Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2017 10:01:54 GMT
A pleasant evening at Bolitho Park. Decent facilities, reasonable beer, live music, pitch in good condition as you'd expect in late July. And I saw enough to think that promotion isn't just an outside possibility, but almost a likelihood. My advice would be to get your money on now...'Plymouth Parkway for promotion !' 
£5 entrance fee and an additional £1 for the programme. Brexit will soon get those prices reduced. A good crowd as well, no doubt swelled by the rumours earlier in the day that King Kev himself could be playing. Nico looked as sharp and composed as ever, so we've no worries about cover for the left back position should Sam Chaney not fancy deputising.
And it's wasn't just great experience at the back either; we were also able to boast of International class marksman Rory Fallon spearheading our attack and terrorising the Parkway defence.
Locals could barely remember the last time they'd seen the Bolitho Stand so packed. But no more autographs from Kev and Rory for now..it's time to get the match underway. Even with King Kev himself organising them, our defence found themselves susceptible to the well weighted pass threaded through for a forward to run onto. Despite very vocal young keeper Osborn issuing his own opinion on positioning every 10 seconds, somehow Parkway got in behind us to score. Walking sticks were waved in jubilation in the Bolitho Stand, and who could blame them. The Parkway players were just as happy; scoring against a defence that included King Kev was one to tell the grandchildren about in years to come.
This brilliant decoy run by our Player/Manager (above) threw the Parkway wall into total confusion. Unfortunately we weren't quite able to capitalise.
Rory Fallon, still working his way up to full match fitness, was a real handful for the Parkway defence. How do you hope to cope with an International class striker ? Parkway decided on 'man for man', with the defender assigned to the task clearly told to go everywhere Rory goes, and do everything he does; and as can be seen (below) he carried out those instructions to the letter.
Me and my Parkway shadow. Big Rory was well marshalled by the Parkway defence.
King Kev brought on an array of his Summer signed talent at various stages during the second half. The pace was upped, and the part-timers did well to hold out until the 88th minute. Luke Young stood over a direct free kick, and with the Parkway defence expecting a shot, Luke cleverly knocked it to the side of the wall for JP Pittman to run onto and then knock it across, allowing Josh Gowling to plant a firm header past the Parkway 'keeper.
Another useful run out for Kev's lads, ahead of Friday's visit to Plainmoor by Pete Masters and all our friends from Truro.
£5 entrance fee and an additional £1 for the programme. Brexit will soon get those prices reduced. A good crowd as well, no doubt swelled by the rumours earlier in the day that King Kev himself could be playing. Nico looked as sharp and composed as ever, so we've no worries about cover for the left back position should Sam Chaney not fancy deputising.
And it's wasn't just great experience at the back either; we were also able to boast of International class marksman Rory Fallon spearheading our attack and terrorising the Parkway defence.
Locals could barely remember the last time they'd seen the Bolitho Stand so packed. But no more autographs from Kev and Rory for now..it's time to get the match underway. Even with King Kev himself organising them, our defence found themselves susceptible to the well weighted pass threaded through for a forward to run onto. Despite very vocal young keeper Osborn issuing his own opinion on positioning every 10 seconds, somehow Parkway got in behind us to score. Walking sticks were waved in jubilation in the Bolitho Stand, and who could blame them. The Parkway players were just as happy; scoring against a defence that included King Kev was one to tell the grandchildren about in years to come.
This brilliant decoy run by our Player/Manager (above) threw the Parkway wall into total confusion. Unfortunately we weren't quite able to capitalise.
Rory Fallon, still working his way up to full match fitness, was a real handful for the Parkway defence. How do you hope to cope with an International class striker ? Parkway decided on 'man for man', with the defender assigned to the task clearly told to go everywhere Rory goes, and do everything he does; and as can be seen (below) he carried out those instructions to the letter.
Me and my Parkway shadow. Big Rory was well marshalled by the Parkway defence.
King Kev brought on an array of his Summer signed talent at various stages during the second half. The pace was upped, and the part-timers did well to hold out until the 88th minute. Luke Young stood over a direct free kick, and with the Parkway defence expecting a shot, Luke cleverly knocked it to the side of the wall for JP Pittman to run onto and then knock it across, allowing Josh Gowling to plant a firm header past the Parkway 'keeper.
Another useful run out for Kev's lads, ahead of Friday's visit to Plainmoor by Pete Masters and all our friends from Truro.