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Crucial date | Blues on course for Rovers


tomorrow evening. And, arguably, it is the


R


j most important clash for either team as they both vie for the single automat- ic promotion spot behind


Fulham. Both Graeme Souness


and Sam Allardyce admit­ ted after the FA.Cup 1-1 draw on Saturday that they could have done with­ out the replay. But neither of them


| would have wanted to have conceded ground in a head- to-head battle with Friday’s vital league game


so near. Souness said: “ I thought


i it was a great cup tie. “ I think both managers


i will say that we could have


done without the replay. “But I ’d rather have a replay and be in the cup,


than be out of it.” The moral victory was


Blackburn’s, though, as they battled for more than 80 minutes with just 10 men after skipper Garry Flitcroft was deservedly sent-off for rash tackles on Gareth Farrelly in the seebnd minute and Kevin Nolan


seven minutes later. Souness added: "I have


I no complaints with the


sending-off. “ It looked right from


where I was standing, he ended up on his backside


on both occasions. “But Garry Flitcroft is


a competitive player, and if there’s an honest per­ former in the dressing j room, then he’s top of the


list.” Wanderers could argue


that they were forced to play most of the match with a man down after keeper Jurgen Sommer strained his thigh early on


in the match. The former QPR shot-


j stopper and friend of Brad Friedel was unable to kick properly and was severely -handicapped when David Dunn’s well-taken free


P pvyrrp,


o v e r s against Bolton “ take two” goes ahead


By CRAIG SALMON


By Craig Salmon


kick curled over his head. That said, Rovers can


count themselves unfortu­ nate when conceding the equaliser after 61 minutes. Simon Charlton’s left­


footed shot was going well wide when Henning Berg lost his bearings and attempted a clearance. The Norweigan was off-


balance and could only clear the ball as far as Michael Ricketts who had the simple task of poking


the ball home. Blackburn’s Barmy


Army goaded their Bolton counterparts with the chant “We’ve only got 10


men” . However, on Tuesday


evening at Watford, the boot was on the other foot as Rovers'struggled to break down a Hornets team reduced to nine men for the entire second half after Robert Page and Heidar Helguson had been sent-off just before half­


time. Eyal Berkovic proved to


be the key to unlocking Graham Taylor’s defence as his second half entrance


. from the subs’ bench laid on the winning goal for


Marcus Bent. The goal could prove to


be crucial if tomorrow evening proves to be a suc­


cessful one. Because, while Rovers


were making hard work of beating Watford, Bolton had to rely upon a 74th minute intervention from Bo Hansen to earn them a point at home to lowly


Grimsby. Graeme Souness’s men


clawed back two points on the Trotters and have, of course, two games in hand.


pillSiS™ S S l iW S IA m


Clarets turn on the style


, have an amazing capaci­ ty for leaving you


L


scratching your head. A few short weeks ago at


, Crewe, it was virtually impossible to believe they


[ were leaving Gresty Road empty-handed.


V At home to Crystal


Palace the Eagles got away with daylight robbery-and


all three points. At Blundell Park at the j weekend, Grimsby stole the


points. Three straight defeats.


I Not exactly what you would call ideal preparation for the visit of runaway


I league leaders Fulham on Tuesday night. Most people expected Fulham, with one foot


I already in the Premiership, to enjoy a bit of shooting in


| practice. They had to win, there


| was no other possible out-


| come. That was not a script


Burnley had read.


I From start to finish they chased Fulham hard and matched their neat, flowing


m w rn m m m m m football. In the first half they , ,,


swapped chances with the Cottagers and either side could have led at the inter­


val. * if Loan signing Gareth „ ..


Taylor was impressive in the Burnley front line and


I the Clarets had a new dimension.


For weeks, attacks have .


i For weeks they have been i crying out for someone to lead the line.


I broken down too quickly and the defence has been put under pressure because


I no-one has been able ,to hold the ball up at the other end


I Manager Stan Ternent has tracked Taylor for some’


of the field. ■


1 f r o z e n out of the reckon- . I ing at Maine Road — he has


not started a game for City


I for almost 15 months - the. Welsh international is cry­ ing out for the chance to


i play.


| ■. And it was a chance he gladly took on Tuesday night at Turf Moor.


, . '


I : The game remained goal­ less until the interval.'


By Edward Lee But Jean Tigana’s outfit


did not take long to take the lead after the break. Full back Steve Finnan


cut in from the right and, unchallenged, chipped a


cross to the back post for Barry Hayles to head in his 16th goal of the season. It was something of a


soft goal, and not many teams will get away with giving soft goals away against Fulham. They nearly went


down when Finnan again cut in from the right, but this time went for goal him­


self and rattled the upright. Burnley battled straight


back into the game. A flowing move down the


right saw Mitchell Thomas aim a deep cross to the back post where Taylor rose well


and headed at goal. The ball was probably


going in, although there was a defender there trying to keep it out. Ian Moore was not taking any chances and dived in to head the ball over the line from close


range. The equaliser was the


least the Clarets deserved and everyone would have been happy had the score stayed like that. Everyone, i t would appear, o th er th a n th e


Clarets. With 90 seconds to go,


Moore won the ball in mid- field and spotted Glen Lit­ tle on an angled run into the


^ The record signing picked out the wing wizard with a delightful pass and Little slid the ball under the advancing Maik Taylor. There was no time for „ Fulham to hit back and


-■’■three points were Burnley s. 'It was a result good


‘ enough to leave everyone open-mouthed. Now they have to repeat


the performance against Huddersfield Town at Turf Moor on Saturday.


Paul Gowan. C


League, Low Moor still lead the way with only Waddington A and Whal- ley realistic challengers for


I


the title. Meanwhile, bottom side Clitheroe Conservative


Club A are in great danger of being replaced by their own B team who are riding high - 16 points clear of Rimington A in the Second


Division. The Second Division . . .


leaders also have the week s highest break-builder


among their ranks. G. Ire­ land potted his way to a


fine 53-break. RESULTS


Billlngton B 6 (401), Billlngton Flral Division


A/8 (382): J. Ainsworth 64, N. Harris 107; J. Whltford 88, J. Ash­ ton 49: R. Ball 60, T. Rydeheard 59: C. Gorzella 65, P. Conchie 67: M. Unwin 81, T. Wilson 41: J. Atkinson 53, P. Barker 69. Whalley 10 (390), Clitheroe


LITHEROE Football Club has received a grant to the tune of £500 from local businessman Mr


Clitheroe manager Dave Burgess would • . ,


like to thank Mr Gowan - who owns an electrical installations company called PGE - for his kind generosity which will go towards the funding of first-team squad


tracksuits.


He said: "I would like to thank Paul on behalf of Clitheroe Football Club.


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forward and offer their support to the club. It is a really nice gesture.”


“ It is great when people like Paul come _


NEW SPONSORS: Clitheroe FC man­


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LITHEROE were left with that down and out feeling


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Roefield’s crucial win


for FA Vase glory C


goal. After Saturday’s euphoric


Carlsberg FA Vase victory over Rushall Olympic, the Blues were brought right back down to earth with a bump on Tuesday evening at Shawbridge. And Burgess admitted


the next two games could make or break his side’s sea­


son. The Blues travel to top-


of-the-table Salford City on Saturday before travelling down to.Chippenham in the


Vase a week later. He said: “ I was gutted to


lose on Tuesday. “ I thought at least we.


deserved an extra half-an- hour but to be honest, I thought we should have won


it. “We created some good


chances but God only knows where the referee got 10 minutes of injury-time


from. “ It was unbelievable.


“But it was a very disap­


pointing finish to a game we felt we had done enough to


win. “ But it just shows how


far we have come that we are disappointed to lose against a team like Bamber


Bridge.” Another black mark on


the night was the substitu­ tion of star striker and lead­ ing goalscorer Lee Cryer after he pulled his ham­


string. Burgess added: Lee is a


concern, especially with the Vase only being 10 days


away.” The Shawbridge supremo


was obviously delighted with the way his side dealt with a hard-working and troublesome Rushall


Olympic. He added: “ I was delight-


ed with the result. “ It was certainly the


biggest game that I have been involved in and to come away with a 3-1 win


• was very pleasing. “ They gave us quite a


hard game but having watched them twice, I would have been very disap­ pointed if we had not beat­


en them. “But I will be very disap­


pointed if we don’ t go all


the way now. "Chippenham got to the


final last year and have only lost two games in the league


all season. “ I know for a fact that


they are very confident about beating us. "They are expecting about 2,000 fans to turn up


for the game. “ But now that we have


got to the quarter-finals, we might as well have got beat in the first round than lose


at this stage.” Meanwhile, Burgess has


to try and take his players’ minds off the Vase and onto Saturday’s crucial league fixture away to Salford. He added: “These next


two matches have major consequences for our season.


“We are still in with a


chance of the league and need to build on our last two league wins. “So it is crucial we get


something against Salford. The reserves defeated


Chadderton 2-1 on Satur­ day and face Salford City at Shawbridge in two days’ time. The second-string then travel to Flixton on Wednesday for a 7-45 p.m.


kick-off. Clitheroe.........................3 Rushall Olympic.........1 V IL L A PARK and the final of the Carlsberg FA Vase beckons for Clitheroe after they came from behind to defeat Rushall Olympic 3-1 at home on


Saturday. Blues’ chairman Steve


Rush had appealed for the town’s folk to turn out in numbers and get behind the team in what he billed as one of the biggest games ever at Shawbridge. The 500-strong home


support were not to be dis­ appointed as Dave Burgess’s men booked a quarter-final spot away to last year’s finalists Chip­ penham Town.


However, they were given


& scare very early in the match when Olympic took the lead after three minutes through Mick Moseley. The Blues fought back


well, though, and equalised on 18 minutes when Lee Sculpher fired into the top- corner from the edge of the area to notch only his sec­ ond goal of the season. The game threatened to


boil over in the second peri­ od when Kris Richens man­ aged to palm the ball away to safety but Olympic protested that the ball had crossed the line. The ensuing melee resulted in Rushall being reduced to 10 men


FA VASE SPOTLIGHT: Lee Cryer (left) battles hard for poscssion while Barrie Hart (above) joins in the aerial


battle. PHOTOS: Kevin Rogers . Carl Greenwood grabbed


the all-important second goal for Clitheroe on 76 minutes when he fired home a Barrie Hart corner. The Blues continued to


make their extra man count and were awarded a penalty with three minutes to go after Chris Whittingham had been upended in the


area. Mark Stewart, who had


missed from the spot three days earlier against Maine Road, made no mistake this time to send his team through to the last eight and keep the glory bid well and truly alive.


Late goal leads to cup exit


Clitheroe........................0 Bamber Bridge.............1 A GOAL after 10 minutes of injury-time at the end of 90 minutes condemned Clitheroe to defeat against UniBond Premier D ivi­ sion side Bamber Bridge. The Blues were left disap­


pointed after doing enough to progress through to the semi-finals of the Marsden Lancashire Trophy. Manager Dave Burgess


can console himself with the fact that the Blues more than matched opponents two divisions above them. The Blues began the


match the better side and Neil Spencer was unfortu­ nate to see a couple of half­


chances go begging. Bridge came out of their


shells after half-an-hour and caused Clitheroe some anx- ious moments, particularly


from set-pieces. Top-scorer Lee Cryer had


a shot turned away by the keeper while Neil Spencer’s back post header was also


well saved. The second period contin


ued in a similar pattern but chances remained at a pre­ mium as both defences kept


things tight. With 10 minutes to go,


Cryer had Clitheroe’s best • 1 O


Low Moor set to pocket the title / .


N the First Division of the Clitheroe and D is tr ic t Snooker


96, T. Smith 66; J. Waggett 64, K. Smith 60; J. Sumner 76, R. Grant 60: S. Holden 39, M. Whittaker 56; J. Cross 48,1. Charlton 45. Talbot B 10 (446), Chatbum A


no m kr. t Wnouatt 64. K. P ro c to r 72; B. Dolan 73, J. Proctor 72; B. Dolan 73, J.


Winder 82. Waddington B 12 (413), Pendle


4 (396): S. Hayhurst 48, M. Law- son 62; D. Robinson 60, P. Craig 84: S. Proctor 85, G. Simpkin 72: A. Dickenson 62, G. Clark 61: M. Garth 87, P. Clark 76; D. Hay­ hurst 104, J. Lockley 42. Catholic 6 (364), Low Moor A


Club 2 (374): G. Laxton 76, M. Roberts 73; B. Phillips 61, P. Clegg 63; S. Barnes 69, B. Conchie 63; T. Walmsley 73, D. Grant 46; N. Lax- ton 70, A. Hartley 77; J. Davies 64, R. Wilkinson 62. ■ Clitheroe Conservative Club B


8 (389): I. Middleton 56, D. Ire­ land 85: T. Byrne 45, M. Holmes 92; M. Plant 82, S. Thompson 48; R. Alston 28, P. Mercer 79: J. Byrne 71, P. Traynor 59: M.


Byrne 73, S. Traynor 26. Second Division


Chatbum B 6 (402): C. Smith 81, J. Read 67: B. Alston 60, R. Turn­ er 70:1. White 97, B. Dolan 69: P. Stewart 66, M. Paul 86; M. Duxbury 69, O. Monk 64: M. Alston 61, A. Wilson 66. Rimington A 4 (366), Riming­


Clitheroe Social Club 8 (434),


14 (482), Social Club 0 (263): D. Nelson 86,1. White 36; S. Whittak­ er 66, C. Smith 20; I. Nash 82, J. Roberts 74; F. Watson 79, N. Gel- dard 40; G. Ireland 97, M. Alston


69: P. Swales 73, B. Alston 34. FIXTURES


v Low Moor; Whalley v Catholic Club; Chatburn A v Billlngton A; Billlngton B v Talbot B; Down-


ham v Waddington A. Second Division


ton B10 (428): G. Edmondson 58, R. Bolland 76: M. Yates 43, J. Lund 91i D. Calvert 72,1-Fraser 67: S. Petty 67, D. Seed 64, J. Lund 73, P. Hobson 63: G. Wat­


Clitheroe Conservative Club A' First Division


Harris and D. Wilson; M. Duane and J. Whltford v C. Drlnkwater and T. Henshaw; T. Byrne and M. Plant v G. Ireland and F. Ford; D. Dean and D. Ireland v N. Gardner and S. Maher; M. Moss and D. Johnson v E. Keny­ on and I. Perry; R. Grant and D. Nelson v B. Carter and J. Tim- porley; M. Holmes and S. Thompson v S. Duckworth and R. Alston; P. Parker and C. | Aspinall v M. Graham and S.


v C. Drir Blackburn. TABLES


Low Moor A.... Waddington A, Whalley Con..


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Low Moor B v Clitheroe Con­


Club-open date. Singles competition draw


son 63. P. Houghton 67. Chatburn Bi0 (460), Talbot


Conservative Club A 4 (349): A. RUey 68, D. Smith 72; J. Timperley


A 4 (850): J. Read 67, F. Whit­ taker 74i S. Tomlinson 91, S. C^ookson 52; M. Paul 65, S Proctor 39; R. Turner 88, G. Johnson 31: A. Wilson 81, P.


Byrne v S. Blackburn; R. Grant v J, Gibson; M. Unwin, v N. Harris: S. Proctor v R. Alston; P. Parker v K. Keogh; P. Clark v G. Ireland; D. Ireland vS. Traynor. Doubles competition draw


I. Middleton v M. Roberts; T. P. Mercer and M. Byrne v N. v.


RBL............ Billlngton B..., -2Talbot B...... Clitheroe Con A


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d Division . P W L P !.. 14 12 2140


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SELECTED


TEAMS SATURDAY Rugby


Clitheroe (v Lytham, away,


meet 12-45 p.m.) A. Burrill, M. Stott, N. Hutchinson. C. Stott, D. Watson, I. Fielding, P. Parker, M. Heanan, O. Jones, J. Proctor, D. Tattersall, A. Thornber, M. Dugdalc, S. Dowson, A. Rigby, R. Edmondson, R. Holmes, A. Nuttall, S. McAlonan. Clitheroe 2nds (v TBA,


-Q.m m m


___ _'team faced a cru­ cial game against Sales- bury at home in their bid to avoid relegation from the Blackburn and Dis­ trict League First Divi­


R sion. Captain Stephen Pym s _


clever tactics in swapping around the partnerships paid


off with the home team pick­ ing up a valuable seven games to the opposition’s nine. T- ; Paul Ainger and Louise \


Burrill were re-united in the " top-half mixed doubles, cruis­ ing to two easy victories. In the bottom half, Martin


Meadows and Ann Taylor were equally convincing in


their two wins. Pym and Sheila Hartley


were back to their best, and were able to snatch a game in the bottom half, making the score 5-3 to Roefield at the


half-way stage. In the level doubles, the


ladies had a disappointing night and although taking a couple of games 15-14 and 15- 13, they were unable to win. However, the night


belonged to Ainger and Meadows, who combined to devastating effect in the men’s doubles, winning both their


games easily. The B team had a 10-6 win


away to BAE Systems. After the mixed doubles, Roefield led 5-3 with David Darnell and Judith Thompson the only couple to win both


games. The ladies took complete


control winning all four games - two each for the Chris Smitton-Jane MacE- wan and Mary Brass-Thomp-


home, meet 1-15 p.m.) C. Bosonnet, E Carberry, J. Carys- forth. J. Dickinson, C. Dodding, M. Evans, N. Green, S. Gretton, S. Hall, P. Isherwood, K. Keny­ on, J. Marsden, V. Murray, M. Rowley, D. Slinger, B. Stans- field, H. Wardie, S. Hemingway.


son pairings. The men struggled, howev­


er, and only Achille Ramam- bason and Tony Bushjvon a


game. Both the C and D teams ' ...


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