The following article was originally published in the printed programme for the Mousehole v Malvern match on 24th August 2024. To purchase back issues of Mousehole matchday programmes, visit our club shop.

When Pablo Woolls-Blanco left Mousehole for warmer climes at Barcelona, we knew his shoes would be hard to fill. So…up stepped up Ed Varcoe. You can see Ed’s reports on our YouTube channel. He’s also behind the new Insta reels and TikTok videos that we’re producing with the players. But Who is Ed Varcoe? We caught up with him on the team bus on the way to Cribbs.

NAME: Ed Varcoe

DOB: 3/8/2008

SCHOOL: Truro

A LEVELS: DT, Geology and Biology

FAVOURITE TEAM: Liverpool. My dad supports them so I followed him. My earliest memory is the Salah hat-trick against Bournemouth in December 2018.

FAVOURITE LIVERPOOPL PLAYER: All-time it has to be Salah. Currently it’s MacAllister.

BEST ENGLAND MEMORY: Luke Shaw scoring in the second minute of Euro 2020 final. 

FAVOURITE MUSIC: James Arthur or Mumford and Sons

VIDEO GAME: FIFA

HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED AT MOUSEHOLE: I played for the under 16 team, and one of my friends was doing journalism, and I quite like the idea of it. So I contacted Pablo, who was the reporter before me, and he put me in touch with Kevin, and it sort of went from there.

FAVOURITE THING YOU DO AT THE CLUB: Instagram

HOW COME YOU ENDED UP AS A GOALIE? I think I was about nine, and my dad bought me a goal to put in the garden, and he went in goal at first, and I kicked it so hard he hurt his hurt his arm. He got a bruise on his arm. So he said how about you getting in there and I’ll kick some balls at you. And I quite liked it, so I stayed there.

WHAT IMPRESSES YOU MOST ABOUT MOUSEHOLE FIRST TEAM? Probably the real togetherness between all of them, like they all know each other. They’re all good chemistry between them all on the pitch.

FAVOURITE MOUSEHOLE PLAYER: Jack Calver. Or Goldie. We just named our new dog after Goldie.