Search

22 Oct 2025

Brilliant Barum advance in the FA Cup

Delight for Barum. Pic from BTFC

Delight for Barum. Pic from BTFC

Barnstaple victory at Helston

After a thrilling draw in their first encounter at Mill Road, Barnstaple Town made the long and daunting trip to Helston Athletic for the FA Cup replay.

Helston, champions of the Western League last season, were big favourites for victory on their home turf, but nobody told the Barum lads.

From the very first whistle, Barnstaple were swarming all over their Cornish hosts, and got the rewarded when Ryan Keates headed home the opening goal. Barum continued to dominate proceedings, deservedly doubling the lead with a close-range finish from Josh Parry.

Helston toiled and battled after the break but Barum held firm to set up a clash with Falmouth Town in the next round.

To continue reading this article,
please subscribe and support local journalism!


Subscribing will allow you access to all of our premium content and archived articles.

Subscribe

To continue reading this article for FREE,
please kindly register and/or log in.


Registration is absolutely 100% FREE and will help us personalise your experience on our sites. You can also sign up to our carefully curated newsletter(s) to keep up to date with your latest local news!

Register / Login

Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.

Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.