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Frustrated Smith rues bad luck


THIRTEEN is a number that many believe to be unlucky.


- And, following a harsh 2-1 defeat at the hands of league leaders Lancaster City, Blues boss Peter


Smith will be one of those with superstitious tendan- cies.


_ With just 13 minutes of the game played Jonathan Forbes saw red for a reckless challenge which the ref­ eree deemed dangerous, before Clitheroe surrendered their 1-0 lead in the final 13 minutes of the game. When asked about the red card. Smith said: “The


ball has run away from him and he’s caught the lad. I ts a foul worthy of a booking but nothing more.


Unfortunately it’s a decision that’s gone against'us and ultimately cost us. “The Lancaster bench has jumped up and I think . the referee has panicked a little bit and sent him off.


He was a little bit late in a SO/SO'challenge and i t’s crucified us. It was harsh.”


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_ He added: “Sometimes you’re just-unlucky- DGcause we nearly pulled it off. WeVe matched the league leaders with 10 men and weVe shown that we can compete. The players gave their all which I ’m


delighted with but we’ve just got to soldier on and bounce back.”


; - 81st minute.


the deadlock in the 70th minute, but the game was turned on its head in the closing stages when Andrew Teague equalised for Lancaster, with 13 minutes left, Michael Stringfellow secured the points in the


‘ ' Smith, whose side now sits in ninth place but with ‘ -


because the lads have done ever, so well and given their all. The players can’t be faulted'at all; they Ve given-’..


games in hand on the sides above them; added: “We' nearly pulled it off as well. I ’m absolutely gutted ■


Prolific Shawbridge striker Nathan Taylor broke by Dan Black


everything and deserved something from the game because we’ve matched them. .........


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worked their socks off. That was only our third game since Christmas so it does take its toll. They’ve scored twice in the last 10 minutes and it was a killer punch for us that we didn’t deserve. With 11 men I think we would have gone on to win the game, but


“The performance was great and everybody


.; to come. We’ve got to put another good run of results together and then we’ll he in with a shout. There’s a


. 0^ games to play and teams above us will drop points in those.”


; - ’ ■ Clitheroewill now face Radcliffe Borough at home '


on Saturday (3 p.m.), before going head-to-head with Leigh Genesis in the semi-final of the Challenge Tro- ■


phy on Wednesday Kick-off for this fixture is at 7-30 p.m. at the 1.FA-Headquarters in Leyland.


Smith’ who has signed Simon Garner, son of Olitheroe chairman Carl; from PC United, said: ■


"


■ csimon will be a great acquisition for us and we’ve ‘ done well to get him here. He’s a versatile player who -' ’ — ^ ^ sweeper, left back, winger or central midfielder, which, with suspensions and injuries cropping up, will help us out in the final run-in. , ^ “We’ve got two games coming up now that'^W® obviously want to win,” added Smith.


- - - . “It would be a huge buzz for the whole cliib if we


reached the final of the Challenge Trophybnd it’s a' game we can \yin as well. It would be great for-the supporters to come along both oh Saturday and


s Wednesday to get behind the lads especially with the' chance to play at the Reebok Stadium up for grabs


IT’S every footballers dream


• to play a t Wembley, and a team from Clitheroe have set their sights on doing just that. Sunday will >. see the


Clitheroe Chameleons open their campaign in this year’s ■ Johnstone’s Paint Five^A-Side - tournament.


-; . . And they will be hoping to


go at least one better than last year, which saw them agonis-


ay f I'uuiiiaii


ingly. crash out a t the semi­ final stage.


. ; In association with Power-


: league,: the first 20 heats will ’ - teke place on Sunday.


Charles Centre^ for Sport in Leeds. .


: The four finalists from the-


;.:.day willl meet again next month to play against other winning teams from tourna-; me’nts across the North.


; . The Chameleons will b e > taldng to the field a t the John


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. . .^And they will all be aiming for. the same goal, a trip to Wembley for the final on Sun- day March 28th - just before


the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy Final. • jT h e . team .hails :from . Clitheroe Decorating Centre,


.and is made up ofi Graerhel’


• Kershaw,’Joe-McTear, Tdih^ • Bartlett, Chris Heslop, Daniel'


Green, Jordan Walmsley, Oliv­ er McLean and Robert Lloyd.


.?:_Manager. Brian Ferguson ' said: “Johnstone’s Paint have given us a great opportunity ■ for. local people to participate - in a competition that could see; them living every footballers' .dream playing at Wembley.


.. -.^‘This couldbe'an amazing achievement.


“I t ’s not every day you get the chance.to play there and


I ’m sure they will all give 100 per cent.”


• Spectators are welcome and people viTshing to support the- e-vent should contact Brian at Citheroe. Decorating Centre


(01200 426342) formore infor­ mation.


The Clitheroe Adverti.ser and Times is published by East Lancashire Newspa­ pers Limited at Gull Street, Burnley, BB11 I DP (Tel: 01282 426161, classi­ fied 01282 422331), and printed by Broughton Printers Ltd. Registered as a newspaper at the Post Office. Reproduc­ tion of the contents of this newspaper m any manner is not permitted without prior consent of the ^blisher. East Lan­ cashire Newspapers Limited.


"f": . PROLIFIC: Nathan Taylor


I m happy b ^ u s e there’s a lot of . positives to take from it.” He added: ?‘There’s a lot of twists and turns still


Time to gfet your entries in


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ijiJAjiybodywanting to ►compete in the competi- -Ibion must submit entries in'adyance.


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