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vs Hartlepool in the late 80s. We won 1-0, but the goal was down the other end (I was in the 'family stand') so I didn't see it. Think it may have been a penalty, though.

edit; 18th March 1989, it was.

28 August 1971 v Bristol Rovers a 1-1 draw attendance about 8500 (!) Alan Skirton for us. My Uncle took me hooked ever since !!

Don't remember the year but it was against Newport when they were in the league.
I am sure Les Lawrence and Steve Cooper were playing. I do also remember watching Bruce rich and the squad training on the audley park all weather pitch rather than being in lessons.

I can t remember.

It was during the late sixties FO F glory days.

Of course we were a proper Div 3 club then and England were world champions. No wonder some of us have taken time to adjust...

The match that sticks in my mind though was a spanking from Tranmere Rovers on an Easter morning. I think it was 5-2 to them. Stubbsie got one of ours but they were irresistible that day.

Gulls Mad confirms the score and tells me it was 07/04/1969.

Edit

Robin Stubbs got both goals (1 pen). Attendance was 8,022

Torquay v Chester 31-3-1975 , WON 3-0! Brilliant!

the first one i can remember is losing to hillingdon boro in the fa cup in 1976 i think. i'm sure i went to others before this but this is the one that sticks in my mind!! i was 10!

bixieupnorth wrote:the first one i can remember is losing to hillingdon boro in the fa cup in 1976 i think. i'm sure i went to others before this but this is the one that sticks in my mind!! i was 10!

I thought that was around 1979/80, if not then my memory is definitely playing tricks


Looks like you were right, and my memory is shot :Oops:

SouthamptonGull wrote:
I thought that was around 1979/80, if not then my memory is definitely playing tricks


Looks like you were right, and my memory is shot :Oops:

Those early signs of dementure are worrying SG.

Nov 20th 1976
1-2
Scorer Willie Brown
Attendance 2,927

My dementia won't hold off much longer

Wednesday 23rd July 1997

A pre-season friendly against Sheffield Wednesday, which we lost 1-0. Mark Pembridge scored the goal, although I missed it as I was looking at the floor at the time (In my defence I was 8). I still have a Mark Pembridge flik-a-ball (I have no idea how it s spelt and Google isn t helping), and I managed to get the programme off ebay.

The first goal I saw was the following game, Steve McCall in a 4-1 defeat to Coventry.

Torquay v Huddersfield, 1955 FA Cup fourth round. Huddersfield, at the time one of the giants of the First Division, just nicked it 1-0. I was one of the nearly 22,000! I wasn't much impressed by the size of the crowd as a few weeks earlier my uncle had taken me to see Tottenham v Wolves, where the attendance was 59,000. The noise was astonishing. What I do remember about the Plainmoor game was the kindness of the packed supporters in ensuring that a small boy (me) had a decent view.

Gulliball wrote: I still have a Mark Pembridge flik-a-ball (I have no idea how it s spelt and Google isn t helping)

You probably mean one of these: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/6-PREMIER-LEAGE-F ... 3f040aa39c

I have a Des Walker flickball at home. Ah this takes me back to my school days....got, got, got, got, got, Need! Good old Premier League stickers and all nature of football collections

I do mean them! I spent ages googling and ebaying variations of flick-a-ball/flikaball etc etc and thought I was going crazy, thanks a lot! Mark Pembridge was my champion ball, I never lost with him.

When i was 6, in the days of Rodney Jack back in 1996.

We won, thats all I can remember.

That's still better than I can do!!

My first game was definitely in the 87/88 season when I was 14. Who we played and who won I can't remember.

It all started with me and a couple of school mates heading up to Plainmoor on a Saturday afternoon after lunctime in town. Off the top of my head I think the team at that time would have included players such as Kenny Allen, Tom Kelly, Jim McNichol, Paul Dobson??, Derek Dawkins, Mark Loram?? Dean Edwards??