Torquay United Fans Forum

At the end of the day (footballing Cliché i know) i want us to get a result more than anyone but to be part of a small following and having the chance to just maybe see us win at one of the worst grounds in the country is appealing enough for me to brave that away end .. i always say the same as most of you "never again" but i find myself with that desire once again to get on that train and support the boys!! because if we don't want to go, do you really think they do? hope to see some of you there for a chin wag and hot pie

Says it all about Accrington really when the 'highlight' of the day is a bowl of pie and peas served with a spoon. Cheamgull, you may have actually deterred me from going on saturday as the weather is looking grim, i need the cash for xmas and i just can't face driving up there again. I was gonna go but unless i have a change of heart then i don't think i'll be there. I usually support the Gulls regardless but Accrington is so desperately grim that i don't think i can do it. The thing about Accy is that its not just one thing thats depressing - its absolutely everything. The place itself, the ground, the weather, the crowd, the programme, the facilities. I can't do it again.

The answer to Mid Devon's earlier question is the Peel Park Hotel which neighboured the old ground. Aptly named of course to those who remember the earlier incarnation of Stanley. The old ground is only a just a step or two across the pub car park from the pub's front door. Apart from the pitch, the old ground was demolished leaving today only the brick built changing rooms "erected by supporters subscription 1932" if I recall correctly. Ghosts of terraces can still be seen in places and the pitch is still used for local games.

The pub's splendid pie and peas (served, of course, in a bowl with a spoon) alone make this away trip worthwhile. Indeed, it is generally the highlight of the day. But perhaps maybe this Saturday we will finally get some points there? Not before time...

Cheam Gull

You're spot on there mate, still good news about Buckle though eh? HAA

its always the same, one goes right and at the same time another goes wrong!

exeter 2-0 down and buckle one game closer to the boot!!

Celtic score. Oh what a surprise. Doesn't f*****g matter now thanks to Leicester being so unbelievably shit!!!!!

theres yr celtic goal mate!!

Posh just levelled at Leicester after being battered for 70 minutes, i really really wonder what i've done wrong?!!!

some odd ones, hull plymouth weds bristol city charlton, 3 up, 2 level, leeds letting me down in another line
draws at saints arsenal liverpool brum and hudders

west ham behind now, thats not helpful at all

All winning bar fackin Celtic, shortest price on there and they are 0-0 at home to Hearts!!!! Got Leicester, Sheff Utd, Rangers (won) , Man U, Liverpool and Stranraer. How about you mate?

any luck today andy?? german stuff rubbish, england not too bad so far, did a few draws and a few aways to get some value

Accy 2-0 up at AFC Wimbledon which is a shock as they haven't won away for about 16 games!! If they win it will give them huge confidence going into our game next weekend. I believe that Accrington away will be one of our toughest games of the season so far and we'll need everybody to get their hands dirty ( well legs and feet anyway!). Don't hammer me for what i am about to say next as it concerns Danny Stevens and i'm not saying it out of some deep seated vendetta against the lad BUT i believe Stevens would be a far better option for us coming of the bench on saturday. Buzzing about when tired legs on a shitehole of a pitch can be exposed THAT plus the fact that if we are embroiled in a war of attrition then his tendency to go missing for long periods won't help the other lads. Morris should start until he tires then WHAM!!!!!! Stevens on lets go!!! The game won't be for the faint hearted thats for sure and we have to be combative all throughout the side.

Is it The Crown?

Someone told me of a pub in Accrington which is quite close to the old football league ground and has loads of Stanley memorabillia from the old football league days and a friendly welcolme for visiting fans....anyone any idea which pub this is?

austrianandygull wrote:Jeff, the lads that were stood next to me at Macc looked younger than me! No offence mate but Jeff is an old blokes name and having not met you before the picture i had formed in my mind about you was someone of about 40ish with balding hair and a tash. Don't know why i added the tash but there you go. Sort of like a Torquay United supporting Willie Thorne lookalike. Sorry mate! At least i have actually met you albeit inadvertantly although i wouldn't recognise you if i saw you again. Sorry again mate and no offence meant. You probably haven't got one of those promiscuous 'foreign' looking ugly mugs like me. Lucky b*****d!!! Top posts anyhow and thanks for the reminiscing.

Thanks mate - I'm 28 and have a full head of hair and no tash! But unless there were two groups of people talking about Accrington at the back of the terrace at Macclesfield, it was definitely me.