Askey hails remarkable Truro City after Sutton win

Truro City manager John Askey praised his side’s remarkable display after they halted a nine-match winless streak with a resounding 3-0 victory away to Sutton United in the National League.

The result, only the Cornish club’s second away win since their promotion to the fifth tier almost a year ago, arrived after a run that had yielded just one point from a possible 27 and left the Tinners anchored at the foot of the table.

Speaking to BBC Radio Cornwall, Askey said the margin of victory could have been even greater. To come here and put a performance on like they have done is remarkable, he said. I would have said it could have even been six, the chances that we had.

The win reduces the gap to safety to nine points, though Truro remain six behind their nearest rivals with only seven fixtures remaining. City face a quick turnaround, hosting 15th-placed Solihull Moors on Wednesday before fourth-placed Boreham Wood visit the Truro Community Stadium on Saturday.

Askey, forced to name just five substitutes because of injuries, insisted the squad must maintain belief. You’ve got to keep going, he added. You just move on to the next one and just see what we can get on Wednesday. I’m just really pleased for the players who’ve been putting in the effort they have and got some reward.

The manager believes the performance at Sutton underlined how close his team have been to turning results in their favour. We’ve been so close and you can’t say that players were playing without confidence because of the football that we were playing and we were in every game. It’s just been those little moments at both ends really where we’ve been lacking, but today we weren’t—so as regards belief for the ones who’ve played—we go into Wednesday’s game now a little bit more buoyed than if we’d have come here and not got a result.