The Torquay United Yellow Army Podcast

After a dramatic week at Torquay United, the Podcasters reflect on the developments at the club, with thoughts on the new era, the new manager, and the new football advisor. Guy Henderson and Richard Hughes talk about the positive vibes at Tuesday's press conference, and speculate on an assistant manager, and future players. And why there's no reason to worry about the club still not officially be...

Today was a big day with Paul Wotton being named the new manager at Torquay United - and there was a press conference at the Livermead Cliff Hotel, where he sat alongside new football advisor Neil Warnock. And we were there to record the whole thing for you - so sit back and listen to Paul and Neil's plans for the club, and the usual Podcast will return in its usual slot on Thursday. Come On You Y...

Today the Podcasters Guy Henderson and Richard Hughes go through the questions and answers that featured in Richard's column in the Herald Express this week. There is much to discuss - full time/part time? Artificial pitch? Consolidation ahead of ambition? Who will be the manager at the start of the season? While there is understandable silence from the Bryn Consortium and the administrators - as...

Happy Birthday Torquay United - 125 years old this week! So now we have a named consortium and things are beginning to look a lot better at Torquay United with The Bryn Consortium setting up Scoring Goals Limited and talks obviously progressing with the administrators in the right direction. But who are the Bryn Consortium, who is its lead Michael Westcott, and what does the formation of Scoring G...

Hello again from Podcastland. This week Guy Henderson and Richard Hughes discuss what might be going on behind closed doors at Plainmoor - and why secrecy is a bad thing. There is that brilliant last game of the season to mull over and Guy goes for a deep dive into players' social media accounts. Well, not that deep, but deep enough for men of their age. And now it is the waiting and the wondering...

Was that the biggest game since 1987? It certainly felt like it. This week our podcasters are joined by special guest David Thomas, with Guy Henderson in the driving seat and Richard Hughes in the passenger seat of the hot mobile studio. On Tuesday night Torquay beat Taunton 2-1 to end fears that the club could drop into the Southern League - and now, on Saturday, there will be a more relaxed atmo...

Sit back, relax, crack open a can of Elvis Juice, and listen to the latest edition of the Torquay United Yellow Army Podcast with Guy Henderson and Richard Hughes. We now know there is a preferred bidder, but who that is remains a mystery until they decide to out themselves. What we do know is the preferred bidders aren't Michael Westcott and TUST - so somebody completely new? We shall see. Rumour...

Bank Holiday Blues. As the Podcasters wait for news about bids being accepted or not, and possible administration, they sit in the car and chew the Bank Holiday fat. Two games and six goals conceded, but at least the one point won meant Torquay rose up the table one place, and went one point further clear of the relegation zone. But with two big away games to start a run of four on the road on Sat...

So now we know who the people behind at least one consortium trying to buy Torquay United are - and this week the Podcasters, Richard Hughes and Guy Henderson, talk to Nick Brodrick of TUST about how the supporters' trust is also involved in the bid. It was a rainy old day in Torquay today and it was actually hailing on the car-studio windscreen as the talk got serious.  We also hear from interim...

Richard Hughes is flying solo this week for this Torquay United Yellow Army Podcast, with co-pilot Guy Henderson still on holiday for a second week. So it’s a quick intro and a chat with Aaron Downes, after two bad defeats, and ahead of Saturday's game against Hampton & Richmond Borough at Plainmoor on Devon Day! And then superfan Hayden Jones chats to Richard about how it feels to be a Torquay Un...

Hello again - and this week the Podcasters are back sitting in Marnham Road, in a car under the blue plaque tribute to Peter Cook. Imagine what he would have made of what's going on at Plainmoor right now... The club has been given another two weeks to sort out a sale before the threat of administration rears its ugly head again - so it is going to be busy, busy, busy for everyone involved in a po...

Some good news from the club today as Aaron Downes reveals the players have been paid - although Richard Hughes can't quite get his tongue around that sentence in today's Yellow Army Podcast chat with Guy Henderson. It has been quite a week in the life of Torquay United, with Clarke Osbourne walking away last Thursday and manager Gary Johnson following his exit from the club that evening. So there...

Yesterday was a shocking day for all Torquay United fans, whether they wanted Clarke Osborne out, Gary Johnson out, or not. The Podcasters, Richard Hughes and Guy Henderson, went to the usual Thursday press conference and everything seemed normal. The pod was recorded and edited and uploaded, and was just about to be put on DevonLive when the news broke that Osborne was stepping down as chairman a...

Here were are again, the Podcasters sitting at Guy Henderson's table talking about a club going through some difficult times, on and off the pitch. Guy and Richard Hughes have much to discuss then, as the rain pours down in Paignton. Torquay ended that awful run of five defeats with a 0-0 draw at Farnborough - but a point only meant they are seven points away from the National League South play-of...

It has been a pretty rough week for Gulls fans after that fourth defeat on the trot against Slough Town. For Podcasters Richard Hughes and Guy Henderson, it is time to reflect on that defeat and talk about Richard's column from this week's Herald Express. Torquay boss Gary Johnson also talks about the Slough defeat, the postponement at Taunton Town on Tuesday, and injured players - plus he looks f...

After a break for a week, it is good to be back - but there's no getting away from it, and Gary Johnson doesn't in his interview this week, Saturday’s showing against St Albans City was one of the worst performances by a Torquay United side for some considerable time.  So there is much to discuss as Richard Hughes and Guy Henderson sit in a car outside the ground and watch the rain fall down and t...

This week's Torquay United Yellow Army Podcast is a bit all over the place with Guy Henderson unable to attend the 12.30pm press call with Gary Johnson, so recording the chat-bit with Richard Hughes before that happened. Which means, when the Podcasters go over the Gary they come back from the other side without knowing what he said. Only after Richard went to Plainmoor later was the bit in the mi...

The Podcasters are a day late this week so apologies to the Yellow Army for that - but there is much to discuss so Richard Hughes and Guy Henderson hunker down and talk all things Torquay United. Where to start? Oh, that horrible show at Hereford where Torquay were poor and tempers' flared in the away end. Out the Trophy then - is that a good or a bad thing as the Gulls get back to National League...

The Podcasters Richard Hughes and Guy Henderson take their usual sideways look at what is going on at Torquay United, where injuries are biting as much as the cold at the training ground. We hear from Gary Johnson, who was keen to talk about the injured players - some of whom might be back for the next National League South game against Dover Athletic. But first Torquay go to Hereford this weekend...

Happy New Year and International Pat Cruise Week Torquay fans. Out with the old, in with the new. Guy Henderson and Richard Hughes have an early start for this week's first Yellow Army Pod of 2024 - and there is lots to discuss. Torquay finished 2023 with two defeats - at Chelmsford City and at Plainmoor against Truro City - so there are the bones of those defeats to pick through. We hear from Gar...

This week's episode of the Torquay United Yellow Army Podcast is a Chunky Christmas Special with Richard Hughes, Guy Henderson, David Thomas, coffee and mince pies, World Cup 1970 coins, our yearly TUFC quiz - and Geroge Best dressed as Santa. What more could you want as we countdown to the Big Day - Saturday's trip to Chelmsford City! See what I did there? We also hear from manager Gary Johnson a...

This week, Radio Yellow Army Podcast talks about The Young Ones. No, not the early 1980s TV show, but the late 2023 Torquay United FA Trophy selection. Guy Henderson and Richard Hughes are veritable old men compared to the likes of Jacob Wellington & Co after the average age of the players involved in the 4-1 win at Frome Town was 20! We hear from manager Gary Johnson about that game and the visit...

Richard Hughes and Guy Henderson are separated today for the latest edition of the Torquay United Yellow Army Podcast. It has been one of those weeks when there is plenty to discuss - what with the fans' protest at the game against Tonbridge Angels, three wins on the trot - and the injury crisis of all injury crises. Guy was at the weekly press conference - taken by Aaron Downes as Gary Johnson wa...

What a wonderful Tuesday night we all had, watching or listening to the Gulls destroying Eastbourne Borough with four great goals, all from outside of the area. Just as well, as the previous Saturday, Torquay were woeful at Dartford. So that gives the Podcasters much to discuss this week already - but there is the little matter of an interview with club owner Clarke Osborne, which was a little und...

In this week's Podcast, Richard Hughes is joined in the car, parked in Marnham Road, by David Thomas - and they talk through the last week's events at Torquay United. We hear from the Gaffer, talking in the Gary Johnson Suit at Plainmoor, as he reveals there are a few players who could be back from injury for this weekend's game at Dartford - and tells us how Aaron Jarvis and Kevin Dawson are prog...