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Post by gullone on May 3, 2016 16:30:52 GMT
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Post by Jon on May 4, 2016 23:14:50 GMT
The 1937 Division 2 title was won by ex-TUFC manager Frank Womack. Six points from ten games (one from the last six) before his arrival, fifty from 32 after. A miracle of Nicholsonesque proportions.
Another ex-TUFC manager won the Division 2 title for them in 1971.
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Post by steve61 on Jun 16, 2020 14:10:08 GMT
Towers joined Torquay in 1946. Why were we giving him a Benefit game in 1952 ? I thought back then, it was 10 years before you got a benefit game.
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Post by rjdgull on Jun 16, 2020 16:52:35 GMT
Towers joined Torquay in 1946. Why were we giving him a Benefit game in 1952 ? I thought back then, it was 10 years before you got a benefit game. Possibly because he lost a lot of his football career in the army during WW2? Would have been 19 at the outbreak of war and 26 when he joined us so 32 for this game and maybe that age was deemed more important after 6 years of good service. Ironically, he did stay with us for another 4 years. |
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Post by Jon on Jun 16, 2020 23:47:53 GMT
Towers joined Torquay in 1946. Why were we giving him a Benefit game in 1952 ? I thought back then, it was 10 years before you got a benefit game. Not sure if there are or were rules on when a benefit can be awarded. Is there a difference between a benefit and a testimonial? There is a list here: torquayfansforum.co.uk/thread/12116/testimonialsQuite a few with less than ten years' service. Sometimes due to careers ended by injury (Adlington, Stocks, Hickman). Some just negotiated by the player as part of a contract package perhaps? Not sure. Towers did eventually play just short of ten seasons for us. Mentioned in the McDonough thread as signing for Dartmouth United in 1960 - just after his 40th birthday! Towards the end of his time at Plainmoor was a part-timer as he qualified to become a teacher. |
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