Treyew Road in
Truro
Truro (; kw, Truru) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cornwall, England. It is Cornwall's county town, sole city and centre for administration, leisure and retail trading. Its ...
was a
football
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stadium, which was the home ground of
Truro City until 2021.
Prior to its closure, it had a capacity of 3,200, 1,675 seated.
History
Treyew Road had been
Truro City's home since the mid-1900s. A covered terrace was in place behind one of the goals until the mid-1970s when a road widening scheme resulted in it being removed. In later years, the ground was renovated, with two new stands on opposite sides of the ground lifting the capacity to approximately 3,000.
In 2014, Truro City sold the stadium, and were given four years to relocate. The club were forced to move nearly 90 miles when they groundshared
Torquay United
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's
Plainmoor
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for the first half of the
2018–19 National League South season, before striking an agreement to return to Treyew Road in January 2019.
were bought by rugby union club
Cornish Pirates
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in March 2019, and were set to ground-share at the proposed purpose-built stadium, the
Stadium for Cornwall, at some future date,
but in June 2022 the
Cornwall County Council
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History
Cornwall County Counc ...
dropped the scheme due to a lack of funding.
Closure
Truro City vacated the ground at the end of the
covid
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-curtailed
2020–21 Southern League Premier South season. The White Tigers' final game at the ground was on 27 October 2020, a 4–1 victory against
Wimborne Town.
With the
Stadium for Cornwall plan stalling, and later in 2022 being dropped, the club again moved, nearly 60 miles this time, to groundshare
Plymouth Parkway's
Bolitho Park
Bolitho Park is a football stadium in Plymouth, England, which is the home of Plymouth Parkway, of The . It currently has a capacity of 3,500, 250 seated.
For the 2021–22 season, it is also the home of Truro City, of The .
The site share ...
, with the groundshare beginning for the
2021–22 season.
Treyew Road Stadium was demolished in 2021, and a
Lidl
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supermarket was built in its place, opening in July 2022.
References
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Truro City F.C.
Defunct football venues in England
Demolished sports venues in the United Kingdom
Football venues in England
Sports venues in Cornwall