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- 27 Oct 2010, 10:03
- Forum: All things Plainmoor
- Topic: Good Bye Horse.......
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7212
Re: Good Bye Horse.......
Groan!
- 27 Oct 2010, 10:02
- Forum: All things Plainmoor
- Topic: Captain for Saturday
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1918
Re: Captain for Saturday
It has to be The Pickler. Once he's got a taste for it, our captaincy problems will be solved. He will relish it.
- 27 Oct 2010, 10:01
- Forum: Matchday Topics
- Topic: Battle of the Seasiders - Match Thread
- Replies: 116
- Views: 11847
Re: Battle of the Seasiders - Match Thread
Yes, I feel confident too. It's about time our losing/drawing run was over and so:
Torquay United (2) 3
Morecambe (0) 0
But, sadly, Att: 2,108
Torquay United (2) 3
Morecambe (0) 0
But, sadly, Att: 2,108
- 23 Oct 2010, 11:35
- Forum: All things Plainmoor
- Topic: Why do you support Torquay?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 10087
Re: Why do you support Torquay?
You don't choose to support a club - it chooses you!
If you don't know what that means then you're not a proper supporter (you may as well catch a bus each fortnight to Manchester).
Whitby Town chose me when I was 13.
Torquay United chose me when I was 20.
No other clubs have since.
If you don't know what that means then you're not a proper supporter (you may as well catch a bus each fortnight to Manchester).
Whitby Town chose me when I was 13.
Torquay United chose me when I was 20.
No other clubs have since.
- 22 Oct 2010, 17:11
- Forum: All things Plainmoor
- Topic: Away End For Home Fans Poll
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3436
Re: Away End For Home Fans Poll
Absolutely not. It should be recognised that the supporters of TUFC are not entirely those who contribute to this forum. If that were so, it would seem that the entire fan base is made up of those who think that the creation of an 'atmosphere' by banging and shouting is what constitutes support. If these youths want to make a racket then bugger off to the away end! The pop. side is NOT for visiting fans, but for us - those who do not necessarily bang, shout, chant, make a bloody nuisance, and think that supporting a football club means only making a loud noise. Us old 'uns exist too and have our rights! If we don't want to bang and shout so much then that is our choice.
- 22 Oct 2010, 17:03
- Forum: All things Plainmoor
- Topic: Ashley Hemmings
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1906
Re: Ashley Hemmings
Good news.
- 20 Oct 2010, 19:40
- Forum: All things Plainmoor
- Topic: Away End For Home Fans Poll
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3436
Re: Away End For Home Fans Poll
Please! And as quickly as possible! Get the wretched drum and its spotty-faced followers out of the pop. side NOW - and leave it to us moaning old codgers.
- 19 Oct 2010, 20:36
- Forum: All things Plainmoor
- Topic: When was your first Torquay game?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 9336
Re: When was your first Torquay game?
On the 13th April, 1963, I went to Plainmoor for the first time. We beat Chester 1-0 with a goal from Peter Anderson. The attendance was 4000+.
- 19 Oct 2010, 16:57
- Forum: Matchday Topics
- Topic: Gillingham vs Torquay Match Thread
- Replies: 142
- Views: 14098
Re: Gillingham vs Torquay Match Thread
I agree with Mr. Danny. The poor form will continue. Thus:
Gillingham(1) 2
Torquay United (0) 1
Att: 2,999
Gillingham(1) 2
Torquay United (0) 1
Att: 2,999
- 15 Oct 2010, 13:35
- Forum: All things Plainmoor
- Topic: Gilbert and the drum
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1254
Re: Gilbert and the drum
Well done, Mr. Chippygull! I see that your heart is in the right place.
- 13 Oct 2010, 20:37
- Forum: All things Plainmoor
- Topic: FA CUP First Round Proper
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2930
Re: FA CUP First Round Proper
I hope we draw the Metropolitan Police (at home).
- 11 Oct 2010, 16:50
- Forum: All things Plainmoor
- Topic: The Plainmoor Roar
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2616
Re: The Plainmoor Roar
Awayday is right. Yes, get the youths and the drum out of the pop. side and leave it to us old codgers - you know it makes sense!
- 10 Oct 2010, 16:27
- Forum: Matchday Topics
- Topic: Torquay vs Bury Match Thread
- Replies: 92
- Views: 11714
Re: Torquay vs Bury Match Thread
I agree with Mister Murphy, thus:
Torquay United (0) 1
Bury (2) 2
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Torquay United (0) 1
Bury (2) 2
Att: 2,444
- 07 Oct 2010, 16:24
- Forum: All things Plainmoor
- Topic: Gilbert and the drum
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1254
Gilbert and the drum
I don't know why I didn't think of it earlier, but I've an idea how to combine two nuisances into one and at least give the major nuisance something to do. Why not, at - say - half past two give the wretched drum to Gilbert? He could walk around the ground banging it and (in the opinion of some) no doubt 'raise' the atmosphere. Even better, he could repeat the show at half-time. At the end of the proceedings, if United have lost, he could jump on the drum and destroy the bloody thing once and for all!
- 07 Oct 2010, 13:23
- Forum: All things Plainmoor
- Topic: The Plainmoor Roar
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2616
The Plainmoor Roar
One of the great forgotten elements in the history of supporting Torquay United is that of The Plainmoor Roar. Up until possibly the early to mid 1970s the 'Herald Express' would regularly exhort supporters to call up this interesting vocal anomaly. But, sadly no more. The Plainmoor Roar has probably been silent since 1972, when we last had a team good enough to hold its own in a higher division to that in which we now play. Ten, eleven, twelve thousand crowds were not unusual at Plainmoor in those halcyon years of the late sixties, and it was then that The Plainmoor Roar could be heard at its most exuberant. But now? Never. A few dozen youths and a drum cannot get near the sound and the atmosphere of those days. To us, long-lived and true supporters of United, the concept of a resuscitation of The Plainmoor Roar remains a dream that will never be fulfilled.