Mousehole AFC have decided to create a new Third team for the coming season and yesterday evening received the exceptionally good news at the Trelawny League AGM that the team has been accepted into Division 4.
This comes a year after The Seagulls decided to disband its Third team, but the recent massive upsurge of interest and support for the club’s innovative youth-based strategy has caused a positive re-think.
The new Third team manager is Craig Nicholls (pictured), a former Mousehole First team goalkeeper who is ‘well-connected’ in the local football community. A warm welcome – or is it ‘welcome back’? – to Craig from everyone at the club and all the very best wishes for a successful and enjoyable season.
Mousehole Thirds’ rivals in the 13-team division will be Constantine Reserves, Goonhavern Athletic 3rds, Hayle 3rds, Lizard Argyle Reserves, Madron, Penzance Reserves, Perranwell Reserves, Praze-an-Beeble, Probus Reserves, Stithians Reserves, Troon Reserves, and Wendron United 4ths.
The new team will kick off their league programme with a ‘home’ game against Madron on 2ndSeptember and an away game at Penzance Reserves on 16th September. They also have an away tie at Probus Reserves in the Arthur Pearce Cup, and a home tie against Constantine Reserves in the Jubilee Cup, with dates for both games to be decided. The venue for Mousehole Thirds’ home games is currently under negotiation and will be announced in due course.
The Trelawny League AGM also confirmed, as expected, the relegation of Mousehole Reserves from the Premier Division to Division 1, after they finished in the second relegation spot last season. The Reserves had a difficult second half of the season – none of it of their own making – with half the players stepping up to fill the vacancies after the sudden departures of First teamers in January, and in the end they just failed to escape the drop – but it was only on goal difference. Manager Harry Tonkin is upbeat and encouraged about the prospects of mounting a serious challenge at the top of Division 1 next season, in a bold attempt to ‘bounce back’ at the first attempt.
