Truro City announce the signing of Sam Sanders

Truro City are delighted to announce the signing of Sam Sanders on a two-year contract.

The 22-year-old joins the Tinners on a permanent basis after spending time on loan with City last term.

Sanders, who started his career at Nottingham Forest in the Premier League, made 27 appearances for Truro in 2023-24 and scored one goal in a 2-1 away win at Chelmsford City.

He first joined York City on loan from Forest during the 2021-22 campaign and helped the ministers to promotion to the National League North under recently appointed Truro boss John Askey.

The temporary move from the City Ground was then made permanent in July 2022, with York playing at Step One. Sanders made a total of 20 National League appearances in 22/23 before moving on loan to Boston United.

Back at York for the start of 23-24, Sanders was the subject of another temporary move to Truro and after a string of successful performances as City retained their National League South status, he becomes the first signing for new boss Askey .

“I enjoyed playing on loan here last season,” Sanders told trurocity.co.uk. We had quite a few games under our belts and it was a great group of guys.

“With that in mind, it was an easy decision to come back and play under John again. I know what he wants and what he likes. I enjoyed playing under him because he is very to the point. He wants the players to work for the team, be really dedicated and give everything.”

Meanwhile, Tinners boss Askey added: “We had Sam at York after he came to Notts Forest and he was one of the reasons we got promoted to York.

“He was good for me but then I moved on and he didn’t play as much as he would have liked at York, that’s why he came to Truro.

“I’m excited to cast Sam because he’s the right character and he’s a good age. He’s someone who’s been promoted from the northern version of the division that Truro play in, so he knows what it’s all about.”

With Sanders joining Truro, it was a case of in-and-out defensively after Ed Palmer’s contract was voided by mutual consent.

The 32-year-old made 41 league appearances for Truro last term, scoring six goals as the Tinners comfortably secured their Step Two status after winning the Southern League play-off final in May 2023.

Palmer was part of the City side that beat Bracknell 3-2, the second time the defender has been part of a play-off winning side, having helped Truro to the National League South in 2015.

After starting his career at Torquay United, Palmer would go on to have four spells (one loan and three permanent) with the Tinners and has featured for Taunton Town and Truro’s current division rivals Weymouth.

Everyone at the club wishes Ed well in his future endeavors and we also thank him for his efforts while a Truro City player.