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Truro’s players are hopeful they can get the community behind them.<\/p>\n
A hardy band of around 30 to 40 fans travelled to many of their games during their nomadic years – the players knew them all by name and any member of the squad that did not have a pint in the clubhouse with them after a game was given a fine. <\/p>\n
“There was one time we were playing at Plainmoor and we had something like 19 paying fans in a stadium that holds 6,000, so there’s been some tough times,” remembers Riley-Lowe.<\/p>\n
When he is not captaining Truro City, Riley-Lowe is a PE teacher and a close friend of England striker Ollie Watkins<\/a> having come through the Exeter City youth system together. <\/p>\n “There were some Saturdays down at Treyew Road where we used to get some good attendances and it used to be bouncing,” he adds.<\/p>\n “Hopefully we can get it like that here, it’s going to take a little bit of time for people to come and hopefully we can make it into a place where people feel welcome, people feel part of the club.<\/p>\n “Fans at this level want to be able to feel like they’re part of it, and they will be here for sure.”<\/p>\n So what are Truro’s ambitions for the season?<\/p>\n Having won promotion a year ago<\/a> they finished 16th in National League South last season. <\/p>\n