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stephen breed wrote: 17 Jan 2018, 13:26 hi guys thanks for the kind words here I have tried not to comment despite being asked from various sources I e paper and reporters ect regarding not only my situation but what is happening at the club and have chosen to keep my own council and completely keep my distance from the club including not watching any matches. That has been very tough after spending a large majority if my life going up and down that motorway and supporting the boys home and away for more years than I can remember. I am extremely saddened by what's happening to this once great club and applaud each and everyone of you that are going through this with the club that means so much to us all. What I did think to offer is to perhaps do a question and answer session on the forum where I will answer to the best of my ability question about my time as c e o and perhaps my thoughts going forward which maybe we can all get behind to aid the future of the club. if this is perhaps some forum members would want then perhaps I can ask Southampton Dave to do a separate thread and people can post there questions there if not then I totally understand.. I will happily do this on either this site or the penn inn forum or both.. Stephen breed

stephen breed wrote: 17 Jan 2018, 13:26 hi guys thanks for the kind words here I have tried not to comment despite being asked from various sources I e paper and reporters ect regarding not only my situation but what is happening at the club and have chosen to keep my own council and completely keep my distance from the club including not watching any matches. That has been very tough after spending a large majority if my life going up and down that motorway and supporting the boys home and away for more years than I can remember. I am extremely saddened by what's happening to this once great club and applaud each and everyone of you that are going through this with the club that means so much to us all. What I did think to offer is to perhaps do a question and answer session on the forum where I will answer to the best of my ability question about my time as c e o and perhaps my thoughts going forward which maybe we can all get behind to aid the future of the club. if this is perhaps some forum members would want then perhaps I can ask Southampton Dave to do a separate thread and people can post there questions there if not then I totally understand.. I will happily do this on either this site or the penn inn forum or both.. Stephen breed

stephen breed wrote: 17 Jan 2018, 13:26 hi guys thanks for the kind words here I have tried not to comment despite being asked from various sources I e paper and reporters ect regarding not only my situation but what is happening at the club and have chosen to keep my own council and completely keep my distance from the club including not watching any matches. That has been very tough after spending a large majority if my life going up and down that motorway and supporting the boys home and away for more years than I can remember. I am extremely saddened by what's happening to this once great club and applaud each and everyone of you that are going through this with the club that means so much to us all. What I did think to offer is to perhaps do a question and answer session on the forum where I will answer to the best of my ability question about my time as c e o and perhaps my thoughts going forward which maybe we can all get behind to aid the future of the club. if this is perhaps some forum members would want then perhaps I can ask Southampton Dave to do a separate thread and people can post there questions there if not then I totally understand.. I will happily do this on either this site or the penn inn forum or both.. Stephen breed

stephen breed wrote: 17 Jan 2018, 13:26 hi guys thanks for the kind words here I have tried not to comment despite being asked from various sources I e paper and reporters ect regarding not only my situation but what is happening at the club and have chosen to keep my own council and completely keep my distance from the club including not watching any matches. That has been very tough after spending a large majority if my life going up and down that motorway and supporting the boys home and away for more years than I can remember. I am extremely saddened by what's happening to this once great club and applaud each and everyone of you that are going through this with the club that means so much to us all. What I did think to offer is to perhaps do a question and answer session on the forum where I will answer to the best of my ability question about my time as c e o and perhaps my thoughts going forward which maybe we can all get behind to aid the future of the club. if this is perhaps some forum members would want then perhaps I can ask Southampton Dave to do a separate thread and people can post there questions there if not then I totally understand.. I will happily do this on either this site or the penn inn forum or both.. Stephen breed

Teigngull wrote: 16 Jan 2018, 16:53 I have sent emails to the 3 Torbay councillors within the St Marychurch ward , Neil Bent , Anne Brooks & Ray Hill , asking for their views on the current situation at TUFC.
I have also outlined the benefits for the town of the FREE advertising the club brings through the 3 main media platforms (TV , Internet , written press ) etc & how this is diminishing the further down the football pyramid the club falls.
I will update when (or if ) I receive any replies.

Teigngull wrote: 22 Jan 2018, 22:15
Finally , after sending an email to Gordon Oliver asking him to give the 3 sitting councillors in St Marychurch a friendly nudge in the direction of at least acknowledging my email seeing as I had taken the time to ask a question that deserves a reply.
I received this today.......

From:- [email protected]

Re: acknowledgement of email

Dear Mr R******

Thank you for your email informing me of this, I am sure that they will get back to you.

Kind regards

Gordon Oliver

Elected Mayor of Torbay

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And lo & behold , this popped up in my inbox a few hours later .......

Subject:- Torquay United.

From:- Neil Bent

Dear Mr R******

Many thanks for your email and I'm really sorry that I have not replied earlier and that you needed to ask the Mayor to intervene to get a response.

Whilst I am not a follower of football, I have always supported Torquay United and I believe that the value of the "brand" should never be underestimated.

The future of the club, as you know, is very much in the hands of the current owners and, in my opinion, they need to make it clear how they intend to put it on a sustainable financial footing.

Again in my opinion, I don't believe that there is any appetite amongst my councillor colleagues across the Bay to dispose of the grounds, so it is up to the owners to come up with a solution.

Just to reiterate, the club will always have my support and I look forward to a positive outcome as soon as possible.

Best wishes

Neil

Cllr Neil Bent,
St Marychurch ward

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I think this reply just shows he hasn't got a freakin clue what's going on at Plainmoor, even though he admits he's not a ' follower of football'.
Surely it's part of his remit as a councillor to know what's happening within his ward, yes or no ?
Let's wait & see if the other two have done their homework !

SenorDingDong wrote: 22 Jan 2018, 22:23 They're Torbay local councillors, if you think they are a) well qualified and b) care about anything beyond their particular interests, you'll be sorely disappointed. Yes there are some good ones amongst the whole but they're few and far between. This is why we, the fans, will need to constantly keep on their backs, asking them questions, making them get interested and look into greater detail.

Cllr Bent does deserve at least some credit for actually reply though. Maybe this will be the start of him looking deeper into the issue.

Teigngull wrote: 22 Jan 2018, 22:31 Cllr Bent needed a kick up the ass from the Mayor to even BOTHER to reply.
He was also voted in to his position on the proviso he serves ALL OF HIS CONSTITUENTS regardless of what the subject matter is or whether or not it TAKES HIS FANCY.

Yorkieandy wrote: 23 Jan 2018, 08:00 ... with this lot in charge.