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/ BLUES manager Peter ‘ Smith has revealed that the keyi to success is to ensure that your players are enjoy­ ing their football. After two consecutive defeats agalinst 'Prescot


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; Cables and league leaders /■Lancaster City in the Uni- Bond League First Divi­ sion North, Clitheroe bounced back to winning ways with an impressive victory against Radcliffe 'Borough at Shawbridge.


i of goal to divert the ball - visitors


■: Clitheroe made a great start and took an eighth minute lead when Danny Williams crossed from the left and ; Alan Coar stretched a leg out in front


GREAT RESULT: Blues boss - Peter Smith


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the hom!e of English football beck­ oning, the Clitheroe Chameleons eased their way into the final of their heat of this year’s Johnstone’s Pamt Five-A-Side tommament at the John Charles Centre for Sport ■ in Leeds.


ther than l^ t year, they fell at the final hurdle after losing 3-2 in a tensefinal..’


■ ■’■'■ ■ The Chameleon’s opened their '2^-


A TALENTED group of foot­ ballers from Clitheroe have bad their dreams of walking out onto the hallowed turf at Wembley scup- - pered in heart-breaking fashion. With the opportunity to play at


^equalised in the -61st minute with a neat finish from Ben Wharton^ but Jason Jones wrapped up


/the pointsT2 minutes from - time when he drilled home ’ inside the penalty area. ^


. tion 3-0 and Nish 4-1. ■ After Advancing to the quarter­


- account with a 1-1 draw against Liberties, but cruised through the : first roimd after thrashing Destina-


' But, despite going one step fur- .


- However, the Chameleons suf­ fered heartache in the final where they went head-t^head with rivals Liberties once again. The Ribble .Valley side surren­


dered a 2-1 lead after having a man sent off and, with the full-time whistle approaching and the scores


final stage of the tournament, in association mth Powerleague, they comfortably beat PPG 3-0 before beating Scratch 5-3 in an exciting semi-final encounter.


by Dan Black Speaking before last


night’s Challenge Cup semi-final fixture against


-Leigh Genesis, Smith said: “People don’t realise just how good a result.that was on Saturday. They (Rad­ cliffe Borough) beat Skelmersdale 4-0 away from home in their last fix­ ture and before th a t they had beaten Colwyn Bay 4-


. 1 away. They were on a really good run of form and had picked up some fantas­ tic results. “I was very impressed


league fixtures remaining, which, if they maintain their recent form, cdiild see ' them snatch, a play-off spot. And Smith knows if


with the level of perform­ ance from our lads and it’s a great result for us.” ; Clitheroe still have'20


■they continue enjoying their football then any­ thing is possible.


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Chameleons’. Wembley dreams shattered And with it they secured a place


A locked at 2-2, Liberties snatched victory. .


in the Northern area finals next


month where they .will compete for that coveted trip to play at Wemb­ ley. ■


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• on Sunday, March 28th - just • before the Johnstone’s Paint Tro­ phy F i n a l . , -/■ The team of Oliver McLean, Joe


The final at Wembley will be held


McTear, Graeme Kershaw, Torn Bartlett, Rob Lloyd, Jordan Walm- sley, Chris Heslop.and Daniel Green is managed by Brian Fergu­ son and hails from Clitheroe Deco- . rating Centre.


“We are in a position


where we deserve to be,” said Smith. “There’s still


■ plenty of twists and turns to come because teams will lose games in this division because it’s very tough. We just have to concentrate on our form and continue playing decent football. ■ “I t shows character to bounce back and I know the lads have great charac­ ter. They don’t sulk or put their heads down. If you enjoy your football you’ll


, play better football and th a t ’s what I try to get across to the players.


effort you put into each game you’ve got to enjoy it. My lads are confident and enjoying their football which is why they are giv­ ing me 110 % at present.” ' He added: “We didn’t


disgrace ourselves in either of the defeats because we could quite easily have won both games. ! feel like we


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^ can win every game so there’s never any need to panic because I know what


. the players are capable of; I ’m very confident in their ability. The lads are doing well and everyone at the club is enjoying it. There’s no pressure on us.” Read next week’s Clitheroe Advertiser for


reaction to the Blues’ Chal­ lenge Cup semi-final result against Leigh Genesis.


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