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TOUGH IT OUT
-PAGE 46 OONUNE days by Dan Black
BLUES boss Peter Smith remains buoyant despite watching Chtheroe’s nine-game unbeaten nih come to an; abrupt end a t the weekend. Smith’s side bounced back from an
unwelcome extended winter break with a 4-0 LFA Challenge Trophy quarter final victory over UniBond Premier Division side Marine, but were unable to build on that famous win as they crashed against Prescot Cables a t Shawbridge.
of defeat. Smith insists there is no room at the nibble Valley Club for pessimism or negativity. The unbeaten run, which stretches'
However, despite the unfamiliar taste Wl-
. of any club chasing a play-off spot. Smith said: “I t ’s slightly disappoint
ii m I# " < ■y-
back to November 3rd, may have fallen to a disappointing end, but the Blues still boast one defeat in 10 games which includes seven victories; a record fitting
ing because we went on a great run and to be honest I thought we let ourselves down a bit on Saturday. “To be fair to Prescot, they came and ^
defended really well and took advan tage of a mistake to go 1-0 up, and then their second was a breakaway goal. “But we.were nowhere near as good as what we have been; we didn’t pass it
STILL BUOYANT: Peter Smith
■ An injury time consolation from Danny Williams wasn’t ,enough, as an, Aaron Rey double ensured th a t the points ■went back to Merseyside. Chtheroe wiU, how face third-placed v. Halifax Town away at the weekend
■ before trayellihg'to table-toppers Lan caster City on Tuesday evening. ‘
Smith added: “ We’ve got a great chance to get back into i t and start
• picking up results again, but we have got to be realistic about things.
- win the league, and then we play Lan caster, who are top.
; “People won’t be expecting us to win
well mid gave the ball away too easily. We had five or six players who were not ■ at their best. “On a positive note we had plenty of
now we have take that and get on with it because we owe those fans a perform ance now.”
the ball in and around their box, but we just lacked the clinical finishing that we have had lately. We had a'good crowd, ■ a,nd the icing on the cake would have been to give a great performance. ' ‘ / “Unfortunately we didn’t do that, so
. any'of these fixtures, so there’s no pres sure on us. We have just got to take the game to them, and what better sides are there to come up against and get back to winning wa3
r Smith has his sights set on bringing success to the Ribble Valley this season, be it in the cup competitions or in the form of promotion via the play-offs. cThe Blues wiU hit the halfway mark
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' Leigh Genesis scheduled to be played at the LFA Headquarters in Leyland on Wednesday, February 10th. Speaking of the Marine result. Smith
in the campaign on Saturday still chas ing the play-offs, and with a chance of a cup final berth, with the game against
s?”
“We are plaiyirig Halifax at the week end, who are one of the favourites to
said: “I t was absolutely faht^tic. It was a phenomenal result and display. Everybody played their part and we played some terrific football. We are in a semi-final and anj^hiiig can happen
• in that, but we’ve got to focus bn the league at the minute.” He added: “The priority is always the
league, but being in the cup gives the lads a real boost. “I t ’s nice to achieve something like
that, and to get to a final would be good for the club, supporters and, of course, the players. “But I’ve got to make sm-e that I get
and I think the matches against Hali fax and Lancaster will be a good indica tion of how far Clitheroe Football Club has come and how we have progressed.” Chtherpe suffered a slight setback in
their climb up the ladder after news that striker Andrew Naylor wiU be side lined for over a month, missing hmner- ous important games. Smith said: ‘Andrew Naylor has been
a big part of our climb up the ladder, so his injury has set us back a bit; ' “He’ll be out for about four to six
weefe, but on the plus side Alan Coar is available to play again, which has come at the right time for us.”
their;Tuesday competition format.
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whch
gentleipemjoined.th^^^ s that the magic is'still-there in the first;
‘ his birdie'two.on the first hole - ' Clegg starre'd in' this team’'
to.see,,&shpjved^that he.’d hot'lost his I-.,by.taking the longest ladies’ ;
tiqnioyer«4iPqles%)vithj^lus4^mp^M^j)f;MaureenBj^^ , V’ r'.
MickWalsh!inade;a;^el--
come returhbo the/Club ^ter.jffjijfin second-place were Linda several weeks:bf;abse'nce/andS''cie'gg,':.Berhard. Kay and
*sa56^..)?3Il,™?,S9b*P®i?t?®p.fty®rall^/John.Hammpnd and Graham y-jbeaten intq second place f< a ^pre of 66 p p i n t s . x - - ^ . . ^ - 1 -..'-t .lowing a’ card play-off - ai
>jrtto wm the comnetition overall rrr .Tnhn 'TTaTnTnnTiH ____________
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..<4 btey-pf; the show .there was-'j.; Mick Scriven took
third.mth,- ;,Dave;Jackson:who'took the .^':-34 p o i n t s ' . ; - - . - ; . ' , . . y . i "
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^“ ^,?®j“^..^o^P®s. ;;Pai^‘e,Wlute,'^Dave Jackson, W^00 poinuts. Graham Plantwas- -■•r-T r./.’
podium position', ^singles competition'was"won'|>; . ,35 um > (ji- n
iTerry Stier took'the longest i; Seniors’ drive; with a monster-; on the 7th hole. '.-In-the Winter Series/^theit
. “ o - u A i . - - andl-/*; iS-.,-. 45,^ Winter Series/ the-.; ^
recipient of the twos pot^with an eagle on the eighth"
, -/In the Winter Pairs,'cap- -tain. elect: John ;B e r ry and /David. Clegg'tpbk the honpurs ;,withT41'points/just one. point ..ahead of Wayne lyihson and ^ohni-Welch.'Takihg' third; bn ;a: busy. golfingtweekend,'vwas
captain. Frank/Hiridleknd
par.tner MickKeibie3;|
Gary Ashton was the sole 7 7 0 9 6 3 3 6 5 4 4 7
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the lads back to work now and push on in the league.' “They need to raise their game again,
.THE daughter of a for mer Clitheroe FC player has made an appeal for photographs of his time ■with the Blues. Wilfred Wade played
for the club in the early- to-mid-1930s, and Mrs M.C. Bradshaw of Black burn is eager to find a team picture from that era to complete a family collection. If anyone is able to help, please email
chris.boden@easllanc- snews or phone 01282 478164. We will then put you in
touch with Mrs Brad shaw.
Daphne Heap (2-1, aver age 32.43); Lindsay Astin
DAR T S : Cl i the roe Ladies drew 4-4 at home to HaUiwell. The winners were
(2-1,29.97) Ruth O’Neill (2-0,36.21) and player of the match Linda Waring (2-l,4l55).
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