🟢 Mousehole chief Ash rues ‘flat’ display in Yate loss
Plus, table-topping Helston Athletic among Cornish quartet of winners in Western League.
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🟢 Mousehole chief Ash rues ‘flat’ display in Yate loss
🔴 Western: Table-topping Helston among quartet of winners
🟠 Women’s: Liskeard move clear with win over Frampton
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🟢 Mousehole chief Ash rues ‘flat’ display in Yate loss
By Pablo Woolls-Blanco at Trungle Parc
Mousehole manager Jake Ash rued his side’s flat’ display as the Seagulls suffered a 1-0 defeat at home to Yate Town.
In a game masked by wet and windy weather conditions, Mousehole’s five-game unbeaten streak came to an end as they suffered their first home defeat since mid-November in the Southern League Division One South.
After a bright opening few minutes from Ash’s team, Yate were awarded a penalty with just five minutes played, as Calum English-Brown appeared to be taken down in the box by Max Hill, with Nick McCootie calmly placing the resulting spot-kick into the bottom right corner. The striking duo would go on to cause the Mousehole defence several problems in the first half.
The second half, similar to the first, was without too many clear cut chances, although the best for the home side fell to in-form midfielder Tallan Mitchell, who came close to converting once in the first half and twice in the second. After eight minutes of stoppage time, there was no way through for the Seagulls.
“It was a game of the conditions, wasn’t it?” Ash said. “It was always going to be an ugly game. Listen, they did a good job first half with the wind behind them of making it difficult and we didn’t really get out as we’d expect.
“Second half, I thought we’d go and turn the screw, but it just didn’t really happen. We looked really flat today, which hasn’t been the case in the last five, during that run that we’ve been on.
“I won’t take anything away from Yate, because that team they’ve put out there today is a play-off team without a shadow of a doubt. They’ve recruited incredibly.
“That said, I felt like it was still a game we could have got something from, but we just didn’t do enough in the end. We just need to inject a little bit of energy and we’ve got a plan of how to do that because it just looked a little bit flat today.”
🔴 Western: Table-topping Helston among quartet of winners
By Matt Friday
If they weren’t already in pole position in the Western League Premier Division title race after last weekend, Helston Athletic certainly are now following another significant Saturday’s action.
The Blues’ dramatic 2-1 win at former leaders Clevedon Town last Saturday handed the advantage to Matt Cusack’s side, who moved a point behind the Seasiders with a game in hand.
Fast forward seven days and Helston are now leading from the front after Steve Colwell’s free-kick and Dave Barker’s wind-assisted drive from inside his own half clinched a 2-0 triumph over Shepton Mallet.
That in itself wasn’t enough to send the Blues to the summit, but they were aided by rivals Clevedon, whose faltering form continued as they slumped to a 1-0 reverse at Saltash United.
Joe Preece scored the only goal of the game at Waterways Stadium as the Ashes registered victory for the first time since Boxing Day — lifting Mackenzie Brown’s side up to 14th in the process — and condemned Clevedon to another defeat at the hands of a Cornish club for a third successive week.
Elsewhere, St Blazey’s flying start to 2024 continued with a 2-1 victory at home to a Barnstaple Town side that had only lost once in the league before the weekend.
George Newton and Jed Smale were the ones to score the all-important goals as Brad Richardson and Andrew Moon’s side recorded a third successive league triumph — making this their best run of the season.
Stu Bowker’s late effort couldn’t stop the Green and Blacks from registering their latest win, sending 11th-placed St Blazey to within a point of the top ten.
And making it a fantastic four victories for Cornish clubs were Torpoint Athletic, who ran out 2-0 winners at home to Buckland Athletic.
James Rowe and Ryan Richards struck within a minute of each other midway through the second half at The Mill as Dean Cardew’s charges claimed their first points of 2024, taking the southeast Cornwall outfit to within two points of the top five.
🟠 Women’s: Liskeard move clear with win over Frampton
By Matt Friday
Liskeard Athletic took an important step away from the South West Regional Women’s Football League Premier Division relegation zone with a 2-0 victory over basement dwellers Frampton Rangers.
Georgia Talbot and Chloe Williams found the net at Lux Park as the Blues moved eight points clear of the bottom two, aided by second-from-bottom Bishops Lydeard’s draw with Pucklechurch.
St Agnes are the new Cornwall Women’s Football League Division 1 leaders after they triumphed 3-1 at former tabletoppers RNAS Culdrose, with Millie Buist bagging a brace for the Aggie.
Harriet Howell scored twice to take Saltash Borough level with third-placed Bodmin after a 3-1 win over bottom side Penryn, while Lily Atkinson’s goal gave Wadebridge Town a crucial 1-0 victory at relegation rivals Bude Town.
Division 2 leaders FXSU retained their grip on top spot with a five-goal win at Ludgvan, with Lanner now in second after they won 4-1 at St Agnes reserves and Biscovey lost by the odd goal in five at Redruth United.
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