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Magic Matthews makes an immediate impact


by Dan Black


COMETH the hour, cometh the man. Clitheroe were just seconds away


from exiting the world’s most presti­ gious domestic cup competition, but were rescued by a tactical gamble from manager Peter Smith and a last-gasp header from the Blues’ new secret weapon. Nobody knew about Jerrome Matthews a couple of days ago, but


,. now that name is on everybody’s lips aroimd Shawbridge following Tues­ day night’s heroics in the FA Cup Preliminary Round against Staveley MW. The London-born striker earned


the Ribble Valley side a replay after he cancelled out Lee Gregory’s 83rd minute opener on Saturday, before scoring one and adding two assists to set up a 3-1 win in the replay. Smith said: “Jerrome has moved


up from London. I didn’t know much about him but a friend of mine rang me to say that he was coming up to the area and was looking for a club, so I took him down to training and had a look at him. “He has already shown his quali­


ty; he’s played two, scored two and he’s got two assists so I can’t ask for any more. “He’s got pace, a bit of trickery


and he’s calm in pressure situations. He has good awareness and has got all-round quality. He will be a great signing for us.” Kenny Mayers was drafted into the side for the replay at the Inker-


Alan Coar, Jason Jones, Zach


Clark, Jonathan Forbes, Kevin Brown, Robert Grimes, Matthews and Mayers have all etched their names on the scoresheet. Smith added: “It is a massive


thing because you don’t have to rely on one single player to score you goals. “We are always going to benefit if


we can score goals from all over the park which is very pleasing for a manager. We are always going to be capable of scoring goals this season but we just need to stop conceding soft goals. “If we can do that then we will


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become a very tough team to beat. “But the lads are stilling gelling


together because we are a very new sida We just need to be patient but we’ll get there. “The lads are really enjoying their


sail Road Stadium and repaid his manager’s belief by grabbing a brace to turn the game on its head after Clitheroe found themselves 1-0 down at the interval. Smith said: “It was a good result


for us especially after the first half because oim performance was poor and we had to accept that we weren’t good enough. “They were a decent side and were well organised, but we didn’t pass


football at the moment which is a huge bonus. We’ll learn as the season goes on; we’ll tighten up and become more organised and the lads know what kind of performance I expect now.” The Blues now travel to Colwyn


the ball well, gave it away cheaply and failed to open them up. “But aU credit to the lads; we did


it the hard way and eventually took the game to them and the win was well deserved. “We were the much better team.


. We were 1-0 down at half-time but we took it up a gear in the second half. ^ “It was very pleasing and I was delighted for the supporters as well


because they had made a long jour­


ney down to see us and it was nice to reward them.” The Clitheroe gaffer admitted


that he has been pleased with his side’s start to the 2009/10 campaign before stating that the Blues are capable of scoring plenty of goals. The Shawbridge side have so far


scored 10 goals in all competitions, which includes eight different goalscorers.


Bay on Saturday in the UniBond League First Division North, before playing host to Radcliffe Borough in the Unibond Presidents Cup on ’Tuesday. Shawbridge will then be the venue


for the FA Cup first qualif3dng round tie against Stocksbridge Park Steels the following Saturday. The club will run a coach to Satur­


day’s game at Colwyn Bay. The coach will leave Shawbridge at 11 a.m. and will cost £7 each for fans.


i-t-' Jarrold brothers shine on President’s Day


MYTTON Fold’s Juniors were the stars of the club’s Presi­ dent’s Day, with winner Tom and brother Luke Jarrold being split by a card play-off. Both carded excellent scores


of 42 points in the stableford competition.


Close behind came Jordan


Whalley, just three points in arrears. Junior Harry Crossley also


took a share of the twos prize fund, thanks to a birdie on the first. In the men’s section, Eddie


Scott shot 42 points, four clear of runner-up Barry Harg­ reaves, who had the audacity to beat club president David Hargreaves into third spot on a


card play-off. Mark Schofield (38 points) took the Division One honours, and John Walms- ley, also on 38 points, headed Division Two. Lady captain Maureen


Board took the ladies’ section with an excellent 43 points, with Linda Clegg four points behind in second place. Jean Sanderson took the final podium position with 35


points, just edging out the unlucky Judith Kay (33 points) in fourth. The twos prize fund was


split five ways between four players.


(ihris Chadwick took a dou­


ble helping with birdies on both the first and the ninth holes. Elsewhere, junior Harry Crossley (1st), Kevin Shanley


(1st) and Mark Slater (9th) took the remaining shares. In the club’s monthly Stable-


ford competition, Wa3me Ivin- son took overall honours with 39 points, two clear of Chris Chadwick. John Berry secured third, a further point behind. David Clegg took the Divi­


sion One winner’s prize with 35 points, and Martin Holden Division Two with 36 points.


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