Combellack Vehicle Recyclers East Cornwall Premier League Fixtures 25th February 2023

[JonColenzo]

9 minutes ago, Dave Deacon said:

Even just the scorers will do Boxy! 

To be fair the east of the county has always been quieter than the west. However the only way is for genuine local football lovers to post their match thoughts please.

Great win for Looe Boxy, knew the lads would be fine, made it very difficult for us at Lux beginning of the season. 👏🏻

Agree there Dave, more match reports please 🙏 , I can use them on the podcast, free publicity for your clubs.

[Boxy]

1 hour ago, Dave Deacon said:

Even just the scorers will do Boxy! 

To be fair the east of the county has always been quieter than the west. However the only way is for genuine local football lovers to post their match thoughts please.

St Columb Major 1 -2  Looe Town

First half finished 0-0 but both teams had their chances to go head. St Columb’s best chance came with a penalty given which should of seen them 1-0 up. Luckily for us, their player tried to blast it top corner, instead smashed the woodwork. Their no: 11, 7 & 10 were their main players and to be fair if they brought their shooting boots, they could off had a couple in the first half.

Looe too had a couple of chances and a penalty shout which was over ruled by the ref (A late tackle from behind in the box). Anyhow, St Columb played more direct, where as Looe tried to play it through the middle during most of the game.

Second half both teams match each other until St Columb scored on 67^th minute. Looe’s heads went down for a few minutes and St Columb tried to get at Looe more. But Looe started to get back in to the game with some great passing being played through the middle.

A free kick was awarded to Looe just inside the attacking half on the 80^th minute. Taken by Aden Pike, the ball was played long just passed the back post. Where it meet JJ, who headed it down across the goal, for Archie Sweeny to tap in under the keeper.

Three minutes later, Phil Kos crossed the ball in again across goal, for Archie to again tap in to make it 2-1.

Looe Pressed once again but lost the ball when it hit the ref, St Columb gained possession and instinctively countered, nearly scoring to bring it back to a draw.

Overall, both teams played well, either team had chances, more so St Columb. On the day, Looe never gave up and fought to the final whistle and won the game.

Hopefully we’ll keep up the momentum and cause a few shocks in the remaining part of the season, as well as move up the league table too.

Goals - both from Archie Sweeney

Man of the Match (for us) was Teddy Haffenden, who came on and played CM🙌

obviously this is my bias opinion of the game 😉👍

[Pasty Lover]

I watched the game and have to say, if St Columb did bring their shooting boots? Looe in all honesty would of been dead and buried. This is why we love football though as funny things can happen. Looe put the ball where it hurts in the last 10 mins and managed to get 2 goals. Tom Howes major's top CB was a big miss yesterday! I think he would of dealt with those crosses in the box personally. Great 3pts for Looe 👍

 

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[Foul Throw 3]

6 hours ago, Dave Deacon said:

43 posts on this thread and barely more than two match reports!

St Minver 3 - 0 Torpoint Ath

Lineup: Jackson, Bark, WhiteJ, Pearce, Hussey, Brown, Cotter, Northcott, Easterbrook, Ferguson, Rio Driver.

Subs: Burns, Clarke, Rowe, Halls.

A frustratingly bad day at the office. A deserved loss but 3-0 maybe a bit heavy on the balance, IMO.

A few senior figures light admittedly, the quality and numbers we had should've been enough, but we weren't at the races. Minver themselves were without Ed Green, assumedly injured as he was there watching, and no Callum Wilson either. Luckily they had Wadebridge's Matt Lloyd leading the line. No qualms there.

A quiet warm up followed by a poor opening spell. Two throw ins weren't dealt with followed by a defensive mix up allowed a Minver forward to get a gift of a goal and smashed the ball past Jackson. 1-0 down 10mins in. Luckily we didn't crumble, but we didn't really ease into the game either. Both sides struggled on a bobbly surface to put more than 2-3 passes together which resulted in loose/poor touches throughout or a lack of patience through fear of errors. This should have been where Minver had an advantage as Lloyd lead the line very well and a number of his flick ons were a huge threat if he had runners nearby. Pearce and White did well to win a few headers but you can't win them all against his quality. Minver should've increased their lead but a Lloyd effort from 12yds flew past Jackson in goal but White had read the danger and was excellently positioned to clear off the line to Lloyd's annoyance. Eventually we carved some chances ourselves which we let go begging. A superb cross from the left by Northcott found both Ferguson and Bark, with the latter not getting a clean connection to direct at goal and subsequently change the flight of the ball too much for Bark right behind him. Crosses from wide seemed our best threat but this time from the right with a lofted cross from Bark just out of reach of Hurst in goal but also Easterbrook rushing in at the back post. Another chance whiskers away. 1-0 HT that could've been 2-0, 1-1 or 1-2 but big chances missed.

Second half was just as frustrating. Throughout the whole game having had an early lead the home side did well to eat up or waste time, and we had no solutions to get back into the game. The biggest chance of the half was smashed towards goal by Burns from 16yds and I genuinely gasped thinking we'd equalised but a superb block by a home defender smashed the ball clear to safety. The longer the game wore on we took more risks positionally and leaving players forward, which I have no concerns with. Rather lose 2-0 believing we can get an equaliser than not try at all. That's pretty much what happened. Around 80mins, with us down to 10 men with an outrageous sin bin, Lloyd broke through for his 2nd big chance of the game, and buried it. Huge celebrations from the home side who had dug in and it squashed us/me. With a little hope left we did continue to push to no avail, and to rub salt in our wounds a 3rd was buried around 90mins.

As a loss always is when they're so rare, yesterday hurt and it still does. Sometimes a wake up call is good but this one isn't well timed with Foxhole firing on all cylinders so far this season. You have to go back to November '21 to accumulate 5 Torpoint losses with 29 wins from 34. That stat alone is enough to give me hope we will bounce back as well as dampen the jealousy from various haters. We're in a bit of a transition if I reflect on it, but we'll get through it and relish the challenge before us. 7 games coming up in March so plenty of opportunity to get our spark back. Onto next week, another big challenge against fellow challengers North Petherwin.