As a player, Tim Sills never returned to Plainmoor to face Torquay United after he left the club in January 2010.
However, he will be going head to head with United as a manager as Gary Johnson's men travel to Dorset to face his Wimborne Town side in the second qualifying round of the FA Cup.
During his two-and-a-half year stay on the English Riviera, Sills etched his name into United folklore when he headed home Wayne Carlisle's 74th minute to score the Gulls' second goal in their 2-0 win over Cambridge United in the 2009 Blue Square Premier play-off final - thus securing United's return to the Football League.
In addition to this, Sills was also present in some of the Gulls' biggest FA Cup results. In the 2007-2008 season, he was part of the United side who beat Yeovil Town 4-1 in the first round of the competition live on the BBC. Then in the 2008-09 campaign, he was part of the Gulls' side who beat Blackpool 1-0 in the third round, which was United's first FA Cup win over a second tier team since they beat West Ham United 1-0 in 1989-90.
Back to the present day, many of Johnson's Gulls of 2023-24 have already had a taste of the rewards that a cup run can bring from both of their ties against Derby County in the first round - at Plainmoor and in the replay at Pride Park, both of which were televised.
