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Title: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: robininstockport on August 18, 2021, 09:43:54 AM
Not the easiest start to season.

                  Thompson

Senior  Mularkey   Hannigan   Fitzpatrick

             Moult      Pringle

  Mooney    Kosylo    Colclough

                      Dinanga

This an educated guess on my behalf.

Torquay 2-1 Alty (Peers)

Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: andrewflynn on August 18, 2021, 09:54:53 AM
                 Thompson

Senior Mullarkey Hannigan Fitzpatrick

                    Moult
 
             Kirby   Pringle

Kosylo       Dinanga        Colclough


Mooney will be really unfortunate not to start but Kosylo and Senior down the right has to happen, and if RC is fit, he's starting.

Very promising but unfortunate 1-0 defeat.

Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: ManagementGuru on August 18, 2021, 10:05:03 AM
We salute the already over 100 Alty fans making the journey from all points in the UK and a signal box in Devon (with sandwiches)
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: Steve from Sale on August 18, 2021, 10:34:15 AM
Don't forget the ham and pickle sandwiches Harold!!
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: hsmith1 on August 18, 2021, 04:15:10 PM
no butties for me this saturday,will have lunch at home and then leave to drive the 30 odd miles down to the ground.No longer in the signalbox retired 7 years ago now.Will be two of us at Weymouth (in Novemeber)that worked Crediton signalbox as my mate wants to come and watch Alty.
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: Alty Bri on August 18, 2021, 06:00:42 PM
Quite like the look of Andrew Flynn's 433 but I can't see PP going with that formation yet.

Obviously, goals will be the problem and for that reason I can see us being beaten. However, it's worth noting that Torquay have lost quite a few key players.
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: MarpleAlty on August 18, 2021, 06:22:24 PM
Not the easiest start to season.

                  Thompson

Senior  Mularkey   Hannigan   Fitzpatrick

             Moult      Pringle

  Mooney    Kosylo    Colclough

                      Dinanga

This an educated guess on my behalf.

Torquay 2-1 Alty (Peers)

This would be my exact guess too.
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: Saughall Robin on August 18, 2021, 07:25:35 PM
Not the easiest start to season.

                  Thompson

Senior  Mularkey   Hannigan   Fitzpatrick

             Moult      Pringle

  Mooney    Kosylo    Colclough

                      Dinanga

This an educated guess on my behalf.

Torquay 2-1 Alty (Peers)

This would be my exact guess too.

I'd like to think that's the team.... With Tom coming on late on to nick the winner! 😉
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: Inter Alty! on August 18, 2021, 08:36:12 PM
Think team could be...

                              Thompson
       Senior   Mullarkey   Hannigan   Fitzpatrick
                            Moult    Pringle
 Mooney/Kosylo   Hancock   Colclough
                                Dinanga

NB can't make mind up between Mooney/Kosylo... normally would say Kosylo should start but Mooney's pre-season form & goals means i think i would plump for him (otherwise Mooney would be very unlucky not to start)...

Subs:   Kirby, Williams, Kosylo, Peers, Leitch-Smith

Score prediction: Torquay 1-1 ALTY (Mooney)

COYR!  :)
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: SW on August 18, 2021, 10:44:37 PM
Don't forget the ham and pickle sandwiches Harold!!

Harold's retired now, it'll be  a few rich tea biscuits wrapped in clingfilm, a packet of Werthers and a home prepared flask of tea. 
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: Mrs Warbouys on August 19, 2021, 09:40:11 PM
Gary Johnson pre game interview

https://torquayunited.com/official-tufc-tv-gaffer-talks-pre-altrincham/
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: distancetraveller on August 19, 2021, 10:07:05 PM
no butties for me this saturday,will have lunch at home and then leave to drive the 30 odd miles down to the ground.No longer in the signalbox retired 7 years ago now.Will be two of us at Weymouth (in Novemeber)that worked Crediton signalbox as my mate wants to come and watch Alty.

I am hoping to make Weymouth Harold. Also going to Wealdstone next month..
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: distancetraveller on August 19, 2021, 10:24:01 PM
I reckon playing a fancied team is no bad thing to kick off the season.

The result could go well for us.

Personally I would be a happy with a draw.

I assume that the lads will be travelling tomorrow and staying over.

If any fans are going by car, leave in plenty of time, the M5 South has had 2 hour delays over the last few weeks thru Avon & Somerset due to pure volume of Grockles heading to Cornwall & Devon on holiday..
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: Hugh on August 20, 2021, 01:50:27 AM
Gary Johnson pre game interview

https://torquayunited.com/official-tufc-tv-gaffer-talks-pre-altrincham/

I see Lee Johnson's dad managed to mention Altrincham this time. I wonder if Torquay'll be non-league for years...
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: hsmith1 on August 20, 2021, 10:21:50 AM
will be good to see you Ray.
sunshine and showers for this saturday after heavy rain around 12 noon
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: distancetraveller on August 21, 2021, 04:57:52 PM
Superb result … what a start to the season
Well done lads

Onwards and upwards.
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: Steve from Sale on August 21, 2021, 04:59:26 PM
Superb win today, well done to all the lads. Glad to see the supporters getting this reward for undertaking such a long distance journey. Congratulations to the club and thanks to Radio Robins.
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: Nom de plume on August 21, 2021, 05:00:53 PM
Superb win today, well done to all the lads. Glad to see the supporters getting this reward for undertaking such a long distance journey. Congratulations to the club and thanks to Radio Robins.
Ditto
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: CRT Butty on August 21, 2021, 05:02:20 PM
Fantastic.

Congratulations everybody.
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: Alty Bri on August 21, 2021, 05:05:50 PM
Yep, well done to all involved today. An unlikely 3 points and an even more unlikely 3 goals!!!
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: Saughall Robin on August 21, 2021, 05:10:39 PM
Happy Happy Birthday to me!
thank you for making this an extra special special day for me! 😉
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: Timperley The Best on August 21, 2021, 05:12:48 PM
Don't look back Dinanaga !
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: distancetraveller on August 21, 2021, 05:13:40 PM
Don't look back Dinanaga !

Are you here all night?
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: robininstockport on August 21, 2021, 06:05:16 PM
Excellent result and i believe well deserved.

Gutted no game Saturday, but we will be fresher than Halifax.

Only concern is the Fitzpatrick injury. Bit thin on the ground for full backs
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: hsmith1 on August 21, 2021, 06:36:55 PM
we never looked like losing,the whole team were fantastic,tom and toby won everything that came into our box.Moony as soon as he was able to run at Moxey we were 1 up and never looked back,Not sure who scored their goal,it was given as an own goal.crowd was really noisey and out sang the Torquay fans. Nice cuppa in the ground also.
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: TheCultOfIanTunnacliffe on August 21, 2021, 07:26:54 PM


The ever-magnanimous Gary Johnson is duly impressed by the quality of Alty's timewasting:

https://torquayunited.com/gary-johnson-post-match-tufc-1-3-altrincham/ (https://torquayunited.com/gary-johnson-post-match-tufc-1-3-altrincham/)
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: robininstockport on August 21, 2021, 07:39:39 PM


The ever-magnanimous Gary Johnson is duly impressed by the quality of Alty's timewasting:

https://torquayunited.com/gary-johnson-post-match-tufc-1-3-altrincham/ (https://torquayunited.com/gary-johnson-post-match-tufc-1-3-altrincham/)

He's a T**t
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: SammyH8 on August 21, 2021, 07:43:48 PM


The ever-magnanimous Gary Johnson is duly impressed by the quality of Alty's timewasting:

https://torquayunited.com/gary-johnson-post-match-tufc-1-3-altrincham/ (https://torquayunited.com/gary-johnson-post-match-tufc-1-3-altrincham/)

Ha! What a f**kin donut.
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: distancetraveller on August 21, 2021, 07:52:09 PM
He sounds a right cockney tosser.
He should learn how to put a tie on the scruffy T**t.
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: CRT Butty on August 21, 2021, 07:56:24 PM


The ever-magnanimous Gary Johnson is duly impressed by the quality of Alty's timewasting:

https://torquayunited.com/gary-johnson-post-match-tufc-1-3-altrincham/ (https://torquayunited.com/gary-johnson-post-match-tufc-1-3-altrincham/)

Heard worse interviews, but he really does come across as a bit of a bumbler and unprepared. I'd not swap PP for him.
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: AFC56 on August 21, 2021, 08:30:53 PM
Fantastic performance , everybody played well but I thought Tom Hannigan and Connor Kirby were absolutely brilliant. Think Connor must have run the equivalent of a marathon today.
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: Mrs Warbouys on August 21, 2021, 08:49:46 PM
Altrincham controlled and dictated the game for the majority of the afternoon. He’s always been a bitter bastard
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: Sale Holmfield on August 21, 2021, 09:11:08 PM
Always good to hear a Gary Johnson interview after a defeat when he can't bear to mention the opposition by name.

Discussing the match after the game, we all had a different man of the match (Connor Kirby for me) which must be a sign of an excellent all-round team perfornance.
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: cheshire cat on August 21, 2021, 09:36:48 PM
I can't make it until Halifax. Fingers crossed they can keep theier heads together
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: One Foot in the Grave on August 21, 2021, 09:40:49 PM
The trouble with older managers like Johnson is that they've started to run out of ideas and enthusiasm (think Jim Harvey). Torquay will probably get shut of him a dozen matches in when they realise that the Promised Land will remain tantalisingly out of reach again unless new ideas come into play.
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: JD on August 21, 2021, 09:43:08 PM


The ever-magnanimous Gary Johnson is duly impressed by the quality of Alty's timewasting:

https://torquayunited.com/gary-johnson-post-match-tufc-1-3-altrincham/ (https://torquayunited.com/gary-johnson-post-match-tufc-1-3-altrincham/)

"We was getting crosses in!"

Who does he think he is; Dean Saunders?

And looking at John Laidlaw's site; "Devon Live" were just as bitter!
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: TheCultOfIanTunnacliffe on August 22, 2021, 02:25:53 AM


Here's my favourite sentence from John Laidlar's match report on his The Alty Files website:



"After a brief but bizarre stoppage to remove an errant orange from the pitch, play resumed (12 mins) with Torquay pressing."
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: One Foot in the Grave on August 22, 2021, 07:54:39 AM


Here's my favourite sentence from John Laidlar's match report on his The Alty Files website:



"After a brief but bizarre stoppage to remove an errant orange from the pitch, play resumed (12 mins) with Torquay pressing."


They should have pressed us instead of the orange, then Johnson wouldn't have got the pip....
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: CRT Butty on August 22, 2021, 08:08:27 AM


Here's my favourite sentence from John Laidlar's match report on his The Alty Files website:



"After a brief but bizarre stoppage to remove an errant orange from the pitch, play resumed (12 mins) with Torquay pressing."


They should have pressed us instead of the orange, then Johnson wouldn't have got the pip....

Stop taking the pith out of Johnson.
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: hsmith1 on August 22, 2021, 08:18:03 AM
they were eggs that were thrown over the away terrace end,about 4 in total,no oranges
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: Sarf London Alty on August 22, 2021, 08:26:50 AM


Here's my favourite sentence from John Laidlar's match report on his The Alty Files website:



"After a brief but bizarre stoppage to remove an errant orange from the pitch, play resumed (12 mins) with Torquay pressing."


You could see it clearly from the back of our section. A group of about 3 kids on bikes rode up to the back fence of the empty away terrace and tried to lob some eggs and fruit onto the pitch, most just landed on the roof but a couple got through to the pitch as TT was about to take a goal kick, very bizarre.

As for the game, that was a textbook away display by us, score early, take your chances and then professionally see the game out. Our ‘management’ (ie time wasting) of the game infuriated the Torquay fans which I think is a good sign of how we are growing at this level. Only shame Fitzpatrick had to come off early as he was looking good but I saw he walked onto the coach after the game so assume he’ll be fine for Halifax. Our support fantastic too, good numbers and very vocal. The race meeting in Newton Abbot meant it was lively locally too so cracking day out all told.
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: JD on August 22, 2021, 06:15:04 PM


Here's my favourite sentence from John Laidlar's match report on his The Alty Files website:



"After a brief but bizarre stoppage to remove an errant orange from the pitch, play resumed (12 mins) with Torquay pressing."


the commentary between Mark Simpson and Flynny on RR was great fun too!
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: Seth on August 23, 2021, 12:16:29 PM
highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdhuTOoxHx4
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: Bath Alty on August 23, 2021, 02:58:25 PM
Odd that the highlights don’t show any of our time wasting that apparently won us the match. It’s almost as if what happened while the ball was in play is all that really matters.  Perhaps their manager should have a word…..
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: CRT Butty on August 23, 2021, 06:51:30 PM
Based on the highlights Torquay got off lightly.
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: alty.fc on August 23, 2021, 06:58:04 PM
Great highlights amazing result well done lads !!
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: Randy Konk on August 23, 2021, 07:09:01 PM
Looks like TT has had one save to make all game. Top performance. Hope we can sustain the same form through the season..
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: Hugh on August 24, 2021, 03:05:34 AM
Odd that the highlights don’t show any of our time wasting that apparently won us the match. It’s almost as if what happened while the ball was in play is all that really matters.  Perhaps their manager should have a word…..

Maybe they should have a highlights package concentrating on the "game management"?

I remember the footage from the 0-0 draw at Cambridge United when they missed out on promotion - Stuart Coburn taking his time at goal kicks was probably the best part of it!
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: CRT Butty on August 24, 2021, 07:07:42 AM
Odd that the highlights don’t show any of our time wasting that apparently won us the match. It’s almost as if what happened while the ball was in play is all that really matters.  Perhaps their manager should have a word…..

Maybe they should have a highlights package concentrating on the "game management"?

I remember the footage from the 0-0 draw at Cambridge United when they missed out on promotion - Stuart Coburn taking his time at goal kicks was probably the best part of it!

That was a cracking day.
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: RockyRobin on August 24, 2021, 08:52:47 AM
A great reward for the travellers, great numbers too. 120 plus

Come on Alty
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: FromAltyToAshford on August 24, 2021, 11:45:15 AM
The match report on the Torquay website states 140 away fans.
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: RockyRobin on August 24, 2021, 12:09:53 PM
The match report on the Torquay website states 140 away fans.

I would say that was the most we've taken there, even more than the first ever visit.
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: Hugh on August 25, 2021, 01:55:45 AM
Have they ever actually taken that many to Moss Lane? :)
Title: Re: Torquay Match Thread
Post by: One Foot in the Grave on September 14, 2021, 10:22:16 PM
The trouble with older managers like Johnson is that they've started to run out of ideas and enthusiasm (think Jim Harvey). Torquay will probably get shut of him a dozen matches in when they realise that the Promised Land will remain tantalisingly out of reach again unless new ideas come into play.

With Torquay conceding an average of practically 3 goals a game  (even when they won at Maidenhead) maybe my estimate of "a dozen games" was too generous. If they lose at home to struggling Southend, their next match being at Chesterfield, he'll be lucky to make it into October.