2011–12 Torquay United F.C. season

Torquay United
2011–12 season
Chairman Simon Baker
Manager Martin Ling
League Two 9th
FA Cup Second Round
League Cup First Round
League Trophy First Round
Top goalscorer League:
Rene Howe &
Lee Mansell (7)
All:
Rene Howe (9)
Highest home attendance 4,157 vs. Swindon Town, 26 December 2011
(League Two)
Lowest home attendance 2,018 vs. Cheltenham Town, 13 September 2011
(League Two)
Average home attendance 2,720
Home colours
Away colours
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 Torquay United F.C. season is Torquay United's 77th season in the Football League and their third consecutive season in League Two. The season runs from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012.

Contents

Overview

Having narrowly missed out on promotion to League One, the 2011–12 season represents a new era for Torquay United with the departure of manager Paul Buckle and several of the squad who had taken part in the League Two play-off Final defeat to Stevenage.[1] As well as new manager Martin Ling having to rebuild the squad on the pitch, literal rebuilding off the pitch will start with the demolition of the old grandstand at Plainmoor and the construction of a new one, named 'Bristow's Bench' in honour of Torquay's late vice-chairman Paul Bristow.[2][3]

Season diary

July

Following the acquisitions in June of Joe Oastler, Chris McPhee and Daniel Leadbitter, Martin Ling further bolstered the Torquay United squad with two crucial defensive signings in goalkeeper Robert Olejnik and centre back Brian Saah.[4] Olejnik came with a fine pedigree having played for Falkirk in the Scottish Premier League while Saah had previously played under Ling at Leyton Orient and Cambridge United. With Chris Zebroski making the decision to follow former manager Paul Buckle to Bristol Rovers,[5] Ling needed to improve his attacking options which led to the signings of strikers Rene Howe and Taiwo Atieno and midfielder Ian Morris.[6][7][8] Finally, as back-up to Bobby Olejnik, former Gulls keeper Martin Rice returned to Plainmoor after two seasons with Truro City.[9]

A series of friendlies saw the new recruits bed in well with the established squad members with Howe, Atieno, McPhee, Oastler and Morris all helping themselves to goals in a pre-season programme which saw the Gulls lose just once (to Championship side Burnley). Particularly pleasing to Torquay supporters were the defeat of another Championship side Bristol City and a 3-0 victory over bitter rivals Exeter City. The pre-season fixtures ended with a 6-2 win over Truro City, who included among their ranks the young defender Ed Palmer who had only just joined the Cornish club on loan from Torquay.[10]

With Martin Ling seemingly satisfied with his squad, Torquay supporters now braced themselves for another season.

August

The optimism of the new season was swiftly dashed when striker Justin Richards scored twice early in the second half to put Burton Albion 2–0 ahead in the opening day fixture at Plainmoor. However, Torquay were able to show enough character to respond to this setback with Rene Howe and captain Lee Mansell both scoring to salvage a 2–2 draw. Next up was a trip to St Mary's for a Carling Cup First Round fixture with Southampton. Despite a spirited performance, the Gulls were unable to overcome a strong Saints side and had to accept a 4–1 defeat as well as the fact that Torquay had now gone ten years without reaching the Second Round of the League Cup. However, the Gulls did not have to wait much longer for their first victory of the season and it was to be a particularly enjoyable one for the Torquay fans as it came at the home of Paul Buckle's new side Bristol Rovers. Goals from Taiwo Atieno and Rene Howe in the first fifteen minutes was enough to secure all three points at the Memorial Stadium, despite Byron Anthony snatching one back for Rovers in the second half. Back to back away victories were then achieved with a hard fought 1–0 win at Aldershot, pushing the Gulls up to 4th in the League Two table. However, Torquay were soon brought back down to earth when newly promoted Crawley Town came to Plainmoor and easily outplayed the home side in a 3–1 defeat of the Gulls. The consolation goal was Lee Mansell's fourth of the campaign and left the midfielder in the unlikely position as the club's top scorer for the season so far.

Spirits were raised after that defeat with the loan signing of promising young forward Billy Bodin from Swindon Town.[11] However, it soon became clear that he had arrived as a replacement for his namesake Billy Kee who was sold to Burton Albion the very next day. Kee had struggled to secure a place in the starting line up under Paul Buckle and, with Howe and Atieno beginning to establish an effective striking partnership under Martin Ling, Kee took the opportunity to join the Brewers and return to his native Midlands.[12] Some pride was restored after the Crawley humiliation with a 1–1 draw at Dagenham & Redbridge, leaving the Gulls undefeated away record in tact, at least as far as the League was concerned. However, a trip to Whaddon Road in the Johnstone Paints Trophy saw another early cup exit for Torquay at the hands of Cheltenham Town.

While the cup defeats were disappointing, it was clear that Martin Ling's focus was firmly on the League campaign. Two wins, two draws and one defeat represented a solid start to the season and the overall performances of the new look Torquay squad suggested that there were perhaps more reasons for the Gulls fans to be positive than not.

September

With Rene Howe suffering from a hamstring injury and Billy Bodin on international duty with the Wales under-21 squad, Martin Ling was presented with a mini striker crisis before the visit of Macclesfield Town for the first fixture of the month.[13] Despite this, Torquay managed to register their biggest win of the campaign so far with a 3–0 defeat of the Silkmen thanks to first goals of the season from Brian Saah, Chris McPhee and Eunan O'Kane. Howe was fit enough to be restored to the starting line-up alongside Bodin for the next match which, ironically, resulted in a lacklustre 0–0 draw with Northampton Town at the Sixfields Stadium. This was then followed up by two further draws against Cheltenham Town and Rotherham United, both at Plainmoor. Although these were far more entertaining matches than the Northampton stalemate, it was concerning that Torquay had fallen behind within the first five minutes of both games. However, the Gulls did at least show the desire to fight back in both games, gaining a 2–2 result against Cheltenham and finishing the epic Rotherham encounter with a 3–3 scoreline. Nevertheless, Martin Ling was now growing concerned at the prospect of Torquay becoming the League's 'draw specialists'.[14]

Morale was boosted before the trip to Shrewsbury Town with the news that Eunan O'Kane had signed a new contract keeping the midfielder at Plainmoor until 2014.[15] However, it was not such good news on the pitch with the Shrews gaining revenge for last season's play-off defeat, beating the Gulls 2–0 in a match which also saw Rene Howe dismissed for a second bookable offence. It was a disappointing end to a month which left the Gulls in 13th position in the League Two table having started it in 12th. It was now becoming clear that if Torquay were to avoid a season of mid-table mediocrity (or worse), they would need to start converting some of their draws into wins.

October

If Torquay United were hoping their indifferent fortunes would improve with the start of a new month, they were to be sorely disappointed. Early in the month the team received a blow with the news that midfielder Ian Morris had picked up a knee injury which threatened to rule him out for at least a couple of months.[16] On the pitch, despite holding league leaders Morecambe to a 1–1 draw at Plainmoor in their opening fixture of the month, the Gulls would then go on to lose their next three matches against Bradford City, Gillingham and Southend United by an aggregate margin of 10–3. Perhaps the most disappointing result of the three was the 1–0 defeat by Bradford at Valley Parade. Even with the Bantams being reduced to ten men after just 24 minutes, Torquay were still unable to penetrate a defence which had not kept a clean sheet in their previous 18 league games. The following weeks's humiliating 5–2 home defeat to Gillingham prompted Martin Ling to recall out of favour defender Mark Ellis to the starting line up in the away fixture against Southend. Although that game resulted in another expensive defeat, the final two fixtures of the month suggested Ling might have finally got the formula right with back to back home victories against AFC Wimbledon and Hereford United, both without conceding a goal.

Those two victories provided a welcome boost to Torquay after a demoralising eight game stretch without a win. The Gulls were now hopeful they could create a platform from which the team could progress and, even if they could not reach last season's achievement of a play-off spot, they could at least distance themselves from any potential relegation dogfight.

November

November saw Torquay continue to build upon the foundations laid in the last two matches of October. Following the wins over AFC Wimbledon and Hereford, the Gulls went to Gresty Road and recorded a convincing 3–0 win over Crewe Alexandra. This was followed up by an equally impressive FA Cup First Round victory over League One side Chesterfield at the B2net Stadium. The 3–1 win earned Torquay a potentially difficult tie in the Second Round with a trip to another League One outfit, Sheffield United.

While the Chesterfield match saw the earlier than expected return from injury of Ian Morris, the Gulls' next League encounter resulted in another long term injury with defender Brian Saah picking up a serious tear to his groin.[17] Although there was a ready-made replacement in Chris Robertson (who had recently lost his place in the team to Mark Ellis), the possible length of Saah's absence prompted Martin Ling to bring in young Colchester United defender Tom Aldred as cover until January.[18] However, Saah's injury was probably the only negative point to a game which saw Torquay achieve their first League win over Devon rivals Plymouth Argyle since 1972. A stunning second half brace from Eunan O'Kane helped the Gulls record a 3–1 victory over a Pilgrims side who were languishing at the bottom of League Two having only just been relegated from League One the previous season.

The final game of the month saw Torquay make a Friday night trip to Port Vale which, although only resulting in a goalless draw, did at least extend the Gulls' unbeaten run to six games in all competitions, with fifteen goals scored and just two conceded. With Torquay's bad run of form now a fading memory, there was reason again for the Plainmoor faithful to be optimistic.

Results

League Two

Main article: 2011–12 Football League Two

FA Cup

Main article: 2011–12 FA Cup

League Cup

Main article: 2011–12 Football League Cup

League Trophy

Main article: 2011–12 Football League Trophy

Friendlies

League statistics

League Two

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Crawley Town 24 15 5 4 47 29 +18 50 Promotion to the 2012–13 League One
2 Cheltenham Town 24 15 4 5 37 21 +16 49
3 Southend United 23 14 4 5 42 24 +18 46
4 Swindon Town 24 13 4 7 38 19 +19 43 Qualification to the League Two Playoffs
5 Shrewsbury Town 24 12 6 6 35 24 +11 42
6 Gillingham 24 12 5 7 41 29 +12 41
7 Burton Albion 24 11 7 6 38 36 +2 40
8 Oxford United 24 10 8 6 33 24 +9 38
9 Torquay United 24 10 8 6 36 30 +6 38
10 Rotherham United 24 10 7 7 41 36 +5 37
11 Morecambe 24 9 8 7 39 28 +11 35
12 Port Vale 24 10 5 9 42 34 +8 35
13 Accrington Stanley 24 8 10 6 32 26 +6 34
14 Macclesfield Town 24 8 6 10 23 26 −3 30
15 Crewe Alexandra 24 9 3 12 29 35 −6 30
16 Aldershot Town 23 8 3 12 24 29 −5 27
17 AFC Wimbledon 24 7 5 12 30 46 −16 26
18 Bradford City 24 6 7 11 28 33 −5 25
19 Bristol Rovers 24 6 5 13 30 47 −17 23
20 Barnet 24 6 5 13 28 45 −17 23
21 Hereford United 24 5 7 12 23 39 −16 22
22 Dagenham & Redbridge 24 6 3 15 25 41 −16 21
23 Northampton Town 24 4 6 14 28 48 −20 18 Relegation to the 2012–13 Conference National
24 Plymouth Argyle 24 4 6 14 24 44 −20 18

Updated to games played on 2 January 2012
Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
24 10 8 6 36 30 +6 38 6 5 2 25 17 +8 4 3 4 11 13 −2

Last updated: 2 January 2012
Source: Torquay United

Results by round

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46
Ground H A A H A H A H H A H A H A H H A H A H A H H A H A A H A H A H A A H H A A H A H A H A H A
Result D W W L D W D D D L D L L L W W W W D W L W D W
Position 12 6 4 9 12 4 6 6 10 13 13 14 16 18 15 13 12 10 10 9 12 10 10 9

Last updated: 26 December 2011.
Source: Torquay United
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Club statistics

Current squad

No. Nat. Name Position Date of birth (Age) Date joined
Goalkeepers
1 Robert Olejnik GK 26 November 1986 (Age 25) 1 July 2011
13 Martin Rice GK 7 March 1986 (Age 25) 15 July 2011
Defenders
2 Lathaniel Rowe-Turner LB 12 November 1989 (Age 22) 1 February 2010
3 Kevin Nicholson LB 2 October 1980 (Age 31) 21 June 2007
4 Mark Ellis CB 30 September 1988 (Age 23) 21 May 2008
5 Chris Robertson CB / RB 11 October 1986 (Age 25) 20 June 2007
6 Brian Saah CB 16 December 1986 (Age 25) 1 July 2011
12 Daniel Leadbitter RB 24 June 1991 (Age 20) 28 June 2011
18 Joe Oastler RB / CM 3 July 1990 (Age 21) 28 June 2011
20 Tom Aldred [1] CB 11 September 1990 (Age 21) 24 November 2011
Midfielders
7 Lee Mansell (c) AM / CM / RB 23 September 1982 (Age 29) 4 July 2006
10 Eunan O'Kane AM / CM 10 July 1990 (Age 21) 11 January 2010
11 Ian Morris LM 27 February 1987 (Age 24) 18 July 2011
16 Chris McPhee RM / CF 20 March 1983 (Age 28) 28 June 2011
17 Saul Halpin LM 25 October 1991 (Age 20) 1 August 2009
19 Danny Stevens LM / RM 26 November 1986 (Age 25) 20 July 2007
22 Damon Lathrope CM 28 October 1989 (Age 22) 19 July 2010
Forwards
9 Rene Howe CF 22 October 1986 (Age 25) 13 July 2011
15 Billy Bodin [2] CF / LM / RM 24 March 1992 (Age 19) 25 August 2011
23 Taiwo Atieno CF 6 August 1985 (Age 26) 23 July 2011
24 Ashley Yeoman CF 25 February 1992 (Age 19) 24 May 2010

1 On loan from Colchester United
2 On loan from Swindon Town

First team appearances

As of 2 January 2012
No. Nat Pos Player Total League Two FA Cup League Cup League Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Robert Olejnik 27 0 24+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Lathaniel Rowe-Turner 9 0 0+6 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
3 DF Kevin Nicholson 27 5 24+0 4 2+0 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF Mark Ellis 16 0 12+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF Chris Robertson 23 1 20+1 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
6 DF Brian Saah 21 0 18+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
7 MF Lee Mansell 27 8 23+0 7 2+0 0 1+0 1 1+0 0
8 FW Billy Kee 4 0 1+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW Rene Howe 23 9 19+0 7 2+0 2 1+0 0 1+0 0
10 MF Eunan O'Kane 27 4 23+0 4 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
11 MF Ian Morris 19 0 13+3 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
12 DF Daniel Leadbitter 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 GK Martin Rice 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
14 MF Lloyd Macklin 6 1 1+3 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 1
15 FW Billy Bodin 19 5 15+2 5 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
16 MF Chris McPhee 23 2 5+15 2 0+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
17 MF Saul Halpin 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
18 DF Joe Oastler 27 0 23+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
19 MF Danny Stevens 23 5 17+3 3 2+0 2 0+1 0 0+0 0
20 DF Tom Aldred 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 MF Damon Lathrope 21 0 14+5 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
23 FW Taiwo Atieno 26 2 12+10 2 0+2 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
24 FW Ashley Yeoman 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 DF Ed Palmer 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 FW Ray Spear 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Source: Torquay United

Top Scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name League Two FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
1 FW 9 Rene Howe 7 2 0 0 9
2 MF 7 Lee Mansell 7 0 1 0 8
3 FW 15 Billy Bodin 5 0 0 0 5
= DF 3 Kevin Nicholson 4 1 0 0 5
= MF 19 Danny Stevens 3 2 0 0 5
6 MF 10 Eunan O'Kane 4 0 0 0 4
7 FW 23 Taiwo Atieno 2 0 0 0 2
= MF 16 Chris McPhee 2 0 0 0 2
9 MF 14 Lloyd Macklin 0 0 0 1 1
= DF 5 Chris Robertson 1 0 0 0 1
= DF 6 Brian Saah 1 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 34 5 1 1 41

Source: Torquay United

Disciplinary Record

Number Nation Position Name League Two FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
9 FW Rene Howe 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
22 MF Damon Lathrope 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
10 MF Eunan O'Kane 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
7 MF Lee Mansell 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
11 MF Ian Morris 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
18 MF Joe Oastler 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
5 DF Chris Robertson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
15 FW Billy Bodin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 DF Mark Ellis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
14 MF Lloyd Macklin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
6 DF Brian Saah 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 31 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 38 2

Source: Torquay United

Transfers

In

Date Nat. Pos. Name From Fee References
1 July 2011 GK Robert Olejnik Falkirk Undisclosed [4]
1 July 2011 DF Brian Saah Cambridge United Undisclosed [4]
13 July 2011 FW Rene Howe Peterborough United Undisclosed [6]
15 July 2011 GK Martin Rice Truro City Free [9]
18 July 2011 MF Ian Morris Unattached Free [8]
23 July 2011 FW Taiwo Atieno Unattached Free [7]

Loans In

Date Nat. Pos. Name From Expiry date References
25 August 2011 FW Billy Bodin Swindon Town 8 January 2012 [11]
24 November 2011 DF Tom Aldred Colchester United 2 January 2012 [18]

Out

Date Nat. Pos. Name To Fee References
4 July 2011 FW Chris Zebroski Bristol Rovers Undisclosed [5]
26 August 2011 FW Billy Kee Burton Albion Undisclosed [19]

Loans Out

Date Nat. Pos. Name To Expiry date References
23 July 2011 DF Ed Palmer Truro City 23 January 2012 [10]
31 October 2011 FW Ray Spear Bideford [20]
1 December 2011 MF Lloyd Macklin Salisbury City January 2012 [21]

Reserve team

For the second season in succession, Torquay United are taking part in a competitive reserve league, entering the Southern Section of the Football Combination. The reserve team will be eager to repeat the success of the 2010–11 season when the reserve Gulls finished top of the Wales & West Division. However, they were denied being crowned overall champions of the Football Combination after losing 3–1 to Central Division champions Brighton & Hove Albion Reserves in the play-off final.[22]

Results

League table

Pos Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Brighton & Hove Albion 7 4 1 2 13 11 +2 13
2 Cheltenham Town 6 4 0 2 19 12 +7 12
3 Forest Green Rovers 5 3 1 1 8 5 +3 10
4 Crawley Town 7 3 0 4 20 19 +1 9
5 Torquay United 8 3 0 5 17 28 -11 9
6 Bournemouth 5 1 0 4 8 10 -2 3

Updated to games played on 14 December 2011
Source: The Football Combination
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

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