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Rimington...., Bardsey..,


V C of the West Riding County —i''


„ The villagers, beat the West Yor^nire Premier League leaders Barney in a tight match at the West Ridmg &unty FA Headquarters, Md now look forward to the final on Fnday, May 3rd against either Bay Athletic or Spnnghead.


mThe achievement is all the


narr^^T beat the keeper, it drifted CONSTANT THREAT: Rimington forward Robert Lloyd I j WiUe.


his shot beat the Ki*"— narrowly wide


though .


a Mcond successive season seeming to hinder their game.


-


pas^d the ball well on the massive. pitch, and in the 10th minute, a firee wck was met with a header which ivershaw allowed to loop over. •: Riimngton looked a little nervous, the fear of losing out at this stage for


Bardsey showed their class and .


temMjWhich led to mis-placed passes - wtapped in the area, but no penalty -and Bardsey, therefore, enjoyed most


Pl.ay at a :h i^ ‘, as given. Rimington enjoyed their best ' ■


n f th p r»nccoc?cJ/-»« IT nm funfl


of the possession. THutchinson found McLean’s surg-


. __1a_I f®


spell leading up to half-time, both bargeson and McLean running at fte


..


Brmthwmte, a boyhood Leeds fan. ■ RirMgton started well, and in the secorid rninufe. McLean’s flick found ^oyu Uoyd, who fed Sargeson, and though


n r o bargeson, ore . special for manager Terry ___ ' ......


;......... ...............0 cham-


ade nistoiy last earned a place


Road for


I .LETTINCS BL


his fct^ rea l action of the game despite the i^onents’possession.


surged mtb the Bardsey half before finding Doyd in the left charmel, and he took the ball to the edge of the area before squaring to Safgeson, whose shot was blocked.


illIn t iiic he 5Z j^nna d mmute.


and thundered in his shot, giving the ke^er no chance.


w.Tne large group of supporters went t ild, and a sliock was on the cards for


, with the keeper as heattempted to go ; around him, the referee seeing Hom­ ing wrqnj with the challenge, but it resulted m him having to be replaced


I


whistie m the second half, and Kershaw had to save low to his right


k e^ e r to turn his effort wide. Bardsey attacked from the first


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Bardsey pushmg men forward. T Tootle tried an audacious chi butp -Id the but he


K o r T o a . r M a in ly vavu aw..,..___ lu jr___ « u mc Five minutes from time, a mid­


Conti came on for Rakshi as _— Rim/ington loo/ke,d to counter, with


ward, but sent a shot wildly over. • • They were now starting to use their possession of the ball, and a run and shot forced Kershaw into his second t important save as he. tipped it over injured in a collision


hebar. ■


he Leeds outfit. From the kick-off they surged for­


But McLean was following up minute, McLean


Nick earns


[place at the European Champs


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-Kershawto beat. In the last niinute of normal time,


: tmd an opportunity to shoot and the chance was gone.


onds, when he spread himself to deny a certain goal.


■'


w Braithwaite was.ecstatic: “The lads g ere bnlliant in the face of a very


ood side. ^


detended like heroes and we created p the better chances despite all their


p^ cula r ly with Jon Penman, that they were able to cope with the occa­ tsion, the big pitch and the quality o f


ossession. “It is down to all the hard work,


he opposition.-


fen* we need to go and win it - Elland Road here we come!”


though there were far more Leeds people there. ■ “I can’t believe we have got there


- I must thank all-the supporters ^nimg too, they were great, we could Lcm them shouting us on even


“We kept our shape and discipline,


play, you could feel the tension as the locals knew how close they now were and they had their tahsniam'c keeper Kerehaw to thank in the dwng sec­


With an additionaf five minutes to


fielder broke into the box on the right, only to send his shot over, with


Tootle nodded down to McLean , who released Conti, but he couldn’t


By Dan Black


away wita the First-Division North title, it leaves seven, clubs battling for a top five finish.


BLUK boss Paul Moore in­ sists his players have got the strength of character to 'ce­ ment a play-off spot.-\ . With Skelmersdale running


*<‘ 1 Clitheroe-, ■ # while Rarnsbdtfoni ‘ Uriited,


■ ' , hunt.- 3 That ultirnately means three


^ •


one of the four finishing the term in celebratory fashion.-


close,” he said.


- ' final six fixtures.' . : -“Ramsbottorii are dropping , like a stone at the moment. ^ They’ve got jgdnies in hand but ' . the/ve got to vyin them. '


- ^ spot, plus Skelmersdale in our of the sides vying for a play-off


ing out on their goal, though Moore is planning on being


“It’s going to be incredibly “We’yestillgdttoplaythre'e'


" ^ : r;V '


.. occupy,, the final spot, .with ttrzo h Ashton, MbKley‘ and Trafford : above them,


currently


us there and I still think that total will be enough.


our next three games ideally, wWch would leave us with two


points needed from our final three.


Carhmell Laird and New Mills are just outside-the ^playrbff ■ places but remain well in the


. clubs will suffer the end-of- ■ season heartache ^ of miss-'


: important thing. - “We are not there by defeult - our form over the season has


put lis there and we will keep battling.”


- ^


- at:the weekend when losing 2-1 against Moore’s, former


The Blues suffered a setback


club Warrington Town. : However, they bounced


on 'Easter Bank . Holiday Monday. :" V < ; ' ;


;


if I’m being honest,” declared Moore.


been about three goals up by half-time.


, . ‘But such ;is‘ football and “We .battered Warrington


“We were the better side all afternoon- and we should’ve


back with immediate effect when leaving it late to' beat Lancaster City at Shawbridge '


, “We’Ve, certainly given our­ selves a chance and that’s the"


“We need six points from


strength to doit. ;. “I’ve said 74 points ■will get


with the way things are going. “I think we’ve got the


“Overall Pru really pleased


. rewarded with that late goal.” T^


srore, we were desperate to win, so I was pleased to be


. United on Saturday, kick-off 3 p.m.


league, leaders Skelmersdale


, . , • Turn .'to page 47 for reports of Clitheroe’s 2-1


■ defeat at,: Warrington Town, , and _ 1-0 ; win at home to Lancaster City.


: PICTURE: Scenes at the final whistle after the Isst-gasp winner against Lancaster City on Easter Monday. '


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