CLITHEROE showed they were the men for all seasons with a victory over the conditions as well as their hosts.

In a game played in everything Mother Nature could throw at them Lee Sculpher's men came up with a deserved three points.

"We had a bit of everything - gale force winds, snow, sleet, hail, rain and sunshine - and it was tough to play in," said player-boss Lee Sculpher. "But we deserved the victory. We controlled things thanks mainly to the two lads in midfield - Carl Greenwood and Neil Reynolds.

"They both played superbly and won everything which gave us the platform to go on and eventually win the game."

With the wind in their favour in the first half Clitheroe dominated proceedings.

They were given the lead through Mark Stewart after 10 minutes with a 30 yard shot which the Glossop keeper failed to deal with.

Midway through the half Clitheroe extended their lead with fine goal after the move of the match. The ball was worked out of defence and fed to wide man Martin Aspinwall on the flank.

He crossed for striker Neil Spencer at the far post and he headed powerfully home.

Five minutes before the break Spencer was brought down by the Glossop keeper as he closed in on another and the referee awarded a penalty.

But this time Stewart blazed over from the spot and Glossop went straight to the other end and pulled a goal back with what was their first decent effort on goal.

With the wind in their favour Glossop pressed in the second half but were kept at bay by some disciplined defending.

In fact, it was Clitheroe who threatened to add to the scoring. "We had two or three decent chances to score but we never took them," said Sculpher. In the end it didn't really matter because we got what we deserved. It was nice to bounce back after last week's defeat.

"Now we can focus on next week's FA Vase game boosted by a win."

GLOSSOP...1 CLITHEROE...2

CLITHEROE face Whitley Bay in the quarter finals of the FA Vase at Shawbridge this Saturday, kick off 3pm.