Falmouth traveled to south Devon with a severely depleted squad and were well beaten by lowly Dartmouth. Promotion is now a pipe dream; even third place is beginning to look unlikely. Town’s goal was from an own goal.
Falmouth Town’s league season continued it’s downward spiral with another two points thrown away at Bickland Park. The home side missed a hat full of chances and a never say die St. Austell took full advantage by snatching a late equaliser. Matt Drummond and Dan green (penalty) were Falmouth’s scorers.
Another two points dropped but many Town fans might see it as a point gained. There’s little doubt that Buckland were the better side overall but it could have been different had Ian Hodges not got himself sent of for what was a moment of madness. The home side were 3-1 up five minutes into the second half when he inexplicably handled a Buckland Corner. From then on in Town were under pressure and they couldn’t hold on to their slender lead.
Town’s goals, all in the first half, came from Joe Lugg, Jamie Devine and Ian Hodges.
Falmouth Town’s promotion hopes were set back at Bolitho Park as the home ran out comfortable winners. Defensive mistakes and poor discipline cost Town dear and they finished the match with only nine men. First Ian Hodges (elbow); and then Lee Rundle (last man), were shown straight reds. Not a good day at the office.
Town notched up their eighth successive victory against a plucky Witheridge side. Karl Turner opened the scoring in the first ten minutes, but it was not until the second half that a dominant home side wrapped it up. Ian Hodges scored before Matt Drummond notched his century of SWPL goals. Skipper Mark Vercesi topped it off with a last minute header.
Feb 292012
Falmouth Town moved into the semi finals of the Throgmorton Cup with victory over the Magpies. It was all Town early on and they took the lead after eight minutes through an Ian Hodges header from a Dan Green corner. It looked for a while as if Town would run up a cricket score but good goalkeeping and some profligate finishing meant it remained 1-0 at the break.
Penzance came back into the game and Falmouth were frustrated as they tried to wrap the game up. Eventually the pressure told and Matt Drummond got the killer second goal on 72 mins when he headed in Matt Hollands’ cross. Skipper Vercesi wrapped it up in the final minute with yet another header.
After the match the draw was made and Falmouth Town will face Buckland Athletic in the semi finals. Date and venue to be announced.
It was back to league action with a bang following the week’s political shenanigans as Town produced yet another scoring jamboree. Skipper Mark Vercesi completed a hat-trick of hat-tricks for the season; Jamie Mudge got off the mark with a brace, and Joe Lugg and Matt Drummond completed the scoring.
Another magnificent cup win at Kimberley Stadium saw Town move into the semi-finals of the Cornwall Senior Cup. Ian Hodges, who had missed the previous three meetings between the clubs this season, scored the opener and Saltash defender Clark deflected a Karl Turner free kick past his own keeper to give Town a well deserved 2-0 lead at the break.
Hodges made it 3-0 just after half-time with an excellent diving header from another Turner free kick. The Ashes never gave up but there was no way past Jason Chapman as the Famouth defence and Town kept a clean sheet for the third consecutive match.
