78 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, December 1st, 2005
Williams seals Trophy victory
By Adrian Capstick
Cl ith ero e.......................2 Woodley S p o r ts ............1
THIRTEEN is an unlucky number for some but not for Clitheroe, and certainly not for Saturday’s winning goalscorer Gary Williams. The ex-Accrington Stan
ley forward is the 13th differ ent goalscorer for the Blues this season and his first goal for the club couldn’t have come at a better moment than to put Clitheroe through to the First Round Proper of the FA Trophy. Aiid it was a great way to
celebrate his wife giving birth to a baby girl the night before. It was another late win
ner, another 89th minute wonder goal that Shaw- bridge has grown accus tomed to this season. However, before substitute
Williams won the game and Paul Stansfield had grabbed
an equaliser, it had appeared that lady luck was not riding with Clitheroe in this cup tie. Just six minutes into the
game, Clitheroe striker Paul Rogers was blatantly brought down in the penalty area, only to see play waved on.
get. And Evans had the best
opportunity of the first half when he rose to head a Simon Gamer free kick, only to see his effort go over the
bar. But Woodley held on to
Woodley broke away on
the counter attack, and speedy right-winger Mario Sergio Daniel handed the visitors a shock lead when he struck the bar with a left- foot shot and then smashed home the rebound with his
right. A further two penalty
appeals were ignored during the game, most notably when debutant striker Gareth Evans, in for injured namesake Tony, was pulled
down in the box. Goal scoring opportunities
were plentiful for Clitheroe though, as the Blues enjoyed the best efforts of the game but struggled to hit the tar
their slender lead until the 56th minute when Stansfield rose unchallenged to head home a Rogers cross. Evans made way tor
Williams, and the forward, although apparently not fully fit, added fresh impetus to the Clitheroe front line and scored a true striker’s
goal. He pulled the ball down
on his chest, muscled his way through the Woodley centre backs and planted his shpt firmly past Liam Higginbot- tom in the visiting goal. The Blues now face an
away trip in the next round to Conference North outfit Barrow on Saturday, December 17th.
Birthday blow for Tommy
Clitheroe........................ 7 Kendal Town ................0 {Match abandoned after 20 minutes)
IT was Tommy Lawson’s 55th birthday on Wednes day, but there was no iced cake wdth candles on Tues day night - just an iced pitch with fork handles.! This UniBond Challenge
Cup second round game was given the go ahead by the referee, and in the 20 minutes that were played, Clitheroe were well and truly on top, scoring through Paul Stansfield on
four minutes. The pitch did not change
in that short period of time - it looked white at kick off, but once the game got underway there was mini mal slippage, and when the pitch fork came out, it clearly entered the ground. The ball zipped along the surface, but it was far
from out of control. Clitheroe adapted to the
conditions far better than Kendal, but both teams had been in agreement to play the game, and surely once the referee had com mitted himself to play he
should have stuck to the game plan, otherwise the game should have been called off before kick-off. It was shame really because it was a good goal
from the Blues. The ball skimmed across
the pitch for Gareth Evans to latch onto, his speed car ried him past the Kendal back tour, and he cut the ball back for Stansfield to
smash home. The decision to cancel
the game was an unpopu lar one with the fans, who were not best pleased at the league ruling that once a cup game has started, a club should not give a full refund, but offer the oppor tunity to purchase tickets for the rearranged match
at half-price. Lawson wasn’t too
pleased with the referee either “It was very disap pointing, as if you’re going to make a decision, you’ve got to play to a conclusion. “It wasn’t likely to get any worse and in my opin-
. ion it didn’t; but the refer ee, in his wisdom, did. “It was a case of the team getting beat getting
on his case, and I was dis appointed that he allowed himself to be manipulated. “The difference was, our
lads are young and wanted to play the game in a posi tive manner, whereas Kendal have older players who have been around a bit and obviously didn’t want to play in the cold.” He added: “I didn’t
think the pitch was dan gerous as Keith Lord keeps a well-maintained surface. “There were no sharp
edges or frozen divots and I didn’t see any dangerous
play. “It’s not fair on the spec
tators, players or the club, some of which have a 100 mile trip. Referees don’t take into account the expense of electricity, wages and the club caterer, who would have throw away all his stock.” Other costs to consider
were the fact that Clitheroe had to pay for the Kendal coach too. The replay date for this
game is set for Tuesday, December 13th which will be Clitheroe’s last home game before Christmas.
Headstone rally in thriller
Readslone U12s Yellow 3 Barnoldswick Town . .3 THE Under 12s Yellow had a thrilling match with Barnoldswick Town at the
weekend. Readstone were 3-1
i r
down, but managed to sal vage a point through goals by Adam Haslam, Lloyd Standen and Craig Mar
tin. Daniel Martin was
man-of-the-match. Readslone Girls V13s .5 Haslingdon Girls . . . .3 READSTONE Girls con tinued their unbeaten start to the season with a 5-3 victory over Hasling- den Girls. Sophie Hindle scored a
double along with player of the match Alisha Cryer,
Rosie Robinson and an
own goal. In the previous week,
the girls progressed through to the second round of the cup with a close 3-2 win over Borrow-
dale. Player-of-the-match
Natalie Cassidy scored a brace with Alisha Cryer scoring the other.
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Whiteside is special guest
CLITHEROE Football Club held its first Sportsman’s Dinner in over a decade last Friday night. Over 200 people were in attendance
at Mytton Fold Hotel for the evening that saw former Manchester United, Everton and Northern Ireland for ward Norman Whiteside give an entertaining accovmt of his career. He touched on what it had been
like to be hailed the next George Best when, aged 17-years-old he went to the 1982 World Cup in Spain, and as a mark of respect, a minute’s silence was held for Best who died earlier
that day. Joining Whiteside was North East
comedian Mick Monroe who enter tained club sponsors, players, sup porters, and fellow top table guests, Ribble Valley Mayor Coun. Mary Robinson and her consort, in equal
measure.The majority of the tables were taken by local Clitheroe businesses, who kindly sponsor the town team. The club would like to thank them,
plnian Clitheroe; McDonald’s; Myl Furnishings; Mytton Fold Golf Club; Spex of Clitheroe; Purple Willow Estate Agents and Hype Clothing. Vice-chairman Mark Gidlow waj
elpla ylc
and the following companies who donated prizes for the auction ^ d raffle, for making the evening such a
success. Table sponsors: Johnson Matthey,
Vantage Vauxhall, Houldsworth Solicitors, K2 Glass, Clariant UK, Roger and Peter Hargreaves, Rose and Crown, the Bay Horse in Barr^, Stansfields Bakery, Carlsberg, PFA
and Pendle Hotel. Donations; Angel Lingerie; Seym ,
Menswean Byrnes Wineshm; Nettl^ tons Clitheroe, Clitheroe Golf Club professional Paul Mcevoy; Hotetic Theropeia; Greenacre Honda; King Charles Restaurant, Barrow; Trav-
compere for the evening and he con ducted the auction, which saw high bids taken for a signed Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff bat, a signed and framed Wayne Rooney shirt, as weli as signed merchandise donated by Blackburn Rovers and Burnley FC. Tickets to see Manchester United and Liverpool also went under tht
hammer. Funds raised on the night will be
split between Clitheroe Football Cluh and a local charity nominated by the Ribble Valley Mayor, known as the Giraffe Bus.
Cavaliers miss excellent opportunity
Clitheroe Cavaliers . .22 Blackpool....................25 THE Cavaliers knew after this game that they had blown a great chance to take a much-needed mid
table scalp. The visitors got on top
from the start with two first half tries, and only dogged defending by the Clitheroe men kept them in the game. Then, follow ing a good spell of attack ing play by the Clitheroe pack and some outstand ing counter attacking runs from Brian Wood at full back. Bill Thatcher broke clear of the defence, sprint ed 20 yards and dived over in the corner to drag Clitheroe back into the
game. When veteran scrum-
half Tattersall left the held just before half time,still struggling to regain his match fitness, a shift was required in the back line, so Brian Wood moved from full back to scrum-half and Nathan Peel came into the centre. Further re-organisation
was required when number eight Dave Newton also retired from the field with
Clilheroe 2nds...............0 Brookfields...................0 CLITHEROE, eighth at the start of play, knew they were going to be up against it against second-placed Brookfields, but played their best hockey of the season to earn a draw. Brookfields had only lost
one game this campaign, and Clitheroe rose to the occasion, despite being without a number of key players. The playing for- mationan was much changed from usual, but it certainly worked. Stand-in captain, Gaye
year.
a badly-bruised shin, and this time Ralph Rigby stepped into the breach. Just before half-time a
restart, but following the ensuing scrum, they did regain possession to forge deep into the defending
second try was scored by the home side, and this time it was second row Jon Sharpe showing a clean pair of heels to the trailing opposition to claim his sixth of the season. The second half was a
half.
a certain tiy went begging, as again Clitheroe took the wrong option in a domi nant attacking position just inches from the line. League convert Mark
With just seconds to go,
close-fought battle, with one try from the Cavaliers courtesy of substitute Rigby, and another from the Blackpool loose for ward. With the score locked at
the importance of team work from this fixture, as Wharfedale played some outstanding rugby that was a delight to behold. As individuals, Clitheroe
Preston had an excellent game on the wing, making several strong runs, and Anthony Kinglake again showed he has pace to
bum. And unless the Cavaliers
22-22, it looked as though Clitheroe would at least take the draw. But it was not to be as
put some hard work in at training, better results than this are unlikely. Both teams are in league
first Peel missed a fairly simple clearance kick - it must have been the .sun in his eyes - which put the home side under some unexpected pressure, then Rigby was penalised for losing his temper with the referee. Blackpool took the points on offer, and with it
the lead. With only four minutes
to the final whistle, Clitheroe sliced the
Preston had a superb game as sweeper, while stalwart Carolyn Taylor went from right back to centre for ward in the space of a few minutes! It is just as well the side
action this coming week end, with Clitheroe sec onds entertaining Orm- skirk at Littlemoor, kick off 2-30 p.m., and the first team are at Garstang in a crucial game where only a win will do. Meanwhile, Clitheroe’s
matched, and in some cases exceeded, their oppo site numbers, but as a team Wharfedale were outstanding. Their selfless passing and support play was top
drawer. Gutsy defending from
Joe Lee, James Higson and Elliot Artingstoll, in par- Q ticular, was never going to be enough as they tried to stem the forward momen
tum of Wharfedale. Surging runs from Jacob ^
Shorrock, Dom Giles and Joe Lee, who scored Clitheroe’s try, hint at pos sibilities to come. Clitheroe
showed
Under 15/16s had a tough fixture against Wharfedale - the most organised side the locals have played against. Clitheroe should learn
very strong and soon a lot of play went to their attack, but Clitheroe were up to keeping them out. Clitheroe also had a lot
have so many versatile players among those who have played for Clitheroe for over two decades, as well as the up-and-coming youngsters. The locals started well,
courage and great spirit, but in this game of hard knocks, team work is the game breaker. Their next game is at
home to Skipton on December 18th.
Best performance of season earns superb draw
Brookfields when the keep er fell on the ground and
obscured the ball. Catherine was voted
of attacks and could very easily have scored. In the second half,
player-of-the-match by the opposition and it was very
well-deserved. Clitheroe were thankful
moving the ball around in the middle of the pitch for some time. Brookfields, justifying their second spot, were
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Clitheroe still had some attacks, but Brookfields were even more determined to score, frustrated at a score of 0-0. They had a lot of good shots, but goal keeper Catherine McMil lan played a brilliant game to keep everything out, including a very well-taken penalty stroke, awarded to
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to keep a clean sheet against a team that were expected to beat them, but good teamwork and a huge amount of determination
ensured a fine draw. 10th.
■ CLITHEROE Ladies’ Turkey Shoot was held last Thursday, and Coun ty captain Chris Stokes won the Silver Divisions nine-hole competition
with 15 points. Diane Buttle amassed
17 points and secured the Bronze Division honours on a card play-off.
game this weekend, but ^ will be in action the follow ing Saturday, December
The seconds have no j o II
Manager: Dave Astley. Squad: Back row: Sam Jennings,
Sebastien Cerami, Jack Ryden; Liam Kinney, Thomas Baldwin, Richard
Lang, Nick Gizzi. Front row: Willis Introna, William
Kenyoni,' Sam Cross;'James Wade,. David Astley,' Liam Boyle and Peter Hogan. Players not pictured: Richard, Grayston, Luke Wareing. League: Hyndbum and District Boys’-. League (Under 14s Yellow Division)
Globe Bullough Park . .4 Whalley Juniors U13s . .0 WHALLEY produced their worst performance of the season as Globe ran out easy winners. Globe scored almost straight from the kick-off.
Honours; 2000/1 - Runners-up Under
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League Cup. 2003/4 - Runners-up Under 11s Dales
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and added the second five minutes later. To their credit, Whalley
battled back and dominat ed the last 15 minutes of the first half, but were unable to get a goal back. The second half was an
even affair, with chances at either end, but Globe added two more goals to seal the win. Goalkeeper Seb Cerami
played well for Whalley, but on the whole it was a disap pointing team performance.
Lions go nap again
Clilheroe Lions......................................5 Silsden.....................................................0 CLITHEROE Lions produced a second straight 5-0 victory to remain top of the Craven and District First Division. The away side were always up against it,
as they started the match with only 10 men and set out their stall for a draw. It took half an hour for the Lions to
break the deadlock, as centre back Matt Day, playing up front, powered through to produce a fine save from the keeper, only for the predatory Holden to tap home the
loose ball. But shortly after, keeper Mashiter pro
duced a wonderful save, tipping over a looping 35-yard shot that could have altered the game. As the game went on, the Silsden young-
Chipping ......................4 Ley land Red Rose . . . .2 CHIPPING continued their good run with anoth er victory on Satmday. But despite the win, the
locals were less than con vincing.
lead through their skipper Dan Austin. John Ross floated an
Chipping took an early
inviting cross for Austin to power a header home. But Chipping failed to
build on this breakthrough and allowed the visitors too much of the ball. . ■ Leyland showed little
fluency in open play, but threatened at set pieces.; : One'deep'corner was
nodded back, but Matt Ireland saved with his feet; amidiclaims that the ball; had crossed the line. The; referee; however,-waved;
sters begun to tire, and after almost con stant pressure, man-of-the-match Callaghan scored the first of his two goals. Day then scored a well-crafted goal,
before adding his second shortly after the r6sfc&rt And after a Silsden player was sent off
for petulant behaviour, substitutes Brian- Neil Davies and John Mashiter combined to give Callaghan the ball deep in the Sils
unleashing a shot that cruelly deflected
den half. He carried past three players before
past the helpless keeper. Despite playing against nine men in the
end, the Lions will be grateful for an excel lent win despite missing three key players. Clitheroe Lions are proudly sponsored by Castle Cement.
away their protests. ■ Shortly after. Chipping
extended their lead. Valen tine was held down by the visiting defender in the box, and Steve Proctor stepped up to cooly net. Chipping should have
had another penalty short ly after as Danny Austin showed quick feet, only to be crudely chopped down. However, the ref ignored
appeals and-the score remained 2-0 at the break. The second half began
; Austin and man-of-the- : match 1
well for Chipping, and they began to play some decent football as Leyland chased the game.
asserted themselves in the middle, and a glorious
Chris Leighton
tldrd goal arrived." Excellent play released
Fordham down the left;
and he produced a delight ful cross which Ross cracked in from outside the box. Bridge canie off the
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Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, December 1st, 2005 79 Waddington crash
Waddinglon ................1 Oxenhope .................... 5 WADDINGTON suffered their worst league defeat of the .season so far when they were beaten by a good Oxenhope side on Saturday. 'The West Yorkshire side
s r - mi
intense pressure, with Waddington keeper Willa cy making some good saves, before they gradual ly got back into the game. In the 15th minute
lie second in the Devon shire Carpets Craven Pre mier League, and perhaps the scoreline flattered them. As is their usual habit,
Waddington should have equalised when Tierney volleyed over from close range. Five minutes later
Waddington were caught cold in the opening two minutes when, following a cross into the home penal ty area, the visiting centre forward was allowed to head home unchallenged. The home side then had to endure 10 minutes of
to create and miss clear chances, many of which were within the six yard area. O.xenhope scored a third
just before half-time from a well-taken free kick. Shortly after the com
Waddington missed their best chance of the half when Fletcher rounded the keeper only to completely miss the empty goal. Immediately following a
mencement of the second half, Waddington pulled a goal back when Tattersall scored with a fierce drive following good attacking play from Holden. As in the first half, the
corner from the home team, Oxenhope broke quickly and added a sec ond, courtesy of an own goalby Cunliffe. Waddington continued
the score should have been 5-3 in Waddington’s favour, but such was their com plete lack of luck, a fourth goal was again scored from a needlessly-conceded free kick in the 80th minute, and a fifth goal added five minutes later on to give the visitors their victory. On a positive note, the
home side continued to miss good scoring chances. Tierney had a headed
home side can look at the number of chances created, which on another day would have given them a hatful of goals. Waddington’s next game
effort cleared off the line, and more chances were missed by Fletcher, Cane and Dugdale. Realistically at this stage
is a league fixture this Sat urday at home t o ' Crosshills, kick off 2 p.m., players to meet at the pavilion at 1.15 p.m.
Rimington ease to away win
Kelbrook........................................0 Rimington....................................4 RIMINGTON turned in another improved performance to ease past Kelbrook. The locals created enough chances
but his effort was blocked on the line, and then a cross-shot from an acute angle struck the post. Kelbrook had a couple of excellent
in the first half to have put the result beyond any doubt, but they only managed a solitary goal from Jon Penman’s towering far post header from an excellent cross from Matt (joulter. Coulter was guilty of glaring miss
es, the first from close range which cleared the bar, and soon after he latched onto a mistake by the keeper.
goal for Mankowski to finish with a brave diving header. The hard-working Coulter, whose
chances as crosses fizzed across the face of goal, hut the keeper was rarely troubled. Terry Braithwaite asked his men to
step up a gear in the second half, and his troops did not disappoint, extend ing their lead in their first attack when O’Neill crossed to Penman, who flicked a header to Coulter, before picMng up the return and firing into the comer. Penman then headed back across
unselfish running created gaps for the midfield to exploit, was given a rest, replaced by Dave Whalley, who latched onto an excellent through ball from Nick Curtis to skip past a last- ditch tackle and fire home the fourth. That killed off Kelbrook, and Sat
urday will show if Rimington have improved enough with a home fixture against high-riding Langho, kick-off 2 p.m.
Derby cracker not for faint-hearted
Riminglon Reserves . . .6 Hurst Green Reserves .3 THIS wasn’t a game for the faint hearted, with a lot at stake and tempers rising! Though the pitch was
utes later with a left foot strike into the comer. Rimin^on got their sec
quite heavy, this didn’t slow the pace of the game down as the ball was passed about by both sides with extreme confidence. End to end and fast and
an easy tap-in. "With a forced substitu
ond 10 minutes later, mth Carter again scoring with a looping header. But Green levelled when
former Rimington player Emmett, who was a threat all game, unleashed a shot into the top left comer. Rimington responded
furious, the first goal was n’t long in coming as Hurst Green got a lucky break when a header looped over the keeper into the far cor
ner. This seemed to spur
Rimington on, and Carter got the equaliser five min
tion, with man-of-the- match McClean departing, Hurst Green the impetus to take the game to Rim ington. They piled forward time
with a third goal as McClean powered forward to score with a slight deflec tion, but Green hit the post, after a shp from keep er Anderson, before a quick free-kick caught Riming ton out, with the unmarked forward having
to edge in front again through Carter. Hurst Green still came
after time, but Rimington held on thanks to some great defending by W. Green, Gordon, Burgess and McGuire. Rimington gradually got
forward, but it was that man again Carter who scrambled home his fourth and Rimington’s fifth. With the two-goal cush
ion, Rimington had one hand on all three points and took command of the game. And Threlfall finished
more and more into the second half by man mark ing Hurst Green playmak- er Emmett out of the game. And Rimington got the lucky break they deserved
the match with the goal of the game with 15 minutes to go. He brought the ball
down, and from 40 yards, blasted the ball over the stranded keeper.
Joe’s double blast as Wolves move into second
BcUhorne .....................................7 Wolves Under 15s ........................ 4
bench to make it 4-0 short ly after, showing great composure to lift the ball over the keeper and into
the nets. The villagers seemed to
think they had done enough to win, but the vis itors showed real spirit as they scored two good headed goals of their own. In the end. Chipping
were relieved to hear the final whistle. Leyland probably
■ deserved something from
the.game, but clinical fin-
f ishing-Trom Chipping
- Longton at home on Sat urday (kick-off 2 p.'m4)..,
proved dedsiva ' xTheivillagers play. Newr
THANKS to two goals from Joe Ward, Wolves moved second in the Accrington League after a compre
hensive win. Further goals from Jack Burkett
and the industrious Ryan Finnegan helped the locals fight back from a
first half hour and did everything but score, with Ward hitting the bar. 'They were made to pay when
goal down. Wolves completely dominated the
Belthome took the lead with an excel lent long range finish, but Clitheroe responded when Matt Biimey’s cross was poked in by Ward. "Wolves completed, the recovery
finish, and Finnegan got the goal his efforts deserved late in the game. Wolves could have added more but
were denied by the Belthorne keeper, who earned the referee’s man-of-the- match award for his efforts. Ryan Graves had a superb game,
dominating the midfield area, and Josh Holgate maintained his excel
lent run of form. Barnoldswick Town..................... 1 Wolves Under 13s Red .................3 WOLVES returned to winning ways at the weekend with this Warburtons League success. Two first half goals, from Meyler
with Burkett heading in a comer sec onds before the break. The second half continued in the
to Charlton to settle the nerves when he volleyed into the net after a comer was not cleared. Fulledge C o l ls ............................... 4 Wolves Under 10s .........................7 WOLVES suffered a disappointing defeat at the hands of Fulledge Colts. A lapse in concentration midway through the first half let in the Colts. The boys knuckled down, but just
before the interval the ball took a deflection and left the Wolves keeper with no chance. This came at a time when the
and Capstick, were ample reward for a half dominated by the Wolves. The second half performance was
same vein with Wolves spending most of the game in their opponents’ half. "Wairi added his second with a neat
not as strong, however, and the "Wolves could easily have conceded more than the one goal. Man-of-the-match Thomson
worked well down the left to provide an outlet from defence, and it was left
Wolves were dominant, and on the stroke of half-time, Calum Smalley was one-on-one with the keeper and pulled a goal back for the visitors. After the interval the Wolves had
no reply to Fulledge as the home team struck twice more to seal the
win. Man-of-the-match was awarded to
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