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He is next season, was part-time last season. Was mentioned during one of the Chairman's Chats.

Someone else did the work for this (Matt), so all credit to them: for the 3 stands, 2 prices on offer (early and full) and adult & concession - you have 12 price groups. Since the last price increase 4 years ago, having been frozen ever since, in 11 of those 12 price groups the price today after the rise is lower than the 2021 price plus inflation. Only concession Popside Early Bird tickets are more expensive now than they were in 2021, adjusting for inflation. The other 11 groups are all lower.

So I think we are seeing today the effect of 4 years of freezes rather than a jump today. The world has undergone huge inflation in recent years. I was in ASDA today and couldn't get a small role of tin foil for under £4. Have seen quite a few reactions today saying we shouldn't have increased prices after missing out on promotion but I think you really do have to separate those points - the on field disappointment of losing a play-off game doesn't overide setting the club on a good financial footing. The reality is that we don't have anyone underwriting a £1m a season loss, we either break even or ends don't meet.

The owners mentioned in one Chairman's Chat that they were getting less per head than they expected. They have to draw the line between balancing the books now and nurturing future generations, which is no easy feat. So I think the changes in Bristow's Bench pricing reflect this - they don't feel they can afford to sell what is the most in demand seat in the ground for £1.69 a game when it could be sold for £22 on the gate. With hundreds of seats spare you could do that, but it's a different question when demand is higher. Have seen a few posts from people who are impacted by this, and I do have sympathy for groups of people being together for years and wanting to stay together and when higher demand elsewhere is now impacting their costs as existing ST holders. They are now faced with £5.17 a game or moving to the family stand. It's one of the harsher decisions being made now, but you can follow the feelings of the owners over time and what they feel they need to do to raise the income per head and break even.

That is I think the key thing for me. For years and years we heard nothing at all from the owners of the club, who underwrote huge losses as long as Taylor Wimpey funded it. As soon as they pulled out, so did our owner. We now have a situation where we have communicative owners, who explain their decisions and where you can see why they make them, even when there's a large backlash as they have felt today, they are doing so for what they think is the long term future of the club.

I left this a few days to allow for a bit of closure on the season just finished.

Results have been counted, and thank-you to everyone who voted across the season.

If you are new to this, then Man of the Match is a feature that has been running on TorquayFans.com and Twitter since the beginning of the 2010/11 season. After each league game, a thread is created for fans who attended the match to vote for their top five performers in order. After each game the results are added up with the winning player declared the Man of the Match. However all nominated players receive points, weighted in order of how highly the fans rated them.

The idea is that each game counts for 1/46th of the final total, therefore every game counts equally. Just like the league points are awarded. It was devised in the summer of 2010 because Mustapha Carayol won end of season awards despite having barely played before March, so tries to account for recency bias and offer a different opinion than the end of season voted awards.

You can view all the winners here: https://www.torquayfanstats.com/fan-vot ... f-the-year

Sometimes the winners have matched the official winners, but not always. Joe Lewis the biggest example in 2021/22. With 15 years of data now some interesting comparisons can be made.

Final Finishing Positions

1. Sam Dreyer (148)
2. Cody Cooke (126)
3. Jordan Young (112)
4. Dan Hayfield (95)
5. James Hamon (94)
6. Jordan Dyer (82)
7. Lirak Hasani (77)
8. Omar Mussa (72)
9. Jay Foulston (67)
10. Finley Craske (61)
11. Matt Carson (57)
12. Will Jenkins Davies (55)
13. Matt Jay (48)
14. Oscar Threlkeld (45)
15. Jordan Thomas (38)
16. Ed Palmer (37)
17. Offrande Zanzala (26)
18. Dylan Morgan (19)
19. Finn Tonks (18)
20. Bradley Ash (16)
21. Ben Seymour (12)
22. Dean Moxey (8 )
23. Roddy Collins (3)



This was a very different season in that there is a winner, who played in virtually all games, scoring the most points. Sam Dreyer is the spiritual winner (as well as actual winner...) of what this feature tries to do.

On points per start though, three players overtake him as a result of being close enough in the scoring but missing a games through injury (Cooke), late arrival (Young) and not being selected regularly (Mussa).

Mussa and Cooke in particular gain from that metric, as they did score some points in games they came on as a sub. In a points per appearance, Jordan Young tops the metric.

So there you have it, Sam Dreyer wins. Mussa wins on points per start, Young wins on points per appearance and Cooke is close enough to be 2nd, 2nd and 3rd in those categories, so would win the combined award despite not winning any of them. Simple



Full results for 2024/25 including individual winners and Player of the Month: https://www.torquayfanstats.com/fan-vot ... ar-2024-25

Yes, all play offs games are being shown.

Apparently the 3pm blackout only applies when more than 50% of top two divisions are playing, or something similar. There are no Championship games at 3pm and only 2 in the premership, so like an international break, means they can be shown.

Up to five players from today please. This format has always excluded cup games and play-offs to keep a uniform number of games each season (most years), so winner announced soon.

It won't be streamed today. The Saturday 3pm blackout rules.

Radio commentary only I'm afraid.

A memorable day, Jordan Young wins the official POTY, but with a late start to the season, will he lose this to a teammate?

Find out after next Saturday, in another thrilling instalment of fan voted POTY...

Up to five players from today please. Not open to stream viewers as DAZN...

Up to five players from today's win, open to stream viewers as well.

Into the final stages of the season - up to five players from today please.

An awful day, but the format continues. Up to five players please.

Up to five players from today please.

You can view an overview of league seasons here:
https://www.torquayfanstats.com/matchdays

We won 4 in a row from matchday 19 to 22.

Up to five players from today please. Open to stream viewers as well.

For the 650 there today, up to five players please.

Up to five players from tonight please.