Foul Throw 3

Callington Town 4 v 2 Bodmin Town

AFC St Austell 4 v 0 Sticker Millbrook 0 v 6 Newquay St Dennis 0 v 6 Torpoint Athletic Wendron United 1 v 3 Falmouth Town

Two recent results which I missed due to being away on holiday. Torpoint Athletic 2 - 3 St Dominick Torpoint goal scorers : Olly Small and Jimi Taylor A game of two halves where we could/should have more to show for it. Payn hitting the woodwork and multiple bookings for us ended up in a win for the away side who battled back in the 2nd half. Injuries to Westall in the first half and Boyle in the second were big blows for us, with the latter resulting in St Dom equalising when we had 10 men as the official didn't pause the game to allow for a sub. A bit frustrating. St Mawgan 2 - 2 Torpoint Athletic Torpoint goal scorers: Olly Small and Ryan Easterbrook A very one sided first half where we were 2-0 up and supposedly could've been out of sight if not due to poor quality in front of goal. If you create that much the 3 points should be sewn up. Second half was similar but an injury to Bark around 80mins at 2-0 up sounds like it was costly and St Mawgan fought back. Far too many players unavailable at the moment, but thankfully Saturday's availability is looking better for Sticker Reserves at home.

Callington Town 3 v 1 Camelford

Torpoint Athletic 2 - 3 St Dominick Wasn’t at the game but a bit of feedback. 1-0 up early and then 2-1 up at HT. 2nd time playing St Dom this season where we had a 1 goal advantage at the break. Losing skipper Westall in the middle of the first half then centre half Boyle around the hour still 2-1 up a blow and St Dom battled back to take the 3 points and retain their 100% record for the season. Disappointing for us to drop points from a winning position and we’ll be frustrated. But sounds like we pushed the champions elect pretty hard and though we’ve nothing to show for it we’re already showing where we should be measured. Hopefully bounce back on Saturday away at St Mawgan which is yet another test.

Judge Launceston in two games after they have played St Dennis and Sticker... Then in Nov & Dec they have Truro Res, Bodmin twice and Mullion. That's where they will be measured.

Bodmin Town 0 v 4 Wendron United Bude Town 1 v 3 Newquay Camelford 1 v 3 Holsworthy Liskeard Athletic 4 v 2 AFC St Austell Penzance 2 v 1 Dobwalls St Dennis 0 v 2 Launceston Sticker 1 v 1 Mullion Truro City Reserves 0 v 4 Callington Town Buckland Athletic 2 v 2 Falmouth Town Helston Athletic 2 v 0 Barnstaple Town Millbrook 0 v 5 Clevedon Town Oldland Abbotonians 1 v 2 St Blazey Saltash United 0 v 3 Torpoint Athletic

Big scalp and well done to Pz. Did not expect that result and a big team out of the Cup early doors.

Yeah weekend of November 11th I have noted down which is Remembrance Day weekend so the draw will give clubs time to plan accordingly for those wishing to honour the occasion. Main reason I ask. Thank you BHD.

Does anyone know when the draw takes place for the next round?

St Dennis 0 v 6 Newquay Wendron United 5 v 0 Truro City Reserves

Launceston 0 v 4 Liskeard Athletic Penzance 1 v 3 Wadebridge Town Camelford 2 v 2 Bodmin

Polperro 3 - 5 Torpoint Athletic Torpoint goalscorers: Easterbrook x2, Westall, Small, Boyle. A good cup win sees us through to the next round and our 5th win on the bounce, with a tough visit from St Dominick to come on Wednesday to test the resolve once more. The game on Saturday never really looked in doubt once we'd opened a 2 goal lead inside the opening 10 minutes. A nice crossfield ball from Westall into the area found Easterbrook and the home keeper coming together with Easterbrook coming out with the ball to roll into an empty net. Unfortunately this left the Polperro keeper in a spot of bother and looked in pain until he was subbed off later in the half. Hopefully a speedy recovery. 5 minutes after the 1st a pacey corner in from Taylor was met by a strong downward header by Westall for 2-0. By 20mins it was 3 and a neat through ball again Westall the creator found Smallsy in behind, in time and space to slot under the keeper for 3-0. By this point we were cruising and creating a variety of chances and moving the ball well, but Polperro's Whitebrook reduced the arrears from at least 25 yards smashing one in from the right hand side, one that "stayed hit" and would've required a worldy save if Sidey had any chance of stopping it. Great strike! We moved the ball well for the rest of the half, particularly on the right hand side between Westall, Small and Taylor and the biggest threat was those 3 finding each other time and space to switch to Easterbrook who was harshly caught offside quite a few times. Late in the half we made it 4 from another set piece, this time a Smallsy inswinger was met by Boyle for his 1st of the season. 4-1 HT. The game was put to bed further soon after the restart with the new Polperro incumbent misjudging a through ball and Easterbrook showing good technique to keep the bouncing ball low into the net from 20yds. Former Liskeard man Gwillam reduced the score line again around the hour with another fierce effort from 20+yds. The first goal I can understand, you almost think "let him shoot from that far out" but this one despite it being another good strike I'd have liked us to close it down with a bit more desire with it being more central, but no arguments about the quality. By this point we had introduced all 5 subs and though they imposed themselves and continued to get on the ball we created less chances going up the slope. Smallsy found himself 1v1 again and fired over the bar and a great cross from the right hand side was spooned over the bar by the head of Rothwell where we should have scored from both or at least hit the target. From overall play we did deserve to score more than the 5 and being brutal 5-3 flattered Polperro a little. Their 3rd was down to desire from long standing skipper Lane as he was the strongest attacking a corner to head in to the net. Unfortunately for the home side they miss the likes of Patterson and Thomas who have moved to Dobwalls 1st Team. Not sure when the draw for the next round is but there's still some games to be played. Hopefully a home draw or away somewhere I/we haven't visited before and an excuse for a coach. Onto Wednesday.

Polperro 3 - 5 Torpoint Athletic Torpoint goalscorers: Easterbrook x2, Westall, Small, Boyle. A good cup win sees us through to the next round and our 5th win on the bounce, with a tough visit from St Dominick to come on Wednesday to test the resolve once more. The game on Saturday never really looked in doubt once we'd opened a 2 goal lead inside the opening 10 minutes. A nice crossfield ball from Westall into the area found Easterbrook and the home keeper coming together with Easterbrook coming out with the ball to roll into an empty net. Unfortunately this left the Polperro keeper in a spot of bother and looked in pain until he was subbed off later in the half. Hopefully a speedy recovery. 5 minutes after the 1st a pacey corner in from Taylor was met by a strong downward header by Westall for 2-0. By 20mins it was 3 and a neat through ball again Westall the creator found Smallsy in behind, in time and space to slot under the keeper for 3-0. By this point we were cruising and creating a variety of chances and moving the ball well, but Polperro's Whitebrook reduced the arrears from at least 25 yards smashing one in from the right hand side, one that "stayed hit" and would've required a worldy save if Sidey had any chance of stopping it. Great strike! We moved the ball well for the rest of the half, particularly on the right hand side between Westall, Small and Taylor and the biggest threat was those 3 finding each other time and space to switch to Easterbrook who was harshly caught offside quite a few times. Late in the half we made it 4 from another set piece, this time a Smallsy inswinger was met by Boyle for his 1st of the season. 4-1 HT. The game was put to bed further soon after the restart with the new Polperro incumbent misjudging a through ball and Easterbrook showing good technique to keep the bouncing ball low into the net from 20yds. Former Liskeard man Gwillam reduced the score line again around the hour with another fierce effort from 20+yds. The first goal I can understand, you almost think "let him shoot from that far out" but this one despite it being another good strike I'd have liked us to close it down with a bit more desire with it being more central, but no arguments about the quality. By this point we had introduced all 5 subs and though they imposed themselves and continued to get on the ball we created less chances going up the slope. Smallsy found himself 1v1 again and fired over the bar and a great cross from the right hand side was spooned over the bar by the head of Rothwell where we should have scored from both or at least hit the target. From overall play we did deserve to score more than the 5 and being brutal 5-3 flattered Polperro a little. Their 3rd was down to desire from long standing skipper Lane as he was the strongest attacking a corner to head in to the net. Unfortunately for the home side they miss the likes of Patterson and Thomas who have moved to Dobwalls 1st Team. Not sure when the draw for the next round is but there's still some games to be played. Hopefully a home draw or away somewhere I/we haven't visited before and an excuse for a coach. Onto Wednesday.

Callington Town 3 v 1 Penzance Holsworthy 3 v 1 Sticker Mullion 2 v 1 St Dennis Truro City Reserves 1 v 4 Liskeard Athletic AFC St Austell 3 v 0 Sidmouth Town Cheddar 0 v 2 Newquay Millbrook 0 v 3 Dobwalls Okehampton Argyle 2 v 0 Bude Town Torrington 1 v 1 Launceston Wadebridge Town 0 v 3 Torpoint Athletic Wendron United 2 v 0 Saltash United St Blazey 0 v 2 Buckland Athletic Falmouth Town 3 v 1 Crediton United Helston Athletic 3 v 0 Street

AFC St Austell 1 v 2 Wendron United Sticker 1 v 3 Liskeard Athletic

Altarnun 1 - 5 Torpoint Athletic Torpoint goalscorers: Bouch, OG, Small, Coutts, Ferguson. A 4th consecutive win for us on Saturday and nice to get Altarnun away ticked off before the weather worsens in the coming months. We weren't sure what to expect from the home side after their poor start in the league and seeking new players in the summer. However, we didn't want to take them for granted as we ourselves lost our opening 3 games so it's too small a sample size to judge, though I think for the most part the league has begun to take shape of how it will look for a while. We scored very early on to go 1 up, when Bouch picked the ball up at centre half on the halfway line and marauded through at least 4 tackles, one after the other to get into the box and he slotted it away with the composure of someone you'd expect to score every time. I don't think the goal helped us though and from then on we lacked quality and were probably complacent that the 3 points seemed inevitable. I don't recall creating anything of note in the next 20mins until a poor back pass was made worse when the keeper let it go under his foot on the edge of the box and the ball trickled in for 2-0. Half an hour in Altarnun pulled one back with a good strike from the edge of the box. Even their celebrations seemed a little flat to be honest. Before half time we regained the 2 goal cushion when Jimi Taylor found Smallsy on the edge who struck a low shot into the bottom corner. A half of poor quality in possession and time and time again we gave the ball away and rushed our play. The times we did play it to the forwards to feet, they showed their individual qualities would create but we didn't do it anywhere near enough. 3-1 HT. A bit of a critical half time break and two subs introduced for the restart but it didn't really improve things. Just before the hour mark Couttsy surprised us all as I let out a "don't shoot from there ffs" and it went into the top corner from 30-35yds. Shut up Bays! Too much time and space in middle all game left us with too many options. Again the times we got the ball forward it looked better and Taylor was having an impressive game and the good forward runs from Small were often unnoticed or missed, which was frustrating to watch. Taylor broke past his full back a few times but the defender recovered well or the cut backs/crosses were well cleared. Late in the game Ferguson made it 5 after coming off the bench for his first competitive minutes since February. A bit of a routine win against a side that regrettably I think will struggle. After 3 games we were bottom of the league on 0 points so I'd be stupid to take our form for granted so I am pleased to climb the table up to 5th and have 4 wins from 4 going into next week's cup game. With Easterbrook, Rothwell, Cullerton and Copp set to return we're in a good place and with Polperro in the cup on Saturday followed by St Dominick and St Mawgan it will round off a good month if we can get some pleasing results in those 3 tough games.

Altarnun 1 - 5 Torpoint Athletic Torpoint goalscorers: Bouch, OG, Small, Coutts, Ferguson. A 4th consecutive win for us on Saturday and nice to get Altarnun away ticked off before the weather worsens in the coming months. We weren't sure what to expect from the home side after their poor start in the league and seeking new players in the summer. However, we didn't want to take them for granted as we ourselves lost our opening 3 games so it's too small a sample size to judge, though I think for the most part the league has begun to take shape of how it will look for a while. We scored very early on to go 1 up, when Bouch picked the ball up at centre half on the halfway line and marauded through at least 4 tackles, one after the other to get into the box and he slotted it away with the composure of someone you'd expect to score every time. I don't think the goal helped us though and from then on we lacked quality and were probably complacent that the 3 points seemed inevitable. I don't recall creating anything of note in the next 20mins until a poor back pass was made worse when the keeper let it go under his foot on the edge of the box and the ball trickled in for 2-0. Half an hour in Altarnun pulled one back with a good strike from the edge of the box. Even their celebrations seemed a little flat to be honest. Before half time we regained the 2 goal cushion when Jimi Taylor found Smallsy on the edge who struck a low shot into the bottom corner. A half of poor quality in possession and time and time again we gave the ball away and rushed our play. The times we did play it to the forwards to feet, they showed their individual qualities would create but we didn't do it anywhere near enough. 3-1 HT. A bit of a critical half time break and two subs introduced for the restart but it didn't really improve things. Just before the hour mark Couttsy surprised us all as I let out a "don't shoot from there ffs" and it went into the top corner from 30-35yds. Shut up Bays! Too much time and space in middle all game left us with too many options. Again the times we got the ball forward it looked better and Taylor was having an impressive game and the good forward runs from Small were often unnoticed or missed, which was frustrating to watch. Taylor broke past his full back a few times but the defender recovered well or the cut backs/crosses were well cleared. Late in the game Ferguson made it 5 after coming off the bench for his first competitive minutes since February. A bit of a routine win against a side that regrettably I think will struggle. After 3 games we were bottom of the league on 0 points so I'd be stupid to take our form for granted so I am pleased to climb the table up to 5th and have 4 wins from 4 going into next week's cup game. With Easterbrook, Rothwell, Cullerton and Copp set to return we're in a good place and with Polperro in the cup on Saturday followed by St Dominick and St Mawgan it will round off a good month if we can get some pleasing results in those 3 tough games.

Refereeing is the hardest job in football. Those that feel they can do better, do the course and pick up a whistle! As I've posted before on here, the pool of referees is decreasing so maybe less experienced refs are rising up the leagues, but thus the SWL's own quality is reducing which has also been discussed on here recently. Anyway, apply, become a ref, increase the numbers and the cream will rise! Separately, the dissent/sin-bin has been introduced and given more "power" lately because there needed to be action taken to counter the level of disrespect given to officials. If we (collectively) had our teams behaviour perfect, it wouldn't need to exist in the first place. IMO the sin bin has improved dissent levels of my own league fixtures as once it was introduced most lads learnt quickly.

I can't see the likes of Wendron, Liskeard, St Austell & Newquay all losing 5 games or more to let Bude back into the title charge at this stage. Bude's highly tipped season over in September down to discipline.

Bodmin Town 3 v 0 Truro City Reserves Bude Town 5 v 0 Mullion Dobwalls 1 v 3 Wadebridge Town Launceston 1 v 3 AFC St Austell Newquay 3 v 0 Camelford Penzance 3 v 1 Sticker St Dennis 0 v 3 Holsworthy Wendron United 4 v 0 Callington Town Clevedon Town 1 v 1 Falmouth Town Helston Athletic 3 v 0 Ilfracombe Town Millbrook 0 v 10 Buckland Athletic Saltash United 1 v 2 Nailsea & Tickenham Torpoint Athletic 3 v 1 Oldland Abbotonians Wellington 0 v 4 St Blazey

2 places a stone’s throw apart. 2 blokes of the same name. One milk man!

Baz is a top ref!

Bodmin Town 2 v 1 Callington Town Newquay 2 v 3 Wendron United Sticker 2 v 1 Truro City Reserves Wadebridge Town 2 v 2 AFC St Austell

Bude Town 5 v 0 Camelford