Recent content by Granville Gull

I was surprised when the crowd was read out. The ground was packed (other than the away end which was closed) so I expected the attendance to be bigger, especially as people had been having to queue online to buy tickets. You couldn’t get into the club shop before or after the game unless you...

Clarke Osborne has today issued the following statement regarding TUAFC: "It is with sincere regret that I advise that circumstances beyond my control during the last five weeks have brought me to the position that I am unable to continue financial support for the Club and I have today filed on...

Not all Torquay fans are in thrall of Plymouth Argyle. I dislike “Plymouth” more than I would say I “dislike“ Exeter and their success irks me when I think of the local businesses they conned when they worked their way out of administration. At least Exeter hit rock bottom (well, not rock bottom...

A big drop in attendances at the moment as well, as supporters boycott and stay away. There will always be a train of thought that says you should stick by your team but what about when you almost hate the club you love? If we were owned by decent owners and were struggling in this league, I...

A new ground is a smokescreen. Clarke Osborne preys on clubs who (in his words) are on their knees. He covets their land and in so many cases he has got it, leaving the clubs homeless going right back to Bristol Rovers. The bloke has to be some sort of sociopath to continually do this to...

I haven’t lived in Torquay for over 20 years so rarely see it other than my family and Plainmoor. The main thing that has gone wrong is drugs and the severe inner city issues that beset the town. Whilst Plymouth and Exeter have the same issues, I doubt its to the same extent in terms of...

TUST are essentially a group of mild-mannered, well-meaning fans but they represent the best hope. They have tried to engage with the club but are treated with suspicion and disdain to the extent the club have tried to smear the chair and the actions they have taken. The club is even setting up...

It is like purgatory being a Torquay supporter. Straddled with nefarious ownership who appear to have fans in checkmate. Boycott (which I am doing at the moment) and they have the excuse the club is unsustainable so give them the ground; attend and it just validates the long game the owners are...

Certainly the lowest point in our history in my view. We’ve been embarrassed plenty in the past but we were really humiliated today at such a low level. I fear there is more to come but things have turned toxic already. The managers‘ glaring error has been to not sign any defenders. We have a...

We clearly do have the potential to; we managed perfectly well as an EFL club and struggled no more than Exeter until 2014. Burton are a bigger club than us now but historically not at all. Had we gone up in 2021 then it’s likely that the team we had would have remained together and it was good...

i wouldn’t agree that the fanbase has fallen for it. Plenty are suspicious of Clarke Osborne even though his endgame is almost a mystery. He’s unlikely to get the freehold of Plainmoor and even if he did, the debt the club has racked up to him is going to require some healthy profit on the land...

Gary Johnson didn’t take us down the first time, that was Gary Owers. In my view, Gary Johnson has a CV a that a team like us would take like a shot. 6 promotions plus two play-off finals at a range of levels. He galvanised our club and made it fun to follow again but I think most knew when we...

Bateson’s penny-pinching was ultimately penny-wise/pound-foolish. One example is when we were promoted to League 1 in 2004. David Graham left and Akinfenwa was signed but the rest of our signings were beyond inadequate. Players like Matt Villis, Owen Story, for a division containing exams like...

Not all Torquay fans saw the pre-season game a few weeks ago as meaningful; I didn’t even bother going as I could not be bothered to pay out to watch a training game and I found the small number of Torquay fans gloating about it embarrassing, as you knew it would come back to bite us in a...

I didn’t see the game as I was in London to see Morrissey but as a Torquay fan, I know the result was meaningless and I wouldn’t be carried away (we’ll probably lose to Chippenham or someone now) and Exeter shouldn’t get despondent as you’ll probably go and beat someone like Derby. To be honest...