Torquay United Fans Forum

MellowYellow wrote: 14 Oct 2018, 16:13 Our travelling fans is a support base of die-hard fans, whether they be made up of South West folk, exiles or our adopted Northern brothers. To us away days are not just about watching a match, it is something to be involved in and be part of : witness the scenes at the end of Sat's match. We were all lovin' it including the players and manager. No matter where we all come from when we wear the YELLOW, we are family. I hope we soon return to the Conference to allow our Northern cousins easier access to away games

A far cry from the many Asian camera snapping Man Utd fans. In fact market research firm YouGov survey results show the bulk of Man Utd fans are from outside the City, with 39*% from the South of England. Are they Football fans or Glory Hunters - you decide.

Most couldn't pinpoint Manchester if you showed them a blank map of England

Our travelling fans is a support base of die-hard fans, whether they be made up of South West folk, exiles or our adopted Northern brothers. To us away days are not just about watching a match, it is something to be involved in and be part of : witness the scenes at the end of Sat's match. We were all lovin' it including the players and manager. No matter where we all come from when we wear the YELLOW, we are family. I hope we soon return to the Conference to allow our Northern cousins easier access to away games

A far cry from the many Asian camera snapping Man Utd fans. In fact market research firm YouGov survey results show the bulk of Man Utd fans are from outside the City, with 39*% from the South of England. Are they Football fans or Glory Hunters - you decide.

The 929 in attendance yesterday was the highest attendance (just) of the season so far for Eastbourne Borough - it eclipsed their previous best of 927 v Woking .... so well done to those extra two that made the effort yesterday! It keeps the sequence going of Torquay United drawing the largest attendance of the season to date, for EVERY ground we’ve visited so far .... Slough Town (1244); Chelmsford City (1058); Eastbourne Borough (929); Gloucester City (720); Hungerford Town (620) and Oxford City (520). It goes without saying it will have been a similar story at both Lymington and Brightlingsea Regent too.

Quite remarkable when you consider our geographical location, but as we all know, a large part of those travelling fans are made up from exiles based in the South/South East and even further afield! But each and every one of those travelling fans will have had to make a special effort to turn up and support our team, wherever they are based, and fair play to them all for turning up in such numbers! No doubt the Owners and Chairmen of each and every one of the teams we face in the NLS are grateful to you as well!

Of course, a word for the “home” fans too .... we are currently top of the average attendance table as well, with an average of 1747, and surely that figure can only rise if we continue our current rich vein of form!