Please be advised that we have today received a communication from Goonhavern AFC notifying us of there resignation from the West Division of the South West Peninsula League. The Officers and board of the league are disappointed to have received this notice and will in due course issue the full prescribed punishment to Goonhavern AFC. In addition the following measures are now taken : 1) All fixtures involving Goonhavern AFC are cancelled, starting with Saturdays sheduled match away at Mousehole AFC. 2) Penryn Athletic are awarded a walk-over in the Throgmorton Cup 1st Round. 3) The 22 registered players of Goonhavern AFC will not be allowed to join any other club until such time as the fine has been paid in full, if this takes longer than the prescribed period for payment to be made we reserve the right to seek a pro rata share from each of these players or request that they be suspended from all football in any league. Changes to other clubs fixtures will be notified in the next League News, due on the 17th August, but no new fixtures will be generated during the month of August as a result of this matter. Philip Hiscox (Company Secretary)
Thursday 14th August : For clarification : The 22 registered players of Goonhavern AFC are free to play football for other clubs and teams. All the league has stated is that if Goonhavern do not pay the fine then we reserve the right to seek shares from those players. In the first instance, we expect and demand, that Goonhavern AFC honour their responsibilities and pay the appropriate financial penalty for their breach of rule 16.
Handbooks can be supplied to persons sending a C5 stamped addressed envelope with 66p postage to Phil Hiscox, 45A Serge Court, Exeter, EX2 4EB.
MATCH REPORTS FROM ALL THE GAMES
Wednesday 20th August :
F A Cup Extra Preliminary Round : Falmouth Town booked an FA Cup Preliminary Round clash with local rivals Truro City after they saw off Wessex League side Shaftesbury 4-2 tonight at Bickland Park.
Premier Division : Ivybridge Town continued their impressive start to the campaign with a comfortable 5-0 win at home to Elburton Villa at Erme Valley tonight. Ryanj Fice was the Ivy's hero as he notched a hat-trick with Martyn Sullivan and Joe Truelove also on target. Torpoint Athletic came from behind to win 2-1 away at Plymouth Parkway tonight, Chris Wright had given the Bolitho Park club a first half advantage but the visitors scored twice after the break to remain very much top of the early season league table.
Division 1 East : Alphington went to the top of the early Eastern league table with a 4-2 win over Crediton United at the Chronicles this evening. The Alphas shared the goals around with Scott Forster, Ben Henderson, Danny Wills and Ryan Leverton all finding the net whilst Kyrton replied twice through Sean Szabo. Last Saturday Okehampton won 6-3 and Royal Marines lost 4-7, tonight the two teams met at Simmons Park and served up the first goalless draw of the season !
Division 1 West : Callington Town bagged all 3 points when they beat Vospers Oak Villa 2-1 tonight at Marshfoeld Park, both sides were playing their first games of the campaign after wash-outs last Saturday. Ryan Lucassi gave the home side the lead but James Hoblin levelled before the interval. The winner came midway through the 2nd half through Mike Norman.
Tuesday 19th August :
F A Cup Extra Preliminary Round : Saltash United were knocked out of the FA Cup in tonights replay with Gillingham Town at the Kimberley Stadium. In front of a crowd of 116 the Ashes went down by a 2-4 margin.
Division 1 East :Exeter Civil Service celebrated the return of Step 7 football to Foxhayes after a gap of 4 years with a 4-0 win over Liverton United in front of a healthy attendance of over 100. On a carpet of a pitch Civil took an 11th minute lead through Adam Bray and doubled the advantage straight after the interval through a Matt Byrne penalty. Two late goals from Joel Hawes completed the win.
Division 1 West : Hayle, whose start to the season was delayed by a postponement on Saturday, got their season up and running with an entertaining 2-2 draw against pre-season favourites Penzance. Wayne Quinn was amongst the scorers for the Trevassack Park club.
Monday 18th August :
Division 1 East : The University of Exeter chalked up their first win of the campaign when they beat Ottery St Mary 5-0 tonight at Topsham Road. The Students were just 1 up at the interval thanks to Ashley Gregory but the 2nd half saw them score 4 more with Ben Chow, Kieran Mercer, Nick Robbins and a second for Gregory all finding the target.
Saturday 16th August :
FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round : The long road to Wembley started today with 8 Peninsula league sides in action in the worlds oldest Cup competition. Three sides are safely through, three departed at the first hurdle and two have midweek replays to look forward to.
The three victorious sides all defeated Western League opposition as they again showed that the Peninsula League is as easily as strong as the supposed higher status Toolstation competition. Tavistock who lost in the league 7-1 last weekend went away to Step 5 side Ilfracombe Town who were 8th last term and roundly trounced the North Devon side on their own patch with a 4-1 scoreline to set up a trip to Larkhall Athletic in the next round. Launceston also comfortably saw off another Step 5 Western League Premier outfit in Sherborne beating the Dorset side 3-0 at Pennygillam to grab an attractive home tie against Southern League Paulton Rovers in a fortnights time. Completing the hat-trick of wins was Bodmin Town who travelled to Elmore, the only Step 6 club in Devon or Cornwall that are not members of the Peninsula League and it was Bodmin who showed which is the stronger competition with an easy 4-0 win that included a brace from Mark Berry. So emphatic was the result that Bodmin keeper Kevin Miller did not have to make a single save until the 83rd minute, with the win assured Elmore reverted to a physical pattern of play and it was no surprise when Kevin Mills received a straight red for striking a Bodmin Town player. Bodmin can now look forward to a very attractive home tie with Southern League Bridgwater on the 30th of August.
Two sides made the long trips to Dorset and lived to fight another day with Falmouth Town drawing 2-2 at Wessex League Shaftesbury and Saltash United drawing 2-2 at Western League Gillingham Town. The Ashes have their replay on Tuesday night with Falmouth home on Wednesday night.
Three sides did depart from the Cup, Wadebridge Town who were making their first appearance in the Cup since being promoted in the Summer to Step 6 lost heavily at Willand Rovers who were 3rd in the Western League Premier last time out. Liskeard Athletic fell to a 0-5 reverse at home to Larkhall Athletic and St Blazey went down 0-2 at home to Wessex League side Hamworthy United.
Premier Division : With sides on Cup duty the Premier programme was reduced to just 5 matches and 1 of those, Elburton Villa v Clyst Rovers, fell victim to the wet weather. In the games that were played Torpoint Athletic went to the top of the embroyonic league table with a 2-1 win away at Newton Abbot as the Cornish side now have 7 points from their opening 3 game. Cullompton Rangers were playing just their 2nd game and they have maximum points after a very impressive 3-1 win at home to highly fancied Plymouth Parkway. Buckland Athletic are also making good progress after losing their opening game they won their 2nd match this week with a 5-0 scoreline over visiting Holsworthy. One game ended all square with Witheridge and Ivybridge Town finishing 1-1 at Edge Down Park.
Division 1 East : A full programme of games in the Eastern section saw all 18 sides playing and amongst these were the three new clubs. Two of them, Royal Marines and Bovey Tracey, met each other at Endurance Park and in a staggering scoreline the South Devon visitors won by a 7-4 margin, Simon Revell netting a hat-trick. Exeter Civil Service were also i action for the first time and they drew 2-2 away at Axminster Town.
Reigning Champions Budleigh Salterton carried on where they left off from with a 4-2 win away at Crediton United and had both Danny Hall and Danny Williams on target. Buckfastleigh Rangers who were the only side not to win a single away game last season corrected that on the opening day with a 1-0 victory at Exmouth Town. Highly fancied Stoke Gabriel started off with a comfortable 4-0 win at home to a Totnes & Dartington side who have had a summer of upheaval whilst Appledore also started well with a 5-1 win away at the University of Exeter.
Okehampton Argyle had a goal scoring frenzy away at Liverton United where the Okes triiumphed by a 6-3 margin although Galmpton Gents, playing their first game in their new guise, had a more sober 2-0 win at home to Teignmouth. In an East Devon Derby Ottery St Mary were no match for Alphington with the Exeter based visitors running out 3-0 victors.
Division 1 West : The wet weather caused the postponement of 3 matches with Callington, Porthleven and Vospers Oak Villa all calling off their games and that added to the midweek departure of Goonhavern who were due to have been in action at Mousehole meant only 5 games were played today, New boys Godolphin Atlantic settled into life with a good 3-0 win at home to Plymstock United who were also playing their first game in Division 1 West, the other new side, Truro City Reserves, gained an away point with a 1-1 draw at Wendron United.
Highly fancied Penzance got off to a winning start with an emphatic 4-0 win at home to Penryn Athletic whilst Camelford who finished 4th last season started with a good 3-1 away win at Foxhole Stars. Last years cellar dwellers, St Austell are tipped to do a lot better this time round and they started their season with a 3-2 win at home to Millbrook.
Friday 15th August :
Premier Division: Dartmouth played their first league match under the new Longcross floodlights this evening and marked the occasion with a 3-0 win over Newton Abbot Spurs. In front of around 160 supporters the Darts scored all 3 goals in a 10 minute spell either side of half time with John Rimmer scoring in both the 43rd and 48th minutes and Gareth Davis notching the other between those 2 goals.
