Stewart Yetton says he was ‘honoured’ to become the first inductee into Truro City’s Hall of Fame.

The 39-year-old is the club’s all-time leading goalscorer and since 2019, has also been part of the Tinners’ coaching set-up.

Since joining Truro in 2005, Yetton has been instrumental in the club’s rise through the National League System.

He also remained loyal to the club during testing times, which included the two aborted covid-19 affected seasons and City’s time spent as a nomadic club, before returning back to Cornwall for this current season.

“I was touched and honoured when I was told about this award,” Yetton told trurocity.co.uk. “I was also a bit emotionally overwhelmed as Truro has been a massive part of my adult life, since the age of 19.

“I had fallen out of love with football a bit when I first joined the club, which was 19 years ago. Other than being away for about five years of that, Truro City has been a huge part of my life.

“This kind of thing is based on the opinions of others and I know there are lots of my team mates which deserve to be recognised too – and I’m sure they will be over time.”

Yetton was asked specifically for a favourite moment whilst associated with City and for some, it might come something of a surprise that winning at Wembley wasn’t his zenith.

“In football, you tend to remember the things that are most recent,” he added. “I think for me, getting promoted in 2023, by winning away at Bracknell, was a special moment.

“I am on the other side of the fence now although I’m not sure if my playing days are quite over. But seriously, we faced lots of trials and tribulations with the two covid seasons and then coming back to playing, but that wasn’t in Truro.

“We played lots of home games in front of not many fans so to win, in the last minute, with our captain scoring, that was very special.

“It is very different when you are not playing and our players playing now won’t understand this, unless they go into management.

“There is stress and things are a lot more agonising when you are not playing, but when you are playing things seem easier. So, to win and get back into the National League, feels the most special moment for me.

“As a player, winning at Wembley was amazing, but winning the second leg of the semi-final at home, in front of our fans, knowing we will be going to Wembley, was incredible.

“Winning at Wembley was brilliant, but winning the semi-final at home was my favourite moment as a player.”

Reflecting further on Wembley and the FA Vase, with Yetton bagging 72 goals during a remarkable 2006-07 season, does he regret not scoring underneath the now famous arch, as City defeated AFC Totton 3-1?

“I get asked this question a lot and of course it would have been nice to score in the final at Wembley, but it isn’t a regret,” he revealed.

“I actually played in a five-a-side tournament at Wembley years ago and scored, so when people say ‘you haven’t scored at Wembley’, I correct them on that one.

“I scored in every Vase round, but all that mattered was winning the final. I had a lot of plaudits for the goals I scored that year, but my team mates didn’t get as many of the plaudits.

“There was absolutely no problem in letting Willsy (Kevin Wills) and Broady (Joe Broad) take the headlines in that game.

“Perhaps one regret I have is that now we have moved back to Truro, on a brilliant playing surface, that I won’t get the chance to play on it, although never say never on things like that.”