St. Piran League
Premier Division East
Saturday 19th April 2025
Kick Off 14.30 Actual 14.29!
Gunnislake 6 North Petherwin 2, attendance 45
5’ 1-0
8’ 2-0
43’ 2-1
49’ 3-1
60’ 4-1
64’ 5-1
68’ 5-2
87’ 6-2
@ Butts Meadow
The Butts
Albaston
PL18 9SD
£3 Admission
No Programme.
With the game at Nanpean finishing by 12.45, it gave plenty of scope for an afternoon match, although knowing whether games had survived the weather was another thing, especially as very few of my options had up to date social media accounts. However, I’d been tipped off that Gunnislake were definitely going ahead okay, so I decided to head there. It was a drive back east of just under an hour, with the SatNav choosing a very rural route, rather than the more obvious A30, but it was traffic free, so no problem. They actually play in the middle of nowhere, south of the village of Albaston, which itself is south of Gunnislake. Entering the ground there is plenty of parking on the grass, with the changing rooms immediately to the right, where there was also a tea bar in operation. The pitch is about fifty yards away, running widthways and enclosed by wooden fencing, with plenty of advert boards and a pair of brick built dugouts on the far side. No cover, but thankfully it remained dry throughout and patches of blue sky started to appear as the game wore on.
North Petherwin had little to play for, sitting fifth in the league table, but with no chance of winning it. It was a different story for Gunnislake, as they were second from bottom (two go down), but with games in hand on the three clubs above them, know a couple of wins could be enough to see them pull clear. They got off to a flyer and were 2-0 up after just eight minutes, lobbing the ‘keeper from just inside the box for the first, before a cross from the right was blocked by a defender, but fell perfectly for a player following in to grab the second. The visitors pulled a goal back just before halftime to keep the second half interesting. A cross from the left was finished at the far post to put Gunnislake 3-1 ahead just four minutes into the second half and although the visitors hit the crossbar, Gunnislake made it 4-1 on the hour mark, rounding the ‘keeper after beating the offside trap. Within five minutes they made it 5-1, but a flicked header, from a corner on the left, saw North Petherwin get one back. They never looked like adding to it and Gunnislake rounded off the scoring, when a first time shot from the edge of the box looped over the ‘keeper to make it 6-2 with three minutes left.
