Unbeatable Falmouth make it a league and cup double

FALMOUTH Town captain James Ward says the honour of leading his side to the league and cup double ‘has not sunk in yet’.

Ward was named man of the match as Town defeated Wendron United 1-0 in the Cornwall Senior Cup final on Easter Monday in front of 1,298 spectators at St Austell’s Poltair Park.

Jack Bray-Evans scored the only goal of the game as Town retained the title they won in 2019, when the competition was last played.

The triumph capped off an unforgettable weekend for those of a Falmouth persuasion, with the Bickland Park outfit having secured the South West Peninsula League Premier West title on Good Friday.

“I’m sure you’ll hear reports about the game not being a classic, and it is what it is,” said Ward. “But no one’s going to speak in five years about how the team played, they’re going to judge it on how many trophies you’ve got, and at the minute we’ve got two. It’s fantastic, what a day.”

Ward had the honour of lifting the Senior Cup after assuming the captain’s role when longtime defensive partner Joe Cooper, who skippered the side to their previous Senior Cup triumph in 2019, left the club in 2020.

The curtailment of the 2020-21 campaign due to Covid-19 meant this was his first full season as captain, and the former Truro City and Plymouth Parkway man has now led his side to the double at the first time of asking.

“It’s one of those, it’s not sunk in yet,” he said. “I think if you give me until the end of the season, once the season’s settled down, I’ll reflect on this and think, ‘That is some achievement’.