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MellowYellow wrote: ↑25 Jul 2018, 02:56 Fear not! we shall not ground share at Truro in the future. The Stadium for Cornwall, first and foremost will be the Rugby venue for the Cornish Pirates with the local college and Truro City Football Club being tenants, even though a large proportion of the secured funds (£2m) have been through the sale of the football clubs ground which is being developed as a Lidl Supermarket.

Scepticism continues to grow as to whether the stadium will ever be built, This on the back of the continued thought that the stadium is not financially viable. 7 years after the idea had been first mooted, the money promised by the government (£3m) has not materialised.

So what is Truro's backstop - If all goes wrong with the Stadium for Cornwall? Merge with Torquay Utd? or relinquish their National League South status,and play local league football on a playing field in Cornwall?

The above said, the excitement of a new season ahead should not allow us to take our eyes of the ball with our Owners agenda for Plainmoor, a wrecking ball with a history of razing stadiums. Even Osborne's latest statement raises, once again, his vision for a new multi-event arena - the same one that none of our councillors know anything about! or so we are told!

We must, of course, continue to support our club, enjoy the, hopefully, successful coming season, but not at the expense of ignoring information that can help us because we are submissive to the ‘ostrich problem’ - in that we have a need to avoid negative thoughts about the future of our club.

ACW2IOW wrote: ↑25 Jul 2018, 14:51 Both the Pirates and Truro College are also contributing £2m each. Cornwall Council have agreed to contribute £3m. The £3m from the Government hasn't materialised yet as a Business Plan is still to be submitted to them by the Pirates!
Masters has already confirmed that his contingency Plan B would be to drop down the leagues if the new Stadium did not materialise. He did not reveal where they would play!

MellowYellow wrote: ↑25 Jul 2018, 15:08 Do you think Master's will still be around to worry about contingency Plan B - 'drop down the leagues'. I think you will find he and the money will be well gone before that scenario comes to light. Interesting that the business plan being submitted to the Government for the much needed £3m extra funding is drawn up by the 'Pirates' even though both Truro FC and the College are contributing equal amounts of funding. Pretty much tells us who's running the show on the Stadium for Cornwall.

Tired Old Gull wrote: ↑23 Jul 2018, 21:52 Going through the fixtures, the amount of matchdays when Torquay and Truro are at home on the same day is NIL.
You can't tell me that's a coincidence.

The National League knew this was coming.

Plainmoor78 wrote: ↑26 Jul 2018, 05:34 Going through the EFL fixture list you will find the number of match days when Exeter and Plymouth are at home in the same day is NIL.
It is common for neighbouring teams to be kept apart like this, so nothing can be read into this.
However the National League would have known of this anyway because they not give permission with so short notice.

MellowYellow wrote: ↑11 Oct 2018, 23:39 Hard to know what exactly is going on with TCFC.

Cornish Pirates have pledged an extra £1m towards the Stadium for Cornwall project amid worries over Truro City's ability to contribute. Truro & Penwith College have pledged the other £1m that is outstanding.

What we do know is the Stadium for Cornwall will be owned by the Cornish Pirates, who will have freehold title thereby taking the full financial risk on the project.

The other two partners, Truro & Penwith College & TCFC, will have 125 year leases at a peppercorn rent - subject to them providing their £2million contribution.

I assumed that TCFC had stumped up their contribution -when they moved away from Treyew Road. But then again who is "in the know" on the precise issues of the 106 / Helical deal. But there are concerns that Helical, the firm that bought Truro City's ground, will not pay the club before construction is due to start.

In the unfortunate case that TCFC are unable to stump up their contribution then the agreement falls away and TCFC would have to join under a different commercial deal. Things are not looking good for TCFC.

Wolborough wrote: ↑12 Oct 2018, 16:15 Suspect Truro May revert to Cornwall?

Modgull wrote: ↑15 Oct 2018, 08:18 At least they should get a big crowd on NYD!