⚽ Weekend round-up: Sunday, October 29

Truro fall short at home to Tonbridge Angels; Mousehole suffer narrow defeat at Melksham; Winless day for Western League sides; Liskeard stay six clear at SWPL summit

Cornwall Sports Media

Oct 29, 2023

⬇️ In today’s round-up ⬇️

⚪ National League South
🟡 Southern League Division One South
🔴 Western League Premier Division
🔵 SWPL Premier West
🟢 Plymouth Argyle
🟠 Women’s football results

⚪ National League South

⚽ Truro City 1-2 Tonbridge Angels

Truro City suffered their third consecutive home defeat after coming up short against Tonbridge Angels at Bolitho Park.
Sonny Fish struck on the stroke of half-time before Lewis Gard’s spot-kick on the hour put the Angels in control of proceedings in Devon.
Visiting sub Ansu Janneh then threw a lifeline City’s way when he was shown a straight red, only for White Tigers frontman Tyler Harvey to even things back on when he picked up his second yellow card.
Harvey Greenslade gave Paul Wotton’s side a late sniff with a fine finish in stoppage time, but Tonbridge held out for all three points.

📋 Truro: J Pardington, J Taylor (J Melhado 55), R Law, C Riley-Lowe, E Palmer, S Sanders, R Brett (H Greenslade 76), A Porter, D Rooney (D Sullivan 68), A Neal, T Harvey. Subs (unused): M Buse, O Yeboah.

👥 Attendance: 237

🟡 Southern League Division One South

⚽ Melksham Town 3-2 Mousehole

Mousehole missed the chance to move to the top of the table after falling to defeat by the odd goal in five at Melksham Town.
Jack Bray-Evans gave Jake Ash’s side the lead after 20 minutes at Oakfield Stadium, but a quickfire double shortly before the break from Lerone Plummer and Ralph Graham swung the pendulum in the hosts’ favour.
Bray-Evans restored parity for the Seagulls midway through the second half but the away side’s joy was short-lived with Albert Hopkins plundering the winning goal a minute later.

🔴 Western League Premier Division

⚽ Barnstaple Town 0-0 Falmouth Town

Falmouth Town were unable to become the first side to defeat Barnstaple Town this season as Andrew Westgarth’s side were held to a goalless draw at Mill Road.

⚽ Buckland Athletic P-P Helston Athletic

⚽ Millbrook 1-4 Welton Rovers

Millbrook’s search for a first point goes on after eventually going down 4-1 at home to Welton Rovers, who scored three times late on clinch victory.
Louie Gurner gave Rovers a half-time lead at Jenkins Park before the home side restored parity on the hour.
It took until the 89th minute for Welton to finally restore their lead with Gurner grabbing his second, with Josiah Makayle and Logan Cassidy wrapping the game up in stoppage time.

⚽ Nailsea & Tickenham 1-0 Saltash United

Saltash United’s hopes of recording a third straight win were undone by a single goal at Nailsea & Tickenham.
Joe Banks’ first-half effort was enough to clinch the points for the Swags, with Ashes gloveman Jordan Duffey also saving a penalty during the second half.

⚽ Street 2-2 St Blazey

St Blazey’s wait for a first away win in the Western League continues after they shared four goals at Street.
Isaac McCue fired the Green and Blacks in front at The Tannery before Merson Ham levelled just before half-time.
Street got their noses in front in the 72nd minute through Phil Ormrod before Luke Cloke salvaged a point late on.

⚽ Torpoint Athletic 3-5 Clevedon Town

Torpoint Athletic came out on the wrong side of an eight-goal thriller at home to leaders Clevedon Town.
Freddie King’s early goal gave the visitors a half-time lead before the game roared into life, with Alex Camm doubling the advantage before Dylan Jones halved the deficit, only for Joe Teall to put the unbeaten Seasiders two goals clear again.
Goals from Ryan Richards and Jones hauled Dean Cardew’s side back on terms with just under 20 minutes to play, but Syd Camper and Camm struck late on to secure the points at the end of a remarkable second half.

🔵 SWPL Premier West

⚽ Bodmin Town 1-5 St Austell

Second-placed St Austell kept up the pressure on leaders Liskeard with a five-goal victory at Bodmin Town.
Kieron Bishop gave Chris Knight’s side an early lead at Priory Park before Cam Bidgood restored parity on ten minutes, with Tom Guest’s effort giving the Lillywhites a slender cushion at the break.
The visitors moved through the gears after the turnaround, with George Marris, Jake Shaw and Neil Slateford completing Town’s 12th win of the campaign.

⚽ Bude Town 1-6 Dobwalls

Dobwalls climbed up to fifth after running out comfortable winners at Bude Town.
Kaycee Ogwu scored a hat-trick for the Reds with Ryan Knight, Cam Patterson and Josh Johnson also finding the net, while Bude replied via a Harry Hopcroft free-kick.

⚽ Camelford 2-2 Wadebridge Town

Camelford battled back from two goals down to rescue a point at home to Wadebridge Town on Friday night.
An own goal and Morgan Vallejo’s header gave Paul Rowe’s side a two-goal cushion, but Leo Best and Josh Insley scored in the final 20 minutes to salvage a draw.

⚽ Holsworthy P-P Newquay

⚽ Launceston 3-3 Penzance

The spoils were shared at Pennygillam as Launceston and Penzance played out a 3-3 draw.
Mike Steele put the Clarets in front before Michael Fitchett equalised for the Magpies, who took the lead early in the second half through Charlie Willis.
Tyler Tonkin put daylight between the teams but Joe Munday soon halved the deficit, with Jacob Ham snatching a point for the hosts in stoppage time.

⚽ Mullion 2-7 Liskeard Athletic

Max Gilbert scored a hat-trick as Liskeard Athletic maintained their six-point advantage at the summit after firing seven past Mullion at Clifden Parc.
Mullion took a surprise lead but goals from Ruben Kane, Dan Jennings, Finn Bartlett and a Gilbert brace gave the Blues a handsome advantage at the break.
Gilbert completed his hat-trick after the turnaround before Mike Smith added a seventh, with Mullion replying with another late on.

⚽ Sticker 1-3 Wendron United

Wendron United moved up to third in the division after running out 3-1 winners at second-from-bottom Sticker.
An own goal and a brace from Ryan Reeve gave Michael O’Neill’s side the points at Burngullow Park.

⚽ Truro City reserves 4-3 St Dennis

Josh Marcelis scored twice as Truro City reserves eventually overcame bottom side St Dennis in a seven-goal thriller at Tregye Fields.
Marcelis opened the scoring early on before the Saints levelled, with Taylor McNally restoring City’s lead before the break.
St Dennis restored parity once more before Marcelis bagged his second to put the White Tigers in front for a third time, with Fin Harrison adding a fourth before the visitors pulled another one back.

🟢 Plymouth Argyle

⚽ Ipswich Town 3-2 Plymouth Argyle

Plymouth Argyle came so close to taking something off high-flying Ipswich Town but ultimately fell to a narrow defeat in a thrilling game in East Anglia.
Morgan Whittaker gave Steven Schumacher’s side the lead at Portman Road after six minutes with a stunning strike from 20 yards, with the home side fortunate to still have 11 players when Mustapha Bundu was scythed down on the edge of the box soon after.
That proved crucial as Town equalised through former Norwich City man Bali Mumba’s own goal just before half-time, with the Tractor Boys taking the lead via George Hirst early in the second period.
Marcus Harness scored a third for the home side in the 86th minute to effectively seal victory for the title challengers, although Joe Edwards gave Argyle late hope with a close-range finish in stoppage time.

📋 Argyle: M Cooper, B Mumba, D Scarr, R Hardie (M Bundu 19), M Whittaker, M Miller (B Waine 60), L Gibson, F Azaz (J Edwards 78), A Randell, L Cundle, K Kesler-Hayden. Subs (unused): C Hazard, M Gillesphey, J Houghton, J Pleguezuelo, M Butcher, L Warrington.