Lanterne Rouge Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 In all the fuss surrounding our game on Saturday I missed the news that Torquay`s slim hopes of staying up came to nothing and they were relegated from the National League at the weekend. I really fear for their future now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiderEyed Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 RIP Torquay United. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickJ Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 Owner lives not far from here and specializes in purchasing sports stadia for alternative use. Writing was always on the wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 One of the finest atmospheres I’ve witnessed was a Plainmoor. Torquay v York, last but one game of the 2001 season. We were on cricket tour (which involved no cricket ) and went along. Torquay probably needed to win to survive. 4500 packed in. Great game, amazing atmosphere. Fans running on the pitch but actually being helped back over the wall by stewards...mental! Torquay won away at Barnet the following the weekend to stay up. Shame they’re on a downward trend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 Sad times. Spent a few weekends down there when watching City and still go back now and again for a weekend away, love the place. Hopefully they can come back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 They’ll be visiting Chippenham next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanatopia Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 Fairly centrally located is Plainmoor... Prime real estate. They should have sold, moved and secured their future a decade ago. Good luck to them in the lower echelons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRock Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 8 minutes ago, havanatopia said: Fairly centrally located is Plainmoor... Prime real estate. They should have sold, moved and secured their future a decade ago. Good luck to them in the lower echelons. They don’t own it. The Council have the freehold. Not really in a prime real estate territory either. There has been talk of a move, but a bit like The Sags, unrealistic expectations of deals that can be brokered and seem to be hoping that someone will gift them a shiny new stadium. Real pity as crowds are decent, the hard core supporters are fanatical and the current ground is great. Was looking at their new league only promoted Hereford have any ‘history’, albeit in a reincarnated form. Northern League has a few more ex-league Clubs in it. Sad times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolcitysweden Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 Really sad. Thought they would be fine having signed Josh Gowling and J-P Pitman before the season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 We had a couple on loan there didn’t we, Dowling and Lemonheigh-Evans. Wonder how they did, were they stars in a relegated side or didn’t shine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Orns Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 Real shame that If Hereford go into Southern Premier the crowds of those two games wouldn't look out of place in Div 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC1512 Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 Mad to think not that long ago they held us to a 1-1 draw at AG on the opening day of the season in league one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickolas Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 Wont ever forget the Leroy Lita hat-trick down there. Well, what ever i managed to see of it through the thick fog that is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offside Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 It's a shame to see them struggling. Hope they bounce back. My main City-related memory of Torquay was a game in our 4th division days when I was about 10. Me and my dad always used to sit at the back of B block in the Dolman up until a game against Torquay when a few dozen of their fans were up there. We went and sat in the other end of the Dolman (F block) and that's where we stayed from then on until I started going into the East End with friends. From what I remember we thrashed them that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 44 minutes ago, RedM said: We had a couple on loan there didn’t we, Dowling and Lemonheigh-Evans. Wonder how they did, were they stars in a relegated side or didn’t shine? There is some mention of them in the Loan Watch thread, M. Dowling started very strongly and they were very happy with him, he then picked up an injury and seemed to lose form after he recovered, he had a talking to from Owers apparently. Lemmonheigh-Evans has been playing and again has had good reports, scored a good goal in one game too. It's around 7 minutes in here. https://youtu.be/aqGnRQ3U-Qc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC1512 Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 12 minutes ago, nickolas said: Wont ever forget the Leroy Lita hat-trick down there. Well, what ever i managed to see of it through the thick fog that is! Great day that was. Was mental as down on the bay pre watch it was sunny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singingsuperstar Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 Bit of a look at the actions of directors involved etc will answer alot of questions and their treatment of a lady investor couple or so years back. Local business men trying to line their own pockets. Shocking if you look deep enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 Be nice to get another pre season game down there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 11 hours ago, NickJ said: Owner lives not far from here and specializes in purchasing sports stadia for alternative use. Writing was always on the wall. As I've mentioned before.once a **** always a **** ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Red Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 Wasnt that long ago they were in League one it feels like ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted April 24, 2018 Admin Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 4 minutes ago, bris red said: Wasnt that long ago they were in League one it feels like ! Yeah - can remember the Lita show that was in the fog, that isn't that long ago They'll be in the league with Hereford next season, both former league sides going in the opposite direction footballing wise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xspence Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 They were relegated same year as the Sags but now close to oblivion as a club. Really sad, really enjoyed watching games down there. Hopefully in conference south (or whatever it is known as now) they will be a big fish and can bounce back. Long hard road back to league football though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gert Mare Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 They have always been a bit shit really. Nice for a weekend away and a guaranteed 3 points though. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickolas Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 1 hour ago, Taunton_BCFC said: Great day that was. Was mental as down on the bay pre watch it was sunny Yep. Sunny and warm. Freezing at the ground! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted April 24, 2018 Admin Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 1 hour ago, Taunton_BCFC said: Great day that was. Was mental as down on the bay pre watch it was sunny Remember a pre-season match being just as crazy. A crowd of us got group tickets on an early train out of Weston We got to the Spoons on the front not long after it opened and bumped into a rather jolly Stephen Mulhern who was doing a summer show down there - this was in the days he was presenting with Holly Willoughby so you can imagine what the conversation was like, after many shots and a fry up he went back to his hotel, during this time more and more City fans were arriving. Then at one point someone asked a local what time we'd need to book taxis to make the kick off, it was only then we realised the game was well into the second half ! Always a great day out down there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sephjnr Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 2 hours ago, nickolas said: Wont ever forget the Leroy Lita hat-trick down there. Well, what ever i managed to see of it through the thick fog that is! "Can you tell us, Can you tell us, Can you tell us when we score" Wonderful day that was. Still only 14 or 15 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted April 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 2 hours ago, sephjnr said: "Can you tell us, Can you tell us, Can you tell us when we score" Wonderful day that was. Still only 14 or 15 years ago. It doesn`t seem like that long somehow. Great memories though. As someone else posted, we ought to get a pre-season game arranged for down there - a good day out for us and raise a few quid for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devoncider Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 10 minutes ago, Red Right Hand said: It doesn`t seem like that long somehow. Great memories though. As someone else posted, we ought to get a pre-season game arranged for down there - a good day out for us and raise a few quid for them. Sack off Algarve/La Manga and get down Dawlish Warren LJ! Friendlies to be Torquay, Newton Abbot Spurs and Tiverton Town on the way back up the M5 Heard it here first mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossi the Robin Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 My first game at AG v Torquay 1987 FA Cup We lost 1-0 and were terrible - still didn’t put me off though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Sheene Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 53 minutes ago, Rossi the Robin said: My first game at AG v Torquay 1987 FA Cup We lost 1-0 and were terrible - still didn’t put me off though Horrible game. I remember a group of maybe 100 supporters staying behind and shouting for Terry cooper's head. The beginning of the end for the great man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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