AFC St Austell first ever game under lights confirmed!!!

[Money Man]

Delighted to say that the first game under lights at Poltair Park will be Friday the 27th January 1945 ko.

Thank you to Buckland for agreeing to this.

This will be a truly unbelievable occasion for all involved at AFC St Austell.

Money Man

[Tommy Matthews]

Good luck to you hope it's the start of bigger and better things to come.

[CrApPy]

Great work MM!!!!

[Tony]

Great - a game in January that I'll actually be able to get to!

Should be a cracker and a bumper crowd.

[Money Man]

What do you think the crowd might be Tony.

Perhaps challenge the record for a swpl game!!

I think Newquay have the record of about 700 plus so would be nice to beat that.

MM

[kevin richards]

Well done to St Austell & especially to you James. Its great to see a club moving forward in these difficult times & its down to you & a lot of other people commited in driving the club on.

Im at an age where i can remember senior cup finals being played at Poltair & im sure it wont be long before they are played there again.

Well done to all concerned. :clapper: :clapper:

[Mike Odgers]

Good sport on Buckland Athletic for agreeing to the fixture change

especially as the have aspirations for promotion to the Western League.

AFC st.Austell a very unpredictable side so Buckland may "come a cropper"

Congratulations to all at Poltair on their historic event.

[Tony]

Good sport on Buckland Athletic for agreeing to the fixture change

especially as the have aspirations for promotion to the Western League.

AFC st.Austell a very unpredictable side so Buckland may "come a cropper"

Congratulations to all at Poltair on their historic event.

Yes - same fixture last season was 6 4 to St.Austell. Wouldn't something similar be good again, especially in front of what i expect to be at least 400/500 if the weather is OK.

[midlandlilywhite]

An excellent fixture to open the lights. I shall be coming down from the Midlands to enjoy the event and support the "Town". Should be a large crowd, hopefully the weather will be fine. Great to see the club making so much progress.

[Outsider]

What a great effort by the St.Austell club. I had a look this afternoon and the ground is really looking like a football stadium now, and the playing surface is looking superb.

Looking forward to the first game under lights.

[Outsider]

Moneyman,

Does this mean that future home matches will now start at 15:00 on Saturdays?

[Money Man]

Outsider. I think this is an answer for Phil Hiscox.

I would imagine that a 15.00 ko will be the new revised ko time until the end of the season.

Kind Regards

MM

[DanBlazey]

No need for a guessing game, lads. Fixtures times are all posted on the excellent SWPL website.

[Aberfalman]

What do you think the crowd might be Tony.

Perhaps challenge the record for a swpl game!!

I think Newquay have the record of about 700 plus so would be nice to beat that.

MM

Did you think about organising a prestige friendly for an official opening? I remember that's what Falmouth Town did...(although I'm not sure it was actually the first match under lights).

[Money Man]

We are working on that ..

MM

[tom_howe]

Hi everyone,

I'm a journalist student writing a news article on the construction of floodlights at Poltair Park.

Has anybody got any useful contacts, either within or outside the club, that could help me dig into the story?

Or does anyone here have anything to share that could go into the article?

I would like to use a couple of the posts already on here to make up some quotes. First of all, Money Man, can I have your permission to use your opening post?

Feel free to contact me via any of the methods below.

Thanks very much.