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From my position, it looked around the 400 mark. You were loud though.

Seems the official figure was 389. That sounds low, I thought there was at least 600 there today!? Good atmosphere for most of the first half though, unfortunately not alot to shout about in the second.

Also, the idiots who let off the smoke bomb...Why?!

This is to Gullscorer. I live in Launton, Oxfordshire mate, only 50 minutes away from Cheltenham. Back roads through Chipping Norton, Stow on the Wold and all points west of that then straight in to Chelts. I'll be going up with the missus and maybe doing that the night before as she wants to have a girlie w/e with our daughter who lives down the road from Whaddon Road. See you all there then!!

If we were up near the play offs and playing more convincing football, then I would have said around 1,000! However that is not the case so I'd thought around 500 Gulls fans there, maybe perhaps 600 seeing as we beat City.

Sadly, I won't be one of the fans at Cheltenhamshire I usually go but can't afford it ATM

Cheer them on boys and oh remember to give some stick to the numpties in the corner near the away end!

forevertufc wrote:Shift changed sorted, off Friday night, so me and BC-gull will be going to Cheltenham, do not normaly make to more than 3 or so away games a season. Doing 2 in a week wow. Weather permitting..

Oxgull will send you a pm.

Got it Dave! I will be about a mile away down on Carlton Road so see you there.

On the other hand, it's not always money we need depend upon.

We have in recent times picked up players for next to nothing and seen them move on to make a big profit for the club. We've also picked up players who were regarded at best as unpromising, and seen their form improve dramatically during their time here, and established themselves as firm favourites.

I've no doubt that similar things will happen again, and in the not-too-distant future..

No probs Nick, facts incorrect. Sorry :Oops: . It's just a bit of frustration despite last nights buoyant win that i see other clubs not much bigger than us signing decent players and we seem to be scrabbling around in the gutter so to speak. I accept that we have spent money on the infrastructure and they haven't and they have had a cup run too so you are right that they are able to attract better players at this moment in time. I just don't want to admit it i suppose as it means our ambitions are severely limited.

No worries Nick, i'm not looking for an argument either as there is no need so don't worry.

Andy, I don't want to get into another argument but we aren't that similar to Chelts. Infact we're only really similar in terms of attendances.

In the last 15 months they've had games against Spurs, Everton and a POF at Wembley, all good money there. They haven't just build a £2m stand or a £300k training ground as we have, so we're paying that back before we kick on. They dont need to do that, hence why they can get players like this. Also as I've said before I think location plays a part. Cheltenham have players on over £2k p/w, something we can only dream of at the moment. They have a budget which is one of the highest in the league.

Gullscorer wrote:Here's somebody else going to Cheltenham: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21246947

We should probably find it useful to have somebody similar coming to Torquay..!!

Yeah it's amazing how a club similar to us ( in Cheltenham )can get Benson meanwhile we get Logan.

Like Ling said, let's be honest, we're Torquay and we all have to accept it.

Like f*ck we do!

Feeling a bit sick now i've read this.

Shift changed sorted, off Friday night, so me and BC-gull will be going to Cheltenham, do not normaly make to more than 3 or so away games a season. Doing 2 in a week wow. Weather permitting..

Oxgull will send you a pm.

Here's somebody else going to Cheltenham: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21246947

We should probably find it useful to have somebody similar coming to Torquay..!!

oxgull wrote:I would hope 400ish. I'll be there as it's only 50 minutes from Launton and the daughter lives just down the road.

I presume you mean Taunton, not Launceston, then..?
But Taunton is 77 miles from Cheltenham, so you would be exceeding the speed limits anyway..!! :-o

..and me.

Yeah I think 400 is about right. Il definitely be there!

I would hope 400ish. I'll be there as it's only 50 minutes from Launton and the daughter lives just down the road.