The boss of Truro City FC has recently been named December’s manager of the month in the Vanarama National League.

City boss Paul Wotton said he was “proud of the honour.”

It is a fitting reward for Truro’s excellent run of form during the last month of 2023, which resulted in four wins from five games played.

City began December with a 3-1 home win over St Albans City with goals from Andrew Neal, Will Dean and Adam Porter. The next game saw Truro travel to FA Cup heroes Maidstone and the side performed admirably against the Kent outfit, who are full-time, to go down 2-1. Tyler Harvey scored for City.

However, Truro bounced back from its Maidstone reverse to record three consecutive wins – two of them away from home. The first triumph for the city came in Somerset against familiar foes, Weston-Super-Mare with Dean, Harvey Greenslade and Ryan Law on target in a thrilling 3-2 win.

The final home game of the year saw Havant and Waterlooville travel to Bolitho Park and a Harvey stunner settled a hard-fought contest with City prevailing 1-0.

Truro then saved the best until last with the side recording one of their finest-ever triumphs in league football with a 1-0 victory over Torquay United at Plainmoor on Boxing Day.

Ben Adlesbury headed home the winning goal, but the margin of victory flattered Gary Johnson’s Gulls.

“I am proud of the honour,” Wotton told trurocityfc.co.uk. “The award reflects the successful month that we had in December, and that success was much needed.

“We were in a bad run of form before December, but we went away to Chelmsford and won, which kick-started the run. We then went to Weston-Super-Mare and Torquay and got something which I think is a fantastic achievement.

“All credit must go to the lads though, as we are a tight-knit bunch. We don’t have the biggest squad or the biggest budget in this league, but what we have got is big hearts, we are very together, and we work tremendously hard.”

Paul also dedicates his award not just to himself, but the rest of the team. He said: “Although the award will say ‘Paul Wotton, Manager of the Month’, it is ‘Truro City, Team of the Month’ because we are so together.”

When asked to pick out his favourite result and performance from December, Wotton, who signed a new long-term contract in November, unsurprisingly chose the win against Torquay, when City upset the odds to beat the Devonians in front of a bumper crowd of nearly 4,000.

Paul said: “It has to be Torquay because of the size of the crowd on Boxing Day.

“We gave a really good showing of ourselves at the best ground in the league against a full-time football club.

“They have been in the Football League for several years, and we had fantastic support that day. You could feel a real unity around Truro City Football Club that day and the fans loved the performance.

“The boys were fantastic on the day, and if I am being brutally honest, nobody gave us a chance of winning the game other than the 16 players in the matchday squad and the staff that were in the changing rooms.”