St. Piran League

Division 1 East

Saturday 9th May 2026

Kick Off 14.30 Actual 14.34

St. Teath 1 St. Newlyn East 1, attendance 59

60’ 1-0

82’ 1-1

@ St. Teath Recreation Ground

Trewennen Road

St. Teath

PL30 3JZ

No Admission or Programme.

I’d checked my two preferred afternoon options prior to kick off at my morning game and both were showing okay on the F.A. Full Time website, so I never checked them again and headed off to my first choice. I arrived at Calstock (where the visitors needed a win to secure promotion) to find it deserted. No problem, second choice game at Pensilva was nearby (visitors needed a win to secure title). Arrived there to also find nothing doing. I was unable to get any internet connection/phone signal, so had no idea what was going on. It transpires that both home teams couldn’t be bothered to raise a team, which shows how ‘Micky Mouse’ leagues become once you drop from the higher divisions. With no punishment/repercussions involved for the guilty clubs, then hardly a deterrent. It does not reflect well on the league though and certainly brings the integrity of the league into question regarding awarding games/points when promotion/relegation positions are affected. Thankfully, I remembered St. Teath were at home, so set off not having time to check it, but I hadn’t got time to hang about anyway. A mile or so out of Pensilva phone signal was restored and I saw the SatNav arrival showing I’d miss kick off anyway, but continued onwards. I parked up in the road next to the ground at 14.29 and arrived pitch side at 14.34…..just as they were kicking off!….phew.

The ground here is very neat and an excellent set up for Step 8. From the roadside, the changing rooms are to the left, with the pitch raised on a higher level, running lengthways away from here. It’s fully enclosed with a plastic rail and has a small area of cover on the left touchline, with a tea bar operating from here, whilst toilets were at the changing room building. The dugouts are on the far side, with a second pitch running parallel behind a hedge. Both pitches were in excellent condition. From the cover, along to the corner and continuing behind the far goal is raised grass banking, giving a good view from the top.

The match was 3rd versus 4th in the league table, with both still able to pip second in the table Nanpean Rovers, but they’d need Nanpean to lose their last two games, such is the gap in goal difference, as well as taking maximum points themselves, even if today’s game was a draw. As you’d expect, there was little between them and it was very evenly matched. It remained goalless at halftime and looked like that would be how it would finish too, but on the hour mark St. Teath broke the deadlock, dispossessing the full back before cutting inside and shooting low into the far corner. The equaliser came eight minutes from time, when a cross in from the left was miss controlled , but turned into a perfect pass for a supporting player and he curled the ball beyond the ‘keeper into the far corner of the net. The draw was probably about right and it would have been harsh on whichever team had lost and the result does at least keep them both in the promotion hunt.

I had originally planned on stopping over, but didn’t fancy the prospect of a ‘no show’ at the Sunday game, wasting both time and money on a hotel, so headed home at the final whistle. A clear run meant arriving home just before 20.30….and yes, the Sunday game did take place. Obviously, the lower reaches of the Devon & Exeter League are more reliable than their counterparts from across the border!

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.