MOUSEHOLE v WADEBRIDGE TOWN
SOUTH WEST PENINSULA LEAGUE, DIVISION 1 WEST
SATURDAY 17TH FEBRUARY 2018
AT TRUNGLE PARC, PAUL, KICK OFF 3PM
Mousehole return to League action for the first time in over seven weeks this Saturday when Wadebridge Town are the visitors for a 3pm kick off.
The Seagulls’ last League fixture was the Boxing Day local derby 2-0 win against The Magpies of Penzance, and since then they have played four matches in three Cup competitions, all at home, and have won them all: 2-0 against West Cornwall FC and 5-0 against Newquay both in the Cornwall Senior Cup, 2-1 against Launceston in the League Cup, and, last Saturday, 4-0 against Penzance in the Cornwall Charity Cup.
The Cup victories have earned Mousehole two semi-final appearances in March and April – in the Senior Cup for the first time on record, and in the Charity Cup, which they won two years ago. And there’s still a quarter-final tie in the League Cup to come, against East Division Teignmouth in two weeks’ time on 3rd March.
But the Wadebridge match marks an ideal opportunity to pick up vital League points, as the team – with a 100% winning record at home this season, and beaten only once since 23rd September – look to finish in the highest possible position to justify the club’s recent promotion application.
The current standings show Mousehole in 5th place, with 30 points from 18 games, and with only seven points separating the six teams around them. The Seagulls have played up to three games more than their rivals and have the worst goal difference of all except one – but their winning run means the points are already banked and they will have a relatively less congested fixture programme towards the end of the season.
Wadebridge Town, meanwhile, after a superb table-topping winning start to the season, have won only twice – both against bottom club Bude Town – in their last 13 League matches and now are in 12th place with 20 points from 16 games. But they have in their ranks Dan Jennings, who has already notched up 21 goals to be way ahead at the top of both the West and the East Division ‘golden boot’ tables.
The forthcoming match will have some significance for Seagulls’ manager Kevin Richards as his first game in charge was the midweek away fixture at Wadebridge on 3rd October, a 3-1 victory with two goals from Bradley Wills and one from Caleb Marsden.
Next Saturday (24th February) Mousehole face their first away game since 18th November when they travel to Dobwalls for another important League fixture (3pm).
