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' AN 'FA Cup finalist Avhb also played in the:World


. Cup will \velcome Blues boss ■ , Peter Smith and his squad on Saturday..-.


. .L j . Former Newcastle United


and Burnley m id f ie ld e r Tommy Cassidy has taken over the reigns at Whitby Town, who host Clitheroe in the FA. Trophy Second Qualifying. Round.


: ■ The 5 9 -y e a r -o ld , who


spearheaded Workington’s climb to. the Conference North Division, won a World Cup •


. he came off the bench for the injured Sammy Mcllroy to . help his side to a historic 1-0 win over hosts Spain in 1982. ' Cassidy also fe a tu re d


cap for Northern Ireland when


1976 when Newcastle lost 2-1 against Maheh'ester City in the League Cup final.


as. the. Magpies retained the Texaco'.Cup: the following season, with a 3-1 aggregate: win a:gainst'Southamptoh,.' and returned to Wembley in .


Smith said: “I t ’s a massive •


game for us at the TurnbulL Ground on Saturday, and it’s^ going to be a tough one.


“They are in a higher division - than us, but we did a good job


in Newcastle’s :2-l Anglo-' Italian Cujj final success over Fiorentina in 1973, and helped the Tyneside elub to a Texaco Cup final victdrybver Burnley during the 1973/74 campaign, ..- as well as making an FA Cup final appearance at Wembley in the. 3-0 defeat against Liverpool the same season. He played in the first leg


-- by Dan Black


. capable of winning, and it’s a big game from a financial perspective as well because I ' think there’s about £6,000 at stake.


“We will go there with no


fear, and take the game to Whitby because the pressure will be on them.” . ; He added: ‘‘I’ve come across


Tommy Cassidy before when he was at Workington and I


.was with Kendal. ■


. and has done well as a manager at this level.


■ . “‘He has a great pedigree ;


“H e ’s .the newsman at


Whitby Town so his players : will be eager to impress.


“It just shows the quality


- and standard of football at this level,-because of the ■ players and managers that are ' involved.


, 1 ' ' league it is.


“It jiist proves how good a . :


“Tommy is a good bloke who kno.ws his stuff, and he will be


' wanting to make aii immediate. ' impact at Whitby.” / :


Middlesbrough to Cardiff City - for £lm. in 2002.


The 31-year-old’s career


against Burscough who.are in the same division. .' “I t’s a game ! feel we are -


NEW;.,--;, CAPTAIN:T- Naeem Ashraf ' ' '


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highlights include' scoring for. Middlesbrough against Manchester United in a 2-0 FA Cup win,- and scoring a sublime lobbed goal at the Millennium Stadium to give Cardiff City: a play-off victory over Queens Park Rangers to secure promotion into^the Football League Championship.. Meanwhile, the Blues


conceded another iate goal in the 1-1 draw a t Trafford on


. Saturday in the Evo-Stik First Division North. Tom Williarhs opened the


scoring for Clitheroe in the 18th minute, before the hosts responded in the 85th minute. And Smith’s side were


dumped out of the Evo-Stik League President’s Cup on Tuesday following a 2-1 defeat


, against. Bamber Bridge at Shawbridge. ■


Ashley Parillon scored from


the spot in the 23rd minute after Louis Mayers was felled, but the visitors hit back with strikesTrom Kevin Towey either side of half-time. ’ , Smith said: “In the first half


against Trafford, we did really well but we’ve conceded late on


“It’s happened four times so


far this season and it’s costing us points.^


those games, and i f we'had we’d be close to the top now. :


: “We should have really won


. “We need to be organised and switched oh for 90 minutes. or else you get punished - and


that’s what’s happened. Ashraf named new


, FORMER Pakistan crickctcr Naccm Ashraf is the new Ciitheroe


Cricket Club captain. ; : V ■' Ashraf has been a long-standing


.: servant of the Ribblesdale League as a professional at Cherry H-ce-


’ and coach at Blackburn Northern . and Clitheroe.,


He takes over from the title- winning skipper Peter Dibb, who ' has joined Lancashire Lcague- [ side Nelson.- ’ ’


. Jack Dewhurst and Tim Le Breton.


Ashraf is hoping to build from within and look to use his


/ experience to develop the talents of some of the club’s other young players, and hopes to build a side - that will be a force' to be reckoned


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The hard-hitting left hander: will have a significant challenge s


. on his hands'if he is to match the - achievements of his predecessor/ . bearing in mind the loss to they f team; of./talented -youngsters


. i "H 'l


,, with in a few years’ time.-; “ , - , He said: “ I realise that losing - key players is always difficult, but : it is the nature of sport.- ■


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:' hopefuUy one day they may return -J. to Clitheroe.'..-


'.“You just have to get on with


the players that you have and get the very best but of them.


- “I wish the parted lads well and ,


“Hopefully lean guide the lads


' and we can build a team.' “It will take time but there is


enough young talent here to feel optimistic. -


' . “I accept that it won’t happen


, overnight, but what other team wouldn’t feel the loss of three kev


i players?


- “We are looking to the future and trying not to look back.' - “What we achieved last season


is history. s “We a rc focus ing on next


eason.


; ■ *As league champions eveiyboiiy will be out to beat us. We have to


be ready for th a t” 9 / 7 355 365 65 >


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“ Those are the fine margins, “I rested four or five players


- against Barnber Bridge, but still in the second half we were tremendous and missed six or seven chances. - “How they came away with


.yictoiyis hard to believe. “I thought we were excellent


-and carved Bamber Bridge open,


“But sometimes you don’t get your jiist rewards.”


. - ^ -Whitby are also likely to .!/


start with Andy Campbell, who : moved from hometown team ■


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