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stars after surviving car accident in Vase build-up
By CRAIG SALMON
CLITHBROE player-boss Lee Sculpher will be hop ing to shake-off the effects of a shocking car accident in time for the Blues’ Carlsberg PA Vase clash with Ware on Saturday. Sculpher and his assis
tant Dave Sargent were travelling along the M6 last Saturday when their car was hit from behind, spinning them across three
lanes. Fortunately, the pair,
who were returning from a planned scouting mission on Ware, escaped without being seriously injured. Sculpher said: “We were
on our way down to watch Ware but we then found out their game was post poned so we turned back. “It was a bit of a shock
to say the least. We went across three lanes and the car was written-off. “We were very fortu
He added: “I t ’s just
whether the stiffness sub sides. It’s not serious but I suppose it’s when you head the ball and things like that.
“We’ll just have to see
how it goes and how I feel later in the week. “I t ’s a game I want to
play in, obviously, but the bottom line is, we have to put out a team which is fit and able.” The Blues go into the
unknown on Saturday as they know nothing about their Ryman League Sec ond Division opponents. Sculpher added: “We go
down to Ware, i t ’s never easy playing away and it’s also the first time that we have not been able to see one of our opponents play because of postponements. “So really, we’re going
into the unknown on Sat urday. “We will just have to
nate. I ’m counting my lucky stars after that one.” The swashbuckling cen
tre half rates himself at 50/50 to make Saturday’s game.
concentrate on our own performance and let the opposition worry about us. But that’s what we do in any case. “I believe they are in the same division as Abingdon
Town, who we beat 3-0 in last season’s competition. “But we’ll go into the
to what we have done over the last two seasons. “We got to the semi
game full of confidence. We’re on a 15-game unbeaten run and hopeful ly we’ll continue that run.” The Vase always cap
tures the town’s imagina tion because of the club’s proud record in the compe tition in recent seasons. Finalists at Wembley in
1996 and semi-finalists and quarter-finalists in the last two seasons respectively, Sculpher knows only too well what the tournament means to the supporters. He added: “Everyone
looks forward to the com petition. I t creates an extra buzz around the club and that’s, probably down
finals and the quarter finals in the past two sea sons and beat some good teams along the way. “We’ve already beaten
Bedlington, who were one of the fancied teams, this season in the competition, so there is that buzz. “What you tend to get
in the Vase is that teams are unknown quantities. “When you play in the
league, supporters come on to the ground expecting us to beat your Flixtons and your Glossop North Ends etc. “But in the Vase, you
just don’t know how good the opposition are.”
Chairman Burgess worried fixture back-log could lead to burn-out at Shawbridge
By CRAIG SALMON
CLITHEROE chairman Dave Burgess has blasted the organisation behind this season’s North West Counties’ League fixture list. The Blues go into Satur
day’s Carlsberg FA Vase showdown away to Ryman League side Ware knowing they are heading for a fix ture pile-up. Since Clitheroe’s last out
ing - a 2-0 win over Ather ton Collieries on December 28th - they have had three games called-off. And by the time the next
league game is played, Clitheroe will have gone almost a month without a league game. Burgess said: “We’ve had three games called-off and
If we don’t w a tch i t th e n we could be playing four games in a week like last year, and then you’re looking a t burn-out.
already, it’s going to cause us a massive fixture pile-up. “I can’t understand why
we don’t play more mid week games earlier in the season. “We play midweek
games right up until Sep tember but as mild as the weather has been in Octo ber, November and Decem ber, then I can’t understand why we don’t get more games played. “If you look at it, we
have cup games this week end and on Tuesday, so it’s going to be the 25th of this
Knockout entries deadline extended
THE deadline for entries to the Clitheroe and District Pool League individual knockout has been extended until Sunday. All entries must be handed in at the Royal British
Legion club in Clitheroe by 7 p.m. The draw will be made on the night and details will
be published in the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times next week. A special meeting has also been convened for play
ers interested in playing for the town
pool.teams in the new season. The meeting takes place at the Royal British
Legion club on Sunday, February 2nd, and starts at 2 p.m. All players, existing or new, interested in playing for either of the teams are urged to attend.
month before we will get a league game played this year. “It happens every year. I
think it was the middle of February when we played out first league game of last year. “If we win on Saturday,
which hopefully we will, another league game on’ a Saturday will be taken out to accommodate the next round. “And the league are usu
ally good to us when we have a run in the Vase, and so they give us a clear week
RESULTS Individual knockout
. M. Garner 2, B.H. Sims 0; M. Holmes 2, M. Roberts 0; J. Gib son and D. Hart scratched; A. Rydeheard 2, M. Lawson 0 ;S.; Traynor walkover v P. Clark; N. Harris 0, B. Watson 2; G. John son walkover v P. Craig; G. Ire land 1, S. Thompson 2; T. Byrne 0, P. Clegg 2; R. Gladwin 2, P. Baker 1; C. Lawson walkover v P. Lapicki; D. Ireland 2, G. Ainsworth 0; F. Whittaker 0, S.
son, starting in a few weeks time. All matches are played outdoors on an
T
Astroturf pitch close to the town centre on Monday evenings. The league is professionally organised
with on site administrators, and all games are FA refereed, with the emphasis on fair play nd enjoyment. Participants must be 16 or over.
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leading up to a Vase match, so that’s two league games we can’t play.
' “If we don’t watch it then we could be playing four games in a week like last year, and then you’re looking at burn-out. “I t affects the run-in to
the title. “I t ’s definitely some
thing I will take up with the league.” Meanwhile, Burgess is
expecting more than 100 Clitheroe supporters to make the trip down to Hertfordshire on Saturday. He added: “We have a
After Saturday’s match,
Clitheroe face a Marsden Lancashire Challenge Tro phy tie against North West Counties’ Second Division outfit Holker Old Boys. Sculpher added: “As
soon as we get back from Ware, we then, have to start preparing for Holker Old Boys. “They are doing well in
the Second Division and there’s a big incentive for them because they will have a local derby away at either Kendal Town or Barrow if they win.” Apart from himself and
Martin Aspinwall, who has just returned to full train ing from a pelvic injury, Sculpher has a fully fit squad from which to choose from for Saturday. • Directions for Ware. Go down the M6, pick up
the Ml and then the M10 (signposted St Albans) continuing onto the A414 (signposted Hatfield) to
join the A1(M) (signpost ed The North). Go through the Hatfield
Tunnel, then leave motor way and rejoin A414 (sign
NORTHWEST COUNTIES FOOTBALL
LEAGUE TABLES
First Division P W D L P
Prescot Cables. .26 20 4 2 64 CLITHEROE..23 15 5 3 50 Salloid City__24 14 6 4 48 Skel’sdaleUtd ..25 14 4 7 46 Mossley..........21 14 2 5 44 NewcastleTn ..24 12 7 5 43 St Helen’s Tn ...24 11 7 6 40 Nantwich Tn ...23 11 7 5 40 Fleetwood Tn ..22 9 3 10 30 Congleton Tn ..22 9 3 10 30 Squires Gate ...26 7 9 10 30 Akager Tn.......26 7 7 12 28 Flixton.......... .22 7 6 9 27 Curzon Ashton .24 6 7 11 25 Woodley Sports .23 6 7 10 25 Abbey Hey.......22 6 7 9 25 Warrington Tn .20 6 5 9 23 WinsfordUtd ..25 6 4 15 22 Glossop NE . . . .23 5 4 14 19 Atherton LR .. .23 4 6 13 18 Atherton Coll ..21 ,4 3 14 15 RamsbttmUtd .21 3 5 13 14 Reserve Division p W D L P
coach load going, some will be going on the players’ coach and some will be going in cars. “But I expect more than
100 to be going down there.”
Proctor 2; K.A. Smith 1, C. Gorzella 2; R. Grant 2, S. Black burn 1; G. Simkin 2, G. Black- bum 1.
DRAW Doubles Knockout
■ ■iC. and S. Edmondson (Rim- ington) v J. and S. Whittaker (Clitheroe Con.); G. Ireland and I. Nash (Clitheroe Con.) v M. Holmes and C. Drinkwater (Low Sloor); R. Gladwin and B. Hart (Downham) v J. Gibson and T. Rydeheard (Billington); M.
HE Burnley CorporateSix-A-Side Football League are on the lookout for teams for the forthcoming sea
Skel’sdaleUtd ..14 11 2 1 35 Padiham ........ 13 10 2 1 32 Clitheroe........ 14 8 6 0 30 Curzon Ashton .12 9. 0 3 27 Ashton Town ...11 8 1 2 25 Maine Road.. . .14 5 2 7 17 Squires Gate ...16 4 5 7 17 Atherton Coll ..10 4. 2 4 14 Glossop NE__13 2 7 4 13 Cheadle Town . .13 3 2 8 11 Chadderton__13 2 4 7 10 Daisy Hill.......15 0 3 12 3 Atherton LR ...12 1 0 11 3
CLITHEROE AND DISTRICT SNOOKER LEAGUE
Moss and D. Johnson (low Moor) v C. Corzelia and P. Bark er (Billington). All matches to be completed
by Monday, February 3rd. Failure to comply with the
above, will result in both parties' being scratched All results to be forwarded to
the competition organiser on 07977 238194 between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Teams needed for outdoor
football league For further information contact Jon
Sykes (01937 587012) for a full informa tion pack and application form.
,
posted Hertford). Pick Up the A10 (sign
posted Cambridge) and once over the viaduct, take the first exit (signposted Stevenage/BlOOl Ware North). At the roundabout take
the third exit signposted to Ware B1001 - this is West- mill Road/Watton Road. Carry on past the ceme tery, and carry on down the hill, going past Cintel on the right, and over a mini-roundabout. At the next, larger
roundabout, turn left again onto Wadesmill Road (A1170), which will take you past Charvills Garage, keep going up the hill, the ground is situated on the right within Wod- son Park Sports Centre. • Clitheroe Reserves
entertain Atherton Labur num Rovers on Saturday, kick-off 3 p.m., as they look to maintain their unbeaten record. Lee Boyer’s side were
due to take on Curzon Ashton at Shawbridge last Saturday, but the game was off due to a frozen pitch.
Lee has his eye on Upton Park final
By CRAIG SALMON
CLITHEROE goal machine Lee Cryer is hop ing to bury the ghost of past FA Vase disappointments this year. The 22-goal hit man will
be lining up for the Blues for Saturday’s crunch last 32 Vase tie away at Ryman League Second Division side Ware. And Cryer, a veteran of
Clitheroe’s runs to the semi finals and quarter-finals in the past two seasons, is hop ing his team can go one bet ter this year. Be said: “Obviously, we
memorable, but when we got beat 5-0 in the semi final at Taunton Town, that has to be one of my lowest points in football. “We let ourselves down
but we have a chance to put that right.” The final of the competi
tion is at Upton Park and Cryer admits he would love a crack at playing there, although he is no stranger to playing on football league grounds. . He added: “It would be a
dream to play at Upton Park or any league ground for that matter. “I ’ve actually played
got beat in the semi-finals a couple of years ago, and if you’re going to go that far in the competition then you have to make the final. “Hopefully we can go one
better this year. “The win at Chippenham
in the quarter-finals (Cryer, number 9, is pictured below celebrating one of the goals
from.strike partner Neil Spencer) was particularly
Clitheroe: The season so far
August
17 PRESCOT CABLES D 1-1 (Whittingham) 20 WARRINGTON TOWN W 1-0 (Whitting
ham) 24 Woodley Sports W 2-1 (Spencer 2) 27 Squires Gate W 6-0 (Cryer 3, Jackson 2, Spencer) 31 RADCLIFFE BOROUGH (FAC) L 1-3
(Cryer) September
3 W1NSFORD UNITED D 0-0 7 Atherton Collieries W 3-1 (Cryer 2, Spencer) 10 Atherton LR D 2-2 (Buggie, Spencer) 14 FLEETWOOD TOWN W 3-1 (Hart 3) 17 Mossley L 1-2 (Buggie). 21 SALFORD CITY W 3-0 (Whittingham, Gard- . ner, Cryer) 28 Prescot Cables L 2-4 (Buggie 2) October
5 NEWCASTLE TOWN L 1-2 (Stewart) 8 Flixton W 3-0 (Stewart 2, Cryer) 12 Glossop North End D 0-0 15 SQUIRES GATE W 4-2 (Cryer, Spencer, Whit tingham, Todhunter) 19 SKELMERSDALE UNITED W 3-2 (Jack- son, Cryer, Spencer) 26 ALSAGER TOWN W 6-1 (Cryer 2, Jackson 2, Jones, Hart)
November
2 Woodley Sports (Worthington Trophy 2nd Round) W 3-2 (Stewart, Cryer, Buggie) 9 BEDLINGTON TERRIERS (FA Vase 2nd Round) W 3-1 (Cryer 2, Whittingham) 16 Winsford United W 7-1 (Jackson 2, Cryer 3,
•Buggie 2) 23 ABBEY HEY W 1-0 (Stewart)
30 Skelmersdale United W 1-0 (Whittingham) December
7 STUDLEY (FA Vase 3rd Round) W 4-1 (Cryer 2, Stewart, Whittingham) 14 PRESCOT CABLES (Worthington Trophy 3rd Round)’W 4-1 (Jackson 2, Stewart, Buggie) 21 Newcastle Town D 0-0 26 Ramsbottom United W1-0 (Spencer) 28 ATHERTON COLLIERIES W 2-0 (Cryer, Whittingham)
January 4 SKELMERSDALE UNITED (Worthington
Trophy QF) P-P 7 HOLKER OLD BOYS (Marsden Trophy 2nd Round) P-P 11 Abbey Hey P-P
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game unbeaten run. He added: “We’re looking
forward to it, especially having not played for three weeks. All the lads are itch ing for a game. “We’re in good form. We
haven’t lost since Newcastle Town beat us last year, so we’re confident without being complacent.” The Vase always brings
out a feel good factor around Clitheroe, and Cryer admits it is some thing which doesn’t go amiss among the players. “Vase week is always spe-
against Fulham for Leigh RMI in the first round of the FA Cup in 1999. “We drew 1-1 at Craven
Cottage live on Sky Sports but lost 2-0 back at Leigh. “It was when Kevin Kee
gan was the manager of Fulham.” Cryer is looking forward
to tomorrow’s game and is confident of success, consid ering the club’s current 15-
. cial. The players look for ward to it when it comes around, i t ’s a nice break from the league. “Especially after beating
Bedlington in the last round, we have nobody to fear. “I ’m glad we haven’t
drawn anybody from oiir league, but we will know what to expect on Saturday and come 3 p.m., I’m sure Scully will have us fired up.”
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Kerins’ men in search of first victory
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