Dave Deacon Posted December 27, 2023 Report Share Posted December 27, 2023 WESTERN LEAGUE, PREMIER DIVISION FRIDAY 29 DECEMBER 2023 Nailsea & Tickenham P-P Welton Rovers SATURDAY 30 DECEMBER 2023 Bridgwater United 0-1 Clevedon Town Buckland Athletic 0-1 Barnstaple Town Helston Athletic 4-0 Torpoint Athletic Millbrook 0-4 Falmouth Town Oldland Abbotonians P-P Shepton Mallet St Blazey P-P Brixham Street P-P Wellington Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brook Robin Posted December 28, 2023 Report Share Posted December 28, 2023 Cant see many fixtures surviving the weather for this weekends games. Will be a shame as some interesting fixtures on the cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckland Jim Posted December 28, 2023 Report Share Posted December 28, 2023 I'd be surprised if many survive, Saturday's forecast doesn't look too clever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leroy Posted December 28, 2023 Report Share Posted December 28, 2023 Regarding pitches, was planning to travel to watch Truro City at Plymouth Parkway on Saturday but match already postponed. This isn’t first postponement at Bilitho this season, in fact probably had more than any other South West club. What is wrong with this pitch ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsman10 Posted December 29, 2023 Report Share Posted December 29, 2023 11 hours ago, Leroy said: Regarding pitches, was planning to travel to watch Truro City at Plymouth Parkway on Saturday but match already postponed. This isn’t first postponement at Bilitho this season, in fact probably had more than any other South West club. What is wrong with this pitch ? It has 2 teams on it. And it not really good enough to support 2 teams. Why it’s always postponed to try and give it chance. mattelot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckland Jim Posted December 30, 2023 Report Share Posted December 30, 2023 Attendance at Buckland Athletic v Barnstaple Town 480. Town Fan and Quiet Man 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattelot Posted December 30, 2023 Report Share Posted December 30, 2023 31 minutes ago, Buckland Jim said: Attendance at Buckland Athletic v Barnstaple Town 480. The social media campaign towards torquay utd fans had the desired effect then Jim? Buckland Jim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckland Jim Posted December 30, 2023 Report Share Posted December 30, 2023 6 minutes ago, mattelot said: The social media campaign towards torquay utd fans had the desired effect then Jim? Yes, seemed to. There were loads Gulls fans dotted around the ground and sat near me in the grandstand. Bar was very busy as was the tea/food kiosk. Club certainly made a few extra quid today so well done on the initiative. Quiet Man, Town Fan, Yourhavingalaugh and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiksilver Posted December 30, 2023 Report Share Posted December 30, 2023 All kicked off at the Bridgwater v Clevedon game. Last minute winner for Clevedon, then bridgewater fans spitting at Clevedon players and trying to fight the players! Another £3000 lost by bridgewater chairman Town Fan and mattelot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philheybrookbay Posted December 30, 2023 Report Share Posted December 30, 2023 Weirdly I spent all this morning and parts of this afternoon looking at Risborough Rangers ground for personal reasons (ex Hellenic now CoCo) but given the rain it was off. Else I'd have been there. What's very very clear, geography plays a massive part of the pyramid in that area (bucks and oxon border). All so flipping close - its almost like making Dobwalls and Looe step 4 clubs in terms of size of location. Having lived in Manchester I get it there, but it's like East Cornwall size and town size wise and there's step 3/4 everywhere. Sucks down here sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Deacon Posted December 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2023 Helston 4, Torpoint 0 Arriving at the ground about 40 minutes before kick-off, with it raining heavily and blowing a hooley, I must admit I wouldn’t have been surprised if this game didn’t go ahead. My fear was that the conditions wouldn’t allow much football to be watched, but I was pleasantly surprised with how the two teams adjusted. Helston, with the wind behind them, kept patient in their build up, not being tempted to shoot from distance. Their breakthrough came just before midway through the first 45 with an unstoppable effort from a lively Sam Carter. Six minutes later Carter was involved again with his cross being headed home by defender Jordan Bentley and the Blues went in at the break three up thanks to another Bentley header. This time heading home a Tom Payne corner. The start of the second half saw the rain actually stopping for a while with the wind also not so fierce. Torpoint had their chances to get on the scoresheet but for once ace marksman Ryan Richards drew a blank! The damage was done by Helston in the first half, but Curtis Damerell made sure of the three points with a late 86th minute goal against his former club. The official man of the match went to Damerell, whereas I think I would have given it to Carter! Matt Cusack’s side go into 2024 in second place in the table, four points behind leaders Clevedon having played the same number of games. The teams meet in North Somerset in two weeks time. That’s after Helston play at Barnstaple, another promotion seeking side, next Saturday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now