Following Torquay United's 1-1 draw with Barrow in Gary Owers' first game in charge as Gulls boss, we will now look at five facts about him.
- Owers is probably best remembered from his playing days for his time at Sunderland for whom appeared for in the 1992 FA Cup final against Liverpool. He becomes the seventh ex-Gulls boss to have featured in an FA Cup final after Billy Butler (Bolton Wanderers 1923), Jack Butler (Arsenal 1927), Bob John (Arsenal 1927 & 1932), Allan Brown (Luton Town 1959), Cyril Knowles (Tottenham Hotspur 1967) and Dave Webb (Chelsea 1970).
- After leaving Roker Park in 1994, Owers headed south to join Bristol City for a fee of £250,000 where he stayed for four years. During this time he helped the Robins win promotion from Division Three in the 1997-98 season.
- In the summer of 1998, Owers was released by Bristol City and was signed for Notts County by future Bolton Wanderers, Newcastle United, Blackburn Rovers, West Ham United, Sunderland, Crystal Palace and England manager Sam Allardyce.
- On his retirement from playing, Owers embarked on a managerial career with Bath City in 2004 and a year later he was appointed as Forest Green Rovers. Amongst his signings for Rovers was one of his former Notts County teammates, who would later find his way to Plainmoor, in the form of his predecessor as Gulls' boss Kevin Nicholson!
- Managing the Gulls isn't the first management or coaching role that Owers has held in Devon, as he was appointed as assistant manager to John Sheridan in January 2013, after originally joining the Pilgrims as a development coach at the start of the 2012-13 season. Whilst at Home Park, he worked with current United vice-captain Luke Young.
