⚽ Weekend round-up: Sunday, August 13

Stoppage-time heartbreak for Truro City, Southern League debut delight for Mousehole and another good day for Torpoint and Helston. Plus, St Austell and Wadebridge make it three from three in SWPL.

Aug 13, 2023

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⬇️ In today’s round-up ⬇️

⚪ National League South
🟡 Southern League Division One South
🔴 Western League Premier Division
🔵 SWPL Premier West
🟢 Plymouth Argyle

⚪ National League South

⚽ Braintree Town 3-2 Truro City

Truro City suffered stoppage-time heartbreak as they went down to a 3-2 defeat at Braintree Town in their first National League South away day in four years.
Goals from Toby Stevenson and Tom Blackwell put Braintree two goals up at the break before Harvey Greenslade, whose return on loan from Bristol Rovers was announced earlier in the day, pulled one back in the second half.
Rocky Neal appeared to have rescued a point for Paul Wotton’s side in the sixth minute of stoppage time, only for Kyran Clements to snatch victory for the Iron a minute later.
The defeat sees Truro drop to ninth in the table after two matches.

📋 Truro: J Hamon, J Melhado (O Yeboah 88), C Riley-Lowe, E Palmer, S Sanders, R Law, W Dean, A Porter, D Rooney, R Neal, H Greenslade. Subs (unused): S White. B Adelsbury, R Brett, M Jones.

🟡 Southern League Division One South

⚽ Westbury United 0-4 Mousehole

Mousehole enjoyed a dream Southern League debut as Jake Ash’s side ran out four-goal winners at Westbury United.
Tallan Mitchell became the Seagulls’ first-ever scorer at step four when he opened the scoring at Meadow Lane with a fine finish in the 33rd minute, before Mark Goldsworthy doubled the newly-promoted side’s lead two minutes into the second half.
Jack Bray-Evans made sure of an opening-day victory when he fired in Mousehole’s third with ten minutes to play before Paulo Sousa added extra gloss with a late penalty.

📋 Mousehole: O Chenoweth, J Otto, M Lewis, M Hill, B Pursall, J Calver, T Mitchell, P Sousa, H Turner (J Bissett 86), J Bray-Evans (J Symons 86), M Goldsworthy (T Nixon 76). Subs (unused): L Moyle, K Fraser.

👥 Attendance: 174

🔴 Western League Premier Division

⚽ Barnstaple Town 2-2 St Blazey

CJ Pritchard’s late, late strike rescued a point for St Blazey at highly-fancied Barnstaple Town.
Tommy Rogers gave Barum the lead after 28 minutes at Mill Road before Luke Cloke nodded in the equaliser less than 60 seconds into the second half.
Stuart Bowker restored the hosts’ advantage from the spot in the 57th minute but Pritchard was on hand to fire in a last-gasp leveller deep into stoppage time.

📋 St Blazey: S Semmens, K Bishop, M Edwards, M Giles, J Cooper, J Pearce, J Smale, A Dilley, L Cloke, I McCue, M Lloyd. Subs: A Wotton, C Pritchard, L Vooght.

👥 Attendance: 168

⚽ Clevedon Town 3-1 Saltash United

Saltash United surrendered a lead as they slipped to a third successive league defeat at the hands of Clevedon Town.
The Ashes opened the scoring at Hand Stadium when Noah Crump scored from close range midway through the first half before Sam Beresford restored parity shortly before the break.
The Seasiders got their noses in front early in the second half via Elliot Nicholson’s header, with Alex Camm making sure of the points in stoppage time.

📋 Saltash: J Mead-Crebbin, T Huyton, E Wright (R Hamilton 75), J Wood, H Greening, L Murray, K O’Melia (J Johnson 75), J Preece, J Toulson (J Foster 63), E Goodman (H Bunning 75). N Crump.

👥 Attendance: 126

⚽ Helston Athletic 5-1 Bridgwater United

Helston Athletic moved up to second in the table after an action-packed five-goal victory over Bridgwater United at Kellaway Park.
Jordan Copp’s spot-kick gave Matt Cusack’s side an early lead before the Robins — who saw Jake Llewellyn’s penalty saved by Kyle Moore — levelled through George King, but Rubin Wilson was on hand to nod the hosts back in front in first-half stoppage-time.
Wilson was at it again early in the second half when he headed the Blues into a 3-1 lead before Copp’s second penalty effectively clinched victory. Rikki Shepherd then added a fifth when his effort was deemed to have crossed the line before being cleared by a Robins defender.

📋 Helston: K Moore, D Barker, T Moxham (T Elliott 73), J Smith (H Jewell 86), C O’Brien, J Bentley, J Copp (S Carter 73), A Bentley, R Wilson (R Shepherd 73), C Damerell, J Simmonds (S Colwell HT).

👥 Attendance: 157

⚽ Ilfracombe Town 2-0 Falmouth Town

Falmouth Town fell to a disappointing two-goal defeat in north Devon at the hands of Ilfracombe Town on Saturday.
Harry Stevens put the Bluebirds ahead after only six minutes before Tyler Evans-Loude doubled the advantage from the spot after Bradley Leivers was adjudged to have handled the ball inside the box.
Town were much brighter after the break with Luke Barner hitting the post and Alex Wharton forcing a good save out of home stopper Laurence McCormick, but it wasn’t to be as Andrew Westgarth’s side left Marlborough Park empty-handed.

📋 Falmouth: M Coxhead, J Swan (J Gilbert 65), B Leivers, T Annear, J Ward, J Webber (C Hutchison 60), A Calleja-Stayne, L Barner, J Sims, L Brabyn, A Wharton (K Gordon-Dunn 75). Subs (unused): M Everall, J Plummer.

👥 Attendance: 98

⚽ Millbrook 0-2 Street

It was another loss for Millbrook but the margin of defeat offered a much-needed sign of positivity with Richard Washburn’s side losing by just two goals at home to Street.
Street ran out 9-1 winners when the teams met in the FA Cup seven days ago, but two goals from Phil Ormrod completed the scoring in what was a much narrower victory for the Cobblers this time around.
The defeat keeps Brook at the bottom of the table.

⚽ Torpoint Athletic 2-1 Wellington

Torpoint Athletic’s perfect start to the Western League campaign continued with a narrow victory over Wellington at The Mill.
James Rowe nodded in from Elliott Crawford’s corner on the half-hour mark to give Dean Cardew’s side the lead, which stood until the 81st minute when Rohan Poulsom rifled the ball home from Jack Bown-Porter’s cross.
But there was still plenty of time to find a winner and Torpoint managed it in style with three minutes remaining when Sean Thomson volleyed into the top corner.

📋 Torpoint: J Duffey, D Hicks, J Richards, J Rundle, S Hillson, E Crawford, J Rowe (J Forrest 90+1), J Lorenz (R Smith HT), S Thomson, R Richards, J Pope (L Rooney 72). Subs (unused): D Murray, C Holder.

👥 Attendance: 155

🔵 SWPL Premier West

⚽ Bude Town 1-4 Wendron United

Josh Wood scored a hat-trick as Wendron United got their SWPL campaign off to a fine start with a four-goal victory at Bude Town.
Gabby Rogers’ spot-kick got the Seasiders off to a good start before Wood hauled the Dron level shortly before the break.
Wood scored two more after the turnaround to clinch his hat-trick by the hour, with Ryan Reeve’s header completing an enjoyable afternoon for Mike O’Neill’s side.

⚽ Callington Town 2-4 Wadebridge Town

Jacob Rowe scored all four goals as Wadebridge Town climbed to the summit with a fine victory at Callington Town on Friday night.
Both sides came into the game with two wins from two games and they couldn’t be separated until late on with Kieran Prescott and Bayley Williams scoring either side of Rowe’s first two strikes.
But the decisive goal came three minutes from time when Rowe completed his hat-trick before adding his fourth in stoppage time.

⚽ Camelford 2-1 Dobwalls

Camelford secured their first points of the season thanks to a comeback victory against a disappointed Dobwalls at Trefrew Park.
Charlie Castlehouse put the visitors in dreamland with a neat finish inside the first minute. The Camels responded positively and saw a Josh Insley header cannon back off the crossbar.
It was he who equalised shortly after the break, stroking home the rebound after James Morley had saved his spot-kick. Reg Hambly’s side had persevered and got their reward when Leo Best danced his way into the box before shooting into the corner.

⚽ Holsworthy 3-0 Bodmin Town

Bodmin Town suffered a disappointing first defeat of the season at the hands of Holsworthy in west Devon.
After a goalless first half at Upcott Field, Gavin Carter put the Magpies in front before Sam Jago’s brace ensured all three points would remain in Devon.

⚽ Mullion 1-7 St Austell

Liam Eddy and Adam Carter scored two goals apiece as a ruthless St Austell put seven past Mullion at their Clifden Parc home.
Eddy, Martin Watts and Carter’s brace had Chris Knight’s side four goals up by the 21st minute before the Seagulls pulled one back soon after.
Eddy added his second shortly before the interval to give league leaders Town a handsome 5-1 advantage at the break, with Jake Miller and Tom Guest completing the rout after the turnaround.

🟢 Plymouth Argyle

⚽ Watford 0-0 Plymouth Argyle

Plymouth Argyle took a creditable point away from Vicarage Road after a hard-fought goalless draw with Watford.
The Pilgrims defence passed what was a stern test of their Championship credentials with Ryan Andrews, Ken Sema and Vakoun Bayo all being thwarted throughout the 90 minutes, with Imran Louza coming closest for Valerien Ismael’s men when his 20-yard effort clipped the post.
Steven Schumacher’s side had their chances, though, with Hornets custodian denying each of Ryan Hardie, Callum Wright, Adam Randell and Morgan Whittaker at various points, while Joe Edwards also missed a big opportunity when he fired over the crossbar from inside the box.
The draw means both sides have four points from two games, with the Pilgrims now sitting in fourth place.

📋 Argyle: C Hazard, B Mumba (M Miller 82), 4 J Houghton, D Scarr, J Edwards, R Hardie (B Waine 82), M Whittaker, C Wright (F Azaz 70), L Gibson, A Randell (L Cundle 62), S Earley. Subs (unused): C Burton, J Pleguezuelo, M Butcher, L Warrington, T Wright.

👥 Attendance: 19,446