Truro to remain full-time club despite relegation
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Truro City chairman Eric Perez has confirmed the club will remain a full-time professional side after suffering relegation to National League South.
A last-gasp defeat by Yeovil Town on Good Friday sealed the Tinners' fate with four games to go and boss John Askey labelled their return to the sixth tier after one season in the National League as "embarrassing."
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"Relegation is not where we wanted to be, but it does not define who we are, or where we are going," Perez wrote in a club statement on Truro's website.
"What excites me most, however, is what comes next. We are not stepping back, we are building forward. I want to be absolutely clear that we will continue as a full-time football club for the 2026-27 season.
"That decision reflects our ambition and our belief that we can, and will, compete at the highest level possible.
"We are committed to putting ourselves in the strongest position to return to the National League, and to do so with purpose and momentum."
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In their first match since relegation was confirmed, Truro City put in a battling performance to earn a point in a 1-1 draw with Forest Green Rovers.
"A really good performance. Tricky [weather] conditions, and on another occasion we would have picked up three points but that sums up our season," Askey told BBC Radio Cornwall after the match on Easter Monday.
"You can't ask any more of the players. They've done really well and it's just a shame we haven't made enough of the chances we created.
"The supporters have been brilliant, and it just shows where the club can go when you've been relegated and you're still getting over 2,000 [fans].
"If we can keep improving next season then I'm sure we can get one or two more supporters through the gate - it's gradually building."