South West Peninsula League

Division 1 West

Saturday 20th April 2019

Kick Off 15.00 Actual 14.57

Ludgvan 0 Wadebridge Town 5, attendance 42

9’ 0-1

10’ 0-2

52’ 0-3

81’ 0-4

83’ 0-5

@ Jubilee Hall Community Centre

Fair Field

off Long Lane

Ludgvan

TR20 8ES

£3 Admission, including Programme, 8 pages.

I was a bit concerned that this match might not take place, as Ludgvan are having a terrible season, having lost every one of the 24 league matches they have played, as well as having points deducted for failing to fulfil another two of their matches, so they sit bottom of the league table on minus 6 points. Just for good measure, they have also forfeited two cup matches as well.

It looked like this might be another hammering, as fourth in the table Wadebridge scored twice in the opening ten minutes of the match. With Ludgvan having conceded 189 goals before today, it looked like the 200 could easily be reached before the day was out, but they somehow managed to drag the visitors down to their level and tightened things up at the back. When they conceded the third goal after 52 minutes, it looked like the floodgates might open, but they stood firm and only conceded the last two goals inside the last ten minutes. As bad as they were, at least Ludgvan turned up, even if one of their players was 60 or 61 years old, depending who you spoke to, and they also had two substitutes.

Having visited Bere Alston United yesterday, this now completes Division 1 West for me. On Monday, the plan was to have visited Waldon Athletic, of Division 1 East, to complete all three divisions of the league, but their fixture has now moved to Tuesday evening, so it looks like it will now be next season before the full set is completed.