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plymouth1970":3llqbr5d said:Helston_Green":3llqbr5d said:The Night Riveria":3llqbr5d said:XIsle. Easy to say from behind a keyboard.I travelled from London to the Helston friendly.Clearly Helston were expecting some first teamers as I heard the chairman say he would be contacting Argyle.If you had taken your children along or come in a minibus with disabled people.and their carers you may have felt differently. Anyway it was a glorious day and Helston went the extra mile.AlI I am saying is why the secrecy of what team he was sending to what match.There was nothing on the official site to give the impression that no real furst teamers would be involved in the Helston match.I think Argyle may have lost some brownie points in this part of Cornwall today
I'm involved at Helston and sadly this was a bit naughty of Argyle. As with a pre-season game last summer (from memory) it was expected Argyle would split the first team squad. Helston's chairman wrote to Argyle asking if this would be the case as he feared it could be a development side, and he was reassured that there would be several first team players present.
As a result the chairman plugged the game as such, advertising far and wide and stating a promise he had from Argyle, but was left disappointed when the youth side turned up.
There was a huge crowd of about 500 and hopefully they won't be put off returned if ever a similar fixture should be advertised in the future.
That said, some lovely football was played and the beer was cold. Just a shame Argyle weren't transparent with their intentions and didn't leave Helston's chairman feeling like an idiot.
Awful by Argyle , I hope Helston refuse a friendly next season, that’ll show those big city boys .
PS I hope the 500 attendees enjoyed the game
FFS
Not even sure what tone you're trying to adopt here but things like this actually mean a lot to community clubs. In case you're missing the point, Argyle promise first teamers, game billed as such, club left looking stupid. Also greens travel from all around Cornwall and left disappointed, as evident above.