Helston Athletic v Buckland Athletic

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

FROM THE CHAIRMAN

Good afternoon one & all,

Since last playing on home soil some three weeks ago its been pleasing to witness awayday victories over Barnstaple Town and Millbrook in League and League Cup competitions respectively. Both were challenging fixtures and this afternoon will be no different as we welcome the players, officials and supporters of Buckland Athletic to Kellaway Park. An extended welcome also goes out to this afternoons match officials Shaun Edge, Alan Hoon and Dave Dodson.

Just two months ago Helston returned from Homers Heath, home of Buckland, emptied handed after a lack lustre performance. I know all in the Helston squad will be looking to put that right this afternoon.

Today’s match represents Helston’s final home fixture of the year as we are scheduled to travel to Keynsham, Bristol next Saturday, followed by the eagerly awaited encounter away to Mousehole on Boxing Day. Please note it’s a midday KO at Trungle.

Following today’s final whistle I am sure everyone’s attention will turn to this evening ‘s FIFA World Cup Quarter Final between England and France, KO 7:00pm. As well as the bar, of course, I'm pleased to share that Blues Kitchen will be remaining open in the lead up to and throughout the match, so why not stay with us to cheer on The Three Lions whilst watching on one of four TV’s and /or 92” projector screen. Similar to all other televised matches here at the club, the atmosphere will be enhanced by our built in high quality sound system.

With this being the final ‘From The Chairman’ in the lead up to the festive holiday I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Please note Toolstation Western League footballing action returns to Blues HQ on Monday 2nd January 2023 when we look forward to hosting Shepton Mallet FC. K0 3:00pm.

Wishing you all an enjoyable afternoon and as always, thank you for everyone’s attendance and support.

Paul Hendy (Chairman)

A guide to away games this season in the Western League Premier Division

Ashton & Back. The Rec, West Town Lane, Backwell BS48 3HN 172.5 miles

Barnstaple Town Mill Road, Barnstaple, Devon EX31 1JQ 104.8 miles

Bridgwater Utd Fairfax Park. College Way, Bridgwater TA6 4TZ 147.0 miles

Buckland Ath Homers Heath, Kingskerswell Rd, Newton Abbot, Devon. TQ12 5JU 117.5 miles

Cadbury Heath Springfield, Cadbury Heath Rd, Bristol BS30 8BX 194.8 miles

Clevedon Town Everyone Active Stadium, Davis Lane, Clevedon BS21 6TG 171.1 miles

Falmouth Town Bickland Park, Bickland Water Rd, Falmouth TR11 4PB 10.4 miles

Ilfracombe Town Marlborough Park, Ilfracombe, Devon EX34 8PD 113.4 miles

Keynsham Town AJN Stadium, Crown Fields, Keynsham BS31 2BE 187.6 miles

Millbrook Jenkins Park, Mill Rd, Millbrook, Cornwall PL10 1FE 68.4 miles

Mousehole Trungle Parc, Paul, Penzance, Cornwall TR19 6AZ 18.3 miles

Saltash United Kimberley Stadium, Callington Rd, Saltash PL12 6DX 65.3 miles

Shepton Mallet Old Wells Rd, Shepton Mallet BA4 5XN 167.0 miles

Sherborne Town Raleigh Grove, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 5NS 159.6 miles Street The Tannery, Middlebrooks, Street. BA16 0TA 161.5 miles

Torpoint Athletic The Mill, Mill Lane, Torpoint, Cornwall PL11 2RE 68.0 miles

Wellington North Street, Wellington TA21 8NE 133.4 miles

Welton Rovers West Clewes, North Rd, Midsomer Norton BA3 2QD 179.9 miles

(Mileages obtained from theaa.com route planner)

Reserves League

St PIRAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE WEST DIVISION

Pos. Team

P W D L F A Pts

1st Mousehole 13 9 1 3 48 24 28

2nd St Day 12 9 1 2 41 17 28

3rd Wendron United Res 14 7 3 4 33 26 24

4th Helston Athletic Res 13 6 5 2 29 19 23 5th Hayle 13 7 2 4 29 24 23

6th Truro City Res 10 5 4 1 23 10 19 7th Illogan RBL 11 5 3 3 20 17 18

8th Perranwell 10 5 2 3 19 14 17 9th Falmouth Town Res 12 4 0 8 19 34 12

10th Mullion Res 9 2 3 4 15 26 9 11th St Agnes 11 2 2 7 18 38 8 12th Redruth United 9 1 3 5 17 24 6 13th Penryn Athletic 12 1 3 8 20 33 6 14th Porthleven 11 0 2 9 13 38 2

Reserves Fixtures & Results 2022/23

St PIRAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE WEST DIVISION

Date Opponents Ven. Res. Scorers

Sat 6 Aug Hayle A D 2-2 Hannaford (2)

Sat 13 Aug Illogan RBL A W 6-2 Paul(2), Williams (2), MacMeikan, Brown

Wed 17 Aug St Agnes H W 3-2 Williams (2), Hannaford

Tue 30 Aug St Day H L 1-2 Brown

Wed 7 Sep Mousehole Dev. A L 2-3 Brown (2)

Sat 17 Sep Perranwell A W 1-0 Paul

Wed 21 Sep Redruth United H W 4-2 Brown, Hannaford, McPhilbin, Paul

Sat 1 Oct St Dominick (LC) H L 1-6 Williams

Sat 8 Oct Redruth United (CIC) A L 1-3 Paul

Wed 12 Oct Wendron Utd Res H D 4-4 Williams (2), Hannaford, Robertson

Sat 15 Oct Falmouth Town R A W 3-0 Brown, Jenkin, Brown

Wed 19 Oct Penryn Athletic A W 2-1 Bell, MacMeikan

Sat 22 Oct Hayle H D 1-1 Brown

Sat 29 Oct Truro City Res A D 0-0 -

Sat 3 Dec Perranwell H D 0-0 -

Sat 10 Dec St Agnes A

Mon 26 Dec Porthleven H

Sat 7 Jan Mullion Res A

Sat 14 Jan Redruth United A

Sat 21 Jan Truro City Res H

Sat 4 Feb Mousehole Dev. H

Sat 11 Feb Illogan RBL H

Sat 18 Feb Wendron Utd Res A

Sat 25 Feb Penryn Athletic H

Wed 8 Mar Mullion Res H

Sat 11 Mar Falmouth Town R H

Sat 18 Mar St Day A

Fri 7 Apr Porthleven A

BUCKLAND ATHLETIC

The club was formed in 1977, and it was purely a junior club. It started life in the Torbay Pioneer League and Sandringham Road was our home pitch. During this time it was one of the biggest junior clubs in the area, and it won many titles and cups over its early years, including the Devon Youth Cup.

The first big decision the club made was to take a team into senior football, which happened for the start of the 1987-88 season, and saw us take a place in the Devon & Exeter League Senior Division Three. Roy Holmes took his Under 18 side up into that division, and they were rewarded when they won the league title that season. We moved grounds once more in the 1990-91 season to Decoy Park, which was the season we also won the Wheaton Trophy. Promotions saw us climb into the Premier Division for the 1992-93 season, having again moved, this time to Homers Lane, Kingsteignton.

We spent eight seasons in the Premier Division, winning our first league title in the 1994-95 season, under manager’s Nigel Holmes and Roger Madge, who had taken over the reins from Roy Holmes at the start of that season. The second league title was won in the 1999-00 season allowing us to take promotion to the Devon League. We won a number of cup competitions during this time in the Premier Division, including the D & E Premier Division Cup & East Devon Senior Cup. 2000-01 was our first season in the Devon league and we finished the season as runners-up to title winners Willand Rovers, also we made it through to the semi-finals of the Devon Premier Cup. We spent seven seasons in the Devon League, with our lowest finish being 13th in 2005-06. Also in our time in this league we were runners-up in the Throgmorton Cup in the 2001-02 season. In the final ever season of the Devon league (2006-07), we did just enough to gain promotion to the newly formed South West Peninsula League, finishing that season in 12th place.

We started life in this newly formed league in the 2007-08 season. We finished that season in 14th place, but Phil was building a squad that he felt was good enough to contest for the league title. In the next season we finished in 3rd place, and then our dreams were realised when we won two consecutive titles, as well as winning the Throgmorton Cup (2009-10). Then in the 2011-12 season, we applied to the Western league, knowing that a top two finish was needed to take promotion, well it was achieved, but we did relinquish our title, with Bodmin Town coming out on top, but promotion was won.

In our first season in the Western League we finished in tenth place in the table, but we did win the hospitality Award and the Programme Award. The 2013-14 season, the team finished the season in 11th place.

BUCKLAND ATHLETIC

It was another great season in the history of this great club when the 1st team finished in runnersup spot in the Western League Premier Division, the highest finish in the clubs history in the nonleague pyramid.

We also won the Premier Division best programme award for the third consecutive season, making it eight consecutive league wins in the last eight seasons. The 1st Team managed by Adam Castle finished in 4th Place in the Western League Premier Division, but not good enough to reach our goal of promotion. The team made it through to the 6th Round of the FA Vase, whilst finishing in 4th place in the league table, but once again just missed out on promotion, in the 2016-17, we also won the hospitality award and best programme awards.

It was a fifth place finish in the 2017-18, but we did win the Les Phillips Cup for the first time, but it will be the fixture congestion at the end of the campaign which will be remembered with the number of games our lads had to play including four games in four days and three games in three days, and having played fifteen games in twenty-four days. We also won the best programme award for a fifth time in six seasons. The following season the club finished in ninth place in the Premier table, and again won the best programme award.

As said previously we have had a number of grounds over our lifetime, starting with council owned pitches at Sandringham Park, Coach Road and then Decoy Park. In 1992-93 we secured the use of Homers Lane in Kingsteignton, and we built that ground up to Devon league standard, which included a small stand, enclosed playing surface and hard standing on three sides.

But our big break came in 2003 when we were given the option by WBB to take on South Quarry, on the Torquay side of Newton Abbot, and after a lot of hard work and sweat by a huge number of volunteers, we started life at the newly named Homers Heath for the start of the 2005-06 season, with work on the ground and fabulous clubhouse on-going every season since then.

A lot of work has been carried out at Homers Heath, including a new covered standing area, which incorporates two new turn-stiles. The ground was fenced in, and an impressive outside toilet block was built. This work allowed the club to achieve a ‘D’ Ground Grade which is good enough for Southern League football.

Our new ground at Homers Heath won the SWPL Premier Division best ground award in both 200708 and 2008-09, and then finished runners-up in both 2009-10 and 2010-11.

Development Fixtures & Results 2022/23

Date

LWC DRINKS CORNWALL COMBINATION LEAGUE

Opponents Ven. Res. Scorers

Sat 20 Aug St Ives Town A D 1-1 Brown

Sat 3 Sep St Agnes Res H W 6-1 Stidwell (3), Williams (3)

Tue 6 Sep Goonhavern Ath. H W 2-1 Stidwell, Duncan

Fri 16 Sep Pendeen Rovers H L 1-3 Tanner

Sat 24 Sep Wendron United A W 5-3 Stidwell (2), Thomson (2), Williams

Tue 4 Oct RNAS Culdrose H W 5-0 Brown (3), Dryburgh, Williams

Sat 8 Oct Porthleven Res H W 3-2 Duncan, Paterson, Stidwell

Sat 15 Oct Mawnan A L 3-5 Duncan (2), Stidwell

Tue 18 Oct Wendron United H W 4-2 Stidwell (2), Duncan, Rodden

Sat 5 Nov Goonhavern Ath. A W 8-0 Stidwell (6), Padgett (2)

Sat 19 Nov Pendeen Rovers A L 0-2 -

Sat 7 Jan St Day Res A

Sat 28 Jan RNAS Culdrose A

Sat 4 Feb St Agnes Res A

Sat 11 Feb St Day Res H

Tue 14 Mar St Just H

Tue 21 Mar Praze-An-Beeble H

Sat 1 Apr Mawnan H

TBA St Ives Town H

Rosudgeon H

Rosudgeon A

St Just A Hayle Res A Hayle Res H

St Day Res H

Porthleven Res A Praze-An-Beeble A

Player Profiles...

Cory HARVEY.Coryhasexcellentpedigreeandhasattractedattentionfrom higherleagueclubs.Heisanexcellentshotstopper&hisdistributionissecondto none.

Isaac BURDON. Isaacisaversatiledefenderthatcanplayleft,right&centrally 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.

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.

Player Apps Sub Apps Goals Yellows Reds

Aaron BENTLEY 17 1 1 4 0

Jordan BENTLEY 20 3 0 1 0

Wade BROWN 0 1 0 0 0

Isaac BURDON 20 2 0 1 0

Mattie BYE 18 3 3 2 2

Sam CARTER 12 9 3 4 0

Stevie COLWELL 8 6 1 1 0

Jordan COPP 12 13 2 7 0

Kai CORNISH 6 5 0 0 0

Tyler ELLIOTT 14 7 1 5 0

Tom HANDS 3 6 0 1 0

Cory HARVEY 20 0 0 1 0

Rocco HILL 0 3 0 0 0

Harrison JEWELL 25 1 0 4 0

Will MCMEIKAN 0 1 0 0 0

Kyle MOORE 2 0 0 0 0

Tom PAYNE 23 1 9 3 0

Teigan ROSENQUEST 10 2 0 1 0

Mike SEARLE 5 0 0 0 0

Reece SHANLEY 9 0 0 3 0

Rikki SHEPHERD 17 3 12 2 1

Jamie SIMMONDS 7 6 1 0 0

Joshua STOREY 14 4 0 0 0

Jude TRIPCONEY 1 6 0 2 0

Freddie WALTER 10 7 0 2 0

Nathaniel WEST 1 3 0 0 0

Rubin WILSON 23 2 15 4 0

Date Opponents Ven. Res. Att. Scorers

Sat 30 July Bridgwater Utd H L 0-4 135 -

Sat 6 Aug Street (FAC) A W 2-1 111 Wilson, Shepherd

Sat 13 Aug Wellington H W 3-2 93 Wilson (2), Shepherd

Tue 16 Aug Saltash United A D 1-1 211 Wilson

Sat 20 Aug Falmouth T (FAC) H W 2-1 502 Shepherd (2)

Tue 23 Aug Falmouth T H W 2-1 430 Wilson (2)

Sat 27 Aug Torpoint Ath. A W 2-1 168 Bye, Wilson

Mon 29 Aug Sherborne Town H D 1-1 159 Copp

Sat 3 Sep Torpoint Ath. (FAC) A W 2-1 198 Payne, Shepherd

Wed 7 Sep Falmouth T A D 0-0 420 -

Tue 13 Sep Torpoint Athletic H D 1-1 83 Wilson

Sat 17 Sep Bishops Cleeve (FAC)A D 3-3 174 Colwell, Wilson, Payne

Tue 20 Sep Bishops Cleeve (FAC) H W 4-3 351 Bye (2), Wilson, Shepherd

Sat 24 Sep Saltash Utd (FAV) H W 2-1 147 Shepherd (2)

Tue 27 Sep Millbrook H W 3-0 78 A. Bentley, Payne, Simmonds

Sat 1 Oct Weston-S-M (FAC) A L 2-7 575 Payne, Wilson

Wed 5 Oct Torpoint Ath (CSC) A D 1-1 104 Copp (4-2 pens)

Sat 8 Oct Buckland Athletic A L 0-4 237 -

Sat 15 Oct Saltash United H L 1-2 167 Wilson

Sat 22 Oct Falmouth T (FAV) A L 1-2 600 Payne

Tue 1 Nov Millbrook A L 0-2 41 -

Sat 5 Nov Clevedon Town A W 2-0 111 Carter, Wilson

Tue 8 Nov St Blazey (CC) H W 4-0 107 Shepherd (2), Elliott, Payne

Sat 12 Nov Cadbury Heath H W 2-0 137 Payne (2)

Date Opponents Ven. Res. Att. Scorers

Sat 19 Nov Welton Rovers H W 4-0 150 Wilson (2), Carter, Payne

Sat 3 Dec Barnstaple Town A W 2-0 128 Carter, Shepherd

Tue 6 Dec Millbrook (LPC) A W 2-0 36 Jewell, Shepherd

Sat 10 Dec Buckland Athletic H

Sat 17 Dec Keynsham Town A

Mon 26 Dec Mousehole A

2023

Mon 2 Jan Shepton Mallet H

Sat 7 Jan Welton Rovers A

Wed 11 Jan Godolphin AN (CSC) A

Sat 14 Jan Street H

Sat 28 Jan Ashton & Backwell H

Sat 4 Feb Ilfracombe Town A

Sat 11 Feb Bridgwater Utd A

Sat 18 Feb Ilfracombe Town H

Sat 25 Feb Sherborne Town A

Sat 4 Mar Barnstaple Town H

Sat 11 Mar Ashton & Backwell A

Sat 18 Mar Street A

Sat 25 Mar Clevedon Town H

Sat 1 Apr Wellington A

Fri 7 Apr Mousehole H

Mon 10 Apr Shepton Mallet A

Sat 15 Apr Cadbury Heath A

Sat 22 Apr Keynsham Town H