8pm 21 October 2020
Lancashire League
Clitheroe Wolves U21 2 Fulwood Amateur U21 5 (att 43)
There was a time when the Lancashire League featured teams from the likes of Manchester United and Liverpool, playing on Saturday mornings in a forerunner of the academy systems that develop young players these days.
The full-time professionals departed but the league continued, primarily for non-League reserve sides. Numbers had dwindled though and its long-term future looked doubtful, but this season it appears healthier, as a competition for under 21 sides.
I don't often watch games like this, but was tempted to this one as it was not only a new ground but it was, in effect, Clitheroe Wolves' first team. The club focuses on youth football, and its new under 21 side is its most senior team (unless you count walking football).
The floodlit 3G pitch at Roefield Leisure Centre is a new addition since I was last at the ground. In 2012 I watched Clitheroe RBL, in the East Lancashire League, on a grass pitch on the opposite side of Edisford Road.
Wolves and Fulwood produced a lively game. It came to live with a burst of goals leading up to half time. Fulwood scored twice, Wolves got one back and then a penalty extended the visitors' lead. More goals flowed after the break, although Fulwood's advantage was never really threatened.
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