Martin Ling's managerial bow as Torquay United manager will come against Burton Albion on August 6th after the fixture list for the 2011-12 campaign was unveiled.
The Gulls will host the Brewers before travelling to the St Mary's Stadium where they will face Southampton in the Carling Cup, which will be followed by a trip to the Memorial Stadium for a meeting with Bristol Rovers who, of course, are now managed by former Torquay boss Paul Buckle.
Buckle will be return to Plainmoor on March 10th 2012 alongwith his assistant Shaun North, former keeper Scott Bevan and ex loanee midfielder Craig Stanley. By which time the new grandstand, which will named in tribute to the late Paul Bristow, the Gulls' former Vice-Chairman, will be completed.
Local derbies will recently relegated Plymouth Argyle will take place on November 19th 2011 and January 3rd 2012 at Plainmoor and Home Park respectively.
Argyle, who will be plying their trade in the fourth tier of English football for the first time since 2002, will start the new campaign with a trip to Shrewsbury Town ahead of their Carling Cup tie at home to Championship side Millwall. This will be followed by their first home game of the season against Rotherham United on the following Saturday.
Exeter City will kicking off their campaign with a journey to Stevenage, who defeated Torquay in the League Two Play-Off final. The game is also likely to see Paul Tisdale's summer signings Guilleum Bauza, Danny Coles and Lenny Pidgeley make their debuts for the Grecians.
Next up for Exeter will be a Carling Cup tie at home to Yeovil Town, which will be almost a year to the day that former Grecians' and Glovers' hero Adam Stansfield sadly lost his battle with bowel cancer.
Meanwhile, the Glovers will begin their campaign with a trip to Brentford, a journey that they will make with a much changed side following the summer departures of Andy Welsh, Dean Bowditch, Adam Virgo and Nathan Smith.
