Helston Athletic Football Club
Founded 1896
CLUB HONOURS
SW Peninsula League Div 1 West Champions 2014/15
Runners-up 2011/12, 2012/13
Cornwall Combination League Champions 1987/88, 2000/01, 2010/11, 2021/22
Trelawny League D1 winners 2016/17
D2 r/up 2015/16
D3 r/up 2014/15
D5 r/up 2012/13
Cornwall Veterans League D1 winners 2021/22
D2 winners 2020/21
Cornwall Women’s Football Lg. Winners 2020/21
R/up 2016/17
Cornwall Senior Cup Winners 1936/37
R/up 2012/13
Cornwall Junior Cup Winners 2013/14
Cornwall Women’s Cup Winners 2021/22
Cornwall Charity Cup Winners 1937/38, 1960/61, 1961/62
R/up 1935/36, 1951/52
Cornwall Senior Lg. Herald Cup Winners 1936/37, 1937/38, 1939/40
R/up 1938/39
Cornwall Combination Lg. Cup Winners 2021/22
R/up 1974/75, 2002/03, 2007/08
Cornwall Sunday Cup Winners 2021/22
Cornwall Veterans League Cup Winners 2021/22
Arthur Pearce Cup Winners 2013/14
Lockhart Cup Winners 2015/16
League Cup Winners 2016/17
Kellaway Park, Clodgey Lane, Helston, Cornwall TR13 8PJ
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FROM THE CHAIRMAN...
Good Afternoon One & All,
I’m sure you’ll recognise some familiar faces representing today’s opponents as we welcome the players, officials and supporters of Barnstaple Town Football Club to Kellaway Park. An extended welcome also to our match officials Darren Gay, Andrew McKnight and Barry Raiker
Having returned home from third placed Bridgwater United on Tuesday with a thoroughly well deserved point, this afternoons match against our fourth placed opponents will without doubt be another challenging encounter. Often called ‘Barum’, today represents Barnstaple’s first ever match at Kellaway Park.
A massive thank to all those that turned out to support ’The Blues’ when we hosted Falmouth Town in the Les Phillips Cup back on the 21st February. Another thrilling finish, courtesy of a trademark wonder strike for Tom Payne, resulted in a third 2-1 home victory over our local rivals this season. We now play Buckland Athletic in the quarter-finals here at Kellaway Park on Tuesday 28th March, KO 7:45pm. Ahead of this however is the small matter of a Cornwall FA Senior Cup semi-final verses Saltash United FC. This match is to be played on Tuesday 14th March, KO 7:30pm at Mount Wise, home of Newquay Football Club. As much Helston support for both of these matches will be greatly appreciated.
May I wish all the very best to Helston Athletic U18’s ahead of their Cornwall FA U18 Rathbone Trophy semi-final verses Truro City here at Kellaway Park tomorrow afternoon, KO is at 2:00pm. With The Clubs U16’s already through to the County FA’s U16 Luke Cup final, it would be great to see our U18’s follow suit.
Our next first team fixture here at Kellaway Park is on Saturday 25th March when we host Clevedon Town in what will be our penultimate home league fixture of the 22/23 season. At this fixture you will be given the opportunity to vote for your Supporters Player of the Season so its time to start thinking who will be getting your ‘X'
Enough from me. Wishing everyone an enjoyable afternoon, and as always thank you for your attendance and support
Paul Hendy (Chairman)Toolstation Western League Fixtures
Saturday 4th March 2023
Premier Division
Clevedon Town v Ilfracombe Town
Helston Athletic v Barnstaple Town
Mousehole v Bridgwater United
Saltash United v Cadbury Heath
Sherborne Town v Torpoint Athletic
Street v Falmouth Town
Wellington v Ashton & Backwell United
Welton Rovers v Buckland Athletic
Tuesday 7th March 2023
Premier Division
Ilfracombe Town v Buckland Athletic
Millbrook v Mousehole
Wednesday 8th March 2023
Premier Division
Cadbury Heath v Shepton Mallet
Sherborne Town v Clevedon Town
Street v Welton Rovers
A guide to away games this season in the Western League Premier Division
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Reserves League Table 2022/23
Reserves Fixtures & Results 2022/23
St PIRAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE WEST DIVISION
Scorers
HELSTON ATHLETIC FC
Blue & White shirts
Blue shorts
Blue socks
Kyle MOORE (GK)
Reece SHANLEY
Tyler ELLIOTT
Isaac BURDON
Aaron BENTLEY
Jordan BENTLEY
Harrison JEWELL
Josh STOREY (c)
Fred WALTER
Teigan ROSENQUEST
Steve COLWELL
Matt BYE
Jordan COPP
Rubin WILSON
Tom PAYNE
Rikki SHEPHERD
Jamie SIMMONDS
Ross DUNSTAN
Rocco HILL
Manager
Asst. Manager
Coach
Matt CUSACK
Dan HARRISON
Dan BUA ROBERTS
Goalkeeper Coach Martyn DAUGHTERY
Physio
Jaimie OSBORNE
Referee
Darren GAY
Red shirts
Red shorts
Red socks
Matthew ANDREW
Stuart BOWKER
Nathan COLLEY
Callum DAVEY
Joseph GRIGG
George JONES
Liam KINGSTON
Callum LAIRD
Dominic LARTER
Brodie MONTAGUE
William MORRISH
Myles PERKINS
Tommy ROGERS
Tor SWANN
David SLADE
Rhys THOMAS
William TUCKER
Ryan TURNER
Charlie WRIGHT
Manager Craig LAIRD
Assistant
T O D A Y S S
Q U A D
Kevin DARCH Assistants
Andrew McKNIGHT
Barry RAIKER
BARNSTAPLE TOWN F.C.
Founded in 1904 as Pilton Yeo Vale, the club entered the North Devon league. They were founder members along with Ilfracombe, South Molton, Pilton Social Barnstaple Y.M.C.A, Braunton and Bideford. Their first ever league match was on 1st October 1904 when they played Ilfracombe at Pilton Park and were defeated 4-2.
The club changed its name to Barnstaple Town at the end of the season and continued in the North Devon League, Devon & Exeter League and then the South Western League. When the Western League was reformed after the Second World War, Barnstaple Town entered two teams, one in division 2 and a reserve side in division 3.
The early 1950's were one of the club's most successful times under the management of Arthur Coles. In 1953, Barnstaple won the Western league First Division Championship but only after a nail biting climax to the season with everything depending on the results of matches being played on the final day of the League Season. On that day, Barnstaple Town beat Dorchester Town 6-1 and their challengers for the title, Street won 2-1 at Wells City. That left the side’s level on points and when the goal average was calculated Street had 2.07 and incredibly Barnstaple had 2.08. The club also beat Plymouth Argyle in the final of the Devon Pro' Cup at Home Park that season, but sadly Coles moved on to Weymouth and the club never had quite the same success again.
Cameron Buchanan, the former Wolves and Bournemouth player, local lads Fred Smale and Ray Smith, Bill Johnson formerly of Grimsby Town, Noel Peyton, the ex Leeds United and Eire International, John Hancock formerly with Exeter City and ex Barnsley and Doncaster Rovers player Lol Chappell all tried to revive Barnstaple's fortunes from the manager’s seat but with no great success. Player Manager Charlie Sells, who had been with Exeter City, built up the club in the 1970's followed by the former Andover keeper Trevor Morris and then Brian Perks. Perks left Mill Road for Bideford during the season of 1979/80 and under the guidance of joint managers Brian Hill and Dave Baglow, Barum went on to win the Western League Championship for the second time, winning by one point from AFC Bournemouth Reserves. That title went virtually unnoticed as there was a printer’s strike at the time and no newspapers were printed.
Richard Gray took over the following season and brought some success to the club although they never won the title. A couple of seasons later he left after a disagreement with the club, and after a succession of managers Town lost their Premier status in 1989/90. Brian Hill was again appointed manager to put Town back in the Premier Division and after 3 seasons in the wilderness won the First Division Championship in 1993/94 in fine style scoring more goals and recording more points than ever before.
BARNSTAPLE TOWN F.C.
Jeff Evans was appointed manager in 2002 and along with his assistant Peter Buckingham guided the club to the final of The Devon Bowl where they were narrowly beaten by Tiverton Town. The following season Peter Buckingham took over as sole manager and Barum finished in seventh place in the league, their highest finish for many a season. During the 2008/09 season Owen Pickard took over the manager’s seat for his first taste of management and was able to save the club from what looked like certain relegation at the Christmas period of the season. Barnstaple remained in the Premier League until the end of the 2012/13 season when they were relegated to Western League Division One – the first time in their history that they had finished at the bottom of their division.
We now embrace a new challenge in the Toolstation Western League Premier Division. The gloom surrounding Mill Road was to be short lived as in the December of 2013 the club appointed the joint management team of Barry Yeo and Karl Baggaley. Building a squad where, on occasions, all eleven players on the field were born in Barnstaple – surely a record that not many teams at any level of football would be able to equal - the managers turned the 2013/14 season around and finished a creditable 3rd.
In their first full season in charge, 2014/15, the club returned to the Western League Premier Division by winning the First Division title. for the 3rd time in its history. Their total of 100 points, 128 goals scored and a goal difference of 101 were among 15 club records set during the year, in addition to reaching the final of the Les Phillips Cup for the second time. 2015/16 was to be equally successful. After an average start the team went on two long unbeaten runs which saw them finish as runners up in the Premier Division, missing out on back to back titles by just 3 points, but securing the coveted prize of promotion to the Southern League Division One South & West. This would see them playing at the highest level in the club’s history – the biggest step the club had taken since joining the Western League in 1948. At the end of 2016/17, having secured Southern League football for a second season with a 17th place finish, the management duo stood down and as is often the case in these situations, most of the players also left for challenges elsewhere.
In more recent times the club found life in the Southern League challenging, a combination of other club’s misfortunes and a global pandemic saved the club from relegation on three occasions. Bill Wilson was appointed as new Chairman of the club in November 2021 with Mick Wadsworth as director of football and the appointment of Craig Laird as first team manager. Despite a gallant attempt relegation from the Southern League could not be avoided in the 2021/22 season.
Development League
Development Fixtures & Results 2022/23
LWC DRINKS CORNWALL COMBINATION LEAGUE
Player Profiles...
Cory HARVEY.Coryhasexcellentpedigreeandhasattractedattentionfrom higherleagueclubs.Heisanexcellentshotstopper&hisdistributionissecondto none.
Isaac BURDON. Isaacisaversatiledefenderthatcanplayleft,right¢rally acrossvarioussystems.He’spreviouslyworkedwiththemanageratPlymouth Parkwayandisratedhighly.
Josh STOREY (Capt). Joshhasrecentlybeenappointedclubcaptain.Aballplayingcentrebackandanexcellentleaderonandoffthepitch.
Jordan BENTLEY.
Jordancametotheclublastseasonandhasexcellentexperiencewithinthegame havingoperatedathigherlevels.Adominantcentrebackwhocanmixuphis game.
Aaron BENTLEY. Aaronjoinedtheclubatthebackendoflastseason.Heisa commandingcentrebackandabigthreatfromsetplays.Aaronhasagoodfootballpedigreeandhasoperatedathigherlevels.
Freddie WALTER. FredjoinedtheclubfromneighbouringWendronandhasenjoyedapositivepre-season.Heiscomfortableinarangeofdefensivepositions andcanalsoofferathreatgoingforward.
Harrison JEWELL. HarrisoncamethroughtheyouthranksatHelstonandshows promiseacrossmanypositions.Hisversatilityishisstrengthandhecanoperate acrossthedefenceandinmidfield.
Stevie COLWELL. Steviehasoperatedathigherlevelshavingpreviouslyplayed withWeymouth,Tivertonandmorerecently,PlymouthParkway.Aballplaying midfielderwithexceptionaltechnicalandtacticalquality.
Matty BYE. Mattybringsawealthofexperienceandqualitytothemidfieldunit. Heisahighlyrespectedleaderonthepitchandchipsinwithgoalsandassists.
Tom PAYNE. PayneyhasjoinedtheclubathispeakfromMillbrook.Lastseason, hecappedafinecampaignbybeingselectedfortheCornwallsquad.Aversatile midfielderwithexcellentleadershipskillsanddeadballdelivery.Expecttosee himimpactinggamesthisseason.
Player Profiles...
Tyler ELLIOTT.Tylerisanotherplayerthathasoperatedathigherlevelsoffootballandhasexcellenttechnicalqualitytomatchaterrificworkethic.Expecttosee himlinkingplayinthefinalthird.
Rikki SHEPHERD. Rikkiwasabigsummersigningforus.Theex-Millbrookman notched23goalsfrom29appearancesinthelastcampaign.Lightningquick,Rikki hasscored3goalsinthepre-seasonandwillbelookingtoaddmanymore.
Kai CORNISH. Kaihastheabilitytounlockdefenceswithhisdribbling&creativity inthefinalthird.Hehasenjoyedapositivepre-seasonwithgoalsandassistsand thereforeenterstheseasonwithhighlevelsofconfidence.
Sam CARTER. “Carts”isanotherattackingplayerwithhighcreativitythatcan operatewideorcentrallyandhasimpactedthegameswithinthepre-season.
Nathaniel WEST. NatrelocatedtotheSouthWestlastseason&endedtheseason withBodmin.Heisanathleticstriker,unorthodox&thereforeunpredictable.Heis verygoodintheairandhasscoredafewgoalsinthepre-season.
Jordan COPP. Jordanisoneofthemosttechnicallygiftedplayersthemanagerhas workedwith.HebringsbagsofexperienceandpedigreehavingoperatedatStep2 withWeymouth.Anattackingplayerofexceptionalqualitywhocanoperatewide orcentrally.
Rocco HILL. Roccobrokeintothefirstteamlastseasonandscoredonhisdebut.At 16yearsofage,heisdisplayingmaturitybeyondhisyears.AproductoftheHelston pathway,heishighlythoughtofandhasanexcellentfutureaheadofhim.
Rubin WILSON. RubinwasthelastplayertojoinusfromBodminTown.HeisaCF thatoccupiescentrebackswithaneyeforgoalandbringshisteammatesintothe game.Hehasalreadymadeahugeimpactingames&isdevelopingpartnerships thataregoingfromstrengthtostrength.
Jamie SIMMONDS. Jamieisaplayerofveryhightechnicalability.Expecttoseehim unlockingdefencesandimpactingthegameatthetopendofthepitch.Jamiehasall theattributestoplayatthislevelandbeyond.Jamieisreallyexcitedtobeplaying forHelstonandhopesthatthismovewillhelphimcatapultHelstonaswellashis ownfootballdevelopment.
Teigan ROSENQUEST. ThesignatureofTeiganoutlinesourambitionasafootball club.TeiganwaspartoftheTavistockteamthatsecuredtheWesternLeaguetitle lastseason.Hehasexcellenttechnicalabilityandcanbreaklineswiththeballthat isahugebenefitforusasitcanchangethecontextofthegameinamoment.We hadoneofthosemomentsintheFAVaseagainstSaltashwhenwescoredthewinninggoalfromoneofhisdrivingruns.Teiganisversatileandcanoperateoutwide andcentralattackingroles.