NEWQUAY 2 - PENRYN ATHLETIC 0

Penryn's difficult season continued when they fell to a 2-0 defeat at Newquay. Before the game there was a minute's silence for Brian Biggin, a highly regarded member of Cornish football and Newquay FC who died last Tuesday.

Penryn started the game well. Early on in the game Mark Goldsworthy broke clear but, as Luke Payne came off his line, the former Helston and Truro City striker placed his shot the wrong side of the post. Steve Raven was then forced into a couple of saves at the other end as Scott Palmer and Paul Hampshire both fired in shots.

Newquay took the lead in the 26th minute when Paul Robertson broke clear. Raven closed his shot down but the ball then ballooned up in the air and Robinson found himself in possession on the corner of the six yard box. he cleverly waited for support before chipping the ball to the bacjk post for Shaun Middleton to nod home.

Pat Shaughnessy then had a good shot saved by Payne before Newquay added a second. Martin Day and Dave Blizzard both missed chances to tackle Luke Rigby on the right which allowed him to cross for Robertson to shoot past Raven.

Five minutes into the second half and Athletic should have been back in the game as Ashley Bradshow handled a Will Scoley cross inside the box. Bradshaw was booked for his protest but the penalty decision was not to matter as the usually reliable Hal Davis smacked his effort against the crossbar.

From there Athletic still had plenty of the game but couldn't create any clear cut chances leaving them on the end of their second defeat in a row without having scored a goal so far.