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+48 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, February 14th,'2008
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‘Dirty’ clash leaves boss counting cost
By Adrian Capstick
CLITHEROE have been left dec imated by injuries sustained against the “dirtiest” side Neil Reynolds has ever played against. The Blues boss is one of six
players on the casualty list follow ing last week’s ravaging 2-1 defeat at the hands of Garforth Town - and he’s just thankful no bones were broken. Career-threatening tackles were
bandied about freely by the Leeds- based side throughout the fixture, building to a ridiculous Russian roulette game of chance in the sec ond half that could have seen a serious injury. • Jonathan Smith (gashed leg), John Osborne (ankle), Ryan Plsh-
er (ankle), Mickey Saunders (calf) and Carl Lomax were all excused training on Tuesday night due to their injuries, while Reynolds had a hvisted swollen knee. Some are more hopeful than
others of making Saturday’s game against Lancaster City, but after the kicking Osborne took on Sat urday he will definitely miss out. Already out are Barry Shuttle-
worth (hamstring), Paul Osborne (groin), Ian Flannery (knee) and Gary Stopforth, the latter having popped his shoulder out of place against Bamber Bridge. Will Exton returned to training
last week having been out with a suspected broken metatarsal, only to kick the ball with his first touch and put himself out for the rest of the season.
But Adam Kozlowski returns
from suspension and Gary Jack- son is back in the squad having been recalled fit and sharp from Squires Gate. Reynolds is just happy there
wasn’t a game on Tuesday as he would have struggled to fill shirts, and thankful that no one else in the league plays like Garforth. He said: “They were by far the
most dirtiest side I’ve seen - ever! Anyone in the ground could see that it had got to the stage that
someone was going to get their leg broken. “I know I put in a high tackle
early on and I like to play a physi cal game, but how the referee can dole out the same card for dissent as he did for those tackles is unbe lievable.
“It was GBH, every tackle was
looking to break a leg. I know we can put our foot in too, but that was ridiculous. He added: “We’ve got fed up of
complaining about referees this season but the officials on Satur day have got to be the weakest I’ve ever come across. “The referee lost the plot. You
could sense something serious was going to happen, something that could end a player’s career.” After Lancaster City, Clitheroe
travel to face Bradford Park Avenue for a Monday night fixture (team coach leaves Shawbridge at 4-30 p.m. for 7-45 p.m. kick-off), safe in the knowledge that former Blues coach and now Bradford boss Benny Philips plays the game the way it should be played.
Blues are lucky to survive intact!
ipated given th a t both sides are at the bottom of the fair play league, but what was seen from the Yorkshire side was beyond belief.
How the so-called
Samba-inspired side fin ished the game with 11 players, and all of Clitheroe’s left the pitch with their limbs intact, was no thanks to the refer ee Mr Dermot. Yellow cards were hand ed out to both sides but
Clilheroe ....................1 Garforth Town ..........2 AN over-physical Garforth Town rode roughshod over Clitheroe to leave Shaw bridge with the narrowest of victories on Saturday. A fierce game was antic
over half of Garforth’s seven bookings were shocking, cynical tackles tha t should have been stamped out sooner, and
, warranted one dismis^ at least.
Add the constant
infringement of elbows and blatant pushing and shoving by centre back Patrece Lyburd calling for more than one decent shout for a penalty being waved away in the first half, and the Blues looked hard done by as they enjoyed the lion’s share of
possession and attacked at will. So to see Garforth go
ahead from a left-wing free kick on four minutes, hav ing shown very little
attacking flair otherwise, was disappointing as the ball was knocked down in the 18-yard box for Luis De Melo to rifle home. Clitheroe would have
equalised much earlier than Carl Lomax’s 51st minute effort had Mickey Saunders not got in the way of Jonathan Smith’s goal-bound header from a Craig Sargeson comer, the right winger unintention ally blocking the ball on the line. That was 16 minutes
into the game, further efforts followed as Lomax fired a few over the bar as Saunders left the field to join Gary Stopforth and Barry Shuttleworth on the injury list.
The Clitheroe striker
was put in again after the break by Jbhn Osborne only to fire wide of the mark, before finally latch ing on to a ball into plenty of space from midfield and effortlessly slip it past Gar forth keeper Gavin Spratt. The rest of the half cen
tred on how many mist imed dangerous tackles Osborne would have to suf fer before the referee would spring for the red card. It didn’t happen, despite
Mark Piper jumping in on the defender studs up in a late 50/50 ball, striker Chris Brown nearly con necting with his head in a high challenge, and then the high lunge to beat all late tackles by left back
Milton Turner that could quite easily have ended the defender’s season. But after kicking
Clitheroe to bits, you couldn’t take away the quality of the winning 75th minute strike from the Leeds side as they skipped through the Blues’ defence to see Greg Kelly finish with aplomb. Clitheroe didn’t give up
on a second equaliser, though, as player-boss Pete Smith joined fellow manager Neil Reynolds on the pitch to freshen the forward line and keep Gar forth on the back foot until the final whistle.
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ACTION from Clilheroe Royal Grammar School’s win over Alsop High School, (s)
School’s big cup win
CLITHEROE Royal Grammar School’s Under 18s football team has sur passed all previous efforts by the York Street estab lishment. The Sixth Form side
successfully reached the last 16 of the English School’s Trophy last week, which is the best any foot ball team from the school has done in the national competition. The 2-1 victory over
Liverpool-based Alsop High School in the sixth round a t Blackburn Rovers Academy meant
the team faced a trip to Walbottle Technology College yesterday, thanks to goals by Lawrence Howard and Ben Allen. CRGS played six games
to reach this stage, having successively scored six goals without reply in their first three rounds, before beating Carlisle’s Trinity School 3-2 and Sale Gram mar School 2-1 to face Alsop. The successful team are
also in the semi-finals of the Lancashire Cup too, so i t ’s shaping up to be a memorable season.
Big date for Green
HURST Green face their biggest match in recent history at Clitheroe FC next week. ' The East Lancashire
Football League side have reached the semi-finals of the Lancashire Amateur Cup, and will play Rossendale Amateurs on Wednesday night. A place in the final a t
the Lancashire FA head quarters in Leyland awaits the winners, and Hurst
Green are hopeful it mil be them. Kick-off is 7-30 p.m.,
and prices on the gate are £3 adults and £1 conces sions. Any local support would be appreciated.
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