Truro City relegation 'embarrassing' - Askey
John Askey's side are 13 points from safety with four games remaining [Shutterstock] Truro City manager John Askey says his side's relegation from the National League is "embarrassing". The Tinners drop back to National League South with four games to go after their late 1-0 loss at Yeovil Town. It was the first time a club from Cornwall had reached the fifth tier of English football, but the newly-professional side struggled for much of the season.
They have won just seven of their 42 games and are 13 points off safety with 12 points left to play for. "It's embarrassing for all the players and for the staff," Askey told BBC Radio Cornwall. "Obviously at the start of the season everybody was buoyant and wanted to do well.
"It's never nice to get relegated and this certainly isn't a nice feeling. "I'm just obviously disappointed that we haven't done better. " Long-serving Truro City captain Connor Riley-Lowe was visibly upset after his side's relegation was confirmed [Shutterstock] As in many of their other losses Truro failed to take their chances when they came at Huish Park.
They were eventually undone when Will Merry scored in second-half stoppage time as they conceded yet another late goal. "It's that bit of quality," added Askey, who led the Tinners to a historic National League South title last season. "You've seen the lad go through today and finish for them, and that's happened quite a few times from the opposition.
"You come away thinking 'oh, we haven't had quite so many chances today', but we get in good positions and we don't make enough of those positions. "It's either a bad touch, a bad pass, a bad strike at goal, and that's the difference. "It's not through lack of ability, because I see it in training, but you've got to put it into practise in a match and we aren't doing that.