Torquay Fan Stats Website

Post by **Gulliball** » 20 May 2016, 17:43

As you might have been aware, the main page of this site used to host a collection of articles and features, including the home/away attendance breakdowns and Player of the Year figures that I stored there. With this gone, I created a simple website to keep this information on.

From just those two pages it became quite addictive and over the last month I have added a few other pages. It is quite a general site, but I gave it the name Torquay Fan Stats because I think it has the potential to be a good resource for Torquay fans for all manner of TUFC related things.

The site is new, and wasnâ€™t really planned, so is very much open to new ideas, pages, suggestions or anything else. If there is anything that you think could be useful or interesting to Torquay fans then I would love to hear from you with either suggestions or input.

The site now is based on whatever I could think of to add during the last month, so is by no means exhaustive. It is currently a mixture of the features I run on here, some new material I hastily researched and bringing together things that are already on other websites under one roof.

As a rough guide, the site currently contains:
Torquay Away Followings, broken down club by club
Away Attendances at Plainmoor, broken down club by club
Seasonal attendances breakdowns and historical summary
The mileages to every ground weâ€™ve played at over the last 10 years, and totals for each year
The Player of the Year Overview and yearly figures
League Positions and Cup Runs throughout history
Records
Managers
Youtube videos
On This Day feature, throughout history
Birthdays of current and former TUFC figures
The few sample articles from sold out editions of Highway to Hele fanzines
Links to other popular TUFC websites

The address is: www.torquayfanstats.com

There is also a Twitter account @torquayfanstats which will tweet some of the On This Day, Birthday, any relevant stats for current news stories and updates. I have been updating this for the last week with no followers to give you a sample of what a weekâ€™s content might look like â€“ certainly during the league season, as the summer might be a bit quieter.

Thanks for your time, and I would love to hear back with any comments on whether this is a good idea, what you think of what is there at the moment and what could be added in the future. Over time, with more followers, feedback and features added, I think it could be a useful place for fans to go to check on anything TUFC related. If you like the site then please do share it (and the twitter address) with friends, family, forums, facebook etc and help get it off the ground.

Chris

Post by **Louis** » 20 May 2016, 18:40

Good on you buddy. Well done. If you want any hosting mate I'm happy to support. I'll get a link put up on here too later on.

lucy6lucy · Post by **lucy6lucy** » 20 May 2016, 20:14

Hats off to you. Very interesting statistics. There was a geographical map on the yellow army Facebook the other day highlighting where we are playing next season. It's dreadful for Torquay/midland based fans. Good for northern and Essex supporters.

SenorDingDong · Post by **SenorDingDong** » 20 May 2016, 21:48

Awesome little site. Sure it'll be a useful tool in the future.

Dutchgull · Post by **Dutchgull** » 22 May 2016, 01:33

Fantastic site. Could get very addictive !!!

Gullscorer · Post by **Gullscorer** » 23 May 2016, 18:35

I've just had a quick look at the site; excellent stuff. I'll put on my thinking cap for ideas.

Just had a couple of ideas (that was quick!):

How about links to other websites of interest. For example, there's a historical list of Torquay players on Wikipedia, and I seem to remember a similar list on a fan's forum site somewhere up north?

And perhaps a history section or sections, not just for the club but also for the local area, where we could send in old photographs, stories, memoirs, etc.?

Jerry · Post by **Jerry** » 23 May 2016, 20:30

Gullscorer wrote:
How about links to other websites of interest. For example, there's a historical list of Torquay players on Wikipedia, and I seem to remember a similar list on a fan's forum site somewhere up north?

And perhaps a history section or sections, not just for the club but also for the local area, where we could send in old photographs, stories, memoirs, etc.?

These things already exist on the TFF.

Gullscorer · Post by **Gullscorer** » 23 May 2016, 21:32

What's TFF..??

Jerry · Post by **Jerry** » 23 May 2016, 21:45

Torquay Fans Forum. It's another TUFC forum. Although hardly anyone uses it anymore it does have a very interesting history section.

Gullscorer · Post by **Gullscorer** » 23 May 2016, 22:24

Oh yes, you're right; I forgot about them. They do have a very interesting history section with some excellent photos. So what Chris's new website could do, at least in part, is to act as a hub to link all these different resources together..?

Post by **Gulliball** » 23 May 2016, 23:51

The History Room of TFF is already in the links section, along with a few other popular pages.

As said above, a historical list of players has already been compiled and is the work of its authors. It would be a huge job to compile anything similar, so would be well into the future, if at all.

You are welcome to send in any photos or anything else, and I'll try to find the best place for any content.

Ottery gull · Post by **Ottery gull** » 25 May 2016, 00:46

Excellent site,perfect for gullsaholics. Thanks Gulliball, my evenings are now catered for.

gullsflyinghigh · Post by **gullsflyinghigh** » 25 May 2016, 12:01

This website is awesome, cheers Gulliball!

Post by **Gulliball** » 25 May 2016, 12:52

Thank-you both.

When trying to research something else, I happened to come across the fact that the goal Iffy Allen scored against Chester on 5th April was the 5000th league goal we've scored since being elected to national competitions in 1927. I'll try to tweet any little snippets like this, that don't have their own section on the website (at least not yet), @torquayfanstats

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