Clitheroe 1 Heaton Stannington 1

Clitheroe and Heaton Stannington will have to do it all again on Wednesday as the game ended all level. Clitheroe huffed and puffed for much of the first half without a real cutting edge, but took the lead on 22 minutes when Danny Wilkins floated in a deep free kick for Billy Priestley to send his header looping over the keeper.

In the second half, Stan started to believe more in themselves and it was no surprise when Andrew Burn latched on to a high bouncing ball and expertly slid it past Clitheroe keeper, Chris Thompson. As the half went on, Stan started to tire, but as the clock ticked down, they spurned a superb one on one chance as Thompson hared off his line to save at feet.

This stirred Clitheroe into life and they had more chances in the last 10 minutes than in the first 80, and after constant pressure, it fell to Stan’s keeper Greg Purvis to pull off a miraculous save from a goalmouth melee as the ball teetered on the line.

Replay Wednesday 7th September '22

Team : Chris Thompson, Terry Cummings (Jack Burrows), Jamie Edwards, Richard Baker, Cameron Lancaster, Billy Priestley, Max Cane, Danny Wilkins (Callum Leigh), Sefton Gonzales, Ross Dent (c), Reece Webb-Foster. Subs - Jack Burrows, Callum Leigh. Not used - Joel Byrom, Lee Pugh, Waqas Azam, George Bristol.