MOUSEHOLE v ELBURTON VILLA
SATURDAY 24TH MARCH 2018
SOUTH WEST PENINSULA LEAGUE, DIVISION 1 WEST
AT TRUNGLE PARC, 3PM
After their heroic exertions on Tuesday evening in the League Cup semi-final against Premier Division Tavistock, Mousehole return to League action tomorrow against Elburton Villa in search of crucial points to maintain their challenge in the ‘mix’ at the top of the table.
But they will have to be at their very best to beat a Villa side who could become the ‘dark horses’ of the promotion race. Only 10 points separate the top seven sides, with varying goal differences and number of games played. Villa currently stand in 7th place, six points behind Mousehole with three games in hand, and have won their last four League games without conceding a goal, including 1-0 at home against second-place Liskeard Athletic.
Mousehole have played more games than all their rivals except Liskeard, but with a total of 11 League matches left to play including tomorrow’s, seven of them are at home.
This is Elburton Villa’s second season in the West Division after relegation from the Premier. Last season they had a great campaign, finishing runners-up with a record that would normally have seen them return to the top flight – however, Sticker were the outstanding team and secured the promotion spot early on and by a wide margin.
The Villa have won all three League matches against Mousehole: 4-0 away and 6-0 at home, while this season they were the last team to beat The Seagulls in the League, with a 3-1 win at home on 18th November, on a day notable for a severely depleted squad, a coach breakdown en route to the match and a controversial penalty that swung the game in the hosts’ favour.
So tomorrow’s game is important for all sorts of reasons!
