Avro secured a 4th consecutive league victory as goals from Liam Ellis, Kane Hickman and AJ Warburton saw the Ro leave Clitheroe with maximum points in a 1-3 victory.
Heading into the match, David Birch and Mike Norton made one change to the starting eleven as Jack Morrow made his return to the starting eleven in the place of Dom Smalley. Jake Cottrell also returned to the squad as he was named on the bench.
The opening 15 minutes was played at a subdued tone with neither side having any standout chances and both enjoying a share of the possession. Avro, as the away side, would be the most pleased with this start as they looked to contain the hosts who would head into this fixture with confidence after their 4-1 home victory over Runcorn Linnets at the weekend.
Avro, as so often has been the case in recent weeks, dominated the next stages of the first half as their high press prevented Clitheroe from having any time on the ball and limited them to any potential chances. Soon after, Avro turned their attention to opening the scoring on the evening and this forced the Clitheroe keeper, Hakan Burton, into a point blank save to prevent The Ro from taking the lead.
Just as both sides appeared to be heading into the break level, Liam Ellis had other ideas as his strike put Avro ahead in the second minute of additional time.
With a big 45 minutes ahead, Avro continued with the same mentality as they finished the first half. Soon after, this saw the Ro go two ahead as the ball was played through to Kane Hickman who made no mistake in slotting the ball past the Clitheroe keeper to provide Avro with the comfort of a 2 goal advantage.
Clitheroe’s hopes of retrieving anything from the game were given a boost when Veron Parny saw his strike nestle in the top left corner to half the deficit for the hosts. With 20 minutes to go, Avro still held on to a 1-2 lead.
Kane Wallwork saw his strike from far out at Clitheroe last season win goal of the season and it was almost déjà vu for The Ro as a shot from the halfway line appeared to be falling in place for the goal but this strike skimmed the crossbar and header over, agonisingly close to sealing the deal on the night.
With 5 minutes of additional time added on, Clitheroe hoped this would be enough time to force and equaliser. However, it was Avro who took full advantage of this as AJ Warburton converted to make it 3 goals in as many games to ensure that Avro made the journey home with maximum points.
This is how it stayed as Avro earnt a 4th consecutive league victory which sees them now sit 12th in the league on 27 points, just 6 points off 5th places Stalybridge Celtic having played 4 games less.
Avro are on the road once again this weekend as they travel to face Kidsgrove Athletic.
