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Clitheroe ....................3 Rossendale U ld ......... 1 TWO goals from Tony Evans and another from Paul Rogers saw Clitheroe through to the next round of the Lancashire FA Co operatives Challenge Tro phy with victory over Rossendale on Tuesday
CLITHKROK I’LAYER
PROFILES By Edward Lee
BURNLEY Football Club is losing £20,000 a week. And unless there is an unexpected
windfall, that is a Turf Moor fact of life.
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the club’s annual meeting th a t despite having one of the lowest wage budgets in the division - 19th out of 21 who publish figures - the club faces the continued prospect of trad ing at a loss. The proposal agreed last year to
Shareholders heard on Monday at Namc: Tony Evans
Date of birth: 04/01/1986
Town of Birth: Merseyside
Previous Clubs: Southport FC
Position: Striker (Usually wears No 9)
Sponsored by: Andy Jackson
Goals scored this season: 11
Profession: Plumbing Apprentice
Most difficult opponent: Ian Kearney
Best player played with: Wayne Rooney
Worst dressed team mate: Russell Clarke
Which team do you support: Everton FC
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Favourite meal: Chicken and jacket potato
Favourite holiday: Florida
Favourite film: Gladiator
Would most like to meet? Alan Shearer
Biggest influence: Family and girlfriend
Last book I read: David Beckham’s latest
ASSIST: Simon Garner laid on the third goal forTony Evans
shrouded in mist at kick off, but the Blues cut their way through, fought back from going a goal down and made the visitors look ordinary. Rossendale took the lead
night at Shawbridge. This derby fixture was
third when his shot, laid on by Williams on the right wing, struck the outside of the post. However, it was Evans
from the penalty spot on nine minutes after pushing in the box saw captain Chris Brooks smash the ball home. But it wasn’t long before
sell the ground and the Gawthorpe training facilities and lease them back is about to go through. And that will lift the Clarets clear
of their biggest debt problems. It was agreed on Monday for a fur
one waiting in the wings to pump seven-figure sums into the club, the need for new shares to be available
remains. And Mr Kilby explained: “We
have used the original 50,000 up, and if Roman Abramovich came in tomorrow, there would be none for him to buy. “At the moment someone wanting
to buy shares would have to buy them off current shareholders. “If we release new shares, they
could be bought from the club, and that would see money coming in to the company rather than to existing shareholders. “We need this resolution passing before we can raise any more capi
tal.” The sale and leaseback was also
ther 50,000 shares to be issued, and if they are sold, that could reap £10m. for the club. But imless new funds can be found
who put the game beyond the Rossendale visitors when he received an excel lent through ball from left- back Simon Garner and made his way along the by line to fire home from an acute angle. He was unfortunate not
Clitheroe were level as after Rogers’ first attempt of the match was blocked by the keeper, but his sec ond on 14 minutes was clinically stroked home after good work by Adam Birchall and a fine delivery by Chris Whittingham. Craig Sargeson then saw
his free kick evade the Rossendale defence to be tipped around the post, after new signing Gary Williams came on to replace the limping Whit tingham. And Rossendale’s only
discussed and Mr Kilby was quizzed about the length of time it was tak ing. He replied: “We are inches away
from lucrative cup runs, big money transfers or a significant investment, expenditure looks set to exceed income for the foreseeable future. Chairman Barry Kilby told share
from it being concluded. It was passed at the AGM last December, but since then two things have happened to make us consider it carefully. “Firstly, we did have an influx of
to get his hat-trick nine minutes later when Rogers picked the ball up on the half-way line, ran in on goal, and laid it off for his strike partner but his deft chip over the keeper struck the upright. Clitheroe manager
holders on Monday night: “The question has been asked what hap pened to the money from the player sales this time, which was just short of £3m. “We spent some on Ade Akinbiyi
money from the sale of players in January and we had to look carefully whether the situation had changed and whether the deal was still neces sary. “Having concluded we still needed
and James O’Connor, but basically all the money goes into the bank accounts when all is done and dust ed.
Tommy Lawson was full of praise for the 19-year-old after the game: “Tony was unlucky not to get a third, he had a good game and his second goal was tremendous. “To be honest, those
real threat on goal in open play came from the nimble Matt Edgington, who raced in off the wing, and whose shot took a wicked deflection to force a good save from Collinge. Clitheroe gained the
“We are losing £20,000 per week
goals have been coming for some time now as things haven’t always gone in his favour. “His strike partner Paul
and that is with a players’ wage bill 19th lowest in the (Dhampionship. “You have to remember we are competing with clubs who regularly take £250,000 more every game than us, so the money will fund the losses, certainly over the next year. But there is a red flag there, because unless we can get income from a cup run, selling players or capital from somewhere, we will lose that money every week in this division. “It is a big, big leap.” Shareholders were told that West
Rogers also showed a lot of promise and they are start ing to gain an understand ing of one another. “Paul never stops run
upper hand though before the break when Evans headed home a Sargeson free kick on the stroke of half-time. In the second half Sarge son went close to scoring a
ning and he took his goal well.” • Clitheroe’s annual
meeting will be held on Monday, December 5th from 7-30 p.m. in the club house at Shawbridge.
to get rid of the external debt, we carried on, and then stamp duty exemption was lifted by the Chancel lor, putting the cost up by £120,000 to Longside Developments. “Careful negotiations have gone on,
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Penman brace in convincing victory
Riminqlon.................3 Kelhrook.................... .0 A BRACE from striker Jon Penman helped Rim- ington into the last eight of the Craven Cup on Sat urday. This all-East Lancashire
Clarets losing £20k a week!
cannot afford the current £200 shares, but wanted to invest in the club. Chief executive Dave Edmundson
defended the surcharge of £3 on matchday prices for tickets not bought in advance of the game. He said: “In our pricing policy we
wanted to raise the profile of our cus tomers by getting them onto a data base and being far more pro-active in dealing with them. “Thirty per cent of people are now
actually getting their tickets outside of the ticket office, and that means we have reduced the queues and made it a far more pleasant experi ence to get your ticket for the game. A “The home attendances have held
up pretty steady. “In the last eight games of last sea- ^
son and the first eight of this, we have actually had a little bit of an increase this season. “Against Leicester there was an
increase, but was that a direct result of making it a discount day, or com ing off the back of three wins, a fan tastic win at Luton and no football for a fortnight? “So we are still monitoring and we
are looking at this match against Crewe and another concession game coming up against Watford before we make a really objective assessment.” In terms of the progress made on
and with Turf Moor being leased back to the club for 99 years, every thing had to be right and we expect it to be complete in the next week or so. “The sale and lease back means
the field, manager Steve Cotterill was praised for the team spirit he has engendered at the club and for trans forming results. Asked if he thought that squad
building would be any easier next summer than it had been in the pre vious two, he replied: “You have to
the club will then be debt-free, other than £1.6m. in director loans.” The accounts showed that Mr
be very careful about standing still. “Maybe there have been players in ^
Kilby himself had received £90,000 in interest payments on his loans to the club.
Bromwich Albion still owe £500,000 of the Richard Chaplow fee, but that Birmingham City had settled the outstanding amounts of Robbie Blake’s fee when he had been sold on to Leeds United. Mr Kilby, who told shareholders
that director Jon Wilkinson had resigned from the board for personal reasons, urged shareholders to back the proposal for the issue of new shares. Although there appears to be no-
“Since this (interest) was the same period as the 500 Miles appeal, where people were asked to give £1,000 to save the club going into administra tion, would it not be feasible as a ges ture, if the club arranged to give each of those donors five shares. “I t wouldn’t cost the club any
Shareholder Harry Brooks asked:
thing because they wouldn’t be fork ing out any cash.”
would look into that idea long with investigating the feasibility of having another tier of shares for those who
Mr Kilby promised that directors
contract who you would feel you want to trade for someone else in the g summer. I would never say every- ^ thing is cut and dried. “I would like to think it will be bet-
ter next year because I’m going to ^ book a holiday... for six weeks!
you never know, but I think we will be a bit more stable than we’ve been in the last two summers. “But if we do miss out on a play-
off place, sometimes you have to look , a bit deeper to find out why.
“What we always need to do every ^ ^
summer is be better than we were last ^ year. That means if someone is avail- able and they are better than a play- ^ er you have in that position, then you have to do that.”
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Maroon and Golds lose out at death in thriller
Blackpool..................22 Clitheroe RUFC........20 A SEE-SAW humdinger that went right down to the wire saw Clitheroe Rugby Club just edged out in the dying seconds by a last-minute drop goal. It was especially hard to
the Blackpool pitch was almost perfect for a good running game of rugby, and with this only being a friendly match, i t was played in the right spirit. Clitheroe were first to
In spite of the cold snap,
bear as Clitheroe had only just regained the lead from a Jim Moody penalty. But the Littlemoor men
didn’t go home too dis heartened as they played very well. They were solid in the tight phases and productive in the loose, and the three-quarter line had one of their better afternoons, with Nathan Peel switching back to the centres from fly half, com bining well with fellow cen tre Chris Waddington to add some extra fluency. Debutant first team
scrum half Dan Smith also showed up well with a feisty performance, con stantly chirruping away behind the pack offering all and sundry expert advice - in fact just doing what a good scrummie does well, being a constant nuisance! The two wingers, Ricky
Pallister and Simon Coul ter were both effective in their different styles - one a small, tricky speedster, and the other a slightly larger unit! Up front, all the usual sus
get the scoreboard moving when, after a strong set of forward drives, the posi tion was set up to attack to the right through the backs, and just when the move appeared to have broken down, up popped Ollie McEntyre to claim the touchdown, and Moody was on target with the extras to give Chtheroe a deserved lead. However, just as the Lit
and not been hanging out in the backs on purpose, McEntyre grabbed the headlines and his hat-trick. Next Clitheroe restored
Thornber to the second row, and brought Richie Edmundson on at loose head prop to continue his education in the finer points of front row play, in place of a limping Ben Graves. This only spurred
League tie produced an attacking game on a pitch only passed as playable minutes before kick-off. The home side got off to
adapted quicker to the conditions than Kelbrook, and Mankowski and O’Neill on the flanks got some quality balls into Penman and Coulter, although they couldn’t carve out any clear-cut chances. Once the visitors got
Rimington certainly
a flying start when Pen man rose high to head home on three minutes.
into their stride, they began to trouble the locals with their pace, but Sayle, in particular, stood firm and protected Kershaw
from having to make any
saves of note. I t was almost a break
away when Rimington got the second 10 minutes before half-time, O’Neill picking out Penman at the near post, and the big frontman hooked the ball in on the volley. Kelbrook came out
strongly in the second half and Rimington had to sur vive one or two scary moments before O’Neill beat the off-side trap to
race clear from halfway before calmly chipping the keeper to put the result beyond any doubt. Saturday sees the sides
clash again, this time in the league at Kelbrook, and with Watkins return ing to the squad, and Nel son and Green also back, Terry Braithwaite is confi dent his side can keep their impressive run going as they aim to climb the table.
Lions ease past title rivals
Clilheroe Lions................................5 Craven College Old B o y s .......... 0 CLITHEROE Lions continued their fine recent form with an outstanding team performance to crush fellow title chasers Craven College Old Boys, with Pinard firing a hat-trick. The team rallied against a confi
dent and upbeat young side with their best display of the season. Despite the young away side fly
ing in with late challenges from the very start, the Lions kept their cool and dominated in all areas of the pitch. They defended from the front,
for the afternoon, after good flank
work. Holden soon doubled their lead
with excellent poaching work inside
the six-yard box. The rest of the half was mainly contested in the middle of the pitch, with captain Jimmy Clegg and man ager Avci arguably playing their best individual games this season as they flew into the opposition with tackle after tackle, guarding the defence with great steel. They were too much for the three
in the centre, but at half-time, the away side were still very much in the
with Holden and Pinard chasing every lost cause and holding the ball up superbly to allow the supporting wingers Callaghan and McLean to join them at every opportunity. It was this pressure that allowed Pinard to score the first of his three
Blackpool into life, and they began to throw the ball about among their tricky three quarters. Two converted tries
tlemoor men were congrat ulating themselves, Black pool struck straight back with an unconverted try of their own. In at the half-time
later, Clitheroe suddenly found themselves two points adrift. Undeterred, the town
team powered forward again and were rewarded with a penalty with only minutes left. Up stepped Moody, cool
oranges two points ahead, and quietly confident that there was more yet to come, Clitheroe were soon back into top gear. Attacking down the
right, the backs showed good hands and kept the ball alive, then a stunning break by scrum half Smith put Clitheroe in range, and once again McEntyre trundled over to claim his second. I t was all Clitheroe at
pects were there, Ed Thom- ber and Bob Wilkinson were preferred in the second row to start, before Thornber suffered his almost obligato ry nose bleed after 20 min utes, and was replaced by Steve Dowson.
this point as they pressed again, and this time the front five forwards did the hard graft up the left hand touchline, before the ball was spun out wide to send wingman Pallister scorch ing down the right wing, and then, almost as if he had read the play perfectly.
as a cucumber, and slotted the goal to put Clitheroe ahead again. With only seconds left
on the clock, all Clitheroe had to do was reclaim the kick-off and play for posi tion to run the clock down, but disaster struck when a simple knock on gave a scrum to the home side, from which the equally cool Blackpool stand-off kicked a perfect drop goal to snatch the win from Clitheroe’s grasp. This was definitely one
that slipped through Clitheroe’s fingers, but they were cheered by McEntyre’s hat-trick, and the league trip to Black pool in March will hold no fears for the Maroon and Golds.
be quick to the ball on several occa sions to potential one-on-ones, but was otherwise well protected by the solid partnership of Paul Clegg and Matt Day.
game. Keeper Michael Mashiter had to
The next goal was crucial and
inevitably went to the dangerous home side, with Pinard scoring his second, and soon after his hat-trick
goal. Holden, who had a hand in all the
goals, scored a deserved second and Lions’ fifth, at which point the score line could have gone into double fig
ures. The two fullbacks Pickup and
Bank were also superb all game, and it was Bank that almost produced a moment of magic as he bombed down the wing, dribbling past sever al defenders, and lofted the ball over the keeper, only for it to nestle on the mong side of the netting. The home side will take great
encouragement from this as they realise that each point is crucial in a tight and exciting First Division.
Chipping extend good form
Mawdesley..................1 Chipping ....................2 CHIPPING continued their good form when they travelled to Edge Hill on Saturday and beat second- place Mawdesley. The excellent surface
Marsden, Dean Austin, Ryan Hilton and Mick Naylor provide an excel lent barrier, and was a spectator for much of the opening period. I t was this defensive
meant Chipping could knock the ball about, and they played some of their best football of the season as they outplayed their hosts for the majority of the game. From the outset, the
locals looked to play an expansive style, and their midfield stretched the game through excellent use of the wide pitch. The superb midfield
quartet of Joe Melling, Danny Austin, Chris Leighton and John Ross played a fast-paced, pass ing style which had the home side chasing shad ows throughout the first
half. With a low winter sun
facing Chipping in the first half, returning keeper Matt Ireland was pleased to see his defence of Pete
platform which allowed the midfield to play with greater freedom. Chipping were having
great success down the flanks through Melling and Ross, and they creat ed a number of chances, with Steve Proctor and Tom Bridge going close early on. However, it took some
time before the villagers scored the goal their efforts deserved, and it was a superb, if somewhat controversial, opener. A sweeping ball was
played to Bridge on the left in what looked an off side position, but tbe lines man kept his flag down. Bridge sped down the
add to their lead before the break, but went in at half time full of confidence that they could build on their advantage. The second half began
in much the same way, with Chipping playing some excellent passing football. Melling and Leighton in
the midfield were having storming games and went close with a number of
efforts. An effort from Leighton
mid-way through the half took a slight deflection off Bridge and found the bot tom corner of the net, only for Bridge to be adjudged to be off-side. It looked inevitable that
Chipping would add to their lead, but it was the home team who netted an unlikely equaliser. A corner was swung in
flank and produced a sub lime cross for leading scor er Proctor to rifle in on the
volley. The villagers could not
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from the left, and an excel lent Mawdesley header beat Ireland to nestle in the corner.
ing this blow and again began to press forward.
Chipping rallied follow
with the Mawdesley keep er doing well to keep out Leighton’s rasping drive. However, this only delayed the inevitable as Bridge bagged the wnner. Some more good play
from Leighton saw him get to the line, and his inch- perfect centre was neatly nodded home by Bridge. It took some brave
defending from Chipping and, in particular, man of the match Dean Austin and Proctor, who threw themselves in front of everything. When Mawdesley did
hit the target, Ireland made a couple of smart saves to secure the points for Chipping. This was an exceptional
performance by a Chip ping side which is brim ming with confidence at the moment, and now lies third in the league. They welcome Leyland
Red Rose to the village on Saturday (2 p.m.), and wll be looking to add another three points in the run up to the winter break;
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