2nd April 2021
National League
Having watched our efforts go to waste against some of the Leagues better sides, we enter the penultimate month of the season by crushing bottom of the table York. With one foot now firmly planted in the National League North, it seems that York are now well and truly out of the running. For the Gulls it's now very much all to play for.
5th April 2021
National League
Building off our emphatic victory in the previous game, Eoghan Stokes steals the back pages with a game winning hat-trick against Essex millionaires, Billericay. Having gone behind within the opening ten minutes it seemed we were about to be palmed back down into the depths of the drop-zone but our lethal Irish striker refuses to go down without a fight.
10th April 2021
National League
Disaster. Absolute disaster. Like ourselves Maidstone are desperately trying to horde the points as they attempt to make a late escape from the depths of the National League and a convincing victory in an all important relegation six-pointer see's them forcefully pull us down, leaving The Gulls now clinging on by their finger nails.
17th April 2021
National League
Bounce back ability. We have it in spade fulls. Thankfully the club never seems to know when it's down. Just how they even ended up in this predicament remains a mystery, as the club once again performs above and beyond expectations to comfortable claim a victory over a Salford side whose dramatic raise to the top has stalled in the National League.
24th April 2021
National League
Eoghan Stokes. We'll miss you. If one thing is for certain as we head towards the final game of the season, Stokes is well and truly above the level of this squad, already making his intention to move on clear before I took the reigns in Torquay. A second half hat-trick ensures the club remains at least mathematically in with a shot at survival with just one game remaining. In Eoghan we trust.
April 2021
National League
Well. This isn't going
entirely to plan...
Showing us just how to pull off a dramatic escape from the depths, Eastleigh power their way out of the drop-zone and firmly into safety leaving us on the cusp of a cruel relegation. With both Blyth and Gateshead now within two points, we certainly have a chance to claw our way out but it's going to be easy.
Thankfully I have a solid track record at this level.
Whilst the entirety of Torquay uncomfortably await the final game of the season we can take some pride in another deserved monthly award...
Our lethal finishing, rapid striker scoops his first award of the season but it certainly won't be his last. The Irish sharpshooter has been crucial since my arrival to the club but unfortunately I can't see him remaining with the Gulls, his talent alone will see him soon grow well beyond the level of this club...