Whirlwind Trelawny League
Division One
ST ERME FC 7 HOLMANS SC RESERVES 5
Att: 41
Programme £1
Att: 41
Programme £1
Many years ago I visited Holmans and met Neil Pitt who did a programme and wrote a page about my groundhopping, I have bumped in to him over the years. St Erme FC i came across due to a match i was intending going to up near Hayle being postponed and they were the opponents of a game I arrived at. I became friends with the club and visited their home ground a couple of seasons ago.
With us having a late holiday break down here in Cornwall, I looked at the fixture list and noticed that St Erme FC were hosting Holmans Reserves, also it being Non League Day, I felt what can I do to put these 2 clubs on to the map, there was only 1 thing I know what to do and that is produce a programme as St Erme FC's first ever, so a 20 page programme was produced for the match and developed interest from as far as Germany up to Liverpool and the match also attracted a few groundhoppers.
The pitch as usual looked in excellent condition even after a few days of heavy rain storms in the area.
Before the match I was joined by Aldershot based hopper Paul Crofts who at the end of the match kindly donated £5 to the Charity Blog.
The game kicked off with just a sprinkle of light rain though heavy showers were forecast for the afternoon, the rain wasnt going to bother the Saints as they took a early lead after just 3 minutes and before long it had double to 2-0 and on 10 minutes things looked bleak for the visitors when St Erme bagged a third.
Holmans must have feared the worse as only a few weeks ago they had been on to a hiding from the league leaders Penzance, but to their credit on the half hour they pulled a goal back which spurred them forward and within 3 minutes, it was 3-3 as they shocked the crowd of 41. As the game headed toward half time, The Saints took the lead again to go in 4-3 up.
The Second Half began and it was the homesters on the front foot and it was their turn to score 3 goals in 5 minutes to extend their lead to 7-3 after 57 minutes and it looked like the floodgates may open.
Again to the visitors credit, they tried their best and tried to create chances whilst St Erme could well have extended their lead but the visiting keeper seemed on good form with at least 4 very good saves.
With just 2 minutes to go, the visitors gave it a last burst and scored twice in a minute, but this time, it was a matter of too late as it left the final score 7-5 to the Saints.
I must mention Referee Nigel Jewell who I felt had a superb game, he let the game flow when he could and was always in control.
After the match in the clubhouse, the St Erme FC manager made a speech and got me up to make a presentation to me, which was a lovely shock and surprise. The club also has donated all the money from the programme sales to the Charity Blog.
203 photos can be seen on this LINK
Before the match I was joined by Aldershot based hopper Paul Crofts who at the end of the match kindly donated £5 to the Charity Blog.
The game kicked off with just a sprinkle of light rain though heavy showers were forecast for the afternoon, the rain wasnt going to bother the Saints as they took a early lead after just 3 minutes and before long it had double to 2-0 and on 10 minutes things looked bleak for the visitors when St Erme bagged a third.
Holmans must have feared the worse as only a few weeks ago they had been on to a hiding from the league leaders Penzance, but to their credit on the half hour they pulled a goal back which spurred them forward and within 3 minutes, it was 3-3 as they shocked the crowd of 41. As the game headed toward half time, The Saints took the lead again to go in 4-3 up.
The Second Half began and it was the homesters on the front foot and it was their turn to score 3 goals in 5 minutes to extend their lead to 7-3 after 57 minutes and it looked like the floodgates may open.
Again to the visitors credit, they tried their best and tried to create chances whilst St Erme could well have extended their lead but the visiting keeper seemed on good form with at least 4 very good saves.
With just 2 minutes to go, the visitors gave it a last burst and scored twice in a minute, but this time, it was a matter of too late as it left the final score 7-5 to the Saints.
I must mention Referee Nigel Jewell who I felt had a superb game, he let the game flow when he could and was always in control.
After the match in the clubhouse, the St Erme FC manager made a speech and got me up to make a presentation to me, which was a lovely shock and surprise. The club also has donated all the money from the programme sales to the Charity Blog.
203 photos can be seen on this LINK
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