First half goals from Richards and Young-
their second and third goals for the Gulls respectively- ensured United went into
the half-time break with a two goal advantage.
Following the break, a superb rearguard
display enabled the Gulls to keep a clean sheet- their third in succession- to
retain their position in the Play-off zone.
One pleasing aspect so far in Torquay’s
season so far is that their midfield is chipping in with their fair of goals.
Of the 16 league goals that the Gulls have scored so far in the 2014-15 season, nine of them have been scored by the men deployed in the centre of the park.
Skipper Young is now United’s joint top
scorer with striker Ryan Bowman, whilst Richards and wide man Courtney Cameron
have scored two apiece and summer signings Toby Ajala and Louis Briscoe have
managed a solitary strike each.
And let’s not forget that last year’s
leading scorer, Jordan Chapell- who managed to find the back of the net five
times in the Gulls’ disastrous League Two campaign of 2013-14, is yet to get
off the mark.
Next up for Hargreaves’s men are
back-to-back home games against Woking and Dover Athletic.
This coming Tuesday the Gulls host Gary
Hill’s Cards, who are currently the only unbeaten side in the Vanarama
Conference, at Plainmoor before Dover, managed by Chris Kinnear- brother of
Joe, visit the English Riviera on Saturday.
If the Gulls’ midfield maestros can find
the back of the net in either of those fixtures, then even better.
Torquay United’s goal scorers in the
2014-15 Vanarama Conference campaign to date:
Ryan Bowman & Luke Young - 3
Aaron Downes,
Courtney Richards & Courtney Cameron- 2
Toby Ajala, Duane Ofori-Acheampong, & Louis Briscoe- 1
