Torquay v Braintree Easter Monday

[Dazza]

Thanks for your view Merse. Be assured there was no communication between referee and assistant referee. Another five seconds and the game would have re-started. If it had been on match of the day there would be a public enquiry over it.

[PaulBreen]

Well done today - have been to last two games and back to Charlton (my local team) today. Have seen incredible potential against Aldershot and Lincoln that went unfulfilled or was denied by cheating and crap refereeing. Sounds like there was less of that today and the team got to show what they are capable of. If only the lads had played like this against Ferriby and Maidstone, which I also went to. Hoping for wins in next 2 games because it's going to take at least 4 points to stay up now. I don't want Lincoln to be my last away trip to a half decent club for a Torquay match. Got to be back next season in this same league, and that battle started today and was well won.

[Dave]

Massive win today, gutted I couldn't be there, still the 3 points are what counts.

[Plainmoor78]

It was a great win today, but any euphoria I felt was knocked out of me on hearing Woking and Solihull won, certainly didn't expect the latter.

[merse btpir]

Thanks for your view Merse. Be assured there was no communication between referee and assistant referee.

Not by radio mic? You have no way of telling that and it is the preferred method of communication these days especially over contentious issues like players being active and passages of play as in Law 11 ~ Offside.

[Gullscorer]

There were four attendances greater than the Gulls' today: 2880 at Maidstone (v Boreham Wood), 3770 at Gateshead (v Lincoln City), 3857 at Aldershot (v Dover Athletic), and 4091 at York (v Wrexham). Shows how attendances can be affected by a club's position in the table, or the position of the opponents in the table, and/or the geographical proximity of the opposing club. And what the size of Torquay's gate might be if we were challenging for the play-offs..

[hector]

Presumably the majority of the Gateshead crowd were from Lincoln. Gateshead normally struggle to reach 1000.

[merse btpir]

Presumably the majority of the Gateshead crowd were from Lincoln. Gateshead normally struggle to reach 1000.

There were 2,486 Imps fans at the dreadful GIA......

There were also the boosts from the numbers of travelling 879 Wrexham and Dover fans yesterday, although Dover only had 265 at the Rec which is a mere hundred miles away ~ Braintree brought just 33; I bet even Boreham Wood took more than that sorry total to Maidstone!

[desperado]

There WAS radio mic contact between them, I didnt actually see a flag at any time, maybe wrong, but seemed an
incredibly long conflab before disallowing the goal

[gullintwoplaces]

There WAS radio mic contact between them, I didnt actually see a flag at any time, maybe wrong, but seemed an
incredibly long conflab before disallowing the goal

It looked to me like there was radio communication too. In which case why did the ref give the goal and let the players retreat to the half way line and prepare to kick off? It looked like the idiot linesman "reflected" for a very long time before the fairy in his head told him to wave his flag. It was a farce, thank God it didn't matter. The quality of officials in this League is pitiful.

[merse btpir]

The quality of officials in this League is pitiful.

No worse than the quality of football or (in some cases) stadiums though

[gullintwoplaces]

No worse than the quality of football or (in some cases) stadiums though

That is definitely true!!!!

[Goose9]

Can anyone enlighten me as to why we don't have Sparkes? Is he injured? Must've missed any news.

[CraigUnder]

Can anyone enlighten me as to why we don't have Sparkes? Is he injured? Must've missed any news.

Yes he is injured, he failed a late fitness test for yesterday's match so hopefully should be okay for Dover

[Zippy]

I'm sure if we going for the playoffs you would hope to have at least 4,500 at plainmoor