2009–10 Torquay United F.C. season

Torquay United
2009-10 season
Chairman Alex Rowe
(until 5 September 2009)
Simon Baker
(from 5 September 2009)
Manager Paul Buckle
League Two 17th
FA Cup Third Round
League Cup First Round
League Trophy Second Round
Top goalscorer League:
Scott Rendell (12)
All:
Elliot Benyon (15)
Highest home attendance 5,124 v Notts County, 8 May 2010
(League Two)
Lowest home attendance 2,122 v Cheltenham Town, 1 Dec 2009
(League Two)
Average home league attendance 2,855
Home colours
Away colours
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 Torquay United F.C. season was Torquay United's 74th season in the Football League and their first season in League Two after being promoted from the Conference National. The season runs from 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010.

Overview

Despite a 2–0 win over Chesterfield providing an encouraging start to the season, the Gulls soon stumbled upon a run of bad form which saw them play eleven games in League Two without a win. They had slightly more success in the early rounds of the cup competitions; aside from an early exit to Crystal Palace in the Carling Cup, Torquay enjoyed emphatic 3–1 victories over Cheltenham Town in the first rounds of both the FA Cup and Johnstone Paints Trophy. But, while they were beaten on penalties in the second round of the latter competition by eventual winners Southampton, the Gulls were finally knocked out in the third round of the FA Cup by Brighton after achieving a convincing 4–0 win against Stockport County in the second round.

With relegation from League Two still a real threat in late March, Torquay finally found the winning formula at just the right time, winning six and drawing two of their last eight games. The most impressive display during this run was a 5–0 thrashing of league leaders Rochdale at Plainmoor, a result which earned Torquay the F&C Investments Performance Of The Week Award from the League Managers Association.[1] The dramatic upturn in the Gulls' on-field performances meant that their league survival was assured with three games to spare following a 3–0 victory away to relegation rivals Grimsby Town.[2] Remarkably, Torquay managed to keep a clean sheet in all of their last seven games of the season and, in the process, set a new club record of 691 minutes played without conceding a goal.[3]

League statistics

League Two

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Notts County (C) (P) 46 27 12 7 96 31+65 93 Promotion to Football League One
2 Bournemouth (P) 46 25 8 13 61 44+17 83
3 Rochdale (P) 46 25 7 14 82 48+34 82
4 Morecambe 46 20 13 13 73 64+9 73 Qualification to League Two playoffs
5 Rotherham United 46 21 10 15 55 52+3 73
6 Aldershot Town 46 20 12 14 69 56+13 72
7 Dagenham & Redbridge (P) 46 20 12 14 69 58+11 72
8 Chesterfield 46 21 7 18 61 62−1 70
9 Bury 46 19 12 15 54 59−5 69
10 Port Vale 46 17 17 12 61 50+11 68
11 Northampton Town 46 18 13 15 62 53+9 67
12 Shrewsbury Town 46 17 12 17 55 54+1 63
13 Burton Albion 46 17 11 18 71 710 62
14 Bradford City 46 16 14 16 59 62−3 62
15 Accrington Stanley 46 18 7 21 62 74−12 61
16 Hereford United 46 17 8 21 54 65−11 59
17 Torquay United 46 14 15 17 64 55+9 57
18 Crewe Alexandra 46 15 10 21 68 73−5 55
19 Macclesfield Town 46 12 18 16 49 58−9 54
20 Lincoln City 46 13 11 22 42 65−23 50
21 Barnet 46 12 12 22 47 63−16 48
22 Cheltenham Town 46 10 18 18 54 71−17 48
23 Grimsby Town (R) 46 9 17 20 45 71−26 44 Relegation to Conference National
24 Darlington (R) 46 8 6 32 33 87−54 30

Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
46 14 15 17 64 55  +9 57 9 6 8 34 24  +10 5 9 9 30 31  −1

Source: Torquay United

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAAHAAHHAHHAHAHAAHAH
Result W L W L L L L L L D D D D D W D L D W L W W L L L D L D L L D D W D W D L L W D W W W W W D
Position 5 10 6 11 15 17 18 22 23 23 23 23 22 22 22 22 22 22 20 21 19 17 19 19 21 20 20 21 21 21 21 22 20 20 19 21 21 21 21 21 21 19 19 18 16 17

Source: Torquay United
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

League Two

FA Cup

League Cup

League Trophy

Friendlies

Devon St Luke's Bowl

Club statistics

First team appearances

No. Pos Nat Player TotalLeague Two FA Cup League Cup League Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England Scott Bevan 23 0 17+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
2 DF England Michael Brough 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
3 DF England Kevin Nicholson 33 0 23+4 0 1+2 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
4 DF England Mark Ellis 29 3 25+2 3 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF Scotland Chris Robertson 50 2 45+0 2 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
6 DF Wales Chris Todd 11 1 9+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
7 MF England Lee Mansell 43 2 35+4 2 3+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
8 FW England Tim Sills 24 4 12+6 2 1+2 0 1+0 1 2+0 1
8 FW Austria Ashley Barnes 6 0 6+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW England Elliot Benyon 51 15 31+14 11 3+0 3 0+1 0 2+0 1
10 FW England Scott Rendell 41 13 28+7 12 2+1 1 1+0 0 1+1 0
11 MF England Nicky Wroe 50 13 45+0 9 2+0 3 1+0 0 2+0 1
12 MF England Tyrone Thompson 29 0 17+7 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
13 GK England Martin Rice 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF England Chris Hargreaves 25 3 21+2 3 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 MF Northern Ireland Wayne Carlisle 30 2 20+4 2 3+0 0 1+0 0 1+1 0
16 DF England Lee Hodges 6 0 2+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
17 FW England Matt Green 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF The Gambia Mustapha Carayol 21 5 11+9 5 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
19 MF England Danny Stevens 33 3 16+11 1 0+3 0 1+0 0 1+1 2
20 FW England Ben Joyce 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF England Saul Halpin 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 DF England Adam Smith 18 0 16+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 DF England Kieran Charnock 30 0 22+2 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
24 MF England Steve Adams 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 FW England Ashley Yeoman 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF England Ryan Beattie 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 MF England Scott Taylor 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 FW England Chris Zebroski 30 6 30+0 6 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 GK England Michael Poke 30 0 28+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 FW England Danny Mills 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 MF England Marvin Williams 4 0 1+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 MF Northern Ireland Eunan O'Kane 16 1 5+11 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 MF Trinidad and Tobago Jake Thomson 18 1 13+2 1 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
34 DF England Guy Branston 16 0 16+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
35 GK England Grant Fisher 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
36 DF England Lathaniel Rowe-Turner 6 0 5+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
37 DF Guinea Mo Camara 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
39 GK England Steve Collis 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
41 MF England Lloyd Macklin 4 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
50 MF England Sam Cox 3 0 1+2 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 England 9 Elliot Benyon 11 3 0 1 15
2 FW England 10 Scott Rendell 12 1 0 0 13
= MF England 11 Nicky Wroe 9 3 0 1 13
4 FW England 29 Chris Zebroski 6 0 0 0 6
= MF The Gambia 18 Mustapha Carayol 6 0 0 0 6
6 FW England 8 Tim Sills 2 0 1 1 4
7 DF England 4 Mark Ellis 3 0 0 0 3
= MF England 14 Chris Hargreaves 3 0 0 0 3
= MF England 19 Danny Stevens 1 0 0 2 3
10 MF Northern Ireland 15 Wayne Carlisle 2 0 0 0 2
= MF England 7 Lee Mansell 2 0 0 0 2
= DF England 5 Chris Robertson 2 0 0 0 2
13 MF Northern Ireland 32 Eunan O'Kane 1 0 0 0 1
= MF Trinidad and Tobago 33 Jake Thomson 1 0 0 0 1
= DF Wales 6 Chris Todd 1 0 0 0 1
Own goals 2 0 0 0 2
TOTALS 64 7 1 5 77

Source: Torquay United

Disciplinary Record

Number Nation Position Name League Two FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
YC Red card YC Red card YC Red card YC Red card YC Red card
7 England MF Lee Mansell 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
11 England MF Nicky Wroe 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
4 England DF Mark Ellis 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
14 England MF Chris Hargreaves 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
5 Scotland DF Chris Robertson 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
22 England DF Adam Smith 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
23 England DF Kieran Charnock 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1
15 Northern Ireland MF Wayne Carlisle 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
34 England DF Guy Branston 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
9 England FW Elliot Benyon 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
6 Wales DF Chris Todd 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
29 England FW Chris Zebroski 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
8 England FW Tim Sills 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
8 Austria FW Ashley Barnes 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
18 The Gambia MF Mustapha Carayol 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
10 England FW Scott Rendell 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
12 England MF Tyrone Thompson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
33 Trinidad and Tobago MF Jake Thomson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
34 Northern Ireland MF Eunan O'Kane 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19 England MF Danny Stevens 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 67 3 4 0 1 0 2 0 74 3

Source: Torquay United

Transfers

In

Date Nat. Pos. Name From Fee References
10 July 2009 England FW Ben Joyce Swindon Town Free [4]
5 August 2009 England DF Kieran Charnock Peterborough United Undisclosed [5]
1 September 2009 England MF Marvin Williams Brentford Undisclosed [6]
6 January 2010 England FW Chris Zebroski Wycombe Wanderers £25,000 [7]
11 January 2010 Northern Ireland MF Eunan O'Kane Coleraine Free [8]
1 February 2010 England DF Lathaniel Rowe-Turner Leicester City Undisclosed [9]
11 February 2010 Guinea DF Mo Camara St Mirren Free [10]
24 May 2010 England DF Ed Palmer Trainee n/a [11]
24 May 2010 England FW Ashley Yeoman Trainee n/a [11]
27 May 2010 England GK Danny Potter Unattached n/a [12]
3 June 2010 Northern Ireland FW Billy Kee Unattached n/a [13]
30 June 2010 England MF Lloyd Macklin Unattached n/a [14]

Out

Date Nat. Pos. Name From Fee References
29 September 2009 England GK Martin Rice Truro City Free
4 December 2009 England MF Marvin Williams Released n/a [15]
15 January 2010 England FW Tim Sills Stevenage Borough Undisclosed [16]
28 January 2010 England MF Chris Hargreaves Oxford United Free [17]
14 May 2010 England MF Steve Adams Released n/a [18]
14 May 2010 England DF Michael Brough Released n/a [18]
14 May 2010 Guinea DF Mo Camara Released n/a [18]
14 May 2010 England DF Lee Hodges Released n/a [18]
14 May 2010 England FW Ben Joyce Released n/a [18]
14 May 2010 England MF Tyrone Thompson Released n/a [18][19]
14 May 2010 Wales DF Chris Todd Released n/a [18]
20 May 2010 The Gambia MF Mustapha Carayol Lincoln City £35,000 [20][21]
2 June 2010 England FW Matt Green Oxford City Undisclosed [22]

Loans in

Date Nat. Pos. Name From Fee References
28 July 2009 England FW Scott Rendell Peterborough United End of season [23]
1 September 2009 England GK Michael Poke Southampton End of season [24]
17 September 2009 England FW Danny Mills Peterborough United 21 October 2009 [25][26]
27 October 2009 Trinidad and Tobago MF Jake Thomson Southampton End of season [27]
20 November 2009 England DF Adam Smith Tottenham Hotspur End of season [28][29]
20 November 2009 England FW Chris Zebroski Wycombe Wanderers 6 January 2010 [28]
22 January 2010 England MF Sam Cox Tottenham Hotspur 11 February 2010 [10][30]
29 January 2010 England DF Guy Branston Burton Albion End of season [31]
9 February 2010 Austria FW Ashley Barnes Plymouth Argyle 11 March 2010 [32][33]
19 February 2010 England MF Lloyd Macklin Swindon Town 21 March 2010 [34][35]
6 May 2010 England GK Steve Collis Bristol City 13 May 2010 [36]

Loans out

Date Nat. Pos. Name From Fee References
18 August 2009 England DF Mark Ellis Forest Green Rovers 15 September 2009 [37][38]
18 August 2009 England MF Steve Adams Forest Green Rovers 15 September 2009 [37][38]
29 August 2009 England GK Martin Rice Truro City 29 September 2009 [39]
17 September 2009 The Gambia MF Mustapha Carayol Kettering Town 10 December 2009 [25]
25 September 2009 England DF Michael Brough Stevenage Borough 25 October 2009 [40]
1 October 2009 England FW Ben Joyce Weston-super-Mare End of season [41]
9 October 2009 England DF Lee Hodges Truro City End of season [42][43]
12 October 2009 England MF Steve Adams Truro City End of season [43][44]
4 November 2009 England DF Michael Brough Mansfield Town End of season [45][46]
26 November 2009 Wales DF Chris Todd Salisbury City 1 January 2010 [47]
9 January 2010 Wales DF Chris Todd Newport County End of season [48]

Notes

1 . This match was played at a neutral venue due to the poor state of the pitch at Stockport's Edgeley Park ground.

References

  1. ↑ "Five goal stunner warns Gulls the award". League Managers Association.
  2. ↑ "Torquay secure status". Sky Sports. 2010-04-17. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
  3. ↑ "Gulls hold Magpies at home". Sky Sports. 2010-05-08. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  4. ↑ "Trialist agrees contract with Gulls". torquayutd.com. 2009-07-10. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
  5. ↑ "Charnock agrees Gulls move". Sky Sports. 2009-08-05. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
  6. ↑ "Williams joins Gulls". Sky Sports. 2009-09-01. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
  7. ↑ "Torquay United sign Wycombe Wanderers' Chris Zebroski". BBC Sport. 2010-01-06. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
  8. ↑ "Gulls swoop for O'Kane". Sky Sports. 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2010-01-15.
  9. ↑ "Torquay sign Leicester man Lathaniel Rowe-Turner". BBC Sport. 2010-02-01. Retrieved 2010-02-02.
  10. 1 2 "Gulls land Camara". Sky Sports. 2010-02-11. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
  11. 1 2 "Six-month Gulls deals for striker Yeoman and centre-half Palmer". Herald Express. 2010-05-25. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
  12. ↑ "Torquay snap up former Cambridge keeper Danny Potter". BBC Sport. 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
  13. ↑ "Kee makes Torquay switch". Sky Sports. 2010-06-03. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
  14. ↑ "Winger Lloyd Macklin set to sign for Torquay". BBC Sport. 2010-06-30. Retrieved 2010-07-01.
  15. ↑ "Torquay set for Stanley clash". Herald Express. 2009-12-04. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
  16. ↑ "Stevenage sign striker Tim Sills from Torquay United". BBC Sport. 2010-01-15. Retrieved 2010-01-15.
  17. ↑ "Torquay veteran Chris Hargreaves clinches Oxford return". BBC Sport. 2010-01-29. Retrieved 2010-02-02.
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Seven players released by Torquay United". BBC Sport. 2010-05-14. Retrieved 2010-05-14.
  19. ↑ "Torquay to release Thompson". Sky Sports. 2010-04-30. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
  20. ↑ "Carayol makes Lincoln move". Sky Sports. 2010-05-20. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
  21. ↑ "Carayol will cost £35,000". vitalfootball.co.uk. 2010-08-17. Retrieved 2011-07-07.
  22. ↑ "Green joins Oxford from Gulls". Sky Sports. 2010-06-08. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
  23. ↑ "Rendell moves to Torquay on loan". BBC Sport. 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
  24. ↑ "Torquay loan keeper Poke". Sky Sports. 2009-09-01. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
  25. 1 2 "Gulls sign striker Mills on loan". BBC Sport. 2009-09-18. Retrieved 2009-09-19.
  26. ↑ "Posh recall Mills". Sky Sports. 2009-10-21. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
  27. ↑ "Torquay scoop Saints midfielder". BBC Sport. 2009-10-27. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
  28. 1 2 "Gulls land duo". Sky Sports. 2009-11-21. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  29. ↑ "Smith sticks with Gulls". Sky Sports. 2009-12-30. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
  30. ↑ "Gulls agree Cox deal". Sky Sports. 2010-01-19. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
  31. ↑ "Torquay sign defender Guy Branston from Burton Albion". BBC Sport. 2010-01-29. Retrieved 2010-02-02.
  32. ↑ "Torquay sign Plymouth striker Ashley Barnes on loan". BBC Sport. 2010-02-09. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
  33. ↑ "United press on without Barnes". Herald Express. 2010-03-12. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
  34. ↑ "Macklin makes Gulls move". Sky Sports. 2010-02-19. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  35. ↑ "Buckle aims to beat deadline". Herald Express. 2010-03-22. Retrieved 2010-03-22.
  36. ↑ "Collis to aid Gulls". Sky Sports. 2010-05-06. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
  37. 1 2 "Forest Green snap up Torquay duo". BBC Sport. 2009-08-18. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
  38. 1 2 "Adams and Ellis return to Plainmoor". Herald Express. 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2009-09-19.
  39. ↑ "Gulls keeper in loan deal". Herald Express. 2009-08-29. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
  40. ↑ "Brough chooses the Stevenage option". Herald Express. 2009-09-26. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
  41. ↑ "Joyce Completes Move To Weston". torquayunited.com. 2009-10-01. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
  42. ↑ "Hodges goes west". Herald Express. 2009-10-09. Retrieved 2009-10-12.
  43. 1 2 "Torquay's Steve Adams and Lee Hodges to stay at Truro". BBC Sport. 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2010-01-15.
  44. ↑ "Now Adams goes on loan". Herald Express. 2009-10-12. Retrieved 2009-10-12.
  45. ↑ "Mansfield sign midfielder Brough". BBC Sport. 2009-11-04. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
  46. ↑ "Mansfield Town sign Michael Brough from Torquay". BBC Sport. 2010-01-07. Retrieved 2010-01-07.
  47. ↑ "Salisbury bring Todd back on loan". BBC Sport. 2009-11-27. Retrieved 2009-11-28.
  48. ↑ "Newport loan for Torquay defender Chris Todd". BBC Sport. 2010-01-10. Retrieved 2010-01-15.
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