulled a goal back on 80


minutes when Graham Light- bown saw his effort deflect off Richens and creep in at the far post but Jason Jones restored the home side’s five-goal cushion three minutes later smashing home from 25 yards - the goal of


the game! n i i a t i i


Sculpher was the guilty man as he saw his spot-kick well saved after Glossop had been penalised for an handball offence. However, by th a t time, the


Blues were already cantering to victory as they led their lowly North West Counties’ Football League First Division counter­


parts 3-0. Mark Stewart set the ball


rolling for Dave Burgess’ men after just eight minutes when he showed Sculpher how it is done from the penalty spot after Bar­ rie Hart had been felled inside


the area. Stuart Todhunter doubled the


Clilheroe............................... 4 advantage soon after when his Glossop North End ............ 0 CLITHEROE could afford the luxury of a penalty miss on S atu rd ay as th ey moved to within th ree points of Rossendale United a t the top


Carolyn is a SPLASH hit!


of the table. Assistant manager Lee


By GEORGE EMBLEY


TONYHURST P a rk GC lady captain Carolyn Bloc- _ keel emerged a clear-cut winner of the SPLASH Trophy


on the trip to Hill Valley GC. The stableford competition was


held over two days and Carolyn compiled 61 points while runner-up Wendy Talbot handed in 49. For good measure, the lady cap­


tain joined forces with Margaret Graham and Shirley Holmes to win the team prize (60 points). • Mytton Fold Golf Club mem­ bers contested the ELGA Handi­ cap Trophy qualifying round on


Saturday. Steve Walker returned 92-21-71


and won on the card from Greg Strong (94-23-761) and Trevor


Punchard (81-10-71), with junior captain Sam Punchard (89-17-72)


claiming fourth spot. Thornber, Punchard, Simon Pil-


bin (82-9-73) and Phil Ramsbot­ tom (88-14-74) will represent the Whalley Road club in the ELGA Handicap Trophy at Colne GC on Saturday, May 19th. • The annual two-day Easter com­ petition was held at Clitheroe GC. John Cartmell and Peter Dunn


compiled 44 stableford points and were declared the overall winners. D. Hardie and D. Simmons (43


points) finished second after a con­ sultation of cards with David Hee-


som and John Cartmell. Denis Greenup and Bob Aitken


(41 points) won the Friday prize by a point from the I. Johnson-S.,J. Cherry, D. Jackson-S. P. Cherry, C. McLaughlin-D. McKenzie pair­


ings,


C. McLaughlin and J. Barber handed in 42 points and won the


Saturday prize. J. Simmons and J. Blackledge (41


points) claimed runners-up spot on the card from E. Taylor and H.


Preston. • Whalley GC captain Les Dear- den made a memorable start to his


term of office. He returned 80-6-74 on Saturday


to clinch his place in the club team for the ELGA Handicap Trophy at


Colne GC next month. Neil Pollard (82-12-70) won


ahead of Pat Crawford (88-17-71) and John Kitchen (87-15-72) was Division Two runner-up while Dearden was First Division runner-


up.Michael Maw and Maureen Skeats (70.5 nett) won the Easter mixed competition, with Tony Col- lis and Freda Wood (71.5 nett) in


Stork flying high as they are crowned champions


Stork ........ ................................................6


Endsleigh................................... STORK clinched the Pendle Charity Football League F irs t Division tit le when they hammered Endsleigh 6-1. The first half was a tight-affair and it took a penalty from Muldoon to break the


deadlock. The second half was a totally different


story as Hargreaves and Bennett quickly


increased the lead. Marshall rounded the keeper for goal


number four and Hargreaves scored his sec­ ond of the match shortly after. The rout


was completed by Bennett. A few days earlier, Stork defeated Rock


5-2 thanks to strikes from Bennett (2), Hargreaves (2) and Muldoon,


fixtures in the Accrington Sunday Memorial League with a 1-1 draw with Stan-


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hill Lions. The points cemented the


locals' position in third place in the First Division. Elsewhere; Calderstones


went down 6-2 at home to Second Division leaders Knuzden, while second- place Low Moor hammered Kings Arms 6-1. Red Lion slipped up in


the Third Division, going down 3-2 to LS Roofing. FIXTURES


Second Division Oswaldtwistle Rovers v Low


Moor (Roefield). Third Division


Harwood).


Woodnook v Red Lion (Great Thursday


Third Division


Red Lion v Wilpshire Bulls Head (Marl Pits).


JUDGE Walmesley rounded off th e ir


S to r k ........................................................3 S h o r lh om e r s .........................................4 THE respective champions of the Pre­ mier and First Division of the Pendle Charity Football League met a t the weekend with a place in the final of the Peter Shaw Cup up for grabs. Despite trailing 4-0, Stork staged a rous­ ing second half fightback but ended up los­


ing 4-3. Steve Ditch scored with a header and


Neil Snape added a second goal. Bennett gave the Premier Division side


the jitters when he pulled a further goal back, but Stork were unable to force the game further and had to accept defeat.


RIBBLE VALLEY


LADIES’ DARTS LEAGUE RESULTS


Billington BC 5, Catholic SC 7;


Craven A 7, Bay Horse 5; Langho 8, Low Moor 4; Starkies 6, RBL 6; Black Bull 9, Craven B 3; Kings Arms 8, Conservative Club 4;


Brown Cow - bye. . HIGH SCORES


P. Dewhurst 168, M. Livesey


140,100; A.M. Bcllanca 134; L. Parkinson 127; L. Brooks 125; C. Robinson 123; J. Stewart 123,100; L. Cook 116,100; J. Cowperth- waite 116; C. O’Neill 115; A. Southwell 112; D. Ryan 111; I.


Seed 105; D. Baker 102; M. Boyd, C. Tunaley, J. Hall; S. Dobson; K.


Heyworth 100. POINTS AND POSITIONS


1, Langho 157; 2, Craven A149;


3, Starkies; 4, Low Moor 120; 5, Brown Cow 117; 6, Craven B 117; 7, Bay Horse 113; 8, Catholic SC 112; 9, Black Bull 107; 10, RBL 104; 11, Kings Arms 102; 12, Billington BC 99; 13, Conserva­


tive Club 75.


HARWOOD AND DISTRICT BOWLING


GREAT


LEAGUE RESULTS


First Division Clitheroe CC 5, Rushton St A


5; Globe A 9, Salesbury A1; Heys Inn 7, Whalley A 3; Rishton Con.


A 6, Burnley Rd B 4. Second Division


Burnley Rd A 7, Gatty Park 3;


Clayton Sports 7, Coppice 3: Hurst Green A 7, Globe B 3; Leisure Hour B 6, Spring Hill 4. Third Division


Free Gardeners 9, Immanuel 1; Immanuel 4, Salesbury B 6; Roe


Lee Park 9, Free Gardeners 1; Rushton St B 8, Ribblesdale B 2; Rushton St B 8, Castle B 2; Whal­


ley B 4, Sabden Red 6.1 Fourth Division


' Castle A 7; Gt Harwood CC 3; Gt Harwood CC 4, Rishton Con. B 6; Mercer Park 8, Milnshaw Wanderers 2; Milnshaw Wander­ ers 6, Grange 4; Sabden Blue 4; Ossy Con. 2; Sydney St 8, Hurst Green B 2; Sydney St 7, Grange 3; Waddington B .6, Mercer Park 4.


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runners-up spot and Dearden and Jan Armistead (73.5 nett) claiming


third spot. • Norma Horsfall and Betty


Dixon won the Scott Leggate Four­


somes qualifier at Whalley GC. Jean Tasker and Marian Bat-


tersby were second with Carole Blackadder and Shirley Pahch win­ ning a card play-off to take third


place. • Teams are being invited to take


part in the Clitheroe Cricket Club


annual golf day. The event will take place at Myt­


ton Fold GC on Thursday, May


31st. The cost per team of four players


is £160 and further details are available from Chris Bolton (01200 424851) or Geoff Cartledge ((01200 422963).


Steve shines for the Sharks


AST Lancashire Sharks pool team - formerly known as Starkies Sharks - returned to the green baize for their first competitive match m


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the newly-formed Super League. The Sharks, of course, made an acrimonious, departure from the Clitheroe Pool League earlier


this year and set up their own league. And on Sunday, they faced a very competitive


Coppull outfit but ran out comfortable 11-7 winners. The Sharks were 6-3 ahead at the half-way stage and


never really looked back. Nikki Murtaugh capped an impressive debut per­


formance by winning both his games, along with Steve Almond, Ian Harle, Steve McDermott and co


captain Andy Sudworth. The man of the match performance was handed to


McDermott following an eight-ball clearance from the break.


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fortuitous free-kick evaded everybody and eventually nes­ tled in the back of the net. Lee Cryer made it 3-0 in spec­


tacular fashion when he headed Neil Spencer’s centre home after a free- flowing Blues move. Leading 3-0 a t the break,


Clitheroe came out for the sec­ ond period knowing tha t goal difference could be vitally impor­ tant bearing in mind how tight


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honest, I am not really bothered what other teams


“If we win all our games


and somebody beats us to the title then they will get nothing but my congratula­


tions. “I t ’s an old saying but I


am just taking one game at a time - that’s all we can do. “There are so many per­


mutations that we can only take each game as it


comes.” Clitheroe welcome Moss-


ley to Shawbridge on Satur­ day before entertaining last night’s opponents Kids- grove on Tuesday.


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COUNTIES' LEAGUE First Division


NORTH WEST


Clitheroe........ 35 24 5 6 77. Rossendale Utd 36 24 5 7 77 St Helens Town 35 23 6 6 75 Rams Utd....... 33 24 2 7 74 Fleetwood Fpt. 36 23 3 10 72 KidsRrove Ath.. 35 21 8 b 71 Salford City.... 38 20 9 9 69 Prescot Cables. 36 21 5 10 68 Newcastle Tn... 38 18 7 13 61 Mossley......... 34 18 3 13 57 Woodley Spts... 38 16 9 13 57 Curzon Ashton. 36 16 6 14 54 SkemUtd....... 37 14 8 14 b3 Abbey Hey...... 38 12 5 21 41 Maine Road.... 38 13 2 23 41 Nantwich Tn... 38 8 8 22 32 Atherton Colls. 36 9 5 22 32 Glossop NE.... 37 9 4 24 31 Flixton........... 36 5 11 20 26 Cheadle Tn..... 38 5 8 25 23 LeekCSOB..... 35 4 8 23 20 GtH'woodTn.. 35 4 7/24 19 • As at Tuesday, April 17th


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flicked on at the near post for Lee Cryer to powerfully head


home. It was soon 2-0 when Stewart


things are at the top of the table. However, Glossop proved a


more determined outfit in the second period and defended


stubbornly. Sculpher missed from the spot


but skipper Hart added a fourth late in the day when he scored direct from a corner for the sec­ ond time in two weeks. Newcastle Town ..................0


raced down the left wing before picking-out Neil Reynolds, who calmly slotted the ball into the corner. Kris Richens was called into


action on a couple of occasions but the match was sewn-up on the hour mark thanks to Neil Spencer. The goal arrived in fortuitous fashion when a well-timed tackle


Clilheroe............................... 3 on Spencer was deflected back


CLITHEROE m a in ta in ed their push for promotion on T h u rsd ay n ig h t when they overcame Newcastle Town 3-0. The win saw Dave Burgess’


men collect their ninth win in an 11-match unbeaten run. After a competitive opening,


the Blues took the lead in the 14th minute when a long throw- in from Mark Stewart was


into his path by the referee and he made no mistake. Substitute Gary Jackson was


unlucky with an effort Wr.ich hit the side-netting while Town-vere unfortunate to see a shot crash against the post. In the end, however, the last


20 minutes were a stroll for the Blues as they maintained their promotion push.


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