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RAPPO & DEACS, Series 2, Episode 2 Friday, August 9 2019 Firstly, thanks for all the listeners to our opening show of the new season. Over 400 is a healthy start! After last week’s bumper episode, we carry on with the focus on the Peninsula League, but also, we introduce you to the new St Piran League via its secretary Steve Carpenter. So, in total this week we have three managers, two players and two league secretaries and all very much worth a listen. By popular demand we’ve also got another “quick 10 question” section for Rappo to answer! After all, we’re here to enjoy talking about football and having a laugh along the way. If you want to have a go, just get in touch by either email davedeacon@cornishsoccer.info or twitter @soccerpodcast (Cornish Soccer talking football). Remember, the beauty of the podcast is that you can stop listening at any time and then return at a convenient time later, but most importantly make sure you subscribe on your favourite podcast platform so that you don’t ever miss a

Cam Weldon with Mousehole management Jake Ash and Ben Harding

RAPPO & DEACS, (AUDIO LEVELS TWEAKED) Series 2, Episode 1 Friday, August 2 2019 Hello everyone, this is the first episode of the second series of the RAPPO & DEACS Friday Fix and what a bumper episode it is! The whole concept of the weekly podcast is to try and make it as entertaining and fun as possible, with friends around the Duchy and sometimes further afield, talking football. That’s the local stuff (well, apart from Rappo’s Bet of the Week)! With this one, the start of a new season, we’ve made it a bumper edition. Five managers and one player, all from the South West Peninsula League which starts on Tuesday. We’ve also thrown in a “quick 10 question” section – this week Rappo is answering, or attempting to, but in future we’ll be hoping to get some of you to do so. I really loved some of Rappo’s answers – even if they were way out from being correct! Remember, the beauty of the podcast is that you can stop listening at any time and then return at a convenient time later. TIMINGS:- 1:10 - Close s

RAPPO & DEACS, (TAKE TWO) Series 2, Episode 1 Friday, August 2 2019 Hello everyone, this is the first episode of the second series of the RAPPO & DEACS Friday Fix and what a bumper episode it is! The whole concept of the weekly podcast is to try and make it as entertaining and fun as possible, with friends around the Duchy and sometimes further afield, talking football. That’s the local stuff (well, apart from Rappo’s Bet of the Week)! With this one, the start of a new season, we’ve made it a bumper edition. Five managers and one player, all from the South West Peninsula League which starts on Tuesday. We’ve also thrown in a “quick 10 question” section – this week Rappo is answering, or attempting to, but in future we’ll be hoping to get some of you to do so. I really loved some of Rappo’s answers – even if they were way out from being correct! Remember, the beauty of the podcast is that you can stop listening at any time and then return at a convenient time later. TIMINGS:- 1:10 - Close season catch

It’s the weekly podcast featuring local clubs, managers and players with two local football geeks!

When earlier this week Helston Athletic FC announced that they were giving contracts to some of their players, there were a few around the place that couldn't see why! CORNISH SOCCER caught up with the Blues manager Steve Massey at the Arts Cafe, Truro Museum to hear more about the thinking behind the idea. If you should be listening to this via the Anchor Podcast app, lets hear your thoughts by leaving a voice message Dave Deacon (CORNISH SOCCER)

Another episode in the CORNISH SOCCER Podcast series of trips down memory lane with pure nostalgia, this time with John Dent. John played and went on to manage in the local game for well over 40 years. With such a long, esteemed time in the game, we could have no doubt talked for ages, however in this episode we concentrated on his time as a youngster with his home town club Plymouth Argyle; his “Twin Towers Wembley” memories and of course when he both played and later became manager at his favourite local club – Falmouth Town.  Good times, emotional recollections  and great characters discussed and so take a listen and enjoy. My thanks go to John for sparing the time and giving all us local football supporters an hour of pure nostalgia! Dave Deacon * The short clips of Brian Moore commentary used can be found on You Tube “The National Association of Youth Clubs Cup Final 1974/75. *

RAPPO & DEACS FRIDAY FIX  17 May 2019 Welcome to the 24th episode. The last one! We’re still in the Cup Final period of the season and so understandably there’s a review of last Saturday’s SWPL League Cup Final, as well as a mention for Sunday’s Duchy League final which features St Mawgan and Foxhole clashing again. St Mawgan’s manager Ash Bicknall is back on to give us his thoughts while Lee Denton also tells how he happens to be back at Perranporth and looking to seal his second Combo league title in two seasons for the club! Falmouth Town’s Young Player of the Season, Martyn Duff, explains how he feels his playing role is at the club and we finish the season with our regular SWPL contributor, secretary Phil Hiscox, giving his thoughts on the league’s season. Many thanks to Phil for his weekly contribution. We sum up how much we have in the kitty after our weekly “Bet of the Week” slot, and of course there’s the final result for the Predictions we made every week!  Rappo also shares his last C

RAPPO & DEACS FRIDAY FIX  10 May 2019 Welcome to the 23rd and penultimate episode. It’s a longer one this week as the season comes to an exciting climax all throughout the county. Cup football continues to dominate with firstly player/manager James “Harry” Tonkin coming back on after his Mousehole Reserves side won the Cornwall Junior Cup. There was also time after the midweek Cornwall Charity Cup final to catch St Dennis manager Jack Barbery before his St Dennis went off to celebrate their win against Illogan RBL. After the Senior Cup Final three weekends ago, Falmouth and Saltash have to do it all again, this time in the SWPL Cup Final and we speak to Dane Bunney of the Ashes and James Miller from Town. There’s also Shaun Vincent of St Blazey on this week’s podcast and of course Rappo with his usual features - his “Bet of the Week”, the Predictions (on a handful of games throughout the Saturday football programme) and the Combo review. We always feature our Truro City supporters, Cam and Josh, as w

RAPPO & DEACS FRIDAY FIX  3 May 2019 Welcome to the 22nd episode. After the Senior Cup Final two weekends ago, it’s the turn of the Bond Timber Cornwall Junior Cup Final this Sunday and we hear from managers of both camps. However, before that, of course Rappo is back from his holiday away and so his usual features are back such as his “Bet of the Week”, the Predictions (on a handful of games throughout the Saturday football programme) and the Combo review. As usual, we keep in touch with our resident Truro City supporters, Cam and Josh, as well as with the SWPL secretary Phil Hiscox. So onto the Junior Cup Final taking place at Hayle on Sunday. First up is “Harry” Tonkin, Mousehole’s manager and then we have back one half of the Foxhole management team – Shaun German. It’s great listening to both of them ahead of one of the biggest dates on the Cornish football calendar. Once again, thanks for listening and please feel free to contact me – davedeacon@cornishsoccer.info with feedback, comments and su

RAPPO & DEACS FRIDAY FIX PODCAST  26th April 2019 It’s the 21st episode of the weekly Friday Fix podcast which is now available to download and enjoy and is available via a number of different podcast platforms.  There’s no Rappo this time around as he’s away on holiday and so that means no “Bet of the Week” or “Predictions” as well as Rappo’s detailed “Combo Review”. We have got some interviews however, featuring the Senior Cup skippers from Falmouth Town and Saltash United – namely Joe Cooper and Ryan Richards respectively. The RM Graphic Design League Cup final takes place at St Blazey on Sunday and managers Lee Mann (Callington) and Mark Smith (AFC St Austell) speak to the Friday Fix podcast as well as Mark giving his neutral thoughts on the Easter Monday Senior Cup Final. Two more managers appear on this week’s episode – from the Combo we have Harry Pope (Penryn Athletic) while SWPL Division One West side Liskeard Athletic made sure of the league title this week and so Richard Woods from th

RAPPO & DEACS EASTER CUP SPECIAL  18th April 2019 Thank you for listening to another episode of the podcast. This is the 20th episode to become available to download and enjoy. Of course, we’re out a day early this week because of the busy Easter local football programme. It’s always a special time in the football calendar with not only an all but full programme of SWPL matches on the Good Friday, but then cup football takes over with the Cornwall Combination League Cup Final on the Sunday and of course the Cornwall Senior Cup final on the Easter Monday. Our version of the FA Cup as described by three of our guests this week St Austell’s Caretaker Manager Neil Slateford, who is also no stranger to appearing in the final, and we also talk to the two managers involved on the day – Saltash’s Matt Cusack and Falmouth’s Andy Westgarth. Before that however, we also hear from two key people in the build-up to the Combo final on the Sunday – Illogan’s skipper Steve Abbott-Smith and St Day’s assistant manager

RAPPO & DEACS FRIDAY FIX PODCAST  12th April 2019 It’s the 19th episode of the weekly Friday Fix podcast which is now available to download and enjoy and is available via a number of different podcast platforms.  There’s three interviews, two featuring successful Charity Cup managers Jack Barbery (St Dennis) and Mikey Pascoe (Illogan RBL) and the other with Godolphin Atlantic gaffer Paul Sidwell.  These are mixed in with Rappo’s “Bet of the Week” and our Predictions covering five games from  throughout the Saturday football programme. As usual we keep in touch with our resident Truro City supporters, Josh and Cam (which also includes hearing from caretaker manager Paul Wilkinson and midfielder River Allen), as well as the SWPL secretary Phil Hiscox and Rappo also takes his regular look at the Cornwall Combination League scene.  Once again, thanks for listening and please feel free to contact me – davedeacon@cornishsoccer.info with feedback, comments and suggestions for future epis

RAPPO & DEACS FRIDAY FIX PODCAST  5th April 2019 This is episode 18 of the FRIDAY FIX podcast and it’s another packed one! We hear from four guests this week, two of which are Reserve team managers and two of which are SWPL players. Steve Manuel, manager of Saltash United Reserves, gives his thoughts on the exciting MAB ECPL Premier Division title race, while Rob Noventa is open and honest in sharing with us the struggle he’s having at Porthleven, in charge of the Reserves at Gala Parc. We also have an extended interview with Rob because he explains the troubles in more detail along with of course, he was personally involved in the “referee walking off incident” at Falmouth only three days ago!  Tom Whipp, a Bodmin Town defender, tells us why they are getting things together at the Priory Park club, and Liskeard Athletic skipper Jack Podmore gives his thoughts on the Blues closing in on the Division One West title. As always, our resident guests - Truro City supporters, Josh and Cam, and SWPL se

As the CORNISH SOCCER podcast was one of the first to speak to Leigh Robinson when he took over as manager of Truro City back in early September 2018, we thought following his recent dismissal, we would return to Leigh to hear his thoughts on his short tenure in the role. He says himself that "I think the club did the right thing for both parties". Enjoy your golf Leigh! The views expressed as comments are those of the individual contributor and may not be reflective of the views of the podcast creator. 

RAPPO & DEACS FRIDAY FIX PODCAST  29 March 2019 This is episode 17 of the FRIDAY FIX podcast. Don’t forget it’s important to hear what you think about this podcast and how we can improve it and so email me davedeacon@cornshsoccer.info with any thoughts and comments. In this episode there’s a bit of managerial slant to it with the big news this week that Truro City sacked their management team after a run of poor results. We have a young man, Kyle Marks, who is experiencing the role having offered to help Ludgvan see out the season; in contrast, we catch up with one of the more successful ones around as we hear from  Falmouth’s boss Andy Westgarth, while newspaper reporter Rhod Mitchell, who has been covering Truro City since the 1980s, joins us to talk in more detail about the up and downs of Truro City’s season and especially the manager moves this week! As usual Rappo is on hand to give us his “Bet of the Week”, his Combo review and joins me in our Predictions on five games throughout the week

RAPPO & DEACS FRIDAY FIX PODCAST  22nd March 2019 This is episode 16 of the new FRIDAY FIX podcast and it’s a packed programme! Interviews with five guests including two (Charlie Davis – Falmouth and Mattie Cusack – Saltash) of the clubs who will be in this season’s Easter Monday Cornwall Senior Cup Final. As well as Charlie and Matt, we also hear from Jack Barbery of St Dennis who is still hoping to get something out of this season whether it be the SWPL D1W title or the Charity Cup; Andy Avery appears on the Friday Fix after Sticker’s first league win of the season and Polperro’s manager Matt Pengelly gives us the low down on the Premier Division championship race in the MAB ECPL. We also keep in touch with our resident Truro City supporters, Josh and Cam, and of course we speak to the SWPL secretary Phil Hiscox, another regular weekly contributor, who’s finger is always right on the pulse of SWPL events. Finally, as usual Rappo is on hand to give us his “Bet of the Week”, along with his Combo revi

CORNISH SOCCER talks to Roger Fice I first remember Roger playing for my home town club Liskeard Athletic, but until making this recording I hadn’t realised The Blues manager Brian Hodge had paid £500 for him to move to Lux Park from Barnstaple. That’s the beauty of these Nostalgia memories! I hope you enjoy the listen and perhaps if you are an ex-player yourself, or know someone that would be good for CORNISH SOCCER talk to, let me know. Contact me by either mobile 07759 502408 or email davedeacon@cornishsoccer.info Dave Deacon

RAPPO & DEACS FRIDAY FIX PODCAST  15th March 2019 We’ve made it to episode 15 of the new FRIDAY FIX podcast! In this episode we have some more thoughts about the Kernow Football Alliance as joint team manager Darren Gilbert suggests he’s keen to help the project succeed. And as we spoke after the midweek Helston v Bodmin, we also asked him about the game. As well as Gilby, there’s Mark Pratten the chairman of Millbrook. He maybe the chairman, but he also does a lot of other roles at the club. We have the manager of the first Saturday team to win their league as Threemilestone Reserves wrapped up Trelawny Division 4 last week. Liam Patterson, their manager, also confirms that the “pint a goal” offer for his prolific striker Chris Shackley did not go ahead. That’s saved Liam a lot of money! As usual Rappo is on hand to give us his “Bet of the Week”, his Combo review and join me in our Predictions on five games throughout the weekend’s football programme. We also keep in touch with our resident Truro Ci

RAPPO & DEACS FRIDAY FIX PODCAST  8th March 2019 This is episode 14 of the new FRIDAY FIX podcast and many thanks to all our listeners and your good feedback. It’s always good to hear what you think and how we can improve this Cornish local football podcast. Email me davedeacon@cornshsoccer.info with any thoughts and comments. In this episode we catch up with the Kernow Football Alliance Director of Football Andrew Bragg to hear his reaction to their first-ever recent match. As well as Andrew, we also include interviews from around Cornwall. In fact its two players this week – Jason Roberts of Illogan RBL who scored the all-important winning penalty in the shoot-out at the LWC Drinks Combination League Cup semi-final, but listen to his story as to how after being told he might never play football again. It might be two years down the road, but he’s back and looking forward to stepping out in the Easter Sunday Final. The other player we hear from is Saltash United skipper and prolific goalscorer Ryan