Monday 18 March 2024

DEVON DAY

 Football in Devon will unite on this coming Saturday in solidarity with Torquay United as supporters of Plymouth Argyle and Exeter City will attend the Gulls' National League South fixture with Hampton and Richmond Borough. 

United have been deducted ten points after former chairman and owner Clarke Osborne announced his intention to place the club in administration, which has plunged the Gulls into a relegation battle. 

However, as Argyle don't have a fixture in the Championship due to the international break and Exeter's away trip to Leyton Orient being postponed due to international call-ups.  

Both the Pilgrims and the Grecians have been in Administration in recent years , the Pilgrims in 2011 and the Grecians in 2003, and have since emerged stronger - and it's hoped that United will eventually be able to do the same. 

Another bumper crowd would be a major boost to United; It's also worth noting that they allowed the Grecians to keep all of the gate receipts from a friendly at St James Park on the eve of the 2003-04 season - shortly after they had just been relegated from the Football League at a time when their Supporter's Trust had recently taken ownership of the club.