Torquay United Fans Forum

Loyalty is the consequence of leadership - and competence is the touchstone of leadership. Designated survivor.

I had £10 on Torquay to be promoted at 5-1 and that was about a month ago. Now living on Ascension Island so I am hoping someone can collect the winnings for me

Unfortunately I haven't made it down for a home game all season so I cant comment on the crowd behavior. Any decision to police a game will take into account the intelligence picture from both teams, previous history, time of game etc and the club are always involved in the negotiations as to the whether a game has a police attendance and if so what grading the match will be. This is usually agreed for all games as the season fixtures are released and then subject of review depending on the intelligence picture as it develops.
Of course the presence of the police may prevent any disorder. The disorder could indeed be not directly in the stands. Whist some may find it just some youff being boisterous - other spectators may be extremely upset/distressed/ frightened.
As someone who was involved very closely with three clubs from Championship to National League I can assure you it is not a golden wheelbarrow of money for the police who rarely recover the full cost to the taxpayer, involves a great deal of additional planning and disruption for staff. Ultimately any decision can and has been challenged through the courts by the clubs.

As a recently retired police officer I can assure you that the Police are only able to recover costs for staffing on the footprint of the ground. They will not be able to recover costs for additional resources outside the ground eg extra control room staff, additional patrols around the ground or in the town. It is not a way of generating additional revenue. In terms of local staff- the vast majority of officers would no doubt prefer to spend one of their very few weekends off with their family rather than having to work additional tours on a late shift.

If you are really interested in why the charging is allowed and what can be charged for I suggest you Google Search Paying The Bill 2 which is the Government Guidelines

I cant travel down to the game and I don't think my nerves will hold out for the radio commentary. Instead I will go for a long run and by the time I get back and shower and log on I will be seeing a season saved and a Gulls win - never thought this would be a possibility ten games ago!

If I had a child looking for an Academy place I don't think I would be looking favorably on Torquay - it opens and closes far too frequently for any sort of stability - I think given a significant investment in both time and money it would be a good thing but I would take some convincing that it would be different this time around.

I think a 2-1 win to us. Attendance 1455

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I think a 2-1 win to us. Attendance 1455

Kernow - that was point exactly. I don't see us winning every game from now until the end of the season. Do you? Whilst it is mathematically in our hands - the teams performance around us will have a part to play in our survival or relegation

I still think we need to have a fantastic run of form - how you can say we wont be relying on the results the team around us does slightly baffle me.

This was a fantastic result and I am hoping that the end of the season will see us at least five points of the bottom. My heart says yes but my head says no - this is such a big ask! I hope that everyone keeps a level head - its all feast or famine on here - one moment we re going on a promotion winning run to avoid the drop - any slip up sees the sentiment change to us being the worst team in the world. The truth is somewhere in between - I think we will be relying on others performances as much as our own

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Attendance 1137

Still along way to go -- an escape from our current position will become the stuff of legends, but it is still achievable and until it isnt, keep the faith

Don't seem to be getting the rub of the green - a real push before half time. Need to maintain this for the next 45