Torquay United Fans Forum

As far as I can remember, TUFC are the first club to have taken all six points off us this season. Great to meet so many Torquay fans in the bar last Saturday. Appreciate the many comments on your forum about EFC and understand those who have less than positive view of our recent success. TUFC had already been members of the Football League for 26 years when we were formed in 1946 and were playing in the Southampton Junior League on the local Common. We made it as far as the County League within a decade but as recently as 1980 were playing in front of as few as 30 people on a Saturday. As SotonGull said the Eastleigh club has come a long way in the last few years. The current and former Directors have worked hard to make the club successful and with new owners we've been able to make the jump into the Conference (national).

The negative comments about money are understandable but many will not know that an large amount of it has been spent on buying the freehold on the Ten Acres site before the new South Stand and covered terraces could be built (they weren't there last season). New turnstiles, sewers for new toilets, new food outlets and raising on-site car parking to 1,000 cars are still works in progress. Gates are up by around 125% over last year helped by a policy of the lowest entry costs in the division.

When we meet next season, we hope much of that work will be complete and that fans will have better experience than this year.

Good luck to you, Torquay.