Torquay United Fans Forum

Just got home too, angry and frustrated about the defeat, yes but I've just checked the BBC stats to remind myself as we peppered their goal in the second half. Their keeper managed, as much by luck as by judgement, to keep them in it. The rest is history.

This was a completely different performance from that on Saturday so I, for one, am feeling positive.

Yes, it was, so should eventually be available

Just got home, well attended meeting with the full board (I think) plus KN and Mel (speaking on finance).

Wide range of questions, some quite searching, equally split between football matters and the wider well being of the club.

KN impressed me with some of the things he said and I don't think that he deliberately dropped any 'sound bites' in. He has had one to one meetings with all the players and he sounds like he knows a lot of management techniques so that was all to the good. He will give the present squad a chance to prove themselves before considering using any old boy networks. On this, John Milton and Colin Lee were mentioned as well as offers of help from Bournemouth via Eunan O'Kane.

What a gesture!

Many, many thanks from me too, it was pleasing (if a little strange bearing in mind usual match day security) to be able to personally welcome Argyle fans as they arrived at my gate!

You could always buy a few shares and wait for the AGM

To relieve the tension...

....currently the BBC web page for our league is showing Toddy and Nicco in old club shirts

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/conference

Well put, Alley.

See you on Saturday

And I'll be there to let you in!

Well, things have just got a bit better, TUFC and TUST are on speaking terms again! TUST has just put out a message to its members to report on a fruitful meeting between the parties. Steve Breed had alluded to this in his half time chat on the radio broadcast last night and it has come to pass.

Jeff Stelling: "It was the Butler who did it for Torquay"

Gilbert is fine and well!

Re the Argyle snowy match, the gate was obviously 12807 ish, with emphasis on the 'ish' as there wouldn't have been any way of accurately counting the true attendance given that I, and possibly others, had to let people in away from the turnstiles with their mechanical counting mechanisms!

Yes, I remember it well, it was, and still is, one of the largest league crowds in all my years on the gates. Was it an Easter fixture? I seem to remember it being on the Monday or Tuesday of Easter week so the crowd was swelled by exiled locals home for the Bank Holiday.

My hands were probably sore that day although they were colder and more sore one Christmas for an Argyle match (did Mal Lucas get a goal for us?). It started to snow as we were letting people in and this time the queue was so long in Marnham Road that the police asked us to let fans in through the exit gate as the turnstiles weren't quick enough. So I left my stile and stood there by the open exit gate with a policeman. He maintained order in the queue while I took the money. He even gave me his helmet to use as a cash container for the takings as I just chucked the money in! That gate was well over 10,000 if I recall correctly.

Ah well, thanks for the memory!

Can I add my halfpenny's worth?

In the first half we could/should have either had a penalty or a free kick with the last man elbowing Fisher out of the way and flattening him on the edge of the area. Both ref and lino found that one too difficult to give but immediately afterwards an innocuous foul was given our way in midfield, easy to give one there eh Huxtable! Some things never change.

As to the substitution, Veysey goes to the 4th official gives him a note of our intention, 4th official holds board up with 17 to come off. Off trots Fisher (very quickly, I might add) and on trots Heslop. Then all hell lets loose with Veysey gesticulating to the 4th official that he meant 7 not 17 (Cox not really involved at this stage). Heslop hangs around at the touchline and we swap Briscoe for Fisher regardless.

Ref seems to allow this but then 4th official throws a wobbly and persuades ref to come and talk it over. This he does, then sends Fisher back off and waves Briscoe back on. At this Cox does become more involved and presumably questions the 4th official's status at birth so the 4th official calls the ref back again and he sends Cox off. This all takes a long time as he doesn't go lightly and then stewards start to get involved too. Cox finally disappears down the tunnel and the match resumes after what seemed like about 10 minutes (only 5 added at the end though)

Aside from all this we were lack lustre in the 2nd half but why does Huxtable have to take centre stage?

Now let's all pull together, fans, TUST, new board and (hopefully at least eleven) players!