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BLUES ENJOY DERBY
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OQNUNl aim to erase memories ^ ^ P h i l Simpson I'V
REVENGE is the word on every one’s lips'at Clitheroe this week. The Blues travel to face Moss-
ley on Saturday, where memories of their last meeting will no doubt comefloodingback.
■ The Blues turned in one of, if their most abject performance of the whole campaign in a 2-0 defeat on the opening day of the season at Shawbridge. r -
■And Saturday represents an
opportunity not only to right a few wrongs, but to get Clitheroe’s promotion hunt back on track.
, Speaking this week, co-manag er Pete Smith said: “That was
'probably one of our worst per formances of the whole season. “It was the first game of the
- season, and to be frank it was a terrible way to get up and run-' ■ ning.
. . “And so on Saturday we will .;
have a point to prove against them from that performance. . ;
“You always look for revenge in the second game against a certain
■
■ side if you have been beaten in the' first one, but this game more so
: because of the performance we put in.
“We let the fans down on that -
day, and what we have to do is bounce back on Saturday, not only from that but from the defeat • on Monday as well.” • Clitheroe suffered their first
defeat under the joint leadership of Smith and Lee Sculpher on. Monday evening against Durham.
Defensive mistakes contributed
to a 3-1 reversal just two days after crushing another of their; play-off rivals Bamber Bridge 5-0
; on Saturday, Clitheroe’s biggest ', ■win of the season to date.
And after the highs of that win.
Smith was visibly disappointed to gift Durham all three points: “What I am disappointed in is the three goals we gave away, because they were all mistakes.
- ■ - “Unfortunately, against your
top sides like Durham, you can’t afford one mistake, let alone three. ; “If you let those kinds of mis takes creep in then you’re going to
be punished,- and we were.,
; .“The lads gave everything and I can’t fault that, but they have to learn that you can’t keep giving sides chances like that and expect to get away with them. ■ . , - ' .
“We are disappointed but we
move on, and we look to put it right at Mossley on Saturday.” .
Monday night also saw central
defender Jonathan Smith return to first team action for the first time since December, while Anthony Johnson also returned up front.
Both are included for Satur
day’s trip to Mossley, however Dave Hankin is a doubt after being substituted in the second half against Durham.
• Ian Flannery also remains on
the sidelines, but other than,- Clitheroe have a clean bill of" health ahead of the trip to Seel Park. ■
■ ■ . . • Blackburn Rovers Ladies are
back in action on Sunday when they welcome Everton to Shaw- , bridge in the quarter-finals of the FA Women’s Cup,’(kick-off 1 p.m.).
cost Blues i Clilheroe . .1
- Durham City . .3 - ■DEFENSIVE mistakes:.
:;;cost Clitheroe dear at' /,Shawbridge on Monday night. After the highs of the
demolition of Bamber ■ Bridge 48 hours earlier,
• , hopes were high that the - : Blues could inflict a first . defeat of the season on. Durham.
, ■. But it wasn’t to be, as IT-,')
j the undoubted class of th e . v i s i t o r s ■ shone . through to take them .
. top of -the .UniBond: First Division North. Durham have flown
the UniBond flag proud- '
^ ly this season; in b o th : - the FA Cup' and FA Tro- , ■ phy, but'now face an almighty fixture back- ; - log.
: V, „
V However, such is their ' dominance of the league, ; this win took them top :
of the table, ahead of FC ' Halifax Town on goal - difference - but with six
-games in hand. . ■
; ' However, despite that, > ;
Clitheroe could w e ll. • have been three goals up. in the early stages, of - what was a lightning , start by the home side. .; .
’■' ■ An amazing tempo to ; the
game.in the early ' stages saw the returning . Anthony Johnson head ' just; over from Gary> Stopforth’s left wing cor- : ner, before the .same ;■
;
the danger. • .v . Dave Hankin’s -vicious.
drive was straight atv, Durham keeper Aiden. Vout; while Ben Perry- Acton showed good close control to half volley just over from Stop- : forth’s comer. ■> . An amazing let-off at
; n’t nearly as lively as the first, but following a
: double change, Clitheroe had their equaliser as substitute RyahPisher: flicked th e :ball ;past Vout from an angle. ; '
■
player’s quick free kick was blast^ over by Con-.. ■ nor Kavanagh. -
• Liam McManus also ■ ;
saw an effort sail just . ; ■wide, but Durham could, : well have gone in front •; when Steven Richardson seemed to take the ball ’; around Martin Fearon,.. . only for the Blues keep- ' er to recover and thwart. '
the.- other end. saw - Richardson break down . the right, and when the ball was
pulled.back for:- Calum Smith,-his shot ^ was touched onto the . post by Fearon before rolling along the line and ; hitting the other post, only to be gathered by -: the keeper. . But . two minutes: .
before half-time, th e : Blues failed to clear a ., loose ball and Tomniy English flashed a low drive:inside Fearoh’s ; ; near post. .. The second half was- '■
’ Parity lasted just five minutes asMatty Mof fat took advantage of- another defensive lapse to fire unmarked past. Fearon from close range.
And the win was com
plete 10 minutes from time as Durham’s own substitute; top-^scorer Gavin Cogden, pro-- duced a stunning finish to beat Fearon from out- side the box. Clitheroc: ' Fcaron,
McManus, Kavanagh, Fletcher, . J. . ; Smith,. Reynolds (Fisher); Han- ■ kin (Scott), Stopforth, Gierke' (A. Smith), John-: son, Perry-Acton. Subs: Pilkington, Sharpies.- . i : -
- success for athletics club
RIBBLE.Valley Valley
: Athletics Club enjoyed a string of successes at the Avi-va England Athletics' Open Under 20 and 17 Indoor Championships - at the National Indoor • Arena in Birmingham o n : Sunday.
Accrington College led the field in the ladies’ Under 20 800m final to win a well-deserved gold. Sam Yates of Norden
High School had a hard- fought race in the men’s - Under 17400m filial, and at the finishing p o s t ; he edged from third into second position to take silver! And Robbie Schofield
of Sawley, a sixth form pupil at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School again had a.-very tight race in the men’s Under 20 800m final.
■ He achieved a person- •
. al best time of 1:51.88 in ' a great race to claim s i l- , ver at the line.
Ribble Valley AC,
coached by Don Lennon,' will now travelling t o : Malta for their'spring -. warm weather training camp to prepare for the ■ ' Lancashire &hools’ and ■ County Championships, . with those who gain the ■ positions and qualifying;' times having the oppor-^ tunity to compete in the English Schools’- Cham pionship at Sheffield in :
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