Launceston & District Knock Out Cup
Quarter Final
Sunday 9th April 2023
Kick Off 12.30 Actual 12.36
St. Breward 1 Bude Town Reserves 1 (4-2 pens), attendance 46
37’ 1-0
52’ 1-1
@ Brake Parc
Penvorder Lane
St. Breward
PL30 4NY
No Admission or Programme.
So, for the second successive day, I visited a ground in a league I’d not seen a match in before. The Launceston Knock Out Cup is entered by way of invitation and is contested by clubs within a 25 mile radius of the town. Today’s match was between two clubs who play in the Duchy League as 4th in the Premier Division hosted 3rd in Division 2.
Despite Bude being two divisions lower, this was a keenly contested game, where there was little between the two sides and was a really good game to watch from a neutral point of view. Bude started brightly and looked the better side early on, but it was St. Breward who created the better chances. They hit the post with a 20 yarder midway through the first half, before breaking the deadlock eight minutes before the break, when a 35-40 yard punt into the box was fumbled by the ‘keeper and squirmed in at the near post. Things got worse for the visitors when they had a man sin binned shortly afterwards, but they managed to keep the score down to the one goal deficit during this time.
The second half started with a flurry of chances, as first St. Breward missed a one on one chance, before Bude saw an effort well saved by the ‘keeper, Seven minutes in, Bude got the equaliser, when a ball in from the left was controlled and finished first time into the bottom corner. Both sides pushed for a winner, but the nearest we came to getting it was a shot that hit the post for the visitors.
There were no further goals, so it was straight to penalties at the end of ninety minutes. Bude went first and saw their first kick saved, whilst St. Breward scored their first three. Bude did score their next two kicks, but when their fourth one was once again saved, it was left to the hosts to maintain their 100 % tally to take the shootout 4-2.
