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-P A G E 63 Thursday,September 7th, Edward Lee, Chris Bolden Phil Simpson and Adrian Capstick Blues boss furious By Adrian Capstick
ACTING Clitheroe boss Chris Stammers was furi ous at the refereeing deci sions that cost his side dear at home to Cammell Laird on Tuesday. The Blues saw Jason
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Jones and Simon Garner sent off in the 4-2 defeat, which also saw a goal dis allowed. And a number of other
controversial incidents' marred the game. Stammers said: “ I was
livid with the decisions but you can't change it, you've just got to move on.
“ The lads performed
really well and battled hard, but we've just got to learn how to kill sides off. “ I thought it was a goal,
the ref told me it was dur ing the game, awarded it, and then changed his mind five minutes later, which was unbelievable. “ The same goes for a
lack of a card when their player pulled Simon back for the penalty. It was the referee’s first UniBond game, and it showed. “Personally, I thought
the belief in the players at half-time would comfort ably have seen us through, then we gave away a silly penalty, but the challenge
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Clitheroe FC ............. 2 Cammell L aird......... 4 DELIGHT turned to despair as nine-man Clitheroe slipped to defeat. ■Visitors Cammell Laird
came from behind twice to win, but it was the contro versial decisions made by the referee and linesman that dictated the course of the final result. The Blues once again
took an early lead, again through Owen Roberts with another strike from the penalty spot after four minutes, slotted home off the post after Simon Gar ner, assisted by Paul Lamb, was pulled back in the box by Laird’s last man John Couch. It was a professional
foul, yet not even a warn ing was issued, but it wouldn’t be the most baf fling decision. That would be the goal
that was given by the female linesman and accepted by the referee, only to then be rescinded for use of an arm. A Garner corner was
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nodded forward, and Lamb was on hand to chest the ball into the back of the net. The assistant pointed to
the centre spot, only for Cammell Laird to protest, and the intimidation led her to back down. Before that, Clitheroe
went close when a Craig Sargeson corner was met by the head of Gregg Anderson, only to be cleared off the line, but they were caught fair and square by the visitor’s lOth-minute equaliser that saw Chris Nezyania chip
keeper Alan Fitzpatrick. Nezyania had another
attempt saved by Fitz patrick, but Clitheroe deservedly regained the lead eight minutes before the break when Sargeson swung a deep cross to the back post for Garner to squeeze the ball under the keeper from 12 yards out. But after the break, a
foul on the edge of the area saw Laird’s Jamie McGuire level from the spot. And when Jason Jones
was sent from the field for a second bookable offence, it signalled the beginning of the end tor Clitheroe. There’s no doubt that
the midfielder deserved to go for some over zealous challenges, but the over sight of similar offenses made by McGuire and Couch clearly rankled the Blues’ bench. A free kick on the edge
of the Blues’ area followed, heads dropped and Laird substitute Tony Hallam rose high above a static back four to power his header past Fitzpatrick to take the lead. Ten soon became nine as
Clitheroe lost all compo sure, and what had been a winnable game slipped away from them. Garner was the second
to go, issued a red card for disent, and that was prac tically game done. Laird netted a fourth,
and their best of the game, through substitute Ronnie Morgan when he weaved in and out to fire low across the keeper, while Clitheroe were left to pick up the pieces from a game marred by controversy.
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Atherton L R ..............0 Clitheroe F C ..............3 CLITHEROE swept aside North West Coun ties side Atherton LR to earn an eagerly awaited FA Cup first qualifying round tie at home to Uni- Bond Premier side Marine. The short trip down the
M6 to a side who play their football a stage below Clitheroe, posed, on paper, little worry, but given the atrocious weath er conditions and the uncertainty of the FA Cup, this fixture had the potential for an upset. But the Blues were on
top from the off as the quest for the quickest goal of the season recom menced.
Having had his title
taken from him in recent games, Owen Roberts set a new target that will take some beating after Craig Sargeson was felled in the Atherton area barely 30 seconds into the game. The Clitheroe left-back
made no mistake from the spot to net a first-minute strike that signalled the beginning of the end for the home side. Atherton's luck was
obviously not in for Clitheroe's second goal. It was highly debatable whether or not the ball actually crossed the line from Jason Jones's close range effort following a goalmouth scramble. But the' 17th minute
strike stood, and a dis traught Atherton entered half-time 2-0 down. Clitheroe's Paul Lamb
had enjoyed a couple of efforts on goal in the first
half, while right-back Jamie Nay forced a great save out of the home keep er, and Jones sent a header just wide of the mark. But the next 45 minutes
saw Atherton come more into the game, as new Clitheroe keeper Alan Fitzpatrick was called upon to make more than just the odd collection from crosses into the box. Signed from Dublin's
Bohemians, Clitheroe have had to wait two weeks for his internation al clearance to come through, but the wait was more than worth it. Fitzpatrick replaced
Martin Fearon, who had been on loan from Accrington Stanley, and he came out to block sev eral efforts, before pulling off a last-minute penalty save.
Fellow new signing Jeff
Underwood, from Chor- ley, tripped a striker in the box, but Fitzpatrick stood up to deny the number 10. Clitheroe had had sev
eral more opportunities of their own from Roberts and Lamb, but it was sub stitute James Dean who fired home the third in injury time. The former Great Har
wood striker was released through the middle by Anthony Daniels to coolly chip the keeper from 25 yards out with impeccable ease to record another three-goal result. Clitheroe's next round
home tie against Marine is scheduled for a week's time on Saturday, Sep tember 16th.
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wasn't in the area, and our lad got a touch to the ball!” Stammers added: “ 'We
fought and battled as a team when our two got sent off. “ I was proud of them,
but we've got to have more discipline on the pitch. “ They've got to learn quickly, otherwise they won’t , achieve what I believe they can this sea son."” However he is looking
forward to Saturday and the visit of Gresley Rovers (kick-off 3 p.m.). Stammers said: “ Gres ley is probably the best
game we could have had as it is one of the biggest tests of the season. “We've bounced back
from one defeat already and beaten one of the favourites in Kidsgrove, so we can do it again."” The Blues then face a
long trip to Goole on Tuesday night, and Stam mers added: “Goole will be a bit of a battle and I'm sure
Mark
(Smitheringale) will have given them some informa tion as they are one of his old clubs. The games are coming thick and fast now and we are having to show some character."
Clitheroe are hot stuff!
TREBLE winners Clitheroe held a spe cial Ramsbottom Cup celebration dinner at Balti Spice.
Over 40 players, members and sup
porters gathered to enjoy a splendid meal and to reminisce over the Chatburn Road side's ■victory over Great Harwood. Clitheroe skipper Neil Bolton reflected
on the cup run, and paid special tribute to the performances of professional Shahid Nawaz, in particular his heroics against Whalley and Ribblesdale 'Wan derers on route to the final, as well as Naeem Ashraf's undefeated century and
the bowling of Aussie Josh Marquet to clinch the final.
Bolton also praised rising stars Daniel
Turner and Peter Dibb, who both made telling contributions at crucial points of the cup run, which included Turner hit ting the winning runs to bring the cup back to Chatburn Road. Pictured holding the Ramsbottom
Cup aloft are: (from left) Neil Bolton, Shahzan Chaudrey (Balti Spice manag er), Naeem Ashraf and club cricket sec tion chairman Mick Cox. (s)
Dan wins Scottish ski title
SAWLEY skier Dan Wyatt was crowned Scot tish Slalom Champion at the Scottish Artificial Ski Slope Championships in Edinburgh last weekend. Dan, who is a law stu
dent at Newcastle Univer sity, headed to Scotland to compete in the champi onships at Hillend Ski Slope for the first time as a senior category competitor. Nicknamed 'The Wall of
Death' due to the steep ness of the slope, which can lead to some unpredictable race outcomes, the former Clitheroe Royal Grammar School student successful ly saw off the rest of the competition to tae the top honour The first of the races
was the Slalom on Satur day, consisting of two timed runs on different courses, and both races had to be successfully com pleted. After the first run Dan
was lying in second place overall, so there was huge pressure on the second and final run. Having watched all of
the other competitors ski down, many skiing out of the course due to the diffi culty of the slope, there was just Dan and David Hatcher left to do their runs. As Dan set off, he com
pleted the top of the course incredibly smoothly and quickly, and the only ques tion now was whether he could hold onto this for the remainder of the run. And as he approached
the finish, to the clapping of the spectators and rac ers, it was ob-vious that he had put in a wonderful time, in fact knocking 1.5 seconds off his first run time and the only skier to get down in under 24 sec onds. But in spite of this, the
tension was still there as the last man took to the slope for his second run. However, Dan needn't
have worried, as although David skied down in a very respectable time, it was over a second off the mark, and Dan had taken the Scottish Slalom Tro phy, both in the senior age
group and overall! This week the Scottish
champion has been coach ing young skiers at Heme! Hempstead in preparation for the English Sid Cham pionships which will be held there this weekend. These races will be fol
lowed by the Welsh Cham pionships this weekend, and the British Champi onships at Sunderland, next week, after which Dan will return to univer sity, before travelling to Dublin in October for the Irish Championships! While at home for the
summer, Dan has been fit ness training every week and is extremely grateful for the continued support of Maree Leisure, who have always been very encouraging and help him to maximise his fitness ready for the races.
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