Joe makes £l.lm Forest switch
By Chris Boden '■!*/
STRIKER Joe Garner joined Championship side Nottingham Forest in a £1.14m move from Carlisle United at the weekend. -, • The 20-year-old former ' Blackburn Rovers striker, who hails from Whalley, signed a four-year deal at the City Ground, having netted 14 goals i n '34, appearances for the Cum brians last season. Garner only'moved to
■Bruriton Park last summer for a club record fee of £140,000, and although he is expected to be out -with a knee ligament injury until the end of September, Colin Calderwood moved quickly to land the front- man; • ;
•• Rovers receive £500,000
of the fee,'and Garner hopes the move will lead to a return to the Premier
League: "I was at Black burn for 10 years, and I,^ thought that it was time to' leave for the sake of my ; career. .' ; It was difficult there for
: me to break into first team football.
:■ ■ 'T made the decision to
move to Carlisle. I enjoyed it there, it was a good move for me because now I am hopefully back on the up, I am 20 years old now and playing in the Champi onship. : "I ju s t ‘need to get myself f i t and involved again.'But hopefully I will continue to move back up the ladder with Forest. "It's a fantastic move for
me at this stage of my career, and l am looking forward to getting out
•there and helping Forest try to get into the Premier League." The former England Under 19 international
can’t wait to linkup with his new team-mates, who, will include former Black- bum and Burnley hitman Andrew Cole,/ and he added: "It mil be brilliant to play alongside Andrew Cole. I was very young, when he was at Blackburn,
• but he is a great player and i t will be a massive achievement for me'to even think about being involved in the same team ashim.' . "I didn't come across
him much at Blackburn. I watched him train with the senior lads but that's as close as we got.', /■'. “Pm looldng forward to
learning from him now, from training with him at Forest and, hopefully in a few months, playing along- sidehim."; . ; Calderwoodhas moni
tored Garner/for some time, and was delighted to get his man: "'We saw Joe
of third
play in quite a few games. "When he , ' joined
Carlisle, the period when ; he was fit and available
• coincided with them being at the top of the league. ^ "His injury was a con-'
tributing factor to their falling away, or at least one of the factors.
' "He is a very down to earth lad, he is hard-work- , ing and he has a good goal- scoringrecord.’ “He can only score goals
at the level he is playing at, which last season was inLeaguel. "Blackburn have a high
opinion of him, he comes with a really good pedi gree.' “His first full season of
football saw. him have a major impact, saw him ■ score goals and get his team into a position to challenge for promotion. "We think; in the long term, that he will be a real
asset for us. "He is very good in the
air, he is aggressive and he has a great scoring record already. "I have no pre-set dates
in my mind about when he will be back, we will be guided by the physios and
by the player. We will not pressure him into coming back too soon, we will make sure he is right." . Joe Garner is pictured
on his arrival a t the City Ground following his £1.14m'^^ transfer from Carlisle United, (s) /
cup win RIBBLESDALE Wander ers go in search of their first piece of silverware since 2000’s Ribblesdale League success when they take on 'Padiham at Barnoldswick’s Victory Park on Sunday in the Ramsbottom Cup Final. Wanderers, who were
the first-ever winners of the cup in 1922, earned the trophy for only the second time in their history in 1999, beating Cherry 'Tree at church Meadow. Ribblesdale reached the
showpiece clash with a 54- run derby win at home Clitheroe in the quarter finals, before a six-\vicket success agmnst Read in the lastfour.- They have only faced
title-challengers Padiham once so far this season, los ing by 31 runs. Wickets are pitched at 1
p.m. on Sunday. Elsewhere in the league,
• By Chris Boden .Oi
WHILE the goals are flowing for' Clitheroe in pre-season, joint- manager Peter Smith is eager to tighten up defensively as the new season looms. ■ • The Blues enjoyed a 5-2 win against Ramsbottom United at Shawbridge on 'Tuesday night,, but with the big UniBond League, kick-off at home
to.Mossley jiist a fortnight away. Smith knows his side have to be more miserly. ;■ Danny Toronczak scored twice,
to add to an own goal, an'Owen ' Roberts penalty arid a header, frorii Ian Flarinery, but Sinith said: “Attacking,' we look great and we
are.playirig some good , football, getting lots of crosses in and creating c h a n c e s .^ 'b '■ “But I have to admit to being a
bit concerned defensively.' " “On Tuesday we were getting
caught by long balls, and we have' to be harder, to break down;, “We’re not really/firing on all
cylinders yet - although last year we.were flying and then started the season badly. / f'- u , •
.. .. ‘.‘.We are getting; better .with each game though, we just need
to be stronger defensively as a unit. ,S:“We conceded far too. many '
goals last seasori, and we have yet to keep a clean sheet in pre-sea-. SOn.’’v CUtheroe step up their prepara-
ments, . while both Ryan Fisher and joint-manager Neil Reynolds have had some gairie'time under their belts after knee injuries. And Smith explained that the
tions with their penultimate pre- .'' season friendly at home to newlyr promoted UniBond .Premier, League side' Bradford “P a rk - ■ Avenue o'n Saturday (kick-off 3 p.m‘.). And Smith expects a stern examination against a side tipped : ’
. to Win th e t i t le ’ a t th e f i rs t , ; attempt: “I t will be a massive test':. '
\ forus - Bradford have been bring- ing players in for £20,000 and are favourites to win the Premier
/ able -/. Jasoii Jones, Gary Stop- ' forth, Paul Osborne^ but i t is a chance'to look a t a couple of other lads.',
' . .
“After S aturday ’s game, we only., have.,one,; niore:; m a tch ,-'
' against Buxton before the season: starts, and'it vrill be time to start , - making some decisions about the ,: ■ team.” ■,
> ,
• Chris Ward has returned to the 'club after his teaching coirimit- -.
inariagement duo are happy with the squad at their disposal: “We didn’t want to bring too many players in over the summer, we brought a'few. in towards the end of last season and strengthened further,' but we are happy with ■
the riuriabers we have at present.: ' “We'will have a 20-mari squad, .
and.if ariy lads are out, we have playere who ran come in and do a job'over, the raaspn.” , ..•(Thriclub are looking for help
' , : L e a g u e . ' ‘ ■ ‘ “We have a few players unavail- :
froinariy joiriers'and qualified electricians to work on the newly-; ins ta l led clubhouse a t Shaw bridge. They have been busy with jobs
on the new. building, but are get ting to the stage'where skilled workers are required, / without i t :, costing a small fortune! ■
■ Anyone willirig to lend a hand
ran coine down to ,the ground on,, most eyienin^ froin 7-30 p.m.: •: • '/■' Anyone is ,welcoine to see what
work is required, arid if- you feel i t ; is too much arid turn them down;'- they wili not be offended! -.-'
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