Clitheroe. The Footballing Pioneers from Tramps Paradise. Shawbridge. Clitheroe is a ground I’ve wanted to visit for a while particularly after seeing their inclusion in Mike Bayly’s superb “British Football’s Greatest Grounds” book. Their FA Cup 3Q Round tie against a reformed Bury AFC was my game of choice. The town is a pleasant combination of the more modern shops and independents. In “Around Clitheroe” bought from one of the book shops, the town was known as “Tramps Paradise” around the time of the football clubs formation in 1877. This was due to the cheap supper on offer by Mr Martin. The wealthier people in Clitheroe were able to afford the more salubrious hostelries the town had to offer such as the Swan, where the present club were formed following a meeting there and Clitheroe Central came into being. The Swan Hotel where Clitheroe Central were formed. Reference was made in the club’s programme about those early forays into the FA Cup but it seemed to “dis” the achiev