📢 Some personal news…
In October, I will be joining the
@RLWC2021
team as a media operations lead.
Honoured and privileged with the opportunity to be part of three global competitions.
(Don’t worry
@CornwallRLFC
, I’ll be back when it’s all over!)
Dear Eddie Howe,
Please don't do anything other than remain
@afcbournemouth
manager.
The journey is over for the time being and yes, we're down, but there is nobody better to lead
#afcb
On reflection, everything about yesterday at Warrington was utterly magnificent.
But for me, the Sipi Tau and Sivi Tau pre-match was on another level. Arguably the finest thing I have ever witnessed in live sport.
📸 SWPix
#rlwc2021
Today, Dom Solanke scored three times for
#afcb
- two incorrectly chalked off.
Ivan Toney had one half chance saved by Travers and went down too easily for a penalty which was correctly reversed.
How there is even a debate over Solanke or Toney for England is baffling.
📢 Some personal news...
Very pleased to announce that I have joined
@CornwallRLFC
as their head of media and communications.
Can't wait to help
#cornwall
embrace its newest professional sporting entity.
🖤💛
#Kernowkynsa
#RugbyLeague
One hundred and three minutes worth of reasons why Gary O’Neil was shown the door at
#afcb
Wolves were dreadful and although they will blame VAR, the biggest injustice is that Bournemouth only scored once.
Up the top ten Chez.
BREAKING:
@Only1Argyle
have their man as George Cooper has signed for the Pilgrims on a permanent basis from Peterborough. Undisclosed fee - which is understood to be considerably less than Posh wanted earlier in the summer - and a three-year deal. Superb business for
#pafc
BREAKING: Professional rugby league will be played in Cornwall next year after Cornwall RLFC were accepted into League One for the 2022 season.
@RFL
chairman Simon Johnson has hailed Cornwall RLFC’s participation in League One as ‘an exciting opportunity’ for Rugby League.
Wow
Francis: Works for the club.
Elphick: Works for the club.
Cook: Being allowed to leave for free to further his playing career.
Daniels: Completed his rehab from a serious injury and trained with the club whilst out of contract.
But
#afcb
‘do nothing for former players’ 🤷♂️
Very pleased to announce that I have been appointed Sports Editor of the
@staustellvoice
newspaper. Excited by the challenge and can't wait to start the job I've always wanted.
Officially a journalist. 💪👊
That is some win for Bournemouth after a pretty eventful week for the club.
But it’s even more impressive when you compare Notts Forest’s net transfer window spend compared to the Cherries’.
#nffc
£139.46 million
#afcb
£24.21 million
Five years ago today. The greatest night in Bournemouth’s history and it all started with this:
‘Pugh, PUUUUUGH! That’ll do it, that will do it. Pugh for Bournemouth!’
#afcb
@MarcPugh7
BREAKING:
@ExeterChiefs
Director of Rugby Rob Baxter, speaking at the
@ChampionsCup
launch, backs comments from his chief executive Tony Rowe yesterday: ‘Saracens won their titles unfairly’ - Baxter
@thesundayindy
Young tackle on King should have been red. Challenge on Daniels should have been a penalty. United’s fourth was offside. Am I bitter? Absolutely.
#afcb
#mufc
Thank you Eddie Howe.
The greatest manager that led
@afcbournemouth
on a remarkable journey and back in January 2009, nobody envisaged it happening.
Relegation doesn't taint your legacy because you kept achieving the impossible.
However,
#afcb
will never be the same again.
Simon Francis is as good a captain as we have ever had. He’s constantly proved the doubters and in recent years, supposed internet football experts wrong. Hopefully, we’ll see him in an
#afcb
shirt again soon.
BREAKING:
@HelstonAFC
striker
@BowkerStu
has politely declined to comment on a date for his head shave after the Blues drew 0-0 with
@tafclambs
this afternoon.
• Bowker previously and publicly stated he would shave his head if Helston and Tavvy finished 0-0.
Some personal news: I have decided to leave the Voice/Indy after three fantastic, but very challenging years.
I would like to thank everyone that has helped and supported me - too many to name - during that time.
Not sure what's next, but everything happens for a reason✌️
It’s no exaggeration to say I witnessed one of the greatest moments in
#cornish
sport this afternoon.
@CornishPirates1
25
@Saracens
17
Pirates joint head coach Alan Paver said at full-time that the victory was ‘iconic’
Let that sink in for a while.
Jamal Lowe looks set to cost
#afcb
no more than £2m.
For a player that’s scored 10+ goals in the Championship last year, this could prove to be an incredibly astute piece of business.
Yann Kermorgant, January 2014, all over again?
The booing of an individual player, by that player’s own fans, in isolation towards that individual player, is an absolute disgrace.
We’re better than this,
#afcb
, aren’t we?
BREAKING:
@CallingtonCC
are
@cornwall_league
Kernow Crash champions for 2021 after a six-wicket win over
@PenzanceCricket
Thoroughly deserved win for Joe White's men who dominated the final from start to finish.
As
@robkitson
has rightly pointed out, Truro born Jay Tyack, sponsored for by a local sweet shop, turned Vincent Koch’s scrummaging to rubble.
Let’s not forget Rhodri Davies, though - scored the winning try and is sponsored by the local model railway.
Isn’t sport brilliant.
Red Army at Dean Court will never ever sound the same again 😢
#afcb
have lost a true legend off the pitch today and a permanent fixture at matches - home and away - throughout the Cherries’ many highs and lows.
Rest in peace John ‘Nonny’ Garard.
Exactly 10 years today. I was there. Steve Lovell.
#afcb
‘That is a goal that would grace the Premier League, Champions League, the World Cup, anything; because this is sensational.’
📸
@afcbournemouth
- Mick Cunningham 😢
📸 The first ever home win for
@CornwallRLFC
summed up in two pictures:
1. Emotional relief at what we have achieved.
2. I’m going to have busy next 24 hours.
Thanks to our fans and the RL community for all their positivity since Sunday, it means an awful lot.
That really was a coming of age ceremony performance from Mark Travers last night - he's finally stepped out of Aaron Ramsdale's shadow.
Also, Anthony & Zemura: potential to be better than Pugh/Daniels as Bournemouth's best ever left sided combination
#afcb
BREAKING:
@swpleague
side
@StBlazeyAFC
are closing in on a new manager.
• Alan Carey and Phil Lafferty have been short-listed and interviewed, the
@StAustellVoice
understands.
• No other candidates in the frame.
• Club could reach a decision as early as tomorrow.
🤔 Tough decision, but here’s my choice for
#FootballShirtFriday
🍒
#afcb
away 92-94 by
@MatchwinnerUK
❌ No sponsor because it’s a manufacturers prototype and I’m sure it’s a one off.
😬 The design is awful, colours even worse.
😍 But it’s still utterly magnificent.
Dear fans of
#saintsfc
,
You didn't save us by agreeing a mid-season friendly in 1997.
Adam Lallana's sell-on clause didn't save us either.
And finally, loaning us Lee Barnard, Ryan Doble, Simon Gillett and Alan Blayney is the reason we don't like you.
Regards,
#afcb
The original shirt that the new
#afcb
third ensemble is based upon.
Worn over three seasons from 96-98, there were three different versions.
This version.
No sponsor.
Seward sponsor.
#afcb
avoiding relegation this season is a more notable achievement than the first PL season under Eddie Howe.
The PL is stronger now than it was then.
Our squad was weaker at the start of this season, compared to August 2015.
We’ve had to contend with a manager change too.
I’m delighted for Gary O’Neil - sacked by a small club with no tradition where he produced miracles - employed by a giant. It’s a well deserved turn around in fortunes
Proud dad moment yesterday as the
@StAustellRFC
under-7s team that Toby plays for and I coach, took part in their first ever game against
@saltashrugby
.
Five tries for Toby that cost me £1 for each - I blame
@nowellsy15
for this one! ‘Jack got a pound for his tries, dad’ 😬😂
Dear
@TCFC_Official
,
I really liked my first ever football match this afternoon - even though the White Tigers didn't score any goals against those pesky Seagulls.
Thank you to
@Lumixgirl
for my pasty and orange squash.
I want to come back again.
Toby Davies - aged four.
To make it clear, I wasn’t there yesterday but from the reaction of those that were,
#afcb
were dreadful. However, to see that some are suggesting Howe should step aside is just madness.
Pleased to say that my furlough ends tomorrow and I'll be looking after all sporting matters for
@thesundayindy
,
@StAustellVoice
&
@NqVoice
. Things have changed dramatically in sport, but we remain committed to the best coverage across Cornwall and the South West.
More on the Philip Billing to
#afcb
from
#htafc
news and Indy sources understand the deal could go through before the weekend as Eddie Howe wants the Dane to play against Brentford on Saturday.
Credit where it’s due,
@hullkrofficial
, a serious contender for the greatest rugby league shirt of all time.
It really is that good.
Nice to see that the inspiration for this wonderful design is recognised and genuine, opposed to the usual meaningless guff from suppliers.
I'm not sure I've ever seen such a brilliant, match winning defensive performance from any
@premrugby
side in any match.
@ExeterChiefs
were simply sensational today. They top the table and will take some stopping on this evidence
@thesundayindy
Re Mayor - nonsense, total and utter nonsense. Secondly, didn’t Argyle go down because when playing poorly, Carey and Lameiras went missing and couldn’t ‘grab games by the throat’?
#pafc
Danny Mayor, CM – 6
Some twinkle-toed moments and sharp passes, but when Argyle are playing poorly he doesn’t grab games by the throat the way Carey and Lameiras used to.
#pafc
BREAKING:
@TCFC_Official
boss Paul Wotton has signed a new deal to remain in charge of the White Tigers.
PW: "It was an easy decision to sign a new contract"
Full
#exclusive
interview with the City chief in tomorrow's
@truro_voice
BREAKING:
@TCFC_Official
boss Paul Wotton has told the Voice his side won't be calling Saturday's game at Farnborough off.
"We're
@FarnboroughFC
on Saturday and our coach company has 100 per cent said that they will be taking us. Farnborough is further away than Dorchester."
BREAKING:
@StBlazeyAFC
boss Matt Hayden has spoken exclusively to the
@StAustellVoice
and says along with Shaun Vincent and Kevin Kendall, the Blaise Park management trio won't be resigning in the wake of the covid-19 breach in Plymouth last weekend.
1/3
BREAKING:
@PorthlevenFC
have withdrawn from the
@swpleague
with immediate effect.
•League statement says reasons are the 'resignations of club officers and managers'.
Such a shame. The view from Gala Parc's famous bank is one of the best in local football anywhere.
For what its worth, I have re-arranged all games over the next 10 days, league website now has all the changes, just praying that it was a worthwhile exercise re-scheduling !
I've seen a
#cornishfootball
fan allege that some
@swpleague
clubs aren't adhering to COVID rules. Firstly, other than to mischief make, why social media and not raise any concerns directly? Secondly, from my own experience - three games so far - clubs are doing all they can.
Although not there in person today, I’m told by those who are that the
@swpleague
attendance record has gone at Bickland Park today.
Early indications are of a four-figure attendance for
@Falmouth_Town
v
@penrynathletic
. A magnificent
@NonLeagueCrowd
👏
Congratulations
@TCFC_Official
, that’s a Cornish side at Steps 2, 4 and 5 of the NLS. A clear demonstration of the strength of Cornish football currently.
But now, more than ever, City need to be back playing in Truro.
Strange reaction by some
#afcb
fans to Steve Cook's non-inclusion in Saturday's squad.
If he doesn't feature in Scott Parker's plans then it is of no benefit to the club or Cook himself to remain at Dean Court.
Sentiment rarely has, or ever will, be a factor in football.
✅ 2022 - that's a wrap!
First season with
@CornwallRLFC
done and dusted. It's been an incredible journey, full of highs, lows and every other emotion in between.
Best start preparing for this
@RLWC2021
!
🖤💛
#Kernowkynsa
#RugbyLeague