Two games into the new season and Torquay United are sitting pretty at the top of the Npower League Two table without conceding any goals.
Whilst many followers of the Gulls will be pleased with that statistic, incidentally they are now the eighth side to go nine or more games without conceding a league goal, what is perhaps more pleasing is that Elliot Benyon is currently topping the League Two scoring charts with three goals in two games.
The last two Torquay sides to win promotion from this Division, in 1990-91 and 2003-04, both featured a prolific strike pairing who scored over 30 goals between them.
In the 1990-91 campaign, which ended with a Play-Off victory over Blackpool, Tommy Tynan and Dean Edwards bagged 19 goals apiece.
Flash forward thirteen years and Torquay won automatic promotion for the first time in 38 years, finishing third in Division Three as it was then known. Once again, the Gulls side featured a strike partnership that the majority of defences in the league found difficult to deal with. David Graham found the back of the net 23 times in all competitions, whilst Jo Kuffour scored ten as Torquay pipped Huddersfield Town to the final automatic promotion spot.
So if Benyon can continue his good form during the course of the season and the other members of the Gulls striking roster, which currently includes Billy Kee, Martin Gritton and Chris Zebroski can chip with a few goals themselves, Torquay United will certainly be a force to be reckoned with.
