Foul Throw 3

How modest of you Craig

Foxhole v St Blazey 2-0 Mount Gould v St Teath 10-0 Padstow v Marjon 1-2 Roche v St Newlyn East 1-3 St Cleer v Looe Town 3-1 St Dominick v Veryan 4-0 St Stephen v Newquay 2-1

Torpoint 2 - 0 St Cleer Goals from WestallC & Payn. Lineup: WestallM, Quintrell (82), Rogers (86), WhiteS, Hussey, Cotter, Brayson (62), Rowe, Payn (87) Easterbrook (65), WestallC. Subs: Bartolini (28), Ferguson (25), Bays (8), Hicks (4), Blair (3). First and last game of November due to Lockdown II. A shame for us as we are on a bit of a roll. 5 wins and 5 clean sheets in a row since the MG game on October 3rd. Not conceding in 450mins+ at any grassroots level is pretty good and has certainly been a platform for our results. Despite the rain from the previous night, the pitch was in good condition for a November evening under the lights. The game started with little quality on the deck, until Torpoint started to release Easterbrook and Westall down the channels, to no avail. A few pot shots at goal were off target or easily saved by Jackson. Throughout the game, particularly the 1st half, lots of needless, clumsy free kicks given away by both sides in the middle of the park. The deadline was broken around the 20min mark, with Tom Rowe receiving the ball on the halfway and clipping a ball over the centre half for the run of WestallC. Skip opened his body up and fooled everyone including me, but especially the helpless Jackson, scooping the ball over the keeper and into the net for a cheeky finish for his 8th of the season. Not long after, Brayson scored his 3rd of the season with a diving header inside the box after good work down the right from Josh Payn. But a repeated episode from the reverse fixture with St Cleer, happy flag went up and the goal was disallowed for offside. I was stood right behind HF retrieving a match ball, the cross was straight and Brayson onside, IMO. For the rest of the half, the ball into St Cleer's right hand channel was paying off, with WestallC and Easterbrook getting in behind. All came to no avail as WestallC had no left foot, making him an easier read than Clifford The Big Red Dog. Easterbrook had a fierce drive whistle past the post but Jackson wasn't troubled. StCleer had a number of corners and were unfortunate to not benefit from some excellent deliveries across the Torpoint 6yd box. But it remained 1-0 HT. 2nd half became a bit more of a battle with no man's land becoming heavier. Around the hour mark a loose ball was a race between StC's big No.5 and Matty Cotter. Cotter got their first in a brave tackle from the pair of them and the ball spilled to Rower, who played WestallC down the right, who bided his time to square to the onrushing Payn who finished superbly for his 1st competitive goal for the 3rd team. No.5 was down in discomfort and StC's backs were up and this riled them to up their intensity. Minutes later the diminutive Brayson was halved by Zak Peel in a feisty tackle, cue Brayson rolling around like a fish out of water. I think the overreaction displeased Peel who kicked him in the head for good measure. I owe him a pint. But a booking should've been the minimum, and he stayed on the pitch. I didn't see if a card was issued. Peel continued his tirade for a while and was eventually subbed for his own financial protection. Chances were few and far between in the latter part of the game with changes disrupting the flow and StC down to 10 with a sin bin, unhappy with any decision from thereafter. Jordan Dennis was a threat down the left for StC and a calmer head would've hampered Torpoint's chances of another clean sheet, but it wasn't to be. 2-0 FT. Lockdown II is awful timing from a team POV, but it allows some of the lads to don their running trainers again and restart the 5km leaderboard to regain some fitness after a 10 game start to the season. Valuable points are on the board and hopefully BoJo allows grassroots to resume when sensible to do so, so we can play the game we love. Thanks to St Cleer and Jon for cleaning their changing room and staying for a pint, it was greatly appreciated.

Agree Dave but was heavy rain overnight so can't play if it's a saturated pitch. The official has offered to have a look too so fingers crossed. Not much beer left to drink either as we drank most of it on Sunday, unless anyone likes Worthingtons!

First & last RRL ECPL fixture for November tonight at The Mill. Torpoint Athletic 3rds vs St Cleer, 19:15 KO. Weather permitting. Pitch inspection planned for this afternoon.

Grassrootsgary is a wind up merchant. Wonder if he was offered work today with a possible month off work he’d rather play football and miss out on his mortgage payments and bills?

Club groundsman are you? Pitches will be saturated for days. Might be ready for December if we’re lucky.

Even Marjons on a 3G? Pessimist!

Predictions Mount Gould 9 v 0 Looe Town Padstow Utd 0 v 4 St Minver Plymouth Marjon Reserves 2 v 2 Newquay Reserves St Cleer 3 v 1 Foxhole St Stephen 0 v 3 St Dominic St Teath 1 v 3 St Newlyn East Veryan 2 v 1 St Blazey Reserves

Looe 0 - 5 Torpoint Goals from WestallC x3 (1 pen), Hussey pen & Brayson. Lineup: WestallM, Quintrell, WhiteJ, WhiteS, Hussey (65), Cotter (65), Trethewey (45), Bartolini (70) , Blair (40), Easterbrook (65), WestallC. Subs: Brayson (25) Payn (45), Cleland (25), Rowe (75) One does not simply walk into Mordor, and keep a clean sheet in the bottom goal - Boromir of Torpoint, October 2020. Had sleepless hours last week laying in bed going over the gameplan for yesterday. The forecast wasn't pretty and I knew the game would be likewise. The warm up was cold, but there is a feel about the team at the moment and everyone was up for it, while Looe hid from the elements under cover of their new clubhouse. I sensed they didn't fancy it. Skipper WestallC won the toss and we opted to defend the slope as we always do. Instructions were simple, waste time, defend with our lives, stay compact, and minimise shots, freekicks and corners to not allow pressure on WestallM. Easier said than done but the lads did it to perfection. No corners conceded all game and only 2-3 free kicks in our half which weren't capitalised on. We created more than I predicted in the first half, and WestallC broke the deadlock in the middle of the half from a corner. The ball was cleared to find WhiteS who put the ball back in for WestallC to finish. Easterbrook and WestallC were causing problems on the counter and arguably we could've had more meaningful efforts, but we would've bitten your hand off if offered a 1-0 lead at HT. A change of shape at HT and Payn on for Trethewey. Instructions were the complete opposite. Show some quality, play with tempo and be relentless. By 50mins it was 3-0. The 2nd was a superb throughball by Rowe who found Payn. One on one he opened his body up and sat the keeper down, placing the ball low, only to hit the post. But fortune rebounded into the path of WestallC following up who tapped in for his brace. A minute or two later we won a penalty with some trickery inside the box. Usual taker Hussey offered it to Skip for his hat trick. Hussey got his own rewards as we won a 2nd penalty and he dispatched comfortably around the hour mark. His 3rd in two games from left back, I wasn't having that, so I dragged him off for some valuable minutes for Smeagol Cleland. His only instructions were to ensure we kept the cleano and pass the ball to left winger Adam Blair. He ignored the latter so I should've dragged him off too. Lots of valuable minutes for the whole squad with the scoreline out of reach, unless you're Spurs. Substitute Brayson rounded off the win with a superb strike later in the game. I think it's the hardest he's ever struck a ball and maybe the gravity of the slope aided him as the ball flew into the top corner from 20+yards. 7 wins in 9 games and our 6th clean sheet, my favourite! Rounded the day off with far too many Coors back at The Mill and it's becoming a habit, a good one! Can't wait for next week away at Roche.

Well done on your hard earned draw Dave!

It begins...

Predictions Foxhole 0-3 St Dom - straightforward win for St Dom's firepower Mount Gould 3-1 St Minver - StM strong defensively but MG still too strong with their front 3 and know how Newquay 4-1 Roche - comfortable home win against a Roche side who have started poorly. Marjon 2-2 St Cleer. Tough test for both and fully dependant on who fancies it more. Peel to decide the tie. St blazey 2-1 St stephen - frampton and co to beat a weaker St Stephen side. Eyes on if Bould plays as heard he was on the move again? St Newlyn 4-2 Veryan - SNE far more experienced than a Veryan side now leaking goals. St teath 2-2 Padstow - toughest prediction of the weekend as haven't seen Padstow myself for years. Predict St Teath results to pick up now they have MG, StDom and StMinver out of the way and favourable fixtures on the way.

People not submitting team sheets correctly! Otherwise the data would be there for all to see.

Torpoint's Easterbrook has 7 league goals. And scored yesterday for the 2nd team too.

St Stephen 0 - 2 Torpoint Goals from Jay Hussey. Lineup: WestallM, Quintrell, Rogers, WhiteS, Hussey (85), Cotter, Trethewey, Bartolini (62) , Blair (75) Ferguson (85), WestallC. Subs: Brayson (28) Payn (15), Cleland (5) Top scorer Easterbrook with the 2nd team today and both star defender Jake White and Killer Rowe all unavailable today, a few changes were made. Over the moon with the result and proof the squad has the depth and mindset to go to a tough place and pick up another 3pts. St Stephen started the stronger, and almost scored within a minute. If it wasn't for the long time retired Rogers excellent positioning it was a certain goal. Rogers inadvertently hit Torpoint's post, but if he hadn't, a tap in was certain. St Stephen had plenty of set pieces in the first half, with corners not resulting in any attempts on goal, and the dangerous Cowboy Rowe having a few free kick attempts at goal. Torpoint grew into the game, with Cotter playing well and Ferguson being a menace in the final 1/3 throughout the half. Most of Torpoint's attacks in the first half ended in a Ferguson effort, resulting in saves or well blocked efforts as St Stephen defended well. One attack resulted in Trethewey brought down cynically in the Stephen half, resulting in no booking. My temperature rose for the first time in the day and had to take the woolly hat off. 0-0 HT. A few comments at HT about adding quality, exploiting weaknesses, but most importantly, concede less set pieces. The midfield trio of Cotter, Trethewey & Bartolini improved their composure and Hussey and Quintrell at FB were playing in the right areas. A slice of luck for the opener though, with set piece danger man Hussey hitting his first good corner of the game. The St Stephen keeper struggled with the delivery and it ended up in the net for a Hussey goal. The next big chance fell to Ferguson around the 75th min. He was played in down the right hand side near the corner flag, and either genius or calamity resulted in him being goalside and flying into the box and around a 2nd defender. A fierce left footed shot was goalbound and as per normal I was wheeling away too soon. The keeper's reaction deserved high praise and he tipped the shot high and away from the goal. I wondered if that was a wake up call, I'm not a fan of 1-0 leads late in the game. With willing runner Payn on for Blair, and gobby Brayson for the energetic Bartolini, we had extra energy than Stephen's changes. A Hussey "injury" brought Cleland on for his first minutes of the season, due to his chocolate teapot knee. Ferguson was dead on his feet having done a day's running in 85mins, so left back Hussey went on up front, to waste some time and hold the ball up. But reminiscent of Kaka and Inzaghi vs Liverpool for AC Milan in the 2007 CL Final, WestallC slipped Inzaghi (sorry, Hussey) through on goal. My first guess was he was too tired to shoot, but it was composure, a calm delay and wait for the keeper, around him with ease and a simple finish to seal the game with minutes left. If St Stephen had scored in that 1st minute, it could've been different. If Snogger 2.0 had played it certainly would've been a tougher test. But our 5th clean sheet in 8, having played MG, St Dom, St Minver among others, was testament to the resilience of the whole squad. Plenty of work rate and smiles about the side at the moment and I love to see it. Up The Point!

Great post Jon. Hypocritical as I have a username myself, having set the account up almost 10yrs ago. Still got a foul throw in my locker, but happy to reveal my identity whenever I’ve been asked. I’ve followed this forum since I started men’s football and it’s a shame, but it’s a reflection on society. Mostly, people are good, but there are also some people who want to spoil a party. Can’t change people like that unfortunately.

18-0, crikey Star Man, a big and maybe harsh prediction. Foxhole have had a mass exodus but aren't too bad at the back. Despite not winning a game yet, conceding 10 in 5 isn't usually bottom fodder in local football. MG will still be too strong though I've no doubt about that. My predictions Mount Gould v Foxhole 6-0 Padstow United v St Newlyn East 1-3 Roche v Plymouth Marjon 0-5 St Blazey v St Teath 3-1 St Cleer v Veryan 2-3 St Dominick v Newquay 5-2

Torpoint Athletic 1 - 0 Foxhole Goal from Jake White. Lineup: WestallM, Bays (5), WhiteJ , Rogers, Hussey, Brayson (80), Rowe (60), Cotter, Easterbrook (70), Ferguson (75), WestallC. Subs: Quintrell (85), Bartolini (32), Blair (20), Payn (15), WhiteS (10). Overall, a lacklustre performance but a 4th clean sheet in 7 league games and a fortuitous goal from a halfway line free kick gives us another 3pts. The first half lacked much quality from both, with Foxhole's forward being a handful but getting little support, and Torpoint's forwards creating little. An early substitution for Torpoint, as the self proclaimed "fittest in the team" pulled a hamstring and had to go off, pathetic! Foxhole were the stronger physically of the two sides with Wilkins and Co defending well and Kerrigan in midfield winning a lot of duels and 2nd balls. The closest Torpoint came to a goal was a superbly struck free kick by set piece wizard Hussey, who from 30yds whipped the ball up and over the wall, only to strike the post. 2nd time this season he's struck the woodwork from a deadball and again a premature celebration by myself probably jinxing him. I won't watch his free kicks next week and hope one flies in. Ferguson was causing the Foxhole left back some trouble with his mazy dribbles but Wilkins was always covering well or Goals' crosses were met by a Foxhole defender or goalkeeper. Brayson and Rowe had chances to hit the target both on their left foots, with Brayson opting to turn onto his right and run out of time, and Rowe hitting narrowly wide after a neat turn. The deadlock was broken when WhiteJ hit a free kick into the box from the halfway line, missing everyone and bouncing over the goalkeeper into the corner. The quickest defender in the league doesn't score many, so we told his missus it was an overhead kick from 55yds! Good to see her celebrate at the club on his behalf after the game with two bottles of white wine! The 2nd half was much improved from Torpoint, with Cotter in midfield composed throughout and some great passing off both feet creating more attacking opportunities. Ferguson again was causing issues down the right hand side and WestallC continuously driving at the Foxhole defence. Youngsters Blair and Payn came on and looked confident and began to link up with WestallC up front. Blair in particular showed great touches and had a low drive saved by the visiting keeper. It's promising to see the youngsters we have in the team this season improve so quickly with experience. Not as clinical as Wednesday, but 3pts and we're 2nd in the league having played some of the top sides from the 19/20 season already. Next two games are away at St Stephen and Looe, very tough places to go so a different test for us. Up The Point!

Torpoint Athletic 6 - 0 Marjons Goal from Ferguson x2, WestallC x2, Easterbrook & Trethewey.. Lineup: WestallM, Quintrell, WhiteJ , WhiteS (80), Hussey (75), Brayson (58), Rowe (55), Trethewey, Easterbrook (63), Ferguson, WestallC. Subs: Bartolini (32), Cotter (35), Payn (27), Bays (15), Rogers (10). First home game of the season for Torpoint and our first since the 4th of January. Felt like a long long time and the lads were buzzing. The warm up was jovial with excitement but once the whistle blew it was a good performance. The first corner of the game on 5mins resulted in Easterbrook poking home after a good delivery from Hussey. Not long after that Rowe bundled home a rebound after WestallC's shot was saved, ricocheted back towards for the goal for Rowe to fire home, but even from the dugout he was clearly offside and it was rightly ruled out. Rowe had his 2nd of the game chalked off again later in the half as he finished from a corner. Torpoint's 2nd was around 22mins as Trethewey headed home well at the near post from another Hussey corner. For the remainder of the half, Marjons had some good possession without threat, with Torpoint looking dangerous on the break. 2-0 at HT felt a little disappointing given the opportunities to punish during transitions, but the final ball into the channels for Ferguson and Easterbrook lacked the quality required to really hurt. A far improved 2nd half for Torpoint, with Ferguson running in behind from deep and having time for a brew, before smashing low under the keeper around the hour mark, a lovely ball forward from WhiteS. The high line from Marjons was finally undone by the forward line's pace. A few changes for Torpoint with Cotter on having missed the fixture vs MG and Bartolini on, both in midfield, as well as Payn on in a forward position for Easterbrook. Around 80mins, Payn found himself in the final 1/3 on the right and a low cross found the greedy Ferguson, whose shot was half saved but it had enough power to loop into the net for his 3rd of the season. Around 80mins I had no view of what the cause was, but a penalty was given for WestallC to rifle home high into the net for 5-0. WestallC sealed the scoring with the best finish of the game, with a low drive into the bottom left from 25yds. Delighted with the 3pts after a long wait to be back at The Mill. Another clean sheet with our 3rd in 6 games, and plenty of goals to show for our efforts too. Onto another home game on Saturday where we welcome old rivals Foxhole Stars.

Clubs regularly test their floodlights during the day before an evening game for a pre-use check. Saves teams and officials travelling if there is an issue. OR, allows time for rectification.

Torpoint 3rds vs Marjons Res is now a 19:15 KO!

Mount Gould 2 - 1 Torpoint Athletic Goal from Easterbrook. Lineup: WestallM, Bays (85), WhiteJ , WhiteS, Hussey, Brayson (62), Rowe (83), Trethewey, Easterbrook, Ferguson (off 63, on 80), WestallC. Subs: Bartolini (28), Davis (30), Payn (5). Subs unused Quintrell, Rogers. A real battle yesterday. It's no secret MG have a reputation, whether fair or not, but we turned up with the right attitude to stay in the game and give a good account of ourselves. I think we did that. Teams that roll over and let MG tickle their bellies like puppies will obviously lose heavily and I suspect that's what happens some weeks. But Marjons and now Torpoint have gone close so I don't think MG will win comfortably every week. A bit of belief and players ready to go toe to toe will get something at some point. Torpoint opened the scoring when two forwards found themselves through on goal, with one squaring to the other for an empty net tap in. But the flag went up quickly to disallow for offside. An error from the forwards to miss such an opportunity. MG were the next to have one ruled out, as a dangerous inswinging corner was headed into the net, but the referee correctly ruled it out due to a foul on keeper Westall by Grinrod. But MG's 2nd corner resulted in a goal that stood. Another good delivery was well met by Mcilvaney with a firm header. Westall again was fouled IMO this time by a different "marker" but it stood. Torpoint had a set piece goal disallowed too after that for a ruled out equaliser. The corner from the left was deemed to go out of play before swinging back in and headed in. Fair enough. Elsewhere in the first half, Brook found himself in the book after a silly and unnecessary foul on Easterbrook, who was virtually off the pitch. Cue spectators and management in uproar, with Wright finding himself in a 10min sin bin for his own reaction to Brook's booking. Torpoint tried to up their tempo with a numerical advantage, to no avail. MG were excellent in wasting time and running the clock down, showing their experience. HT 1-0. 2nd half had less quality, with both teams tiring on a now heavier pitch. Less chances but MG on the front foot for the most part. The 2 Whites at centre half were excellent throughout. MG's 2nd was a good free kick by Wright about 25yards out, low into the right corner, with Westall expecting it to go over/under the wall to the other side. The free kick was a shame as Jake White slipped and gave away a foul, his only mistake all game and harsh on him. Many changes for both sides changed the flow a little, with Davis, Easterbrook and Ferguson providing more of an outball with Torpoint chasing. Torpoint midfield began to win a few more %s as MG's midfield tired, except for Grinrod who was tireless! But eventually time ran out and MG again ate up the time with expertise. A sucker of a defeat for Torpoint with few chances for both teams. One of those where MG deserved the win, but a draw could've been snatched on another day. It's only October, but if this stinking virus buggers off and doesn't stop football again, the league title will be MG's. Having played MG, St Dom & St Minver already, MG are far better than what the others can offer in quality and aggression to win football matches. Next up for Torpoint is our first home game of the season on Wednesday, at home to Marjons Res who have started very well in their league campaign. Hopefully my old legs can recover in time.

League wide open but MG have an 8pt lead already?