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A first-half strike from Taiwo Atieno was enough to clinch three points for the Gulls in an end-to-end 1-0 win against Swindon Town at Plainmoor.
Atieno, replacing suspended frontman Rene Howe, rifled the ball in from close range on 34 minutes to bag only his second goal for Torquay since joining in July.
The hard-fought Boxing Day [...]
Government plans to introduce regional pay rates for teachers, nurses and civil servants show the Conservatives are “intent on attacking public sector workers”, according to Torbay Labour Party Secretary Patrick Canavan.
Chancellor George Osborne announced during his Autumn Statement that the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) will explore ways to review the national pay rate, in [...]
Torquay United share the points for a fourth time at Plainmoor this season after a late strike from Morecambe journeyman Kevin Ellison cancels out Lee Mansell’s opener.
The 1-1 result with the high-flying Shrimps leaves the Gulls 13th in League Two and with only one win at home in the 2011/2012 campaign.
After early lapses in concentration [...]
Fears of a striker crisis at Plainmoor were allayed this afternoon after the Gulls comfortably beat Macclesfield Town 3-0 to secure Martin Ling’s first home league win.
An account-opening goal from Brian Saah, and two more from Chris McPhee and Eunan O’Kane lifted Ling’s men into fourth place, just two points off table-toppers Crawley Town.
With Rene Howe sidelined [...]
Torquay United were left frustrated this afternoon after an unsportsmanlike performance from big-spending Crawley Town ended in a 3-1 victory for the Sussex men at Plainmoor.
Two goals at either end of the first half from Scott Davies and Charlie Wassmer, and a third just one minute into the second from Joe Simpson gave Steve Evans’s [...]
Martin Ling breathed a sigh of relief this afternoon after his Torquay United side clawed their way back from 2-0 down to salvage a point against Burton Albion at Plainmoor.
The blushes of the new manager were spared when both new and old players netted to prevent the Brewers leaving the English Riviera with all three [...]
Eleven of Torbay’s cleanest beaches have been included in the Marine Conservation Society’s (MCS) 2011 Good Beach Guide after water quality tests showed no signs of sewage contamination.
The guide, published yesterday, awards the beaches the ‘MCS Recommended’ seal of approval which designates the bathing water as of the highest quality in the UK.
The 11 impeccable [...]
Common sense prevailed today after the Football League announced that tickets for Torquay United’s League Two Play-Off final against Stevenage Borough tomorrow will be available at Old Trafford.
Plainmoor’s ticket office has been inundated with calls and emails this week as Gulls fans attempt to seal their place at the Theatre of Dreams.
Many fans have had [...]
Half of Old Trafford will be yellow next week after Torquay United secured their place in the League Two play-off final with a 0-0 draw against Shrewsbury Town at Greenhous Meadow.
The Gulls’ 2-0 aggregate victory over the team that finished the league campaign one point outside the automatic promotion places has set up a final [...]
Torquay United have one foot in the play-off final after two first half goals from Chris Zebroski and Eunan O’Kane sealed a convincing 2-0 victory over Shrewsbury at Plainmoor.
A man-of-the-match performance from Dagenham & Redbridge loanee Gavin Tomlin was instrumental in United’s first-leg victory in front of a sell-out crowd on the English Riviera.
The Gulls [...]
Nearly 1,000 Gulls fans are expected to make the trip to Yorkshire on Saturday as Torquay United hope to clinch a play-off spot in an end-of-season nail-biter against Rotherham.
Paul Buckle’s men travel to Sheffield’s Don Valley Stadium knowing that matching the result of either Stevenage or Gillingham would book their
place in the race for a [...]
With temperatures in the Bay soaring over the Bank Holiday weekend, the race to become Torbay’s next mayor is also heating up as candidates lay down their political aims.
Protecting and strengthening Torbay’s tourism industry is high on the hopefuls’ agendas, but high-tech and manufacturing businesses are seen as the key to unlocking the area’s future [...]
With recently released figures showing youth unemployment in the UK approaching a record one million, will the plans for a new Castle Circus business hub help in Torbay’s effort to curb this trend?
There are estimates that the proposed £6.8 million purpose-built office building could provide up to 400 jobs and encourage Torbay businesses to remain [...]