gus crazy Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Torquay United Football Club, nicknamed the Gulls, is an English association football club based in the seaside resort town of Torquay, Devon. They play in the Blue Square Premier. Founded in 1899, they joined The Football League in 1927 and spent their entire time in the Football League until now. The club plays in a distinctive yellow and navy strip. Torquay United prided themselves on being the biggest club in the devonand to remain debt-free despite the debacle of the ITV Digital collapse. 'Penny-wise and pound-foolish' was an oft-repeated observation of things at Plainmoor, particularly under the chairmanship of Mike Bateson before leaving. Torquay's traditional rivals are fellow Devon clubs Plymouth Argyle and Exeter City. However the latter has always been the fiercer rivalry as Argyle have tended to be in a higher division throughout their history until Torquay's recent push into the top of English football and so the two teams rarely meet. There is also an element of Argyle fans who admit to a soft spot for the Gulls (much like the larger London teams are always happy for the likes of Barnet, who have never played in the top flight, to have a small degree of success). 2008/2009 squad No. Position Player 1 GK Michael Poke (on loan from Southampton) 2 MF Michael Brough 3 DF Kevin Nicholson 4 DF Steve Woods (captain) 5 DF Chris Robertson 6 DF Chris Todd 7 MF Lee Mansell 8 FW Tim Sills 9 FW Elliot Benyon 10 FW Roscoe D'Sane 11 MF Nicky Wroe 12 MF Tyrone Thompson 14 MF Chris Hargreaves 15 MF Wayne Carlisle 16 MF Lee Hodges 17 FW Matt Green 18 MF Mustapha Carayol 19 MF Danny Stevens 20 GK Scott Bevan (on loan from Shrewsbury Town) 21 GK Martin Rice (on loan to Truro City) 22 FW Ashley Yeoman 24 MF Steve Adams 25 DF Mark Ellis 26 DF Raiff Gwinnett (on loan to Tiverton Town) 27 DF Jamie Todd (on loan to Truro City) 29 DF Luke Barrett 31 GK Lewis Bellringer Honours League Two (1960's promotions gained in the "Fourth Division" era) Third Place: 1959/60, 1965/66, 2003/04 Third Division South (Prior to League re-structuring) Runners Up: 1956/1957 Southern League (Western Section) Winners (1): 1926/27 Plymouth and District League Winners (1): 1911/12 Torquay and District League Winners (1): 1908/09 Football League Trophy Runners up 1988/89 FA Trophy Runners up 2007/08 Devon Senior Cup Winners (2): 1910/11 and 1921/22 Devon Bowl/Devon St Luke's Bowl Winners (15): 1934, 1935, 1937, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1955(Shared), 1958, 1961, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1996(Shared), 1998, 2007 Runners Up (17): 1923, 1931, 1933, 1938, 1939, 1954, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1974, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
torquayfmer Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Hey I'm a Torquay fan, nice to see an official thread for them 2 things though, the bottom 3 players on the squad list, never heard of them before, and I'm pretty sure they aren't Torquay players, the other thing is that Chris Hargreaves is captain, not Steve Woods, but they're only little things. I started a game as Torquay on the demo but haven't really played it much, Tim Sills is rated well, and the whole squad are rated a lot better than last year. Hope to see people playing as Torquay this year! They have a OK budget for BSP, and have a good squad aswell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamjigey Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 lol u guys beat evesham united and i live in evesham and support villa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eplkewell Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 I haven't played with Torquay since 06 when I brought them to the Premiership, but I'm just happy to see there are other Torquay United fans out there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitehurst2008 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 hows anyone doing with torquay, im thinkin of starting a game, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo9 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 I was gonna start this thread up as I started with Torquay the other day. Takes alot of wheeling and dealing to get a team together here. Wage budget is the main problem. Best signings are Dean Bowditch - £0 - Ipswich Fabio - Loan - Man Utd Bertrand Bossu - £0 - Aberdeen Josep Manuel Ayala - £0 - Binefar Mathieu Viel - £0 - Concarneau Pascal Bedrossian - £0 - Crozon (old but amazing for me) Marco Pelosi - £0 - Hearts Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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