So far in the 2025-26 National League South campaign, home is very much where the heart for Torquay United under Paul Wotton.
The Gulls made it five home wins out of five with their 1-0 win over Ebbsfleet United, which is the first time that they have completed the feat since the 1982-83 season under Bruce Rioch. The previous occasion that United won their opening five league encounters at Plainmoor was in the 1968-69 under Frank O'Farrell - putting Wotton into very good company indeed as a manager.
However, there is another category of Torquay United manager that Wotton will be looking to join, and that's the group of United managers who have won promotion - which includes Eric Webber, O'Farrell, John Impey, Leroy Rosenior and Paul Buckle.
The latter two on the list above both won promotion in their season in charge, Rosenior in 2003-04 and Buckle in 2008-09, and Wotton will be aiming to emulate them by doing so in 2025-26 - whether that be automatically as champions or through the play-offs.
While the Gulls' have a 100% record at home they are still awaiting their first victory on their travels. United's record on the road currently reads played four, drawn two, lost two and won none.
Their next away fixture will be against Salisbury FC in just over a week's time, in what will be United's first league encounter of the campaign.
Parallels can be drawn with the 2008-09 season under Buckle, when, after a slow start, the Gulls finally recorded their first away win of the campaign in early September with a 1-0 victory over Cambridge United - which was also their ninth fixture of 2008-09.
Against Ebbsfleet, Wotton was able to call upon Louis Dennis and Callum Dolan following injury whilst Sonny Blu Lo-Everton and Dylan Morgan returned from the bench; the latter two also got more minutes in their legs against Brixham AFC in the St Luke's Devon Bowl.
With the quartet likely to start in Wiltshire, United have an excellent chance to finally end their away day hoodoo.
