Firstly let's clear up my remarks from last time. It looks as if the total for my season's Cornish Senior ground visiting is back with 53.

You may remember that Portreath were on the brink of leaving the Jollys Cornwall Combination League before a ball had been kicked this season.

The club announced on our Forum :"...Portreath AFC has been going through a tough time with various events and for many reasons the Club will be disbanding with immediate effect. " But within 24 hours the crisis seemed to have been sorted with some players taking over. Good to see, but one must ask - where were these players in the first place?

Anyway, back to the ground visiting and having watched Truro win away at Bedford in their first-ever Southern League Premier Division match on the first Saturday of their new season, I thought it  only right and proper to watch their first-ever home match - Merthyr Tydfil at Treyew Road and after a shaky opening, it ended a comfortable 3-1 victory. A bit similar really to the performance at Bedford. Certainly from watching the two games, I can't see them having any problem holding their own in this further step up the pyramid system. Indeed, they surely will have a good chance in another promotion. Can they make it 5 in 5 seasons?

Because of the previous paragraph question, I took a day out from my 53 club journey to watch Truro against the league's big favourites - Farnborough. And ok, they lost 3-2, but no disgrace whatsoever. Another promotion season is a reality prospect - and you read it first here!

Game 4 - Perranporth v Newquay on the following Tuesday (Aug 25th). A bit different from my two previous matches,  but a game between two very hungry sides on the night. It looked at times that the contest might get a bit fiesty, but it didn't, and the Peppermints came away with a 2-1 win and for the moment at least go top of the table.

The day after saw Game 5 between Camelford v Foxhole. In the same division as the previous night, but a different style game. Nowhere near as fast, perhaps the difference in a game between possibly two mid-table sides and  the previous one where the teams are being tipped as promotion candidates.

Whatever, it was a personal night to remember for home striker Paul Menhenick as he scored all four goals in Camelford's 4-2 win. Although sadly for Paul, in regional paper it gave the credit to "Mark Menhenick"! Camelford are now third for the moment, on goal difference. Foxhole's two were two headers, from Sam Kenny and Mark Rowe.

I liked the comment from one Foxhole supporter in the crowd early in the second half when Camelford's long-serving manager Reg Hambly trotted around the pitch and back to the changing room to get something. Now for those of you who don't know Reg, he's well into his 50s, but the comment came :"He's still quicker than some of ours!". Needless to say, the visiting supporters were none too happy with their side's performance on the night!

There was still time to catch 25 minutes of Bodmin against Falmouth on the way home. The return of Alan Carey! The game didn't count against my mission, but I was keen to see the new-look Falmouth in action. 1-0 to Bodmin when I got there, Falmouth must have been thinking they would leave with a point when Matt Drummond levelled with a cracking shot with only about five minutes to go. But the defence panicked a little and new Chris Luxton helped in a Steve Colwell shot. 2-1 to the champions, and Darren Gilbert's side once again look the side to have to beat if you want to take the title!

One final note from that game, how fickle a football fan is! Alan Carey and Sean Flynn came in for some stick come the final whistle

Right, must be off to consider where to go next!

Good morning Dave.

What a cracking idea to cover all the clubs.

Why not suggest to your members some sort of sponsorship for charity - I will send a £10 to start the ball rolling so to speak.
Good luck. Dale