Episodes
There';s only one word to describe the last week for Torquay United, and the Gaffer came up with it in his post-match press conference - "Cosmic"
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Two points dropped or a point hard won? That's the main question to emerge from the battling draw with Boreham Wood at Plainmoor last weekend. This week's podcast looks back at some of the top performers on both sides.
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Eleven goals, three of them penalties, in a game that lasted nearly three hours - how to sum up the extraordinary cup exit at the hands of old rivals Crawley Town? Not easy, but our podcasters give it a try.
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Five points clear at the top of the National League, and a home tie in the FA Cup to disrupt your Sunday lunchtime - what's not to love about this week for Torquay United fans?This week the Yellow Army podcast chats to the Gaffer about that superb 5-0 win at Hartlepool in front of the TV cameras last Saturday, and looks ahead to another TV date on Sunday, an FA Cup first round clash with League Two Crawley, shifted to a 12.45pm kick-off on Sunday to accommodate the needs of the BBC Red Button.
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Back in 1971, when Torquay United fancied their chances of getting out of the old Third Division, one of their players picked up a guitar and recorded a song about it. Torquay United's War Cry didn't get Dick Edwards a spot on Top of the Pops, but the song has become a hard-to-find collector's item for Gulls fans ever since. Now, thanks to regular listener Kevin Stoyle, you're going to hear it.
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It's a great week to be a Torquay United fan, after the Gulls went top of the league for two magical hours! This week we look forward to the FA Cup, and Gary Johnson tells us how his players are playing 'Gary's Game'.
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AS GOOD as anything we saw in the National League South season? The podcasters have been purring over that performance against Chesterfield the other night – as good an all-round team performance as we’ve seen for a couple of seasons, and yet another example of staying sharp right to the end of the game, however long it might be.
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Torquay United's season has begun at long last, and there have been good and bad things to take away from the first two matches. But as social media pundits go into an early season meltdown, we reckon the good outweighs the bad from the games against Stockport and Eastleigh.
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Football is back at last - and we can't wait. By Saturday it will have been 217 days since a competitive football match was played at Plainmoor, and the opening fixture of the 2020/21 season is a big one.
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It's a strange podcast this week. We thought we knew what was going on with regard to the start of the season in the light of the coronavirus crisis, but then we realised we didn't know at all.So, having recorded some of this week's podcast, we decided to stop and wait for the National League to come up with answer to the question we are all asking - when will there be football, and will be able to go and see it when there is?
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It's an auspicious day for all Torquay United fans today. All is revealed in this week's podcast, along with much more about the latest friendlies, live streaming and the demise of Macclesfield Town.
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It's a short, sharp podcast this week - we know you're busy people - as we edge ever closer to the re-start of some actual football at Plainmoor. There's a friendly on Saturday afternoon, with Hemel Hempstead the visitors, and from then on it's downhill all the way to the end of May.
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This week's podcast welcomes new signing Dean Moxey to Plainmoor. The former Exeter City man has a wealth of experience and Premier league know-how to bring to the Gulls defence, and the podcast looks forward to his debut.
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TORQUAY United's longest-serving manager takes charge of the 'W' team in this week's Yellow Army podcast. Eric Webber held the reins from 1951 to 1965, and his record 680 games at the helm included the Gulls' most successful season ever. Who better to put in charge of the team?This weeks podcast also welcomes the players back to training after the long coronavirus lay-off, and Gaffer Gary Johnson fills us in on the story so far from the training ground.
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NOBODY who was there will ever forget the moment John Uzzell's professional football career was brought to an end when an aerial challenge with Brentford striker Gary Blissett left him with injuries his surgeon said were equivalent to a 70mph car crash. The surgeon rebuilt John's face, but nothing could give him back his career.Now, nearly 30 years later, the Yellow Army Podcast looks back at that moment and ponders the significance of the court case that followed.
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TWO special guests join us this week, as Gary Johnson gives us the latest news, and ace striker Tim Sills tells us about the penalty that may have saved a manager's job, that Wembley goal and what happened to the famous mask
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Just when we thought football was coming back, the National League nutmegs us with an unexpected move. Undaunted, we chat to Gary Johnson about delays and new signings, then highlight an 'S' team with the best strikers so far, the cool-as-you-like Robin Stubbs and the man in the mask, Tim Sills
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Why is Gary Johnson feeling like a kid with a new toy today - and how on earth did Torquay secure the services of Bruce Rioch? All this, Jamie Reid, and why a bloke in a flat cap got the nod over Jason Roberts.
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IT'S Q-time in the A to Z of Torquay United, and that gives our podcasters a few headaches in trying to fill a team of 'Q' players. In fact there's only one, so this week it could have been The Joe Quigley Show. But even our resourceful team couldn't come up with a whole podcast on the subject of just Joe, so they look at the many connections between Torquay United and Queens Park Rangers and talk to Gaffer Gary Johnson and skipper Asa Hall.
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THE spotlight this week falls on Torquay United Women and Girls, whose preparation for the new season is under way. We talk to the management team about the prospects for the coming season, and hear how they are getting back into training after the long lockdown. Also, some surprising information from vintage pen pictures.
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As the Plainmoor alphabet reaches the letter N, Tommy Northcott is the star of the show. Sitting in the sunshine with seagulls in the background, we talk about Wembley, Jamie Reid, Callum Morton and cardboard crowds.
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It's the middle of the longest close season ever, and the middle of the Plainmoor Alphabet as we reach the letter M - and that means Mahoney, Medhurst, Moore, Mills and many more
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Is Danny Wright coming to Plainmoor? Will a new season start in August? Is Richard the last man on Earth still buying CDs? Answers (of sorts) to all these questions, plus the Plainmoor alphabet reaches the letter L
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Pat Kruse was Torquay United's Player of the Year in 1976, and had a long and illustrious career in football - all apart from six fateful seconds at Plainmoor one day in January 1977. We were there, and we look back on that momentous moment
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To regionalise or not to regionalise? That is the question for clubs in the National League and League Two after a football columnist started the whole debate again with a weekend article.There are plenty of benefits for clubs like Torquay United from a north/south split, not least in the travelling costs and time involved in getting to games in places like Hartlepool and Barrow. But will clubs in the higher reaches of League Two see it in quite the same way?
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Former Gull Martin Gritton is the guest on this week's Yellow Army Podcast, explaining how Gary Johnson and Aaron Downes are getting the best out of the Plainmoor squad, and looking back at some memorable moments
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The retained list leads the way this week, with the departure of Jamie Reid and Kalvin Kalala the headlines. Then it's H in the A-Z of Plainmoor, with some big names from the past and some sage advice for spectators
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The retained list is due out this weekend as the season finishes in chaos. Time to step back and reflect on some great G-men of the past and present as the Plainmoor A-Z continues
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