There was another addition to the Plainmoor personnel who worked with Torquay United manager Gary Johnson at Cheltenham Town this week, as striker Billy Waters joined the Gulls on a short term basis.
Waters, 26, started his career at Crewe Alexandra and joined Cheltenham after being released by the Railwaymen in 2015 and found the back of the net 11 times in 41 appearances, as the Robins became the first team to win the National League at the first attempt following relegation since Darlington in the 1989-90 season.
He followed up the achievements of his first campaign with another fine goal scoring return as he found the back of the net 16 times in 55 appearances to help Cheltenham retain their Football League status with a 21st place finish. Waters also won the Robins' player of the season award for the 2016-17 campaign. At the end of the season he secured a move to Northampton Town on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee; he was loaned out to Newport County towards the end of the 2019-20 season before he was released by the Cobblers.
In joining the Gulls, Waters is reunited with his former strike partner Danny Wright, Asa Hall and United assistant manager Aaron Downes, who captained the Robins to the National League title in the 2015-16 season. Other former Cheltenham players currently with United include Jake Andrews, who was on loan at Whaddon Road in the 2017-18 season, and long term injury victim Liam Davis. United's head of recruitment Pete Johnson, brother of Gary, also performed the same role at Whaddon Road as did current Gulls' physio Kai Hepworth.
