FAN ZONE By Nick Brodrick, TUST's Chair and TUFC board member. ************************** FANS  DIVIDED  OVER  WOTTON  SACKING  AS  NEIL  WARNOCK  TAKES  TEMPORARY  ROLE  CLUB  BOARD  SIFTS  THROUGH  APPLICANTS  TO  DRAW  UP  SHORT LIST  UNITED  WOMEN  HIT  EIGHT  IN  SOMERSET  IN  SEARCH  OF  TITLE It’s been another busy week for us TUST appointed directors of the football club as both Danni and myself were fully involved in the board meetings discussing Paul Wotton’s positi

FAN ZONE By Nick Brodrick, TUST's Chair and TUFC board member. ************************** AWAY  DAY  BLUES  INJURIES  AND  DROPPED  POINTS  AS  DORKING  MOVE  AHEAD IN  NEED  OF  A  LAUGH?  SPECIAL  CODE  FOR  TUST  MEMBERS  FOR  CHARLIE  BAKER YOUR  CLUB  NEEDS  YOU  - LET’S  PACK  PLAINMOOR  TOMORROW  AND  THROUGH  MARCH t’s looking like everyone connected with Torquay United will breathe a big sigh of relief when this month comes to an end tomorrow regardless of the result

FAN ZONE By Nick Brodrick, TUST's Chair and TUFC board member. ************************** THE  BLUEBIRDS  CHIPPED  AWAY  TO  STEAL  THE  POINTS  FROM  THE  GULLS THE  CLUB  WOULD  LOVE  TO  SEE  A  BIG  VALENTINE’S  DAY  CROWD STILL  TIME  TO  BE  IN  SATURDAY’S  1899  LOTTO  DRAW Potholes. If you ask what’s the most irritating part of driving at the moment, I’m guessing the answer of the majority will be potholes.  But for Paul Wotton, Tuesday evening’s unexpected loss in Wi

FAN ZONE By Nick Brodrick, TUST's Chair and TUFC board member. ************************** THREE  AWAY  WINS  ON  THE  SPIN  BUT  RAIN  STOPS PLAY  AS  UNITED  TEAMS  HIT  THE  TOP DOUBLES  FROM  YOUNG  AND  COOKE  ARE  SO  IMPORTANT COULD  YOU  BE  THE  LOVED  ONE  ON  VALENTINE’S  DAY  SCOOPING  THE  1899  LOTTO? Those of us with blurred memories due to age recall matches played in the 20 th century on pitches filled with surface water when sliding tackles lived up to their

FAN ZONE By Nick Brodrick, TUST's Chair and TUFC board member. ************************** UNITED  RIDE  THEIR  ENFIELD  LUCK  AS  LOANEE  WILSON  RIFLES  TORQUAY  TO  THREE  POINTS WHAT  A  WEEKEND  AS  UNITED’S  WOMEN  HIT  THE  TOP  TEN  MERVO  REMEMBERED  WITH  A  NUMBER  OF  HEARTFELT  TRIBUTES   Enfield, the name synonymous with rifles and motorbikes, for their second season running are facing the prospect of relegation from National South, so were difficult opponents la

FAN ZONE By Nick Brodrick, TUST's Chair and TUFC board member. ************************** REDDY  STEADY  GO  AS  UNITED  WAVE  GOODBYE  TO  THE  TOP  TWO  SCORERS BUT  UNITED  HATCH  A  PLAN  TO  BRING  IN  A STRIKER  THANKS  TO  TUST GOALKEEPER  INJURY  TIMEOUTS  RAISES  YOUR  TEMPERATURES Last Saturday was Red Card Day normally associated with Valentine Day on February 14 th but there was certainly no love lost between Torquay manager Paul Wotton, Maidstone boss George Elo

FAN ZONE By Nick Brodrick, TUST's Chair and TUFC board member. ************************** FOURMIDABLE  UNITED  LIGHTEN  UP  PLAINMOOR  THANKS  TO  LD       HAVE  YOUR  SAY  ON  TACTICAL  GOALKEEPING  TIMEOUTS  AS  LAW  MAY  CHANGE                  LOOK  BACK  IN  TIME  TO  FA  CUP  ROUND  THREE  100  YEARS  AGO With apologies to Stevie Wonder there were four Master Blaster examples at Plainmoor last Saturday enjoyed by 3,036, including 19 from Hampton, whose manager Alan Dows

FAN ZONE By Nick Brodrick, TUST's Chair and TUFC board member. ************************** WHITE  CLIFFS?  DOVER  SOLE?  IT’S  SNOW  JOKE  AS  FANS  DRIVE  520  MILES  FOR  NOUGHT         ASA  GETS  THE  BETTER  OF  HIS  OLD  BOSS  AS  TIVVY  WIN  TWO  IN  A  ROW CHRISTMAS  QUIZ  ANSWERS  AND  JOINT  WINNERS We begin this week’s fans’ zone column with an old call sign joke, ‘Dover and out’ and a new mystery book on the shelves, ‘Tragedy on the White Cliffs’ by Eileen Dover. Bu

FAN ZONE By Nick Brodrick, TUST's Chair and TUFC board member. ************************** WHAT  A  SHOWER  AS  UNITED  DROP  VITAL  POINTS  AT  BATH  AFTER   WESTON  WIN      AT  70  GARY  JOHNSON  IS  BACK  AS  HE  PLOTS  A  RARE  TAUNTON  HOME  SUCCESS                        READY  SPREADY  GO!  NAME  THAT  GRITTER  COMPETITION   First, very Happy New Year wishes to all our TUST members and others who read this. Let’s hope 2026 fulfils all our dreams and hopes. Over 5,000 m

FAN ZONE By Nick Brodrick, TUST's Chair and TUFC board member. ************************** UNITED  RETURN  TO  LEAGUE  FOOTBALL  IN  HAMPSHIRE  AS  THE  PROMOTION  RACE  BUILDS    DO  FIFA  FA  AND  TV  COMPANIES  EVER  CONSIDER  THE  VALUE  OF  FOOTBALL  FANS?        HERE  IT  IS - THIS  YEAR’S  CHRISTMAS  QUIZ  TESTING  YOUR  UNITED  KNOWLEDGE After a blank Saturday, thanks to being knocked out of the FA Trophy, for players and fans it’s back to National South league action

FAN ZONE By Nick Brodrick, TUST's Chair and TUFC board member. ************************** ANGELS  DELIGHT  AS  TONBRIDGE  WHIP  UNITED  INTO  AN  EARLY  CHRISTMAS  HEARTACHE          DO  FOOTBALL  AUTHORITIES  CONSIDER  FANS  WHEN  ARRANGING  FIXTURES? HEART-WARMING  STORY  OF  UNITED  FAN  FROM  READ  EASY Five wins on the spin, a home game in front of a big pre-Christmas Plainmoor crowd against lowly opposition – what could go wrong? Well, the heavy rain accompanied by thun

Read Easy During the year we at TUST have been pleased to promote two local charities, Karing and Read Easy helping to raise their profile. With Christmas around the corner, here is a story from Read Easy about Torquay United fan Anthony, a heart- warming tale. Any help through volunteering at either Karing or Read Easy would be much appreciated. SUPPORT TUST - SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY

FAN ZONE By Nick Brodrick, TUST's Chair and TUFC board member. ************************** HIGH  FIVES  AS  UNITED’S  UNBEATEN  RUN  CONTINUES  AFTER  TWO  EARLY  CHRISTMAS  CRACKERS              CHECK  OUT  THE  NATIONAL  SOUTH  NOMINATIONS  FOR  NOVEMBER                     WHAT  MUSIC  TO  ENJOY  WHILE  DRINKING  IN  THE  STANDS? A fifth win on the spin, a first win at Chelmsford and two strikes which should be ‘Goal of the Season’ contenders taking United to joint top of N

FAN ZONE By Nick Brodrick, TUST's Chair and TUFC board member. ************************** DANNI’S  NIGHT  OF  WESTCOUNTRY  WOMEN  AWARD  HONOUR WHAT  A  WEEK  AT  PLAINMOOR  10  GOALS,  STRIKERS  ON  FIRE  AND  WHAT  A  COMEBACK HOW  ABOUT  A  VX3  TUST  T-SHIRT  OR  POLO  SHIRT  OR  MORE  FOR  CHRISTMAS? This week’s fans’ zone kicks off with a huge success story away from events on the pitch. The Westcountry Women Awards celebrate and empower extraordinary women across the r

FAN ZONE By Nick Brodrick, TUST's Chair and TUFC board member. ************************** UNITED  FAIL  THE  MAIDSTONE  TEST  AS  DO ENGLAND’S  CRICKETERS WHAT  WOULD  YOU  VOTE  FOR  AS  YOUR  RUN  OUT  MUSIC? LEARN  ABOUT  HOW  LOCAL  CHARITY  KARING  IS  HERE  TO  HELP  A week after the event is anyone still disappointed that United were dumped out of the FA Trophy last Saturday? Another home defeat, following close behind Hornchurch, was not what was wanted but it does se

FAN ZONE By Nick Brodrick, TUST's Chair and TUFC board member. ************************** UNITED  ON  SONG  AS  THEY  BANISH  AWAY  DAY  BLUES        CAN  YOU  SIGN  THE  3UP  CAMPAIGN  PETITION?         HOW  ABOUT  THE NON-LEAGUE  SIDE  WHICH  BOASTS  £132M  OF  TALENT? Football and music often feel synonymous, music is played over stadiums’ PA systems and what about football songs which have charted? There’s England’s 1970 World Cup team’s ‘Back Home’, Chelsea’s ‘Blue is th

FAN ZONE By Nick Brodrick, TUST's Chair and TUFC board member. ************************** DENNIS  THE  MENACE  LIGHTS  UP  UNITED’S  AWAY  FORM   ROCKET  START  BLOWS  FARNBOROUGH  AWAY  AFTER  HORNCHURCH  DISAPPOINTMENT                 MAIDENHEAD’S  DEVONSHIRE  THE  CREAM  OF  BERKSHIRE  800  UP ‘Remember, remember the fifth of November’, so goes the rhyme about Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators trying to blow up Parliament back in 1605.  In 2025 November 5 th will be reme

FAN ZONE By Nick Brodrick, TUST's Chair and TUFC board member. **************************   THIS  SATURDAY  WILL  IT  BE  A  HALLOWE’EN  SHOCK  OR  TREAT?   HOW  CAN  THE  SAME  GROUP  OF  PLAYERS  BE  SO  DIFFERENT  AT  AWAY  GAMES?             WOMEN’S  FA  CUP  TIE  SETS  NEW  PLAINMOOR  ATTENDANCE  RECORD   What’s in store tomorrow? Will it be a trick or treat left over from today’s Hallowe’en? Last Saturday’s shocking first half left United fans well and truly spooked and

FAN ZONE By Nick Brodrick, TUST's Chair and TUFC board member. **************************   TWO  GOALS  OF  THE  SEASON  CONTENDERS  FRY  THE  CHIPS                       COUNCIL  LEADERS  ENJOY  A  SPECIAL  NIGHT  AT  PLAINMOOR              SUNDAY’S  WOMEN’S  DEVON  DERBY  COULD  SET  A  RECORD  ATTENDANCE You can’t please all of the people all of the time and this seems pretty appropriate for football fans. Football matches have always been about opinions and it’s an intere

FAN ZONE By Nick Brodrick, TUST's Chair and TUFC board member. ************************** SURELY  IT’S  TOO  EARLY  FOR  CARROLL ...