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I.;*:-!'- double penalty heartbreak Yet more frustration by Dan Black


BLUES boss Peter Smith was left rueing missed opportunities again as Clitheroe were cruelly denied those elusive first three home points


of the season on Tuesday. Smith’s side have foimd points hard to


come by in the Ribble Valley so far; picking up just two in the league with draws against Skelmersdale United and Mossley from their five Shawbridge fix­ tures. Nathan Taylor added to his weekend


goal in the fantastic 1-0 win away at UniBond Premier League outfit Brad­ ford Park Avenue in the FA Trophy with a third minute strike against Leigh Genesis. But, despite dominating the midweek game, two dubious late penal­ ities gifted former Blackburn Rovers midfielder Garry Flitcroft’s side the three points. Ryan Fisher was adjudged to have


bundled a Leythers forward over in the box before Chris Thompson dispatched the spot kick in the 84th minute, while Jerrome Matthews was harshly penalised for hand ball in the 87th minute; Jordan Stepien this time mak­ ing no mistake-with the penalty. “We were tremendous against Leigh,”


Smith said. “I thought the performance from the lads was brilliant. The referee has gifted them the win after giving them two penalties late on. You could have asked anybody in the ground and they would have said that they weren’t


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penalties. The player has even admitted himself that the first one wasn’t a penal­ ty, which probably makes me feel worse to be honest. “But I could not even see them scor­


ing. We have hit the bar twice and dom­ inated the game and poor finishing has let us down. We created some great chances and it’s come back to haunt us. I can’t fault the lads though; they have done really well and gave everjrthing, and the supporters could see that. I could not have changed anything - apart from the referee.” Poor refereeing decisions cost his side


a place in the next round of the Uni- Bond President’s Cup as his Clitheroe side crashed out of the competition with a 4-2 extra-time defeat against Curzon Ashton. And he now has his fingers crosses that his luck will change sooner rather than later. Smith said: “You could have asked


“If we weren’t playing well and strug­


gling to create chances then I would be worried, but we are so I’m happy. I t ’s early days but we need to turn things around and get some points on the board. Hopefully our performances will be rewarded soon.” The Blues slipped back down to 19th


in the UniBond League First Division North table following their latest defeat and sit just three points ahead of bot­ tom side Salford City, who have a game in hand. But despite only scoring nine league goals and shipping 17 and not winning since the opening game of the campaign. Smith is adamant th a t things will change. He added: “I don’t care if our next


any spectator on the ground last night and they would have told you the same story. I really don’t know what to say because we have been hard done to and decisions have gone against us but to be fair we should have killed the game off


well before it got to that stage. “We created some clear cut chances


and we certainly need to be more ruth­


less in front of goal. “I t ’s just frustrating but we’ll pick


ourselves up and move on. We were iha^ificent on Saturday and we are playing well at the moment.


win comes at home or away because I just want that next league win. I ’m looking at the positives and om- players have been giving everything. You can see that the performances are there, but we just need to kill teams off by scoring three or four goals. We played well in front of our home supporters and we are definitely improving. We had three points robbed from us once again and it’s so frustrating. “We are still wondering how we got


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beat. We are just going to have to keep digging in and get on with it because I know there’s enough quality in this side to go on a winning run and climb up that table. “The results will come and oiu* hard work will be rewarded very soon.”


ANGERED: Clitheroe manager Peter Smith Super Standring makes it a Hill Valley clean sweep


RAY Standring made a clean sweep of the prizes when he led the field throughout the first two days of Mytton Fold Seniors’ competitions at Hill Valley in Shropshire. Not only did Standring win


the two-day Autumn Shield, but also triumphed in the Frank Hargreaves Memorial Trophy, nearest-the-pin on day two and headed the team events.


The 32-strong Mytton Fold


contingent enjoyed three great days playing Hill Valley’s pic­ turesque Emerald course, twice, before moving to the shorter Sapphire course on the


■finalday. . Rimner-up on the first day


was Tony Wilson, two points shy of Standring. President David Hargreaves


took day one’s nearest-the-pin prize. ; ........... . • . _ . . Teams. were selected by


of the Andy Capp Handicap, when playing performances on


. Friday saw the first running


secret draw, but StanHring’s ; excellent scor^ meant that his ‘ partners Kevin Shaiiley,' Roland Hailwood and Bemanl White on day one, together with Jim Bridge, Donald- Simpson and Dave Peimin^h on day two, all had great starts.


-vfhe previous two days created new handicaps for this one evehL


■ I t was no surprise that Stan­


dring had to play off scratch. Despite a reduction of 10


; shots, Garry Davies became the competition’s first winner. Meanwhile, the ladies of MsrtJnn Fold plasred their end- of-season get-together in typi­


cal autumnal weather, with a fine mist descending on the course soon after the start of the nine-hole event. With enthusiasm undamp­


ened by the wea,ther, Pauline White took overall honours with an excellent 21 points, two clear of nmnerrup Roxan- na Clarke. The final podium porition


was secured by Linda Clegg with 17 points.


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