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Woohoo. What a great win. My first ever away game on my travels with Norway Gulls was against Wycombe. We lost that game 2-0, so great to win this game.

Well done lads.

-Eirik-

We better win today. Got a friend here in Norway who is a Wycombe fan, so bragging rights is up for grabs Will actually bring him with me to Torquay in April to watch the game between the two teams.

COYY!!

-Eirik-

Hello from Norway. Hope we get 3 points today and it looks like we started of well

-Eirik-

It's gonna be a long second half this. Hopefully we can hold on Come on you Yellows!!

-Eirik-

Benyon. Woohoo. Get in

-Eirik-

Just not good enough this. With one extra player we should take more control of the game. Disappointing When will we ever win?

-Eirik-

The ref was probably standing to close to see it Great to see our guy Nicky Wroe back in the team.

-Eirik-

We need to start winning again. I'll go for a 2-0 win with goals from Ellis and Zebs. Come on you Yellows!!

-Eirik-

Zebs!! Get in.

-Eirik-

Well well. Looks like the Norway Gulls need to be on the lookout for a new nr 11 to sponsor then...

-Eirik-

happytorq wrote:Hey, do you guys still stay in Belgrave Road when you come over? I used to live on that street myself.

I always thought it was cool that we had a Norwegian fan club.

Yeah, we are still based in Belgrave Road. But we moved down the street a few years ago to the Trelawney hotel. Actually we are seven guys coming over for the games against Macclesfield and Aldershot.

-Eirik-

As a member of the Norway Gulls I'd probably tell my story

My name is Eirik and I have been a Torquay fan since I was 15 years old. So why Torquay? A question I get asked a lot. To be honest it all started out as quite a coincidence one day at school. A friend of mine had brought with him one of these fancy things http://www.newitts.com/images/products/ ... 043227.jpg and he listed up a number of teams we could choose from. Here you had teams like Man Utd, Liverpool etc. And then there was Torquay. For me that was such a cool name, and each time it was my turn to play I always chose to be Torquay.

I then started to follow their results on TV and soon found out that this team was not for the faint hearted with relegation battles each year. Then the Championship Manager/Football Manager computer game was released, and through that I got to "know" the players. This was back in the days of Paul Trollope, Chris Curran, Duane Darby and even Richard Hancox

Then there was the official website and live radio coverage of the games which had me glued to the computer each Saturday. In 2002 I "accidentally" found there was other fellow Torquay fans here in Norway. A quick email and I was soon a member of the Norway Gulls. And the rest is history as they say. Visited Torquay for the first time in 2002 and have since tried to make the trip at least once a year.

My best moments as a Gulls fan must be when I sat ringside at Wembley when we got promotion back to League Two. What a great day. Other memorable moments was the last day win at Barnet and our promotion to League One. Worst moments includes relegation from League One on goal difference and of course dropping out of the League.

I guess that sums it all up in a way

-Eirik-

stevegull wrote:Just to clear up... Am i being a complete idiot and not knowing why Benners isn't in the squad?? and BBC informs me that we have had 9% of posession. What is going on out there?!

Benyon is out with a knee injury, I think they said before the game.

-Eirik-

Here we go My bet for the game is a 2-0 win for the Gulls. Goals: Wroe (pen) and Carlisle.

Come on Torquay!!

-Eirik-

Great to have the site back running again. Looking forward to chatting with you all

-Eirik-