1. Armani Little's third of the season.
United midfielder Armani Little followed up his brace against Maidenhead United by giving the Gulls the lead in the 11th minute, with a free-kick on the edge of the penalty area. However, unfortunately for both United and Little, they were unable to build on their early advantage as they were beaten 3-1 by Grimsby Town. Little now heads the Gulls' scoring charts with three goals and he is the only United player to have scored more than once this season.
2. Dean Moxey's goal-line clearance.
Had it not been for Dean Moxey's goal-line clearance to deny former Exeter City and Plymouth Argyle Ryan Taylor in the 36th minute, then the match would have been over as a contest much earlier than it was. Realistically there would have been no way back for the Gulls had they trailed 3-1 at the break, but at 2-1 they was always the possibility that they could have got it back to 2-2.
3. Injuries.
In the second half of United's clash with Grimsby, Dean Moxey, Armani Little and Dan Holman all went off through injury. Utility man Chiori Johnson also went down injured but managed to carry on. There is no word yet whether they will be fit to face Solihull Moors on Tuesday night. With midfielder Tom Lapslie injured and Olaf Koszela, Scott Piper and Louis Slough all out on loan, United are almost down to their bare bones.
4. Lewis denied.
With nine minutes to go, United centre back Joe Lewis got his head to a cross from Chiori Johnson and it looked for all the world as though it was heading in, but Mariners keeper James McKeown managed to get a hand to it to keep it out. Lewis threatened again moments later when he headed a corner from Connor Lemonheigh-Evans over the bar. Had McKeown not made his save would United have held on for a point? Any theories on whether they could or would have done were made to appear purely academic when the Mariners hit United on the counter attack, which led to Harry Clifton bagging their third of the game in injury time.
5. Third successive home defeat.
For the first time since the 1961-62 season, Torquay United have failed to win all three of their opening home league fixtures. That sequence also included a defeat to Grimsby Town - however, on that occasion Eric Webber's side lost 2-1 as opposed to 3-1. Nevertheless, they ended that sequence in spectacular fashion in the fourth home game of the campaign with a 6-2 win over Barnsley.
6. 14 conceded.
Perhaps more worringly for United manager Gary Johnson, the Gulls have now conceded 14 goals in their opening five fixtures, which works out at over two per game. With two former central defenders in the Gulls' backroom staff in the form of Aaron Downes (assistant manager) and Chris Todd (youth coach), it is something that hopefully they have the know now to address.
