New players' tunnel

Well, welI, I think we've previously speculated as to roughly when gramophone records were first played at Plainmoor. That's an excellent discovery.

I doubt they were "spun" in those days. I guess it was also a trifle too early for Pete Wiley surely our greatest tannoy announcer since the 1950s. His longevity would make Eric Webber look like the latest temp from agency.

Now here's a thought. Who would be Torquay United's longest-serving employee ever in any capacity? I'll throw in Freddie King the groundsman. Not sure how long he was there but it seemed forever.

It's an interesting question both in terms of continuous service and overall association. Around the club at the moment Frankie Prince has clocked up some years in one stint. Kenny Veysey had come and gone but has now been around Plainmoor for nearly twenty-five years. And, if you cheat a bit with Robbie Herrera, his association with the club is even longer. I wonder too about long-serving staff who only work on match days?

Absolutely Jon I would also have gone for Cedric Munslow. He has also stuck with it through thick and very very thin and always has a smile. Good guy and what clubs like ours are built on. It is just a pity that we are still attracting supporters that think that in mid-afternoon you can put cream on top of jam on a scone! Heathens!!

I don't suppose smaller clubs can turn down any chance of a bit of extra revenue. The Club don't seem to be denying that there isn't the slightest need for this 'tunnel' but the players will have to walk through it to generate a few extra quid in sponsorship money. All part of the modern sporting commercial world and I'm sure we'llaccept it quickly. With 90 minutes almost up, will fans glance at the newly sponsored Plainmoor clock and refer to 'Extence' time rather than extra time or Fergie time ?



I've a strong suspicion that Michael Jackson's 'Beat It' was not only played at the Burton match, but also at the previous home game versus Argyle.

If the person in charge of the 45's is running short on ideas then a few of the old ones, such as that mentioned by valgull, are surely overdue another spin.

After Cedric, Dave Hepworth must be close to a runner up. He has been selling programmes at the Ellacombe End for well over 20 years I would have thought. He has missed the start of the season because of an op but will be back soon.

Cedric did have a little break from the club a few years ago. He went and worked for R.D Johns who are based in Newton Abbot, delivering meat and frozen goods. While doing that job he hit the headlines as he claimed while out doing his rounds, he saw a big cat. I believe the sighting was in the Haldon area.

I have always thought very highly of our Cedric and remember so well when Ant played a number of games for the then youth team and Cedric always let me come along on the bus to watch the games.

You do not get many better people who have given so much to a football club; Cedric is up the top with the best of them.

Didn't he run the Gulls Shop at the back of the Grandstand c.1977 alongside a character called Merse?

I think he lives a couple of doors away from the house where Ralph Birkett - the only Torquay-born man ever to play for England - was born.