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The Cables faithfull braved a miserable, drizzly night to support their team in the Presidents League Cup at a gloomy looking Victoria Park. Cables started brightly enough in the dour conditions and their play is rewarded with a goal on just six minutes. Joz Mitten ghosts in behind a static Chorley defence to deftly lift Craig Fluery's cross high into the Chorley net. Chorley were looking dangerous but a combination of poor finishing, good goalkeeping and alert defending kept the home side at bay during the rest of the first half.

For the opening 30 minutes of the second half Cables looked the more likely to score as Joz Mitten forced a stunning save out of Chorley Keeper Zak Hibbert with a towering near post header, ten minutes later another solid Mitten header is scrambled off the Chorley line .With Paul Cliff and Craig Fluery providing the ammunition it only seems a matter of time before Mitten increases Cables lead.

Mid way through the second half the momentum switches to the home side as Chorley make several substitutions in quick succession. Once again poor finishing by the

home side fails to punish a couple of lapses in concentration by the Cables' rearguard. In the dying stages of the game Cables Keeper Andy Paxton made a brilliant close range double save before a Chorley substitute rattles the bar with the rebound.

After a second half that seemed to last at least an hour the match official called time on a scrappy but entertaining game. It's Cables first clean sheet and first away win of the season against a side that had lost only one of their seven opening fixtures.

B. Banawich