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BBC News
04-04-2025
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Truro City relishing 'incredible' title challenge
Truro City captain Connor Riley-Lowe says his side's National League South title challenge has been "incredible".The third-placed Tinners are three points off leaders Worthing ahead of a trip to the Sussex side on Saturday. It comes less than a year after Truro had to play 13 games in the final four weeks of last season to stay up after a series of postponements at their temporary home grounds. "A year ago we were playing two or three games in Gloucester a week," he tells BBC Radio Cornwall."It's incredible what's happened over the past year."We've said most of this year that no matter what we do not much will top staying up last year, just under the incredible circumstances."But if I'm honest, as the weeks go by this year almost does seem even more incredible than last year, just with the turnaround at the club and how everything's just seemed to go so smoothly and so well on the pitch." That smoothness has come despite major upheaval on and off the field in the form of new owners, a new ground and a new manager. Having taken over the club in late 2023, Truro's Canadian owners led City back to Truro after four years playing outside the county as they waited for their new ground to be built. They would also have a new manager in charge on that opening day in August - the experienced John Askey was brought in after former boss Paul Wotton left to take over at nearest neighbours and promotion rivals Torquay United. "It was a really tough one at the start of the year because throughout the summer we'd had a lot of change - we'd lost our manager and we'd got a new manager," says Riley-Lowe, who is close friends with England and Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins after their time together at Exeter City's academy. "We had come home to Cornwall and to our new stadium, we had a lot of new players come in, we had a couple of players leave, so I think looking back I would have bitten your hand off to be in the position we're in now."He added: "We all we all loved Paul, and he was a great manager for Truro, but he would be the first to say I think it was time to have a little bit of fresh ideas and a new manager."John has been brilliant, he's really, really good. He's very different to Paul, you probably couldn't get two polar opposite characters really, and two polar opposite types of managers."It is quite interesting because both managers seemed to be doing well this year, yet they've got such contradicting styles really."He's brought in some fresh faces and he's given us a little bit of a different outlook on how we can play."We've been on the front foot a lot more this year so it's been really good, really enjoyable." 'It's a big game' With five games to go, just three points separate leaders Worthing from second-placed Dorking Wanders, Truro in third and fourth-placed Torquay United who all have 77 points. It means City's trip to Worthing could be make-or-break for their hopes of the one automatic promotion spot given to the champions, especially as the Cornish club host Torquay on Good Friday. They go into the game having lost once in their last 13 games and inflicted a season's-worst 5-0 defeat on Worthing when they visited Cornwall in late August. "There's no shying away from that, it's a big game," said Riley-Lowe of his side's trip to Sussex."Obviously we're all looking forward to it, you'd rather be involved in these games than at this point last year where we were fighting for our lives and the feel going into those games is a lot different."I think it's two good teams going head to head, I think both teams are going to try and play the way that they have all season."We know Worthing are a very, very good footballing side and we've had a lot of joy from being on the front foot, so I think it'll be a good game for the neutrals and for the fans."I would say they're probably under a bit more pressure in terms of the game than us, but we're under no illusions that it's an important game and ultimately we 're going to go there to try and win."
Yahoo
12-03-2025
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Truro City go second after Chippenham Town win
Truro City moved up to second place in National League South after a 3-0 win at mid-table Chippenham Town. The Tinners, who are now on a four-game winning streak, have lost just once in their last 14 games and are a point behind leaders Worthing having played one extra match. Truro blew Chippenham away with three goals in a nine-minute period soon after half time. Top scorer Tyler Harvey gave Truro a 52nd-minute lead when he curled home a free kick from the edge of the box. He scored his 21st goal of the season two minutes later when he was first to react after Connor Riley-Lowe's shot had been saved by home goalkeeper Josey Casa-Grande. Luke Jephcott scored his third goal in four games soon after with a superb lob over Casa-Grande. City face relegation-battling Enfield Town and Salisbury City in their next two matches before travelling to mid-table Chelmsford City on 29 March and then going to leaders Worthing on 5 April. "I'm really pleased again," Truro manager John Askey told BBC Radio Cornwall. "I thought we were a little bit sloppy to start off with - could possibly have been 2-0 down if it wasn't for Dan Lavercombe who pulled off a couple of good saves, and some last minute tackles. "But after the first 20 minute when we got to grips with how they were playing I thought there was only one team in it, especially in the second half." Truro City FC
BBC News
12-03-2025
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Truro City go second after Chippenham Town win
Truro City moved up to second place in National League South after a 3-0 win at mid-table Chippenham Tinners, who are now on a four-game winning streak, have lost just once in their last 14 games and are a point behind leaders Worthing having played one extra match. Truro blew Chippenham away with three goals in a nine-minute period soon after half time. Top scorer Tyler Harvey gave Truro a 52nd-minute lead when he curled home a free kick from the edge of the scored his 21st goal of the season two minutes later when he was first to react after Connor Riley-Lowe's shot had been saved by home goalkeeper Josey Casa-Grande. Luke Jephcott scored his third goal in four games soon after with a superb lob over face relegation-battling Enfield Town and Salisbury City in their next two matches before travelling to mid-table Chelmsford City on 29 March and then going to leaders Worthing on 5 April. "I'm really pleased again," Truro manager John Askey told BBC Radio Cornwall. "I thought we were a little bit sloppy to start off with - could possibly have been 2-0 down if it wasn't for Dan Lavercombe who pulled off a couple of good saves, and some last minute tackles."But after the first 20 minute when we got to grips with how they were playing I thought there was only one team in it, especially in the second half."
BBC News
08-03-2025
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Harvey double keeps Truro City in title hunt
Truro City consolidated third place in National League South after a 3-2 win over 10-man Welling United. Tinners' skipper Connor Riley-Lowe got his side off to the perfect start as he scored after just two Johnson-Fisher and Tyler Harvey almost doubled the lead before Deon Moore levelled against the run of play after 32 minutes. Welling's chances got slimmer when Dave Winfield was sent off for a second booking eight minutes after the interval and Truro top-scorer Harvey headed his side ahead with 20 minutes to made it 3-1 15 minutes later as he blasted home from Andrew Neal's pass before Riccardo Di Trolio's stoppage-time goal set up a nervous Truro held on to extend their unbeaten run to nine matches as they drew level with former leaders Dorking Wanderers and went a point behind new leaders Worthing,
BBC News
24-02-2025
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'Professional' Truro impress in win over Slough
Truro City assistant manager Stewart Yetton has praised the "professional" manner of his side's 2-0 win over Slough Town in National League Tinners moved up to fifth in the table with the victory and are six points off leaders Dorking Wanderers with two games in Connor Riley-Lowe opened the scoring in the sixth minute as he got on the end of a flick-on from Christian Oxlade-Chamberlain. Truro had chances to increase their lead and finally took one when Oxlade-Chamberlain headed in the second goal 14 minutes from full-time. "It was a professional performance to go on and get the second goal," Yetton told BBC Radio Cornwall. "It probably should have been a bit more comfortable than it was."We probably missed three or four really good opportunities to kill the game, to put it to bed really early."But I'm pleased with the lads, I can't remember the lads having too much to do other than maybe a save in the first half."It felt fairly comfortable and on a different day we'd maybe score four or five."
