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,5 6 ■ Clitheroe Advertiser & Times. ,-niursdav. February, 5th, 2009 Langho Under 12s


............2 Huncoat United r . .v: - r - r ' . . . V. j . i :


ON a yery. heavy pitch, both teams gave their all in a very dose encounter,-"^* - ■ ■ v ■; Langho had much of the pressure in the


first half, and went 2r0 up with goals from Uzair Patel and skipper Jake WiUacy.: T .L^ogho should have p ut the game"


beyond, reach, bu t missed a penalty,-' although, despite Huncoat pulling a goal back, the locals held on. . -


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MAl'IY.Glitheroe supporters may ■ ,„have been surprised by the man


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-..wearing the number sixshirt in the past two fixtures. ' , -


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-' Neil Reynolds has taken up a •■ key role in the heart of the Blues


midfield since stepping do\vn from the manager’s rola


V ,, : And the person to take over : from Reynolds, familiar face Lee V &ulpher, has assured the fans he is


more .than the rightman for the ’ rola .. Sculpher, who has taken over


alongside Pete Smith until the end of theseason, said; “I t ’s nice to have had .these two unbeaten •. games,butitispartly.downtoNeil . slotting back into the midfield.


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a key role


> . He is full of enthusiasm, and part of the problem at the moment


is the side doesn’t have'enough leadera ■ : ; ■' .


. him straight in the heart of the midfield, but his enthusiasm and


.h ^ r t for this football club is exact­ ly what we need. ■■.■ ■


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quite a force iii there - they are both very competitiva’’


as nianager a t Shawbridge before leaving in 2004, returned to the club in November as first team coach under Reynolds. " ■And while he is delighted to be


“He and Gary Stopforth are .


&tilpher, who spent three years ' -


“I know there are some specta­ tors, who have questioned putting


back in,the hotseat for the time beingat.l^t, headmitted itcame as Mmetlmg of a shock: ,“I wasn’t


. delighted in the way it came about. . “Obviously I wanted Neil to ' stay and to enjqy further success,- but now this h ^ happened overall.


I ’m pleased that I ’m back in the firmglina •


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■ . "Ori^allylonlycamebackto be provide another voice, and


unfortunately, in that time, the


a g ^ t Neil, and now it has result­ ed in me and Peter taking over.


''“ “ to pueinmgsnght, and


. “And we will do everything we can to put things right, and get


Penalty earns a point


Chtheroe . . . . . . . . . . . . j . Jate leveller, and almost ...........nicked all three a t the


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: helped Clitheroe emerge ' with a point from a fiery local derby., .'


; The Blues winger fired home 20 minutes from


I time to p u t his side on course : for a


■ straight win. ■- . •: But Chorley grabbed a share of the spoils with a


CRAIG S ^ e so n s penalty death.


The rKult was a fair one , joint managers Pete Smith on reflection,; but Chtheroe . and LeeSculphef. : '. ; -., '


u ’ be music to the ears oL


wm be frustrated they d i d - . After a horrendous run ■ "


greater threat to o f ; form, - t he • pair -are ^ - : -unbeaten in their“ ime a t ^


CO. ^ A Without the services of .a the helm with four points


second - Anthony. Johnson-,; the from the pa^t tWo fixtures - home^side rarely,tes'ted. And'againstA miich-


Peter CoUinge in the Chor- improved Chorley side, they kept themselves in ■


Chameleons sets their sights on Wembley!


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. . A CLITHEROE football team has its sights set on Wembley. ■


. •, -The team from the Clitheroe Decorating Centre has the


^ chance to play a t the game’s .. most famous stadium courtesy- :' of Johnstone’s Paints.


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, On Sunday,' the team will ; .,take part in a regional final; and'


, . if they are successful; they will -then travel to Leeds early next- month for the northern final. - : ■


; . And if the; Clitheroe team-’ ; come through both those dates, - ’ they will then go head4d-head ■ with the southern winners a t ■ Wembley on'April 5th.


, , " Clitheroe Decorating Centre ■ T h ro , i ,H e™ ,C h a « to - iy k ^ ^ ^


. .as SUCH, were invited to take part in the special competition,- bthe final of which will be part of


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icial.competition,-.machine.pro'vided to them by . Jdhnstnnp’s Pa’in'rato-,ic„' “ S’ .. ' ......................


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C B u t t h e : ■fact::; tiiey:- emerged undefeated will


th e hunt for a play-off charge.


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denying Roger Sharrock as 'a good Mve from CoUinge he prepmed to shoot, and ■ low to his left from a free KienpnMeteher producingki ck, before ,Mike Eckers- '. a last-ditch challenge to . ley somehow failed to put d i s p o ^ A d am F ^ e l l . ; '..Chorley, in front from a


j • j-»i.v,i.vx«uiu5 uf otetow. Sargeson


, ^^'u^iUtog to Shaw- : rebound after FarreU’s free bridge after a year away, kick had struck the' bar. Fl.etcher stotted in w e ll.“


- I t was the visitors who


made the brighter start, wi th, Liam McManus


team has struggled in certain aspects.' • ■ ■ . “Everything seemed to be going


- belong.’’,,, .'- . . ■ • .. _. Since taking over, the Blues


. Clitheroe to where we feel thev • enjoyed a victory over Rossendale


before Satuniay’s 1-1 draw with Chorley. .■


. And Sculpher reflected on those two fbctures: “We created numer-


•ous chances against Rosrendale, and to be honest, could have been


foia or five up before half-tima ! “The fact they scored to make it


2-1 just before half-tiihe changed everything, but I felt we got what we deserved in the end. •


. “ As for the Chorley game, I felt it was a fair result because we did­ n’t really offer as much as we know wecando. '


“P u t it this way, if I was in .Chorley’s^oes, I would have been


gutted when we scored; but it was a fair result.” - -


■' I Clithaoe are once again without banned striker Anthony Johnson : for Sa turday’s trip to Curzon . Aston.-


'


. Imi Flannery may be available ' again following a hamstring strain,


while Jonathan Smith h i f in a lly completed his suspension for a


sendmg off against Newcastle Blue Star in December.; • LconGierkecouldbesettocon--


tinue up front after joining from Lancaster, while the Blues have -


agreed to release both Scott Red­ head and Bernard Morley.


Neil Reynolds ' . :


alongside Ollie McGee in the h e ar t of defence in place of Ian Flannery.


,Clitheroe’s first-chance . 01 not© saw.oargGson forcerce.


called upon to make a- good fingertip save.from- Gavin Lee.Ellison’s drive,'- while Farrell sent another" free kick just over.' I t was a similar story


a f te r '“ he- break; with - Clitheroe failing to pro­ duce anything of note to' trouble CoUinge. “ ’ .- y - At the other end,'Shar- ': rbck twice came close with ' .efforts before Ellison sliced


CLITHEROE Chameleons’Joe- ' 't \r I--,—." Fr-www,


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horribly wide. ; . Clitheroe had their noses in front when Sarge-


. son was felled as he jinked his way into the area, and- he picked himself up to dispatch the penalty. But 10 minutes from


time, they were denied a second straight win when Sharrock got his head to a left wing corner,and nod- ! dedpastFearon.'


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