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What a turnaround!
From trailing 1-0 at half-time, City came out after the break and looked a different side. They made the one change at the break - Danny Clay coming on in the middle of the park with Marcus Martin going out left replacing Dan Smith.
The game opened with both sides exchanging chances in the opening quarter - Martin having two attempts at goal, while for the visitors Nick Stanley turned and shot, while their most dangerous player for me, James Rowe, had a shot go tantalisi
Yes, it might be a few years since Steve Massey was turning out as a professional for the likes of Stockport, Hull, Bournemouth etc, but he's still daft on the game and he writes a page each week for my site.
Take a look at Massey's Mutterings
Dave Deacon
(CORNISH SOCCER)
Hello.
I photographed the match between Sutton and Bury yesterday, and I am pretty confident in saying that I think I saw the league champions in action. Sutton Utd play a good blend of tough and skilfull football which has seen them almost book their place in Blue Square South next season. They have a solid defense, a tough midfield and flair up front.
Pundits talk about the 'spine' of the team being the basis of a successful season and Sutton's spine is top drawer. Kevin Scriven in go
Hi All. On Saturday I went to photographh Farnborough's home match against Weston-Super-Mare. On paper this looked the pick of the matches in the Blue Square Bet South league, but to be honest I was a little disappointed.
Farnborough were 2nd in the league, WSM were 11th. I assumed this would be one way traffic, and to some extent it was. But to be honest, I thought Farnborough made really heavy weather of putting away a team that looked very average.
Throughout the game, Farnborough loo
Just what do I mean by my heading?
Well the clock changes this weekend, meaning the evenings games will start throughout the Cornish football world, and with this will come a handful of scorelines each week that will somehow defy the logic of the season league form so far!
In certain places, players will be turning out for other clubs than their usual, boosting the normal line-up and with it making a difference to the result on some occasions.
Is this fair? Probably not, but it's al
Hello everyone. I was asked to cover AFC Wimbledon v Kidderminster Harriers yesterday for the NLP. Thought it was going to be one way traffic, but how wrong was I? Not only did Kidderminster outplay Wimbledon for probably 75% of the match but Wimbledon didn't really get going until they were 2 goals down. They left it far too late to make their comeback, but saying that they did give it a good shot.
Assuming Kidderminster are still in business at the end of the year, then both these teams sh
Let's bring everyone up to date with the big results from last week first.
I got one right in my predictions for the Senior Cup Final! Bodmin went through as I thought they would, beating Penzance 3-2 after extra time. I don't like to say it, but some very strange refereeing in this one!
St Austell won the other semi - 3-1 against a lack-lustre Saltash Utd. The Ashes obviously didn't realise that opponents St Austell had a stand-in 'keeper, Jay Hill, an Olympic standard Hammer thrower ap
Firstly, the Vase road to Wembley is over for Torpoint! A gallant performance by all accounts, especially from 'keeper Martin Piper, but a deserved win for opponents Poole.
Meanwhile, Truro City picked up a more than useful win over fellow promotion contenders Cambridge City. Two goals from ex-pro Barry Hayles early in the second-half was enough to take them back onto the top of the Southern League table. The second one was in particular a well-taken goal with Hayles showing a lot of class a
Well with three games in a week, has it been the best preparation for Torpoint Athletic, Cornwall's last remaining club in the FA Vase?
I went up to watch them last Saturday against Ivybridge, and ok, they were without their suspended league top scorer Adam Carter, but they lost 4-1 to a team that was on a six game run without a win!
They responded with a win on Monday at Liskeard, and then a resounding 5-1 at St Blazey two days later. Although, it sounds as if by this game, it was a wea
No, it's not all good news to come out of Cornwall with the news that two of our footballing heroes have passed away over the past week or so.
Firstly Tony Kellow, not only the non-league followers but also professional football club fans should have heard of the name. A prolific scorer with Exeter City, after joining them from South Western League side Falmouth Town. He came to Bickland Park from Penzance, but it was with Falmouth where he formed a formidable striking partnership with Joey
Hi All. Was asked by NLP to go to Tonbridge yesterday. Lovely ground, and the pitch was in surprisingly good condition considering the rain we have had. This was a very evenly contested match, but I think Sutton just edged it. They do play some lovely football, probably the best in the league, and I think they should get an automatic place to BSS. Tonbridge also play attractive football, and I believe they will get at least a play-off spot.
Not sure why Paul Doswell was sent from the dugout?
Well after last week's Vase excitement, this weekend suggests a quieter time! Torpoint have been drawn away in the quarter-finals to Poole Town. There's mixed opinions on this draw in as much as some are saying the travelling will be easier, but then others would have preferred the home advantage. Poole are going well in their league!
I took in the South West Peninsula League match on Tuesday between Penzance and Saltash. The first half saw plenty of effort but not too much goal action. Then
Well done Torpoint Athletic for an historic FA Vase win yesterday.
A crowd of 500 approx watched them make it into the Quarter final draw due tomorrow for the first time ever. They had already become the club to make it the furthest representing the South West Peninsula League and now no doubt everyone will be awaiting the draw with baited breath.
Mind you its back to league action with a bump - a difficult home fixture against Bodmin Town on Tuesday evening. Let's hope even a quarter of
Welcome to my first post and there's no better time for me to start than when FA Vase football comes to the county again.
Tomorrow Torpoint Athletic await the arrival of Billingham Synthonia, who surely must be making the longest trip of the round.
The Vase has always meant something very special to the Cornish football followers, even before Truro City won it at the new Wembley in 2007, we were getting more than excited with the exploits of mainly Falmouth Town, St Blazey and Porthleven.
It was five on the bounce for Canvey Island tonight as they ran out 3 – 2 winners against Croydon Athletic. Croydon gave the Gulls a tough game though and the speed and skills of Shabazz Baidoo and Tom Bolarinwa constantly kept Canvey’s rearguard on their toes.
Canvey started the game comfortably in control however and went ahead when Matt Game chased down a fifty-fifty ball that rebounded off of him and fell behind the Croydon backline. Game reached the ball on the edge of the penalty area, mo
Canvey Island comfortably dispatched visitors Hendon to rack up their fourth league win on the bounce this afternoon. Canvey were assisted by the fact that Hendon made the game hard work for themselves by having three players sent off.
The windy conditions made balls above head height difficult as Daniel Sintim found out on 4 minutes when his sliced clearance was gathered in the wind, travelled behind him and had to be plucked out of the air on the goal line by Berkely Laurencin.
It was Hendon
1. Know Your Worth
This is one of the first questions you as a club must honestly ask itself. What are you worth to a sponsor, what are they going to get out of an association with your club? Don’t forget every sponsor has a different perception of the value of sponsorship and each will be looking for various results for their investment. Once you know your worth you can target your market.
2. Know Your Target
Which sort of sponsor’s best fit with your worthiness? Should it be loc
Robbie King notched either side of Danny Heale’s goal to continue his run as Canvey Island’s top scorer as the Gulls comprehensively strolled to victory over a Maidstone United team that unfortunately reflected their league position and are ultimate poised for the drop.
It read 1 minute and 55 seconds on the stopwatch, when King netted his first; capitalising on a huge defensive mix-up. A simple pass was rolled to Joe Vines who let the ball run across him, unknown to Vines was that King was cha
This afternoon Canvey Island hosted the reverse of their season opener as Kent outfit Margate, currently occupying one place below Canvey in the league table visited the Brockwell Stadium.
Canvey named an line-up unchanged from that which started against Sutton previously in the week, but did welcome back Jay Curran and Craig Davidson to the subs bench in place of Jamie Matthews and Ben Britnell.
Canvey started as they meant to go on, dominating the opening half with Margate providing little t
Canvey Island clearly put the disappointing defeat at Harrow Borough behind them in preparation for hosting league leaders Sutton United. On the night Canvey played some exciting football, particular in the first-half and fully deserved something from the game. The Officials in charge of the match though thought otherwise and some highly questionable decision making turned the game on its head resulting in Sutton converting two penalties either side of half-time.
Canvey welcomed Matt Game and A
Canvey Island seeking revenge for their loss at New Lodge earlier in the season gave a victory worthy first-half performance that brought with it three goals for the hosts before the break in reply to Billericay’s 4th minute opener in front of the 621 in attendance for today’s New Year derby.
Canvey fielded the same starting eleven as their previous fixture against Lowestoft Town way back on December 14th whilst Billericay started new signing Peggy Lakondo in the holding midfield role and forme
Canvey Island resumed their League duties this evening hosting one of the early season title favourites, Lowestoft Town at the Brockwell Stadium. Canvey fielded a stronger line-up than that which started against Heybridge Swifts last weekend with the likes of Frank Everett, Matt Game, Alex Rhodes and Jay Curran returning to the starting eleven as Andrew West, Steve Ward and Danny Kerrigan took their places on the bench alongside strikers Jason Hallett and Ellis Skidmore.
Lowestoft, fielding
FACT - Since 1999 Canvey Island’s league performances against Heybridge Swifts stand as:
Played 12, Won 10, Drawn 1, Lost 1, Goals for 40, Goals against 10.
So, if there is one team that must hate visiting the Brockwell Stadium most of all it has got to be Canvey Island’s Essex neighbours in the black and white stripes.
Ok, so this was the League Cup rather than a League fixture and was clearly of less importance than our difficult league encounter with Lowestoft Town in just three da
