Following his return to Plainmoor on loan from Southend United, Elliot Benyon goes straight into the Gulls squad ahead of tomorrow's League Two clash with Rotherham United.
It is just over two years since Benyon left Torquay for Swindon Town in a deal worth £125,000 after spending three-and-a-half years at Plainmoor.
His first spell proved to be a happy one as he helped the Gulls win promotion back to the Football League in his second season and in the third campaign, he finished the season as the club's top scorer and won the Player of the Year award.
However, since then he found opportunities of first team opportunities hard to come by as, during the 2011-12 campaign, he was loaned to his home town club Wycombe Wanderers by Swindon manager Paolo Di Canio before he joined Southend.
Unfortunately for Benyon, he also found his chances limited at Roots Hall as he has been to 28 appearances, 16 of which came from the sub's bench, and scored just twice.
He has also found himself fifth in the Shrimpers' striking roster behind Watford loanne Britt Assombalonga, former Gulls' loanee Gavin Tomlin and the experienced Freddy Eastwood and Neil Harris.
Following his return to Plainmoor, Elliot now has the chance to re-ignite his career and there is also the potential of forming a potent strike partnership with Gulls' leading scorer Rene Howe.
With 14 goals to his name so far this season, which equals his total for the previous campaign, much responsibility has fallen on Howe, who returns from suspension this coming Saturday against Rochdale, in terms of finding the back of the net, the next highest goal scorer in scoring charts is fellow striker Ryan Jarvis with 6, but the arrival of Benyon could see that burden reduced in the coming weeks.
