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Torquay's 1-1 draw at home to Peterborough confirmed their inevitable
relegation out of the Football League following a turbulent twelve months on
and off the field.
The Gulls must have used all their luck last season when they
made the great escape from what looked like certain relegation but a
combination of forty plus players, three managers and three Chairman so far
this season were
unable to steer Torquay out of trouble.
Torquay had made a positive start to the season and looked to
be challenging for a play off position win ten games gone but their decline
has been dramatic and they have occupied bottom spot for the almost twenty
games. They have currently accumulated just 33 points from the 43 games and
are well adrift at the bottom of the table.
Torquay are second bottom of the home league and are ranked
bottom away from home with only two wins from their 21 games played on the
travels. The first of these wins came on the opening day of the season with
a 1-0 scoreline at Boston and the last win came a month later courtesy of
the same score at Bury.
Top goal scorer for the Gulls is still Jamie Ward with eleven
goals but the former Wrexham target left the club on the last day of the
January transfer window to join League One strugglers Chesterfield. Ward
only joined the club in the summer from Aston Villa and scored the eleven
goals in 29 games for the club.
Former Swansea striker Lee Thorpe is the existing top scorer
with eight goals this season but has only scored twice in his last fourteen
games although he has scored a hat trick this season against Grimsby in
January.
Former Chester manager Keith Curle is currently in charge of
Torquay after arriving at the club in February following Lubos Kubik's
departure after he had replaced Ian Atkins in December. |
