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landlords with 2,760 ‘away’ fans making up an attendance figure of 2,812.
In a statement, the club said: “We are pleased to confirm that Truro City Football Club will be
playing the remainder of this season’s home Vanarama National League South and Buildbase
FA Trophy matches at Treyew Road.
“The move back has been necessitated for a number of
reasons, including the late withdrawal of Helical from the retail
development project. “It is understood that the ground’s owners,
JIL, are still in talks with Lidl and there is still a strong possibility
that the development will still go ahead sometime in the future.”
Now, at least with their own roof above their heads, Truro
City can look to the future and a proposed move to the new lTruro City’s Treyew Road ground
10,000-seater Stadium for Cornwall, which they would share
with the Cornish Pirates rugby club. Work on that development has yet to begin with Helical,
the firm which bought Treyew Road, still in discussions about settling Truro City’s £2 million
contribution towards the £12m project. At the time of writing this, Truro were due to kick
off their next Vanarama National League South home match at their new permanent home
against south-west rivals Weston-super-mare on Saturday January 19.
The club added: “We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible supporting the team
at Treyew Road between now and the end of the season.”
If the Stadium of Cornwall really is, as promised, to become a future hotbed of senior football
in the south-west, then it’s important that White Tigers fans embrace the present.
Norwich United Look To Europe by Hugo Varley
When a Step 5 side looks for a new manager, experience of having played in Europe’s elite
leagues is not usually part of the search criteria. However, Norwich United appear to have
pulled off quite a coup with the appointment of new boss Cedric Anselin. The Lyon-born
Frenchman boasts a formidable footballing CV, having been part of a Bordeaux side that
reached the final of the UEFA Cup in 1996 and contained future Ballon d’Or winner Zinedine
Zidane, as well as having spells with the likes of Lille and Norwich City.
“I have some really special memories of my playing career and met a number of amazing
people,” said Anselin “I was very young when I was at Bordeaux and it is strange to think
that I was playing alongside someone who would go on to become one of the greatest ever
players. “I am very privileged to have those memories but I don’t like to dwell on the past too
much. “If you stay stuck in the past then you can’t move on in life and I like to keep looking
forward and anticipate my next challenge.”
While Anselin’s playing career quickly propelled him to relative stardom, in many respects,
his decline came about as quickly as his rise. After leaving the Canaries at the age of 23, the
Frenchman went on to have short stays at Ross County, Cambridge United and Lowestoft
Town, as well as enduring an ill-fated period in Bolivia, where he contracted a dangerous case
of malaria. As his playing days began to peter out, Anselin continued to fight his own personal
demons, which affected him throughout much of his adult life.
During one particularly dark moment in 2016 the 41-year-old admits that he came close to
taking his own life, before a last-minute phone conversation with former Watford defender
and now PFA Chairman Clarke Carlisle provided him with some desperately needed solace.
“It was the lowest moment of my life” said Anselin.
“I was staring at my phone and I saw Clarke’s name in my contacts list. I am so lucky that he
answered because I was in a really dangerous mindset at the time.
“I will forever be grateful for what he did for me because he put me on the right track and I
got the help that I needed from people who understood what I was going through.”
The former midfielder is now determined to move forward and is looking ahead to his new
challenge at Norwich United with characteristic ambition and excitement.

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