Torquay United Fans Forum

Went to see at his care home in Manchester yesterday an ex-Gull legend of the famous team of the 1950s who were pipped by Alf Ramsey’s Ipswich on the last day of the season for promotion to the Second Division.Some of you might remember Tony Collins still going strong at 93 (photo attached) He recalled all those great players of that era Don Mills Sammy Collins Ron Shaw and their wonderful manager Eric Webber and admitted that as Chief Scout to Don Revie Ron Atkinson and later Alex Ferguson he was the person who took a teen age Lee Sharpe from Torquay to Man U. A book has been written about Tony’s incredible life from a challenging childhood to a super scout “Tony Collins Football Master Spy” by Quentin Cope Read on. Paul