Truro City Football Club
The Truro City Football Club podcast aims to provide fans and potential fans with informative, engaging and entertaining content and insights about all aspects of Truro City Football Club. Truro City are a full-time professional non-league football team playing in the National league South in 26/27.
Each episode will be 25-30 minutes and will usually feature a guest closely connected with the club.
The podcast aims to be reflective of the club - ambitious, fast moving, professional, and community driven.
Truro City Football Club
Women's Team Focus - Maidstone Win - Departure of DJF - FA Cup Fever
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In a packed episode of the Truro City Football Club podcast we focus on the Women’s Team with team manager Paul Knight, captain Rosie Shipp and vice-captain Kayden Hatton.
Director of Football Alex Black shares an injury update, talks about how the departure of Dom Johnson-Fisher came about and reflects on the terrific win away to table toppers Maidstone United.
FA Cup Fever is gripping the area - we look ahead to Saturday’s 3rd round qualifying match v Cirencester including a short piece with Trevor Howard from Polwhele School who are sponsoring all of Truro City’s FA Cup matches this season.
We mention at the time of recording there is a match ball sponsorship opportunity for the FA Cup tie - if interested please contact Rob Butland via Rbutland@trurocity.co.uk
During the Women’s team segment captain Rosie Shipp talks about her plans to run the London Marathon in April 2027.
If you would like to sponsor Rosie and help her raise money for Asthma and Lung UK and have a chance of winning a signed football click here
Our next episode - scheduled for recording on Monday March 5th - focuses on the Milestone project.
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Hey everybody, welcome to a packed episode of the Truro City Football Club Podcast. It's number nine. We're recording this on Monday, the 28th of September. So big thanks to all of you who are tuning in, who are sharing, or talking about, commenting on, rating and reviewing the show. If you do all that, then it really, really helps other people find the show and uh grows the numbers for us, which would be fantastic. And if you'd like to get a comment read out or a voice message read out or listen broadcast on the show, then use the get in touch button. You'll find it in the show notes. Uh just scroll down from the on your podcast app, click that button, and then uh you can uh let us know what you think as well. Make sure you tell us who you are because it doesn't always let us know who you are if you just send us the message. So in this packed episode, Alex Black is up first. He's gonna bring us an injury update, okay. Uh talks about the departure of Dom Johnson Fisher, because there's been lots of speculation as to why that happened. Uh, plus uh review of the Maidstone game and looking ahead to Sarencester in the FA Cup match on Saturday. So we recorded that bit with Alex on Sunday morning, okay. Uh so we're gonna plug some tickets for that as well. So if you haven't got a ticket for that, or you haven't got you've got friends, bring them along. Let's make some get the uh stadium rocking with FA Cup Fever. Now, talking of FA Cup Fever, we're then gonna have a quick word with Trevor Howard, who represents Paul Wheelhouse School. Uh, they are match day sponsors on Saturday, uh, as they were for the Mertha Town replay as well. So Trevor talks about the benefits of being a matchday sponsor for the school and how the youngsters get involved as being mascots and uh all that sort of stuff as well. So in fact, Trevor will explain he's also committed to sponsoring all FA Cup matches that you're involved in this season. Um, Rob Butland, the head of commercial, tells me there is an opportunity for a match ball sponsor as well. So uh I'll put Rob's uh contact details in the show notes. So if you want to bring along six or eight people from your company, get a signed match ball, get in the 1889 suite, you know, for the player photo, player QA, all that sort of stuff, then that would be great as well. And then the main part of the show, the Truro City Football Club women's team. So coming up, we've got the manager Paul Knight, we've got the captain who is Rosie Ship, and the Vice Captain Caden Hatton as well. So great stuff with them. Uh we really enjoyed the recording we did we did with them, so look out for that. Uh, some of you asked about are we going to cover the milestone project? Well, the plan is yes, we are. So at the moment, we're scheduling that for the next episode where we're gonna look in detail at the milestone project and the implications of the football club and all that sort of stuff. Now, before we go and say hello to Alex uh from yesterday, from Sunday, uh a mention for Roger He. Uh Roger passed away that last week, age 90, and he first watched Truro in 1946, and his grandfather was on various uh Truro City Football Club committees in the 1920s. Now, a few weeks ago I did record with Roger and his son Andrew for this podcast for about 50 minutes or so. Roger talked through his memories of Truro City Football Club, including going to the Vars Final and his favourite players from like the 1940s and 50s. So um we will use the material at some point with his family's permission um, you know, at the appropriate time. And uh it's a great bit of history for those of you who are interested in the history of Truro City Football Club. Right, let's crack on with today's episode and let's go over and uh say hello to Alex Black and find out what uh what the score is on injuries, the department of uh department departure of Dom Johnson Fisher, the Maidstone game, and uh what we might expect from the Siren Sister Cup game. So, Alex, here we are. Uh Maidston yesterday, terrific win, 2-1. Couple of goals with Jack Stretton as well. So, how was that?
SPEAKER_02Yeah, it was a it was another fantastic performance. Um boys played really well, you know. Once you go one behind, it's um it's extra difficult. I think the stats sort of prove that. Um but um you know a a fairly tight first half, not too much, not too much in it. Um if it was a boxing match, there'd have been sort of relatively level on points going into the second half. But um, but you know, they got a penalty. I think it was a penalty. Well, it was a foul whether it was in the box is a question, Mark, but it certainly was a foul. So no not massive of complaints, but yeah, I think the second half performance was fantastic and to come out and uh and uh yeah and get two points, get three points, sorry, two goals against top of the league from home.
SPEAKER_05Fantastic. Well, that's really really good, isn't it? And uh and you know, Jack uh Jack Stratton's had a few near misses, hasn't he? So he'll be delighted to get a couple of goals.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I think look, Jack's been playing really well, in my opinion, this season, you know, been doing every everything you need to do. And um, you know, nice to see him get his get his goals. Hopefully it it leads to a a good you know good run of goals. Uh I mean I think he's you know arguably you know gonna be one of the top strikers in the league this season.
SPEAKER_05Oh, fantastic. Now, talking of top strikers, of course, you know, uh the departure of Dom Johnson Fisher kind of caught all us fans on the hop a little bit. So uh there's been obviously speculation on social media, and Dom's put up a very nice uh sort of departure message to True City. So uh, you know, this podcast, Alex, is all about insights. So can you give us a bit of an insight as to uh as to what you know how that all happened?
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I mean look, obviously um Dom's been uh uh struggling to get lots and lots of game time, although he had played um started against Mertha in the cup. Um uh Worthing, I think, have held a long time interest in him, and they made an approach to us. Um you know, Dom wasn't somebody that we were looking to looking to move on, um, but the approach was made, and um yeah, we just felt it was a good move for all parties, really. Good move for Worthing. Obviously, they need striker, they'd lost a couple. Um for Dom, um, you know, he's from not exactly sure, but he's he's very close to Worthing. I think that's one of his closest teams, and uh chance to get back and um you know moving up a league for him and uh chance to push on for us. You know, we we put a few quid in the coffers from the sale. Um we also maintained a sell-on because I think everyone agrees Dom's a player with you know fantastic potential and you know some you know electric pace, but you know, he probably just finds himself at a found himself at a club at the moment with uh well with a you know a plethora of striking options. You know, we were at like we said, we got a great win yesterday at um at Maidstone, and obviously that that was after we sold Domin. We had Tyler Harvey with a little niggle unavailable and Omar Bogle, uh, you know, our biggest sign in this year unavailable, and we're still able to put out Jack Stretton who scores two and have Harvey Greenslade and Jeff Gop sort of playing in and around them. Uh so you know we we've got a lot of strikers and you know we thought it was uh we thought it was good for good for all parties. It certainly wasn't a forced move by the club. We we it wasn't something that we had to do. Um we just thought it was best all round.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, well, you know, and I mean of course we wished on well and uh you know he was held in great affection by True supporters who will be uh no doubt following him and hoping that he uh, as you say, can uh realise his talent and progress to uh even higher things and uh and all that.
SPEAKER_02Fantastic song the fans had for him as well, didn't that? DJ F my Lord. I like that one. Yeah, yeah. He was a good song.
SPEAKER_05Well, you know, I I met him a couple of times when he came in the sponsor's hospitality suite. Lovely fella, lovely fella. So we wish him we wish him all the best. Um now you mentioned uh Tyler's got a little niggle. Uh Christian wasn't playing for the first time, you know. Well, I can remember really in a league game. So uh little injury for him as well.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, Christian's got a little bit of um a little bit of tightness. Uh that's why we took him off uh against uh Mertha in the first leg. Uh well not the first leg, the first uh FA Cup match before the replay. And yeah, I don't think he'll be out for too long. He may may well be back available for the for the next match. Same with Tyler, he could uh he could well be back, he might not just have to have to see on see on that one. But um, yeah, we don't think anything particularly serious with either of those players. Uh hopefully neither are long long-term injuries. Uh so should be back in the next, possibly for the next game, both of them, but hopefully not too long afterwards, if not.
SPEAKER_03Okay.
SPEAKER_02Um the just to keep people updated, you know, Dan Rooney and Billy Palfrey have both now had operations, you know. Unfortunately for Dan, he will be out um probably for the whole season. Um pretty serious up. Billy might well, you know, we might well see him fit and available at some point this season. We'll we'll just have to see on that one. Um uh Lyrax started to whoop his up his training level, so he's gonna be a few more ye weeks yet, but nice to see him out on the grass before the replay with Mertha doing a bit of running there with Omar, who was suspended.
SPEAKER_05Of course, yeah. Has his suspension finished now? How's that work?
SPEAKER_02Yeah, his suspension's now over, so he'll be available for the uh next game against Southernster in the FA Cup.
SPEAKER_05Great stuff, and uh this is the first Tuesday, the first Tuesday coming in September where there's no game. So a chance for the the players to have a whole week between matches. So that can't be a bad thing every so often, can it?
SPEAKER_02No, yeah, boring for us, isn't it? It's nice to much nicer to go to a game, break up the week. But um, but you know, for the players, I think it's uh good chance for a breather to get ourselves properly planned because then we're gonna be going, you know, then we're back into Saturday, Tuesdays again for a little while. Um, but great chance in the FA Cup. Um, you know, we won't be taking Sarencester lightly. Um obviously they knocked out Farnham, so somewhat ironically, if they hadn't of we would have been playing Saturday and Tuesday. Um Farnham are like a really good team as well. So um won't be taking them lightly, but you know, I think we've got to look at that as a chance to progress to the progress to another round as well.
SPEAKER_05Well, absolutely, you know, FA Cup fever hopefully coming to Truro this week. Hopefully there'll be lots of uh promo activity and all that. But you're right, I mean uh they're in the Hellenic Premier League, they took voluntary relegation from the Southern League what two, three years ago, but you know, they're mid-table, but that's mainly because they haven't played many games. They haven't actually lost in that league, the only unbeaten side in that league. So uh and we look forward to welcoming them because uh their main sponsors are putting on a free supporters coach for them. So uh so we'll uh we'll make sure they get a warm welcome, I'm sure, in uh in Truro. And uh yeah, anything anything else to uh talk about, Alex? Or uh should we uh should we call should we say uh let's talk next time after the FA Cup game?
SPEAKER_02It can be sounds like you're trying to get rid of me, but that's fine. I'm quite tired. It's uh Sunday morning, so it's a different time that we're we're we're talking to usual, but yeah um, you know, it's uh it yeah, it's a little bit tired. Probably got in in the early hours of last night. Um I have been up and walked the dog though already.
SPEAKER_05Oh well done, well done. Yeah, that's a that's a bit of a monster trip back from Maidstone, isn't it?
SPEAKER_02Yeah, we got a lot of the long trips done and um and out the way. Uh just a little quick note. Um it's been nice. I've got you know, a number of the fans have sort of commented to me, you know, how pleased they are with the with the podcast, and it's nice to be able to get in a bit of information and a few did so again at Maidstone. So um yeah, so well done, Trevor. Keep going. And um be nice if one or two of them send in a few questions as well. So um Yeah, absolutely. Listen, not have to listen to me droning on as much.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, well, I'm uh as I I as I said to you off here, I'm planning to be at the uh the the Maiden Head Farmborough Doubleheader. I think it's Farmborough Saturday, Maidenhead Tuesday on the beginning of December. So I'll be taking my recording equipment with me and uh a little portable stuff and hopefully getting a few fans uh to tell us about what they think and uh get their observations whilst on the on the terraces, so to speak, at those awakenings.
SPEAKER_02I mean there's I'll tell you one thing, they were they were in fine voice against uh against Maidstone. Even when we were when we weren't winning, they were uh they were they were fully given their support, and it does make a difference, it really does help the players, so long may it continue.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, well, great stuff, great stuff. Alex, uh thanks very much for that. Uh enjoy your Sunday and uh yeah, see you soon. Thank you very much. So, as I mentioned, it's FA Cup Saturday, tickets still available for the game, and uh I'm delighted to have Trevor Howard with me, who's uh well known in local business circles, Trevor, and uh but representing Paul Wheelhouse School, who uh sponsored the Mertha replay, and you're sponsoring the Sarin Sester game as well. And I understand you've got a deal to sponsor all the FA Cup matches through to Wembley, is that right?
SPEAKER_04Absolutely, wouldn't that be great? Yes. Um once we scored the equalizer against Mirtha, I pinged a message to Rob and said, I'll have the uh match day sponsor for the replay. When we won the replay, I said to Rob straight away, I'll do the next round, and if we get a home draw in the next round, and so on, and then all of a sudden Rob said, Well, what if you get to Wembley? I said, Well, if they're all home ties, I'll go all the way. It's a great experience for the children. The children at the school love it. We had the mascots for those children walking out onto the pitch with the players. It was just an amazing experience. We have some really good sports scholars at the school. We've partnered with the club, we sponsor one of the players, so we really see strategic partnerships for the school uh as really important for the development of the school and the partnership with the club, me being a season ticket holder for the last three years, uh having loved football and the FA Cup. My first FA Cup memory was 1975 when uh West Ham beat Fulham 2-0. Um I was at that game, I was very young, but at that game, uh, and I've loved uh football ever since. Um my nine-year-old son is also a West Ham supporter, even though he was born in Cornwall. Okay. Was that the game when Alan Taylor scored the two goals? It was, he scored both goals, and we played against Bobby Moore because we played against our legend was on the other side, yeah, for sure.
SPEAKER_05Wow, wow, fantastic. So um, you know, usually with sponsors for the football, you know, at Truro you get tradespeople and you know building companies and all sorts, but a school that's quite unusual.
SPEAKER_04So we've made you get involved. We've partnered with the club. Um we ran all of the Truro City summer football camps at the school. Throughout the summer holidays, we do uh after school camps with the club. We're doing summer camps or autumn camps now in the next school holidays. So it seemed to me that match day sponsoring, we sponsor already Tyler Love Holmes, match day sponsoring was the next quite a natural step for us, and the added excitement of the FA Cup, it was an under the lights game, the children were all allowed to stay up till ten o'clock. Um and it was just we just got a real buzz around the school about it. Oh fantastic. Too good an opportunity to miss to take the next one as well. So, what what's the plan for Saturday then for the FA Cup? Saturday we're match day sponsors again, so we'll have uh some of our staff within the uh 1889 suite. We've then got uh 15 or 16 of the children all coming in their pole-wheel tracksuits as match sponsors again, and we've probably got 35 or 40 people overall from the school. Wow. A mix of children, parents coming along, again, creating that bit of buzz.
SPEAKER_05Fantastic. Yeah, well I remember as being a kid, you know, the one I wanted to be a ball boy, I think, at Lincoln City, you know. So to be a mascot at Churro must be great.
SPEAKER_04It's great, yeah. And and the FA Cup in some ways, I can remember as a as a child growing up, you you'd be watching the teams get on the coach and the the they would be following them all the way through. Some of that has gone a bit now because of Champions League and other things, but I think at this level of football, getting that magic back into the FA Cup and just hoping that we can do this one and the next round and get into the first round proper. And how great would it be if we had Plymouth Argyle away?
SPEAKER_05Yeah, well, yeah, it would be. I was at Plymouth on Saturday because uh Turo were away, so that would be uh that would be uh fantastic. And uh Tyler Love Holmes, he's your player. So from a player sponsor point of view, what what what what sort of interaction do you have with your player that you've sponsored?
SPEAKER_04Well, for us it's been fantastic. I mean, he's a great role model for the school. I met him at Royal Cornwall in 2025, got to know him uh a little bit, got to know him a great deal since then. He's great role model, uh very good discipline, uh uh history. Comes down, he came down to uh our prize giving, gave all the prizes out at the end of year at the term. Came down and and as he will tell you, um he played football with about 30 of the children and they were all trying to kick him. And I'm thinking they're John Aski's not gonna like this playing round on the pitch. So and I play golf with Tyler and his dad quite regularly as well. So I think we've become personal friends off the pitch as well, which is nice.
SPEAKER_05Oh, fantastic. Well, that's that's really, really good. Now, Trevor, you're also, I think, a trustee, am I right, in thinking of the Truro City Football Club community trust?
SPEAKER_04I am, yes. So I I got involved with that again primarily because we're trying to build this community around the school. The com the community for the football club is so, so important. I mean it it giving back is really important. And and Truro City, although it's based in Truro, should really have that community focus for the whole of Cornwall. We should be Cornwall's Club, Cornwall's football club, and Cornwall's community, that we can you know offer those things that we do locally much more broader around the whole of the county.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, well it's interesting, and I think also beyond Cornwall as well, we get quite a lot of feedback from people all over the globe, frankly, who say, Oh, we're tuning into the podcast and all that sort of stuff. So uh so that's great. And uh and the women's team that kind of comes under the community trust as well.
SPEAKER_04It does, yep. That's launched this season for the first time. Um they are gonna do really well as well, I'm sure. Um I think we're starting in uh a league a little lower than we anticipated starting in, but that should give us the chance to push on and get promoted. Uh and it's great to see them doing so well.
SPEAKER_05Well, that's a neat segue because coming up right now, we've got the uh women's team. So we've got Paul, Rosie, and Caden from the women's team. So uh we'll get we better go over and uh say hello to them. So, Trevor, thanks very much. See you Saturday, and I hope you have a lot of fun and thanks for being a sponsor. Thank you very much. Thanks, Trevor. So here we are, we've got the Tiro City women's team. We've got Paul Light the manager, Rosie Ship the Captain, Caden Hatton the Vice Captain. So um, Paul, tell us a little bit about uh you know team manager. How did you get how did that happen and your football background?
SPEAKER_03Uh hi Trevor First, uh thanks for having us here. It's nice to be here. Um, yeah, um, in terms of really my background, which is probably pertinent before the appointment of the role to Truro City women. Um I think we've just won the clock back 10 years because obviously it could fill a lifetime of uh you know sports accolades and and been involved around football. The reason I say 10 years, it's kind of a pinnacle point when I was at uh Plymouth Argyle working with their youth um and also part um of their community trust on a part-time scale. But it was around that time that there was kind of an injection into the community, especially throughout uh Cornwall, regarding um women's football and youth and getting girls engaged at schools, etc. Um, it was my first taste of senior football with women's, you know, transitioning from boys' youth and boys' men's game. And I think over the last 10 years I've probably been more um sort of uh aligned um and sucked into the women's game. Um I think obviously you know keeping it short and sweet. Um my last appointment just to show that my footballing takes me outside of Cornwall. I've done a lot of time throughout the true Southwest, and my last appointment was at Yeovaltown, uh working with you uh I was a manager of Yeoveltown women's uh football, been out there now, finished there last year. I've taken a season out, and um to be honest with you in in regarding this appointment at the moment, it was right time, right place, a conversation that was never planned. I don't really think that the football club was ready to have it, but once we did have that conversation, then the rest is history. We're here now and we're well on our way.
SPEAKER_05Great stuff, great stuff. So, Rosie, you're the captain of the team, so uh give us a little bit of a background of your football, uh you know what you've been doing so far.
SPEAKER_00Um, so I was born and raised in Portsmouth and started my football journey at the age of 10 with the help of my brother for always believing in me. Um, we moved to Cornwall when I was twelve, and I had spells at Caldrose, Plymouth Argyle, Inuki, and now I'm at the mighty Troy City.
SPEAKER_05Wow, fantastic. Well, you'll be pleased to know that there are at least two Portsmouth fans who follow the team. So I'll give a shout out to Paul and his grandson Charlie, because they're always there and they follow Portsmouth as well. So so that's fantastic. Uh Caden, you're the vice captain. How did you how did you what's your football journey?
SPEAKER_01Yeah, so I also grew up um in the Midlands. I grew up in Nottingham and I started playing football sort of through my uncle just in the garden probably about age four. And then I joined my uh joined my first boys team. I started in boys football. Um and that sort of stopped when I moved on to Cornwall in like 2019, um, and then I was still adamant on joining a boys team, um, but I didn't really find one I really enjoyed. So then I moved on to Charlestown, Charlestown girls, which I carried out the season to um until ladies football, and then that's where I joined St Austel, and then we're here at Trorro now.
SPEAKER_05Now, before we press on, we've got a little shout-out to do, haven't we, Rosie? So we've got a young fan who uh is injured at the moment, and uh well, we're gonna give her a little shout out, I think, aren't we?
SPEAKER_00This is for Laura Hunt. Laura is an eight-year-old girl and a keen footballer and a Chory City women's team fan who is currently injured. So thank you for all your support, Laura, and we hope you are back playing soon.
SPEAKER_05Wow, that's great, great. There we go. So Laura, a message from Rosie. I hope that was good for you. So, Paul, how did the women's team come about? Let's uh let's go back a you know a little bit into that.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, I think um sort of touched on it um at my introduction a minute ago, just regarding the fact that I think it was just and I I really mean this tongue-in-cheek, it was like the alignment of the stars, really. Um my time, um, I mean I'm originally from from Birmingham, but I've been in Cornwall now for 20 odd years and um still considered an outsider. However, like I said previously, my a lot of my football to challenge myself uh to the higher level. I'm currently completing my A licence at the moment, so I've been sort of working throughout the South West. Uh it was time to come back to Cornwall for a season last year. Really was going to be a time out. Um the only local professional football club is Drru. Um, contacted the uh director of football. We had a chat. Um we spoke about the possibility of what um I I had I wanted to offer, which was effectively would you consider a woman's team? And um, you know, lo and behold, the club had already had that conversation, it was in the plans. I think the only thing was really, Trevor, is that the plans were not now, the plans were probably a year to two years from now. Okay. And I think it just timing, they had to take it and we did it.
SPEAKER_05Fantastic. Well, that's really, really good, isn't it? And uh so did you how did you uh you know end up with well, not only Rosie and Caden, but obviously a squad of players. I mean, um how did they just once you announced that you were gonna go, but you probably only had contacts and that did you?
SPEAKER_03So Yeah, I think um the the the thing is within the women's fraternity, and and and and and and I mean this respectfully, is the longer you spend in it, the more your um I suppose your contact or client base becomes, and I don't mean that rudely when I refer to them as clients, but you know, players become contacts. So, you know, I've got contacts, you know, for players playing in the professional game, and I think the the different clubs you get involved with, those doors open, um, you know, through your coaching staff, through through the club doors, etc. Also being in the southwest, you can't uh you can't avoid um crossing over between the three main counties in terms of um female footballers making contact with you, doing coaching sessions with them, being in competitions, you just you just build up that rapport. Regarding here in Cornwall, you know, ten years ago was quite a time, that was a very specific time that I mentioned, and that's because really that was when I really engaged with the females game here. So quite a few of these youngsters, and um, I don't want to sound disrespectful saying that they're even in this squad at the moment. You know, I was scouting them for people like Plymouth Argyll when they were eight years of age, and now they're playing for me. Wow. So you know, so it I think it's just a case of of I've you know respectfully made a bit of a name for myself in terms of um the women's game in the county, and and some some people know me, some don't. And I think really just it it helps with recruitment and with the bigger projects of what we're trying to achieve. So there's a buy-in to the club, and also just using the contact base that I've got in order to make that happen.
SPEAKER_05And Rosie is captain, it must it must be uh handy having the start you've had, you know, four wins, four games, fifty-two goals scored, I think, led in six. So that's that's kind of helpful being captain, isn't it?
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I'm very proud of the team and what we've achieved so far, and it's only gonna get better, and we're gonna push on more, and we're gonna get more goals, more wins, and really believe in the team. So it's looking very positive.
SPEAKER_05And uh, Caden, yesterday's result, uh a mere 5-2 win yesterday. So uh the closest game you've had by a long way, really.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, it's been it was a close game yesterday, one of the closest that we've had. Um, it was a very physically demanding game, um, challenging for all of us. Um, but we all believe in each other and we all know we've got our backs in every aspect.
SPEAKER_05Oh, fantastic, fantastic. And Rosie, so uh do you like being captain?
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I really like being captain. For me, I'm very proud of being selected as captain and uh wearing the Truro City shirt, and I was over the moon when I found out I was selective.
SPEAKER_05Wow. Wow, that's great, that's really, really good, really good. And uh Caden, I think the next home match, so this is going out on uh the Monday, the last Monday in September. So you've got a home match coming up next Sunday, October the 4th, I think.
SPEAKER_01Yes, we've got Troon next week, which we're playing. Um I think they're currently third in the league. Um so it's it should hopefully be a challenge for us, and we're all excited to play it.
SPEAKER_05And that's at Truro College, I think. And people can just rock up, can't they, and watch it?
SPEAKER_01Yeah, yeah, access is free. Park in the college, um, come on to the 3G. Everyone's welcome to come watch.
SPEAKER_05Great stuff. Now, Paul, of course, there are plans to move to the uh 3G pitch at the Truro City Stadium when that's ready. So any any kind of feel-on timescale for that at the moment?
SPEAKER_03Um no, we haven't got too much information. I've just I've I mean the time scale I've had mentioned to me is is around the March period. I believe that they're I believe the project is aiming to push to a conclusion in February. But knowing what the weather's like and and construction, you know, uh over the winter period, I would imagine that you know end of March would probably be a safer bet. Um my understanding is that we will move from our temporary uh facilities then to finish out our season, you know, at what will become our new home ground.
SPEAKER_05Fantastic, fantastic. So we've talked uh we've talked a lot about the players and that sort of thing, but I'm sure, Paul, behind the scenes you've got people that uh you know you can't do this on your own, can you? So let's make sure we give them a shout out. So uh with that, yeah, one or two people you might want to mention, or all of them if you if you can if you've got the details.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, you know that you know starting a project like this, um, don't be under any any illusion. The amount of work that goes in behind the scenes is immense. It really, really is. Um, obviously, you're fully I am gonna mention all the uh coaching staff because to be fair, without them I'd be lost. So I think a shout out first of all to my assistant manager, which is Andrew Charleston, goalkeeper coach George Knight, Strength and Conditioning, which is Cal Cook, and then the peripheral staff, which really do make it all happen. I think it's fair to say, top of the tree, gotta say, it's Kerry Knight, which is our team secretary. Endless amount of administration continuous. It really, really is to make this happen. Also sitting in the background, we have uh we're lucky enough to have a team welfare uh officer, uh, which is Kylie Booth. Um she's she sits in there to make sure that you know from a compliance point of view, but also the welfare of the ladies, which is quite it's quite it's quite it's quite intense in in it in a competitive sport, uh where women are trying to sort of make their way, so to speak, and it's good and handy to have somebody like that around you at all times uh consulting you. Um two guys got to mention because they they they are thanked, they they're never really thanked, but they are there for everything we do. And that's Martin Cook, who effectively I don't know what would title Martin as, but he's a general assistant. But he does everything, you know, he's there on the pitch, tidying up for us, getting making sure that all the all of our equipment is out, ready for training. End of match day, everything is tidied away. You blink. The the girls literally walk around like Hollywood stars at times. We do laugh because he comes in and tidies up literally after him. He's absolutely brilliant. And then the last guy I've got to mention who runs the line for us every week, which is uh Nathan, and uh that's Rosie's cap uh partner, uh, who's our captain, and he's absolutely amazing. And um, I think, unless I've missed anyone girls, is that that's pretty much it. Obviously, the support of the club and the community trust and my boss, which is uh Will Snapes, goes without saying, uh, making sure that everything we asked for gets there or gets there within a reasonable amount of time, and that's how this the you know this show operates is it's about support and pulling together.
SPEAKER_05Well, that's fantastic, that's fantastic. So uh now before we close, um, we're gonna give you a little mention here, Rosie, because I saw on social media that you've got a place in the London Marathon and uh I think it's April 2027.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, yeah. I'm running the London Marathon for asthma and long UK for my nan who I sadly lost when I was eight, and my mum, who was very recently diagnosed with COPD.
SPEAKER_05Okay, well that's terrific. So uh you done a marathon before?
SPEAKER_00I haven't, no.
SPEAKER_05How's the training going? And how how do you do you do different training for this compared with football or?
SPEAKER_00Um yeah, so on top of my football, which is training twice a week in a game on a Sunday, I'm also doing three runs a week, which consists of a recovery run, a long run, and a pacer run, so a speed run.
SPEAKER_05This is uh very impressive, very impressive. Now I'm gonna put a link in the show notes so that people can click on that link and sponsor you. But we've also we're also we've come up with a little plan, haven't we, for uh an incentive for sponsors. So uh you can't see these on the podcast, folks, but we've got five, I think it's five footballs, five Toro City community footballs, and uh well Rosie, you've got to you're gonna sign those, aren't you? Maybe get your teammates to sign them as well, and then uh I think at the end of the marathon you're gonna do maybe some sort of random draw amongst your sponsors.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, yeah, I'll definitely sort that out.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, and then uh so sponsor Rosie and you could win a money can't buy signed football, you know, for for the London Marathon. So the best of luck with that. So uh Caden, you're not tempted to do it as well then?
SPEAKER_01Oh god, no. I'm not I'm not much of a runner. Stick around the same area.
SPEAKER_05So uh so finally uh uh ladies, you know, just for those of you who are those listeners who are new to the team, you know, just give us a feel for uh well, whereabouts do you play in the team?
SPEAKER_01Uh I'll go first. Um I'm a midfielder, but I've seen myself as centre back a few times.
SPEAKER_05Okay.
SPEAKER_00Um I'm a centre attacking midfielder, so I like being involved in the attacking and the defending.
SPEAKER_05Well, you've scored a lot of goals this year already, haven't you? I think.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I think I'm on 12 and four.
SPEAKER_0512-4. That's pretty impressive. That is very impressive indeed. Well, everybody, it's been fantastic having you on the Ture City Football Club podcast. Uh, we look forward to seeing you playing on the on the pitch next to the stadium, and uh, we look forward to you gaining, you know, keep winning and getting more people involved and and coming along. And I think uh how about we um we we catch up again in the new year, start of 2027 and see how you're getting on. What about that?
SPEAKER_03Yeah, that'd be amazing. Yeah, Trevor, if you can fit us in, that'd be brilliant.
SPEAKER_05Well, we we certainly can because the you know this is a this is a great success story so far, and clearly there's a there's a huge future uh ahead of you. So thank you so much to Rosie, Caden, and Paul for coming on. Thanks a lot, Trevor. We'll see you soon. Okay, so there's another packed episode for you folks. So if you are enjoying the show, as I said right at the beginning, then please do share it, talk about it, uh, because you know not everybody knows how to download a podcast, okay? So help your friends tune in. And uh and if you see a social media post about it and you like it or what or you don't like it, then comment on it on that as well. And leave a rating and review on the pod on your podcast app. That would be really, really useful as well. And if you'd like to uh give us some ideas or share a comment through the get in touch button on the podcast app that you're listening to this on or the podcast platform, then please do that. You can send a voicemail or a text mail and uh we'll uh we'll we'll get you a mention on the show going forward. So thanks for listening, folks. Keep spreading the word and uh yeah, we look forward to another episode next week where we'll be reviewing what happened in the FA Cup and looking forward to the uh future games coming up very soon. Thanks for listening.
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