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ommi I Exciting week ahead
r-PAGE 26 By Adrian Capstick
AN exciting week awaits Clitheroe FC as big crowds, new clubs and large rewards all feature in the Shaw- bridgeade’s plans. FC United of Manchester are the
Blues’ visitors on 'Tuesday, and over 1,000 fans are expected to travel for the evening kick-off. I t is the first time the two teams
have met for a league fixture, although a successful friendly 18 months ago saw a similar number of
supporters make the trip. Player-manager Neil Reynolds
looks forward to hosting the newly- promoted club, but Clitheroe first face their longest a^vay trip of the season at another new UniBond side in the North East on Saturday. And after the games against New
castle Blue Star and FC United, the Blues boss takes his side into a pliun FA Cup tie a t Chorley. So with new challenges ahead, a
bumper crowd to play in front of and FA Cup prize money on offer, Reynolds’ side are not short of moti vation. The Blues boss said: “Newcastle
have a massive pitch and a hig 10,000 seater stadium they share with New castle Falcons rugby club. We’ve a full squad and it’s good to bring the lads together for such a trip so early in the season. “I t builds camaraderie on the coach and helps bond the side
togetha: . “FC United is a good one for both
us and the fans, and to get anything through the gate like the numbers they command is great for the club
n: Cup joy - but Blues do it
Cntheroe......................3 their league, netted first SI Helens Town ......... 2 from the penalty spot, TWO goals from Joel when Peter Collinge came Byrom and a third from player-manager Peter Smith earned Clitheroe an FA Cup first qualifying round tie at Chorley. Nothing less than
expected came out of Sat urday’s preliminary round
that the Blues overcome their Vbdkat League visi tors - but they did it the hard way. Injuries to strikers
meant attacking midfield ers Byrom and Gary Stop- forth started up front, and chances were scarce St Helens, who current ly reside third bottom of
out to clear the ball and smashed into Karl Led- sham. The 41st-minute Iain
Dyson spot kick was con verted, in-off the post, but Clitheroe's answer was almost instant when Craig
encounter with St Helens • Sargeson made the most of To\vn, as it was no surprise a defensive mistake to get
a strike on goal, and although St Helens keeper Graham McCall got a hand to it, the ball spun behind him into the path of Byrom, who nodded home from close range. The difference in the
two side's league positions was clearer to see in the second half as Clitheroe'
and much needed revenua “We saw in our friendly \vith them
last time what a pleasure they are to host, and i t’s always nice to play in front of a crowd of that capacity.” Reynolds welcomes back several
players to the squad for the trip to Newcastle, and hopes to have a new left-sided player on hoard too. Saturday’s 3-2 FA Cup win over St
Helens Town was made difficult by injuries, but that pressure has been alleviated. He said: “We’ve now gone two
games unbeaten. We had a good per formance against Garforth and then
carved out more chances on goal vrith the introduc tion of Gary Jackson, Smith and David Dempsey. But despite Jackson
being put through one-on- one with the keeper more than once, as well as creat ing a few chances of his am, he couldn't score However, strike partner
Byrom rose to the fore, and a driving 30-yard run saw him shrug off left-back Andy Webster to fire home under McCall. St Helens were then
reduced to 10 men when a tackle on Paul Stansfield ended in a scuffle, and cen tre-back Karl Kneale was sent from the field - final- ly allowing Clitheroe to
a scrappy result against St Helens Town, which I was pleased with pven our injuries. “I ^vas just happy to get through
with what we had avmlable to us. We put out the best team we could, changed the system at half-time and it worked for us. “We should almost have a clean
bill of health for Saturday. John Osbourne is back, Chris Ward returns. I ’ve got over an injury and there’s both Pete Smith and Paul Osbourne who came though Satur- daybgame:” Only Ryan Bisha;'Will Exton and
break through with the ease and regularity many expected from the start. Chance after chance
came after that, and play er-manager Smith convert ed what proved to be the Blues’ only flowing move of the game, instigated by David Dempsey on the left wing Smith should have net
ted a second soon after when Jackson squared for the 42-year-old substituta The "keeper intercepted
his first effort, and the rehound was headed from thelina Jackson went close
again, as did Dempsey, before the visitors pulled one hack through Neil Hilton in injury time
Sam Heap remain on the side Enes. Fisher (ankle) is a long-term casual ty, Exton is out with a recurring shoulder injury and Heap, who has been biding his time for a place in the forward line, picked up a knock in training last week. CEtheroe tans are being advised to
arrive earlier than usual for Tues day’s 7-45 p.m. kick-off in order to get in the ground before the game starts. Parking wiU be restricted and there wiE be queues a t the gates. And for anyone wishing to go to
the Newcastle game, a coach leaves Shawbridge at 10 am. on Saturday.
Count out to settle score By Adrian Capstick
MICHAEL Bisping is out to settle a score when he re tu rn s to th e Ultimate Fighting Championship on Saturday. The Clitheroe cage fight
er faces his second UFC mixed martial arts bout on British shores a t th e 02 Arena in London, and he’s up agmnst an old foe. Ma tt Hamill, not to be
confused with Star Wars’ Mark, was one of Bisping’s house-^mates in The Ulti mate Fighter 3 television programme th a t saw the former upholsterer break into Amcricah fastest-grow ing spectator sport. The two didn’t get on,
both ware tipped as the best fighters in their class, but Hamill was forced to pull ou t of th e show injured.
while Bisping went on to win the final. Ever since, the American
has been calling out his fel low light-heavyweight to prove who is th e b e tte r fighter, and now he’s got his chanca Bisping said: “He doesn’t
lilcp me and I don’t Eke him. I t ’s nothing personal, we’ll put an that aside when we cEmbinthecaga “I t ’s an opportunity for
me to get one u p on him and finaUy shut his mouth for good.” At first. The Count was
less than impressed about facing HamiE, regarding it as an “everything to lose, nothing to gain” fight, but he has since changed his tune, and sees it as opportu nity to show th a t he can wrestle with the best. He smd: “I just thought I ’d proven myself in the
class of field in TUF 3, and I didn’t have much to gain from HamiE. “He’d been handed an
opportunity I didn’t really th in k he’d earned, ju s t because he’d been th rm ^ g my name around. “But then I thought
about it some more and I saw the positives I can take from this. I think I ’ve proven I’ve got pretty good stand-up, I th in k I ’ve proven in my last couple of fights I ’m hard to submit, and that my BrazEian Jui- J i tsu i is there - but I ’ve never fought a world class wrestler. . “I t wEl he good to fight
and beat someone of th at style as it’s another boxed ticked.” . He added: “I ’ve got big
ambitions in the UFC, but E I can’t deal with wrestlers there’s something missing
from my game. I think I ’m a weE rounded fighter and will prove th a t on Satur day.” The 0 2 Arena is what
u ^ to be the MiEennJum Dome, transformed into an 18,000 capacity venue that should see another seE-out crowd for the British fight- en
There wiE be 2,000 more
fans than his last outing at the MEN Arena in April, b u t he won’t get carried away by the throng of the crowd this tima Bisping said: “I ’ll be
expecting the UK fans in London to get behind me, just like they did in Man chester: “F've gone through a few
techniques since then, as the crowd reaEy caught me off guard. “I wasn’t expecting an adrenaline rush like that.
not even boxers like Mike Tyson have got a reception Eke that a t the MEN. “This time I’d be expect
ing it, visuaEang the room before I go out and keeping cool, calm and coEected.” ■ And in preparation for this fight, he flew out to Big Bear in California to sharp en up his skills with feEow fighter and friend Quinton “Rampage” Jackson who tops Saturday night’s d ^ t - caid fight night with a title bout agmnst Dan Hender son. UFC 75 wiE be screened
Eve in the UK on Setanta PPVl (Sky channel 481) at 8 p.m. on &turday.
CLITHEROE CC’s Jack Dewhurst was named the North of England’s player of the festival a t the ECB Na tiona l Academy, at Loughborough University. The CEtheroe first team-
Jack is player of festival
er and Cobras Under 14s player was selected for the North in the r ^ o n a l tour nament, Mowing a success ful county season, where he has averaged over 50 with the bat, and around 10 with thebaE. On day one of the festi
val, CEtheroe Rqyal Gram mar School pupil Jack opened the bowling against th e South, and took 5-35 from 10 overs. He also made a fantastic
diving stop and throw for a ru n out th a t allowed the No r th to get back in the game. The match finished with
the South on 213-9,11 runs behind the North. On th e second day
against the 'West, he per formed even better. Getting an opportunity to bat, he vrent in with a x overs to go and set about the bowling immediately. Hescored 40 nms off just
20 deliveries, including two huge sixes, and as a result, the North managed a com-
Snooker meeting
THE CEtherxreand District Snooker League annual meeting will be held on Thursday, September 20th, a t the Catholic Club, Low- ergate, from 8 p.m. All teams must attend.
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petitive 224. He then opened the bowl
ing and took an early wick et in his first spell. When he came back on,
he bowled a remarkable over taking three wickets and narrowly missed a hat- trick. In his final over, he got
another wicket to give him his second five-wicket haul in two days, his final analy sis being 5-25 off 10 overs as the West finished 106 runs short. Then the following day,
Jack had creditable figrues of 1-20 off 10 overs as the Midlands made 154. The game should easily
have been won by the North, but things didn’t pan out tlmt way, and Jack found hiinseE at the crease with the score on 63-6. He then played a totaEy dEfer- ent innings to the previous day, being very watchful and careful as he made a very good 35 and shared a partnership of 70 for the seventh wicket, which aEowed the North to scrape a t ia Ja ck ’s efforts saw him
named the North's player of the festival, and he was rewarded with a two-year kit sponsorship by Gray- NicoEs. Jack is pictured receiving
his North of England cap from England A player Graeme Swann, (s).
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