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Runcorn Linnets 1-0 Clitheroe: Linnets win it on close call

If this was a boxing match, judges would have needed to make a points decision as Runcorn Linnets defeated Clitheroe to progress to the preliminary round of the FA Cup.
NAIM OF THE GAME: Runcorn’s Naim Arsan pokes the ball past James McClenaghan for the winning goal PICTURE: Greig Bertram

By Andy Simpson
FA Cup extra preliminary round
RUNCORN LINNETS 1
CLITHEROE 0

If this was a boxing match, judges would have needed to make a points decision as Runcorn Linnets defeated Clitheroe to progress to the preliminary round of the FA Cup.
Linnets would still have emerged as victors given Naim Arsan’s jab – or, to be precise, poke from short range – just before the break inflicted the most damage on Clitheroe.
He was alert, forcing goalwards a loose ball at a corner, then directing it into the net after goalkeeper James McClenaghan smothered his initial attempt.
The two teams, with lof...

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