Torquay United Fans Forum

no a fair question, the league certainly asked the club to prove they had the money to see the club through the season, I am not sure how it works, but I assume it is "ring fenced" in an account that the Conference league have visibility of. A sort of bond.

Just some food for thought as everyone goes on about crowds all the time on this thread 1800 people, paying on average £15 (by the time you have taken concessions and season tickets into account) generates just £27,000 per league game, take VAT off and it comes down to £12.50 a person or £22,500 23 ...

I have not been on the forum for a while, but today's news got me reading! If the estimates are to believed, the current board have got estimated losses for the season of £850,000 down to £250,000. This has been done by wide cuts to the academy, the playing budget etc. as we all are aware. This, in ...

I have to agree with your Southampton Gull. I think as supporters we should be celebrating every point we can scrape together with the state the club is in and the resources available to it. In my honest opinion I thought Grimsby deserved all 3 points and whilst I was not at Southport, I understand ...

A bit like personal wealth only two things count. How much money you have coming in and secondly how much money you spend. I've always enjoyed going to Accrington, many laugh at the state and size of the ground, but the reality is they have spent money only where they need to. A visit to the club sh...

I think it would be prudent for the Torquay United board in the medium term to consider re-locating their training ground away from Torbay. The big problem of attracting players could be somewhat met if the club were to train in Bristol, or perhaps Southampton. This is not a new solution for clubs b...

A silly appointment ? A lazy appointment ? An ill-informed appointment ? A cheap appointment ? Who knows, but I am so disappointed that the man who I was told refused to travel with the team to Accrington Stanley when told he would be sitting on the bench is now in charge. I suppose I have to give h...

This is such a depressing thread. There are around 110 professional football clubs in England. I do not have the facts but I bet over 300 hopeful men have managed those clubs in the last 3 years and goodness knows how many in the last 5 years....so where are all these ex-managers ? The fact of the m...

Richards
Speiss
Smith
Hurst
Quiqley

Brett Huxtable can often be seen around the North Devon grounds, as I live in Mid Devon , I go to a few games on his turf and sometimes see his leather jacket clad figure walking around places such as Bideford. Indeed he was at the Bideford v Torquay friendly this season and typically spent the vast...

I was at Bideford last night, no-one knew more than 2 or 3 of the Torquay line up, and that included the players. As an example when we took the lead we asked the 5 subs warming up near us who had scored and none of them knew. This was a quickly arranged game and clearly, judging by the lack of tale...

Levi has joined Bristol City's under-21 squad, he has not joined as their reserve fullback. That is quite a big difference, I do not think you will see him feature in the first team for quite some time, if ever. The good thing for Levi is that he is very much the same "natural" style as Br...

Another good way of cutting costs.

brucie, hat's off to you, that is a good post It is clearly the parent's dreams on here that have been shattered as much as the players. For 99.999999% of them the news that they would not make it as a pro footballer has just been bought forward, that's all I've seen enough of academy football to un...

I hope I am proved wrong, but I do not see Ives reaching heights above the Conference, maybe league 2...he's no Lee Sharpe