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MATCH PREVIEW – CINDERFORD TOWN v FALMOUTH TOWN

MATCH PREVIEW – CINDERFORD TOWN v FALMOUTH TOWN

Falmouth Town will take to the road on Wednesday, April 23rd when we travel to Cinderford Town as we continue our Southern League campaign, K.O. 7:45pm.

This will be our third encounter with Cinderford Town this season and the first away fixture. We have hosted Cinderford twice at Bickland Park, once ithe FA Trophy when we ran out 3-0 winners and once in the league when Cinderford went home with the three points after we slipped to a narrow 1-0 defeat,

Cinderford Town are currently twenty-second in the table with 31 points from 40 games, while we are in fifteenth position with 41 points from 39 games.

The recent league form for both clubs is shown below:

Recent Form (SL1S): Cinderford Town
Mar 29: Bashley 1-3 Cinderford Town
Apr 1: Cinderford Town 3-0 Bishops Cleeve
Apr 5: Cinderford Town 0-2 Willand Rovers
Apr 12: Cinderford Town 2-3 Bideford
Apr 18: Yate Town 4-2 Cinderford Town
Apr 21: Cinderford Town 0-4 M
alvern Town

Recent Form (SL1S): Falmouth Town
Apr 1: Falmouth Town 0-0 Westbury United
Apr 5: Bemerton Heath Harlequins 0-1 Falmouth Town

Apr 8: Falmouth Town 0-1 Bishops Cleeve

Apr 12: Exmouth Town 3-0 Falmouth Town

Apr 19: Falmouth Town 1-1 Bristol Manor Farm

Apr 21: Mousehole 1-1 Falmouth Town

Stadium Address & Date/Time:

  • Causeway Ground, Edgehills Road, Cinderford, Gloucestershire, GL14 2QH.
  • Saturday, February 22nd, 2025.
  • K.O. – 3:00pm.

Directions:

  • From the M5 – Jct 11A, take the A417, then the A40 west out of Gloucester, then A48 for 8 miles. Turn right at Elton Corner onto the A4151 (Forest of Dean) and continue through Littledean and climb a steep hill to Cinderford. At crossroads turn right, then second left into Latimer Road. Continue down the hill and take the first right, then second right into the ground.
  • From Severn Bridge – Take A48 through Chepstow, Lydney, Blakney and Newnham until Elton Corner, then turn left onto A4151.
  • Nearest Railway Station – Gloucester 15 miles.

BUDE TOWN 1-4 FALMOUTH TOWN

BUDE TOWN 1-4 FALMOUTH TOWN

Falmouth Town progressed to this season’s Cornwall Senior Cup semi-finals with a convincing 4-1 away win at Bude Town.

Two goals from Rubin Wilson, one from Harrison Jewell and a Bude own goal were enough to see us through to the next round, where we join Mousehole and St Austell in the draw. We now await the result of the last quarter final match between Helston Athletic & Liskeard Athletic, which is due to be played on February 4th.

We now return to Southern League action on Saturday, January 18th, when we travel to Thatcham Town.

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.