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a top five finish in the league but six defeats from their seven previous fixtures on their travels have cost them dearly.
from 10 up until February but defeat away at rivals Lancaster City kick-started a poor run as they went on to defeats against Leigh
The Blues h ^ lost just two away games
Genrais, Mossley, Prescot Cables, Rossem dale Uriited and Skelmersdale United. “A wn away to Harrogate Railway Ath-
tlod during that pe-
oaturday against Skelmersdale we Ve gifted cheap goals away again.
Smith said: “IVe got to look at that. On
the linesman has given a dubious second when the ball didn’t cross the line and the
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ofthegame. • - - we I ve said before that in the games where to hold my hand up because they were the
, The RiTjble Vall^ outfit will start an un^ wanted chain of four away games on the
^ in from Wednesday with a Lancashire Cup final against Southport at the Reebok Stadium wedged in-between.
keeper has missed his punch for the third To be fair we didn’t deserve anything out
Liam McMamrshassh’ppcd for the first,
CLITHEROE’S away^Say blues could have cost them a UniBond First Divi sion North play-off sjjot according to manager Peter Smith. The Shawbridge side were on course for
and address their stuttering away form: “I just th i^ certain players perform better at home than what they do aw^. You’ve got to grind results out away from home so it can t always be flair football.
. “I will be using all of my squad in all of pur games now; that’s all I can do. If the lads who are standing in at the moment give outstanding performances then they mayjust keep theu-shirt for the final
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have been beaten that we should have somediing out of the game but I have '
better side and they deserved to win the- game. All credit to them.”
willkeepit. ...
worthy ofthe shirt then they ■
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, ■ Blues have two games -at Shaw- - bridge to focus on first as they continue
them if they, want to play in the cup final and be here next year..-They’ve just got to prove themselves and dig in.” .
wth a Good Friday kick-off of 3 p.m be fore Uncaster City come to town on Easter Monday with kick-off also at 3 p.m
the theirquMt for the club’s best ever finish in First^p is Garforth Town tomorrow
non-league pyramid. / TIME TO DIG IN: Peter Smith ^NPORTUNATE SUP: Uam McManus
THE inclement weather has struck East Lancashire once again and is causing havoc for
suspension headache as the, gamesmountup.
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, Clitheroe’s backlog of games will see them face nine games in three weeks but with Jason Jones, Liam McManus, Simon Garner and Danny Hanford all suspended .the worry-is
against Colwyn Bay was post poned due to a waterlogged pitch at Shawbridge which has: added to Smith’s injury and
BluesbossPeterSmith. - - Tuesday evening’s fixture
Washout increases Smith’s frustration weather has
_ Brown could now be out for the rest of the season with a fractured foot. :
y. .“We are just going to have to mix and match. • ;
back to haunt us and it’s going: to cost us.
“Those red cards have come
• “With the game against Col- wyn Bay being called off the situation is prolonged even
Smith said: “ We are down to the bare bones now. . ;
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_ And, to add insult to injury, ; that we soldier through. influential defender Kevin
that Smith’s small squad could cou struggle to contend;
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further. It’s back-fired on us but we just have to make sure
further Ti’,
■ .“We will have'to play players in positions that they are not used to.
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- “We play tomorrbw,_Mon- ,. day, Wednesday, Saturday,':
: Wednesday, Saturdayy Tues-'
day,Thursday, Saturday/--'^’ “We, have got about' nine,
games in three weeks with’foiir' pf those being in the final week*' of the season. ■ --
. “It’s ridiculous and it’s going to be horrendous.”
The club will beiunitedlys ' t - . . . . . .
,_.tp stand the .wear and tear for^ when Lancaster City arrive in ’
■praying that the Shawbridge, surface is ruled playable for to-" morrow’s fixture against Gax^ -forth Town and will be able;
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/the Ribble .Valley on Easter - Monday. ,
.';;,Smith added: “It’s unbelie-5 \ yeable and at the moment ids ;
.-/games to ratch up on. *-,/ '':',<,fe{That’Sia^’time when you
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.C.sjrMggle wh'en you’ve got inju- ; : and suspensions especially ; when you’ve-got a backlog of .:
killing'us.'-1, always going to be a:
; called off killed us. . “We would have had three , players
return.from suspeh--
' game being
-anothergame now.; ’' ; » : . can’t: do anythin^
about it though.
. response from the players who ^ do play.”
; with it and hopefully I’ll get a' sot to get.on DAN BLACK
.game which would havemade- us stronger but it puts us back
sion for the ,Lancaster City ” 5 “ 3 6 S 4 S 8
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need all of your players avail- abletoyou.
■ - 9771355365458 wiW all get a run out and it’s up to
decide whether you need to change the sys- teni to combat teams away from home. But we have been very unfortunate in a number of games on our travels.
^ what they do at home and that’s some thing I have to address. “Sometimes you have to look at it and
&me players don’t give the same away ^ d Smith erqjects his pliers to respond
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