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BLUES boss Peter Simth remains optimistic about his side’s chances of: reaching: the UniBohd First Division North play-off spots. Victopr against Warrington Town at


Shawbridge on Tuesday night boosted Clitheroe to eighth :in the table although a 13-point gap separates the Ribble Valley outfit from Curzon Ashton in fifth. “The play-offs are definitely a


realistic target, of course they are,” Smith said. “There are 15 games left


to play which means, there are 45 points to play for.


' ; : “I t ’s nowhere near the end of the


season yet. People think because i t ’s March we must he coming to a close soon but that’s not true. “There’s still so much to play for. We’ve got to take each game as it


comes but things are looking bright for us at the moment. “The young players are maturing of


age, they are enjoying their football and they look capable of opening any


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side up. People are expecting us to win ' every game we play now which is all credit to the lads. : “It hurts when they lose a game now .


because they haven’t lost that many of late.


- ' - - • “I ’m happy with the lads a t the


moment and so is the'club and the supporters. This is a new side and they have gelled so quickly which is very ' pleasing. '


by. Chris Boden . platform to wbrk fromv. Everything is


- “They continue to go from strength :to strength:which gives us a good


looking gopd at Clitheroe Football Club at the moment.” Chtheroeboimced back in style from


Saturday’s disappointing 4-2 defeat away a t ' Mossley, where they surrendered a two-goal' cushion courtesy of in-form striker Nathan


Taylor, to beat rivals Warrington Town 2-1. . A stunning late strike from super


sub Alan Coar sealed the victory after ‘ Jason'Jones’ 52nd minute goal had :


. beehyery disappointed. “We dominated the game from start


been cancelled out with 13 minutes remaining. / “If we hadn’t have won that game against Warrington we would have


outstanding saves to keep them in the game but overall I thought we were great last night and well worthy of the three points.” : Smith added: “When you score two • goals away from home you’d expect to'' go oh ahd win the game.


to finish. _We played some great attacking'Tootball and created • numerous chances but we were just ' f r u s t ^ a t i n g i n f ^ o n t o f g o a l a g a i n . - “Their keeper has made several


scoring and then all of a sudden a couple, of mistakes has changed the game and cost us, as did the our poor finishing.


“But the lads are doing their best for


me ahd even though we got beat we could have easily won the game.


we are capable of competing against any of the top sides.


“Our performances have shown that “I : was gutted oh Saturday and so '


.doingwell. , ■ Southport’s victory


final of the Lancashire C o - O p e r a t i v-e Challenge .: Trophy means th a t i t will be they who the Blues face in the final a t the Reebok Stadium on Wednesday,'April 14. Smith said: “The cup


“We had a two-goal cushion against : Mossley and I couldn’t see them


final gives us something to look forward to and the lads will be playing to earn their places in


were the players because everyone was' wondering how we got beat. But that’s football so you just have to take it on the chin and bounce bacE If you get a bad result you’ve just got to make sure th a t you come back stronger and win your next game. We are


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over First Division North leaders Lancaster City in the second semi-:


the stairting line-up how. That game will be ih the back of their minds because they will all want to play at the Reebok Stadium. “I ’ll pick the players ;Which I


think deserve a place from their performances in the league?’ : Clitheroe entertain Salford City oh


Saturday with kick-off at 3pm and the club will be hosting a general knowledge'quiz in the clubhouse at 7.30 p.m. that evening. Entry is £2 per person ahd teams of


up to four people are welcome.- There will also be a free supper on


the night.


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