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Clitheroe gear up for trip to Scunthorpe United in Isuzu FA Trophy

Sean McConville admitted he was breathless after watching his Clitheroe side squeeze past big guns York City to reach the last 32 of the Isuzu FA Trophy for the first time.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
4 January 2026

Clitheroe’s Cam Lancaster

By Andrew Simpson

Sean McConville admitted he was breathless after watching his Clitheroe side squeeze past big guns York City to reach the last 32 of the Isuzu FA Trophy for the first time.
That was partly because Ollie Pearce’s leveller for the National League title hopefuls, which arrived nine minutes past the allotted 90, will have felt like a punch to the gut.
The underdogs steadied themselves to prevail on penalties, helped by goalkeeper Zac Hadi saving a spot-kick by Alex Newby, a former favourite at the Lancashire club.
“I thought our chance had gone [when Pearce scored],” Cam Lanc...

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