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-PAGE 46 www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk C iith e ro e 422324 (Editoriai), 01282 426161 (Advertising), Bumiey 01282 422331 (Ciassitied) TOO .% i*| f l c 1 V B y Dan Black ■


PASSIONATE Clitheroe FC chairman Carl Gar­ ner has admitted that the club faces tough times


■ after being hit with harsh • financial draw backs. The Blues finished the


last campaign in their highest-ever position in - the non-league pyramid when they secured 12th. place. The Shawbridge sidi


had negotiated a “ com­ pet itive ” budget for 2009/10 for manager


. Peter.Smith to strength-: en the squad in their : search of a top five finish in the UniBond League First Division North, v' However, the club has received a cruel blow


• after Blackburn Rovers , Ladies took their busi­ ness elsewhere while a four figure sell on clause owed by Northwich Vic-


Blackburn Rovers,


.. signed for Clitheroe in January 2007 and-fin- ■ ished the season as top


• scorer with 11 goals. ; .’ After a brief spell with ■Southport and a second ■


: spell at. Clitheroe he eventually signed for Northwich Victoria in January 2008. On May 15th, Steve­


nage Borough confirmed the signing of Byrom for a fee of £15,000 which triggered a four-figure. sell-qn-clause, agreed between Clitheroe and Northwich. . However, on May 19th


the club went : into administration for the


Carl Garner ’behind their club and


; then this happens. “They have not only.


, toria for former attacking ■ midfielder Joel Byrom looks in doubt after the recently relegated Blue Square Premier side fell into administration for ‘ the second timedn five years.


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V. Garner said:' ■ “T h e mews about Blackburn Rovers Ladies vacating,


, our premises is common ; knowledge now. This is a ; . massive blow and will.■


obviously have an affect on our income. Appar-^. en t ly th e yW e g on e to : ,- R a ^ c l i f fe , ;r .B o rou g h ' because 'th ey; blamed-'


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. their poor league position > . last year on-our p o o r - pitch and didn’t think of • putting.the blame.on their poor players.' . T . . . “ I‘m quite astonished : by all this really.. Black-;!:l


' burn has now sent" a rep-ls resentative team-to play,t''


■ in-Bury'which is com-^' pletely beyond in e ., -


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. taken the club out of the ~ Blackburn Rovers catch-. ment area but they have' also sent revenue streams away from the area;-It really; is a kick in the ribs.” The chairman and his


maintain a reasonable budget that, will help 'us compete in the Unibond Football League but that


. ■ is something for us as a committee to think about and deal with. We, have now got to knuckle ^ down and come up with


' the goods.’! .... .... Garner added: “ It is


committee have worked incredibly . hard to. achieve everything that has been bestowed o n ; Clitheroe F C : despite doing their jobs on a non-) profit voluntary basis; . , However, the recent


pinch is starting to take; hold, and they^accept; that things are starting; to; get on top o f them; financially.


- definitely going to diffi- . cult maintaining the club


: as it is on our income •: streams. We exist in a proper and faithful man-


' second time in five years, following their relegation from the Blue Square Premier. There is a silver-lining ■


as under both FA and Football Conference -


. rules Rushe must pay . football-related debts, such'as wages to players -


. and backroom staff or transfer fees, first and in full. Garner is now looking ■


towards next season where he still targets a top five finish as a realis-


1 ner. by paying our bills 'r and players on time but ■ ; we'just don’t seem to be: ; getting any reward.; ’ ■; -


; . “We work incredibly' ’ hard and don’t get any ;


;


; i ; “Theiclub is facing a; ’difficult time; at. the-' moment there’s no ques-. tion about that.- . . ; “ I t , ju s t seems like;


• ■! pay. We are doing every- .■ .; thing we can to maintain • this standard of . football


•: at Clitheroe and at the minute it just feels like we ’ ’ are.receiving blow after :


everything ; is,- going, against us at the minute ; and.'we 'are certainly. ■


•going'through a dark, ’period.' It will be a tough ’.year, financially and.we willh'ave to be prudent.' ’


■ '.“The Blackburn chair-’ , man is always emphasis-; ^ ingi the-need'for local ‘ . communities 'to -.get-.


; ‘.Tkis going to be very difficult t o ’maintain: everything that we have: done and achieved.' i ■ . ’ “ It will be difficult t o ;


.‘ blow. But we will carry on because we have been in • worse situations before.;!, .jean guarantee that we;'


'.’ will continue scrapping.' and fighting and we will:


; come out stronger at the; other end.”


. , ' The Byrom debacle;


.: has not done anything to -. .help the club. '• . • - . The 22-year-old, who; ;f started; his .career at ,


• tic goal. .He said:s“ In;terms of recruiting new players-


; there is a lot of hard work, . ; ongoing but at this stage*; we canTiname names v


..because we can’t register ' anybody until the end of ■


-June.; A t ,the minute; ■ ■ there ; is; only-.'’Liam:- -McManus that we are '


.: taking forward as a con- tracted player. - - . .


: . “ Some players have - ' declined contract offers- ■ so it looks as though they


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Andrew enjoys Wembley double


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NOT many football fans' are able to celebrate two victories at 'Wembley in the space of eight days. ' But for Clitheroe-


Advertiser and Times photographer. Andrew ’ Smith, .'Wembley has brought nothing but smiles this season. ' - ’ Clitheroe man Andrew


watched his- beloved Torquay United beat Cambridge United in the Blue Square ..Premier play-off final catapulting themselves back into the Football League. - ■; . And just days later he


“ I went there on holi­


day when I was 16 in 1987 and fell in love with the place,” he saidT “When I p t back I kept on; looking-for their


: results.. ' “The first game I went


to was when they played Burnley at Turf Moor ’ and lost 1-0. “ Now -after every


: Burnley- game - " I ’m- straight into the press room and checking for . the results.


■ “ It’s a fantastic feeling : to have been to Wembley • twice and see the two,


was .back at the home of football - to "Capture images of Burnley’s dra­ matic . Championship Play-Off Final win over' Sheffield United for our sister, newspaper'; the ■ Bumiey Express.' .


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' could be leaving us soon . ■ and others haven’t told ; us either way.


.. !‘But I can assure you that we will be looking to ' improve on the team that we finished last season - . with. If there’s no ambi-. : tions or goals then there’s , ^no point in carrying on.’! .


His trip to watch the -


Clarets is self-explanato- ry as he has been on duty . at almost 50 of- their games this season..


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■: But how, does a man; born-iri-Pres'ton and who' : now lives in Clitheroe end up supporting a team on ‘ the South West'coast?


'teamswin.- ■; , ■ .;:■. ■ “From a personal and. I fah point o f view the ■


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■Torquay, win was bigger' but to be able to take pic- - tures at Wembley and see


. Burnley win was incredi­ ble. I ’ve worked on 45 ; games this year and it was great to see them fin- ■ ish of the season this way.” While Burnley’s place '


' in the Premier League is '- . worth £60m., Torquay will be. given around ; £60.0,000; but Andrew


ihas no'doubt that they - will follow in Burnley’s footsteps. -


' - p3!;COMPUT^S:|?^URI?OP'riNgii'rHEjGiaRETSMjUlfiTHEgWA^K^ O S r ' ' 1 “ I’m hoping we’ ll get


to the play-offs again this season and I think we’ ll probably be in the Pre­ mier League in five,” he said. “ I ’ve not been on


many Torquay games over the last four years ' because of work, but I


•used to go on about 20 a season. “ I ’ ll be looking at


going on a few o f the local games this season hopefully against the likes of -Morecambe and Accrington. Hopefully now we’re in the League Cup we might get drawn against Burnley and cause a bit of an upset as well next season.” •


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