Foul Throw 3

Camelford 0 v 3 AFC St Austell Millbrook 0 v 3 St Blazey

Torpoint vs Liskeard in Div 1 East for tonight is postponed. Roll on the pipe ban.

And it was followed up with a valid complaint for a referee making up his own laws not allowing anyone to wear gloves 🤣 And we still won the fair play award voted for by referees for the 2nd year running athankyou!

So unlike you!

Torpoint Athletic 4 - 2 Saltash Borough Torpoint goal scorers: Easterbrook x3, Fuller. An impressive victory against one of the league's top sides to bounce back from Saturday's disappointment. I'm sure Dwyane will be thrilled for us! We started the game positively with a chance on goal resulting in a corner. A loose ball was strongly held up (HOW?) by Easterbrook who laid the ball back to Fuller swinging a leg at it with his left and we were 1-0 inside 5mins. From then on we were really poor for the rest of the half if I'm honest. Our passing game was non-existent and anyone with an ounce of time treated it like a hot potato and hoofed the ball to no one. A game of blind basketball for 20mins until, on balance against the run of play, Jimi Taylor teed up Easterbrook to fire a low driven effort inside the far post from 18yards. A nice finish from him but frankly undeserved from the team to be 2 up! Borough were continually quick on the counter with Thomson and Alford willing runners but were for the most part kept quiet. One break down the right went begging as the low ball into the box evaded the two Borough attackers for an easy tap in, chance gone begging. Before HT Easterbrook scored again around 38mins with another Taylor assist. Straight from the kick off Borough caught us sleeping and reduced the deficit back to two with the Borough man evading all half hearted tackles to break through and get the ball into Thomson who finished inside the near post. This woke us up a touch and Easterbrook should've had a first half hat trick when the easiest chance he had all game was put wide from a low ball in from the right. I think it took a bobble but he knew! A slightly fortunate 3-1 HT lead. We had the better chances but composure and quality in possession lacking. The 2nd half was much better to watch and we should've put the game to bed. The introduction of Joe Preece certainly increased the visitor's threat as his quality on the dribble caused us issues right across their front line. A few visiting free kicks could've caused us issues but thankfully were saved by Rickard or unable to test us. Easterbrook had another chance to complete his hat trick after skipping inside Winfield, choosing to shoot tamely from 18yds when it looked like he had acres to drive further into. A little rushed maybe. Around 70 mins a pacey attack from Borough came down the right hand side, with Tom Manuel positioning himself well to block the cross, only for the ball to fall back to the winger who smashed the ball back at Tom's arm. Penalty. Handball yes, deliberate? No chance. But Alford wasn't to pass up the opportunity and his penalty hit the top corner with Rickard going the other way. 3-2 and game on. Thankfully Borough had far less steam left in them than the threat they could've posed, and we restored the 2 goal cushion not long after with Easterbrook finally get his hat trick tucking home a rebound from his own effort. His 3rd hat trick of the year and 11th in 6 games. Ross should've put the icing on the cake with the game becoming stretched as Westall robbed the keeper on the byline before squaring to Ross. Not quite an empty goal with a defender on the line but with gaps either side Ross' effort was blocked superbly combined with poor placement. Another chance begging. FT 4-2. Could have been more with the clear chances created but a huge difference from Saturday where we didn't create 1/4 of what we did last night. An important win against a good Borough side who'd beaten us back in August. League position looks a bit more solid with others playing catch up. No game for us now for two Saturdays before we return on the 19th to host Lanson.

Torpoint Athletic 4 - 2 Saltash Borough Torpoint goal scorers: Easterbrook x3, Fuller. An impressive victory against one of the league's top sides to bounce back from Saturday's disappointment. I'm sure Dwyane will be thrilled for us! We started the game positively with a chance on goal resulting in a corner. A loose ball was strongly held up (HOW?) by Easterbrook who laid the ball back to Fuller swinging a leg at it with his left and we were 1-0 inside 5mins. From then on we were really poor for the rest of the half if I'm honest. Our passing game was non-existent and anyone with an ounce of time treated it like a hot potato and hoofed the ball to no one. A game of blind basketball for 20mins until, on balance against the run of play, Jimi Taylor teed up Easterbrook to fire a low driven effort inside the far post from 18yards. A nice finish from him but frankly undeserved from the team to be 2 up! Borough were continually quick on the counter with Thomson and Alford willing runners but were for the most part kept quiet. One break down the right went begging as the low ball into the box evaded the two Borough attackers for an easy tap in, chance gone begging. Before HT Easterbrook scored again around 38mins with another Taylor assist. Straight from the kick off Borough caught us sleeping and reduced the deficit back to two with the Borough man evading all half hearted tackles to break through and get the ball into Thomson who finished inside the near post. This woke us up a touch and Easterbrook should've had a first half hat trick when the easiest chance he had all game was put wide from a low ball in from the right. I think it took a bobble but he knew! A slightly fortunate 3-1 HT lead. We had the better chances but composure and quality in possession lacking. The 2nd half was much better to watch and we should've put the game to bed. The introduction of Joe Preece certainly increased the visitor's threat as his quality on the dribble caused us issues right across their front line. A few visiting free kicks could've caused us issues but thankfully were saved by Rickard or unable to test us. Easterbrook had another chance to complete his hat trick after skipping inside Winfield, choosing to shoot tamely from 18yds when it looked like he had acres to drive further into. A little rushed maybe. Around 70 mins a pacey attack from Borough came down the right hand side, with Tom Manuel positioning himself well to block the cross, only for the ball to fall back to the winger who smashed the ball back at Tom's arm. Penalty. Handball yes, deliberate? No chance. But Alford wasn't to pass up the opportunity and his penalty hit the top corner with Rickard going the other way. 3-2 and game on. Thankfully Borough had far less steam left in them than the threat they could've posed, and we restored the 2 goal cushion not long after with Easterbrook finally get his hat trick tucking home a rebound from his own effort. His 3rd hat trick of the year and 11th in 6 games. Ross should've put the icing on the cake with the game becoming stretched as Westall robbed the keeper on the byline before squaring to Ross. Not quite an empty goal with a defender on the line but with gaps either side Ross' effort was blocked superbly combined with poor placement. Another chance begging. FT 4-2. Could have been more with the clear chances created but a huge difference from Saturday where we didn't create 1/4 of what we did last night. An important win against a good Borough side who'd beaten us back in August. League position looks a bit more solid with others playing catch up. No game for us now for two Saturdays before we return on the 19th to host Lanson.

Bodmin Town 1 v 3 Dobwalls Holsworthy 2 v 2 Launceston Penzance 1 v 3 Wendron United St Dennis 0 v 5 Liskeard Athletic Truro City Reserves 0 v 3 Bude Town Wadebridge Town 2 v 0 Mullion Millbrook 0 v 2 Ilfracombe Town Shepton Mallet 2 v 1 St Blazey Street 0 v 3 Helston Athletic Torpoint Athletic 2 v 0 Saltash United Great Wakering Rovers 1 v 3 Falmouth Town

AFC St Austell 5 v 0 Sticker Callington Town 2 v 3 Camelford

Hayle 2 - 1 Torpoint Athletic Torpoint goal scorer: Easterbrook. A 3 week delay before the 1/4 final was eventually played on Hayle's 3G pitch and a really disappointing result. Travelling with a strong squad but no goalkeeper out with illness, that and not creating enough meaningful chances was our downfall. Cam Ross should've put us 1-0 up very early on after spinning the defender 30yds from goal and raced through 1v1 only to put his effort wide of the post. Weeks earlier he'd scored from a similar spot at Sticker and you'd bank on him doing better. For the rest of the half we puffed and panted and didn't really get going. The lack of touches on the ball in key areas resulted in sweet fa and we created nothing further. To be honest neither did Hayle and it wasn't very thrilling to watch. One opportunity to pounce on their defence when high up the pitch was missed and a sloppy free kick given away deep in their half was pumped into our box before the break, where the loose ball was calmly finished by the home striker. HT was fairly positive with lots to improve on and now with the wind in our favour. But 2mins after the restart the stand in keeper dropped a cross by Nan could catch and we were 2-0 down. With plenty of the game left I did think we showed a bit of character to get back into the game. It took a while but a break down the right by Aidy Bark was swept into the 6yd box for Easterbrook to bundle home with around 15mins left. We controlled the remainder of the game but only created one more clear chance to score when Easterbrook sliced wide with Westall well placed inside the 6yd box. Every other time we got the ball into good areas we didn't have the usual quality to break down the home defence. Hayle didn't roll over and weren't too bad either, the young left winger in particular a threat all game. With mins remaining he almost found himself through on goal from a possible offside (only going from the farside reaction of those watching) and he was pulled back by Bark who got his marching orders. Hugely disappointing result in a game we win had we played anything like we had attacking wise in the last few games, but it wasn't to be. Good luck to Hayle for their SF and the rest of their league season. My first visit to Hayle and a great setup down there, excellent hosts.

St Blazey 2 v 2 Brixham

Falmouth Town 4 v 0 Ilfracombe Town

Bodmin Town 1 v 2 Penzance Callington Town 2 v 1 Holsworthy Launceston 2 v 0 Truro City Reserves Liskeard Athletic 3 v 0 Newquay Mullion 0 v 2 Camelford Sticker 0 v 2 Bude Town Wadebridge Town 1 v 1 Wendron United Oldland Abbotonians 3 v 1 Millbrook St Blazey 2 v 1 Torpoint Athletic Street 0 v 3 Falmouth Town Wellington 1 v 2 Saltash United Barnstaple Town 1 v 3 Helston Athletic

St Dennis 0 v 5 AFC St Austell

I like it. Cost effective and could be painted red/white or any other colour if it doesn't look appealing currently. And to anyone who doesn't like it it could be seen as a "screw you, we've ticked the box" to those who forced it upon them! 🤣

Eagle eyed! Imagine the FA want 16 teams in. Altarnun rock bottom but I did see they had a new manager in so maybe bounce back next see if they do stay in the division. Newquay's loss to Blazey in Div1 last night won't have done their top 4 and promotion hopes any favours with Kilk and Minver hot on their tail with games in hand so maybe only two up from the 3 applicants.

Camelford 0 v 3 AFC St Austell Saltash United 2 v 0 Millbrook Falmouth Town 3 v 1 Buckland Athletic

Torpoint Athletic vs Hayle in the cup will definitely be going ahead. If The Mill is looking unlikely at an inspection this afternoon, we will reverse the game to Hayle's 3G pitch.

@Ian Pethick Could be a coincidence, but last night a Rio Ward played for the RAF U23s in the Inter-services vs the Royal Navy. If the same lad then it explains where he's been, and is testament to his quality as he's played a good standard in the military already.

Surprised to not see any reports from the F-Troop from Tuesday night. I missed the majority of the first half as I was on the gate, but I heard Paul Heveran scored a screamer with the outside of his boot on the edge of the box to take an early lead for Torpoint, which didn't last long as Falmouth equalised from a corner. This lead to mass frustration, as a lot of players stopped once the kick had been taken as the referee blew his whistle. But apparently his signal was to take the kick and he was slower than the kicker himself and the ref didn't order a retake. However, despite that contentious goal, the 2nd half was one way traffic as Falmouth striker's Wilson and Massey could've had a trick each. Both missed guilt edged chances with most chances dragged wide or being stopped by the hearts and bodies of Rickard, Hillson and Holder in the home rear guard. All three of them were kept busy and up until the 84th were the beneficiaries of some luck and determination. Eventually Falmouth took the lead, a superb cross from the left by a Falmouth substitute was headed in by Wilson. 5mins after that they won a penalty which I thought was harsh, which Massey smashed into the top left with Rickard going the other way. Both deserved their goals and were highly effective in their own way. Massey in particular is stupidly quick and barely stops in his running, a huge asset for Falmouth and probably the best forward I've seen in the WL since Bridgwater's Jack Thorne last season. Can see why he's scored so many this season for Penzance, Barum and Falmouth. Torpoint did have a couple of chances on the break in the 2nd half but the best one was squashed by a wet pitch, as Richards raced into the box I think a puddle helped the defender retreat in time before he pulled the trigger.

Truro City Reserves 1 v 2 Mullion Bodmin Town 1 v 2 Holsworthy Camelford 2 v 0 Sticker Dobwalls 2 v 2 Newquay Launceston 2 v 1 Wendron United Penzance 1 v 2 Wadebridge Town AFC St Austell 4 v 0 Bude Town Bridgwater United 6 v 0 Millbrook Helston Athletic 2 v 0 Clevedon Town Nailsea & Tickenham 1 v 1 Torpoint Athletic Saltash United 2 v 1 Welton Rovers Wellington 0 v 4 Falmouth Town

Nah it doesn't. I remember reading/hearing a while back they were falling foul of the time allowed to get up to scratch to be in the SWL and their relegation kind of avoided the fall out from it.

For my own knowledge why is that JC? I assumed Callington could use theirs. Hayle are St Piran but what's that like? And why not Salt Mill in Saltash? Launceston? 3G is 3G? Or is that just a further lack of common sense? 🤣

AFC St Austell 3 v 0 Camelford Millbrook 0 v 2 St Blazey

Torpoint Athletic 0 v 3 Falmouth Town

Street 8 - 0 Millbrook