Mousehole 6 – 0 St Day
Cornwall Senior Cup – Round One
WORDS BY DANIEL TASKER
The Seagulls have never won the Cornwall Senior Cup; it’s something that our friends over in Falmouth never remind us of because that would be churlish. On a clear chilly night this season’s cup campaign began with a convincing win over a plucky St Day side looking resplendent in their grey second kit.
Mousehole welcomed back two veterans: Mark Goldsworthy, making his first start since his shoulder operation took the skipper’s armband whilst Paulo Sousa started on the bench but joined the fray in the first half when Ed Harrison limped off with an Achilles problem. That both these stalwarts scored was the icing and cherry on a tasty cup-cake.
It was clear from the start that whilst the visitors were eager to impress, the gap in league status was going to be too much for a cup shock. With over three quarters of possession belonging to the home team it was not a surprise that is was only thirteen minutes before the first goal came. A nice move down the right ended with a cross from Max Cook finding Liam Prynn in the box. He controlled it and span before smashing it home with his left peg.
Less than ten minutes later the same combination made the second goal, this time the cross was from deeper and the finish was a first time looper over the keeper. Fifteen minutes later and it was game over. Max Cook got his hat trick of assists when he rolled the ball towards Prynn. The ginger magician dummied it to allow Ed Harrison to take a touch and smash home.
The only blot on a good evening was Harrison suffering an ankle injury to go with his shiner from Saturday. Whilst this was not what anyone wanted it did enable an early return to action for our Portuguese plotter Paulo. He slotted in like he’d never been away.
Whilst St Day showed the occasional classy touch, they only created two chances in the first half and neither caused Lewis Moyle to raise an eyebrow. No one would have blamed Mousehole if they’d played out the second half at a stroll but Jake Ash had asked them to go at full pace and they started the second half like a team that was a goal behind.
Two early goals came thanks to this burst of vitality. The first was courtesy of a George Brough pass across the six-yard box. It was met by a grateful Sousa, scoring from a yard out. The fifth came four minutes later and was not a classic. Tallan Mitchell picked up a pass from Judah Tawiah outside the box. He cracked a drive towards the top left corner, on its way it hit Goldie in the face and went in the bottom right corner. The veteran number nine doesn’t care how he scores and this strike took him to forty-nine for the Seagulls.
The scoring was wrapped up in stoppage time. Mitchell getting a second assist when he pulled the ball back to the edge of the box for Tim Nixon to steady himself and fire home.
Six goals, a clean sheet and progress to the next round of the cup. The league is the target this season but a comfortable win will bring succour to the hearts of a team that has been troubled on its travels but revels in the comforts of home. With two league games at ITP coming up in quick succession this will was a good time to build confidence.
