CORNISH SOCCER talking football!

RAPPO & DEACS, Series 2, Episode 6 Friday, September 6 2019 We’re sticking to our promise to get some more new interviewees on the podcast with another three this week! From Dobwalls we have co-manager Ben Washam, while the other two are FA Vase goalscoring heroes. While Olly Brokenshire got the solitary but so important match winning goal for Helston up at Step 5 Keynsham Town, the other real...

RAPPO & DEACS, Series 2, Episode 5 Friday, August 30 2019 It’s a bulging with interviews episode this week! Last week we spoke to Andrew Bragg, the Kernow FA Director of Football with an exclusive, this week he’s back on again as he tells us they are working on a bid to stage the next CONIFA World Cup! We’ve got loads of interviews with managers from around the county – from Penzance across th...

RAPPO & DEACS, Series 2, Episode 4 Friday, August 23 2019 We’ve got an exclusive this week as listen in and you’ll find out the Kernow FA squad for their game on Sunday at Bodmin against the Chagos Islands. It’s a 4.00pm kick-off. We’ve got interview with managers from around the county – St Mawgan to Wendron, and from Mullion up to the River Tamar as we speak to both Saltash and Torpoint. Rap...

RAPPO & DEACS, Series 2, Episode 3 Friday, August 16 2019 A bit more varied this week with the other leagues starting in the county. As well as the Peninsula League, Rappo starts his weekly detailed look at the new St Piran League. We hear from 3 players and 3 managers, as well as the return of the two Truro City supporters Cam & Josh and of course Peninsula league secretary Phil Hiscox. G...

RAPPO & DEACS, Series 2, Episode 2 Friday, August 9 2019 Firstly, thanks for all the listeners to our opening show of the new season. Over 400 is a healthy start! After last week’s bumper episode, we carry on with the focus on the Peninsula League, but also, we introduce you to the new St Piran League via its secretary Steve Carpenter. So, in total this week we have three managers, two players...

Cam Weldon with Mousehole management Jake Ash and Ben Harding

RAPPO & DEACS, (AUDIO LEVELS TWEAKED) Series 2, Episode 1 Friday, August 2 2019 Hello everyone, this is the first episode of the second series of the RAPPO & DEACS Friday Fix and what a bumper episode it is! The whole concept of the weekly podcast is to try and make it as entertaining and fun as possible, with friends around the Duchy and sometimes further afield, talking football. That’s...

RAPPO & DEACS, (TAKE TWO) Series 2, Episode 1 Friday, August 2 2019 Hello everyone, this is the first episode of the second series of the RAPPO & DEACS Friday Fix and what a bumper episode it is! The whole concept of the weekly podcast is to try and make it as entertaining and fun as possible, with friends around the Duchy and sometimes further afield, talking football. That’s the local st...

It’s the weekly podcast featuring local clubs, managers and players with two local football geeks! 😀👍

When earlier this week Helston Athletic FC announced that they were giving contracts to some of their players, there were a few around the place that couldn't see why! CORNISH SOCCER caught up with the Blues manager Steve Massey at the Arts Cafe, Truro Museum to hear more about the thinking behind the idea. If you should be listening to this via the Anchor Podcast app, lets hear your thoughts by l...

Another episode in the CORNISH SOCCER Podcast series of trips down memory lane with pure nostalgia, this time with John Dent. John played and went on to manage in the local game for well over 40 years. With such a long, esteemed time in the game, we could have no doubt talked for ages, however in this episode we concentrated on his time as a youngster with his home town club Plymouth Argyle; his “...

RAPPO & DEACS FRIDAY FIX  17 May 2019 Welcome to the 24th episode. The last one! We’re still in the Cup Final period of the season and so understandably there’s a review of last Saturday’s SWPL League Cup Final, as well as a mention for Sunday’s Duchy League final which features St Mawgan and Foxhole clashing again. St Mawgan’s manager Ash Bicknall is back on to give us his thoughts while...

RAPPO & DEACS FRIDAY FIX  10 May 2019 Welcome to the 23rd and penultimate episode. It’s a longer one this week as the season comes to an exciting climax all throughout the county. Cup football continues to dominate with firstly player/manager James “Harry” Tonkin coming back on after his Mousehole Reserves side won the Cornwall Junior Cup. There was also time after the midweek Cornwall Ch...

RAPPO & DEACS FRIDAY FIX  3 May 2019 Welcome to the 22nd episode. After the Senior Cup Final two weekends ago, it’s the turn of the Bond Timber Cornwall Junior Cup Final this Sunday and we hear from managers of both camps. However, before that, of course Rappo is back from his holiday away and so his usual features are back such as his “Bet of the Week”, the Predictions (on a handful of g...

RAPPO & DEACS FRIDAY FIX PODCAST  26th April 2019 It’s the 21st episode of the weekly Friday Fix podcast which is now available to download and enjoy and is available via a number of different podcast platforms.  There’s no Rappo this time around as he’s away on holiday and so that means no “Bet of the Week” or “Predictions” as well as Rappo’s detailed “Combo Review”. We have got som...

RAPPO & DEACS EASTER CUP SPECIAL  18th April 2019 Thank you for listening to another episode of the podcast. This is the 20th episode to become available to download and enjoy. Of course, we’re out a day early this week because of the busy Easter local football programme. It’s always a special time in the football calendar with not only an all but full programme of SWPL matches on the Goo...

RAPPO & DEACS FRIDAY FIX PODCAST  12th April 2019 It’s the 19th episode of the weekly Friday Fix podcast which is now available to download and enjoy and is available via a number of different podcast platforms.  There’s three interviews, two featuring successful Charity Cup managers Jack Barbery (St Dennis) and Mikey Pascoe (Illogan RBL) and the other with Godolphin Atlantic gaffer...

RAPPO & DEACS FRIDAY FIX PODCAST  5th April 2019 This is episode 18 of the FRIDAY FIX podcast and it’s another packed one! We hear from four guests this week, two of which are Reserve team managers and two of which are SWPL players. Steve Manuel, manager of Saltash United Reserves, gives his thoughts on the exciting MAB ECPL Premier Division title race, while Rob Noventa is open and hones...

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 com...

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...

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 sti...

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 goo...

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 Pr...

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...

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 sche...