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Clitheroe turn the Green return to corner at Belner winning ways


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Belper T ow n ............... 0 Cliiheroe ................... 3 CLITHEROE’S league form finally turned the corner on Saturday, but they had to overcome adversity on the long and winding road to Der­ byshire to do it. Four central defenders


were claimed by this fix­ ture, two prior and two during, as goals finally came for Darrell Avery, Will Exton and Craig Sargeson at what was the problem end for the Blues. Sickness and the moors respectively


roads


claimed centre-backs Ross Bain and Gregg Anderson before a ball had been kicked. The lat­ ter crashed his car on the way to the game, and the former was physically sick 10 minutes before kick-off, calling for a late change. Further defensive-prob­


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that turned on the style for Clitheroe’s final goal when he adeptly con­ trolled a ball down the right wing, pulling it back beyond opposing left- back Martin Drury to move inside and loft a perfect cross to the head of Exton a t the back post. The former Bradford


Craig Sargeson


Clitheroe’s defensive issues with a first-half goal apiece. And Jason Jones and


the rest of the evolving Clitheroe midfield were in good form to find their marks. The visitors' first found


lems befell the Blues once on the Belper pitch, when an unfortunate early col­ lision between Owen Roberts and Kris Math­ ews resulted in the latter being taken to hospital with a knee injury. And Bain’s replace­


ment, Sean Nightingale, was not long on the field before he made way for Ian Johnson, moving midfielders Anthony Daniels and Steve


. Hussey into a makeshift back four. However, Avery and


Exton found their scoring boots to overshadow


the back of the net on the half hour when a Jones throughball was taken up by Avery, for the central midfielder to run to the bye-line and slot home across the face of goal. And an inspired Jones,


in his best performance this season, almost netted another two minutes later when he had a half volley tipped over the bar by Belper keeper Andy Car­ ney, following a Steve Hussey chip over the top. Exton’s effort on the


stroke of half-time took the result beyond Belper. The ball broke from the Blues’ own half and the 18-year-old striker ran through on goal, out-


■ .lason Jones.


sprinting centre-back Chris James to run on and slot past Carney. But the home side were


not completely without goal scoring opportuni­ ties, as how midfielder Chris Davies failed to connect six yards out with an open goal at his mercy, only he will know. Further misery was


heaped on the Derbyshire team after the break when they had a man sent off, and it quickly became clear why Belper manager Ernie Moss and his assistant had their offers of resignation accepted the following morning. Last defender Ashley


Foyle brought down Exton on the edge of the home area and the Blues made the most of the extra man, as from the ensuing Roberts free kick, Johnson had a well- struck shot saved by Car­ ney.


City trainee’s effort struck the bar, but Sarge­ son was on hand to gob­ ble up the rebound arid round off an eventful afternoon, and the Blues’ first-ever UniBond League win at Christchurch Meadow. The journey to the


Peak District has often taken its toll on the locals in the last two seasons, and this game was no dif­ ferent, only the end score was, for once, in their favour. Interestingly, the last


time the Blues won at the Nailers was by a 3-0 scoreline, and that was en route to Wembley and the FA Vase Final 10 years ago! Moss is also the third


boss this season to either resign or be sacked direct­ ly a f te r , defeat to (ilitheroe, following simi­ lar managerial exits at Chorley and Halesowen. Clitheroe: Horridge,


Underwood, Roberts, Daniels, Nightingale (Johnson), Matthews (Avery), Jones, Hussey, Sargeson, Exton, Garner. •


Waddington crush Cononley Cononley ................................1


Wadding ton ..............................7 WADDINGTON inflicted a crush­ ing Craven League defeat on their Yorkshire hosts Cononley on Satur­ day. 'The locals took the lead in the


first minute when Fletcher crossed from the left wing and Dean volleyed home from close range. The goal seemed to shock the


home team, who never really got into the game. Cononley could not match the


Waddington players’ efforts in every area-of the pitch, and the crisp tack­ ling of the visitors ensured their total domination of the game. The home defenders were having


great difficulty in containing the Waddington strike duo of Fletcher and Dean, so it came as no surprise when the latter scored his second goal after 15 minutes, following good interpassing. The -visitors should have been five


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goals clear at the interval, but due to a lapse in concentration, the Waddington defence allowed the home team to pull a goal back. The second half saw the Twitter


Lane side come out determined to take the game, and though Cane, Morley and Snowden, they con­ trolled the midfield and scoring opportunities came thick and fast. , Dean completed his hat-trick


from a tight angle in the 50th minute, and in the following few minutes chances fell to Dean, Fletcher, Colne and Snowden, all of which were either missed or saved by the excellent home keeper. However, Cane made it 4-1 on the


hour when he netted from inside the 18-yard box, and Fletcher added a fifth following a good run from 30 yards out to net from close range, before Dean took his tally to four with a powerful shot. Cane finished off the the scorelin five minutes from time when he


rounded the keeper to slide the ball home into an empty net. Waddingon manager Jim Tierney


said after the game: "The goal tally could quite easily have reached well into double figures, as Snowden, Fletcher and Cane could quite easily have scored hat-tricks." ' Waddington will have to maintain


this level of performance on Satur­ day when they entertain Oxenhope at home, kick-off 2 p.m. at Twitter Lane. • Waddington are hosting a


sportman’s dinner on Friday, Janu­ ary 26th at Mytton Fold Hotel. The speakers are Dennis Taylor


and Dusty Young. The committee would like to see


as many as possible of Waddington's former players attend the dinner, and tickets are priced at £30. For further information contact


Jim Tierney (422344 or 07890397473).


Hurst Green........................................4 out after the interval in positive ii .1 They bossed the opening 15 n


Stacksteads St Joseoh’s


Hurst Green.....................................4 Stacksteads St Joseph’s ................. ■! A BRACE from Danny Walker helped Hurst Green return to winning ways and bring in-form Stacksteads’ six-game unbeaten run to a halt. Stacksteads started the brighter, and


carved out a glorious early chance to go ahead, only for the league’s leading scorer Martin Taylor to squander the opportu­ nity. Hurst Green, playing up the slope, con­


tinued to be second best for the first quar­ ter of the game, but gradually got a foothold and Walker’went close with a volley before putting the locals ahead on 25 minutes after good work down the right from Nick Wilkinson. The Green doubled their advantage


within 10 minutes as Craig Shaw crashed home a spectacular 30-yarder off the underside of the bar. Stacksteads were left to lick their


wounds at the break, feeling hard done by to be trailing by two goals, and they came


glorious move involving Graham McE- wan, Andy Whaites and Tom Bamber, finishing clinically at the near post. Inspirational defender Phil Walker


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in terms of possession, but Green intro­ duced substitute Mark Young, and he made it 3-0 with 20 minutes remaining, heading home from a corner. The game was put to bed shortly after Walker added his second following a


then saw red for his second bookable offence, and Stacksteads netted a conso­ lation when Nigel Hopkinson produced an unerring finish from the edge of the box, but the Green ran out comfortable winners to set up a top-of-the-table clash a t leaders Silsden on Saturday (kick-off 2 p.m.). Manager Andy Holden was extremely


MEDAL SUCCESS: Chelsea Andrews won two silver medals to help Galli­ ca win the Top Club award at the North West Winter Championships (s).


pleased with the three points and per­ formance, and calls for more of the same at Silsden, where the Green can go top with a win.


Holders ease through Riminglon ........ 5


Kelbrook.................... 0 THE holders of the Craven Cup progressed smoothly through to the last eight at the expense of the ir East Lancashire opponents Kelbrook. And the performance


gave manager Terry Braithwaite and his assis­ ta n t Steve Conti the utmost satisfaction. A change in midield,


with the player-manager in from the start and the free role give to Tom O’Neill, left the visitors chasing shadows for most of the afternoon. And once O'Neill got


used to the idea th a t he could roam across Kel- brook’s back four, they just couldn't handle him. It seemed just a matter


of time before the home side scored, and i t was from two corners th a t Rimington struck. The first fell when


O’Neill found Jon Penman beyond the back post, for the striker to hook the ball across the face of goal for Mankowski to head home. The second was force­


fully headed in by Alan Sayle, and Penman found the back of the net when


Rick Whalley was played in by Walmsley, only for it to be ruled off-side.. However, disaster


struck just before half­ time when Penman limped off with a ham­ string injury which could keep him out for several weeks, to be replaced by the capable veteran David Whalley. If Kelbrook thought


they had weathered the first-half storm, they were very mistaken as Riming­ ton sealed the game with three top quality goals in the second half. Keighley found Whal­


ley, who in turn found Braithwaite in the centre circle, and his pass released O'Neill, who cut inside to unleash an unstoppable 30-yard drive.


Then Keighley, who had


a field day overlapping down the left, found Dave Whalley, who played the ball to Rick, who casually placed his shot in-off the post from outside the area. The fifth came courtesy


of a Braithwaite run, before his cross found Mankowski perfectly, and the midfielder showed


th a t he is back to his predatory best with a well-placed header. Curtis and Coulter


came on and both had great chances to score, Curtis found his way through, bu t when it seemed that he was des­ tined to find the net, he pulled his shot wide, while Coulter was sent racing clear, only to be thwarted by the keeper’s legs. ■ Lawson had a header


hacked away as Kelbrook defended desperately, and as the home side piled for­ ward, it was invitable the visitors would get the odd chance, but Kershaw and his back four were in no mood to concede. Following last week's


poor showing, this per­ formance should give con­ fidence going into Satur­ day’s trip to Stacksteads. Braithwaite enthused


after the game, he said: "The response to last week, the commitment and effort shows that we still have a great spirit and can challenge for sil­ verware this season. Thanks go to sponsors Peter and Gill Healey."


Oliver on target at treble


Ossy Refugees....................................0 Low Moor...........................................4 OLIVER McLean hit a hat-trick in a fine win for the locals in Great Harwood. Low Moor took the game to the Hyhd-


bum side from the start, and within half an hour, after peppering the goal with sev­ eral attempts, McLean was upended in the penalty area to strike the first of his three goals from the spot. The second goal followed shortly after


when brothers Matt and Tom Eglin neat­ ly linked up for the latter to slot home. And after Low Moor keeper Boothy


repelled early second half pressure from the home side, captain Paul-Anthony Clarke rallied his troops to net twice more. The defensive line kept their shape, and


from midfield stemmed the third and fourth goals of the game, from hat-trick hero McLean.


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CLITHEROE’S Chelsea Andrews helped Elite swim squad Gallica win the Top Club title at the North West Winter Championships at Manchester Aquatics Centre for the second year running. Chelsea was in sparkling form as she


swam to silver in the Junior 100m but­ terfly event, and won a second silver when she swam the butterfly leg of the womens 4xl00m medley relay team.


Head coach Rob Greenwood, in his


first season in charge, said: “This is a great start to the season at the North West Championships. “For the second season in a row we


claimed Top Club, so well done to all involved.


“I t shows that in the coming seasons,


Gallica will go from strength to strength!”


Chipping suffer setback


chances at both ends, with man-of-the-match James Farrell in the Chipping goal having to be alert to repel the home side. The best chances, how­


ever, fell to the visitors, but a combination of good goalkeeping and poor fin­ ishing left them frustrated.


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the club, played for the Dog between 2001-05, and manager Simon Kerins said: "We are all very sad to learn of Chris's passing, and our thoughts and sympathies are with his


Dog Inn ...................... 2 Church Town.............. 2 DOG INN produced a stirring comeback to secure a point against Church Town at Wilson's - but the result paled into insignificance at the news of the passing of founder member Chris Lowe. Lowe, who helped form


weather, the game was again played on a very heavy pitch which made playing football difficult, and resulted in a scrappy affair for the most part. The first half saw


Walton-le-Dale ......... I Chipping.....................0 A BIZARRE game saw Chipping create an abun­ dance of chances and dom­ inate their hosts, but some­ how manage to leave on the wrong end of a 1-0 scoreline. With the continuing bad


Austin in the clear, but he slid the ball just wide amid furious off-side claims from the home defence. Shortly after, Leighton


fell to Danny Austin and Chris Leighton. A good through ball left


goals would have flowed, but they continued to struggle to find the all- important first goal. Chances came frequent­ ly, but without success as


wife and family. “We will hold a minute’s


Whalley side made the worst possible start, with Church taking the lead after barely two minutes, and although Dog were enjoying plenty of posses­ sion, their deficit was dou­ bled when Church netted from a corner. However, Dog's hopes were immediately raised


silence before our next game, during which the players will wear black armbands." At the weekend, the


Chipping as they laid siege to the Walton-le-Dale goal in search of the opener. On another day the


saw him dance away from the defence, but the keeper stood up well and managed to palm his effort to safety. The second half was all


crafted a chance for him­ self. Some clever footwork


The pick of the chances


the likes of Stewart Mal- ley, Steve Proctor, Phil Peck and Oily JohnMn all went close. The home side too had a


number of chances, but Farrell was superb in the Chipping goal to keep the scores level. However, he could do


nothing with minutes to go as Walton-le-Dale snatched an undeserved winner. A corner was swung in


from the right, and a home player ghosted in unno­ ticed on the back post to power a good header home. Chipping will need to


rediscover their shooting boots this weekend as they welcome CCA to the vil­ lage on Saturday (kick-off 2 p.m.).


Dog mourn founder member Chris


when Jamie Enefer con­ verted a penalty, and they increased the pressure after the interval to net a thoroughly deserved equaliser. That goal came cour­


tesy of an emphatic Liam Porter header following a Darren Fothergill cross. And while Dog pressed


for a winner. Church also had chances to score, to which the locals were grateful for goalline clear­ ances from Rick Grafton and Tom Holgate.


from Clitheroe in the second half, and within two minutes Liz Maskell netted an unstoppable goal from the top of the D to make it 5- 0.


the sixth, picking up the ball on the keeper’s pads and flicking it home. The next three minutes displayed


Clitheroe's attacking qualities, as player-of-the-match Heidi Wor-


Just before the hour, Moorby hit


excellent passing move resulted in her taking on the last defender and calmly slotting home, and with only three minutes of the first half remaining, she received the ball from mother Rachel and ham­ mered home her hat-trick goal to put Clitheroe 4-0 up at half-time. The same high tempo was seen


Moorby, from the side’s first penal­ ty corner of the day, as she received the ball and blasted it into the cor­ ner. Box then hit her second after an


in the opening few minutes, Clitheroe gained the upper hand, and, on 11 minutes, Heidi Wor­ thington found an unmarked Box in the area, who made no mistake. A second goal came from Pauline


the previous round, the locals knew that this encounter was going to be a much tougher game, especially with leading striker Rachel Walms­ ley missing through injury. But, after some scrappy hockey


FOUR goals from Bronte Box helped Clitheroe Ladies ease to an 8-0 win at home to Lytham in the second round of the Lishman Cup. After their easy 13-0 victory in


'teams apart with her speed, skill and physical presence, resulting in an unstoppable shot striking the post. A pin-point pass from Nicola


thington showed her ability to rip


fixture against Leyland Foxes on Saturday, with a noon start at Rib- blesdale Pitch. Clitheroe 2nds.......................... 0 Preston 2 n d s ............................14 THIRD Division Clitheroe sec­ onds knew they had a mountain to climb when they were drawn against Premier Division Preston Seconds in the second round of the Lishman Cup. The locals nearly conceded the


area, weaved her way past a couple of defenders and made no mistake with a clinical finish to complete an impressive scoreline, sealing a place in the quarter-finals. Clitheroe’s next game is a league


ance from Nicola Horsfall, it seemed only fair that she netted Clitheroe's final goal three minutes from the end. She received the ball outside the


helped out in that department, as right from the start the city side dominated the game with their superior skill and excellent passing to take a 5-0 lead in the first 12 minutes.


game due to a lack of players and an umpire. Fortunately, for them, Preston


(half strikes by Connor Stuttard, United contin­ ued their excellent start to the season with a hard- fought victory over Pen­ dle Forest. Lewis Crossley was


goalkeeper Michael Greenhalgh for keeping a clean sheet. Readslone Under 13s Yellow..........................2 Pendle Forest ............. 0 THANKS to two second


named player-of-the- match, but all of the girls deserved praise for not giving in when the game appeared lost.


battering to trail 4-0, a tremendous recovery saw goals from Jody Simpson (2), Jade Bolton and Sarah Chapman. Melissa McKay was


named man-of-the- match. Readslone Utd Under 16 G ir ls ........................... 4 Lammack Juniors . . .4 A STERLING comeback rewarded Readstone with a point against Lammack Juniors. After taking an early


were seen in a brace by man-of-the-match Aiden Radcliffe and a goal apiece from Joe Ford and Denzyl Yates. Special praise goes to


Readstone Vtd Under 1 0 s ................................8 Daneshouse ............... 0 ADAM Heys netted four times in Readstone’s com­ prehensive rout of Daneshouse. Further great goals


Junior Football round-u Whalleg Juniors Under


half behind them, and took control of the second half. Michael Clegg fired


formance by a long way, but a well-fought victory. Briercliffe Rovers........1 Wolves Under 1 1 s ........6 F()LLOWING the disap­ pointment of an early cup exit last week, the Wolves knew that they had to bounce back in the league, and they didn't disappoint.


were a shadow of the team that had caused Whalley so many problems in the first half, and were swept aside as goals from Clegg, Jennings, and a brace from Liam Kinney, put the result beyond doubt. Not Whalley’s best per­


when United took a deserved lead midway through the first half, before a scrappy Jack Ryden goal saw Whalley go into the break level. Whalley put a poor first


them into the lead, and minutes later Sam Jen­ nings added the third. From then on United


ley seemed lethargic, and unable to put any sort of flowing football together, while their opponents appeared quicker to the ball and produced most of the football. So it came as no surprise


1 4 s ..............................7 Blackburn United . . . .2 IN a game dominated by the wind and a heavy pitch, ’Whalley eventually cruised to victory. From the kick-off Whal­


Horsfall was good enough for Bronte to deflect home her fourth of the day and make the score 7-0. And after another good perform­


was Anita “


to dominate, and their ambition for the second half was to not let as many goals in as they did in the first half, so anything under 16-0 was a bonus for the side. Possession remained with Pre­


the final whistle and were happy to finish the game the way they did. DESPITE defeat, Clitheroe


pool, they were beaten by a very strong Lytham team. These two fixtures were their


ston, and another six goals followed in the second half. Clitheroe battled as hard until


Under 15 Juniors continue to improve, as they gave another excellent account on Sunday. After a narrow 2-1 loss to Black­


club's junior or senior sections, or any local company willing to spon­ sor the club, should contact Han­ nah Laverty on 07855337708, or email the club at clitheroehockey- club@hotmail.co.uk


last, and now the Under 13s step in to the frame when their games start after Christmas. Anyone wanting to join the


and as the game progressed they linked together some good moves and passes, despite conceding another three times before the break. Clitheroe had expected Preston


and more confident, and in the end made some fantastic saves to be named player-of-the-match. The locals didn’t give up trying,


Clitheroe’s keeper for the day Vine, who became more


throw in on the left, and man-of-the-match Harri­ son beat his marker and fired home the winning goal - a just reward for another excellent display from the midfielder.


when Brierfield equalised early in the second half before the locals re-organ­ ised and went in search of a winner. Ainsworth took a quick


the lead with an excellent run and cross from Thomp­ son on the left wing, but for the rest of the first half, the Wolves were lost in mid- field. So it came as no surprise


match, Brierfield con­ trolled the play ,and the team had to rely on Hutchins, Hopkins and Charlton in defence to put in the tackles to prevent goals being conceded. However, Wolves took


scorer on the scoresheet, netting the Wolves’ second goal of the game, gobbling up the rebound from a Nik Petriaho shot. Wolves Under 14s........2 Brierfield Celtic Red 1 THE Wolves had to over­ come their sternest test yet in order to maintain their 100% record. For long periods of the


nised for their strength, the boys put together a flowing team performance from the first whistle that brought Elliot Kay a hat-trick and Maksim Petriah’o a brace of goals. Mort was the third goal


Against a team recog­


lent composure to grab his second, but Roefield could­ n't prevent the onslaught. Langho Juniors Under 11s.'..............................2 Wolves Under 11s Blue 1 LANGHO'S winning run continued with this fine cup victory over a strong Clitheroe side. Two goals from in-form


conditions worsening, the home side took advantage, and inevitably Roefield were caught on the break while pushing to add to their own tally. Duerden showed excel­


back with an impressive goal by Duerden just on the stroke of half-time, and continued to battle, but found chances hard to come by. And with the weather


Sean Holmes, and a superb goalkeeping performance from Peter Richardson, were the highlights of a huge team effort. An exciting end-to-end


game rewarded those who braved the bitter weather.


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stronger of the two teams, with James Duerden com­ ing closest to opening the scoring, only for Akzo to hit the back of the net first from the penalty spot. The locals hit straight


Akzo Ju n io r s ...............7 Roefield Leisure Under 1 2 s .................................2 ROEFIELD ■ were knocked out by league leaders Akzo Juniors in the second round of the ADJFL Cup. Roefield started the


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