Mansfield Town(H). 13/04/68.

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Mansfield Town(H). 13/04/68. Apr 30, 2020 11:36:31 GMT

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Post by timbo on Apr 30, 2020 11:36:31 GMT

Result: 0-2.

Attendance: 11081.

I felt sure that this one had already been posted by me but cant find it.

This was my first ever visit to Plainmoor.

At the time I had no interest in football whatsoever, went with my Dad, his friend and my Brother when I lived at Ashprington.

Also went to one other match but cant remember which.

Didn't go again until the 75/76 season after moving to Marldon in 1974.

My Dad used to buy Lottery tickets from John Jewers and one day he asked me if I wanted to be an agent for Marldon, I said yes was an agent right up to the end, because of this I got in for nothing.

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Mansfield Town(H). 13/04/68. Apr 30, 2020 12:07:54 GMT

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Apr 30, 2020 11:36:31 GMT timbo said:

Result: 0-2.

Remember the game and the date - Easter weekend I was in Bruges, Belgium, on a football tour with my South Devon Youth League club Newtor United. We were all United supporters and as news wasn't as it is today it wasn't until the following morning that we found the result. I can remember the disbelief and the reality setting in for the first time that having been top of the table throughout the season we may now struggle to even get promoted. Our doubts were of course valid as we finished 4th and being before the play-offs that was it. A season to be proud of in hindsight but deeply disappointing at the time having been so far ahead at the top......

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Mansfield Town(H). 13/04/68. Apr 30, 2020 23:45:03 GMT rjdgull likes this

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Apr 30, 2020 11:36:31 GMT timbo said:

I felt sure that this one had already been posted by me but cant find it.

You did Timbo, but glad you have reposted as the links were dead on the old one.

torquayfansforum.co.uk/thread/127/come-united-fan?page=4

Feb 3, 2009 22:27:24 GMT timbo said:

My first visit to Plainmoor was on the 13th of March 1968 for the game against Mansfield Town which we lost 0-2.
I was not interested in football at the time and had never heard of Torquay United.Even though I was old enough to remember,I didn`t even know England had won the World cup two years before!
When I lived at Sharpham(near Asprington,Totnes) my Dad and a family friend(Ernie Edwards)took me and my brother to the match.
I don`t remember anything about the match except for struggling through the 11,081 crowd to get to the loo!
Went to one more game during that near miss season,but can`t remember who it was against.
I started going regularly at the start of the 75/76 season after my family moved to Marldon and became a Lottery/Bingo agent for Torquay United which entitled me to a complimentary ticket for each home match.
Some people thought I became a supporter because my initials are TU,but this not the case.

What do all these clubs have in common?

Newport County, Aldershot, Chester, Halifax, Hereford, Darlington, Maidstone, Wimbledon

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