Match Report

Tintagel 2-4 Grampound Veterans

5 October 2025
Cornwall Veterans League Cup

On a cool windy morning, Grampound started really well with Ben Taylor skilfully planting a chip over the home goalkeeper, who was well off his goal line, into the net with only minutes gone.  Grampound's passing looked a little more controlled than in recent matches but a bit of a cock up around the Grampound goal led to a simple equaliser soon after.  Tintagel proceeded to take the lead directly from a free kick when a misaligned wall allowed a low shot to creep inside the post.  Before half time Grampound grabbed a fortuitous equaliser when the home goalkeeper somehow lost possession of a ball that had been passed to him.  The ball was squared across the 6 yard bos and Matt Fletcher made no mistake fro a few yards out.  The first half had been fairly even.  Grampound's control and passing, although better than in previous games, was still varied, the ball too often returned to the opposition when under no pressure.
The second half looked as if it might be very tough with Grampound playing against a fierce wind.  However, the passing was a little more confident and crisper with far fewer attempted passes going straight to opposition players.  In addition, apart from a couple of lapses, defensively the team did not allow the home side to gain the upper hand and kept attacks at arms length in the main.  Grampound did concede an unexpected and unfortunate  penalty but James Brooker made an excellent save to keep the shot out.  Even with the elements against the team, the better chances were Grampound's and two excellent strikes from outside the penalty box by Giles Farmer found the back of the net to give Grampound a deserved win and the team will go through to round 2 of the Veterans League Cup/

Veterans Squad