Monday, 3 January 2022

GULLS COMPLETE FESTIVE DOUBLE OVER GLOVERS

Exactly ten years to the day that they completed their first double over Plymouth Argyle in over 40 years, Torquay United sealed their first ever league double over Yeovil Town. 

After beating the Glovers 3-0 at Plainmoor on Boxing Day, the Gulls showed real bouncebackability to come from behind after a stunning 35-yard strike from Jordan Barnett gave Yeovil the lead on 65 minutes. 

The Gulls then rallied as Connor Lemonheigh-Evans equalised in the 77th minute directly from a corner, with some assistance from the Glovers' debutant keeper Dillon Barnes, who joined after Grant Smith's red card on Boxing Day, who attempted to palm it away. 

In the dying minutes of the game, United's QPR loanee Sinclair Armstrong, who came off the subs bench in the 59th minute, had a goal disallowed as the Gulls pressed on in search of a winner. 

With one minute remaining, United finally found that all-important second goal as Armstrong played the ball inside towards Lemonheigh-Evans, whose chipped pass found Armstrong's fellow sub Dan Holman, who drilled home an angled finish to send the 1,044 Gulls' fans in the Huish Park away end into raptures.