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Glostergull wrote: Of course. we still hold another record. one which will in all honesty will never be broken. Shortest reign of manager. Our Very own Leroy at 10 minutes. it could only happen at Torquay.

....... and, of course, the quickest own goal - officially timed at six seconds. Never mind number of wins, games without conceding - that record will take some beating !!!

Glostergull wrote: We apparently hold a record for most draws consecutively. along with 6 other teams. 8 in all. wow that must have made the pools a little boring. one little aside on that fact. Torquay were one team who started that record. then the following season Middlesbourgh did it and then Peterbourgh. so 1969/70 followed by 1970/71 and finaly 1971/72. There wasn't another follow on until 2005/6 2006/7. Another piece of trivia you really didn't need to know. but were glad you have now found out.

Those 8 draws in a row weren't too bad at that time as we were well up in the Division 3 (League 1) promotion race and were keeping up an unbeaten run and not losing ground in the days of 2 points for a win. 2 draws for us was a good as another team who won one then lost one.

The worst part of that sequence of 8 draws was how it came to an end. Convincingly one would have to say. Boxing Day 1969. A gentle saunter down to Home Park for a routine derby win as at that time we were the top team in Devon. Sounds too good to be true. It was .... Plymouth Argyle 6 Torquay United 0. Mike Bickle who had been delivering milk the year before scored 4.

Still it ended the run of draws and we found out how to win the following week with Fred Binney getting the winner in a 1-0 win. Having just missed out on promotion in the previous 2 seasons we were further adrift this year, finishing 6th, and I suppose having said that we didn't lose ground in the sequence of draws, it was 8 points dropped + 2 against Argyle when we never turned up and that would have seen us promoted.

Who would have wanted that though? Teams like Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, and Leeds United had spells in the 2nd tier around that time. The odd cup game is ok, but we wouldn't really have wanted to be playing them in league games would we? Bring on Telford

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The worst part of that sequence of 8 draws was how it came to an end. Convincingly one would have to say. Boxing Day 1969. A gentle saunter down to Home Park for a routine derby win as at that time we were the top team in Devon. Sounds too good to be true. It was .... Plymouth Argyle 6 Torquay United 0. Mike Bickle who had been delivering milk the year before scored 4.

Not only did they nick the points, they thought they would run off with my 10 ' hand-knitted scarf as well ! Ran after the dear dear people, & reclaimed it; then got a police escort 'for my own good' !!!!!!

Do we also not hold the record for sacking a manager. Leroy 2nd stint as manager lasted 10 minutes

lucy6lucy wrote:Do we also not hold the record for sacking a manager. Leroy 2nd stint as manager lasted 10 minutes

If yer ad read me post me hearties I had already sed that. Yuom be a bit def in them parts.