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Rimington won 5-1 at Os- wakftwistle on Saturday as the villagers climbed to the top of the East Lanca­ shire League.


And with just nine games to go. they look favourites to regain the title. They went ahead after


Skipper David Lynch (right) battles for possession in the LFA Challenge Trophy semi-final against Atherton Coffieroes at Leyland as CIrtheroe earned a trip to the Macron Stadh Blues to cause cup upset? Bt Da n Bl a c k


Garner confident of beating Chorley in club’s biggest game since Wembley date! In the 1995/96 term, under


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After celebrating the birth of son Dexter, Blues boss Simon


m .^ ’ meris hoping to prolongthe * ' joy andjubilation by winning the Lancashire FA Challenge Tro-


9 phy- The32-year-old midfielder, who featured in the final of the com-


, . petition fire wars ago, believes ^ th is is the biggest fixture for the dub since his affiliation at Shaw- bridge started.


the joint stewardship of Dennis Underwood and Gary Butcher, the Blues lost 3-0 in the FA Vase against Brigg Town at Wembley Stadium. But Monday night, underthe


lights of the Macron Stadium against Chorley, will be Clithe- roes biggest date since then ac­ cording to Gamer. Having lost 4-0 to Southport


on his last visit to Horwich, un­ der Peter Smith's reign, he said: "It's a massive game for us. The Vase final at Wembley was obvi­ ously huge but this is definitely


the biggest game since I’ve been involved at the club. It would be great to win it this time after los­ ing the last time I was there. To play at a stadium like that


which was madeforthe Premier League is incredible. It sbrilliant, everybody is buzzing but we've got to make sure we play the way we have been doing. We're really looking forward to it and the at­ mosphere should be great.’ He added: *1


was going to


watch Chorley with my assitant Ryan Parr but Dexter was bom at 7-07 p.m. He still went to see them play Leamington. Every­


one is looking forward to i t ’We've got to get on with the


league in-between but in the back of our minds we know how-


big this game is for the club. It's a massive achievement just to get to the final but winning it would be the icing on the cake.’


Gamer hasgoalkeeper Peter


Collinge, Laquan Esdaille and Jay Hart cup tied for the final, but he's still confident of upset­ ting the odds. There’s 50 teams separating


the two sides in the pyramid but, as Gamer alluded to, there was a biggergulf when Bradford City


beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the EA Cup.


They've done superb,’ he


said. They’ve come from where we are and they've kept on climb­ ing- They are doing well at that


level and are pushing foraplav- offplace. ‘Chorley is a massive club


and it's a massive task for us to win. I've played with most of their players in the past and it's


just u versus n at the end of the day. There s been bigger upsets


in football than Chtheroe beating Chorley. Therels no reason why


we can't do it.’


eight minutes as Walsh played a one-two with Con­ t i who raced down the left, beating two men, before firing in a low. hard cross which was deflected in by a defender at the near post. And when McLean


played in Lloyd, he was brought down for a pen­ alty, Lloyd making no mis­ take from the spot for 2-0. Rimington extended


their lead on 36 minutes asContfs cross was spilled to the feet ofGary Jackson, who finished with ease. A f t e r the break,


McLean's cross was met by BagoL who beat two de­ fenders to head home, be­ fore the hosts pulled one back. With 10 minutes left,


the locals rounded off the scoring as Robinsons cross was flicked on by Drake and there was Jackson at the back post to make it 5-1. Saturday sees a derby at Read, kick-off 2-15 p.m.


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