Northern Premier League

CLITHEROE 0 SKELMERSDALE 1

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
15 January 2023

DIV 1 WEST
By Chris Musson

■ CLITHEROE’S poor home form continued as they went down to lowly Skelmersdale’s only chance of the game.
Richie Baker had two free-kicks well saved for Clitheroe, but with half an hour gone, Billy Priestley conceded a soft free-kick on the edge of the Clitheroe box.
From the gentle freekick which floated in, a short period of head tennis in the area saw Skelmersdale take the lead.
In the second half, Clitheroe rang the changes and fashioned a sharper cutting edge. Skelmersdale soaked up all that Clitheroe could throw at them. The vis...

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