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Clitheroe^dvertiser^Times, Thursday, September 25th, 2008


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NEWS -PAGE 61


a < B lu es’ FA Cup By Phil Simpson


NEIL Reynolds’ sentiments all season have been to “shoot for the stars”. .


. And on Saturday, he and his ‘jiec-


' side have the opportunity to take another step on the ladder of the world’s greatest cup competition. Ciitheroe travel to UniBond


Premier Division outfit Frickley Athletic in the second qualifying round, p otentially ju s t three games away from the first round proper. • And th is week, Reynolds


echoed his feelings th a t he is adamant his side can progress: “I t’s all about Saturday now. . “I know who, if fit, is going to play, and we’re just all geared up for this now. “We watched them last week


and we a re going down there with every aspiration of going through to the next round of the FA Cup. “We’re not looking to get a


draw and get them back to Shawbridge, we’re going all out


I f t '


for the win. “But it’s absolutely rhassive -


I ’ve had the joy of playing in the second round at- Cambridge (with Bamber Bridge). “But this is superlj, this is a


real opportunity now and I real­ ly want this club to do well. “That applies on all fronts,


but from a financial point of view as well I want us to do well for the club. “I t would be a massive coup


for the club to get that , but we just want to go out, do our busi­ ness and get through to the next round. “We’re de spe ra te to get


through, and we will be doing everything in our power to get there. “For me, Pete (Smith) the


lads, it is massive, but we encour­ age as many people as possible to make the journey to Frickley and watch it.


. “We’ll be a different side to


what we were a t Chorley, and there is no reason why we can’t win. “I actually think we will win.


but as I ’ve said before, if you don’t shoot for th e stars then what’s the point? “I t means everjd;hing to us, it


really does, and this Saturday is one of the games you gear your­ self up for these days. “You ask Tony Hesketh


(Chorley manager) what he would ra th e r be in; th e next round of the UniBond Presi­ dents Cup or the next round of the PA Cup? - 1 know full well what he would say. “There’s a few UniBond teams


left in and I wish them all suc­ cess, b u t u l t im a te ly I want Ciitheroe in the next round. “We want to make some histo-


. ry this season, we want to be the non-league-club th a t gets into the first round - and why not.” However, he could be hindered


by Tuesday evening’s happen­ ings a t Chorley. In a game Reynolds described


as being “the last thing we need­ ed ”, th e Blues u l t im a te ly crashed out 3-2 on penalties after a 1-1 draw. But add to th a t injuries to


Glitheroe lose in ■ Chorley ..................... I


Ciitheroe .....................1 (Af ter extra-time, Chor­ ley win 3-2 on pens)


PAUL Osborne’s penalty


- miss sent Ciitheroe tum­ bling out of the UniBond


- Presidents Cup on Tues­ day night. He saw his spot kick


saved by former Blues keeper Peter Collinge, as the hosts triumphed from 12 yards. But in truth, Ciitheroe


f i


will be far from downbeat ab o u t their exit, from a competition th a t is fa r from a t the forefront of their priority list. With the Blues already


Paul Osbourne ' three games behind in the


league, and ahead of Sat­ urday’s important PA Cup second qualifying.round tie a t Frickley, the last thing Neil Resmolds’ side wanted was another fix­ ture. But that’s exactly what


. The Blues made five changes from the PA Cup win a t Leek, with Ryan Fisher and Scott Redhead rested altogether.


, But the re was a wel­


come. re tu rn for B arry ’ Shuttieworth, who lasted ■ - an hour before he was


/ replaced by Joel Pilking- ton. :


they had, and wouldn’t you just know it - it went the distance. .


Ciitheroe had the first


re a l opening when Ian Flannery headed straight a t Collinge, while Chris Ward shot onto the roof of the net. Chorley’s first chance


saw Roger Sharrock’s low cross evade everyone, while Clithero.e though they had taken the lead when Flannery’s header h it the post before being hooked off the lina Dave Hakin sen t 'a


deflected effort straight at Collinge, but just after the break, Jon a th an Smith was forced off and replaced by Liam McManus.- Paul Osborne somehow headed over from Craig


centre back pairing Ian Flannery and Jonathan Smith, as well as Bernard Morley, Ryan Fisher and Paul-Osborne, and Reynolds was no t feeling his best after­ wards: “I don’t want to give any injustice to the competition, and I wish Chorley all the best, but I ’m glad we’re out of th a t com­ petition. “I ’m n o t ju s t saying th a t


because we are out - we changed the team around, made five or six changes, not to disrespect the ■ competition but just to try and freshen things up a bit. “I t was an extra game th a t we


really don’t need at the minute. “I t was a tough game and i t’s


come a t a cost because we’ve picked up three or four injuries, we’ye got tired legs, and we’ll be sweating on fitness now for Sat­ urday. “I t ’s another unbeaten game


in 90 minutes, we weren’t fantas­ tic, neither were they, but i t’s a game I ’m definitely hot going to look back on and say T wish I had won a t Chorley’. “I ’m glad it is out of the way.


there are a lot of cup games com­ ing up, and i t was a fixture too many that we didn’t need. “We didn’t want extra time,


I ’ve said to the lads a t 90 min­ utes to take it easy, because we have a big week ahead of us. “We have a huge game on Sat­


urday to focus oh, bu t as for tonight, the lads are ob-viously’ disappointed they have gone out, as am I, but we’re not to disap­ pointed on the whole to be hon­ est.” • Should Saturday’s game at


Prickley end in a draw, th e replay will take place a t Shaw­ bridge on Tuesday (kick-off 7-45 p.m.). However, should the match be


decided on the day, the Blues will en te r ta in Garforth Town on Tuesday in the UniBond Chal­ lenge Cup (kick-off 7-45 p.m.). Prior to th a t , Ciitheroe


Reserves are in action on Mon­ day when they host Chorley at Shawbridge in the L a n c it Haulage Lancashire League (kick-off 7-45 p.m.).


shoot-out


Sargeson’s corner, and that miss came back to haunt him when, within a minute,'Chorley grabbed the lead when Sharrock pulled the ball for Conner- ton to slam home. Carl Lomax shot


s tra ig h t at--the keeper when played in by Bernard Morley, who soon had to limp off when he pulled up with a hamstring. And with Ciitheroe hav­


ing used all three substi­ tutes a t th a t stage, they were soon down to nine men when Russ Clarke picked up a second yellow card. Numbers were restored when Chorley’s Mike Eck- -


ersley suffered a similar fate to Clarke before Mor­ ley rejoined the action, and within a minute Ciitheroe were level when Anthony Johnson’s drilled cross was turned into his own net by Martin Clark. Extra-time saw Martin


Fearon pull off a stunning low save to deny Eckersley, but Chorley wete handed a penalty with the last kick oL the game when Morley was adjudged to have han­ dled Adam Farrell’s coiner. , Fearon came to the res­


cue with a good stop low to his rig h t, but Chorley came good in the penalty shootout.


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Badminton club enjoys


three wins CLITHEROE Badminto Club enjoyed three wins in th e Mid-Lancashire League. The A team of Jane


McEwan, Louise Burrill, Christine Smitten, Steve Pym, Peter 'Wright and Pete Woods proved to be too strong for Hawks C, the mixed pairings again being the team’s strength. The C team took on


Whittle A and came out with a 12-6 victory. Michelle Binks, Chantelle Moro, Julie Pym, Tony Bush, Bill Robertson and Mark Perry proved too strong for their opponents. And Ron Brass and


Daniel Bush took all six of their games to help the D team beat Whittle C 14-4. The rest of the team was


made up of sue Brass, hantelle Moro, Ann Taylor and Ross McEwan.


Snooker meeting


tonight THE Ciitheroe and Dis­ tr ict Snooker League will be holding its annual gen­ eral meeting a t the Catholic Social Club tonight. The evening starts at 8


p.m., with all teams asked to be represented.


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