St. Piran League
Division 1 East
Saturday 9th May 2026
Kick Off 11.00 Actual 11.03
St. Dominick 1 Boscastle 9, attendance 21
11’ 0-1
25’ 0-2
33’ 0-3
37’ 0-4
45’ 0-5 (pen)
47’ 0-6
62’ 1-6
67’ 1-7
80’ 1-8
82’ 1-9
@ Lovell’s Park
Vogus Lane
St. Dominick
PL12 6SU
£3 Admission
No Programme.
It was a 5am alarm this morning, in order to head to Cornwall for this morning kick off, which would enable a double today. Apparently, the early start was a request from the visitors, as their players wanted to watch a local cup final in the afternoon. A clear run meant I was at the ground just before nine thirty, but the nets were up and the rope around the pitch was in place. There’s a slope on the pitch and a scenic view across the River Tamar beyond the far right corner. Parking is on the road behind the near goal end, with a pair of wooden dugouts on the right hand side and behind them the changing rooms, where toilets were available and there’s a tea bar too. Hot pasties were available from the community shop that adjoins the left hand side of the ground. The club are registered as St. Dominick, which is the historic spelling, but most signage refers to them minus the ‘k’ these days.
The match was 15th versus 9th in the league table, with nothing riding on it for the visitors. Despite sitting second bottom and with a minus 92 goal difference, St. Dominick can still save themselves, as they’re only a point adrift of third bottom (bottom two go down) Launceston Reserves, who’ve somehow got a worse goal difference! It soon became obvious why St. Dominick are struggling, as Boscastle totally overran them, shooting from distance at every opportunity. The visitors hit the bar with a long range effort early on, before a 25 yarder, straight over the ‘keeper’ opened the scoring after eleven minutes. Another 30 yarder hit the crossbar before a mere 25 yarder made it 0-2 midway through the half. An angled shot into the far corner, a corner kick that went straight in and a penalty, awarded for a trip, saw the visitors lead 0-5 at the break. The second half was more of the same and despite conceding again two minutes into the second half, St. Dominick did get on the score sheet just after the hour mark, poking the ball past a hesitant ‘keeper, following a long punt forward. The visitors added three more goals after this and despite the ninth coming with eight minutes left, the hosts somehow managed to avoid it reaching double figures.
Despite the defeat, St. Dominick can still avoid relegation as Launceston Reserves lost 0-6 later in the day, so the gap remains at three points, but St. Dominicks now have the worst goal difference of the two (-101 to -99) and have scored far fewer goals.
