The Club is delighted to confirm the signing of River Allen today from Plymouth Argyle until the end of this season. This is great news for the Club and gives us another option in the holding and attacking midfield role. River played in the squad at Chippenham last Saturday.

Player Bio:

Allen first signed for the Plymouth Argyle Centre of Excellence at the age of 11, going on to represent Plymouth Argyle's under 18's as an apprentice. He signed his first professional contract for the club in 2014. He made his first appearance for the club as a late substitute in a league cup game against Leyton Orient in which he took and scored the first Argyle penalty in the penalty shootout. He made his first league appearance in the Devon Derby against Exeter City as a substitute in a 3–0 win.

He has also made a handful of appearances for Gosport Borough in 2015.

Player Profile:

Name: River Allen
Twitter account : @riverallen7
Date of birth: 7th November 1995
Age: 19
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 11 st.
Place of birth: Plymouth
Currently lives at: Plymouth
Relationship? Girlfriend (no children, yet)
Education: Tamarside Secondary School, Plymouth
Occupation: Professional footballer with Plymouth Argyle.
Car: Ford Fiesta
Football position: Holding midfielder
Number of games this season? Four games with Gosport Borough in Feb 2015 and four with Plymouth Argyle first team
Yellow cards this season: 0 Red Cards this season: 0 (none in career)
Previous football clubs, in order: Plymouth Argyle First Team, then Gosport on loan and Truro City.
Football achievements:. Winner FA U18 Youth Alliance League 2011/12
Most difficult team? Swansea City in the 2014/15 pre season friendly (lost 4-0). "We couldn't get near them".
Most difficult player? Billy Clifford of Yeovil. "he gave us a right run around"
Favourite Team? Manchester United
Favourite Player? Paul Scholes
Fave music: Indie
Fave grub? Nandos, "every time"
Which person would you most like to meet? David Beckham
Biggest influence in life? Parents, they follow me everywhere.
Biggest influence in career? Gary Owers, Plymouth Argyle
What is your ambition at Truro City? Regular game time at Truro, promotion the the Conference with Truro,
What brought you to Truro two years ago? Steve Tully's invite
Finally, did you know? Nothing that River wants to admit to!!!

Interview by Steve Rogers.