Mousehole 2-0 Sherborne Town

Toolstation Western League Premier Division

Saturday 17^th September 2022

At Trungle Parc

SUMMARY

Two goals in the last 15 minutes saw Mousehole eventually earn a hard-fought three points against recently promoted Sherborne Town, who proved to be one of the most organised and determined teams seen this season

MATCH PREVIEW

Today, it’s Seagulls versus Zebras as Dorset side Sherborne Town make their first ever visit to Trungle Parc.

Mousehole are in 7^th place in the WLP table, with 12 points from seven games, made up of three wins, three draws and one defeat.  Their last match was a 3-3 draw on Tuesday at second-place Saltash United, thanks to a 92^nd-minute equaliser by centre-back Mark Richards.

Sherborne Town were promoted as champions of WL Division One at the end of last season, with a superb record of just three defeats in 40 games, 99 points and 124 goals scored. 

This campaign they’re doing well at the higher level, with ten points from eight games to stand in 9th position, having three wins and one draw, but four defeats have included two in a row at home against bottom club Keynsham Town and, on Wednesday, unbeaten Shepton Mallet.  Before that, however, they gained a commendable 1-1 draw away at Helston Athletic.

Mousehole’s main team news is that captain Jack Calver is out with an injury sustained at Saltash, and Steve Burt reverts from midfield to right-back with Josh Otto still injured

The weather is sunny and warm with a slight breeze, and the afternoon’s forecast is fine

Before kick off a minute’s silence is held in memory of the life of the late Queen Elizabeth II

KEY POINTS OF THE MATCH

Mousehole are kicking towards the Cricket End.

3 minutes:  Sherborne have made a bright start and come close with a far-post header from a right wing corner

14 minutes:  The visitors’ Ashley Guppy shows great speed on the right but his run comes to nothing

18 minutes:  There are raised expectation among Seagulls’ supporters as Moussa Diallo prepares to take a free kick in a central position about 35 yards out, but he can’t repeat his recent set-piece goals against Street and Falmouth as the shot swerves just wide of the angle of post and crossbar with keeper Josh Attwood able only to watch and hope

Half-way through the first half – the game is being played at a frantic pace, with lots of misplaced passes, and it’s been relatively uneventful in front of goal

29 minutes:  Keeper Attwood comes out quickly to win the race after Hayden Turner puts Andy Watkins in on goal

31 minutes:  Home keeper Ollie Chenoweth does the same at the other end to deny Oliver Risp

34 minutes:  Reece Thomson sets up Tallan Mitchell for a one-on-one chance, with Attwood palming away the lobbed shot and the Mousehole midfielder a few millimetres too high from 35 yards with the keeper back-pedalling

38 minutes:  Guppy again races forward on the right for The Zebras and his danger-laden low cross is cleared away from in front of goal by Steve Burt

44 minutes:  Moussa Diallo drives in a fierce low 35-yarder which Attwood just about gathers

45+5 minutes:  It’s nil-nil at half-time, with Mousehole starting to exert a bit more control in the later stages, but not able to find their usual rhythm against well organised opponents who could pose a threat up front

The second half

56 minutes:  Nothing much has happened since the interval, but suddenly Mouusa Diallo lets fly from 25 yards and forces Attwood into a well-judged save

64 minutes:  Mousehole are fortunate to gain a free kick just outside the Sherborne 18-yard line after what looked like a 50/50 tackle.  After Referee McCulloch has finished dealing with the visitors’ complaints, Moussa Diallo strikes a fierce shot just under the crossbar, where keeper Attwood pushes the ball up and then palms it out for a corner – good goalkeeping, and perhaps justice done

65 minutes:  Mousehole substitutes – Moussa Diallo is replaced by Callam Mconie, and Andy Watkins by Mark Goldsworthy

70 minutes:  Mousehole are getting on top and making inroads in the visitors’ half.  Hayden Turner crosses hard and low, Attwood spills it at the near post, and Reece Thomson just can’t manage to turn it over the line as defenders converge to save the day for their team

75 minutes:  GOAL FOR MOUSEHOLE – Callam Mconie makes a great run past several opponents from the right into midfield and slots an inch-perfect pass inside the full back for HAYDEN TURNER to sweep the ball low into the far corner from ten yards.  Mousehole have had to work very hard to get this lead.

80 minutes:  Mousehole come close to a second goal, the ball rebounding off the post in a crowded box and then hacked off the line.

81 minutes:  A big chance to double the lead is wasted, with Hayden Turner well placed in the box but shooting over from Tallan Mitchell’s lay back

83 minutes:  Mousehole substitute – Hayden Turner is replaced by Louis Price

87 minutes:  Mousehole substitute – Reece Thomson is replaced by Jared Sims

88 minutes:  GOAL FOR MOUSEHOLE – a driven corner from the left skims off heads to the far post where CALLAM MCONIE nods the ball into the roof of the net.  Score now 2-0.  Another in the recent series of late Mousehole goals.

90 minutes:  Mousehole substitute – Tallan Mitchell is replaced by Kyle Fraser

90+4 minutes: Callam Mconie turns and shoots right-footed wide of the post from 18 yards

90+5 minutes:  The Seagulls’ wingman repeats the process with more accuracy and Attwood goes full length to keep the ball out at his near post

90+6 minutes:  Mousehole keeper Ollie Chenoweth has not had much to do for a while, but in his first serious save of the whole match he has to be both alert and agile to beat out Ashley Guppy’s 35-yard drive that’s about to go into the top corner.  A ‘clean sheet’ achieved, just the second of the season!

90+7 minutes:  At full time it’s Mousehole 2-0 Sherborne Town – hard work and patience have eventually paid dividends for the hosts, who go up two places in the League table, while the visitors can feel justifiably satisfied with their performance.

MOUSEHOLE (with used substitutes)

Ollie Cenoweth (GK), Steve Burt, Mark Richards (C), Max Hill, Paulo Sousa, Tallan Mitchell (Kyle Fraser), Reece Thomson (Jared Sims), Andy Elcock, Hayden Turner (Louis Price), Andy Watkins (Mark Goldsworthy), Moussa Diallo (Callam Mconie)

MATCH OFFICIALS

Stephen McCulloch (referee) with Adam Price and Eric Sleeman (Assistant Referees)

ATTENDANCE: 137

NEXT FOR MOUSEHOLE

Saturday 24^th September, 3pm

Away v Shepton Mallet

FA Vase Second Qualifying Round

(Coach seats available for supporters)

Wednesday 28^th September, 7.45pm

Away v Falmouth Town

Western League Premier Division

Saturday 1^st October, 3pm

HOME v Barnstaple Town

Western League Premier Division

Wednesday 5^th October, 7.30pm

HOME v Callington Town

Cornwall Senior Cup First Round

Saturday 8^th October, 3pm

HOME v Ilfracombe Town

Western League Premier Division

Saltash United 3-3 Mousehole

Western League Premier Division

Tuesday 13^th September 2022

At Waterways Stadium

SUMMARY

In a match full of talking points and controversial moments, Mousehole continued their movement up the League table with an injury-time equaliser, after conceding the advantage of a half-time lead against their unbeaten Cornish rivals.

MATCH PREVIEW

It’s the second-place Ashes hosting the ninth-placed Seagulls as East meets West in what’s now classed as a ‘Cornwall Derby’.

The two sides met earlier at Trungle Parc in the second fixture of the season, the game finishing in a 1-1 draw in front of 212 spectators.

Saltash’s League record is six wins and two draws from their eight matches, while Mousehole have played six, won three drawn two and lost one.

Mousehole have won their last two games, 5-1 against Street and 3-2 against Falmouth Town, the latter achieved with a 90^th minute goal.

Saltash’s last match saw a 4-3 away win at local rivals Torpoint Athletic this time last week.

Mousehole’s team news is that Wadebridge Town’s Sam Gerken is in for the injured Josh Otto on the right side of defence.

It’s continued to rain for most of the day and the pitch surface is likely to be a bit slippery.

KEY POINTS OF THE MATCH

1 minute:  Hayden Turner’s low cross from the right is cleared away in front of the home goal

4 minutes:  Hayden Turner is in action again, this time coming in from the left and driving right-footed too high from 20 yards

7 minutes:  Mousehole’s positive start continues with Moussa Diallo’s left-wing cross to the near post headed across goal and out by Hayden Turner

10 minutes:  Referee Mike Lazarus issues a yellow card to Andy Elcock after a mistimed tackle on the halfway line, with several Saltash players angrily demanding a more severe punishment

15 minutes:  GOAL FOR MOUSEHOLE.  A scintillating move the length of the pitch involving five players enables Andy Watkins to put Hayden Turner into space to the right of goal and his low cross gives MOUSSA DIALLO a tap-in at the far post – the youngster’s fourth goal in four matches since arriving at the end of August.

18 minutes:  Mousehole look to extend their lead, Saltash keeper Jordan Duffey just beating Tallan Mitchell to Jack Calver’s long ball forward

21 minutes:  Nearly halfway through the first period and the hosts get their first sight of goal, Jake Miller getting himself into a good position but firing high and wide

25 minutes:  GOAL FOR SALTASH UNITED.  The visitors lose possession on their right, the ball is passed inside across the six-yard box, where Mark Richards is well placed to clear but loses his footing, leaving SAM FARRANT to convert an easy chance for the equaliser

29 minutes:  Saltash players again surround Referee Lazarus after Andy Elcock concedes a free kick in the centre circle

33 minutes:  Keeper Duffey once more comes racing out to get to Jack Calver’s through ball ahead of Hayden Turner

36 minutes:  Andy Elcock steals the ball in midfield and is promptly felled by an ugly off-the-ground two-footed tackle.  Fortunately the Mousehole play-maker is not seriously injured.  The Saltash players persuade the Referee it’s only a yellow card.   

40 minutes:  Ashes centre back Callum O’Brien volleys wide inside the area as the ball drops down from a free kick

41 minutes:  GOAL FOR MOUSEHOLE.  ANDY WATKINS starts and finishes a great move – threading a defence-splitting pass through to Hayden Turner speeding into the area on the left with a right foot shot against the far post, and the veteran striker anticipating the flight of the rebound to sweep the ball into the net

44 minutes:  Jack Calver makes a long run down the left and drives an angled shot which Duffey grabs by his near post at the second attempt

45 minutes:  Referee Lazarus sees nothing wrong after loud appeals for hand-ball as Saltash’s last-man Dave Barker uses some part of his upper body to block a forward pass that would have put Moussa Diallo clean through on goal – that would surely have been a red card offence for the Saltash captain if awarded

45+1 minutes:  The game has become tense and scrappy, with frequent stoppages.

45+2 minutes:  There’s a mere two minutes of added-on time, leaving Mousehole 2-1 in the lead after a positive opening period in which they probably deserved more.

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The second half:

47 minutes;  GOAL FOR SALTASH UNITED.  A highly debatable and much disputed decision.  There’s a coming-together between Mousehole’s Steve Burt and Saltash’s Alex Cairo as they compete for the ball just inside the box – and as the home attacker falls to the ground the Referee instantly signals a penalty, which DAVE BARKER converts to put the scores level. 

54 minutes:  Ollie Chenoweth makes a great low save from Sam Farrant’s 18-yard drive

60 minutes:  Mousehole substitute – injured captain Jack Calver is replaced by Paulo Sousa on the left side of defence

61 minutes:  Keeper Duffey flaps at Hayden Turner’s left-sided cross and is fortunate there’s no Mousehole player near enough to take advantage as the ball drops

63 minutes:  Mark Richards makes a vital clearance in front of goal as Saltash step up the physical pressure

66 minutes:  Sam Hughes creates a chance for himself as he turns in the box but Mousehole’s defence closes down the attempted shot

71 minutes:  GOAL FOR SALTASH UNITED.  Oliie Chenoweth parries a fierce shot by Sam Farrant and JAKE MILLER is first to the loose ball to drive into the roof of the net from a narrow angle.  The hosts are in the lead for the first time in the match .

72 minutes:  Mousehole substitutes – Moussa Diallo is replaced by Callam Mconie

73 minutes:  The new substitute is hacked down by a late tackle as he surges forward on the right but referee Lazarus waves play on

74 minutes:  Mousehole continue to try to play football their way – Andy Watkins cleverly puts Hayden Turner in on the left and his square pass into the danger area is scrambled away

79 minutes:  Mousehole substitutes – Steve Burt is replaced by former Saltash player Reece Thomson, and Tallan Mitchell by Mark Goldsworthy, the latter for his first taste of action after five injury-hit months

85 minutes:  Mousehole substitute – Sam Gerken is replaced by Louis Price, giving the visitors a distinctly attacking look

86 minutes:  Reece Thomson powers a header towards the far corner from Hayden Turner’s free kick and keeper Duffey saves his under-pressure side with a full-length save

87 minutes:  Saltash are now relying on breakaways.  Mike Smith looks to have bundled Max Hill crudely off the ball in mid-air, but is allowed to continue towards goal, only for his shot to be blocked

89 minutes:  Hayden Turner’s long cross towards the far post is nodded down by Reece Thomson and grabbed by keeper Duffey

90 minutes:  Mousehole are right on top, but how much time will the referee add on for all the many stoppages?

90+2:  GOAL FOR MOUSEHOLE.  Hayden Turner hurls a long throw into the crowded Saltash area, the heads go up, the keeper comes out, the ball goes goalwards and MARK RICHARDS diverts it into the net with the back of his shoulder – scrappy but richly deserved, and another very late goal, as against Falmouth Town

90+3 minutes:  That’s full-time, with a scoreline Saltash United 3-3 Mousehole.  A good point for The Seagulls against the team in second place and in a game where they needed to show character to overcome the odds.

MATCH OFFICIALS

Mike Lazarus (Referee) with Paul Redding and Steven Godfrey (Assistant Referees)

ATTENDANCE:  134

NEXT FOR MOUSEHOLE:

This Saturday, 17^th September:

HOME v Sherborne Town

Western League Premier, 3pm

Saturday 24^th September

Away v Shepton Mallet

FA Vase Second Qualifying Round, 3pm

(Coach seats available for supporters)

Wednesday 28^th September

Away v Falmouth Town

WLP, 7.45pm

Saturday 1^st October

HOME v Barnstaple Town WLP, 3pm

Mousehole 3-2 Falmouth Town

Toolstation Western League Premier Division

Saturday 3rd September 2022

Ất Trungle Parc

SUMMARY

With plenty of tension and thrills for both sets of supporters in an end-to-end encounter, Mousehole’s come-back victory from a half-time deficit maintained their recent upturn in form and deprived the Town of their first away point of the season 

PREVIEW

With both Mousehole and Falmouth knocked out of the Emirates FA Cup two weeks ago, today’s now-vacant First Qualifying Round date has been filled by bringing forward the home League fixture that was scheduled for a midweek slot later in the month.

On a curious point in recent history, Mousehole and Falmouth Town – separated by less than 30 miles – have faced each other just three times in League competition. 

The last occasion was a 0-0 draw at Bickland Park in the opening fixture of the 2019/20 season in the SWPL – Jake Ash’s first game in charge as Mousehole’s manager, against the club where he started his playing career.

They had previously met home and away in the Cornwall Combination League in 1983/84 with Falmouth winning by an 8-0 aggregate.

Falmouth’s last visit to Trungle Parc was in their 8-0 Throgmorton Cup victory over ten years ago.

This season, Mousehole have two League wins (both by 5-1, the last at Home against Street on Bank Holiday Monday), two draws and one defeat.  

Falmouth have played one game more, and have recorded two home wins, one home draw and three away defeats – so will be looking to get their first away result this afternoon. 

The return League fixture is at Bickland Park is in just over three weeks’ time, on Wednesday 28th September, kick off 7.45pm

It’s a wet, windy and cool day here at Trungle Parc, with the weather having significantly reduced the anticipated size of the crowd, though there’s a fair contingent of Falmouth fans making their presence seen and heard.

THE KEY POINTS OF THE MATCH

Mousehole are kicking towards the Cricket Club End.  Falmouth are playing in all-white.  The rain has stopped.

9 minutes:  First chance to Falmouth as Moussa Diallo steps on the ball on the half-way line, leaving Luke Brabyn to make a 40-yard break into space on the right and drive a right-foot shot from an angle which is pushed out for a corner by Ollie Chenoweth at his near post

11 minutes:  At the other end, Jack Symons sets up Moussa Diallo for a run and low shot from 18 yards, well kept out by keeper Zac Telling, with Hayden Turner firing the loose ball first time but wide of the far post

18 minutes:  GOAL FOR MOUSEHOLE.  Reece Thomson is pushed over after a penetrating run towards goal, and MOUSSA DIALLO fires the free-kick from 25 yards high into the net to Telling’s left.  A spectacular goal to match the youngster’s debut score on Monday against Street – the same end of the ground, the same dead-ball situation, a similar distance and position, an identical outcome.

23 minutes:  A half-chance for Falmouth as Luke Barner and Mark Richards contest a through-ball, with Ollie Chenoweth saving the low 10-yard shot at the foot of the post

32 minutes:  Moussa Diallo receives Reece Thomson’s pass in space on the left, brings the ball inside on to his right foot and shoots – keeper Telling does well to parry it out for a corner

34 minutes:  Hayden Turner sprints to the byeline on the right and his cross is deflected away in front of goal

37 minutes:  There have been lots of slippages on the wet surface.  Hayden Turner gives Moussa Diallo a shooting chance from 18 yards – it’s too high

42 minutes:  GOAL FOR FALMOUTH TOWN.  Luke Barner puts in a long-range rising drive which Ollie Chenoweth manages to get to, but the ball drops invitingly to the well-positioned TIM NIXON who controls calmly and shoots low into the net from 10 yards.  The former Seagull has levelled the scores with an opportunist strike, against the balance of play.

44 minutes:  GOAL FOR FALMOUTH TOWN.  A free kick in a central position 25 yards out is swerved into the net via the underside of the crossbar by TIM NIXON.  Two goals in two minutes!  

Half time (45+3 minutes):  It’s 2-1 to the visitors who have made the most of their chances despite looking second best in the opening period, and it’s an ex-Mousehole League and Cup double winner who’s done the damage!

46 minutes:  Mousehole’s half-time substitutes – Reece Thomson is replaced by Andy Watkins, and Jack Symons by Andy Elcock

48 minutes:  Moussa Diallo’s long cross from the right is just too far ahead of Hayden Turner who can’t nudge it in at the far post

58 minutes:  GOAL FOR MOUSEHOLE.  After some patient build-up play outside the visitors’ penalty area, MOUSSA DIALLO skates past a couple of defenders with superb balance and prods the ball past the advancing keeper from 8 yards for his second goal of the game and his third in two matches since arriving at Trungle Parc.  It’s 2-2 and more than half an hour to come!

61 minutes:  Jack Calver puts a dangerous ball into Falmouth’s six-yard box where Tom Annear makes a timely clearance to snuff out the chance

62 minutes:  Hayden Turner’s cross into a crowded area is met with a bit of head-tennis and cleared off the line, as Mousehole step up the pressure

64 minutes:  Tallan Mitchell’s corner kick is headed goalwards by Mark Richards and keeper Telling gets across well to palm it away at the far post

65 minutes:  Falmouth are given the opportunity to punish casual play in Mousehole’s back line, but Mark Richards is alert to the danger and clears up

65 minutes:  Mousehole substitute – Tallan Mitchell is replaced by Callam Mconie

68 minutes:  Half-way through the second period, Falmouth are coming back into the game.  Both sides’ supporters are drumming up the volume.  Last-man Max Hill makes a well-timed tackle to halt substitute Alex Wharton’s progress on the 18-yard line

70 minutes:  Falmouth are trying to thread passes through to runners in the Mousehole penalty area – they’re well thought-out but not quite accurate enough

71 minutes:  Close for Falmouth!  Luke Brabyn goes past three defenders in the home area on the right and Ollie Chenoweth is forced into a vital block at the near post

73 minutes:  Mousehole substitute – the badly-injured Josh Otto is replaced by Louis Price, who goes to left-back with Jack Calver moving over to the right

77 minutes:  The new substitute gives the ball away in the danger area, but Falmouth fail to take advantage with a hurried shot over the bar

79 minutes:  Luke Barner has a huge chance to restore Falmouth’s lead as he fastens on to a loose ball and fires wide of the post from an unchallenged position 10 yards out

80 minutes: Ten minutes to go – Falmouth are making life uncomfortable for Mousehole.  This  game could go either way.

84 minutes;  Mousehole substitute – Steve Burt is replaced by Jared Sims

85 minutes:  Mousehole break forward at speed, Andy Watkins is held back when surging through on the edge of the box, but Referee Lee Roberts waves play on

87 minutes:  Falmouth continue to threaten and are inches away from a winner. Tim Nixon floats a 30-yard free kick in to a crowd at the far post where the ball somehow ricochets off Ollie Chenoweth and the woodwork

90 minutes:  GOAL FOR MOUSEHOLE.  It’s been end-to-end excitement for a while, with neither side prepared to settle for the draw.  A left-sided corner comes across, it’s glanced beyond the far post, Mark Richards instantly scoops the ball back inside and the quick-thinking ANDY WATKINS instantly turns it over the line from six yards.  The hosts regain the lead right at the end – although there’s likely still to be quite a few minutes of added time.  

Full time (90+7 minutes):  The last few minutes have produced no new drama and the final score is Mousehole 3-2 Falmouth Town.  

That’s the end of 100 minutes of a tightly-fought contest, swinging one way then the other, with not much to separate the two sides who deserve credit for making it a great game of football.  

Falmouth will take many positives in their search for away points, while Mousehole move up the table in the direction they want – and next Saturday they have the chance to exact revenge for their FA Cup exit when Torpoint Athletic visit Trungle Parc.

MOUSEHOLE (with used substitutes):

Ollie Chenoweth (GK), Josh Otto (Louis Price), Mark Richards, Max Hill, Jack Calver (C), Steve Burt (Jared Sims),Tallan Mitchell (Callam Mconie), Jack Symons (Andy Elcock), Hayden Turner, Reece Thomson (Andy Watkins), Moussa Diallo

MATCH OFFICIALS

Lee Roberts (Referee) with Neil Rudkin & Rowan Clarke (Assistant Referees)

ATTENDANCE;  227

SEPTEMBER FIXTURES FOR MOUSEHOLE 

Next Saturday, 10th, 3pm

HOME v Torpoint Athletic, WLP

Tuesday 13th, 7.45pm

Away v Saltash United, WLP

Saturday 17th, 3pm

HOME v Sherborne Town, WLP

Saturday 24th, 3pm

Away v Shepton Mallet, FA Vase 2QR

Wednesday 28th, 7.45pm

Away v Falmouth Town, WLP

Mousehole 5-1 Street

Toolstation Western League, Premier Division

Bank Holiday Monday, 29th August 2022

At Trungle Parc

Summary

Jake Ash’s team got back to the form expected of them to put five goals past the spirited opposition and record their first home win in the League

Preview

It’s Seagulls versus Cobblers this afternoon as the fixture list gives Street a long 350-mile Bank Holiday return journey between North Somerset and West Cornwall.

Mousehole are looking for their first Home win in the League and to improve on their below-expectations start to the season.  So far, they have recorded one win (5-1 at Torpoint), two draws (1-1 at Home v Saltash and 0-0 at Ashton & Backwell), and one defeat (2-1 at Home v Millbrook).  This gives them just five points from their opening four League games.  Their last match was at Torpoint nine days ago, a 3-2 exit from the FA Cup.

Street have seven points from six games, with two wins (Home against Ashton & Backwell and Away at Cadbury Heath), one draw (at Bitton), and three defeats (7-0 at Home and 3-0 Away against League leaders Bridgwater, and 3-1 at Home v Shepton Mallet).

Mousehole’s starting line-up includes youngster Jack Symons, new signing Moussa Diallo, and Reece Thomson returning after illness, while  captain Jack Calver, Hayden Turner and Andy Elcock are among the substitutes alongside Andy Watkins and Charlie Willis.

The weather is very warm and sunny, with a stiff breeze.

Before kick-off, Chairman Deryk Heywood presents awards for club appearances to Josh Otto (100) and Max Hill (50), and to Hayden Turner for reaching 50 goals.

The key points of the match

Mousehole are playing towards the Cricket Club End

3 minutes: Loud appeals for a Street penalty for hand-ball after a left-sided free kick is floated into a crowded area – waved away by Referee Darren Gay

5 minutes:  Seagulls’ new boy Moussa Diallo has two shots blocked from 20 yards, and the third is pushed out well by keeper Alex Rutter

8 minutes:  GOAL FOR MOUSEHOLE.  The hosts are awarded a free kick in a great position 20 yards out and central, which MOUSSA DIALLO drives unstoppably into the top corner for a spectacular start to his Trungle Parc career.

11 minutes:  Close for Mousehole as Reece Thomson side-foots Callam Mconie’s low cross against Rutter from six yards and Tallan Mitchell picks up the loose ball to send a cross-shot just past the far angle

28 minutes:  Mark Richards makes a timely clearance right in front of goal as a casual pass out from the back gives the advantage back to Street 

29 minutes:  GOAL FOR MOUSEHOLE.  It’s 2-0 as a powerful run takes CALLAM MCONIE past three defenders and into the box, where his shot – unusually with his right foot – arrows inside the near post.  

31 minutes.  Facing a retreating defence, Moussa Diallo swerves inside then outside, with his shot hitting the side netting

34 minutes:  At the other end, Kyle Strange has a sight of goal as he advances on the right, but slides his left-foot shot wide of the far post 

39 minutes:  Centre back Oliver Pearson makes an amazing clearance, putting Paulo Sousa’s cross over his own crossbar from in front of goal with Callam Mconie looking certain to score

41 minutes:  Back come Street, with full-back John Champion’ cross-shot from the right just missing Harry Foster in a promising position

42 minutes:  Jack Symons is playing as an attacking midfielder and enjoying the space – his positive run ends with a 25-yard shot that clears the bar

45+4 minutes: Tallan Mitchell’s low free kick from the edge of the ‘D’ is well held by the diving Rutter

45+5 minutes:  At half-time it’s Mousehole 2-0 Street, with the much-changed home side largely on the offensive, but the visitors by no means out of it

The second half

51 minutes:  GOAL FOR MOUSEHOLE.  After the hosts keep patient possession just outside the Street area, JACK SYMONS creates enough space to fire an accurate 18-yard right-foot shot into the top corner of Rutter’s net.  A well-worked goal, deservedly celebrated.  Now 3-0.

58 minutes:  Callam Mconie’s angled drive from the right is pushed round the post by the agile Rutter

62 minutes:  A great moment of football, as Moussa Diallo drives inside from the left and his fierce shot is touched athletically over the bar by Rutter

62 minutes:  Mousehole substitutions – Callam Mconie is replaced by Hayden Turner, and Moussa Diallo by Andy Watkins

63 minutes:  Hayden Turner speeds on to Tallan Mitchell’s pass but shoots wide of the far post as Rutter comes out to narrow the angle

65 minutes:  Another exciting moment – Jack Symons weaves his way deep into the box past lunging defenders, keeper Rutter half-blocks the close-range shot and Luke Horsey heads the loose ball off the line

71 minutes:  Hayden Turner is put through by Reece Thomson and shoots straight at the keeper from 18 yards

72 minutes:  GOAL FOR STREET.  Mousehole’s defence is caught off-guard from a left-sided corner and HARRY FOSTER turns the ball into the roof of the net at the near post 

73 minutes:  Mousehole substitutions – Steve Burt is replaced by Andy Elcock, and Reece Thomson by Charlie Willis

78 minutes:  Street come close to another goal – Harry Foster’s low cross from the left skims across the six-yard box, with no other forward quite near enough

81 minutes:  GOAL FOR MOUSEHOLE.  Keeper Rutter diverts the ball in a one on-one race with HAYDEN TURNER, but the striker regains possession to score low inside the post

85 minutes:  Rutter is in action again, sprinting out to gather the ball at Andy Watkins’ feet

88 minutes:  Hayden Turner’s left-wing cross is stabbed over at full stretch by Andy Watkins from in front of goal

89 minutes:  Street’s Harry Foster has typified his side’s never-give-up attitude, forcing Ollie Chenoweth into a difficult low save

90+3 minutes:  Mousehole substitute – young Jack Symons has been announced as ‘Mousehole Man of the Match’ and leaves the field to great applause, to be replaced by Jack Calver

90+ 5 minutes:  GOAL FOR MOUSEHOLE.  Andy Watkins expertly steals the ball midway through the visitors’ half, sets off on a run and feeds JACK CALVER, who cuts the ball back on to his left foot inside the box and finds the far corner with a low shot

90+6 minutes:  There’s just time to re-start and the whistle goes for a final score of Mousehole 5-1 Street, a welcome and deserved three points for the Seagulls and plenty of positive for the visitors.

Mousehole (with all 5 substitutes used)

Ollie Chenoweth (GK), Josh Otto, Mark Richards (C), Max Hill, Paulo Sousa, Steve Burt (Andy Elcock),Tallan Mitchell, Jack Symons (Jack Calver), Callam Mconie (Hayden Turner), Reece Thomson (Charlie Willis), Moussa Diallo (Andy Watkins)

Match Officials

Darren Gay (Referee) with George Pattison and Max Davies (Referee’s Assistants)

Attendance: 196

Next for Mousehole

(All Western League Premier Division)

This Saturday, 3rd September, 3pm

HOME v Falmouth Town

Saturday 10th September, 3pm

HOME v Torpoint Athletic

Tuesday 13th September, 7.45pm

Away v Saltash United

Saturday 17th September, 3pm HOME v Sherborne Town

Mousehole have signed a young and exciting winger – MOUSSA DIALLO – to give fresh impetus to their Western League season.

The 18-year old Frenchman has lived in the UK for the last four years and was on the books of National League North (Step 2) club Farsley Celtic.  He became an Academy graduate for the West Yorkshire club before being released recently.  Since then he has spent trial periods at Premier Division Brentford and Championship club Barnsley.

Coming on as a second-half substitute for Mousehole in last Saturday’s FA Cup tie at Torpoint, Diallo made a good impression with some positive forward play, despite ending up on the losing side. 

Manager Jake Ash is looking forward to seeing more of what his new recruit can offer:  “Moussa has come through an agent of Hamza Kaid, who had a successful spell at Mousehole before kicking on into the pro game.  Looking at his recent history, it’s obvious Moussa has ability, but what has impressed us most is his tenacity and his willingness to do the ugly stuff as well.  That, coupled with his pace and trickery, means he should fit in well with the way we want to play.  I know he’s enjoyed the last week or so with us, and I’m really excited to see what he adds to the group in the coming weeks and months.”

Likewise, Assistant Manager Adam Fletcher added:  “Moussa is incredibly skilful and brave – the sort of player who can do the unexpected and make things happen.”

After an indifferent start to the season, Mousehole have a great opportunity to make up ground in the League with three home games in a row (Street on Bank Holiday Monday, 29th August, 3pm, followed by consecutive Saturdays – Falmouth Town on 3rd September and Torpoint on the 10th).

Torpoint Athletic 3-2 Mousehole

Emirates FA Cup Preliminary Round

Saturday 20^th August 2022

At The Mill

SUMMARY

After their below-par start to the season, Mousehole had the prospect of a mouth-watering tie in the next Round clearly in sight, but a combination of missed chances and defensive lapses allowed the hard-working hosts to come from behind to win a place in the draw, which subsequently gave them a lucrative home game against Helston Athletic.

PRE-MATCH POINTS

Mousehole return today to the scene of their opening-day 5-1 League win three weeks ago, hoping to repeat that result and reach the highest FA Cup level in the club’s history – with all the excitement, prestige and prize money that go with it – in only their second season in the competition.

Torpoint reached the Preliminary Round with a 1-0 Replay win at local rivals Millbrook after a 1-1 draw at The Mill.  Mousehole also required a Replay, a 1-1 draw at Barnstaple Town followed by a 3-2 extra-time win at Trungle Parc.

The winners of the tie will progress to the First Qualifying Round on Saturday 3^rd September, when Step 3 teams enter the competition, including the likes of Truro City and Plymouth Parkway.

In the Western League Premier Division, Torpoint are in 18^th place with no wins, one draw and two defeats, including a 3-1 loss at Falmouth Town in midweek.  Mousehole are in 10^th, with one win, two draws and one defeat, the latter being a 2-1 reverse at home against Millbrook on Tuesday.

In their previous visit three weeks ago, Mousehole started slowly and might have been two goals down but for a penalty save by Ollie Chenoweth, before finally making the most of their chances with goals from Tallan Mitchell (2), Louis Price (2) and Hayden Turner.

Today, a maximum of seven substitutes can be named, with three used.  If it’s a draw at 90 minutes, the tie goes to a replay at Trungle Parc on Tuesday (23^rd). 

Mousehole’s team news is that  Reece Thomson and Mark Goldsworthy are absent, centre-back Max Hill makes his 50^th appearance for the club, and new signing Moussa Diallo is on the bench.

The weather is warm but a lot cooler than recently, with the recent rain likely to have benefitted the pitch – so a good FA Cup spectacle is expected.

The attendance looks a bit less than for the League match, which is surprising given the importance of the occasion.

THE KEY MOMENTS OF THE MATCH

3 minutes:  Torpoint have the first attempt on goal, Lewis Pacey shooting way over from outside the box

4 minutes:  The hosts are awarded a disputed throw-in, followed by a free kick in a central position 25 yards out, which is driven too high

5 minutes:  GOAL FOR MOUSEHOLE:  Callam Mconie’s diagonal ball from inside his own half enables HAYDEN TURNER to sprint past the two centre backs and plant a header past the advancing keeper and into the empty net.  Torpoint Athletic 0-1 Mousehole.

15 minutes:  Mousehole look to be in control and quite comfortable

16 minutes:  Having said that, Ollie Chenoweth rescues the visitors with a very quick race out of goal to block Callam Thompson who’s clean through

26 minutes:  Ollie Chenoweth repeats the manoeuvre, this time to thwart Owen Haslam

27 minutes:  Steve Burt gets bravely in the way of a Torpoint free kick hammered towards goal from the edge of the ‘D’

28 minutes:  GOAL FOR TORPOINT ATHLETIC:  The hosts have been coming back into the game.  Callam Thompson’s right-wing cross is deflected and DARREN HICKS is unmarked at the far post for a downward header from six yards.  Score 1-1.

36 minutes:  GOAL FOR MOUSEHOLE.  CALLAM MCONIE has some space 30 yards out and drives a rising left-foot shot into the far top corner via the underside of the crossbar – spectacular, and no chance for keeper Jason Peters despite his best efforts.  Score is now 1-2.

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41 minutes:  A big controversy.  The hosts’ Matt Cotter fells Tallan Mitchell on the halfway line with a late two-footed tackle.  Referee Kevin Hoare has to deal with a loud confrontation between the two management teams, before issuing a yellow card to the Torpoint player.  Fortunately, Mitchell is not badly injured – otherwise that might have been a red-card offence.

45 minutes: Callam Mconie has a presentable left-foot chance inside the area after a penetrating run by Mark Richards, but shoots wildly over

45+3 minutes:  Jared Sims has a great chance eight yards out to put The Seagulls further ahead at just the right time, but he’s hustled off the ball and keeper Peters collects

Half-time (45+5 minutes) – a feisty end to the first period, with the Torpoint staff continuing to argue with the officials and delaying their halftime cup of tea.  It’s 2-1 to Mousehole, but it looks as though Torpoint will be fired up for the second half.

47 minutes:  The home side immediately threaten, with the unmarked Curtis Damerell heading just wide from 12 yards.  That looks like a foretaste of what’s to come.

49 minutes:  Damerell has a shooting half-chance, but Ollie Chenoweth saves comfortably

50 minutes:  Full back Paul Heveran is in lots of space on the right and his low cross is inches away from Darren Hicks’ outstretched boot at the far post.  That’s three dangerous attacks in as many minutes – Mousehole are just about holding on here.

52 minutes:  At last Mousehole get into the Torpoint half with a Hayden Turner run, ending with a shot past the near post from the edge of the box

54 minutes:  Back come Torpoint and Lewis Pacey drives hurriedly over from a promising position

57 minutes:  At the other end, John Heveran makes an important clearance from Jack Calver’s low cross with Andy Watkins ready to pounce on the edge of the six-yard box

60 minutes:  You get the distinct feeling Mousehole need another goal, as Torpoint have a strong foothold in what has become a scrappy match

65 minutes:  GOAL FOR TORPOINT ATHLETIC.  Two minutes have elapsed since the Referee awarded the home side a free kick right on the 18-yard line, when the foul looked to be inside the box.  Amid fierce protests from the Torpoint players the Referee consults his nearby Assistant, but sticks to his decision.  He then marks out the ten paces for the Mousehole defensive wall, whereupon a Torpoint player repeats the distance with bigger strides, demanding the Referee move the wall back a few feet.  JOHN HEVERAN then drives the ball into a huge gap into the corner of the net for an equaliser that’s been coming since the interval.

66 minutes:  Two Mousehole substitutes – Andy Watkins replaced by Moussa Diallo, and Jared Sims by Andy Elcock

68 minutes:  Torpoint have the momentum. Paul Heveran drives straight at Ollie Chenoweth from 20 yards.

71 minutes:  Lewis Pacey fires high and wide from 18 yards as Torpoint press forward

75 minutes:  Paul Heveran opts for a cross-shot which goes wide of the far post with a couple of team-mates well placed in the middle

76 minutes:  Torpoint are well on top.  What a transformation in the balance of play.  A free kick into Mousehole’s penalty area is headed out for a corner.

77 minutes:  GOAL FOR TORPOINT ATHLETIC.  The corner is swung in from the right and CURTIS DAMERELL places an unchallenged header into the far corner of the net – the third such goal Mousehole have conceded in recent matches.  Torpoint 3-2 Mousehole.

79 minutes:  Mousehole substitute – Steve Burt is replaced by Louis Price

80 minutes:  Very little has been seen of Mousehole’s forward play for a long time, but Moussa Diallo shows speed and trickery on the left to create space for a goal-bound right-foot shot which keeper Peters palms out at full stretch

88 minutes:  Mousehole have the clearest chance of the match as Hayden Turner crosses from the left and the unmarked Louis Price heads over from six yards out

90 minutes:  Moussa Diallo has injected some variety into Mousehole’s play but shoots hastily high and wide after a good run

90+2 minutes:  Torpoint have been defending resolutely in these final stages and are doing everything they can to run the clock down.  With Mousehole on the attack, the home bench roll a spare ball on to the pitch to try to get the game stopped.  Moussa Diallo boots the extra ball into the stand – it’s lucky that didn’t hit any of the spectators.

90+3 minutes:  Callam Mconie gets the ball on to his favoured left-foot on the edge of the box but scuffs his shot straight at the keeper.

Full-time (90+6 minutes):  It ends in a 3-2 win for Torpoint, who have seized the initiative, nullified Mousehole’s style of play and dominated most of the second half.  For The Seagulls, a disappointing and somewhat unexpected result, with plenty to contemplate and act upon after that performance.

Mousehole now have the opportunity to revive their season with three League games in a row at Home (see below) , including another encounter with today’s victors Torpoint Athletic in three weeks’ time.

MOUSEHOLE (with used substitutes)

Ollie Chenoweth (GK), Josh Otto, Mark Richards, Max Hill, Jack Calver (C), Jared Sims (Andy Elcock), Steve Burt (Louis Price), Tallan Mitchell, Callam Mconie, Andy Watkins (Moussa Diallo), Hayden Turner.

Other substitutes:  Lewis Moyle (GK), Jamie Devine, Paulo Sousa, Charlie Willis

MATCH OFFICIALS

Kevin Hoare (Referee) with Bryan Holden and Matthew Petherbridge (Assistant Referees)

ATTENDANCE:  136

NEXT FOR MOUSEHOLE (all Western League premier Division fixtures)

Next Saturday (27^th August):

The Away fixture at Millbrook has been POSTPONED by the Western League

(new date not yet arranged)

Bank Holiday Monday, 29^th August, 3pm:

HOME v Street

Saturday 3^rd September, 3pm:

HOME v Falmouth Town

(re-arranged League fixture brought forward from Tuesday 20^th September)

Saturday 10^th September, 3pm: HOME v Torpoint Athletic

Mousehole 1-2 Millbrook

Toolstation Western League Premier Division

Tuesday 16^th August 2022

At Trungle Parc

SUMMARY

A high-energy display by both sides kept the crowd well entertained in a game that could have gone either way, but the visitors rebuffed Mousehole’s attacking instincts with good defensive organisation and made the most of their few chances

PRE-MATCH POINTS

It’s West versus East as another two Cornwall sides meet for the first of two League matches in ten days.  They play each other again at Jenkins Park on Saturday week, and it could have been three in a row had Millbrook not been knocked out by Torpoint Athletic in last week’s FA Cup replay.

With six Cornwall sides in this season’s WLP, Mousehole have already won at Torpoint Athletic on the opening day (5-1) and drawn at home (1-1) against Saltash United.  And this Saturday they travel again to Torpoint for a Preliminary Round FA Cup tie looking for the win that would take them through to their highest-ever tie in just their second year in the competition.

In the League, Millbrook lost their opening game 1-0 at promoted Sherborne Town, but have since recorded home wins against also-promoted Falmouth Town (3-1) and against Bitton (2-0).

Mousehole are unbeaten in all five matches played this season, with a win and two draws in the League together with a draw and a replay win in the FA Cup against Barnstaple Town.  Last Saturday’s 0-0 draw at Ashton & Backwell United was played in sweltering heat, but today it’s much cooler and there’s also some welcome rain.

The hosts have captain Jack Calver back for his first appearance of the campaign after a pre-season injury, and Hayden Turner returns after a three-match absence, but striker Mark Goldsworthy has not yet recovered from a long-term injury.

THE KEY MOMENTS OF THE GAME

Mousehole are kicking towards the Cricket Club End

6 minutes:  The first attempt on goal – Jack Calver fires high and wide from 25 yards

8 minutes:  Paulo Sousa puts in a low cross from the left and keeper Chris Wearing is down quickly at his near post to push the ball out

9 minutes;  Tallan Mitchell’s through ball splits the visitors’ defence but it’s just a bit too strong for Hayden Turner to collect

10 minutes:  GOAL FOR MILLBROOK.  The visitors go ahead with a very simple goal.  TYLOR LOVE-HOLMES is unchallenged as he directs his header from a left-sided corner kick inside the far post. 

17 minutes:  Reece Thomson drives an 18-yard shot towards the near post which is deflected off a Millbrook defender for a corner kick

21 minutes:  Mousehole are coming back looking for an equaliser.  This time Jack Calver’s long diagonal ball is chested by Louis Price into the path of Andy Elcock coming into the penalty area at speed but it spurts out for a goal kick

24 minutes:  A clear missed chance for Mousehole and a controversial incident.  With the hosts on the attack, Referee Eva waves play on after a big accidental collision on the right between Louis Price and Millbrook’s Caleb Summerfield, leaving Josh Otto to race forward and roll the ball across towards the far post where Paulo Sousa stabs wide from six yards with just the keeper to beat.  Play is then stopped for a couple of minutes for treatment to the injured players.  Had that goal gone in, the visitors might not have been too pleased.

30 minutes: Both sides are guilty of misplaced passes as the game continues at a fast pace on an increasingly slippery surface.

40 minutes:  Ollie Chenoweth makes an important save, cutting out at full stretch Sean Thomson’s danger-laden low cross from the left byeline

45+3 minutes:  At half time it’s Mousehole 0-1 Millbrook. 

The second half:

50 minutes:  Reece Thomson turns on the 18-yard line and shoots over the bar

54 minutes:  Millbrook press the home defence and a lobbed attempt from 30 yards goes wide with Ollie Chenoweth out of position

57 minutes:  The visitors continue to threaten on the break.  They create confusion at the back, Ollie Chenoweth coming to the rescue by pushing aside a goalbound shot

59 minutes:  The same thing happens again, this time Tylor Love-Holmes’ low 30-yard drive skids off the wet surface and Ollie Chenoweth dives to touch it out for a corner

60 minutes:  The corner comes in towards the near post and Jake Foster heads it wide under pressure

60 minutes:  Two Mousehole substitutes – Louis Price is replaced by Callam Mconie, and Reece Thomson by Andy Watkins

63 minutes:  Tallan Mitchell’s cross from the right is well defended at the near post at the expense of a corner

64 minutes:  GOAL FOR MOUSEHOLE.  Tallan Mitchell’s low flag kick poses no danger as it hits the first defender, but the ball spins out to JACK CALVER lurking 20 yards out and his trademark left-footer is in the net before anyone can react.  Mousehole 1-1 Millbrook.  This sets up an interesting last 25 minutes.

68 minutes:  A huge chance for Mousehole to take the lead –  Andy Elcock slides an astute pass through to Hayden Turner who’s just got the keeper in front of him but he side-foots past the post

72 minutes:  Hayden Turner sprints to the byeline and his low cross is scrambled away just past the near post

78 minutes:  Millbrook are under pressure and conceding free kicks in their own half.  Hayden Turner swerves in a low one, keeper Wearing spills it but then dives on the loose ball as a goal looked likely.  The keeper is injured and play is stopped for over two minutes.

81 minutes:  Mousehole substitute – Jack Calver is replaced by Jared Sims

82 minutes:  GOAL FOR MILLBROOK.  The visitors’ pressing pays off, as SEAN THOMSON intercepts Paulo Sousa’s sideways pass midway through the Mousehole half and skilfully chips the ball past Ollie Chenoweth.  Another very simple goal from an unforced error, but expertly executed.  Mousehole 1-2 Millbrook.

85 minutes:  Mousehole substitute – Paulo Sousa is replaced by Josh Magin

86 minutes:  Millbrook are determined to hang on to their lead with ‘game management’ tactics.  A series of very slowly taken throw ins and goal kicks cause the Referee to pointedly hold up his stopwatch.

90 minutes:  There’s a fracas in the visitors’ penalty box as a clearance is thumped away and players go tumbling

90+5 minutes:  Frantic defending in front of the Solomon Browne Stand as the ball is hacked off the line

90+6 minutes; Tallan Mitchell drives a half-chance on the right against the outside of the stanchion.

90+8 minutes:  Referee Eva has added ample time for everything that’s gone before, but Mousehole can’t make it count and as the final whistle blows it ends in The Seagulls first defeat of the season, with a couple of defensive lapses and a handful of missed chances.  Mousehole 1-2 Millbrook.  Mousehole drop down to 9^th in the early League table, and Millbrook go up to 4^th.  In ten days’ time they meet again!

MOUSEHOLE (with used substitutes)

Ollie Chenoweth (GK), Josh Otto, Mark Richards, Max Hill, Paulo Sousa (Josh Magin), Tallan Mitchell, Andy Elcock, Reece Thomson (Andy Watkins), Jack Calver (C) (Jared Sims), Louis Price (Callam Mconie), Hayden Turner.  Other substitute:  Jamie Devine.

MATCH OFFICIALS

Matt Eva (Referee) with Neil Rudkin and Dave Rowe (Assistant Referees)

ATTENDANCE: 195

NEXT FOR MOUSEHOLE

This Saturday, 20^th August

Away at Torpoint Athletic

The Mill, PL11 2RE

Emirates FA Cup Preliminary Round

Kick off 3pm

(Replay, if needed, next Tuesday 23^rd August at Trungle Parc, 7.45pm)

Saturday 27^th August

Away at Millbrook

Jenkins Park, PL10 1EN

Western League Premier Division

Kick off 3pm

Bank Holiday Monday, 29^th August

HOME v Street

Western League Premier Division,

Kick off 3pm

Mousehole 3-2 Barnstaple Town

(after extra time: score at 90 minutes 2-2)

Emirates FA Cup Extra-Preliminary Round Replay

Tuesday 9^th August 2022

At Trungle Parc

Summary

The “magic of the FA Cup” drew a large summers-evening crowd to Trungle Parc, with Mousehole’s late winner finally overcoming the challenge of Barnstaple Town in an enthralling end-to-end game with a real Cup-tie flavour

Pre-match points

The two teams fought out a 1-1 draw on Saturday in a match that could have been decided either way.  This evening’s replay promises to be another close encounter. 

There has to be a winner tonight – if necessary, via extra time and penalties.  The winners will be away in the next Round on Saturday 20^th August to either Millbrook or Torpoint Athletic, who also replay tonight after a 1-1 draw on Saturday.

This is Mousehole’s second season in the FA Cup, whereas Barnstaple are in their 74^th.  Mousehole beat Helston Athletic this time last year before losing in the next Round to Plymouth Parkway.  It’s been 18 years since Barnstaple last had a good Cup run – to the Second Qualifying Round. 

Having never played each other in their previous histories, the two teams will have faced each other four times in under three months this season, with Home and Away League fixtures scheduled for October.

The Seagulls make several changes from Saturday’s line-up, with Ollie Chenoweth, Paulo Sousa, Steve Burt and Callam Mconie returning, and Callum Mulholland making a first start.

Barnstaple rely again on a combination of youth and experience, including the former Helston trio of Ryan Turner, Billy Tucker and Stuart Bowker.

Some important milestones are announced before the start – Hayden Turner having notched 50 goals, Jamie Devine reaching 150 appearances, and Josh Otto about to make his 100^th appearance this evening.

The key moments of the match

Mousehole are kicking towards the Cricket Club End.

5 minutes:  GOAL FOR MOUSEHOLE.  Josh Otto feeds Callum Mulholland with an accurate pass down the right-hand side, the Scot touches an inside pass into the box for Callam Mconie who’s tripped as he advances on goal.  TALLAN MITCHELL – who scored the equaliser from the spot on Saturday – this time fires to the other side with just enough power to get past keeper Liam Kingston’s outstretched hand.  1-0 to the hosts.

8 minutes:  At the other end Ollie Chenoweth comes out exceptionally quickly to gather a short back pass at the feet of Stuart Bowker

9 minutes:  Big shouts for a penalty as Callum Mulholland is pushed off a through ball inside the visitors’ box – Referee Green doesn’t agree

19 minutes:  Callam Mconie makes a quick break on the right and sends in a dangerous looking cross which is safely anticipated by keeper Kingston

23 minutes:  Mousehole’s turn to defend as a lofted free kick is headed on to Stuart Bowker in front of goal but he’s prevented from turning to shoot

29 minutes:  Callum Mulholland makes an exciting run from the halfway line and his 18-yard shot is bravely blocked

32 minutes:  GOAL FOR MOUSEHOLE.  Callam Mconie’s low shot from the edge of the area is pushed out at full stretch by Kingston to his left, Josh Otto speeds on to the loose ball and passes inside for ANDY WATKINS to anticipate the chance and prod the ball over the line from close in.  Mousehole 2-0 Barnstaple.

39 minutes:  GOAL FOR BARNSTAPLE.  Ollie Chenoweth races out of goal to get to a loose ball near the corner flag and is flattened in a collision with Stuart Bowker.  The referee awards a disputed throw-in to the visitors, which Billy Tucker delivers long into the crowded box and MATT ANDREW drives home the loose ball from the 18-yard line. Score now 2-1.

45 minutes:  Confusion and controversy!  Mousehole are on the attack, the ball goes out of play and it’s not clear whether the officials have given a corner or a goal kick.  Mousehole take a quick corner as Barnstaple are out of position expecting a goal kick, the ball goes into the net and the Referee then awards a goal kick amid big protests by the hosts.

45+2 minutes:  At half-time it’s 2-1 to Mousehole, who have generally been on top and created the better openings – but there’s only one goal in it, after that bizarre incident at the end of the half.

The second half

51 minutes:  Ollie Chenoweth is well positioned to save Billy Tucker’s 18-yard volley

54 minutes:  A huge chance goes begging as Tallan Mitchell is found unmarked with a clear sight of goal but drives into the side netting from 8 yards

61 minutes:  Now Barnstaple’s turn:  Stuart Bowker makes a break on the right and Billy Tucker volleys the pass wide from the edge of the box

62 minutes:  Callum Mulholland puts Andy Watkins into space on the left and his cross is just too high for Callam Mconie at the far post

66 minutes:  GOAL FOR BARNSTAPLE TOWN:  The visitors have been looking more threatening than in the first half and they equalise with a superb rising drive by CALLAM LAIRD from just outside the area into the far top corner past Ollie Chenoweth’s full-length dive.  Now 2-2, a good comeback.

67 minutes:  Two Mousehole substitutes – Andy Elcock on for Jared Sims, and Louis price on for Callam Mconie

70 minutes:  Barnstaple close to taking the lead – Paulo Sousa expertly diverts the ball away inside the six yard box as a fast-paced break exposes the hosts’ rearguard

71 minutes:  A similar thing happens at the other end – this time Callam Deemer rescues his side

74 minutes:  Mousehole substitute – Reece Thomson is on for Andy Watkins

77 minutes:  Tallan Mitchell misses the angle of post and bar by inches with a half-volley from the edge of the box

The last ten minutes – the way the game’s going, either side can win this within normal time

82 minutes:  Yet another attempt on goal by Tallan Mitchell – this time he skims the top of the crossbar with a shot from 18 yards

86 minutes:  Mousehole pile on the pressure: two corners and a free kick come to nothing

90 minutes:  So close for Barnstaple!  A corner comes across and central defender Brodie Montague heads the chance marginally wide.

90+2 minutes:  So close for Mousehole!  Callum Mulholland darts through on the left and lays the ball back into the six yard box but it eludes Reece Thomson steaming in from the right hand side

90+6 minutes:  At full time it’s 2-2.  Time for everyone to catch their breath – including the spectators!

The first period of extra time

Mousehole start towards the Solomon Browne Stand.

93 minutes:  From a Barnstaple corner, Ollie Chenoweth makes an alert reaction save from a goal-bound header

94 minutes:  Barnstaple again, as Ryan Turner hits the outside of the near post with a low shot

97 minutes:  Mousehole make their permitted additional substitute in extra time – Jack Symons is on for Callum Mulholland

99 minutes:  Barnstaple are having a good spell – another corner comes in and it’s scrambled away in front of the line

102 minutes:  Another incident – Billy Tucker’s quick throw puts Stuart Bowker in the clear to the right of goal, he goes down heavily inside the area but Referee Green rejects loud claims for a penalty

103 minutes:  Callam Laird tries a longer-range repeat of his earlier goal-scoring drive – this time it’s fierce enough to bounce of Ollie Chenoweth’s chest at the near post before the keeper collects it

104 minutes:  Mousehole threaten for the first time in extra time, as Louis Price forces Liam Kingston into a low save at the near post

105+2 minutes:  It’s half-time in extra time, with Barnstaple having the better of the first period, but it’s still 2-2 and there to be won

Second period of extra time

106 minutes:  Jack Symons plays a great forward pass to put Tallan Mitchell through centrally with just the keeper to beat, only to place his shot wide from 15 yards

110 minutes:  GOAL FOR MOUSEHOLE.  REECE THOMSON is first on to a loose ball to lash the ball into the roof of the net from six yards after the visitors’ defence blocks two shots in quick succession inside the box.

Mousehole 3-2 Barnstaple Town.  Ten minutes to go: can Barnstaple retrieve the situation and take the tie to a penalty shoot-out?

116 minutes:  There’s increasing space inside the Barnstaple half – Jack Symons has a shooting chance, with Kingston making the save

117 minutes:  An even better chance to settle the tie but Tallan Mitchell drives the ball just wide of the far post

118 minutes:  Closer still!  Reece Thomson makes a positive run forward against a retreating defence and his shot comes back off the base of the far post before being cleared

119 minutes:  Josh Otto – just announced as ‘Mousehole Man of the Match’ – successfully marshalls Stuart Bowker away from danger

120 minutes:  Barnstaple mount perhaps one last attack, the Mousehole defence stands firm, and that’s the final whistle.

Result:  Mousehole 3-2 Barnstaple Town.  That was quite a match – great value for the spectators, uncertainty right up to the end, massive credit to the players of both sides, and a superb advert for football at this level.  In the next Round, Mousehole travel to Torpoint Athletic, who won their Replay 1-0 at Millbrook this evening.

Mousehole (with used substitutes)

Ollie Chenoweth (GK), Josh Otto, Mark Richards, Max Hill, Paulo Sousa, Jared Sims (Andy Elcock), Steve Burt, Tallan Mitchell, Callam Mconie (Louis Price), Callum Mulholland (Jack Symons), Andy Watkins (Reece Thomson).  Other substitutes:  Lewis Moyle (GK), Kyle Fraser, Jamie Devine.

Officials 

Jonothan Green (Referee), with Sam Doble and Liam Bray (Assistants)

Attendance:  312

Next for Mousehole

This Saturday, 13^th August, 3pm

Away at Ashton & Backwell United,

Western League Premier Division

Next Tuesday, 16^th August, 7.45pm

HOME v Millbrook, WLP

Saturday 20^th August, 3pm

Away at Torpoint Athletic FA Cup Preliminary Round

Barnstaple Town 1-1 Mousehole

Emirates FA Cup Extra-Preliminary Round

Saturday 6th August 2022

At Mill Road

Replay at Trungle Parc: 

Tuesday 9th August, 7.45pm

SUMMARY

Mousehole travelled to North Devon for a potentially difficult FA Cup tie and with a depleted squad fought out a creditable draw to take the tie to a replay and keep alive their interest in the Cup

PRE-MATCH POINTS

The 151st FA Cup gets underway today with the Extra-Preliminary Round between two strong Step 5 Western League Premier Division clubs, as North Devon hosts West Cornwall.

Barnstaple were relegated from the Southern League at the end of last season, while Mousehole are playing only their second season at this level.

Last season, Mousehole had a glorious start to their historic first-ever Emirates FA Cup campaign, defeating local rivals Helston Athletic 3-1 in front of their largest crowd in living memory, before going out in the next Round at home to higher League Plymouth Parkway.

Today, Mousehole are without eight of their first team squad through injury or unavailability.  Experienced summer signing Andy Watkins makes his first start of the season and another recent arrival 18-year old ex-Argyle keeper Lewis Moyle steps up for his debut.

A maximum of seven substitutes can be named, and three used.  Mousehole’s bench includes four members of their Development Team, as well as recently-signed Scottish forward Callum Mulholland-Ferguson.

If today’s score is level at the end of the 90 minutes, the replay is scheduled for Trungle Parc this Tuesday, 9th August, kick off 7.45, the outcome of the tie to be decided if necessary by extra time and a penalty shoot-out.  

A replay would displace the scheduled home League fixture against Falmouth Town.

In the League, Mousehole have so far won one away (5-1 at Torpoint Athletic) and drawn one at home (1-1 v Saltash United), while today’s hosts Barnstaple Town have won one at home (5-0 v Bitton), and lost one away (2-1 at Bridgwater United).

The weather is very warm with a welcome breeze, the pitch surface is dry and somewhat bumpy.

Mousehole are in their all-dark blue kit.

THE KEY MOMENTS OF THE GAME

3 minutes:  Ex-Helston striker Stuart Bowker creates space on his left foot 20 yards out but his shot rises well over the bar

4 minutes: Tallan Mitchell swerves a corner into a crowded six-yard box and home keeper Liam Kingston does well to clear the danger

10 minutes:  Tallan Mitchell forces his way into the Barnstaple penalty area and goes down under a challenge, but Referee Mark Hickson waves away the appeals

11 minutes:  GOAL FOR BARNSTAPLE TOWN.  Stuart Bowker sets up TOR SWANN for a chance just inside the area and his bouncing shot deceives keeper Lewis Moyle to nestle in the corner of the net

22 minutes:  Andy Watkins’ low cross results in a frantic clearance in front of the home goal

23 minutes:  The Seagulls are again on the attack, with Andy Watkins bursting forward, beating his marker and driving too close to keeper Kingston

25 minutes:  Mousehole hit the bar as Andy Watkins again does some shrewd work on the left, with Reece Thomson, a defender and keeper all converging on the cross at the near post.

27 minutes:  Reece Thomson has recovered after two minutes of injury treatment and catches the home rearguard out as he’s waved back on to the pitch – Tallan Mitchell has a clear chance as the defence is wide open but shoots wide of the far post

29 minutes: Mousehole keeper Lewis Moyle makes an important save, punching out Stuart Bowker’s angled header

30 minutes:  Half an hour gone and Mousehole are starting to ‘click’.  Louis Price threatens on the left and keeper Kingston is forced into a full-length save to turn the shot round the post

33 minutes:  GOAL FOR MOUSEHOLE.  Andy Watkins’ intelligent run puts him in the clear

Inside the box where he’s fouled twice by centre-back Brodie Montague for a very likely-looking penalty. There’s a delay of two minutes while Referee and Assistant have a discussion, and the offending player gets a lecture and a yellow card.  TALLAN MITCHELL then drives home the spot kick to level the score.

40 minutes:  Barnstaple break forward at speed twice in quick succession but have not made the most of their advantage

43 minutes:  Reece Thomson’s skilful change of direction and a well-judged through ball releases Andy Watkins for a run and shot towards the near top corner which keeper Kingston palms out for a corner

45 minutes:  Kingston is in action again, well-positioned to gather Reece Thomson’s reaction header inside the six yard box

45+3 minutes:   At half-time it’s 1-1, with Mousehole playing better in the later stages after a slow start.

The second half

47 minutes:  Lewis Moyle makes a confidence-boosting save at the foot of his near post from a driven angled shot as Barnstaple make a quick start to the half

52 minutes:  Tallan Mitchell collects a diagonal pass on the left, brings the ball inside and misses the near post with a right-foot shot from 18 yards

59 minutes:  Barnstaple get the ball into the net after a free kick into the visitors’ area, but it’s disallowed for offside

61 minutes:  A double save by Kingston stops Mousehole taking the lead – Josh Otto and Josh Magin combining well on the right to set up Reece Thomson for a fierce shot, and Tallan Mitchell firing the loose ball back towards goal

65 minutes:  Mousehole substitute – Andy Watkins is replaced by recent signing Callum Mulholland

67 minutes:  A vital save by Lewis Moyle with a full-stretch clearance from a dangerous loose ball in front of goal

69 minutes:  Callum Mulholland uses his speed to get past a home defender in the area on the right and looks to be pushed over, but the Referee doesn’t think so

71 minutes:  A half-chance from a Barnstaple cross is miscued by the advancing forward

74 minutes:  Tallan Mitchell’s long corner from the left is met by Reece Thomson’s firm downward header at the far post, and keeper Kingston somehow keeps the ball out on the line

75 minutes:  Mousehole have been looking lively, but Barnstaple’s youngsters are full of energy – this game could go either way.

81 minutes:  Mousehole substitute:  A nasty but accidental clash of heads between Josh Magin and Brodie Montague results in a lengthy stoppage for treatment –   both players are then replaced, Josh Magin by Jack Symons

82 minutes:  Barnstaple’s outstanding young full back Callum Deemer sets off on a positive 50-yard forward run and blasts the ball goalwards from inside the box, but Lewis Moyle does equally well to keep it out with a flying save and strong hands – wonderful football by the two youngsters

83 minutes:  Lewis Moyle punches out a near post corner under severe pressure

90 minutes:  The Seagulls’ young keeper shows safe handling on the line to hold on to a downward header that looked as though it was going in

90+5 minutes:  Score 1-1.  The final whistle brings to an end a full-blooded Cup tie with much to admire, both sides coming close to snatching the win in the second period

The replay is at Trungle Parc this Tuesday, 9th August, 7.45pm.  

The winners of the replay will be away in the Emirates FA cup Preliminary Round on Saturday 20th August against either Torpoint Athletic or Millbrook, who also drew 1-1 on Saturday.

MOUSEHOLE (with used substitutes)

Lewis Moyle (Gk), Josh Otto, Mark Richards (captain), Max Hill, Tallan Mitchell, Reece Thomson, Jared Sims, Andy Elcock, Josh Magin (Jack Symons), Andy Watkins, (Callum Mulholland), Louis Price

Other substitutes:  Jamie Devine, Charlie Willis, Ryan Townson, Piran Jones (Gk), Greg Eastman

MATCH OFFICIALS

Mark Hickson (Referee) with Scott Hill & Robert Creron (Assistants)

ATTENDANCE: 143

NEXT FOR MOUSEHOLE

This Tuesday, 9th August:

Home v Barnstaple Town, 7.45pm, 

Emirates FA Cup Extra-Preliminary Round replay

Saturday 13th August:

Away at Ashton & Backwell United, 3pm,

Western League Premier Division 

Tuesday 16th August

Home v Millbrook, 7.45pm, WLP