Cornwall Senior
Cup Final
Liskeard Athletic 0
St Blazey 2
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St Blazey gave a professional performance in front of a crowd of 1,752 at Kimberley Stadium to lift the Cornwall Senior Cup for the third consecutive season.
The proceedings began with a minute's silence, which was immaculately observed, in memory of both the Queen Mother and of Liskeard assistant manager John Hillson, whose sudden death at the age of 35 just a few days beforehand had deeply saddened and shocked everyone who knew him.
The Green and Blacks had to overcome the emotion of the occasion and a Liskeard side that came out well and truly fired up.
John Dawe and Darren Gilbert both went close before Blazey struck in the 22nd minute.
Justin Harrington's free-kick was blocked by Ian Baker but Dale Band retrieved the ball and his cross to the near post was turned home by Daniel Nancarrow.
Only a great tackle by Nigel Pugh prevented Lee Doncaster equalising before Baker reciprocated by denying Glynn Hooper.
Hooper hit the Liskeard woodwork early in the second half before Saints grabbed their second in the 61st minute.
A combination of Dawe and Baker blocked Hooper's shot on the line only for Steve Daly to pick up the hasty clearance out wide on the left.
The former Tiverton midfielder immediately picked out Hooper who steered home a first time drive low inside Baker's near post.
Liskeard tried their best to break down the Blazey defence but it was their opponents who came closest to scoring again as Daly's goalbound header was defected onto the post by Dawe.
Cornwall Junior
Cup Final
Morwenstow 2
Perranporth 1
Perranporth had Dave Rawlings sent off before taking a first half lead through a Gary Watkins penalty.
The final was part of an Easter Monday double header at Saltash's Kimberley Stadium
The burden of a man less finally told as Djamel Bousahla headed Morwenstow level on the hour with his brother Neil grabbing the winner four minutes from time.
Carlsberg South
Western League
Penryn 0
Liskeard 3
WITH Easter Monday's Cornwall Senior Cup Final in mind Liskeard manager Chris Burchell 'rested' several of his key players for Saturday's trip to Penryn but the visitors still had too much pace and power for their hosts and ran out comfortable winners.
Early play was well contested and it was Penryn who went closest when veteran Mark Rapsey created a chance which saw Lee Oldfield's effort deflect wide for a fruitless corner.
With former Argyle goalkeeper Andy Avery coming under increasing pressure Liskeard opened their account in the 47th minute when Paul Smith volleyed in from 20 yards.
The excellent Avery did well to deny both Lee Doncaster and Jeff Babb before being beaten for a second time by Darren Redding two minutes into the second half.
Twelve minutes from time Liskeard wrapped up victory when Aaron Cusack set up Doncaster for the Blues third goal.
Millbrook 1
Torpoint Athletic 3
Two goals in the last 15 minutes of this Good Friday local derby saw Torpoint pull themselves well clear of the re-election zone.
The same could not be said of Millbrook, now just five points ahead of Truro City, who occupy the last re-election spot having played three games more.
This game, at Mill Park, rarely showed the passion normally associated with such Tamarside derbies.
Millbrook even gifted their local rivals a 15th minute lead when home defender Andy Frampton steered the ball past his own goalkeeper Richard Rowe.
The home side equalised five minutes before the break, Karl Curtis lashing home the goal of the game.
The scores remained level until 20 minutes from time when Bob Evans restored the visitors lead.
The points were finally assured for Torpoint when Calum Wilson tapped home a late third from close range.
Bodmin Town 1
Callington Town 0
Bodmin Town somehow survived an incredible second half onslaught from ten-man Callington to take all three points in this keenly contested Carlsberg South Western League game at Priory Park on Wednesday night.
The fact that they survived owed much to some last gasp defending and being on the right end of countless controversial refereeing decisions that had the large and vocal travelling Callington support having mixed emotions of outrage at the decisions but pride in their team which produced the best second half display of the season so far.
On a rough and uneven surface, both sides found the bounce difficult to read, but for all that both produced some bright attractive football without really stretching either keeper.
For Callington Jon Hake went closest on ten minutes when he shot wide from ten yards while four minutes later, Bodmin's Steve Brown also fired wide of the mark when he latched onto a good cross.
Callington's influential midfielder Matt Martin had to be subsituted after a bad tackle from behind which went unpunished and the visitor's anguish was doubled when, with six minutes of the first half to go, their keeper Andy Brenton was red carded for a tackle outside the area which was no worse than the previous one.
Striker Hake went between the posts but could do little when a mistake by Chris Gerry allowed Gary Wheldon to fire home.
However, this was the signal for one of the most amazing last 30 minutes seen in recent years.
Callington laid siege to the Bodmin goal, launching wave after wave of attacks down both wings and through the middle.
It seemed that the home side were the team with a player short as they battled against the Callington forwards.
Twice young striker Tom Barwell seemed to be fouled in the area, but twice the decision went to the home side.
Gerry, Williams and Tilbury tore down the Bodmin wings and launched cross after cross that somehow eluded their fellow team mates or were cleared by the Bodmin defence.
Substitute Sean Hartley was unlucky to see his fierce shot deflect off Barwell in the closing minutes but Bodmin somehow held on to register a win but it was the Callington fans who gave their heroes a standing ovation at the final whistle.
This was echoed by Town manager Ian Southcott and chairman Andrew Long who were both full of praise for the battling qualities of their young side.
Truro City 6
Callington Town 3
The final Easter Groundhop game at Treyew Road ended in a goal feast for the fans but their delight was not shared by the Callington contingent who saw their side slip into the re-election zone as a result of this defeat.
Steve Wherry gave Truro a seventh minute lead but Matt Martin shot home from close range to put the visitors level inside two minutes.
Matt Salmon scored twice, his first from the penalty spot, either side of Richard Young's effort to put Truro into a 4-1 lead with Gavin West pulling a goal back for the visitors before the interval.
Truro had Wherry stretchered off with a suspected broken leg after ten minutes of the second half and this seem to disrupt them until 17 minutes from time when Young hit his second of the match.
Young then completed his hat-trick, two minutes from time, before Matt Salmon's attempted clearance only succeeded in sending Tom Barwell's free-kick into the Truro net.