Truro will build on first professional season - Askey

They became fully professional last season, but have struggled to find suitable training facilities and also had to adapt to their gruelling travel schedule.

"It's just I think the circumstances for the football club coming a long way in such a short period of time has proven too much for everyone," added Askey.

"There's a lot of things that we need to get right if we want to get to become a National League club, but it is difficult because of location and lack of facilities in Cornwall and even in Devon really.

"So it is difficult to find the facilities that you need for the training to be better, but we'll keep striving.

"There's been a lot of improvement, there will continue to be improvement and hopefully one day Cornwall will have a Football League club, but we're still quite a way off there yet, but I'm sure in time that will be the case."

Almost 3,000 people attended Truro's final home game of the season against Carlisle United last week [Shutterstock]

Truro are also coming to the end of just their second season back in Cornwall, after leading a nomadic life while the Truro Community Stadium was built.

The club has averaged gates of more than 2,000 this season, far in excess of what Askey says he was told the club might get when he took charge in the summer of 2024.

"It shows the appetite there is for football at Cornwall and that's the big thing for the football club is that people do want a high standard of football and they want to come and watch," Askey said.

"When I joined the club the club had not got a clue what kind of support it was going to get going to the new ground.

"I think the figure of 600-700 people was quoted, and that would be a good figure to start with, but it's surpassed that and I think if we can be successful next year, I think the gates will continue to increase.

"The support has been fantastic, they've continued to get behind the players and it's not been easy for them, but hopefully that will continue because it is unique - going to most grounds you hear the moans and the groans and we haven't had that at all.

"It's a really, really nice place to go and play football for players and a good place to be a manager."

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