IN a unique take on the history of Torquay United, I’ve just released a book which takes a closer look at half-a-century from the club’s 118-year existence.
Once described by one of their former managers as ‘a small club with a big heart’, the Gulls have enjoyed many great highs and some incredible lows during that time and Torquay United: A History in 50 Matches takes a closer look at some of these events.
They include the club’s election to the Football League in the 1920s; their halcyon days under Frank O’Farrell in the 1960s, the Bryn the Police Dog i...