


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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On this Pancake Day, welcome to the players, officials and supporters of our localist of rivals, Falmouth Town. This evenings match will be our third cup head to head this season with honours shared at one win apiece. Previous matches have both ended two-one in favour of the home side, so although I would settle for that, I’m sure Falmouth will have other ideas. An extended welcome to this evenings match referee Robert Fleetham and assistants Alan Hoon and Max Davies.
This evening represents Helston’s third consecutive home fixture in just ten days. Thank you to all those that attended on Saturday to witness what ended up being a comfortable victory over Ilfracombe Town. Following this evenings match we make our first ever visit to Sherborne Town on Saturday, whilst next Tuesday we travel to Bridgwater United. On Saturday 4th March its a return home when we host Barnstaple Town.
For awareness should the scores be level at the end of ninety minutes this evening, the tie will be settled by the taking of penalty kicks. There is no extra time. The winners will progress to the quarter finals of this seasons Les Phillips Cup with home advantage against the winners of Buckland Athletic v Torpoint Athletic, also being played this evening.
Finally from me, congratulations and well done to Helston Athletic Women who on Sunday overcame National League AFC St Austell Women, by three goals to one, to progress to last four of this seasons MH Goals Cornwall FA Women’s Cup. The reward for causing the biggest upset in this seasons competition is an away semi-final verses league rivals Mousehole Women. The tie is scheduled to be played on Sunday 12th March, KO 2:00pm. As the current holders, Helston Women will be bidding to make it through to this seasons final.
Please enjoy your evening and as always thank you for your attendance and support
Paul Hendy (Chairman)Pic: Helston Women having beaten National League AFC St Austell in Sunday’s MH Goals Cornwall Women’s FA Cup.
Tuesday 21st February 2023
Les Phillips Cup
Almondsbury v Keynsham Town
Buckland Athletic v Torpoint Athletic
Helston Athletic v Falmouth Town
Odd Down (Bath) v Ilfracombe Town
Shepton Mallet Town v FC Bristol
Premier Division
Ashton & Backwell United v Saltash United
Saturday 25th February 2023
Premier Division
Barnstaple Town v Keynsham Town
Bridgwater United v Ashton & Backwell United
Buckland Athletic v Mousehole
Cadbury Heath v Falmouth Town
Ilfracombe Town v Torpoint Athletic
Millbrook v Welton Rovers
Shepton Mallet Town v Clevedon Town
Sherborne Town v Helston Athletic
Wellington v Street
A guide to away games this season in the Western League Premier Division
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Our League cup is named after a former Chairman of the league, Les Phillips. He is noted for bringing sponsorship to the league.
In 1973, Les was elected Chairman. Many have said that this was a ‘milestone’ in the league’s history. With a broad smile and a booming voice, Les assured everyone that he would do everything in his power to help the league make further progress. And progress it did. A sponsorship deal with Rothmans followed worth £10,000 per season. And so the 1974/75 season kicked off as The Rothmans Western Football League.
Do you remember the Great Mills Western League? That was Les Phillips too. The deal was announced at Ashton Court on Tuesday 27th April 1982 by Peter Bastin of Great Mills and Lawrie McMenemy. The sponsorship deal was worth £100,000 over five years and introduced a ‘pounds-for-goals’ bonus system.
In 1988, Les Phillips passed away. This was a great shock. The man who had given so much to the league was gone. It was therefore decided to re-name the Challenge Cup after Les and the first winners in the 1988/89 season were Exmouth Town.
Having a cup named after you may not be much reward for a man who had given so much to Western League Football, but his name will always be remembered and live on in the Les Phillips Cup.
The trophy itself started life in the 1954/55 season as The Western Football League Professional Challenge Cup. This new cup which cost £45-9s-0d was only open to professional clubs. In those days there was a distinction between professional and amateur clubs in the league. Poole were the first team to win the cup having beaten Frome.
In 1961/62 The Professional Challenge Cup was renamed ‘The Challenge Cup’ and the first winners were Bristol City Reserves. For the 2012/13 season the cup was sponsored for the first time by Termination Technology of St. George, Bristol. This enabled payments to be made to the winners in each round of the cup.
Blue & White shirts
Blue shorts
Blue socks
Kyle MOORE (GK)
Reece SHANLEY
Josh DANIEL
Jordan BENTLEY
Fred WALTER
Josh STOREY (c)
Harrison JEWELL
Teigan ROSENQUEST
Tom PAYNE
Steve COLWELL
Matt BYE
Jordan COPP
Rubin WILSON
Rikki SHEPHERD
Jamie SIMMONDS
Ross DUNSTAN
Rocco HILL
Manager Matt CUSACK
Asst. Manager
Coach
Dan HARRISON
Dan BUA ROBERTS
Goalkeeper Coach Martyn DAUGHTERY
Physio
Jaimie OSBORNE
Referee Robert FLEETHAM
Pink shirts
Black shorts
Black socks
Ryan BARNES
Kayden GORDON-DUNN
Scott KELLOW
Tom ANNEAR
James WARD (c)
Jack WEBBER
Oliver WALKER
Oliver PICKUP
Andreas CALLEJA-STAYNE
Luke BRABYN
Tim NIXON
James SWAN
Luke BARNER
Charlie EDNEY
Max EVERALL
Ethan JOREY
Jacob ROWE
Manager Andrew WESTGARTH
Physio Haydn JOSE
T O D A Y S S Q U A D
Assistants
Alan HOON
Max DAVIES
FALMOUTH TOWN joined the old Cornwall Senior League in 1950 before becoming founder membersoftheSouthWesternLeaguein1951/52.Afterseveralhomes,thesaleoftheirAshfieldgroundtoShell-MexBPenabledthepurchaseoftheirpresenthomeatBicklandPark.
By the late 1950’s, professionalism was introduced and this led to Falmouth winning their firsttrophy,theSWLCup,inthe1957/58seasonandretaineditthefollowingseason.Season 1961/62sawFalmouthTownwinthetrebleofLeagueChampionship,LeagueCupandCornwallSeniorCup.ThefollowingseasonhistorywasmadewhentheybecamethefirsteverCornish club to the reach the First Round Proper of the FACup where they lost by twogoals to oneathometoOxfordUnitedwhoseteamincludedRonAtkinson,infrontofacrowdof8000. TownreachedtheFirstRoundontwomoreoccasionsin1967and1969losingbothtimesto PeterboroughUnited,first5-2awayandthen1-4athome.
Aftermuchmoredomestic successandwinningtheSouthWesternLeagueforfour consecutive years, Town joined the Western League in season 1974/75. They won both the League and League Cup in their first season without losing a single game and then won the League Championship in the following three seasons. Whilst in the Western League, Falmouth won theCornwallSeniorCupinfoursuccessiveseasons,from1975/76to1978/79.
In1975,midfielderRoyCarterlefttojoinHerefordUnitedintheFootballLeague,goingonto play for Swindon Town, Torquay United, Bristol Rovers and Newport County. The following year Town’sacegoal scorer Tony Kellow was sold to Exeter City for a record transfer fee of £12,000andremainstheirall-timetopgoalscorer.Then,in1978clubrecordscorerJoeScott joinedBournemouth.
Afternineseasons,increasedtravellingexpensesforcedFalmouthtoresignfromtheWestern LeagueandnotbeingacceptedbackintotheSouthWesternLeague,hadtoentertheCornwall Combination Leaguewhich they won at the first attempt. Backin the South Western League theybecamechampionsagainin1985/86whichwaswonseveralmoretimesalongwithnumerouscups.Aperiodofturmoilthenfollowedwithupsanddownsintheclubsfortunesboth onandoffthepitch.
With the formation of the South West Peninsula League, Falmouth Town plied their tradein the Premier Division but never achieved any success until the appointment of local lad and player,AndrewWestgarth.Beinghisfirstappointmentasmanagerofanyclub,hehadasteep learningcurve.
The pendulum eventually started to swing in the right direction andaftera period of steady progress Westgarth lead the club to itsfirst successin many yearswhen in season 2017/18 theclubwontheSouthWestPeninsulaLeagueCupandtheLeagueCharityBowl.Nextseason theCornwallSeniorCupwaswonandfollowingtwoincompleteseasonsduetotheCovidPandemic, in the first full season after the FA instigated a revised pyramid system, Falmouth Town won the league championship for the first time and with it promotion to the Western League. To complete a fantastic season, the Cornwall Senior Cup and League Charity Bowl werealsowontocompleteamagnificenttreble.
Falmouth Town Honours
Western League
Champions 1974–75,1975–76,1976–77,1977–78
League Cup winners 1974–75
Alan Young Cup winners 1975–76(sharedwithTauntonTown),1977–78
South Western League
South West Peninsula League
Premier Division West champions 2021–22
League Cup winners 2017–18
Charity Bowl winners 2018–19;2021-22
Cornwall Combination League
Champions 1983–84
Pratten Cup
Winners 1973–74
Cornwall Senior Cup Winners
Cornwall Charity Cup
Winners 1959–60,1999–2000
St Austell Brewery Cup
–22
Winners 1989–90,1991–92,1993–94,1994–95,1995–96,1997–98
Aubrey Wilkes Trophy
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.
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.