By Matt Bishop
Truro City‘s chairman has revealed he will ask Torquay to share Plainmoor if they gain promotion to the National League, as the White Tigers prepare to leave Treyew Road at the end of the season.
Truro, who travel to Charlton on Saturday as the first Cornish club in the FA Cup first round since 1969, are flying in Step 2 and have dreams of promotion to Non-League‘s top-tier.
However, redevelopment plans at Treyew Park, scheduled to finally begin at the end of this campaign, mean Truro will be without a home for the duration of the 2017-18 season.
Speaking to BBC Sport, the club’s chairman Peter Masters said: “Our friends at Torquay United will possibly host us again, I would have to ask them.
“I’m a good friend of [Torquay chairman] Clarke Osborn, and I’m sure if Truro went knocking they would assist, there’s no problem with that.”
The White Tigers hope to move to the planned Stadium for Cornwall, but work on the £10 million arena, which will be shared with the Cornish Pirates, is yet to begin.
As a result, Treyew Road’s developers have agreed to give Truro time to find a temporary home, but that agreement only runs until the end of this campaign.
If Truro reach the National League, a move to Plainmoor could materialise, but failure to achieve promotion could see them remain in Cornwall, potentially playing their home games at South West Peninsula League side Bodmin Town.
“If we do take it we’ll be playing outside of the county for a period of one season, if we don’t take it we’ll be playing within Cornwall for that season.
“It’s a big decision, but that decision can be made once we know what level of football we’re going to be playing at.”
