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Clrtheroe boss Simon C ) reverse at Darlington on Saturday


' ByDan Black • . daniel.black@jpress.oo.uk Follow@DanBlack84.


Blues boss Simon Garner is ready to tackle his side's.


psychological flaws in a bid to


remedyasevereboutoftravel sickness.


Clitheroe have won just twice on the road from 13 league out­ ings this term, and the latest


igr-saw Garner’s men endure a 6-o thumping at the hands of


• promotion hopefuls Darling- toni883.


More than 1,000 sp ectators witnessed the Evo-Stik First


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Division North clash at Herit­ age Park, a factor Garner be­ lieves led to his inexperienced


players freezing on the occa­ sion. “Allour worstfears came to light,” said Garner. “We were


totally out-thought and out-' battled. It was like watching men against boys and it was a horrible experience. I’ve been saying for weeks that we lack experience in the squad and.


it showed against Darlington. • They.were sheU-shocjked and overawed by the experience.


it was just too much for them • “There was a big crowd and


and they froze. We went from beating top-of-the-league


Warrington convincingly, to performing like we didn’t de­ serve to be at this level. It was an unbelievable contrast.' Away games are always


harder blit it’s still only a foot­ ball pitch and two sets of nets.


It seems like it’s psychological but we’ll work hard to address that. We need experience and consistency.” • • On the other side of the


coin, the Blues have lost just once on home soil under Gar-


rier’s tenure whichcame in ‘ the Boxing Day defeat to ri-


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vals Padiham. The last fixture at Shawbridge.saw. Clithe­ roe beat league leaders War­ rington and that’s inspired Garner ahead of Saturday’s game with basement side Os- sett Albion, kick-off 3 p.m. - “We know that we need a


few more players but we still


feel that we’ve got the nucleus of a very good team which we


proved against Warrington,” : Garner said. “We need to im­


prove our displays away from homeand the results because some of them have been


;■ shocking. It’s disappointing : and frustrating that the play­


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proved. They aren’t winning games but they are pushing teams now. The weather has


ers turn up at home but can’t repeat that for away games. “Ossett’s results have im­


been horrendous so the pitch won’t be great and that lev­ els things out a bit. The play­ ers will have to roll up their •


• need to work hard and com­


pete. We are always confident at home though because our form isgreat so I’ll be expect­ ing a response.”


• earner aaaear i Know I ve Garne added: “I know ’ ;


sleeves and battle. It’s not just- about ability at this level; you


got a squad of players that will


.. react positively from that de­ feat. They’ve responded well and they’ll do it again.


. It’s all about building on


. what we’ve got ait the moment and working towards next


season. We’re determined to bring success to Clitheroe


Football Club so We won’t ac­


ing the services of a part-time physio. Anybody interested in undertaking the post can con­


tact chairman Anne Barker on 07709243515. - ' ^


. t Prescot, Merseyside, L349HN (Tel: 0151546 lire Newspapers Ltd. -


cept performances like that at the weekend.” The club is currently seek­


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