After more than three years without a home ground, playing 'home' games as far away as Gloucester, a near 400-mile round trip, Truro City have completed one of English football's most remarkable turnarounds. 

The Tinners won the National League South title in 2025 and this season compete at Step One of the non-league pyramid, the highest level ever reached by a Cornish club. As the Premier League Stadium Fund marks its 25th anniversary, we look at how its investment provided a platform for that transformation.

When Truro left their old home at Treyew Road in 2021 which had been sold to developers, the club were left homeless due to delays with their new stadium in Threemilestone. Average attendances during their nomadic 2023/24 season fell to just 239 as they played games sixty miles away in Plymouth, yet within 12 months of returning to Cornwall in a purpose-built modern stadium, constructed in part with a grant of £377,000 from the Premier League Stadium Fund, the club had won a league title, becoming the first ever team from Cornwall to be promoted to the National League, and the average crowd had soared to over 2,300.

 "If a club does well, like we have, it is there to support compliance with FA guidelines. Of equal importance is the enjoyment and safety of our fans. The fact we were able to apply for funds and be approved quickly has helped us achieve what we needed."

Director of Football, Alex Black

"The Premier League Stadium Fund is massive for clubs like ours," said Director of Football Alex Black. "As we've moved up the levels in recent years, we've not only needed to improve facilities, but find them in the first place."

Over the last 25 years, the Premier League Stadium Fund has invested over £220million, supporting over one thousand clubs like Truro. The funding here has provided new spectator accommodation, giving the club the infrastructure required to meet The Football Associations Stadium Accreditation guidelines as they climbed the football pyramid.

"The Premier League Stadium Fund is a fantastic initiative," Black added. "If a club does well, like we have, it is there to support compliance with FA guidelines. Of equal importance is the enjoyment and safety of our fans. The fact we were able to apply for funds and be approved quickly has helped us achieve what we needed."

Those fans have rewarded the club in kind. Supporters now pack their modern stadium in their home city, creating an atmosphere that has helped attract and retain players capable of competing at the National League level.

The club also carries some famous names connected to it: Wales international Kieffer Moore, now at Wrexham, began his career at Truro, while current defender Christian Oxlade-Chamberlain is the brother of former Premier League midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

With plans in place to add a women’s team and offer a full youth pathway from mini-kickers to senior football, the Tinners are building for the future, and the Premier League Stadium Fund has helped lay the foundations.

"Returning to Cornwall and playing in a purpose-built, modern facility was the catalyst to win promotion to the National League," Black said. "Plans are ongoing to see what else we can do next.”