Having been released by Bristol Rovers who are, of course, a League One club it wouldn't have been a huge shock if Gosling - a Gibraltar international - had looked to stay in the Football League.
However, given his connections to the South West having grown up in Cornwall before starting his career as a youth team player at Plymouth Argyle and later moved on to Exeter City and Bristol Rovers.
Also as a team mate of Lee Mansell, who is still a good friend of Gulls manager Kevin Nicholson, at Bristol Rovers, and having played under Paul Tisdale at Exeter, Gosling would have a good idea about what kind of a club Torquay United are and Nicholson would have enough knowledge of him both as a player and as a person to make an informed decision about him.
He could be soon be joined by a player with the same initials as him in the form of Josh Gowling, an experienced centre defender who was released by Grimsby Town at the end of last season and was a teammate of Nicholson at Kidderminster Harriers.
Footnote: Arguably Jake Gosling's greatest claim to fame, aside from his two goals for Gibraltar, was scoring the winning goal for Dorchester Town in their 2012-13 FA Cup 1st round victory over a Plymouth Argyle side that contained current Torquay United Player of the Year Luke Young.
