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Re: Our Lucky Horseshoe
Posted: 23 Sep 2011, 12:40
by Gullscorer
stefano wrote:Well it's definitely a horse shoe but whether it is lucky is highly debatable.
It was presented to Torquay United captain Jack Connor before our first ever Football League game on 27 August 1927 when a crowd of over 11,000 watched a 1-1 draw against Exeter City.
Not a bad start, but we finished the season bottom of the table.
Maybe that's why it has been hidden for so long!
The horse wasn't best pleased either..
Re: Our Lucky Horseshoe
Posted: 23 Sep 2011, 20:04
by cheamgull
Like many others I expect, I have browsed this site for yonks but had to finally reveal my hand c/o laughter attack re the "lucky" horseshoe.
All I can say is that I think we just have to be extremely grateful it has been with us since 1927 albeit buried under the old stand touchline. Imagine where we'd be without 84 years of such good fortune?...
That is all...
Re: Our Lucky Horseshoe
Posted: 23 Sep 2011, 20:10
by Trojan 67
I guess the horseshoe explains the donkeys years of hoofball seen at Plainmoor.
Re: Our Lucky Horseshoe
Posted: 23 Sep 2011, 22:01
by Gullscorer
Trojan 67 wrote:I guess the horseshoe explains the donkeys years of hoofball seen at Plainmoor.
And players on the pitch jockeying for position....
