FAN ZONE By Nick Brodrick, TUST's Chair and TUFC board member. ************************** IN THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF A FOOTBALL CLUB IT’S A WEEKEND OF MIXED EMOTIONS IT’S MY PARTY AND I’LL CRY IF I WANT TO FOR THE YELLOW ARMY BUT EVERYTHING’S ALRIGHT FOR UNITED’S WOMEN AS PROMOTION CONFIRMED We all awoke on Saturday morning full of hope and high expectations for what was meant to be a double celebratory weekend. Our men’s side was going to go o

FAN ZONE By Nick Brodrick, TUST's Chair and TUFC board member. ************************** BLOOD SWEAT TEARS (OF JOY) RIBS AND DEON MOORE THE MERRIER AS FINAL LOOMS UNITED WOMEN DEVON COUNTY CHAMPIONS AND (ALMOST) TITLE WINNERS LOOKING FOR A SUMMER READ? LOOK NO FURTHER THAN THE GULLS NEST Looking back last weekend (men winning at Tonbridge, women beating Gloucester at Plainmoor) was meant to be a kind of dress rehearsal for this weekend just go

FAN ZONE By Nick Brodrick, TUST's Chair and TUFC board member. ************************** A WEEKEND TO SAVOUR AS BOTH THE MEN AND WOMEN WIN CRUCIAL GAMES TUST’S FOREVER YELLOW MEMBERSHIP SCHEME OFF TO A FLIER FANS’ FORUM AND GALA AWARDS EVENING MAKE IT A MEMORABLE WEEK What a weekend to be a Torquay United fan and either a men’s or women’s player as the results have both teams on the cusp of maybe something great. On Saturday a tremendous 2-1 win a

FAN ZONE By Nick Brodrick, TUST's Chair and TUFC board member. ************************** IN PERSON OR ONLINE FANS’ FORUM IN BOOTS & LACES TUESDAY 21ST UNITED’S WOMEN EIGHT UP SALTASH IN MID-WEEK WIN TOWARDS TITLE UNITED’S ROCKET START HAS SLOUGH FANS LOOKING FOR MARS BAR COMFORT In a blistering seventeen minutes United blasted a shell-shocked Slough to Mars (not the chocolate coated bar made in Slough since 1932) further than the American’s Arte

FAN ZONE By Nick Brodrick, TUST's Chair and TUFC board member. ************************** DYLAN’S MAGIC ROUNDABOUT EASTER MONDAY HAT-TRICK BOOSTS UNITED UNITED’S WOMEN’S TITLE DECIDER AT FOREST GREEN ON SUNDAY? WE’RE AFTER YOUR TORQUAY UNITED MEMORIES Last weekend just got even better on Easter Monday. Sunshine, a bumper Plainmoor crowd including a decent 200 from Bath, a great atmosphere, a hat-trick and three more welcome points. And what a transformati

FAN ZONE By Nick Brodrick, TUST's Chair and TUFC board member. ************************** JIMMY’S EASTER WEEKEND GETS OFF TO A CRACKING START WITH WESTON EGGCITEMENT AMMUNITION OFF THE BENCH FIRES UNITED TO THREE POINTS WITH DENNIS THE MENACE LOCAL CHARITY READ EASY HELPING TORBAY’S NON-READING ADULTS Turns out, not only was it a Good Friday, it was a bloody good Friday and it might have been the battle of the gulls but the Easter Bunny brought g

FAN ZONE By Nick Brodrick, TUST's Chair and TUFC board member. ************************** JIMMY’S HAVING A BALL AS HIS TORQUAY UNITED TAKES SHAPE UNITED’S MATCH-UP WITH LEADERS DORKING WAS A RIGHT DING-DONG YOUR’E NEVER TOO OLD TO BE A FOOTBALL MANAGER It might have been a wet and windy Tuesday night but United played their part in a mesmerising evening matched by a Dorking Wanderers clearly wanting three points to cement their hold on the top spot

FAN ZONE By Nick Brodrick, TUST's Chair and TUFC board member. ************************** WILL IT BE THE NEW MANAGER BOUNCE AS JIMMY BALL TAKES OVER? COULD SOME BIG PLAYERS BE RETURNING AS STRIKER MOORE SIGNS? UNITED’S WOMEN NEED YOUR SUPPORT ON SUNDAY IN TITLE CLASH After all the not unexpected speculation the announcement of Jimmy Ball as the club’s new manager came on Wednesday evening. Many had already guessed this was th

FAN ZONE By Nick Brodrick, TUST's Chair and TUFC board member. ************************** FISH CHIPS IN WITH HIS FIRST UNITED GOAL WHILE DAN MAKES IT A SONNY DAY THE ONE RONNIE SHOW HAS US ALL ENTERTAINED WITH SMILES SEVENTEEN GOALS IN TWO GAMES BOOST WOMEN’S TITLE HOPES As you might appreciate this has been a busy week in our role with the Bryn Consortium. Much of what has been happening remains confidential but the bulk of the week has invo

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