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Talk about wes saunders, i seem to recall that he started life at Torquay as a midfielder and was overweight and probably one of the worst midfielders we have had in the last few decades. When he was moved to centre half and having lost weight, WOW what a transformation. IN my opinion Wes was probably the best defender i've seen in a Torquay shirt. Can anybody tell me who are manager was when he signed?

Dave Smith I think, in fact yes it was.
Smith was sacked & John impey took over, it was also the season when Wes got in the way of the flying kettle propelled by a certain Mr T Tynan.
Wes is still a family friend as well as his bro in law Matty Elliot.
You'll never know how deeply hurt Wes was when his own tenure as manager came to an end. In fact He's never managed again, went into the football agents game.
Paul 'Gazza' Gascoigne cleaned Wes" boots whilst they were at the Toon !

Thanks Teigngull. I would never in a million years remember that it was Dave Smith. I completely forgot about him once being our manager. I now can picture Smith. wasn't he a shortish guy with a bald top of the head and longish hair on each side.

Yep a jolly Scot, who also managed Argyle successfully ( to a point ) I think.
If I remember correctly he always wore a tartan flat cap type of head gear, he also was a bit of a poet but didn't know it !
Sorry that was awful.

Morning all, another Dream Team for you - this time from Dave Thomas who took up the challenge of picking a line-up from all his years following the Gulls. It's a lovely read so check it out!

https://wp.me/p8hUrT-3uV

Dom

Morning guys - here is our latest TT transfer speculation round-up this time with Chris Perry, check it out on the site now.

https://wp.me/p8hUrT-3v5

Cheers

Dom

TUFC DREAM TEAM

Gary Head is the latest supporter to pick his Gulls Dream Team, including Eunan O'Kane and Kevin Nicholson.

He also discusses his run for charity - @miles_4_minds, check it out on the site now...

https://torquaytalk.com/2019/06/04/tufc ... ssion=true

Wes didn't lose weight, he was decoked. But the correspondent is correct, he was terrible when he arrived (for £60000) but after the decoking he was great. The 'kettle-wielding veteran' - whatever happened to him?

TT EX-GULL BLOG

Chris Todd joins us to chat about Gary Johnson, that famous Tim Sills day at Wembley, and flipping tyres with Kevin Nicholson.

https://torquaytalk.com/2019/06/07/ex-g ... ssion=true

How's this for a team? Torquay Utd players that have all played for their country.


Neville Southall
Wales

John Bond England
Jimmy Dunne Rep of Ireland
Ken Brown England


Chris Waddle England
Tony [bomber] Brown England
Tony Currie England
Bruce Rioch[capt] Scotland


Gregory Goodridge Barbados
Jason Roberts Grenada
Rodney Jack St Vincent & Grenadines


Subs
Eunan O’Kane Rep of Ireland
Keith Curle England
Lee Sharpe England
Matt Elliot Scotland
Jamie Ward Northern Ireland
Don Welsh England

Manager Frank O'Farrell Player Rep of Ireland & Manager Iran
Physio Norman Medhurst England Physio

TUFC DREAM TEAM

@RachelVillavox brings you her TUFC Dream Team. Her side includes a mix of modern day heroes and legends from years past! See who she picked in her all time Gulls 11 on the site now:

https://torquaytalk.com/2019/06/08/tufc ... l-malloch/

Hi guys here is the latest transfer speculation article from Chris Perry https://wp.me/p8hUrT-3vP - check out who Chris thinks could be possibles for GJ in the coming weeks.

Dom

TT PROGRAMMES

Andy Charles continues his journey through TUFC programmes from yesteryear. This time Torquay vs Aldershot in 1963!

http://torquaytalk.com/2019/06/11/tufc- ... shot-1963/

Hi guys, next to pick his TUFC Dream Team is Alan Merson.

https://wp.me/p8hUrT-3vi

PS As mentioned before, feel free to message me on here if you'd like to do a team for the site.

Cheers

Dom

TT BLOG:

Matty Hayward on ex-Gulls returning to Plainmoor. Does it always work out for the best?


https://torquaytalk.com/2019/06/15/neve ... y-hayward/