RESULTS - Monday & Tuesday 25/26 November 2024

[Dave Deacon]

Monday 25 November 2024
Aveley   6-3   St Albans City
Chelmsford City   P-P   Boreham Wood
Hemel Hempstead Tn   1-7   Dorking Wanderers

Tuesday 26 November 2024
Bath City   1-0   Salisbury
Chesham United   2-1   Hampton & Richmond B
Chippenham Town   0-3   Slough Town
Enfield Town   1-2   Hornchurch
Farnborough   1-0   Worthing
Maidstone United   3-1   Eastbourne Borough
Torquay United   4-2   Weston-super-Mare
Welling United   2-2   Tonbridge Angels
Weymouth   1-4   Truro City

[Dave Deacon]

Positions after tonight’s results 

[Graham Martin]

All they've got to do now is stay there until the end of the season. 

[Craze]

Board need to loosen the purse strings - this is on!

[Dave Deacon]

32 minutes ago, Craze said:

Board need to loosen the purse strings - this is on!

I can appreciate your enthusiasm Craze, but realistically when it comes to the ground - as it is, would it qualify for National League status? Surely the bulk of any money available, needs to be funnelled towards completing the next stage of the ground?

[Craze]

2 minutes ago, Dave Deacon said:

I can appreciate your enthusiasm Craze, but realistically when it comes to the ground - as it is, would it qualify for National League status? Surely the bulk of any money available, needs to be funnelled towards completing the next stage of the ground?

I've been told the money to expand to 5,000 next season is there and 10,000 the following year. The security are drilled to expect 500-600, we're constantly getting 3x that, and it'll grow with some big teams/games to come at the TCS.

We spent almost 7 figures on the pitch and flood lights, I'm sure the money can be found for another centre mid and a right back

[Dave Deacon]

20 minutes ago, Craze said:

I'm sure the money can be found for another centre mid and a right back

Ah! I must admit I was thinking you were after a lot more than just two new players!

 

[Ian Pethick]

8 hours ago, Dave Deacon said:

I can appreciate your enthusiasm Craze, but realistically when it comes to the ground - as it is, would it qualify for National League status? Surely the bulk of any money available, needs to be funnelled towards completing the next stage of the ground?

Setting all that aside, it's just great to see the excitement and enthusiasm around City at the moment. Nobody would have seen this coming 12 or 24 months ago.

Enjoy it, in football you don't get to choose when these moments happen. 

Regarding how the rest of the campaign goes, keeping Tyler Harvey and Jaze Kabia fit is essential. Read earlier in the week that they are rated as the best front pair in the NLS, and that Kabia is possibly the best signing of the NLS season.

 

[sportsman10]

Rumours Both players being looked at by Yeovil and kabia by Exeter  

have to keep hold of both and you have a chance of going up . 

[St Darren]

20 hours ago, Dave Deacon said:

I can appreciate your enthusiasm Craze, but realistically when it comes to the ground - as it is, would it qualify for National League status? Surely the bulk of any money available, needs to be funnelled towards completing the next stage of the ground?

What improvements do they have to make?  I presume they would need segregated areas plus two entrances for opposing supporters. 

let alone the investment needed on the pitch!

[Craze]

6 minutes ago, St Darren said:

What improvements do they have to make?  I presume they would need segregated areas plus two entrances for opposing supporters. 

let alone the investment needed on the pitch!

The pitch is prem quality Darren as are the floodlights. The story is the ground will continue to have work done to it over summer.

[St Darren]

10 minutes ago, Craze said:

The pitch is prem quality Darren as are the floodlights. The story is the ground will continue to have work done to it over summer.

I mean the playing side.  Not the actual pitch.  

[Craze]

3 minutes ago, St Darren said:

I mean the playing side.  Not the actual pitch.  

Yeah - midfield needs to offer more goal threat, and both full back positions need improving. A third source of goals is needed also.

[St Darren]

Just now, Craze said:

Yeah - midfield needs to offer more goal threat, and both full back positions need improving. A third source of goals is needed also.

That’s a big investment.  Plus increased wages, travel costs, I’d imagine it to be huge to ‘compete’. 
 

I believe Dorking have one of the biggest budgets in the league, they spent two years at national league level and came back down. 
 

Mr Masters said EFL in 5 years time, perhaps he knows something we don’t, but the money needed on and off the pitch for that would be astronomical

[Craze]

4 minutes ago, St Darren said:

That’s a big investment.  Plus increased wages, travel costs, I’d imagine it to be huge to ‘compete’. 
 

I believe Dorking have one of the biggest budgets in the league, they spent two years at national league level and came back down. 
 

Mr Masters said EFL in 5 years time, perhaps he knows something we don’t, but the money needed on and off the pitch for that would be astronomical

 

Who knows hey. The security staff told me they are briefed on expecting crowds a third of the size they've been - therefore would make sense that financially the club's cashflow is better than the predicted, add on extra spend in the bar and extra merch. I wouldn't be surprised if things are relatively healthy.

 

[Mrgreen]

1 hour ago, Craze said:

The pitch is prem quality Darren as are the floodlights. The story is the ground will continue to have work done to it over summer.

The pitch, whilst being pretty good, is absolutely NOT prem quality.

[Dave Deacon]

1 hour ago, Mrgreen said:

The pitch, whilst being pretty good, is absolutely NOT prem quality.

Certainly not until they get these drainage areas sorted. Surface is pretty darn good otherwise though.

[Craze]

15 hours ago, Mrgreen said:

The pitch, whilst being pretty good, is absolutely NOT prem quality.

It absolutely is, it may have some faults that need ironing out but almost £1m was spent on it.

[TheOpinionoftheReferee]

1 hour ago, Craze said:

It absolutely is, it may have some faults that need ironing out but almost £1m was spent on it.

Thought it was just grass... For it to be anywhere close to Premier League Quality it needs to be semi Synthetic surface which is what a lot of elite teams pitches are now and is how, along with UV lamps, they maintain such pristine playing surfaces all season.

https://cornwallfootball.substack.com/p/cornwall-football-truro-city-fc-community

 

It says here that the didn't have funds for a desso... Not sure if that changed but is cited as a reason for not sharing with the rugby club as it won't sustain both teams playing on it all year round other wise.

So factually, unless they did lay a desso, it is NOT of premier league standard.

[Ian Pethick]

27 minutes ago, TheOpinionoftheReferee said:

Thought it was just grass... For it to be anywhere close to Premier League Quality it needs to be semi Synthetic surface which is what a lot of elite teams pitches are now and is how, along with UV lamps, they maintain such pristine playing surfaces all season.

https://cornwallfootball.substack.com/p/cornwall-football-truro-city-fc-community

 

It says here that the didn't have funds for a desso... Not sure if that changed but is cited as a reason for not sharing with the rugby club as it won't sustain both teams playing on it all year round other wise.

So factually, unless they did lay a desso, it is NOT of premier league standard.

From what I've read, Desso hybrid grass/plastic pitches are around £1.2 million to install.

[TheOpinionoftheReferee]

27 minutes ago, Ian Pethick said:

From what I've read, Desso hybrid grass/plastic pitches are around £1.2 million to install.

I think that is right... But not sure if that includes all the other fancy Dan things that have been installed... Drainage, sprinkler systems etc. which will have, possibly, also cost a pretty penny or whether indeed it is a desso and all those additional extras are included. 

I thought that cost (£1m+) is with all the other bits in situ.

[Mrgreen]

Seriously guys, listen. I’ve had many a stadium tour, with a pitch inspection included. I also know little bit about it.

Truro’s playing surface, is pretty good.  But it is not a Desso grass master, stitched pitch. Which would make it prem quality.

When it was being built, I was told ,it was going to be the best in the county, which it is.  My point then, as it still is now, is that the competition in Cornwall is poor. Even if the two areas that get wet, drained the same as the rest of the pitch, it would still have a lower percolation rate than a prem pitch.

In short, a prem pitch is SOoo good that the truro pitch is a poor man’s version.

[Dave Deacon]

4 hours ago, Mrgreen said:

In short, a prem pitch is SOoo good that the truro pitch is a poor man’s version.

Disregarding the comparison with a Premier League ground, I’m not sure if overall you’re happy or not with Truro’s pitch?

[Bobby Thomas]

Top of the league..( for now hopefully longer), lovely built stadium and pitch and great crowds/ new fanbase.

What more do folk want!?

Possibly a win away at fellow promotion hopefuls Dorking, at the weekend...?

Like Ian says, enjoy and savour these times...just think back , only last season when Truro were playing Plymouth Parkway. 

It turned into a mud bath and finished up playing at Gloucester City.

So sometimes the grass is greener, no pun intended !

 

[Mrgreen]

19 hours ago, Dave Deacon said:

Disregarding the comparison with a Premier League ground, I’m not sure if overall you’re happy or not with Truro’s pitch?

The pitch is really quite impressive. Certainly the best constructed in the county. Maybe even the league.

Definitely good enough for a higher tier or two. There are a couple of dodgy areas which I suspect will be down to compaction or sealing of the surface. At least I hope that’s all it is, and not poor levels, or drainage backing up.

It was a sterling effort by the grounds staff on Saturday, sometimes the weather just wins. However instead of pushing water off with a mower, I think maybe I would have forked or spiked the two areas to move water down to the drainage rather than sealing the surface even more.

Moving forwards,  keeping the surface draining with a vertical draining program, or a compressed air spiker would seem to be essential.

[Yourhavingalaugh]

Truro 1st’s are fortunate they are fixtured away this Saturday, as they have generator problems at the ground, and thus reserving their reserved fixture with Liskeard. Hopefully nothing too serious, but ideal for pitch recovery.

[St Darren]

4 hours ago, Mrgreen said:

The pitch is really quite impressive. Certainly the best constructed in the county. Maybe even the league.

Definitely good enough for a higher tier or two. There are a couple of dodgy areas which I suspect will be down to compaction or sealing of the surface. At least I hope that’s all it is, and not poor levels, or drainage backing up.

It was a sterling effort by the grounds staff on Saturday, sometimes the weather just wins. However instead of pushing water off with a mower, I think maybe I would have forked or spiked the two areas to move water down to the drainage rather than sealing the surface even more.

Moving forwards,  keeping the surface draining with a vertical draining program, or a compressed air spiker would seem to be essential.

Luckily the groundsman has just the kit!

[Martin Eddy]

Is anyone watching the FA cup game on the telly. Goalmouths are cut up pretty bad. We have at least 5 teams playing on ours at Clijah Park, Redruth. As of yesterday it was nowhere near as bad as that.

[Mrgreen]

18 hours ago, St Darren said:

Luckily the groundsman has just the kit!

The sarcasm isn’t lost on me.😜

[Ian Pethick]

On 29/11/2024 at 19:50, Yourhavingalaugh said:

Truro 1st’s are fortunate they are fixtured away this Saturday, as they have generator problems at the ground, and thus reserving their reserved fixture with Liskeard. Hopefully nothing too serious, but ideal for pitch recovery.

Did I hear right, the TCS is not connected to the grid and relies on generators? 

[Dave Deacon]

47 minutes ago, Ian Pethick said:

Did I hear right, the TCS is not connected to the grid and relies on generators? 

Yep! 

[Ian Pethick]

5 minutes ago, Dave Deacon said:

Yep! 

On a new built facility, within a new "garden village", thought I misheard. Must be a temporary measure ahead of permanent infrastructure.

[Dave Deacon]

9 hours ago, Ian Pethick said:

within a new "garden village

As far as I know it’s pretty much just the road scheme they’re working on at present. No properties built.