timbo
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Post by timbo on May 2, 2010 10:49:38 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2010 9:36:20 GMT
Another big thank you to Timbo who has given us much to mull over this season with his old Plainmoor programmes. They’ve certainly enabled us to learn new things about the club’s history as well as to add detail to what we knew about already.
As for this one, there’s an understandable interest – which we’ve reported before – about the appearance of Tommy Lawton at Plainmoor. I just love the comment about “many people of somewhat pedestrian wit” getting a kick out of calling his club “Lawton County”.
And Bill Luscombe is there leading the call for more people to join the supporters club in a bid to enlist a thousand members. He makes the claim that “today Torquay United stand as one of the finest clubs in the country”. At first reading that sounds like a rather bold and outrageous thing to say. But think about it – both in the context of how many thousands of clubs there were and how entry to the Football League was still comparatively recent – and you can appreciate the pride people took in the club’s achievement. And, to reinforce the point, once again take a look at the reserve team’s fixture list. All 1st XI opponents with the exception of Exeter City Reserves.
And, seeing Merthyr Tydfil FC on that fixture list, it's a reminder of how that club appears to be on its last legs (something which could still save Tiverton Town from being relegated). There's talk of reforming as Merthyr Town (the name of the club we played in the 1920s and 1930s) and playing in the Western League next season.
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merse
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Post by merse on May 4, 2010 10:33:09 GMT
There's talk of reforming as Merthyr Town (the name of the club we played in the 1920s and 1930s) and playing in the Western League next season.  That would be absolutely criminal. UEFA have given the Welsh so much money over the past few years to set up their OWN National Pyramid that any Welsh club should be barred from ever again entering OUR football structure. Staying in Welsh football would reduce their travel overheads for a start. Personally, I would go even further and compel any Welsh club curently in the English set up to move to the Welsh Leagues. I can't think of one Welsh club that brings anything to the game that can't be brought by an English club, in fact we could show good will and let them have Luton Town couldn't we!  Any news on whether Buckland Athletic are making a (legitimate) effort for Western League status by the way Barty? |
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Jon
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Post by Jon on May 5, 2010 22:19:16 GMT
And Bill Luscombe is there leading the call for more people to join the supporters club in a bid to enlist a thousand members. He makes the claim that “today Torquay United stand as one of the finest clubs in the country”. At first reading that sounds like a rather bold and outrageous thing to say. But think about it – both in the context of how many thousands of clubs there were and how entry to the Football League was still comparatively recent – and you can appreciate the pride people took in the club’s achievement. I see that Bill says the club was founded in 1900. Make your mind up Bill, was it 1898 or 1900? It is a good point about what constitutes "one of the finest clubs in the country". We tend to take it for granted that Torquay is totally entitled to demand a Football League club as an absolute minimum. Men such as Bill Luscombe would never have dreamed of playing in the Football League when they formed the original club in 1899 (or 1898 or 1900 . Even when the new professional club was formed just 27 years before the date of this programme, few people would have imagined that Torquay would ever be in the Football League - getting to and staying in the Southern League was viewed as a tremendous challenge. |
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