Torquay United Fans Forum

North Curry House wrote: ↑11 Apr 2024, 09:17 Bath have improved through the season and a manager, who should be our next boss.

I haven't forgotten the last manager we took from Bath.

Call me an old cynic, and admit i don't know much about it all, but won't a Edwards Hayman take over have a shadowy figure in the background. Maybe a person still looking for a building plot??? Actually I don't think so. Torbay Council made it clear that Plainmoor is NOT for sale. Osborne has decid...

portugull wrote: ↑05 Apr 2024, 18:44 I none the less wonder if any of them have been Administrators of a Full Time Professional Football Club in the past?

Begbies Traynor's previous projects include

Huddersfield Town FC
Scarborough FC
Wrexham FC
AFC Bournemouth
Southampton FC
Port Vale FC
Crawley Town FC
Wigan Athletic FC

happytorq wrote: ↑05 Apr 2024, 14:14 From what I can tell it's being tainted by association.

You don't know the half of it, she played an essential role in Osborne's capture of the club and was actually sacked by the Philips consortium as a result. Her place on the board is for services rendered to Osborne.

Nick Potkins wrote: ↑04 Apr 2024, 17:00 Tick Tick Tick, 17.00 has past. We await news. . . .

I'm wondering if Monday is actually D-Day. The extension of NOI was for ten working days and that period incorporated Good Friday and Easter Monday.

hector wrote: ↑03 Apr 2024, 17:09
Masters has shown his colours in the past when muddying the waters previously and the mess he left Truro in.

Utter tosh.

A terrible team aren't resulting in low crowds now though ? Can a part time team be any worse ? I would argue that crowds are holding up at the moment because it is an. emotional response to the present crisis, fans feeling need to come out and show their support. If we go part time and become also...

JimNichol'sdog wrote: ↑01 Apr 2024, 19:32 Slightly off topic, but does Torquay United still employ Peter Johnson who is to recruitment what Michael McIntyre is to comedy?

Yes

culmstockgull wrote: ↑01 Apr 2024, 10:15 I doubt he mixes or has any connections to the real movers and shakers of this country let alone the housebuilders..

Well he seems to get on fine with Taylor-Wimpey who building on the land he acquired in Swindon.

If you look at the Exeter model........ This model has after all, taken them from the National League to league one. But in order to do that Exeter remained full time. We are one of the best supported teams at our level and other clubs have been full time at this level as well. If we go part time t...

JimNichol'sdog wrote: ↑21 Mar 2024, 19:00 A choice of Osborne v Smurthwaite is like being asked would you rather live under Hitler or Stalin.

Neither appear to have any redeeming qualities.

Bollocks

I know plenty about him as I did my own due diligence when he was interested in buying the club previously. I'm also close friends with someone who knows him personally. If you went purely on what fans say you'd come to the conclusion Mike Bateson was a charlatan when in fact he was the last person...

A Notice of Intention to put the club into administration was served on 22nd February and a further NOI for another period of 10 business days was lodged on 7th March. It's all gone very quiet. That means the extension expires on Thursday. I believe that means either the club has to say it's found ...

wbw wrote: ↑16 Mar 2024, 22:43 Who on earth told you that?

Just as workers who made redundant are entitled to redundancy pay when their firm goes into administration.

What then will they reduce the squad size to bare bones? Start selling assets like Boots and Laces? Anyone know what to expect? An administrator can't just get rid of players unless he honoured their contracts so he might as well keep them on because he has to pay them anyway. Boots & Laces is ...