Vanarama National League South football will be coming to Plainmoor next season - but the first game won't be featuring Torquay United after Truro City agreed a groundshare with the Gulls.
The White Tigers' Treyew Road home was sold to developers in July 2014, as they wait for the completion of the Stadium for Cornwall, which they will share with the Cornish Pirates Rugby club.
They will share Plainmoor with United for the duration of the 2018-19 season at least, and Truro's opening day clash with Billericay Town will now become the first competitive senior fixture to played at Plainmoor since 18th March 1961 when Plymouth Argyle played Ipswich Town in a Division Two - now Championship - fixture.
However, the move will mean that the White Tigers' fans will now face a 200 mile round trip to get to Plainmoor to get to their home games, which take around two hours.
Truro chairman Peter Masters - who admitted that he was taken by surprise by the decision of the developers to make their decision - has also announced that any fans who had already bought a season ticket will be reimbursed if they had already purchased one and subsidised travel will be available to help fans make the trip to the English Riviera.
In response to the decision, the Billericay Supporters' Society have expressed their dis-satisfaction with the decision and expressed particular sympathy with their own fans who had already paid for travel and accommodation for the fixture.
One group of people who will be happier with the decision are the Truro City players - many of whom live in Devon and train at Torquay and Exeter.
It is also worth mentioning that work on the construction is yet to start, and unless it is started soon the groundshare arrangement could continue into the 2019-20 campaign.
For the Gulls, it will mean that Plainmoor will be hosting a minimum of 42 league matches, as well as several more cup fixtures, and in a statement on the Torquay United website United chairman Clarke Osborne said that it will be a good experience for when the Gulls move to their own multi-purpose stadium.
Hopefully the travelling experience of the Truro fans will make Osborne realise the need for any new stadium to be ready to move into straight away when that day comes.
