Truro avoid FA Cup 'banana skin' with Cirencester win
Ben Starkie took his tally to three goals this season for Truro City
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Truro City eased past ninth-tier Cirencester Town 4-0 to reach the fourth qualifying round of the FA Cup.
The sixth-tier Tinners are now one game away from reaching the first round for just the second time in their history.
Ben Starkie gave the National League South side an eighth-minute lead against a team that knocked out their divisional rivals Farnham Town in the previous round.
Tyler Harvey made it 2-0 with a close-range finish eight minutes from half-time as the Tinners dominated much of the game.
Starkie made it 3-0 with 17 minutes left before Harvey Greenslade slotted in the fourth five minutes later.
"Games like today can be banana skins for you, so it was a professional performance," Truro assistant manager Stewart Yetton told BBC Radio Cornwall.
"There [was] lots we could have done better, some things that we did well as well, but into the next round and we're pleased with that.
He added: "They've obviously had a couple of good results and beating Farnham was obviously a feather in their cap, so we were mindful that if we didn't do things properly that they would cause us some problems.
"There was a little 10-minutes spell in the first half where we just came off it and we had to manage that, and then I thought after that we came on strong again."