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Willand Rovers v Falmouth Town
Happy New Year (or Almost) Rovers fans and we are directly back in the action on the first day of the year as Falmouth Town come to The Stan Robinson Stadium in the Pitching In Southern Football League Division One South with a 3pm KO!
In our last game of 2024, it ended in 4 with Helston having a quad of goals sent past them with Fin Rooke racking up a hat trick including a Bicycle kick towards the village end and on the afternoon. Josh Searle also contributed to the win, blazing one in past the keeper.
After the defeat at Bideford, the result sobered the mood and put us back on track with the previous Saturday also being a win for Willand. But a new year brings new challenges and this time it’s Falmouth who will want to make up for earlier on in the season when we travelled down there.
In August, a 3-3 thriller was played at Bickland Park with Rovers 3-0 down on the afternoon. A massive second half effort made sure that we didn’t walk away empty handed with Fin Rooke stepping up to bag a brace with 5 minutes between the goals and River Allen added the cherry on top to score in the middle of Fin’s goals to bring a point back to Mid Devon.
One to watch for the visitors would have to be Rubin Wilson who has an eye for goal and is out of the Plymouth Argyle academy where he played in the eighth and ninth tier for a few seasons before settling down for Falmouth Town last season as he got promoted with them and is looking to help them secure survival this season.
Overall it is quite the welcomer to 2025 this fixture with the final of the festive football coming to an end but a huge second half of the season has just begun, join us at Silver Street on Wednesday at 3pm and get behind the lads!
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