Champions complete league season with comfortable victory

South West Peninsula League
Premier West
Truro City Reserves 0 St Austell 3

Champions St Austell completed their league season at Tregye Fields on Saturday with a comfortable victory over a young Truro team who gave it their all.
After the game the Lillywhites were presented with the premier west championship trophy by SWPL secretary Phil Hiscox and then the celebrations began.
It has been a gruelling, long season with Liskeard Athletic pushing them all the way but in the end Chris Knight’s side won the title by four points.
They can now start preparing for their first season in the Western League, where they will come up against local rivals St Blazey and other Cornwall teams including Saltash and Torpoint.
For the record, on Saturday, Jake Miller gave St Austell a third minute lead after a goalmouth scramble and Tom Guest doubled their lead just before half-time.
Club legend Liam Eddy was introduced for the second half and duly got his goal in the 71st minute to round off a perfect afternoon for the Lillywhites.
Truro: M Jones, R Chank, E Fabby, H Frape, J Edlin, P Turpin, T Horton, J Moyle, F Harrison, L Higgins, D Carne. 
Subs: J Marcellis, T McNally, G Turpin.
St Austell: A Collins, J Shaw (K Bishop 62), M Duff (M Watts 79), H Wilson, R Hooper, T Whipp (H Hann 72), N Slateford, M Searle (L Eddy 46), T Guest, A Carter (C Wharton 67), J Miller.
Goals: J Miller (3), T Guest (40), L Eddy (71).
Referee: Gareth Jones.
Attendance: 121.
Man of the Match: Jake Miller.

St Austell – SWPL west champions 2023-24. Pictures by Kevin Marriott
Cheers – keeper Harry Ashton and top scorer Adam Carter.
The Management. Chris Knight (manager), James Powell (assistant manager), Craig Ainslie (first team coach) and Luke Perkes (coach).
St Austell legends Ollie Brokenshire and Neil Slateford with their young ones.
Another club legend, Liam Eddy, celebrates.
Chairman Jason Powell celebrates with Tom Guest.

Author: kjmsports

Journalist for 47 years, 43 of them spent specialising in sport. Did training at my local paper, the Long Eaton Advertiser, in Derbyshire; then moved to Derby Evening Telegraph (8 yrs), Plymouth Evening Herald (10 yrs), Sunday Independent (7 yrs) , Cornish Guardian, West Briton and The Cornishman (12 years) and Voice newspapers. Was sports editor at all South West titles mentioned, from 1989 to 2016.