MOUSEHOLE AFC MATCH REPORT

MOUSEHOLE AFC MATCH REPORT

CONVINCING WIN FOR MOUSEHOLE IN FIRST-EVER SOUTHERN LEAGUE MATCH AT TRUNGLE PARC

RESULT

MOUSEHOLE 3-0 PAULTON ROVERS

Half-time

(45+5’)  1-0

FIXTURE

PITCHING-IN SOUTHERN LEAGUE DIVISION ONE SOUTH

DATE

TUESDAY 15th AUGUST 2023

ATTENDANCE

231

VENUE

TRUNGLE PARC

MOUSEHOLE SCORERS 19 minutes:  Jack Bray-Evans63 minutes:  Hayden Turner73 minutes:  Tallan Mitchell

OPPONENTS’ SCORERS

GOAL SEQUENCE

H

A

Min

1

0

19

2

0

63

3

0

73

Full Time

3

0

90+6

OPPONENTS’ RECORD BEFORE THIS MATCHThe north-east Somerset club has been an established member of the Southern League for 20 years and spent two seasons in the Premier Division at Step 3 a few years agoIn 2022/23 they finished in lower mid-table and started this League campaign with a 1-0 Home defeat against Melksham Town

Summary After a 4-0 Away success at Westbury United on the opening day, The Seagulls continued their positive start to life at Step 4 with an impressive win against long-distance travellers Paulton Rovers, the match containing plenty of great  action all over the pitch and enjoyed by the large crowd witnessing Southern League football on home territory for the first time.

MATCH OFFICIALS

REFEREE

James Long

ASSISTANT #1

David Bartlam

ASSISTANT #2

Tim Burley

MOUSEHOLE TEAM FOR THIS MATCH

STARTING ELEVEN

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SUBSTITUTES

Name

No.

Y/R*

Name

No.

Min

Y/R*

Oliver Chenoweth (GK)

1

Josh Otto

2

Morgan Lewis

4

Max Hill

6

Jack Calver ©

8

Andy Elcock

19

74

Mark Goldsworthy

9

Tim Nixon

15

58

Tallan Mitchell

10

Brandon Pursall

5

Jack Bray-Evans

14

Hayden Turner

7

Josh Bissett

11

80

Paulo Ranalli Sousa

15

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES.   Kyle Fraser.  Jack Symons.

Man of the Match, nominated by sponsors Wolf Jansen:  Hayden Turner

CONCLUSIONS

Mousehole’s seven-goal haul and second clean-sheet win in four days keeps them in first place in the early League table, level on points with Willand Rovers and fellow promoted team Bemerton Heath Harlequins Next for The Seagulls is a ‘local derby’ Emirates FA Cup Preliminary Round tie this Saturday (19th, 3pm), at St Blazey, newly promoted to the Western League Premier Division.  In the Extra Preliminary Round, St Blazey won 3-1 at Step 6 Wendron United, while Mousehole won 4-1 at Home against Step 5 llfracombe Town.  This being Mousehole’s third season in the FA Cup, they will be aiming to progress to the First Qualifying Round for the first time, having had an early exit at the hands of Plymouth Parkway (H) and Torpoint Athletic (A) in successive years.  A draw at 90 minutes on Saturday would mean a replay at Trungle Parc on Tuesday 22nd, 7.45pm. AL / 17.08.2023

WATCH THE MATCH VIDEO HERE

This season you will see a new logo on the first-team players’ shirts.

TOVO is short for Totaal Voetbaal – (Total Football in English) is a tactical and strategic football concept popularized by the Netherlands national football team, particularly during the early 1970s. It was also associated with the Dutch club Ajax and its manager Rinus Michels. The concept emphasizes a highly fluid and adaptable style of play where players are not confined to specific positions and roles but instead interchange positions dynamically throughout the game.

The style has become synonymous with Dutch and Barcelona legend Johan Cruyff and the TOVO academy is run by his son-in-law Todd Beane.

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Johan Cruyff

Whenever there is a conversation about the most prodigious football players of all time, the name of Johan Cruyff is sure to come up. The legendary Dutchman was perhaps best known as the on-field conductor of the “Total Football” philosophy, which took the football world by storm in the early 70s. In addition to that, he won the Ballon d’Or three times and was voted European Player of the Century by the IFFHS in 1999.

Read more from FootballHistory.org here

A football jersey as a tribute to the great Ajax of the 70’s and Johan Cruijff. None less than Frank Rijkaard, Sjaak Swart and Jordi Cruijff were present at the presentation of the special jersey with number 14 on August 14th 2023. You can see more on that here.

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Head Coach at Mousehole Andy Graham explains the link between Mousehole AFC and the TOVO Academy in Sitges:

The TOVO link has been in the background at Mousehole since 2017 when I first went to Spain to complete two coaching courses. I have been back to Sitges every year since to continue learning and over that period have become good friends with Todd Beane, the founder. We have discussed how we can help each other on a number of occasions but following our promotion we agreed that initially TOVO would sponsor two of our coaches to complete their online learning modules and one coach to go to Spain in January 2024. Going forward I am sure the relationship will evolve but at present the support of our youth coaches is just the start.

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Pablo Woolls-Blanco sat down with Todd and Andy on a Zoom call to discuss the project. Watch the video here:

MOUSEHOLE AFC MATCH REPORT

MOUSEHOLE MARK SOUTHERN LEAGUE DEBUT WITH EXCELLENT AWAY WIN

RESULT

WESTBURY UNITED 0-4 MOUSEHOLE

Half-time

(45+3’) 0-1

FIXTURE

PITCHING-IN SOUTHERN LEAGUE DIVISION ONE SOUTH

DATE

SATURDAY 12th AUGUST 2023

ATTENDANCE

174

VENUE

PLATINUM HYUNDAI STADIUM, MEADOW LANE

MOUSEHOLE SCORERS 32 minutes:  Tallan Mitchell48 minutes:  Mark Goldsworthy80 minutes:  Jack Bray-Evans86 minutes:  Paulo Ranalli Sousa (penalty)

OPPONENTS’ SCORERS

GOAL SEQUENCE

H

A

Min

0

1

32

0

2

48

0

3

80

0

4

86

Full Time

0

4

90+9

OPPONENTS’ RECORD BEFORE THIS MATCHThe White Horse Men achieved a mid-table finish after promotion to last season’s Southern League Division One SouthThey made an early exit from this season’s Emirates FA Cup with a 1-0 defeat to Moneyfields in last weekend’s Extra Preliminary Round

Summary After promotion as Champions from the Western League Premier in April, Mousehole opened their Southern League campaign with a first-ever match at Step 4 – a potentially difficult Away fixture involving a 400-mile round trip to Wiltshire – and produced an all-round performance combining determined defensive qualities, free-flowing football, a second four-goal scoreline in consecutive matches, and an important ‘clean sheet’

MATCH OFFICIALS

REFEREE

Paul Collier

ASSISTANT #1

Simon Laraway

ASSISTANT #2

Adam Boubrahmi

MOUSEHOLE TEAM FOR THIS MATCH

STARTING ELEVEN

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SUBSTITUTES

Name

No.

Y/R*

Name

No.

Min

Y/R*

Oliver Chenoweth (GK)

1

Y, 84’

Josh Otto

5

Morgan Lewis

4

Y, 25’

Max Hill

6

Jack Calver ©

8

Mark Goldsworthy

9

Y, 54’

Tim Nixon

18

67

Tallan Mitchell

10

Brandon Pursall

2

Jack Bray-Evans

14

Y, 78’

Josh Bissett

11

81

Hayden Turner

7

Jack Symons

13

81

Paulo Ranalli Sousa

15

*Cards: Y / YY=R / R

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES.   Lewis Moyle (GK) .   Kyle Fraser.

Man of the Match, nominated by Westbury United:  Jack Bray-Evans

CONCLUSIONS

Mousehole’s win earns them a top-of-the-table position on goal difference, with just 37 games to go!The Seagulls next test comes this Tuesday (15th August) with a Home match against experienced Southern League side Paulton Rovers (kick-off 7.45pm), with the north-east Somerset visitors facing a 375-mile return journey, and with an opening-day defeat in the League, 1-0 at Home to Melksham Town.Mousehole are then in FA Cup Preliminary Round action on Saturday with a now-rare Cornwall-derby at St Blazey, newly promoted to the Western league Premier Division.  In the Extra Preliminary Round, St Blazey won 3-1 at Step 6 Wendron United, while Mousehole won 4-1 at Home against Step 5 lfracombe Town. ARL / 13.08.2023

Goals, interviews and a detailed PDF of the “match stats” from Saturday’s FA Cup victory over Ilfracombe Town.