The Torquay United Yellow Army Podcast

Football is back at last - and we can't wait. By Saturday it will have been 217 days since a competitive football match was played at Plainmoor, and the opening fixture of the 2020/21 season is a big one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's a strange podcast this week. We thought we knew what was going on with regard to the start of the season in the light of the coronavirus crisis, but then we realised we didn't know at all. So, having recorded some of this week's podcast, we decided to stop and wait for the National League to come up with answer to the question we are all asking - when will there be football, and will be able...

It's an auspicious day for all Torquay United fans today. All is revealed in this week's podcast, along with much more about the latest friendlies, live streaming and the demise of Macclesfield Town. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's a short, sharp podcast this week - we know you're busy people - as we edge ever closer to the re-start of some actual football at Plainmoor. There's a friendly on Saturday afternoon, with Hemel Hempstead the visitors, and from then on it's downhill all the way to the end of May. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week's podcast welcomes new signing Dean Moxey to Plainmoor. The former Exeter City man has a wealth of experience and Premier league know-how to bring to the Gulls defence, and the podcast looks forward to his debut. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TORQUAY United's longest-serving manager takes charge of the 'W' team in this week's Yellow Army podcast. Eric Webber held the reins from 1951 to 1965, and his record 680 games at the helm included the Gulls' most successful season ever. Who better to put in charge of the team? This weeks podcast also welcomes the players back to training after the long coronavirus lay-off, and Gaffer Gary Johnson...

NOBODY who was there will ever forget the moment John Uzzell's professional football career was brought to an end when an aerial challenge with Brentford striker Gary Blissett left him with injuries his surgeon said were equivalent to a 70mph car crash. The surgeon rebuilt John's face, but nothing could give him back his career. Now, nearly 30 years later, the Yellow Army Podcast looks back at tha...

TWO special guests join us this week, as Gary Johnson gives us the latest news, and ace striker Tim Sills tells us about the penalty that may have saved a manager's job, that Wembley goal and what happened to the famous mask Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Just when we thought football was coming back, the National League nutmegs us with an unexpected move. Undaunted, we chat to Gary Johnson about delays and new signings, then highlight an 'S' team with the best strikers so far, the cool-as-you-like Robin Stubbs and the man in the mask, Tim Sills Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Why is Gary Johnson feeling like a kid with a new toy today - and how on earth did Torquay secure the services of Bruce Rioch? All this, Jamie Reid, and why a bloke in a flat cap got the nod over Jason Roberts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

IT'S Q-time in the A to Z of Torquay United, and that gives our podcasters a few headaches in trying to fill a team of 'Q' players. In fact there's only one, so this week it could have been The Joe Quigley Show. But even our resourceful team couldn't come up with a whole podcast on the subject of just Joe, so they look at the many connections between Torquay United and Queens Park Rangers and talk...

THE spotlight this week falls on Torquay United Women and Girls, whose preparation for the new season is under way. We talk to the management team about the prospects for the coming season, and hear how they are getting back into training after the long lockdown. Also, some surprising information from vintage pen pictures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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As the Plainmoor alphabet reaches the letter N, Tommy Northcott is the star of the show. Sitting in the sunshine with seagulls in the background, we talk about Wembley, Jamie Reid, Callum Morton and cardboard crowds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's the middle of the longest close season ever, and the middle of the Plainmoor Alphabet as we reach the letter M - and that means Mahoney, Medhurst, Moore, Mills and many more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is Danny Wright coming to Plainmoor? Will a new season start in August? Is Richard the last man on Earth still buying CDs? Answers (of sorts) to all these questions, plus the Plainmoor alphabet reaches the letter L Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pat Kruse was Torquay United's Player of the Year in 1976, and had a long and illustrious career in football - all apart from six fateful seconds at Plainmoor one day in January 1977. We were there, and we look back on that momentous moment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

To regionalise or not to regionalise? That is the question for clubs in the National League and League Two after a football columnist started the whole debate again with a weekend article. There are plenty of benefits for clubs like Torquay United from a north/south split, not least in the travelling costs and time involved in getting to games in places like Hartlepool and Barrow. But will clubs i...

Former Gull Martin Gritton is the guest on this week's Yellow Army Podcast, explaining how Gary Johnson and Aaron Downes are getting the best out of the Plainmoor squad, and looking back at some memorable moments Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The retained list leads the way this week, with the departure of Jamie Reid and Kalvin Kalala the headlines. Then it's H in the A-Z of Plainmoor, with some big names from the past and some sage advice for spectators Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The retained list is due out this weekend as the season finishes in chaos. Time to step back and reflect on some great G-men of the past and present as the Plainmoor A-Z continues Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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This week we chat with skipper Asa Hall about life in lockdown. Meanwhile, the A-Z of Plainmoor has reached the letter E, and that means Exeter, Evans and Edwards, among others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With Torquay United's staff, management and players all on furlough for the time being, these really are lean times for football. But there is much to discuss even though a ball has not been kicked in anger at Plainmoor since February. The podcasters discuss the 'furlough' announcement from the club, then move on to 'D' in the A-Z of Torquay United, and that means Derek 'The Dude' Dawkins, of cour...

Gary Johnson talks about his ideas for the National League to come more in line with the Football League as the coronavirus continues to disrupt the end of the season, while the socially-distanced duo take the podcast to the next stage in the alphabetical jaunt through the world of Torquay United. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices...