Whatever happens over the next few months Riley-Lowe is keen to put Truro’s achievements in perspective.
The former Exeter City youngster quit his job as a PE teacher to go full-time with the Tinners this season, a situation many of last year’s squad have also done in leaving their former jobs.
The club moved to a new ground at the start of last season and have risen from playing in the Southern League to the top tier of non-league football.
“I replied to one of the fans on Twitter [X] early in December because he was moaning about our fixture list coming up saying ‘we’ve got some travelling, we’ve got York away, Rochdale away, Southend away’ and I just said ‘look you’ve got to put it into perspective’.
“If you could have told me that was our Christmas period three years ago when we were in the Southern Premier League I would have snapped your hand off for it.
“The players don’t want to be in the relegation zone, the staff don’t want to be in the relegation zone and we’re working very, very hard to get ourselves out of it.
“But ultimately we’re in a very tough league and one that the club itself hasn’t had much experience in.
“We’re learning not only on the pitch, but we’re learning off the pitch a lot as well at the minute.”
