Torquay United Fans Forum

Completely agreed brucie. I don't really understand it. Someone has just complained about my local pub because it's too noisy. They moved in about 3 weeks ago, already lived in the town and occasionally drank in the pub. It's not as if they didn't know what it was like.

Unfortunately, the world is full of people who do something, then think later. Of course, the law is on their side too. It's always someone else's fault. I blame Matt.

[quote="brucie"]Quite amazing - If you buy a house next to a pro football ground you might expect that it might be busy once a fortnight. Quite ludicrous.[/quote]

Agreeing. With. Brucie.

Must. Lie. Down.

[quote="brucie"]Quite amazing - If you buy a house next to a pro football ground you might expect that it might be busy once a fortnight. Quite ludicrous.[/quote]

Agree 100%. This could have an effect on attendances.

Quite amazing - If you buy a house next to a pro football ground you might expect that it might be busy once a fortnight. Quite ludicrous.

If it's anything like my road I wouldn't worry about it, I've got double yellow lines at the end of the road and have never seen a warden in the four years I've lived here. Mind you, they're probably too scared to venture into Hele :)

We are talking about a Council so useless they put Parking meters up on Newton Road where there is virtually nothing down there apart from the Hospital and a few garages...
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We are talking about a Council so useless they put the pay station for the ERIC in such a place that you have to stand in the road to get a ticket!
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We are talking about a Council so useless they spend huge amounts of money on a new junction at Tweenaway which spends most of its time with lanes closed and results in worse traffic queues than before
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We are talking about a Council so useless they build death traps at traffic lights that go from 2 lanes to one in a a few feet which ignore the basic rules on traffic priority and allow the self important tw@ts to cut the rest of us up
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Please can we have a new centre half

They'll probably put Parking meters up. We are talking about a Council so useless they put Parking meters up on Newton Road where there is virtually nothing down there apart from the Hospital and a few garages...

I come down to Torbay probably 15 times a year and I must admit to being surprised that there is a Transport Planning Group; there is certainly no evidence of that in the road system that purports to serve the bay.
I used to work on the Football Specials in the 60s and 70s from Brixham so how about parking 10-15 park and ride buses around Cary Park during match times; engines running and lots of shunting back and forwards ; cars might be welcomed back with open arms!

Gee this post has got me angry.

I totally agree, we are not as free as we think, what with crooked MP's, councillors who are incompetent, emails and texts monitored, cctv cameras f ing everywhere, and ripped off by government and corporate organisations everytime you f ing breathe, AND NOW Parking around Torquay Utd threatened, bloody give up! Why dont they make it residents parking for 2 miles around Plainmoor and completely screw up the club, keep a few of the knobs happy no doubt!

the miserable sods, its every other weekend and the odd tuesday night, hardly the end of the world is it. tory bar stewards the lot of em!

I have parked close to Cary Park on the handful of occasions i've been to Plainmoor and had no problems. As far as i'm concerned the residents can **** off. So long as i'm not blocking their driveway i can park where the hell i damn well like! Maybe some of these householders without driveways should consider having them instead of them crying for doing exactly what we do on matchdays......PARKING ON THE EFFING ROAD!!!!!!!

I always got a primo spot on St. Marychurch road but since I got there at 9.15am this is not a surprise.

For many years I parked without any problems in St. Marychurch Road until, one day after a match, I found a parking ticket (£70 fine) on the windscreen. Since then I have moved my match parking to Windsor Road where there is never any problem (apart from when the once a year-ers come out of the woodwork). Really, the best thing would be a park and ride service on match days. I can recall Football Specials which we used to catch from Castle Circus (when I lived in Abbey Road).

[quote="PhilGull"]So long as they put something else in place I really don't see the problem. I've lived near to Arsenal's ground (Highbury/Emirates) for the last 10 years and no one drives to matches. But then this is London with a great public transport system.
So long as the council improve public transport there shouldn't be a problem. Maybe a park and ride scheme for match days.[/quote]

IF the Council did this, then there would be no problem, but of course they won't. We have a cr*p, very expensive system of public transport in Torbay and high cost car parks nowhere near Plainmoor. The Council won't provide Park & Ride for match days, nor will it improve public transport, because it is incapable of improving anything for the residents (it can only take away). Therefore this is a problem, and fans that live in Torbay (or have relatives & friends here) should fight those who wish to take away our match day parking.

So long as they put something else in place I really don't see the problem. I've lived near to Arsenal's ground (Highbury/Emirates) for the last 10 years and no one drives to matches. But then this is London with a great public transport system.
So long as the council improve public transport there shouldn't be a problem. Maybe a park and ride scheme for match days.