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Evans brace paves way for cup win


Clilhcroe ....................4 Woodley S p o r ts ..........2 TWO goals from Tony Evans and one apiece from Paul Stansfield and the returning Chris Whitting- ham saw Clitheroe through to the second round of the TJniBond League Challenge Cup for the first time on Tuesday night. The Blues fluency in


returned to steady the cen­ tre of midfield and Stans­ field was at his usual high tempo best, but it was Evans who showed the biggest mark in improve­ ment as he latched on to a defensive error to run in on


two goals came easily to them as Woodley Sports had a somewhat depleted side compared to the side th a t gave Clitheroe a fright four weeks ago. Clitheroe won that game too, but nowhere near as convincingly as this encounter. Captain Neil Reynolds


scoring on eight minutes when Craig Sargeson laid off a controlled ball across the box for Clitheroe’s box- to-box midfielder to smash home. Both of the Blues first


front of goal returned and there was much more urgency in their play than Saturday’s league defeat. Stansfield opened the


By Adrian Capstick


on 75 minutes gave the Blues cause for concern as Woodley forward Wes Wilkinson beat Ian Kear­ ney for pace when he run from his own half to set up Daniel in the Clitheroe area. Gary Jackson had been


Ton)’ Evan.s


goal and net his first. He must have found his


goal from the former Mossley player which had even the home fans clap­ ping, but his second strike


their foot off the gas for a moment and a stunning individual goal by substi­ tute right-winger Mario Sergio Daniel saw the 21- year-old leave Owen Roberts and the rest of the Blues defence in his trail to beat a full-stretch Peter Collinge from distance. It was an exceptional


shooting boots in the Shawbridge dressing room as he coolly dispatched a second from the spot in the second half after Sargeson was brought down in the box to see Clitheroe 3-0 up after 55 minutes. However the Blues took


forced off at this stage with serious pain to his knee but the Blues were not about to run to risk of Woodley forcing a draw which could have hap­ pened if the returning Whittingham had not net­ ted to put the game beyond the visitors. And after Saturday’s


defeat at Belper, Clitheroe manager Tommy Lawson was yet again pleased to see his side turn it around for a home game, he said; “ I t was a good match, there was much more com­ mitment and they looked like they wanted to play. We went back to basics, played it simple and got the results. “Woodley were a bit like


us, they had made some changes and were a differ­ ent side to last time. Alan Coar got another run out and Owen Roberts started his first game, which was good to see. And Tony Evans now has nine goals which is very encourag­ ing.’’


Spotlight on ... Whalley Juniors Under 17s


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Name: Russell Clarke Dale of birth: 03/06/1982 Town of Birth: Burnley


Previous Clubs: Ludlow Town Leek CSOB


Position: Centre half/right back


Sponsored liy: Roy Fearnhead


Profession: PE Teacher


Most difficult opponent: None spring to mind


Best player played with: Michael Lennon


Worst dressed team-mate: Simon Garner


Which team do you support: Burnley


Favourite meal: Sausage and mash


Favourite holiday: Turkey Favourite film: Rocky IV


Would most like to meet? John Terry


Biggest influence: Warsteiner (lager)


Last book I read:


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Belper Town ..............2 Clilheroe ....................0 AWAY fixtures on a Satur­ day have not been Clitheroe’s forte this sea­ son as this trip to the Peak District yet again proved. Opponents Belper Town


weren’t a great footballing side, but their one trick of turning Clitheroe’s back four around by chipping the ball over the top proved effective, and strik­ er Laurence Hall used it to full effect to score the opener in the ninth minute.


but were thwarted each time either by the superb goalkeeping of Belper keeper Andrew Carney, or the poor finishing of "Tony Evans, who must have left his scoring boots at Shaw­ bridge. By contrast, Belper


badly, they just didn’t play well. They had their chances


Kidsgrove Athletic and Bridlington Town before them, they were the more committed side who were determined to earn the three points. Clitheroe didn’t play


pushover. And like Gresley Rovers,


were bottom of the Uni- Bond League First Divi­ sion before the Blues rolled into Derbyshire. But they were far from a


Cliri.s Clark Clitheroe were caught


out at the back, Peter Collinge came off his line to close the angle, but a great finish from Hall beat the keeper and a last ditch attempted clearance. At the opposite end,


suspended Simon Garner on the left wing, saw his effort on 21 minutes palmed out by the giant Belper keeper. And the Blues could


Evans had three good opportunities to pull the score back in the opening half, thanks to the creative play of Craig Sargeson, only his final touch was found to be lacking each time. Chris Clark, in for the


By Adrian Gapstick


take made by fellow cen­ tre-half George Melling to halt another free run on goal by Hall.


Clitheroe’s best chances


on goal were to be found in the second half. Gary Jackson tested the


keeper with his first and only real opportunity of the game when his bullet header from a Sargeson free kick was tipped over. And from the resulting


corner, Parr’s header would have found the back of the net but for a Belper player on the line. Belper doubled their


lead in the 72nd minute when a corner wasn’t dealt with, and Andy Rushbury made the most of a goal­ mouth scramble to poke home. Right-back Ian Kearney


forced another brilliant stop out of Carney when his fierce header from the edge of the box was acro­ batically saved, and a sec­ ond shot from the Clitheroe captain was also kept out. It just wasn’t going to


have been 2-0 down at half-time if not for Ryan Parr, who rectified a mis­


happen for Clitheroe. Chances came and went,' but confidence and convic­ tion was lacking - and that seems to be the difference between home and away games on a Saturday this : season.


Unbeaten run goes on


Wtialley Under 17s____7 A k z o ............................1


Manager: Jon Smith. Coach: Jon Harvey. Squad: James Maxwell (goalkeeper),


Alex Smith, Robert Kellaway (captain), Ollie Harrison (vice-captain), Aaron Catchpole, Dylan Woods, Chris Baron, Sam 'Taylor, Jamie Robertson, Donald Wharton, Mark Leach, Marlon Murray, Rob Garvin, Jon Bartley, Scott Pilking- ton, Michael Dilworth. League: Red Rose Assurance League. Honours; Blackburn and Darwen


League Under 8s sportsmanship award. Hyndbum and District Boys’ League


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Roefield. Contact: Jon Smith (01254 822220) • Whalley Under 17s head the Red


Under 16s sportsmanship award. Sponsors: Whalley Warm and Dry Outdoor Clothing and Equipment. Training: Tuesday, 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. at


enough players for this term blit aim to form a senior Whalley side(s) next sea­ son that could compete in the East Lan­ cashire League.


Rose Youth League and are on course to win their first-ever league title. They currently have more than


Next week... Whalley Pumas Under 16s »to appear in this new weekly feature contact adrian.capstick(@castIahcsncws.co.uk ssoc


early shock as Clitheroe took the lead within 10 minutes, but the villagers got the ball on the floor


excellent wins against Ossy Villa and Lammack in recent weeks, both of whom beat Whalley twice last year. Whalley Under 13s___2 Wolves Under 14s........2 WHALLEY were excel­ lent value for this draw against older opposition. Whalley were given an


League table-toppers Whalley hammered home their superiority through five goals from Jamie Robertson and one each from Mark Leach and Robertson. This victory follows


beat them three times last year, the victory highlight­ ed how far Whalley have progressed this season. Red Rose Assurance


UNBEATEN Whalley Under 17s and Akzo met at the weekend, with the locals coming out with their record intact after a 7-1 win. Against a team that


Rossendale’s equaliser, and the Pumas were unlucky to concede in the last minute of the half. The second half was one


strongly and throroughly deserved to take the lead when Tom Wallbank fired in from Simon Cowgill’s long throw after 20 min­ utes. Route one football led to


to win the game but in the end a draw was a fair result. Whalley Under 16s . . . .7 Rossendale U ld .......... 6 WHALLEY Pumas went down to a 6-1 defeat against Rossendale United in an inconsistent display. The locals started


Clitheroe start strongly to regain the lead with a well- taken goal, but Whalley hammered away and equalised again with a Peter Hogan goal, superbly created by Jack Ryan. Both sides had chances


and equalised late in the half through Will Kenyon. The second half saw


the game throughout but found their opponents’ goalkeeper in inspired form to prevent a high score.


on target, and man-of-the- match Raees Bleasdale put in an outstanding per­ formance. Readstone dominated


Readslone Under 13s . .3 Baxenden Villa............ 1


Readstone had Ryan Molyneaux, Sam Langford and Billy Crawshaw to thank as they beat Baxen­ den Villa 3-1.


to forget. As the playing condi­ tions deteriorated so did


same team beat Blackburn Shamrocks 6-4, with goals


Adam Greenwood. The previous week the


Man-of-the-match was


Riley and Simon Cowgill gave committed perform­ ances. Readslone United Under 12s Yellow....................3 Brier field Cellic..........1 AN Adam Haslam brace aided Readstone United to victory over Brierfield Celtic at the weekend. Lloyd Standen was also


the Pumas’ form and shape as Rossendale hit four unanswered goals. Tom McGurty, Alex


after some dreadful defending. Wolves briefly stirred and pulled one back with an excellent fin­ ish by Meyler. M an -o f - th e -m a tch


of Colne were more than a match for the Wolves squad of 14.


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Dewhurst then had a fur­ ther goal disallowed by a debatable off-side decision, before being caught out again at the death. In the end, the 10 men


Gordon Wilson receives the most improved player award from Mrs Bosonnet, watched by Allan Clements, (s)


home side until the break, the team looked like a shadow of the one that promised so much last sea­ son. After going two down


poor draw, the locals slumped to a new low as Colne totally outplayed them. Although they held the


from Langford, Green­ wood, Molyneaux, Sam Schofield and man-of-the- match Crawshaw (2). Colne Juniors.............. 3 Wolves Under 13s Red .1 WOLVES’ unbeaten start to the season came to an abrupt end with this latest unconvincing display. Following last week’s


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Oswaldlwislle St Mary’s . . . .2 Rim in y lon ............................ .5 RIMINGTON hit a purple patch in the first half hour of this East Lancashire First Division fixture, scoring four goals to put the game beyond the home side’s reach.


Playing into a strong wind, the


Kate Brunskill receives the bowlers trophy on behalf of Stephen, with Mick Smalley (Chairman), Mrs M. A.


Bosonnet (President) and Allan Clements in attendance. Stephen also won a plaque giving details of his 124 not out against Roundhay (away) in August, (s)


Chris lays the Seed


for success


BOLTON-by-Bowland’s Chris Seed was acknowl­ edged as the village crick­ et team’s most outstand­ ing player this season at the club’s annual presenta­ tion evening. He took home two tro­


phies on the night, the John Theaker award for the most outstanding per­ formance over the course of the season, as well as the batting trophy. President Mrs M.A.


Wilson was nominated the side’s most improved play­ er.


Players’ player of the


year went to D. Ashton, A. Clement picked up the clubman of the year award and the chairman’s award went to C. Darlington. The evening was well-


Bosonnet presented the trophies on the night, and the highest score accolade went to N. Bunyon, while P. Smalley took the catch of the season award and S. Booth walked off with the best bowling performance award. The Thursday night tro­


phy was presented to T. Hall, S. Reynolds was named best fielder and G.


attended by members and friends of the club in the village hall, where chair­ man Michael Smalley wel­ comed everyone and Mr A. Clements gave a resume of the year. Mr Douglas Moss was


presented with a bottle of whisky for his work as groundsman, and the chairman thanked Mrs Bosonnet and presented her with flowers. Supper was provided by “Mood Food” and the evening ended with a disco.


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visitors kept the ball on the floor for much of the time, and when they had to knock it long, they found Jon Penman in dominant mood. His headed flicks released


Coulter on several occasions, and from one of these. Coulter found Mankowski to finish well. Coulter then added a spectac­


ular second with an acrobatic overhead effort. Penman headed home a pin-point O’Neill corner, and then struck a fourth when he turned in the box and lashed in a


Promotion hopes hit by defeat


DOG Inn’s promotion hopes suffered a set­ back on Sunday as they lost 3-1 to Stan- hill’WMC at Wilson’s. Nick Lord's late


effort, his fifth goal in three games, was to provide only scant consolation for The Budweiser Boys at the end of a match domi­ nated by torrential rain. Manager Simon


Kerins was disappoint­ ed with the result, but remains hopeful that his side can get their promotion campaign back on course: "This is obviously a setback, but there are still 12 games to go and we are more than capable of getting back in the hunt." Dog take on Station


at Wilson’s next Sun­ day.


fierce left-foot shot. As Rimington eased off, the


home side broke away and chipped Kershaw to score. In the first minute of the sec­


ond half, Kershaw was adjudged to have pushed an opponent in his attempt to gather a loose ball in the penalty area, and the spot kick was dully converted to make it 4-2. Rimington came back at


Oswaldtwistle and had several chances to extend the lead, but it was left to Mankowski to score from the spot after Penman had been upended. A home fixture against Good-


Riminglon Reserves............3 Read Uld ..............................1 RIMINGTON continue to chal­ lenge for the East Lancashire Reserve Division title thanks to this hard-fought victory over local rivals Read United. The poor condition of the pitch,


due to heavy rain in the week, was a leveller, and despite being unable to get their slick passing underway, Rimington created enough chances in the first half to have secured the game. However, there was just one


shaw will certainly point to whether Terry Braithwaite’s side have turned the corner, but the manager is pleased with the last couple of games now that his men have fotmd their shooting boots.


goal before the break after a mix- up in the Read defence allowed Carter to pounce on a loose ball for a tap in. As the pitch worsened, it was


imperative that Rimington came out in the second half with much more aggression, as the next goal could decide the game.


Waddington’s early cup exit


Waddinylon................2 Carleton......................3 WADDINGTON’S indif­ ferent season continued when they were knocked out of the Premier Cup by Carleton, a team which the villagers had already beaten twice in the league. The game got off to a


Waddington’s lead. Waddington’s ability to


self destruct surfaced again in the second half when an individual error allowed the visitors to equalise. But with just eight min­


slow start but Waddington started to make in roads and on 20 minutes took the lead when Cane scored from close range. However, the visitors


equalised when a free kick was needlessly conceded following bad distribution from Waddington keeper Willacy and poor marking. Tierney missed a good


utes to go Waddington looked the side most likely to score only to yet again see individual error allow Carleton to break away and take the lead. During the closing min­


utes the home team laid siege to the visitors goal and clear cut chances to equalise were missed by Tierney and Cane. And despite some good


chance to put Waddington back in to the lead when he headed over the bar with an open goal in front of him and Fletcher was denied a penalty appeal when he was clearly felled in the opposing penalty area. However, Cane restored


Rimington’s management


asked more of their team and that was what they got. But despite having total domi­


nance of the game, they couldn’t quite find that killer goal. That was until Hall powered


forward, kept the ball in and crossed for an unmarked Carter to head in his second. Rimington then uncharacteris­


tically took their foot off the gas and allowed Read back in to the game with an easy goal. The locals didn’t leave it long


to regain their two-goal margin, and a good cross from Threlfall and a surging run from Brown saw the latter head home. Walmsley, on his return to the


side, was named man-of-the- match. The locals will have their work cut out on Saturday with a top of the table clash at Langho.


Pinard leads Lions to victory


Clilheroe L io n s ........ 4 In ta k e ....................... 1 CLITHEROE Lions ended an impressive October on a high with a 4-1 win over Intake in the Craven League First Division League Cup. ThS Lions went 1-0 up


wiched between two Intake strikers. The Lions put the pres­


in the first half hour through leading scorer Christophe Pinard, who latched on to a superb ball and expertly finished the move. A deep Callaghan cross


individual performances and an overall good team performance, individual errors are costing the team dearly every week, and if the team as a whole can eliminate these errors, then their results should improve dramatically. Waddington’s next game


Waddington’s lead when he met another good deliv­ ery from Fletcher to head home and restore


produced the second goal for the Lions, superbly judged and headed in by Tom Benfield from a tight angle. Intake then came on


to be on their guard on many occasions. And keeper John


Day and P. Clegg had


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sure back onto Intake and forced a series of cor­ ners and free-kicks. Callaghan struck another well-measured comer and Benfield was there on the edge of the area to con­ vert with a wonderful scissor kick th a t flew home. Intake pulled one back


after a dubious spot kick decision, after the ball seemed to strike Ben- fields shoulder more than anything else. But the Lions finished


the attack more, gam­ bling with an extra strik­ er.


Mashiter was required to make two fine saves - being brave enough to punch the ball away in the six yard box despite being knocked to the ground after being sand­


the job off late in the game with a typical counter attack, Holden threading through a fine ball to Pinard, who knocked the ball into the Intake goal to make the score 4-1. The Lions completed


their second cup \vin in as many weeks and will be aiming for as much silver­ ware as possible in the season ahead.


Late show earns Chipping victory


Leyland Red Rose................2 Chipping............................. 3 ANOTHER late show from Chipping proved enough to see off a useful Leyland outfit at Worden Park on Saturday. Chipping broke the deadlock


through the deadly Steve Proc­ tor, who latched onto a good ball, rounded the goalkeeper and squeeze the ball into the net from a tight angle. The lead was almost doubled


shortly after through Mick Garth, who unleashed a fierce drive which was somehow kept


out by an outstanding save fol­ lowing a wicked deflection. But the villagers were pegged


back as the first half drew to a close, as the home side scored from what looked an off-side position. The second half began dread­


extended their lead but for a brave clearance from Pete Mars- den on the line. A number of chances for Dean


land defended desperately, but a moment of pure magic was to prove decisive. Joe Melling collected the ball


fully for Chipping as they con­ ceded in the first few minutes. The Leyland striker found him­


and Danny Austin should have brought them level, but it was leading marksman Proctor who again scored an invaluable goal. A long throw from John Ross


self clear of the defence and he sliced his shot so badly it ended up as a perfect pass to his team­ mate, who finished with ease. The home side could have


landed at the feet of Proctor and he turned to clinically fire home. Proctor has now scored 12 in


his last five games and has proven an excellent addition to the Chipping side this term. Following the equaliser. Ley-


from Joe Baines and cut inside the full back, and from 35 yards he unleashed a stunning drive which soared past the keeper into the top right-hand corner. This win sees Chipping rise to


second in the division, and they will be looking to take their league form into their Guildhall Cup match this Saturday at the Pre­ ston Sports Arena against Royal Garrison (1-30 p.m. kick off).


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