I’ve told this tale once or twice before, here and there, but with today’s snowy weather and Easter Monday almost upon us, I can’t resist giving it a fresh airing. (After all, if the BBC can get away with so many repeats . . . )
I’m recalling the 1967 Cornwall Senior Cup Final at St Austell when Falmouth Town lost 4-1 to then arch local rivals Truro City.
As excuses go, the following is a pretty good ‘un.
The Falmouth camp obviously hadn’t paid attention to the weather forecast . . . . or maybe the forecasters had simply got it badly wrong. (NO???)
Whatever, for a goodly part of the match – from quite early on, I think – the dominant feature was a raging snowstorm that swept in from the east (beast?) and made the scene a near total white-out.
Truro were playing in their normal red and black – quite appropriate to stand out against the white – but Falmouth, wait for it, had chosen in their wisdom to play in a change strip of . . . ALL WHITE!! No wonder more than a few passes went astray!
The date of that final, incidentally, was March 27. That was yesterday’s date, too, when Devon became a wintry wonderland and the white stuff also crept into Cornwall.
So, together with that Beast From The East that hit us on March 18, 2018, it can be seen that Cornish snow-lovers should never give up hope too soon!
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