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Post by johntreleven on Sept 22, 2022 23:10:10 GMT
Can anyone fill in the missing dates or sort out the other loose ends?
1965 1966 Q1 Wed 15 9 1965 H v Newton Abbot Spurs 1 1
1965 1966 Q1r A v Newton Abbot Spurs 0 0 AET?
1965 1966 Q1rr Wed 6 10 1965 H v Newton Abbot Spurs 1 2 at Torquay United
1966 1967 Q2 Wed 12 10 1966 A v Yeovil Town 0 0
1966 1967 Q2r H v Yeovil Town 4 0
1966 1967 1 Wed 9 11 1966 H v Exeter City 0 2
1967 1968 1 Sat 11 11 1967 A v Bournemouth & B.A. 0 3
1968 1969 1 H v Plymouth Argyle 0 1
1969 1970 1 H v Plymouth Argyle 1 1
1969 1970 1r A v Plymouth Argyle 1 1 AET 1-1
1969 1970 1rr A v Plymouth Argyle 1 3 at Plymouth Argyle (tossed for)
1970 1971 Q2 A v Weymouth 2 0
1970 1971 1 H v Swindon Town 3 0
1970 1971 2 H v Plymouth Argyle 0 2
1971 1972 1 H v Bristol Rovers 1 2
1972 1973 1 H v Bath City 0 0
1972 1973 1r A v Bath City 1 2
1973 1974 1 Sat 3 11 1973 A v A.F.C. Bournemouth 1 4
1974 1975 1 A v Bristol Rovers 0 2
1975 1976 Q1 A v Mangotsfield United 5 7
1976 1977 Q1 H v Andover 2 0
1976 1977 Q2 H v Bath City 1 1
1976 1977 Q2r Mon 11 10 1976 A v Bath City 0 3
1977 1978 Q1 A v Trowbridge Town 0 0
1977 1978 Q1r H v Trowbridge Town 4 1
1977 1978 Q2 A v Exeter City 2 1
1977 1978 1 H v Swansea City 6 2
1977 1978 2 Tue 6 12 1977 A v Plymouth Argyle 0 7
1978 1979 1 H v Plymouth Argyle 0 3
1979 1980 1 Wed 31 10 1979 A v A.F.C. Bournemouth 1 0
1979 1980 2 H v Bristol City 1 7
1980 1981 1 A v Bristol Rovers 0 8
1981 1982 1 A v Plymouth Argyle 1 3
1982 1983 Q0 H v A.F.C. Bournemouth 0 1
1983 1984 Q0 A v Exeter City 2 0
1983 1984 Q1 H v Wimborne Town 5 1
1983 1984 Q2 Wed 12 10 1983 A v Taunton Town 2 1
1983 1984 1 Tue 15 11 1983 H v Newport County 4 0
1983 1984 2 A v Portsmouth 1 1
1983 1984 2r H v Portsmouth 1 1 AET?
1983 1984 2rr A v Portsmouth 3 6 at Portsmouth (TBC)
1984 1985 1 Tue 13 11 1984 H v Oxford United 1 6
1985 1986 1 Wed 13 11 1985 A v Cardiff City 2 7
1986 1987 Q0 H v Weymouth 5 0
1986 1987 Q1 H v Taunton Town 8 0
1986 1987 Q2 Mon 6 10 1986 A v Exeter City 0 2
1987 1988 Q0 A v Mangotsfield United 1 1 40
1987 1988 Q0r H v Mangotsfield United 1 0 48
1987 1988 Q1 H v Cwmbran Town 4 1 71
1987 1988 Q2 A v Bristol City 0 1 51
1988 1989 Q0 A v Dorchester Town 3 0 37
1988 1989 Q1 Mon 19 9 1988 A v Gosport Borough 2 0 105
1988 1989 Q2 Wed 19 10 1988 A v Romsey Town 4 0 79
1988 1989 1 Wed 2 11 1988 A v Hereford United 0 2 96
1989 1990 Q0 A v Dorchester Town 10 0
1989 1990 Q1 H v Exeter City 1 1
1989 1990 Q1r A v Exeter City 0 1
1990 1991 Q0 Thu 23 8 1990 A v Dorchester Town 4 0
1990 1991 Q1 Tue 18 9 1990 A v Frome Town 7 0
1990 1991 Q2 Tue 9 10 1990 H v Exeter City 1 1
1990 1991 Q2r Tue 16 10 1990 A v Exeter City 1 2
1991 1992 Q0 H v Bristol Rovers 2 3
1992 1993 Q0 A v Weston super Mare 3 1 65
1992 1993 Q1 A v Gloucester City 3 1 92
1992 1993 Q2 H v Bristol Rovers 2 4 89
1993 1994 Q0 H v Yeovil Town 2 1 234
1993 1994 Q1 Mon 27 9 1993 A v Worcester City 2 1 172
1993 1994 Q2 A v Bristol Rovers 0 0 38
1993 1994 Q2r H v Bristol Rovers 3 1 256
1993 1994 1 H v Oxford United 3 2 305
1993 1994 2 H v Enfield 3 1 449
1993 1994 3 Mon 17 1 1994 A v Grimsby Town 1 3 340
1994 1995 1 Wed 2 11 1994 A v Cardiff City 1 3 61
1995 1996 1 Thu 2 11 1995 H v Welling United 2 0 140
1995 1996 2 H v Hereford United 0 1 183
1996 1997 1 A v Exeter City 7 0 275
1996 1997 2 Wed 4 12 1996 H v Swindon Town 1 1
1996 1997 2r Wed 11 12 1996 A v Swindon Town 2 0
1996 1997 3 Wed 8 1 1997 H v Luton Town 0 2 144
1997 1998 1 Tue 11 11 1997 H v Leyton Orient 3 3 207
1997 1998 1r A v Leyton Orient 4 0 88
1997 1998 2 H v Bristol City 0 3 190
1998 1999 1 Tue 27 10 1998 H v Lincoln City 0 2 201
1999 2000 1 Wed 20 10 1999 H v Cardiff City 0 3 90
2000 2001 1 Tue 10 10 2000 A v Brentford 0 4 148
2001 2002 1 Wed 10 10 2001 H v Cambridge United 1 1 AET ?-? 4-3p 91
2001 2002 2 Wed 7 11 2001 H v Purfleet 2 2 AET ?-? 3-2p 117
2001 2002 3 Wed 28 11 2001 A v Birmingham City 1 3 166
2002 2003 1 Mon 14 10 2002 H v Cardiff City 0 3 154
2003 2004 1 Thu 23 10 2003 H v Swansea City 2 1 120
2003 2004 2 Tue 4 11 2003 H v Chelmsford City 3 1 137
2003 2004 3 Wed 3 12 2003 A v Wimbledon 1 3 259
2008 2009 PQ Mon 8 9 2008 A v Bitton 1 1 AET ?-? 4-5p 66
2008 2009 Q1 Tue 23 9 2008 A v Bridgwater Town 2 0 105
2008 2009 Q2 Wed 8 10 2008 A v Team Bath 4 3 58
2008 2009 Q3 Wed 22 10 2008 A v Cirencester Town 2 5 63
2009 2010 1 Wed 4 11 2009 A v V.T. (Vosper Thornycroft) 3 2 AET 2-2 138
2009 2010 2 Wed 18 11 2009 H v Norwich City 1 0 546
2009 2010 3 Thu 17 12 2009 H v Millwall 1 3 564 Rothmans = 0-3
2010 2011 1 Wed 3 11 2010 H v Bracknell Town 4 0 139
2010 2011 2 Wed 17 11 2010 A v Brighton & Hove Albion 0 6 50 at Bognor Regis Town
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Post by stefano on Sept 23, 2022 10:31:33 GMT
I played in the 3 1969/70 games and confirm details are 100% correct. I also watched the 1965/66 0-0 at the Recreation ground and Spurs win in the 2nd replay at Plainmoor. You have queried whether extra time was played in the 0-0 draw. Although I was there I can't remember it going to extra time although it was a replay so one would have thought so. However I have a feeling it finished at 90 minutes and went straight to the 2nd replay at Plainmoor.
It was that tie when Spurs knocked Torquay out of the FA Youth Cup that saw Spurs come under a nursery club arrangement with Torquay for the next 5 years.
Not much help I know, but I was only 13 in 1965 so am 70 now! Although I can still remember all the words of Yesterday not everything has stuck so well! 🤣⚽️
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Post by nickcowell on Sept 23, 2022 22:36:51 GMT
I played in the 1977-78 youth cup run. I have some newspaper clippings somewhere.
Am still in touch with several of the players on that team who also played at TBGS: Andy Perrett, Stuart Foster, Maurice Cox, Robbie Hook (Teignmouth GS).
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Post by johntreleven on Sept 24, 2022 6:34:00 GMT
Thank you both, do either of you have "your" match dates for 69/70 & 77/78?
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Post by stefano on Sept 24, 2022 7:16:31 GMT
Thank you both, do either of you have "your" match dates for 69/70 & 77/78? Tuesday 4 November 1969 1-1 at Plainmoor. Apprentice pro Stuart McGowan gave us a 2nd minute lead (Herald Express wrongly reported at the time it was the other apprentice Phil Sandercock). Full time pro Mike Dowling equalised for Argyle 15 minutes from time with a penalty. A couple of years later Dowling scored a spectacular 30 yarder at Home Park against Pele's Santos in a 3-2 win for Argyle. I had played my first game at Home Park only a few days earlier Saturday 1 November 1969, for Devon in a 2-1 FA County Youth Cup defeat against Cornwall. Future Exeter and Argyle player Tony Kellow scored the winning goal for Cornwall. Monday 10 November 1969. Replay 1-1 at Home Park. Trainer Don Mills put our keeper from the first game Bob Gray up front as striker and brought Robbie Robbins in in goal. Phil Sandercock gave us the lead on 60 minutes with a 25 yarder into the top corner at the Devonport End beating future Tottenham keeper Peta Ba'lac hands down. Argyle equalised with 10 minutes to go after a rare mistake by Robbie Robbins who came for a high punted ball about 12 yards out but didn't get there and it was headed over him trickling into the net. Similar goal to our recent play off goal against Hartlepool other than it wasn't their keeper who scored it! Extra time produced no more goals. Monday 17 November 1969. 2nd replay at Home Park having lost the toss of the coin after first replay for venue. Lost 3-1. Ian Twitchin was our goal scorer. The only highlight that evening was the after match fish and chips on the coach from the chippy on Pennycomequick roundabout! Argyle went on to beat Brisol Rovers 5-2 in the 2nd round at Home Park before losing 2-0 to Bristol City again at Home Park in the 3rd round. Four of our team went on to play for Torquay in the Football League, Ian Twitchin, Phil Sandercock, Bob Gray, and Robbie Robbins, and future Torquay player Peter Darke was in the Argyle side. Twitchin, Sandercock, and Gray all made their Football League debuts in that 69/70 season while still youth players, and the level was equivalent to present day League 1 (then of course called Division 3) ... and we were one of the better teams in that division at the time. ⚽️ |
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Post by Jon on Sept 24, 2022 9:24:01 GMT
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Post by Jon on Sept 24, 2022 13:30:29 GMT
I played in the 1977-78 youth cup run. I have some newspaper clippings somewhere. Am still in touch with several of the players on that team who also played at TBGS: Andy Perrett, Stuart Foster, Maurice Cox, Robbie Hook (Teignmouth GS). BNA has Heralds from 78 but not yet from 77. Hopefully up soon. How many games did you, Andy, Stu and Maurice play that season? United reserves and youth and even an end of season tour to Holland. School team reached the last four of the National Cup and Devon Youth joint winners of the National Counties Cup. Would it be cheeky to ask who pulled the trigger to cause the air gun injury? |
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Post by smcg on Oct 8, 2022 19:45:40 GMT
Steffano, please remind me who you were in those good old days. I know you have told me before but, you know, I am now 69 and enjoying another glass of Sauv. Blanc. It was very much the Plymouth apprentices versus us two a/p and the brilliant legend Ian Twitch. I could, and I will in due course, say more of my not wholly wholesome experience at TUFC. |
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Post by stefano on Oct 8, 2022 21:05:59 GMT
Steffano, please remind me who you were in those good old days. I know you have told me before but, you know, I am now 69 and enjoying another glass of Sauv. Blanc. It was very much the Plymouth apprentices versus us two a/p and the brilliant legend Ian Twitch. I could, and I will in due course, say more of my not wholly wholesome experience at TUFC. Hi Stuart, I am not actually sure if I have told you before who I am (rather than who I was of course 🤣), but I am still Steve Bennett. I would not expect you to remember me of course 53 years later. I was one of those amateurs who turned up at Plainmoor in the evenings every Tuesday and Thursday for training, and played on Saturdays or midweek in whichever team selected for which could be Western League, South Western League, or South Devon League. You of course as an apprentice was not there at those training sessions and turning up at nearly lunch time with the professionals and going home before the school next door had kicked out for the day, so you missed those cold winter midweek evenings! 😉 I mostly played at what used to be called right back, although in those 3 games against Argyle I played left back as I was reasonably comfortable either side. Yes I agree with you although we lost in the end after 3 games it was quite an achievement holding them that far and really we should have won the first two games. Argyle had one full time pro Mike Dowling and all of the rest were apprentices, while we had 2 apprentices you and Phil Sandercock, with the rest of the team being amateur players (although that may have given us an advantage as all of the games were November evening games and we were used to the cold winter evenings! 😂). Couple of things that may jog your memory although don't worry if it doesn't as you were still at Plainmoor as an apprentice when I left that particular scene to join Brixham United and our paths have never crossed since. Early October 1969 we both sat on the bench at Weymouth with trainer Don Mills sitting between us. A 1-1 draw and we had a decent team out with John Benson, Alan Welsh, Tony Scott, and Allan Young. Only one sub in those days and I was the sub. You were injured but had travelled as I think your father was the Weymouth manager at the time. It was of course Weymouth reserves as it was ours. Your injury could not have been too bad as the following week at home to Glastonbury you crossed the ball for Rod Webber to score the first goal and I crossed the ball for Alan Welsh to score the second goal in a 2-0 win against the eventual champions. Nothing yet? 🤣 One more try then! At the start of the following season we played a pre-season friendly at Bodmin. We had no coach for economy reasons so took cars. We had a young team and I was one of the few with a full driving licence. I drove Don Mills car which he had only just purchased, and Don drove Allan Brown the managers car. The reason your memory may be jogged is my passengers were you and Phil Sandercock. You were both learning to drive at the time so inevitably all being around the same age you both constantly took the piss out of my driving. We had to divert via Chagford to pick up Rod Webber. 2-0 down half time we won 3-2, and as Rod Webber scored the last minute winner I agreed to drop him off at Chagford on the way back. 😉 We managed to get back in time for a first team 7.30 kick off Division 3 (League 1) game at Plainmoor, although I haven't got a clue who it was against or if we won or lost. Unlike today it was more likely to be a win! ⚽️ I remember you as a thoroughly decent chap although I did get the impression you were not completely happy there in that role. I am slightly older than you 70 now. Just back from a week of driving a 65 feet long narrowboat on the Grand Union Canal, so also having a glass or two of wine whilst looking at photos. Mostly seem to be in the canal side pubs as there is a degree of difficulty in trying to take a photo when trying to squeeze a long beast of a boat under a bridge with only a couple of feet either side. Stress! Much more difficult than playing soccer, although much more enjoyable too! 😂 Sorry it is a bit long winded. Didn't intend that at the start but you know what it is like at our age ... when one starts! I blame the wine ... and don't worry if you still have no memory whatsoever of me, it was good memories for me and it was a pleasure to have played with you a few times. 🥂 |
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Post by Jon on Oct 15, 2022 12:41:49 GMT
One more try then! At the start of the following season we played a pre-season friendly at Bodmin.... Steve, Your reminiscences make fantastic reading. Keep them coming. When I get the time, I will share with you how the press reported this game. |
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Post by stefano on Oct 15, 2022 12:59:46 GMT
One more try then! At the start of the following season we played a pre-season friendly at Bodmin.... Steve, Your reminiscences make fantastic reading. Keep them coming. When I get the time, I will share with you how the press reported this game. Thanks Jon it was nice to hear from Stuart and we exchanged PM's as well. He came up with some very interesting stuff going on at the club at the time, though of course that would be for him to post on an open forum if he felt he wanted to! Can't remember a press report of the Bodmin game but would be interested to see it when you have more time. Would also be interested to be reminded who the first team were playing in the evening kick off when we got back from Bodmin. I said a division 3 game in my post but being early season I suppose it could have been League Cup. ⚽️ |
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