After the previous weeks 1-1 draw with Redruth everyone was aware that three points were vital if we are to consider ourselves serious title contenders. A couple of changes were made to the starting line up, with Jeremy Hocking starting up front to add more height and strength and Dan Taylor dropping into midfield to use his pace against the ageing Redruth midfield.
In the opening exchanges we were much better than the previous week and Anthony Caddy opened the scoring after fifteen minutes with a shot from 20 yards through a crowded penalty area and into the bottom corner. Ten minutes later Marc Taylor rose above the Redruth defence to score the second with a cracking header from Caddy's free kick.

The half time score at 2-0 was good but with only 25 seconds of the second half underway it was 3-0 when from the kick off the ball was driven up to Hocking, who's shot was spilt by the keeper and Taylor was on hand to tap in from three yards. With these two teams normally so evenly matched and considering Redruth's defensive record this season it was a bit of a shock to go 4-0 up when Tim Grose saw the keeper slightly off his line and sent a dipping shot over his head from almost on the left hand touch line. This gave Redruth a mountain to climb but with twenty minutes to go were handed a lifeline when the Ref awarded them a penalty which their captain duly converted. With time running out they pushed everyone forward, and scored another two goals from goalmouth scrambles to make it 4-3. The final few minutes were played almost entirely in the Stones penalty box but the team were determined to hang on for the three points and a well deserved victory.

Phil Pascoe, Manager