CLARE AIMS FOR ALBION HAT-TRICK; BLUE SQUARE PREMIER.DARYL Clare Daryl Clare (born 1 August 1978 on Jersey) is an Irish footballer. Clare is a highly prolific goalscorer currently playing for Burton Albion F.C in the Nationwide Conference. believes he is on the brink of completing a hat-trick of promotions to the Football League. The prolific marksman helped Chester City Chester City or City of Chester may mean: Places
n. The ability to make, manage, and keep huge amounts of money: "Today's market has convinced dozens of kids barely out of college that they've got the Midas touch" Business Week. . Clare scored his 27th goal of the campaign and was joined on the scoresheet by veteran skipper Darren Stride in Friday's opening leg of their Blue Square Premier play-off semi-final against Cambridge United at the Pirelli Stadium Pirelli Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Burton upon Trent, England. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Burton Albion F.C.. The stadium holds 6,500 and opened in 2005. . But Burton will be underdogs in Tuesday's return at the Abbey Stadium after Lee McEvilly controversially struck two late goals for the U's to leave the tie delicately poised at 2-2. Clare said: "It's a fine line between winning comfortably and ending up all-square, but the performance has given us the confidence to go on and finish the job off at their place." Burly striker McEvilly threw Jimmy Quinn's side a lifeline a matter of minutes A Matter of Minutes is an episode from the television series The New Twilight Zone. Cast
Clare said: "We're disappointed that decisions went against us because we think we deserve to be going into the second leg in front. "But we've just got to put that behind us and focus on a one-off chance to play at Wembley and win a place in the Football League." Burton boss Nigel Clough is hoping a sense of injustice will drive his men to live their Wembley dream. He said: "I thought considering the occasion and our inexperience of the play-offs, it was a magnificent performance by us. "Yes, we lost a two-goal lead, but we don't feel as though we gave it away. "The handball decision for the penalty was extremely harsh and their lad just fell over when the free kick was given." Burton also had two goals dubiously disallowed, prompting Clough to hope for a change of luck at the Abbey Stadium. He said: "It's unfortunate after a game of such importance that you find yourself talking about decisions by the match officials that completely changed the complexion of the game. "But we'll take heart from the way we played in the second half because we attacked them and had them on the back foot." CAPTION(S): HOT SHOT: Daryl Clare |
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