With the improvement work continuing to take place out on the Plainmoor pitch this week, club Groundsman Julian Gouldthorpe took time out to provide the Yellow Army with an update. The first stage of the process was removing the top layer of grass, with the bulk of the work done by specialist machinery, however special 

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With 2019/20 marking 120 years since Torquay United AFC’s opening campaign, we continue charting the history of the club, following its formation at the Torre Abbey Hotel on Monday 1st May, 1899. After securing finishes in the lower-reaches of Division 3 (South) during the previous two campaigns, manager Frank Womack spent the pre-season interval putting 

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After a year which had seen the club lift its first league title in over 90 years, New Year’s Day 2020 saw over four thousand supporters pack into Plainmoor for the Westcountry Derby against Somerset rivals, Yeovil Town. Things initially looked to be going The Gulls’ way, as a positive start, combined with a 12th 

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With 2019/20 marking 120 years since Torquay United AFC’s opening campaign, we continue charting the history of the club, following its formation at the Torre Abbey Hotel on Monday 1st May, 1899. Having gained a measure of respectability following an 18th placed finish during 1929/30, United had high hopes as they looked towards their first 

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