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Truro City are out of the FA Cup after a valiant effort against Conference South side Bath City at Treyew Road on Saturday afternoon, the crowd were left wondering what may of been after a penalty miss and some last ditch defending from the opposition.

The winning goal was scored after just ninety seconds from a cross which was powered home by Holland who out jumped Smith from six yards giving Chapman no chance. Andy Watkins caused the Bath defence problems throughout the match and on five minutes was unlucky not to convert a long ball and saw another effort well saved after good work from Walker.

The decisive moment turned out to be on seventeen minutes when the referee awarded City a penalty which Wills pulled wide of the target, City were well matched to their opponents and demanded the lion share of the play but there only real effort on goal came from a Martin header. The start of the second half was delayed do to a injury to the referee who had to be replaced with a stand in assistant referee was found and both teams agreed to the change.

The half was only four minutes old when Ash beat the keeper to a aerial ball and Watkins shot was cleared off the line, City continued to push forward but were unable to create a clear cut chance although Yetton did hal a shot deflected past the post on 75 minutes. With time running out City thought they had won a second penalty but the assistant referee had correctly flagged for Yetton being offside and Bath hung on for the victory.

On reflection City played well but were unable to get the slice of luck they needed, the gap between the two teams didn't show and as the Bath manager said after the match he was impressed with City and thought they deserved more on the day.

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Guest tom@white tigers

Well done to Truro for keeping a team 3 leagues above them on the back foot for most of the game. A few dodgy ref desicions though. The Truro fans were great and never stopped singing, i know i didn't.

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Hey hammers. As a loyal town fan fan I hope you didnt go to watch our "much respected" Truro "cousins" instead of driving 20 miles further south to watch Falmouth. Let's face it they dont need the money. (Although one or two more defeats and the glory hunter new fans will drift away and they might need the support)

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