TRURO CITY chairman and co-owner Peter Masters has revealed his preferred option for the club would be to "stand-alone and have it's own facilities " rather than ground share with the Cornish Pirates.

An announcement this week revealed a multi-million pound deal had been signed with developers over the construction of City's new stadium, with the Tigers possibly ground-sharing with nearby rugby club the Cornish Pirates in the interim.

The southern League Premier Division club has yet to finalise any groundshare deal and is still waiting for planning permission, but Masters would rather see his club go it alone.

He told the NLP " It is an option to groundshare which we are still investigating, whether it comes off is another thing because obviously football and rugby do not traditionally go together too well.

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"At the end of the day it will all come down to financial circumstances. But my preferred option is that Truro City Football Club stands alone and has it's own facilities.

"One of the most important things we want to develop is a youth academy. We are going to use part of our re-payment money to establish an academy in the new ground. That's really important to us.

" At the moment the facilities in Cornwall are few and far between and we need to bring that up to standard if we want to take the club to the Conference Premier and beyond".

As part of the deal with the developers, Truro City will receive a Conference Premier standard stadium with a 4G pitch either used as their main playing surface or as a secondary turf.

The plans were unveiled to fans at an open day last weekend with the club also having public consultations over the course of the past week. And Masters was pleased with the outcome.
He said "It had a positive vibe which I am really pleased about. At the open day, 187 supporters registered, which was great.
"Over the past 12 months we have turned a negative situation into a positive situation and me and Phil (co-owner Philip Perryman) are ecstatic."

Truro who were relegated last season, will be able to put all their financial worries behind them going into the forthcoming campaign and Masters is looking forward to the future.

He said "Securing new sponsorship deals will help finance the team. We got relegated because of the financial state of the club but this is a massive opportunity to take things forward."