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BLUES boss Peter Smith is beaming after guiding Clitheroe Football Club to their best ever season in the club’s 133 year histoiy..


~ .T h e S h aw b r id g e . s id e cemented eighth place in the. UniBond First Division North table a f te r notching up'.2-l : home wins against Colwyn Bay and Ossett Albion in the final- games o f the season/, .•: And those, results secured


Clitheroe’s highest finish in the; non-league pyramid,'beating • last season’s record of 12th. . Meanwhilej the Blues sealed a, s e c o n d .m i le s to n e a f te r


'. accumulating 62 points; their ■highest total at this level. ;. Add to that a Go-Operative


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Lancashire: FA Trophy f in a l . appearance at; the Re eb ok Stadium and it becomes clear


•that the 2009/10 campaign has been one to savour. / Smith said: “We won our last


;; two home games and got a good - point, at Halifax so il’s been a really good week, i; “WeVe ended up eighth in


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;. the league with 62 points which is the club’s highest ever finish in the; pyramid and biggest ;


: points to ta l ln the UniBond league.^


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“.’raat’s two milestones wejye managed to achieve.


4i»w>'>'.,V • “People were.expectin'g’us to


; struggjefand^go down so we ’ye ■ surprised a lot o f people; which. is veiy-pleasing. I’m very happy. I just hope we can keep hokl of


; thesedads and adda;fewihew. . faces.’


;. “The;idea'.thiS‘.year,was to build a side'that could compete .:


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■■at this level next season and to be.honest they’ve done better


. than I thought they would do'.:. •“I t ’s 'b e e n ’V g r e a t season


and theyj.ve been g o od to watch. Everybody involved at- Glitheroe Football Glub have enjoyed itL .We’ye faced some,


,big teams with big money to : : spend and we’ve left some of them standing. That’s a great ■achievement.”


- , . But Smith’s work d o e sn ’t


stop here as he plans on using the sumrner to add depth to and strengthen his squad in the hope.


. o f finishing in the fop five next ;j season. He added: “Fve got toL. start thinldng about w h o l want.


•■ to bring in how/:They’ye g o t f6 . be the: right calibre bLplayef v


- and available at the right price.? We don’t have the armoury f 6],


; spend big sofve’ye got to worlcr with whatwe’ye gqf. ButwhaL we do have" at thetmomenf is


;fantastic; fheratihospliere in . the dressing room is superb and there’s a great togetherness. . “We’ve g o t fq aim for those


p la y -o f fs hbw.LEyerybody wants-to get info the top five or win the leajgue. That’s every person’s'idearscenario at the start o f eveiy season but that’s


,what'we’ll be- aiming; to do come the new season. I want us to improve year on year. We were. only; 12 points from the play-offs and considering


some o f the bad luck we’ve had this year we could easily have' accumulated tHbse points. ' “ W h a t ;' w e ’v e - g o t L t o


remember is we are a new side. It takes time to get a settled ‘ team and if we can keep the-


■players we want to ke ep'ahd'


: add a few more experienced - players then we can' be more' o f a force; I’m looking forward - and we just need to keep our \ heads down and g e t on with things. .We’ve bea ten some


;cfacklng.;sides'and. rec en t ly .out-played the champibns:so< the'sighs'arefhere. •" “Ouf secret has just been to-


keep enjoying our football and? that’s what we are constantly • drilling into the lads. Myself


;- and Kenny have really enjoyed


./.this yearand,we,can’t wait for the new season to begin.


■'--.“But it d o e sn ’t finish here ...for me. My-wbrk will continue • and I will be ha'ving a very busy summer.”


, GLITHEROERUFGfinished •■ Maroon and Gold stars


.;their season in style with two wins to ..finish a . respectable-v fifth place in the league. ' - , ' ’ ■With seven points covering: , :


/second;place and fifth behind worthy.]Winners 1 Rossendale;-!!/!


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, A staggering 48 players ihave donned the Maroon and .; .'Gold_shirts this season;which ,’ '


Lthe team could:have'Fnishecl'?.’.-5 '•’higher .with more:liick;over; v injuries.,’-". ~


: indicates/how; the - club -has Kpu 11 e'd 'together and;;fielded -L: iafeam'.,each;week/who have.:.'* ? played with pridqarid passion.;: •;; , ^The)first-match wa s -an , evening fixture atiWigan Srds,’;* :; and the'early exchanges were , /.


all Glitheroe,-with Basquill . sc o r ch in g . in . for.'an, early score; sh o r t ly - fo llow ed , by


; Peel,’who stole the ball in the . tackle to touch down under.;


; theipqsts' and big Ben Graves; ; steamrollered his way. oyer. to ‘ ■ fouch down.^; . A


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' With the kicking metronome' Lafranceschina: slotting the extras," it looked plain sailing; ; * : Wigan ha d o t h e r id ea s ;;


and came out: firing in the-', second half with.typical direct funning, r ’t " ' ,


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../ They scored an unconverted y. try and this .spurred Glitherpe .-i into action;;.After a great run, o f play;and;recycling o f thev:; ball;'Barlte used his deceptive


p a c e to .b a r r e l . .o v e r and Clitheroe led 26-5. Wigan gave a fantastic finish, scoring two' tries for a final score o f 26-15. L


, ;. The second match-was at 'Littlemobr; against.-'Vale of; Lune 4ths. -, ??


■iffi-The match ran to form,';Hal' Parkinson opening the scoring after a great.spell where the' ball was recycled repeatedly. ■ •i With, the, p u p p et -m a s te r


■ Watson-pulling' th e strings' at stand-off;: the.■ Maroon; : a n d i G o 1 d s , s u r g e d . i n t o ■


•,bigdead ■;with; sco r es ' fromj- iLafran ce schina/and ’ Peel;: and jus t . for good-measure-;


■After half-time Peel added ■ -.= another, and Simon.CowgilP


,,•• to ok anoth er with; a'well-;: / .worked back row'move'which' i. saw the :ball.move; through?


'/five se tsb f hands; and Cbwgill' t.was in.support to toiich'down,. ‘ having been irivblved earlier;,-. Yale had their mbmVnts with';


: a penalty and a'converted try-.L :but it was all bne?way traffic.'-;.


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•iLafranceschina added another ? ; before half-time.'’.;-


- The match was .capped withL; great, individuai/playLffo'm'’ , ;I^franceschiha';-who caught a'?


.kick froni'deep, jinked his .way. past several defenders, chipped -? oyer,the top apd gathered his?


./'kick to.touch'down in'a move > -: that took him from one end o f s


the pitch to the other.' , : Converting his own try to


■!: take the score to 45-10, and his ,.;Own ppints tally.to 25; he was ' fully deserving o f the man-of- ■ the-match award.


■ : ’:, ;It was a great way to end the


; season, and with a good squad ’/for next yearhopes are high for /.competing for higher league '.positioning. P'-’ Captain::Oliver McEntyre '/ thanked his.players for their


i dedication’and fire in the heat • o f battle, adding that it had


i been a'complete pleasure to ../captain the team this term. . "..-The last fixture is the annual .^President’s Day match on May ;'8; - with.the.usual rivalries to .E-the fore:in'.this:'3pm curtain


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;WELt^ DONE: Assistant , bossLK^ Mayers, right,


I and :the Clitheroe players [fafter the;R


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