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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 weekend’s football programme. Also, it wouldn’t be the same without our resident Truro City supporters, Josh and Cam, and of course SWPL secretary Phil Hiscox, another regular weekly contributor. Once again, thanks for listening and please feel free to contact me – davedeacon@cornishsoccer.info with feedback, comments and suggestions for future episodes. It’s so much of fun talking about Cornish football with the people who are making sure Saturday continues to be our football day. Click, listen and enjoy! Dave Deacon TIMINGS (TOTAL : 1:33m) 01:15 Intro and some chat about the week that’s gone! 06:19  TCFC_Updates co-hosts Josh & Cam 15:17  “The Bet of the Week” 20:54 Kyle Marks, temporary manager at SWPL’s Ludgvan 32:41  Phil Hiscox’s SWPL catch-up 45:34  Rappo’s Combo review 54:30 Andy Westgarth (manager, Falmouth Town) 1:05:10 Predictions – after 16 podcasts, it’s 5-2 to Rappo! 1:12:50 Rhod Mitchell (Reporter covering Truro City for over 30 years)  1:29:26 Wrap up

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 review and joins me in our Predictions on five games throughout the weekend’s football programme. Once again, thanks for listening and please feel free to contact me – davedeacon@cornishsoccer.info with feedback, comments and suggestions for future episodes. It’s so much of fun talking about Cornish football with the people who are making sure Saturday continues to be our football day. Click, listen and enjoy! Dave Deacon TIMINGS (TOTAL : 1:27m) 00:18 Intro and some of the week’s events! 04:22  TCFC_Updates co-hosts Josh & Cam 11:22  “The Bet of the Week” 17:15 Charlie Davis (Coach at Falmouth Town) 24:05 Matt Cusack (Saltash United Manager) 30:58 Jack Barbery (Manager St Dennis) 39:40  Phil Hiscox’s SWPL catch-up 51:15  Rappo’s Combo review 59:30 Matt Pengelly (Manager at Polperro) 1:08:53 Predictions – after 15 podcasts, it’s now 5-2 to Rappo! 1:14:57 Andy Avery (Sticker Manager)  1:23:11 Wrap up and a very quick look at the midweek cup ties!

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 City supporters, Josh and Cam, and of course we speak to the SWPL secretary Phil Hiscox, another regular weekly contributor. Click, listen and enjoy! Dave Deacon TIMINGS (TOTAL : 1:29m) 00:20 Intro and some chat about the week that’s gone! 03:33  TCFC_Updates co-hosts Josh & Cam 12:30  “The Bet of the Week” 20:30  Phil Hiscox’s SWPL catch-up 33:45 Darren Gilbert, Bodmin’s manager after they went down 1-0 at Helston 39:55  Rappo’s Combo review 49:27 Mark Pratten (Millbrook’s Chairman) 1:02:25 Threemilestone Reserves’ Manager Liam Patterson celebrates the first league title success of the season in Cornwall 1:14:43 Predictions – after 14 podcasts, it’s 4-2 to Rappo! 1:22:56 Darren Gilbert sounds as if he is enjoying things with the Kernow Football Alliance

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 Richards. He’s also going to appear in a final over Easter – the Senior Cup final and for the third successive season. Apologies for the wind in the background on this interview, but hopefully it won’t detract from your listening. 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 City supporters, Josh and Cam, and of course we speak to the SWPL secretary Phil Hiscox, another regular weekly contributor. Once again, thanks for listening and please feel free to contact me – davedeacon@cornishsoccer.info with feedback, comments and suggestions for future episodes. It’s so much of fun talking about Cornish football with the people who are making sure Saturday continues to be our football day. Click, listen and enjoy! Dave Deacon TIMINGS FOR THIS EPISODE (TOTAL : 1:32m) 00:30 Intro and some chat about the week that’s gone! 06:57  TCFC_Updates co-hosts Josh & Cam 17:26   “The Bet of the Week” 24:42 Andrew Bragg (Director of Football, Kernow FA) 32:24   Rappo’s Combo review 41:50 Jason Roberts (Illogan RBL) 55:00   Phil Hiscox’s SWPL catch-up 1:08:15 Predictions – after 13 podcasts, it’s still only 3-2 to Rappo! 1:18:00 Ryan Richards (Saltash United skipper)  1:28:42 Wrap it up Rappo!

RAPPO & DEACS FRIDAY FIX PODCAST  1st March 2019 Episode 13 of the FRIDAY FIX podcast is now available to download and enjoy.  It includes interviews from around Cornwall, mixed in with chat about the local football scene as Rappo takes his regular look at the Cornwall Combination League and our Predictions slot covers off a handful of games from throughout the Saturday football schedule. As usual we keep in touch with our resident Truro City supporters, Josh and Cam, as well as the SWPL secretary Phil Hiscox. Thanks must go to Lee Denton (as he takes over as co-manager of Penzance alongwith Dave Leonard), Rob Hosking (recently appointed as assistant manager at St Day), and now that we know for sure who has applied, we hear from Steve Carpenter (the secretary of the new Step 7 league – the St Piran Football League). Once again, thanks for listening and please feel free to contact me – davedeacon@cornishsoccer.info with feedback, comments and suggestions for future episodes.

RAPPO & DEACS FRIDAY FIX PODCAST  22nd February 2019 This is episode 12 of the new FRIDAY FIX podcast and we have an exclusive this week! Many thanks to the Kernow FA in allowing our podcast to be the first to announce their squad to the public in advance of their first-ever history making match due to take place at Poltair Park, St Austell on Monday evening (kick-off 7.30pm).  The squad is named towards the end of the episode (1:38:45) and also before that features a chat with Phil Lafferty (1:28:34), one of the Kernow FA managers.  As well as Phil, we also include interviews from around Cornwall, starting with a young up and coming manager, Ash Bicknell of St Mawgan, and following later with two of the very best players around in Jordan Annear and Chris Reski. These are amongst our usual Rappo’s “Bet of the Week” and our Predictions on five games throughout the Saturday football programme. We also keep in touch with our resident Truro City supporters, this week Cam is on his own, and of course we speak to the SWPL secretary Phil Hiscox, another regular weekly contributor. And don't forget 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 episodes. It’s a little longer this week because of the exclusive, but there’s always so much to talk about! Plus it’s so much fun talking about Cornish football with some of the people who are making sure Saturday continues to be our football day. Click, listen and enjoy! Rappo & Deacs

County Youth manager Glynn Hooper post match reaction after our 3-1 win against Devon

RAPPO & DEACS FRIDAY FIX PODCAST  15th February 2019 Episode 11 of the new FRIDAY FIX podcast is now available to download and enjoy.  It includes interviews from around Cornwall, mixed in with chat about the local football scene as Rappo takes his regular look at the Cornwall Combination League and our Predictions slot covers off a handful of games from throughout the Saturday football schedule. As usual we keep in touch with our resident Truro City supporters, Josh and Cam, as well as the SWPL secretary Phil Hiscox. Thanks must go to Bryan Scoffin, one of Illogan’s heroes from their surprise Charity Cup win over Porthleven, and Steve Sharpe, manager of Polperro Reserves who are having a great season so far. This Saturday they visit Frogpool in the Cornwall Junior Cup. Matt Cusack talks about Saltash’s 6-1 League Cup win over Launceston and gives us a little more of an insight into what has to be considered as a manager, while James Ward is on the look out for youngsters to go to America! Once again, thanks for listening and please feel free to contact me – davedeacon@cornishsoccer.info with feedback, comments and suggestions for future episodes. It’s 90 minutes plus a little added on time of fun talking about Cornish football with some of the people who are making sure Saturday continues to be our football day. Why not also leave a voice message for inclusion by going onto the Anchor app and following CORNISH SOCCER talking football.