1. An unwanted record avoided.
Had Torquay United lost to Woking and fallen to an eighth successive league defeat, then it would have equalled an unwanted club record. The Gulls had lost eight league games on the spin twice before in 1948 and 1995 respectively, but a 4-1 win over the Cards meant that Gary Johnson's United of 2019 avoided this fate.
2. Two in two for Asa and Ben.
By scoring United's equaliser in the 25th minute, Gulls' skipper Asa Hall made it two goals in two games since his return from injury as he followed up his effort against Yeovil on Boxing Day to level matters. In the second half, Ben Whitfield, who was also on target versus the Glovers, nodded home United's third - which was his sixth of the season in all competitions and moves him level with Jake Andrews as the Gulls' joint-second top scorer.
3. Reid heads into 2020 with 20 as a target.
United leading scorer Jamie Reid is now heading into 2020 with the return of 20 goals firmly in his sights after scoring his 19th of the season in all competitions to put the Gulls 2-1 up. This is in addition to the 32 goals that he scored in United's 2018-19 National League South title winning campaign - 31 of which he scored since Gary Johnson's arrival as manager, and his goal scoring figures under Johnson now stands at 50.
4. Almost the equivalent of a full team missing.
Heading into yesterday's game, Gary Johnson had nine players absent either through injury or suspension. Goalkeeper Shaun MacDonald, right-back Ben Wynter, central midfielder Matt Buse and winger Kalvin Kalala joined an injury list that already included Liam Davis, Opi Edwards, Armani Little and Frank Vincent plus Saikou Janneh was serving the second game of a three-match ban for his red card against Chesterfield.
5. United end Woking 'hoodoo'
Yesterday's encounter was the fifth time that United have faced Woking in the last two seasons, but their most recent meeting was the first of those five that has seen the Gulls come out on top. That sequence had consisted of three draws and one defeat, which came in the FA Cup first round last season. Arguably the most notable of those was the 3-3 draw at Kingfield last April - which proved to be crucial in helping United clinch the National League South title. Bizarrely enough that game was also refereed by James Durkin, who was in charge yesterday.
