TorquayFans.com | Torquay United Fans Forum

Today is a prime example as to why we don't need to be in this competition. Just takes one kamikaze loser of an official to derail your promotion bid.

Very important now that GJ gets the lad`s mentally aswell as physically right for Hampton & Richmond, he won`t want todays result to impact on our league momentum.

It will be very interesting to hear what GJ thinks about the sendings off.

Johnson absolutely lambasts the referee. Withering attack on him.

Well said GJ

brucie wrote: 15 Dec 2018, 17:54 Johnson absolutely lambasts the referee. Withering attack on him.

Is there a link to that interview?

nickbrod wrote: 15 Dec 2018, 17:21 These sendings off will test the strength of the squad for the Christmas games.

Don't red cards in our league not take effect until 7 days later? So both Cameron and Keating could play at Hampton next Saturday?

Surely next Saturday IS 7 days later!

grockle wrote: 15 Dec 2018, 19:22 Surely next Saturday IS 7 days later!

Ah - well spotted, Grockle ! By the way, who was the ref? Not one of the National League duffers we had last season, was it? I remember one who was truly dreadful beginning with Qu (but I can't remember the rest of his name).

Just got in the game was really a very good one and we were the better side and played some quick passing which caught Woods out serveral times. Johnson made several changes and Olaf the 16 year old striker played up front with Reid. Olaf has been training and I believe has played for Bristol City under 23's over the last few weeks. We lost Keating through a very bad decision where the referee sent him off where the conditions made it look worse than it was and I expect the referee had never played the game.

Olaf did ok but Johnson brought Jennah on second half and he scored with his first touch of the ball. B.Woods equalized through a bad pass on the halfway line when their striker ran through a gap in our defence.

Extra time came and Cameron was sent off for a second bookable offence it was a clown in black out there. We lost the game but every player gave their all for the club. 3-1 after extra time with 9 players.

Crowd was 207. Take it we won't make much out of our cut . We had half the crowd too

207? You can't call that a crowd.

Brewers boy wrote: 16 Dec 2018, 10:11 207? You can't call that a crowd.

It is if they all stand close together

As always, it's absolutely laughable that Boring Wood have aspirations to be a Football League club - very few people are interested in football there, the club has no history and cannot produce a decent crowd. Even Forest Green Rovers in tiny Nailsworth were able to muster a reasonable crowd when they were in the 'Conference'. So sad that well-supported clubs like ourselves, Stockport, York and Chester have to languish in the 6th tiers (temporarily one hopes!).

budegull1954 wrote: 16 Dec 2018, 11:47 As always, it's absolutely laughable that Boring Wood have aspirations to be a Football League club - very few people are interested in football there, the club has no history and cannot produce a decent crowd. Even Forest Green Rovers in tiny Nailsworth were able to muster a reasonable crowd when they were in the 'Conference'. So sad that well-supported clubs like ourselves, Stockport, York and Chester have to languish in the 6th tiers (temporarily one hopes!).

Really ? You base you argument on the fact that because we & the other ex league clubs deserve to be in the football league is because we can attract bigger crowds than the likes of Boreham wood ?
If you take a look at our so called big crowds whilst in the football league, you'll find we're one of the worst supported ( numbers wise )
If you look at our average attendance in the last 40 odd years as a football league / non league club (1973-2014) :-

Year. Ave Att. Pos out of 92.
1973 3235. 80/92. 1991. 2987. 78/92. 2009. 2243. Conference
1974 3312 76/92. 1992. 2734. 85/92. 2010. 2856. 85/92
1975 2788 81/92. 1993. 2695. 85/92. 2011. 2631. 87/92
1976 2481 85/92. 1994. 3437. 74/92. 2012. 2869. 84/92
1977 2927 83/92. 1995. 2973. 80/92. 2013. 2709. 86/92
1978 2859 85/92. 1996. 2438. 84/92. 2014. 2642. 88/92
1979 2662 86/92. 1997. 2289. 86/92. 2015. 1949. National league Premier
1980 3174 82/92. 1998. 2679. 83/92. 2016. 1803. --------- " " ---------
1981 2050 90/92. 1999. 2600. 87/92 2017. 1888 --------- " " ---------
1982 2248 85/92. 2000. 2555. 90/92. 2018. 1731. --------- " " ---------
1983 2336 81/92. 2001. 2556. 89/92
1984 1992 87/92. 2002. 2563. 90/92
1985 1386 91/92. 2003. 3132. 87/92
1986 1240 92/92. 2004. 3460. 87/92
1987 1777 90/92. 2005. 3511. 85/92
1988 3005 74/92. 2006. 2851. 87/92
1989 2547 86/92. 2007. 2633. 86/92
1990 2134 89/92. 2008. 3125. Conference

We are consistently in the bottom 10 of attendance figures & since 1973 our attendances have virtually shrunk by half , Stockport, York, Hereford, Wrexham, Orient, Hartlepool, Chesterfield etc could all have the same argument they should have more rights than Boreham wood & us .
It is sad we're where we've ended up but size has nothing to do with it. It's how you run your club that matters & all of the 'ex league clubs' now in the National league system have had issues that's why we're here with them, not because the size of our crowds.