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56 _Clithej;oe Advertisers Times, Thursday, March 15th, 2007


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Bruising clash hurts the Blues


Warrington Town . . .1 ClUheroe .................. 1


Simon Garner By ADRIAN CAPSTICK


SIMON Garner, Gregg Anderson and Ryan Fisher have all agreed new terms to stay at Ciitheroe Football Club for at least another season. After Bradford Park Avenue came


in with a "substantial financial deal" for captain Garner last week which the defender turned down, co-man­ ager Neil Reynolds is pleased to announce that "the number one left- back in the league" has committed to the Blues. Anderson has also extended his


current deal by two years and Ryan Fisher has agreed to a one-year con­ tract, with two more players set to follow suit. The Blues boss and fellow manag­


er Pete Smith are intent on keeping together what looks to be the start of a winning formula, and the fact that Garner has now had three clubs express an Interest in him this season suggests there is something worth staying for at Shawbridge. Reynolds said: "Bradford made


Simon a fantastic financial offer that Ciitheroe couldn't begin to compete with, but it's not about money, the lads enjoy playing together and take great pride in pulling on a blue shirt. "Simon is the best left back in the


entire UniBond First Division, he's my captain and I'm sure he would not look out of place at Conference level.


"He took a week off work and


trained with Southport last week, and acquitted himself \yell, and if a club like that came in for him then I wouldn't stand in his way." He added: "There were several


scouts at Tuesday's game and we don't want any of our players to go anywhere. We're not the best finan­ cially rewarding club but we aim to make strides forward." This news comes after a 5-1 win


over Kidsgrove Athletic on Satur­ day and a bruising 1-1 draw at War­ rington Town on Tuesday that left Reynolds fuming. He said: "If Warrington want to


use tactics like that all season then fine, but the way they set out their stall to spoil our game was shambolic. "They were just out to kick us oft


the park. Anthony Daniels is lucky to escape with just bad bruising after a tackle both the linesman and referee missed. "Kris Matthews has a black eye


and a huge swelling over his cheek which he suffered the indignity of a booking for, which was according to the referee for 'feigning injury and over acting'! And the horrendous tackle on


Pete Smith had him seething Reynolds added: "In my years


playing football I've never seen a tackle like it. The fact their player gets just a yellow card when Ryan Fisher got the same for handling the


ball in their area baffles me. "It was three foot off the ground,


by the same player that injured Anthony, and the mark it left was down to the bone. I was very upset but the way the lads conducted themselves has to be commended as they didn't allow themselves to be brought down to Warrington's level. "W'e've instilled discipline in the


side at the request of the chairman and it was a credit to the lads." Reynolds is hoping that Will


Exton will be back on board for a difficult trip to Eastwood Town on Saturday. Lennie Reid (hamstring) is 50-50 in making that fixture and the Blues boss expects both Daniels and fellow Smith will have to sit out that game and Tuesday's trip to Cammell Laird. However he has lined up two new


additions to the side in a centre half and a central midfielder/right-back. The defender is 19-year-old


Jonathan Forbes who was at Kendal Town at the beginning of the season after training at Manchester United last year. He has just returned from America where he has been playing University football.


And the midfielder/right-back is


currently with a UniBond Premier Division club.


The coach to Eastwood Town will


be leaving Shawbridge at 10-30 a.m. on Saturday, with available space for fans priced at £5 per person.


Smith and Anthony Daniels both needed a trip to casualty after Warrington's heavy handedness on a cabbage patch of a pitch. Smith needed stitches


to a down-to-the-bone gash foliowing a horren­ dous two-footed tackle, and Daniels needed an x- ray to his achilles after studs were raked down the back of his leg. And they weren't the


only ones, as Kris Matthews was very lucky not to have a bro­ ken cheek bone after an elbow to the face swelled his eye up and unbeliev­ ably got him a booking for feigning injury! Apart from Daniels'


incident, which happened in the first 10 minutes and wasn't witnessed by referee or linesman, the final two occurred in the last 20 minutes. The game itself saw


Ciitheroe by far create the most goal scoring opportunities as if it had­ n't been for the wayward finishing of Craig Sarge- son and Chris Ward the Biues couid have quite easily had three or four goals. The best missed effort


of the first half saw a right wing cross fall at the feet of an unmarked Sargeson in the six-yard box but the winger mis­


ROUGH-house tactics denied Ciitheroe three points on Tuesday and hospitalised two Blues players In the process. Co-manager Pete


timed his shot and missed the ball. However the Mng man


made up for it in the 44th minute as he rose high in the Warrington box to nod home Simon Gar­ ner's edge of the area free kick. The 1-0 lead looked to


be how the game would finish as Warrington had but one other attempt on target other than their equaliser, while Ward spurned two clear-cut chances at the other end. First the Biues striker


headed over from 10 yards out an inch-perfect Sargeson cross that had seen the winger skip past two defenders to get his ball across. And then a through


ball over the top saw Ward and substitute Chris Heslop run to a point behind the Town defence only to see the former take the ball and put his effort \yide with only the keeper to beat. Which typically left


Matthews to get a punch to the face and then War­ rington to net by a route one ball from the home keeper. James Mann come out


to meet it and the Ciitheroe defence failed to clear, allowing substi­ tute Phil Mitchell to round the lot and slot in a 90th minute equaliser. Warrington set their


stall out to stop Ciitheroe playing by any means necessary and on the face of it a point and no bro­ ken bones was a good result!


Byrom’s hat-trick crowns invigorating display


ClUhcroe....................5 Kidsgrove Athletic . . .1 A JOEL Byrom hat-trick capped an invigorating Ciitheroe performance against Kidsgrove Athlet­ ic on Saturday. The former Blackburn


midfielder's inspired touch dispatched a deft lob to break the deadlock as early as the 12th minute, before two more after the break ensured victory. He was joined on the


scoresheet by the return­ ing Chris Ward, who came


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off the bench late in the first haif to smash home a Craig Sargeson corner and retake the iead. Goai number three fol­


lowed, supplied by the lethal right toot of Ryan Fisher. Kidsgrove keeper Chris


Martin didn't know what day it was as Clitheroe's' play caught him coid, and even ied to the odd mix- up with his own defenders. It wasn't as though the


travelling team were a poor side, as the league's


leading goalscorer Michael Lennon took his tally for the season to 39 with a 42nd-minute equaliser. But the introduction of


Ward for the exceptional­ ly hard-working Will Exton, and Pete Smith for the injured Lennie Reid, tipped the baiance. It was Exton's relent­


less running, though, that brought about Byrom's delectable opener. The striker made one of ‘


his now characteristic challenging runs on the


keeper, which would be deemed a lost cause by many. His speed unsettled the


out-coming Martin, whose poor 18-yard clear­ ance was volleyed back over his head by a quick thinking Byrom. Fisher's second half


strike was instigated by left back Simon Garner, as the club captain devel­ oped the left-wing move that teed up his team mate with an 18-yard bul­ let of a shot.


Ward and Smith both


went close with further opportunities, before Byrom capitalised on a poor defensive take down following a Ciitheroe goal kick, latching onto a through ball to race clear and slot home. And Byrom rounded off


a stunning team display when he made the most of the confusion between Martin and Kidsgrove captain Ashiey Woolis- croft, tapping home an easy effort after the centre


back headed over his own keeper. It could have been more


to as link-up play between Fisher and Jason Jones, and then Jones and Ward, could quite easily have made it seven. All this and the Blues have now gone four games without a booking too! Ciitheroe: Mann,


Daniels, Garner, Matthews, Anderson, Fish­ er, Sargeson (Reynoids), Jones, Exton (W'ard), Byrom, Reid (Smith).


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Winning streak


continues Oswaldiwistle Rangers .0 Langho Under 1 0 s........2


LANGHO continued their winning streak in a hard- fought battle at Witton Park thanks to goals from Patrick Fordham and Jack Stones. Fordham headed home a


match Edward Yates kept up the forward pressure, it was Stones who nodded home Langho's second from a corner. The team now concen­


trate on the cup, with a quarter-final tie against Meiior Biack.


‘Razor- on the


menu NEIL Ruddock is the guest speaker at a charity sports dinner held at Mytton Fold. The fomer Liverpool and


Tottenham player will be joined on the top table by PFA Chief Executive Gor­ don Taylor, comedian Mick Miller and former Red Rose Radio DJ, and MC for the night, Paul Booth. Already tickets for the


evening, priced at £40 each and £360 for a party of 10, have been popular and donations are to be made to East Lancs Hospice and a charity of Taylor's choice. There will also be some


interesting collectors items up for auction including a signed Blackburn Rovers 1994-95 Premiership win­ ning team shirt as well as a Liverpool FC 2005 Champi­ ons League shirt signed by 35 players, Manchester i United memorabilia, boxing memorabilia and a signed ( and framed England shirt. The dinner is on the


evening of Friday, April 13th. For tickets and spon­ sorship opportunities, con­ tact Paui Booth (07775 861461) or visit www.sportsdinner.co.uk.


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spectacular overhead cross from Jake Willacy to put Langho in the lead, and Langho's defence battled hard to hold onto their advantage, with Craig Richardson holding firm. And while man-of-the-


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