Torquay United SOS (TUST submit bid to buy TUFC)

[LittleAmerica]

Hello Green Army,

Well times at Torquay United are dire indeed.
Most of us fans who have followed the club through good and bad times are of the mind that our owner is overseeing a managed decline to achieve his end goal.

This is a call to the Green Army, our friendly (or not so friendly at times) rivals, but not anymore, we are light years behind you, to come along and add to the volume of protests and assist us in whatever way possible to shine a light on and draw attention to the regime in play at Plainmoor. TUFC is being stolen from the fans and the town and we need all the support we can get to protest against it. It's not about getting back in the league anymore, it's about ensuring the club exists still in the near future.
Every home game is now a protest for the long overdue sacking of Johnson, but much more of a bigger issue, Clark Osborne.

Thanks for reading.

 

[Deacster]

Sounds like you have bad owners, with no interest in the club just the ground?

 

[LittleAmerica]

Sounds like you have bad owners, with no interest in the club just the ground?

Something like that. It's not 100% clear what his end goal is but he has stated he has no love of football, is all business and is a property developer, or land grabber and seller. He is the cretin behind Rovers losing their ground and playing in Bath for 10 years.
Our results are dire and nowhere else would it be accepted, but Johnson just carries on. He is at training once a week if that and it's obvious on the pitch, he lives near Bristol.
We now have heavy handed security in the ground to manhandle any protestors, including kids.

 

[IJN]

He sniffed around PAFC and it was obvious that he only wanted to know about the ground. His interest was fleeting.

 

[LittleAmerica]

He sniffed around PAFC and it was obvious that he only wanted to know about the ground. His interest was fleeting.

Likely saw Argyle as a much tougher nut to crack, whereas Torquay, on the whole smaller and softer, a lot of happy clappers we have.
In addition, a more easily corruptible local council.

 

[IJN]

No he only moved on because he could never sell our ground, as it is knee deep in covenants.

As for your council, I've been watching from afar and there's certainly something dodgy going on.

Good luck with your fight.

 

[Green Bay]

Hey I traveled the short distances to Plainmoor today with my daughter as Argyle we’re many miles away. Don’t know much about the owners and the situation, but what I will say if your going to protest its going to take a bit more than About 20 teenagers a drum and a bed sheet as a banner in the pop side, just saying might need to get a bit more organised. Hope it all works out for you. Sad to see the club where it is.

 

[LittleAmerica]

Hey I traveled the short distances to Plainmoor today with my daughter as Argyle we’re many miles away. Don’t know much about the owners and the situation, but what I will say if your going to protest its going to take a bit more than About 20 teenagers a drum and a bed sheet as a banner in the pop side, just saying might need to get a bit more organised. Hope it all works out for you. Sad to see the club where it is.

I completely agree. Hence a call for help, we have too many happy clappers, though the discontent is growing as it should have done a long time back. What would be great would be an organised protest outside the ground during a game, of a number to large to suppress and too noticable for the media to ignore also.

 

[RB00194]

Used to live in Torquay and went there a few times. Nice ground. Great Staff and the friendliest supporters I've come across. Good luck in your fight. Fight the council as well.

 

[Green Bay]

Yeah I think an organised protest outside the ground is good, may be support the team for the first 45 then take it outside, didn’t see any support for the gulls today not one song.

 

[CarolinaGreen]

I think the only thing that a businessman up to no good hates the most is bad publicity in their home towns. Have you looked into how Wrexham fans dealt with Stephen Cleeve? He was a property developer who lived a few hundred miles away. Somehow they forced him to sell. I know that from the documentary obviously, but not much detail.

 

[AdelaideGreen]

Sad to see what Torquay are facing.
My first experience of a (non school) football ground is when my Dad took me to Plainmoor (he did not like Argyle 😧).

 

[Mexijan1]

Despite having the wing mirror of my MK1 Capri smashed off, which was about the only fully functional thing on that car, when we visited Plainmoor always had a soft spot for the Gulls. Hope you can sort it out hard enough when it's a league team but when you drop lower down the order the sharks will circle. Cost me 2 quid to replace that bloody mirror 5% of the cars value but I'm over it now......just.

 

[999mattyg]

As someone mentioned earlier, you need to find a friendly ear on the council. Sounds like there’s something dodgy going on. Good luck. Very sad times for TUFC.
Maybe set up a protest crowdfunder after creating a plan of action. 👍

 

[Mexijan1]

As someone mentioned earlier, you need to find a friendly ear on the council. Sounds like there’s something dodgy going on. Good luck. Very sad times for TUFC.
Maybe set up a protest crowdfunder after creating a plan of action. 👍

Honestly I complained to the Police, who detained me at the time, and a crowdfunder seems a bit extreme for 2 quid but thanks for the support,