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