After hosting South West rivals Yeovil Town at the same stage of the FA Trophy last season, Torquay United will be playing host to Truro City - a tie which will have an extra edge to it, as it will also see manager Paul Wotton face his former club.
Wotton spent five years with the Tinners between 2019 and 2024, during which time Truro had been homeless and ground-sharing with the likes of Plymouth Parkway and Gloucester City. Nevertheless, he still managed to lead them to promotion from the Southern Premier Division South play-offs in the 2022-23 campaign.
In addition to Wotton, his assistant Mike Edwards also made the journey from the Truro Sports Hub to Plainmoor, along with goalkeeper James Hamon and centre back Ed Palmer. Another Truro old boy in the Gulls ranks is striker Cody Cooke, who spent seven years with the Tinners between 2011 and 2018 before heading north of the border to join St Mirren. Right backs Finley Craske and Finn Tonks have both at loan spells with Truro.
Likely to be lining up for the Tinners are goalkeeper Dan Lavercombe, who progressed through United's youth ranks and had two separate spells at Plainmoor between 2015 and 2016 and 2017, left back Ryan Law who had a short loan spell with the Gulls in the 2020-21 season and midfielder Billy Palfrey had a brief stint at United in the 2016-17 campaign.
