Torquay United will need to gear themselves up for the possibility of another three matches to secure promotion from League Two.
The Gulls will now face Cheltenham Town over two legs after slipping to 5th place, following their 3-2 defeat at the hands of Hereford United, in the table as Crawley Town and Southend United both leapfrogged them to secure automatic promotion and 4th place respectively.
Delroy Facey opened the scoring for the Bulls before Harry Pell doubled their advantage from the penalty spot before Rob Purdie added a third before half-time.
In the second half, substitutes Ryan Jarvis and Taiwo Atieno pulled goals back for the Gulls, but it wasn't quite enough for Torquay as the hosts hung on to win.
Sadly for Hereford, their victory proved to be a bittersweet one for them as they were relegated to the Blue Square Premier as Barnet defeated Burton Albion to condemn the Bulls to a second relegation from the Football League.
Martin Ling's side travel to Whaddon Road next Sunday for the first leg and the two sides meet again four days later on Thursday 17th May.
