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CITY 3 - 5 CHIPPENHAM TOWN
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Tuesday night's disastrous 5-3 home defeat against Chippenham Town on a foul night at Treyew Road means Sean McCarthy's side have now not won in the league since their August Bank Holiday victory over Tiverton Town.
Since then they have taken just three points from four games with three successive draws and this second home defeat of the season.
It was a shambolic defensive display by City which cost them dearly as Chippenham took full advantage of the chances gifted them by the home side, with striker Ben Highmore helping himself to a hat-trick.
Going forward City were always a threat and after going 2-0 and then 3-1 down they battled their way back to 3-3, only for a horrible mistake by keeper Martin Rice to gift Chippenham a fourth goal from which there was no way back.
From the opening minutes City looked shaky at the back and after only two minutes Chippenham skipper Ross Adams put his side 1-0 up from James Martin's corner as the defence stood and watched.
It got worse after 14 minutes when Highmore cut in from the right to shoot into the far corner to make it 2-0 after more sloppy defending.
City responded well and were given a lifeline nine minutes before the break when Les Afful was tripped by Greg Tindle and Barry McConnell expertly converted the spot-kick.
But right on time the City defence opened like the red sea to allowed Highmore to waltz through and give the visitors a 3-1 interval lead.
After the break City poured forward and quickly pulled a goal back when Danny Clay's speculative effort sailed over the head of the stranded Chris Snoddy in the Chippenham goal for his first goal of the season
It was all Truro, with Martin Watts appearing to be brought down in the box and Andy Taylor unable to connect properly from a Watts centre. But they finally levelled the scores with 20 minutes left when a quickly taken free-kick put Watts totally clear and he calmly chipped the helpless Snoddy.
It looked as if there was only going to be one winner but a real goalkeeping howler from Rice, who completely missed his clearance kick, allowed Lewis Powell to plant the ball into an open goal.
Even Stewart Yetton's first appearance of the season as a late substitute was unable to save the home side, with Highmore's hat-trick goal in stoppage time adding salt in the gaping City wound.
Report from This Is Cornwall
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