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 the highest placed finish in their history the previous season, hopes were high throughout the town that Frank Womack’s side could 

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United made the mammoth trek to Cumbria on the first day of the month, as United took on National League leaders Barrow at Holker Street. Having been one of the few sides to beat The Bluebirds during an entertaining 4-2 triumph in October, a memorable double looked to be on the cards following a tight 

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We catch up with United manager Gary Johnson following a busy week behind the scenes at Plainmoor, as he discusses the excellent progress being made in the club’s youth department, as well as highlighting the great work taking place on the pitch, where further improvements continue to be made to the playing surface.

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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