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Atherton Collieries boss Michael Clegg – ‘Shambolic’ cup loss has kick-started our season

After an embarrassing FA Cup defeat to lower-ranked cross-town rivals, Michael Clegg probably thought Atherton Collieries had reached their lowest ebb.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
26 October 2025

Atherton Collieries boss Michael Clegg

By Andrew Simpson

After an embarrassing FA Cup defeat to lower-ranked cross-town rivals, Michael Clegg probably thought Atherton Collieries had reached their lowest ebb.
He described his team’s display in a 5-2 humbling by Atherton LR back in August as “shambolic”, admitting he was shell-shocked by what he’d seen.
“The thing is, it got worse,” Clegg told The NLP. “We’d rung around to find a training venue the following week, only for the kit man to get stuck in traffic on the way, which left us with three balls and no bibs.
“Who then turned up to use the pitch next to ours? The LR lads who’...

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