2pm 25 January 2025
St Piran League, Tracy Banfield Cup, 2nd Round
Pendeen Rovers 1 Perranwell 4 (att 45)
A weekend in the West Country was a chance to visit my final remaining ground in the top division of the western half of Cornwall's recently-expanded St Piran League.
Pendeen is a village beyond Penzance and close to Land's End. I think only St Just have a ground that's further west on the English mainland.
Pendeen Rovers' home, Borlase Park, is a decent venue that's worth a long journey. The sloping pitch is railed off and, on the far side in front of what looks like redundant former changing rooms, there's a small covered standing area flanked by dugouts.
These days the players change in a more modern building, which also includes a bar, towards a corner of the pitch. The ground also provides plenty of pitchside car parking.
The Tracy Banfield Cup is for teams in the St Piran League's parallel east and west top divisions. I expected a tight game between two sides close together in the Premier Division West, but Perranwell quickly built up a commanding lead.
The home side were very slow to get going, and defensive errors helped the visitors to a 4-0 lead after just 25 minutes. Pendeen eventually stopped the rot, but could do little to alter the outcome.
Their sole consolation was getting the second half's only goal. It came with about 20 minutes left, but there was never much chance of them mounting more of a comeback.
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