As Torquay United head to Oldham Athletic on Sunday for their relegation 'six-pointer' against the Latics, manager Gary Johnson will be hoping for the same result from their last visit to Boundary Park in April 2005.
On that occasion both the Gulls and the Latics were fighting against relegation from League One - and Leroy Rosenior's United side had beaten MK Dons and Port Vale at Plainmoor as they mounted a late bid for survival after winning promotion in 2003-04.
Spearheading the Gulls' fight against relegation was Adebayo Akinfenwa who had netted 14 times in all competitions by that stage as he looked to rebuild his career, which had taken in spells in Lithuania with FK Atlantas and Wales with Barry Town - not to mention several Football League clubs.
The Latics went in front after 25 minutes against the run of play when skipper Dean Holden’s cross found veteran winger David Eyres, who showed a nice turn of speed before hammering home his seventh goal of the season.
However, it was to prove to be Oldham’s only shot on target in the whole 90 minutes – as Torquay bounced back to equalise four minutes before the break.
Kevin Hill slipped a neat pass to Matt Hockley, and he clipped the ball past the advancing keeper Les Pogliacomi to score his first goal of the season. Holden had made a despairing lunge on the line to try to clear but the ball hit a post before hitting the back of the net.
There was no way back for the Latics after Torquay went in front in the 49th minute.
A free-kick from Steve Woods picked out Hill, who - in turn - headed the ball into the path of Gulls’ top scorer Adebayo Akinfenwa, who fired home to score his 15th of the campaign.
Leon Constantine later hit the woodwork and Buster Phillips teed up Alex Russell for a shot that went narrowly wide, as United completed their third successive win and their second ‘double’ of 2004-05; the Gulls had previously beaten the Latics 2-0 at Plainmoor in November 2004 with goals from Leon Constantine and Martin Gritton.
The following week saw United beat Blackpool 2-0 with goals from Akinfenwa and Russell to make four wins on the spin, but a 2-1 defeat at Colchester United on the final day of the campaign - coupled with wins for the Latics and MK Dons - saw the Gulls relegated by the narrowest of margins on goal difference.
Akinfenwa was voted as the club's player of the year before moving onto Swansea City and later appeared for Northampton Town (twice), Gillingham (twice), AFC Wimbledon and Wycombe Wanderers.
Torquay United (4-3-3): Andy Marriott; Matt Hockley, Steve Woods, Craig Taylor, Craig Woodman; Alex Russell, Darren Garner, Kevin Hill; Martin Phillips (Matt Villis 90), Adebayo Akinfenwa, Leon Constantine
