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MATCH PREVIEW – BUDE TOWN v FALMOUTH TOWN

MATCH PREVIEW – BUDE TOWN v FALMOUTH TOWN

Falmouth Town will be in Cornwall Senior Cup action when we travel to Bude Town on Wednesday, January 15th, 2025 – K.O. 7:45pm.

Bude Town play their football in the South West Peninsula League and are currently ninth in the table with 21 points from 19 games. To reach this season’s Cornwall Senior Cup Quarter Finals, Bude beat Penzance 1-0 away (AET) in the second round, having received a bye in the first round. We beat Saltash United 3-0 away in the first round and Newquay 6-3 at Bickland Park in the second round.

Recent results have seen us win four games on the bounce in the Southern League, so we will be looking carry on this form in the Cornwall Senior Cup. Bude’s recent results have seen them beat Bodmin Town 4-2 away, defeats to St Day, Liskeard Athletic and Wendron United and a 2-1 home win over Newquay, the current league leaders.

Falmouth Town and Bude Town have met before in this competition in the 2022/23 season. That match resulted in a 2-1 win for Falmouth at Bickland Park.

Stadium Address & Date/Time:

  • Broadclose Park, Bude, EX23 8DR.
  • Wednesday, January 15th, 2025
  • K.O. – 7:45pm.

LARKHALL ATHLETIC 2-3 FALMOUTH TOWN

LARKHALL ATHLETIC 2-3 FALMOUTH TOWN

Falmouth Town put in a battling performance to beat an inform Larkhall Athetic 3-2 in our Southern League clash, on a feezing night in Bath. On five minutes, Harrison Jewell was forced to make a goal line clearance to keep the score at 0-0. Town were not to be outdone and two goals from Luke Barner at seventeen and forty-five minutes, the second saw Luke tap the ball between the keeper’s legs, leaving him stranded, and then tap it into the net. An eventful first half saw us 2-0 ahead at the break.

With just ten minutes of the second half played, Harrison Jewell got his head to the ball, powering it into the Larkhall net. With the score now at 3-0, it was Larkhall who won a penalty on the hour mark. Up steps Larkhall’s Ryan Beckinsale to convert and make the score 3-1 to Town. With thirty minutes to go Larkhall threw everything at Town, forcing Morgan Coxhead to make some stunning saves. It was Lewis Graham, who on eighty-four minutes scored from a glancing header for Larkhall, making it 3-2 to Town. One minute later Harrison Jewell was forced into action again, to block a screamer of a shot. A nervous time for the travelling faithful was finally ended when the referee blew for fulltime at 90+7′.

The Man of the Match award goes to Luke Barner.

Tonight’s win ends a winless run and gives us three huge points. We now climb four places in the league table and importantly, out of the relegation zone. We now look forward to hosting Malvern Town on Saturday, November 23rd – K.O. 3:00pm at Bickland Park.

CLICK HERE to see highlights of the game courtesy of Piran Films.

FALMOUTH TOWN 5-3 NEWQUAY

FALMOUTH TOWN 5-3 NEWQUAY

Falmouth Town overcame a battling Newquay side in last night’s Cornwall Senior Cup game to run out 5-3 winners. Town took the lead after 5 minutes through Harrison Jewell, but Newquay were back level just 10 minutes later. Step up Rubin Wilson, who put Town ahead again after 25 minutes. Both teams played end to end football and went into the break with the score at 2-1 to Town.

Just four minutes after the startb of the second half, the Newquay keeper was called into action, making a spectacular double save from both Rubin Wilson and Luke Barner. It was Town who scored first when Andreas Calleja-Stayne put the ball in the back of the net after 51 minutes. Newquay, not to be out done, pulled one back just 3 minutes later. Bouyed by this, the vistors equalised on 65 minutes with a belter of a shot from the edge of the box. Town pressed hard again and were rewarded when Rubin Wilson headed in his second goal of the vening from a corner. With seven minutes of extra time to be played, it was going to be an exciting time. It was prolific goal scorer Oscar Massey who put the game out of Newqauy’s reach when took on a Newquay defender before unleashing a shot from the corner of the box, sending the ball flying onto the inside of the post and into the back of the net.

With the full time score at 5-3 to Town, we now go into the draw fro the quarter finals of the Cornwall Senior Cup. Man of the Match award went to Rubin Wilson.

We now look forward to hosting Cinderford Town in the Southern League at Bickland Park on Saturday, November 9th – K.O. 3:00pm.

You can read Scott’s excellent report by CLICKING HERE.

FALMOUTH TOWN 4-2 NEWQUAY (CSC – SF)

FALMOUTH TOWN 4-2 NEWQUAY (CSC – SF)

Falmouth Town are through to the Cornwall Senior Cup Final after a superb 4-2 win over Newquay at Blaise Park this evening. The Falmouth Town goals came from Luke Barner, Jacob Grange and Kian Thomas.

CLICK HERE to read the excellent full match report.