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RICHARD HUGHES

Herald Express

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July 09, 2025

Looking forward to the best of everything as Gulls begin again

- Richard Hughes

RICHARD HUGHES

TODAY, at 1pm, the fixtures for the National League South season are released - and in the words of Torquay United manager Paul Wotton: "That's when it gets real!

While Paul wants a home start but says he won't be "gutted" if we're away on August 9, I for one will be... I want to go to Plainmoor on the first day of the season and watch the Gulls thrash whoever the visitors are eight or nine nil.

I want silky skills and fast-slowing football with goals to break the internet and become memes that get hits in the billions.

I want a full house, with fans crying in Boots & Laces because they couldn't get in. I want a Popside that could out sing Glastonbury and drumming to beat John Bonham or Dave Grohl.

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