Guest Postie Pidge Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 FALMOUTH-HELSTON LEAGUE Centrepoint YC Cusgarne Duchy - played at Dracaena Avenue Flushing - Trefusis Point Goonhilly - Goonhilly Downs Longdowns - Mabe School Mabe - Mabe School Mylor - Weir/Mylor Playing Field Nancegollan Ponsanooth - Mabe School Truro GWRSA - Boscawen Park William IV - Boscawen Park MINING LEAGUE 'A' Division Police Camborne Town - Park Road Castle United - Roskear Gweek Park Rangers - Gweek Playing Field Long Rock - Rydal Fields Malpas Wanderers - Penair School Raymond Rovers - Raymond Road Redruth Dynamos - Clijah Croft St Erth Trebellan - Newquay Sports Centre Trelander - Boscawen Park Trelawny - (Penzance) These are some of the teams that no longer exist for one reason or another. Some might have played in both leagues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
local_boy Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 St Erth had a football team, where did they play!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Postie Pidge Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 Star Inn (Sunday League team) from St Erth played at Carbis Bay Holiday Camp. Cornishteddyboy is probably the best person to ask Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Townman Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 I think you will find that Mabe, Longdowns and Ponsanooth all played on the pitch behind Mabe School and folded probably all within a 4 or 5 year period. None of them were particularly successful, despite at least the Mabe team of the late nineties having many players who have gone on to win things with other clubs. Basically that pitch was jinxed!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccer Follower Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 I think that Ponsonooth had a pitch between the village and Treluswell. St Erth played on a sloping farm field about a mile out of the village. Barclays Bank also had a side in the Mining League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Postie Pidge Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 Ponsanooth changed their name to Longdowns before most of their players joined Duchy Reserves, they both played on the Mabe School pitch, shared with Mabe. Mylor played on a farmers field at Weir before a season or two on the current playing field. Flushing played on a pitch at Trefusis Point which is now a farmers field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest postman pat Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 my first ever game in mens football was mining2 v BUSBY GENTS played just off t.m.s roundabout in a ploughed yes ploughed field. and no it was not in the 1800's before some brightspark comes on but in the late1970's.some more mining league sides:- HEATHCOATES CAMBORNE PLOUGH BARRIPER PENGEGON J&F POOL TREVUE ST.IVES DODGEMS TRELISKE who played were the carpark is now (what a slope) FAL/HEL. POOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest City Legend Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 I distictly remember playing on the 'Sloping pitch about a mile from St Erth' once. The cows must have been removed about an hour or two before kick off because the pitch was covered in cow s**t. We came off absolutely lampered - it was disgusting! Heading the ball was a particularly memorable experience! Leg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coopsie Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 I think that everybody remembers castle utd pidge mate, especially David James(He can tell you the best story you'll ever hear about what they were like ) "Couldn't you Mr James" . At their pitch in Camborne we used to get changed under a tree in the corner and just pray that it wouldn't rain. Then we'd get kicked around and threatened with our life for an hour and a half, then we'd leave as quickly as possible. Didn't Truro GWRSA have a sunday league team?. I'm sure I can remember giving them many a tanking in the past. As for Long Rock, I spent 4 or 5 good years there and won many awards and broke a few goalscoring records along the way. That was a pretty sorted little club really and it's sad that all of the land that used to be the home of 2 football pitches is now just an empty field that's not used for anything whatsoever. I think that Long Rock folded around 2002ish, a few years after I left to join Gulval. I'm not 100% sure of the reasons for them folding but Mr Courtney who owned the ground that used to have the pitches on passed away around the millennium and unfortunately only he wanted football and cricket to be played there. His wife was not so keen and I think that Mr Courtney passing away was the final nail in Long Rock's coffin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest postman pat Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 mike hodges might be able to help from his pengegon days what was the team called that played at parkbottom! Graham Quick,Dave Forward and Ray Lloyd played for them. i think i still have bruises from Graham Quick to this day lol there was also a pottery in pool that had a mining team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccer Follower Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 Roskear. Morlands? I think that the Ponsonooth pitch i referred to earlier was from a team of about 1970? Cenrepoint were Helston based and A Division Police played at Park Road. Russell Hall who played out at near Gwinear were another team now defunct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
local_boy Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 As for Long Rock, I spent 4 or 5 good years there and won many awards and broke a few goalscoring records along the way. is that own goal records coopsie :yahoo: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojo Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 gd days at long rock with 2 nice pitches until i got the roller stuck on one of them , does any1 remember cubert as well running pitch down the side of the pitch :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccer Follower Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 Crantock(in the Cubert area) also were very successful at one time in Junior football and moved on into the East Cornwall League.Seem to recall that the second team manager used to go around the pubs in Newquay with a bus at lunchtime asking who fancied a game that afternoon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Roberts Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 SF Sorry mate, the Rioja is getting the better of me. I'd better type that again. I think you're older than you're letting on! You'll be coming up with teams like Redruth Highway in a minute. See you Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Odgers Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 In the mid 60's I was involved with CAMBORNE YOUTH CLUB FC and our most feared opponents(Men against Boys) at that time were CARNHELL GREEN who played at Parbola Farm which included the three James brothers(Brian ,Ginger and Gary), Vivian Vincent, .... Hatch, and a bespectacled keeper Graham Chinn-there are others I cant remember. It was a frightening fixture. There was a team called HARRIS UNITED named after the bacon factory in Redruth, REDBORNE UNITED, TOOLS AND DIES, PORKELLIS with Mervyn Caddy up front and the "legend" Saboo (Terrence Pascoe) in goal. SPARTAK FC (Roskear) played in Arsenal colours and shared the Rokear pitch with POOL SPORTS CLUB. and later came the TUCKINGMILL ROVERS(or was it Tigers) who also used that ground. Postman Pat(Is that Martin) ,I cant recollect that team that played at Park Bottom as yet I will check with the memory man Mel Edwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano11 Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 I heard in the summer duchy were going to try and materialise again but nothing ever happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Chown Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 I'll will never forget one of my first matches in Mens football, playing away to Duchy in '98 Mining 3 (I think). Just before kick off, I was keen as mustard. Duchy Midfielder with Brummie Accent: Alright Kid, What have you come here for? Me: To play football. Duchy Midfielder with Brummie Accent: Not me son, I have come here to break your f****** legs. Ten minutes into the match I see the Brummie mentalist coming towards me as I had the ball, i pushed him off, he fell to the ground and I was awarded a yellow card. Cheers. The whole team spent the entire match doing two footed tackles as I tried to avoid getting damaged. Grassroots football at its best! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccer Follower Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 Dobby - I'm as old as i feel and recall being kicked up in air by yourself! Bleedding ref didn't even book you. Mike - Made my league debut against Carnhell Green as a young 15 year old and was kicked above the knee first tackle.Welcome to men's football. The pitch at Park Bottom was only used for 2 or 3 years i think.Roskear had characters like Graham Quick,Dave Forward and Alan Pedley playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ggr_garth Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 Does anyone a little more East remember George and Dragon and the Riviera Coasters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest helstons14 Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 Gweek had a side at some point, so presume they were in FHL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest postman pat Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 mike yes it is martin. moorlands were a sunday league side, i played for them.the pottery was around Roaches most of there players were from up country,key workers who came down.i think soccerfollower is right about Roskear :clapper: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAPPO Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 is gweeks pitch still there?? had some good games down there on sundays.little pitch with a slope! scored from 10 yards inside my own half there once!! going uphill!!! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Postie Pidge Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 Gweek had a season in the Falmouth-Helston League in 1997/98 (?) and played on their small village pitch but in the 80s they had two Sunday League teams (not sure on Saturday leagues). The pitch to my knowledge is still there but it's wildly overgrown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldasitgets Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 St Erth pitch was at the end of Long Lane - just across from Sir John Knott's mansion (He was Minister of Defence during the Falklands.) Star played there befoe moving to the Holiday amp and then to Nacegollan where they are now. I think they dropped the "Inn" bit when they mved East but no one took any notice. I played for Camborne Plough and helped set up the pitch for Barripper when that club was formed. The pitch at Treliske was amazing! It was where the main car park is now. You could stand in the top goalmouth and just see the crossbar of the bottom goal! We used to take ropes and crampons in case someone fell off the pitch! When did the Mining Division become a League? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccer Follower Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 1905? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 St Erth had a football team, where did they play!! I played for Center Point it was the Helston Youth Club team in 76/77. No showers changed in youth club. Good old days. :clapper: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest postman pat Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 did'nt GWEEK have a social club as well beside the pitch :drink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobbie Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 Yeah there was a social club by the pitch in gweek. I believe the premises are now used by a gig club i may be wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccer Follower Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 They expecting a HIGH tide up there Dobbie? Long way from water. What do they know that we don't? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Mike Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 i remember playing duchy at draceana av back in 1997-1998 2nd round of the junior cup. we had won 10-1 away at pendeen in the first round for VERYAN the biggest win of the round and then lost 11-1 at duchy to be the biggest loss of the round. VERYAN are now no longer around, st mawes and tregony joined with veryan t frorm THE ROSELAND team, i believe st mawes were a good team in the 80's and 90's they then disbanded and reformed and once again disappeared from the map Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footie Nut Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 Gweek were in the Fal / Hel league for donkeys years in both Divs 1 + 2. Successful at times as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornishteddyboy Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 Do Falmouth Docks still have a team playing some form of Junior football or did they fold completely in 1985. If they did they must have been one of the biggest or perhaps the biggest club to go down the pan. From 1960/61 to 1984/85 They won the Combo once, were runners up once and were 3rd three times. They competed in one Cup final and four semi-finals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fish Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 I remember playing against some of these teams when i first started playing mens football quite a few years ago!!! One team no one has mentioned is the Crown Inn played out towards St Day i think about 1992-93. FALMOUTH-HELSTON LEAGUE Duchy - Between 1993-1996, these were a very hard phsyical team and i remember i always scored there but we always lost. They had the smallest pitch in the world and the away team use to get a lot of abuse from mainly the women sitting on the bank watching!!, also they had the smallest changing rooms as well. Mabe - Mabe School - I remember playing here in about 1994 a sloped pitch and the Great Perranporth Goal Keeper Simon Bertenshaw ( Went on play for Bodmin and i think he handed Falmouth the title in the mid 90's anyone remember, indirect free kick going straight in to the goal no one had touched it so if he left it, would be no goal but Simon got a hand to it and it counted!!!. Well that day in 94 Simon played up front and thats where he got his Nick name Big Bird from. William IV - Can remember having tough games over there and having a good battle with player called Stretch. MINING LEAGUE Castle United - Made my Debut for Perranporth in 1992 against these got kicked all over, welcome to Men's football!!!. Scary playing them away. Gweek Park Rangers - Will always remember playing against these in about 1994 when Ernie scored 6 goals in that game but they got wiped off as they folded that season. Long Rock - Played near the round-a-about on your way into Penzance. Trelawny - Well i thought Trelawny played down on a pitch in Lands End above the Minack Theatre, if nits not them what were they called. All i can remember is we went down there in 1993 the mist rolled in and we had 9 men lost 15-1 i scored a 30 yarder chip, (so still quite pleased) they won the Mining Division 3 title and i can remember Lee Norman playing for them i think with a alice band on ?? , can any one help me. So there u go the good old days, so any one want to inform me if they remember these things about these teams please do as quite interesting and im bored at work!! Cheers Fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornishteddyboy Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 Another team to dissapear off the face of the earth is Bugle who played in the SWL and their reserves spent one season in the Combo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ggr_garth Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 I think the loss of former SWL champions Bugle, is a dying shame. As far as I am aware, football has been attempted to be resurrected there but, no luck as yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornishteddyboy Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 Is the ground still there or has it been built on. If I remember it was over the railway line and turn left. Clubhouse there and everything. Shame if it's all gone. I rember going up there for a match and it started snowing with the snow coming almost down horizonatly in the wind. Pz were 6-0 up at half-time playing with the wind but lost 7-6. couldn't see anything.Took hours to get home to Hayle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ggr_garth Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 The pitch and grandstand were still in tact the last time I went there, which was a couple of years ago now. The clubhouse however, was not in such a good state, shall we say!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Mike Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 they made a comeback in ducky bout 7-8 years ago, moved up a couple of leagues and then disappearred again, DAVE ELLIS was there when they had the glory days another team out that way was THE FOURLORDS from the fourlorda at st blazey gate! remember they hadan acrobatic goalkeeper looked just like super mario, he was so super whn i volleyed on from the half way line and lobbed him!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornishteddyboy Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 I wonder who owns the Bugle ground as it must be worth quite a bit for housing with planning permission. Used to be a good day out in the old days like going up to Appledore BAAC, Clyst St Mary, Plymouth Civil Service, Devon and Cornwall Police, etc. Brings tears to the eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Mike Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 getting back to GGR's point i noticed on the ducjy league site that george and teh dragon and riviera coaters picked up a lot of trop[hies in that league during their times! where were they based?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ggr_garth Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 George used to play in Bodmin, can't remember were to be exact by the jail I think. Just remember going there as a toddler to watch my old man blaze down the right wing. Coasters used to play at St Austell AFC, before later becoming known as St Austell reserves. At least it was a little less travel for me to go and watch them!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Postie Pidge Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 Who does the Bugle ground (Molinnis) belong to and who would have the keys for the only gateway into the ground? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Mitchell Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 I think you will find that Mabe, Longdowns and Ponsanooth all played on the pitch behind Mabe School and folded probably all within a 4 or 5 year period. None of them were particularly successful, despite at least the Mabe team of the late nineties having many players who have gone on to win things with other clubs. Basically that pitch was jinxed!! IT WAS JINXED ALRIGHT BUT DONT BLAME THE PITCH, PIDGE WAS IN GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccer Follower Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 Pidge - I think that this was covered in a previous post some months back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Postie Pidge Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 Phil Mitchell (or Deano) I never played for Mabe/Ponsanooth/Longdowns so get your facts right! Soccer Follower I couldn't find the original thread but managed a picture on what the place looks like today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Odgers Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 Mike-You asked the same question in a topic 'St.Tudy teams' in the Duchy/F & H/ ML section on 11th.May 08 It was never answered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spurs03 Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 ponsnooth had a pitch between treluswell and the village, it was on the left hand side.remember playing there in an evening game we lost 2-1 we were top and they were bottom I believe. and also st mawes played in the fhfl there ground was on top the hill by the water tower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Postie Pidge Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 St Mawes' ground at Halwartha is still there, I think it's used by youth teams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Mike Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 drive past it every week at sts mawes nets up and all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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