Torpoint Ath 4, Falmouth Town 1

THREE goals in ten second half minutes ended Town’s resistance as they fell to their second defeat in

a week in SWPL Premier on Saturday.

With many games once again called off due to heavy overnight rain on Friday, Falmouth failed to

capitalise at The Mill, which had been passed fit after a pitch inspection on the morning of the

match.

The visitors started brightly and forced three corners in the opening ten minutes, before keeper

Ryan Barnes produced a tremendous triple save to deny the hosts the first goal after quarter of an

hour.

Barnes was in action again five minutes later when he dived full length to deny Tegan Rosenquest’s

header.

Torpoint made the breakthrough just before the half hour mark when Rory Simmons intercepted a

misdirected pass from defence and burst forward and fed Kirk Smith, who hit an unstoppable shot

past Barnes from 15 yards.

Town came close to an equaliser on 33 minutes when Dan Richardson broke forward and fed

Squires, whose shot beat home keeper Ben Hardie but defender Ryan Swain was on hand to make a

last ditch clearance and put the ball out for a corner.

From that set piece, skipper Joe Cooper’s header was goalbound but this time Josh King cleared the

ball off the line as Falmouth pushed for parity.

In the second period Rob Wearne crossed for Squires, whose first time shot was saved by Hardie and

and Andrew Westgarth closed in to pounce on the rebound, King was once again on hand to clear

the danger.

With an hour played, Town were still hopeful of taking some from the game, but the ensuing ten

minutes shattered that notion.

First, Seb Broomfield’s looping header eluded Barnes and although Tom Whipp looked to have made

a goal line clearance, the ball was adjudged to have crossed the line.

Two minutes later it was 3-0 when Broomfield was on the mark again, blasting home a left wing

cross from Lewis Young.

Smith then scored his second of the match when he poked home from six yards following a free kick

and subsequent scramble in the penalty area.

Falmouth snatched a consolation just two minutes later when Ed Timmons fed Harry Clarke on the

left and he beat his man and cut the ball back from the by-line for Mike Vanes to charge into the

area and smash the ball home from ten yards for his second goal of the season.

Late in the game Town might have added a second when Wearne crossed for Squires, but with

Hardie beaten, his header bounced back off the post to safety.

In the last 17 SWPL matches between the two sides, Town have won only twice and although the

score flattered the hosts, Westgarth’s men rarely looked like reversing that miserable record.

Torpoint: B.Hardie (c), D.Worth (N.Kinsman 88m), T.Payne, J.Patterson, J.King, R.Swain, K.Smith,

R.Simmons, S.Broomfield (D Smith 64m), T.Rosenquest, L.Young (B Waters75m)

Booking Vanes 74m

Falmouth: R.Barnes, M.Hollands, E.Timmons, T.Whipp, J.Cooper (capt), D.Greet (M.Vanes 64m),

R.Wearne, D.Richardson (R.Pope 75m), G.Squires A.Westgarth (O.Walker 68m), H.Clarke. Subs not used- Chris Wormington-Ethan Fearne gk

Booking-Patterson 50m