countyman Posted February 24, 2018 Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 Just shooting the breeze here, but am wondering - with all the fixture chaos, player shortages, and other issues increasingly a concern - whether a new angle could be considered. The move appears to be currently to merge Trelawney and Combo .... and to leave Duchy Clubs to be forced to consider other options for parity. WHY not consider a merger between Trelawney and Duchy into a single, County-junior League with 4 top Premier divisions eligible for promotion to Senior? Premier East, Premier West, and Premier Central 1 & 2, each of, say 17 Clubs who then also compete in a reduced-format Junior Cup which loses the E/W split for all rounds. The existing remaining Clubs could compete in feeder Divisions of lesser size with a County knockout cup and a Reserve team Cup for 3nd and 3rd teams only. The top 2 in each Premier could be eligible for promotion. and before this gets blasted away just look back to footy in the 60s, 50s and before......the league and cup setup was totally different to modern thinking! so......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arty Posted February 24, 2018 Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 The teams down here (west) moan if they have to travel more than five miles to play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEACH1 Posted February 24, 2018 Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 12 minutes ago, Arty said: The teams down here (west) moan if they have to travel more than five miles to play Well yeh , people don't want to travel from far west to Far East for a kick about . People pay subs to play put fuel in their cars etc people just want a kick about for 90 mins and not do 100 mile round trip for it. Imagine if your on the bench and traveling from Penzance to play up torpoint or salt ash to play 20mins at the end . People wouldn't bother going . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornishfootball Posted February 24, 2018 Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 Penzance v Torpoint or Saltash twice a season, mousehole or penwith too...... it's not cheap to travel all that way and in SWPL where there is a bit of money then is just about ok but not in a junior league with too much expense. Plus evening matches would be almost impossible so again would still get backlogs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEACH1 Posted February 24, 2018 Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 If anything bring back Falmouth helston league and mining league , nearly every weekend is a derby , and people are always up for derby games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countyman Posted February 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 chaps, the point of the East, west and central 1 and 2 is to rejig the county format to REDUCE regular fixture hikes such as Godolphin to Bere Alston, say. reduced cup pressures ( 3 in total) too will ease fixture congestion too. easier evening games as most clubs will be local to a small commute area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Eddy Posted February 24, 2018 Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 Trouble is countyman there is a lot more travelling in east compared to west therefore west teams would not be so keen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanfare Posted February 24, 2018 Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 In the 1950s and 60s and even before that in the 40s, there were more regional leagues although the Cornwall Junior Cup was played as a league with the top two meeting in the final and the two second placed teams meeting in the 3rd place play off. Godolphin are in a unique position where they could play in either Duchy or Trelawny Leagues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigd1 Posted February 24, 2018 Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 Don’t think many clubs have 3nd team any way?! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger1000 Posted February 25, 2018 Report Share Posted February 25, 2018 On 24/02/2018 at 08:34, Arty said: The teams down here (west) moan if they have to travel more than five miles to play That 5 miles is becoming more like 2 miles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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