Truro City vs Redditch United - pre match snippets

Redditch United are currently 13th in the table, five places and three points ahead of Truro City (though played one game less).  Redditch have played in the Southern Prem for the last three years.  Prior to this, they featured in the Conference North for seven years.  Truro City have not played Redditch prior to today

Redditch form guide is patchy, and similar to Truro's roller coaster results.  Last five form guide is W W L L W.  Redditch have only drawn once this season, so all the pointers suggest a result either way this afternoon.  Their away record is good too with half the away matches being won.

Truro City's  last five form guide is a poor D W L L L.  The team will want to prove the sceptics wrong today and turn round the six nil thrashing at Hungerford last week.  The Chairman's City Alerts yesterday suggested unwaivering support of the manager and so it is the players that must perform today on the pitch.  All the stats point to a decent match ahead...

City Alerts message ahead of the Redditch game

The weekend is upon us, all of the work behind the scenes has been done. The pitch has been manicured and all is ready to go.

This Saturday afternoon we play Redditch United Football Club at Treyew Road. After Tuesday evenings demoralising defeat nothing less than a decisive win will do.

Every single player knows that he will be under the microscope and that Truro City expects no less than 110% from each and everyone of the players.

We want fortress defending; a clean sheet and goals, yes goals. Is this too much to ask?

We know the experience and quality is there in abundance, brought together by our Manager. The team’s determination to win on the pitch will dictate the outcome and not who is in the dugout.

City hit for six as they suffer worst defeat of the season (by Rhod Mitchell)

By Rhod Mitchell, West Briton.

Hungerford Town 6 Truro City 0

A second half capitulation, after a goalless first half, saw City crash to their heaviest Calor League premier division defeat of the season and their third on the bounce.

There had been little indication of what was to come in the opening 45 minutes as City shaded the match playing down the slope.

But after the break the Bedfordshire side ran riot, as everything they tried seemed to come off, leaving a shellshocked City side with huge of questions to answer on the long trip home.

 

The City starting line-up showed two changes from the one that lost 2-0 at home to to Biggleswade Town on Saturday, with Jordan Pearce given his first start in place of Warren Daw and Arran Pugh returning to the defence in place of Dan Evans.

 

Dean Stow got the home side on their way immediately after the restart with a clever chip over Ollie Chenoweth and Jon Boardman soon made it 2-0 with a near post header.

And it soon got even worse for the visitors, when young left back Elliott Legg scored Hungerford’s third with a fine finish.

It was all Hungerford, with Stefan Brown making it 4-0 when he ran on to a through ball.

Bad defending by City then allowed Brown to score his second and a free-kick from Michael Hopkins completed City’s misery on a night to forget as they slipped to 18th in the table.

They will now be looking to arrest their alarming slide when they entertain Redditch United on Saturday (3pm).

City: Chenoweth; Tully, Pugh, Kendall, Pearce; Afful, Cooke, Broad, Lowry, Slateford, Watson. Subs: Eddy, Copp, Brokenshire, Daw, White.
Goals: Stow (46) 1-0, Boardman (53) 2-0, Legg (60) 3-0, Brown (66) 4-0, Brown (79) 5-0, Hopkins (82 ) 6-0.

Crowd: 90.


Read more: http://www.westbriton.co.uk/City-hit-suffer-worst-defeat-season/story-20223579-detail/story.html#ixzz2lt014ZXH

TISA Members Upcoming Dates

Official TISA members and those travelling from Cornwall:

Please see the following dates in December of events/travels..............................

7th December Hemel Hempstead Town away travel. Usual capped price of 20.00 for this trip to the high flyers and top scorers of the league. Deadline for confirmation of travelling is 1st December.

13th December, TISA Christmas Beano with Ruby house booked for 18.30 - 20.30 then hit the Truro's local pubs and bars after.

21st December Arlesey Town away travel. Usual capped price of 20.00 for this trip where our good friend ad ex player plys his trade now, Mr Barry Hayles. Deadline for confirmation of travelling is 15th December.

26th December, Bideford away travel. Not to be missed people. We want a massive showing here. Remember the home game? We have agreed to give our TISA members an early Christmas present with travel to Bideford being set at 10.00. I need confirmed names as we need to book vehicles and Boxing Day isn't the best of times for booking.

For all the above, please let me (David Grimshaw 07889787062) know if you wish to attend at the soonest.

TISA, always there.

City Alerts - message from Peter Masters Wednesday 27th Nov

The 6-0 defeat to Hungerford Town last night with all 6 being scored in the second half is a bitter pill to swallow.

 

With all of the drama surrounding the team coach yesterday afternoon, one cannot help thinking that lady luck is currently conspiring against us. That said,, I believe in making our own luck. I do not intend to go into detail or apportion blame to any individuals but will say that Steve Massey maintains my confidence that he can turn our current poor form into winning ways.

 

Nobody enjoys losing, least of all me and I am very conscious of the unrivalled support given to the team by our fans that travel miles and miles to watch Truro City at great expense.

 

The team owe it to them to give it their all on the Pitch for the full 90 minutes and reward them with regular wins in the hope that we can reach the play offs. Right now, this appears unachievable, brace youselves for changes in the knowledge Football is about getting results on the Pitch.

Peter Masters

Chairman

Hungerford Town pre match snippets - Tues 26th Nov

KO tonight 7.45 pm.

Hungerford Town are ninth in the league with a very respectable 25 points.  Their last five form guide is W L W D W.  Their most impressive win this season was a five nil thrashing of Redditch away in early September.  The irony is that Hungerford lost at home this season to Redditch at the end of October!  Hungerford started the season badly losing all of the first four games but since then have looked very strong.

According to statistics, we have never played Hungerford Town (?).

Truro City's form guide is a less impressive W D W L L.  The two nil win by Biggleswade last week at home was the first game in seven that we have not scored.  And this is the area that Glynn Hooper has identified as our weakest - in the 18 yard box.

Lets hope the lads can pull it off tonight.