2006–07 Torquay United F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 Torquay United 2006–07 Ian Atkins (until 27 November 2007)Luboš Kubík (from 27 November 2006 to 5 February 2007)Keith Curle (from 8 February 2007 to 17 May 2007)Leroy Rosenior (17 May 2007)Paul Buckle (from 2 June 2007) Mike Bateson (until October 2006)Chris Roberts (from October 2006 to 21 February 2007)Keith Richardson (from 22 February 2007 to 7 March 2007)Mike Bateson (from 7 March 2007 to 14 May 2007)Mervyn Benney (14 May 2007 to 25 May 2007)Alex Rowe (from 24 May 2007) League Two 24th (relegated) FA Cup Third Round League Cup First Round Football League Trophy First Round Jamie Ward (9) Jamie Ward (11) 5,396 v Southampton, 6 January 2007 (FA Cup) 1,588 v Wrexham, 5 December 2006 _vneckblue _blue stripes 0000ff ffff00 0000ff ffff00 ffff00 2005–06 2007–08 The 2006–07 season was Torquay United F.C.'s 73rd and final season in the Football League before being relegated to the Conference National. It covers the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007. Review and events Chronological order of events 12 October: Chairman and owner Mike Bateson sells club to consortium led by Chris Robertshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/content/articles/2006/10/04/bateson_sells_torquay_feature.shtml The end of an era BBC Devon 2009-01-12 21 November: Roberts introduces an anti-diving initiative whereby Torquay players will be cautioned or fined for diving or feigning injury and if a third offence occurs will be transfer-listed or sackedhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/6170066.stm Torquay to dismiss diving players BBC Sport 2006-11-21 2009-01-12 27 November: Ian Atkins replaced as manager by former Czech international Luboš Kubíkhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/6203878.stm Atkins rejects new Torquay role BBC Sport 2006-12-03 2009-01-12https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/6189216.stm Czech star Kubik named Gulls boss BBC Sport 2006-11-27 2009-01-12 10 January: Former manager Colin Lee brought in to assist Kubikhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/6248051.stm Lee will assist Kubik at Torquay BBC Sport 2007-01-10 2009-01-12 5 February: Manager Luboš Kubík resignshttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/6332369.stm Lee given Torquay caretaker role BBC Sport 2009-01-12 2007-02-07 5 February: Midfielder Matthew Hewlett forced to retire due to a back injuryhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/6332531.stm Gulls' Hewlett forced to retire BBC Sport 2007-02-05 2009-01-13 6 February: Midfielder Darren Baxter and defender Nathan Simpson are releasedhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/6334915.stm Gulls will not extend duo's deals BBC Sport 2007-02-06 2009-01-13 7 February: Colin Lee appointed as Director of Football 8 February: Keith Curle appointed as Head Coach until the end of the seasonhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/content/articles/2007/02/07/colin_lee_feature.shtml Lee comes home to Torquay BBC Devon 2009-01-12 16 February: Sheffield United midfielder Lloyd Kerry joins on a month's loanhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/6360825.stm Torquay capture Blades teenager BBC Sport 2007-02-23 2009-01-13 21 February: Chris Roberts resigns as chairman after a protest by three long-serving directors who resigned over Roberts' handling of the clubhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/content/articles/2007/03/08/bateson_back_feature.shtml Bateson's back! BBC Devon 2007-03-08 2009-01-12https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/6383613.stm Torquay chairman Roberts resigns BBC Sport 2007-02-21 2009-01-12https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/6364935.stm Boardroom battle for Torquay club BBC Sport 2007-02-15 2009-01-13 23 February: Local hotel owner Keith Richardson is appointed as the club's new chairmanhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/6388919.stm Richardson named Torquay chairman BBC Sport 2007-02-23 2009-01-13 26 February: Loanees Kevin Miller, Rossi Jarvis and Matthew Halliday return to their parent clubshttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/6397727.stm Loan trio in departure from Gulls BBC Sport 2007-02-26 2009-01-13 27 February: Chairman Keith Richardson distances himself and the club from plans to build a new stadiumhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/6401815.stm Gulls chief cool on new stadium BBC Sport 2007-02-27 2009-01-13 2 March: Lincoln City goalkeeper Simon Rayner and Sheffield United striker Dean Oliver join on one-month loan deals and Sheffield United defender Chris Robertson joins on non-contract termshttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/6410995.stm Ailing Torquay seal treble swoop BBC Sport 2007-03-02 2009-01-13 6 March: Winger Marvin Williams joins on loan from Millwall until the end of the seasonhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/6423577.stm Williams leaves Lions for Torquay BBC Sport 2007-03-06 2009-01-13 7 March: Mike Bateson returns as chairman 20 March: Defender John Wheeldon told he will be released at the end of the seasonhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/6471973.stm Wheeldon not given Torquay deal BBC Sport 2007-03-20 2009-01-13 21 March: Former Torquay striker David Graham rejoins the club on loan from Sheffield Wednesday until the end of the seasonhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/6476531.stm Striker Graham makes Gulls return BBC Sport 2007-03-21 2009-01-13 22 March: Plymouth Argyle striker Reuben Reid joins on loan until the end of the seasonhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/6481133.stm Torquay capture Plymouth striker BBC Sport 2007-03-22 2009-01-13 2 April: Loanees Alistair John, Dean Oliver and Simon Rayner extend their loan stays until the end of the seasonhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/6519351.stm Torquay trio extend loan deals BBC Sport 2007-04-02 2009-01-13 12 April: Loanees Alistair John and Lloyd Kerry return to Charlton Athletic and Sheffield United respectively after suffering injurieshttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/6549121.stm Gulls pair return to parent clubs BBC Sport 2007-04-12 2009-01-13 14 April: Torquay's relegation from the football league is confirmed after a 1–1 draw at home to Peterborough United. Bateson puts the club up for sale after the gamehttps://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/roundup-torquay-drop-out-of-league-and-go-up-for-sale-444888.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/roundup-torquay-drop-out-of-league-and-go-up-for-sale-444888.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Torquay drop out of League and go up for sale The Independent 2007-04-16 2009-01-13 London John NisbetAugust 2021 medicmedic 5 May: Torquay play their final game in the Football League, a goalless draw at home to Hereford Unitedhttp://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=515578 Torquay 0–0 Hereford Soccerbase 2007-05-05 2009-01-13August 2026 InternetArchiveBot 14 May: Chairman Mike Bateson stands down as chairman and is replaced by Mervyn Benney, although Bateson remains as majority shareholderhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/6655039.stm Bateson replaced as Torquay chief BBC Sport 2007-05-14 2009-01-13 14 May: Director of Football Colin Lee is made redundant 17 May: Former manager Leroy Rosenior takes over as manager from Keith Curle, but is effectively out of a job again ten minutes later when Bateson informs him that the club has been soldhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/6665151.stm Rosenior makes return to Torquay BBC Sport 2007-05-17 2009-01-12https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/6675217.stm Gulls set to reveal Rosenior exit BBC Sport 2007-05-21 2009-12-01 24 May: Alex Rowe appointed chairman after new consortium buys club from Mike Batesonhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/6692997.stm Lee back in new role at Torquay BBC Sport 2007-05-25 2009-12-01 25 May: Colin Lee appointed as club's new Chief Executive 2 June: Former Torquay midfielder Paul Buckle is appointed as the club's new managerhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/6714703.stm Buckle named as new Torquay boss BBC Sport 2007-06-02 2009-01-13 4 June: Canadian goalkeeper Simon Rayner is signed on a free transfer from Lincoln City having been on loan to Torquay the previous seasonhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/6719001.stm Torquay sign ex-Imps goalkeeper BBC Sport 2007-06-04 2009-01-13 6 June: Goalkeeper Martin Rice is signed on a free transfer from Exeter Cityhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/6727749.stm Buckle raids Exeter for Phillips BBC Sport 2007-06-22 2009-01-13 13 June: Shaun North appointed to Torquay coaching staffhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/6748347.stm Torquay swoop for Exeter keeper BBC Sport 2007-06-06 2009-01-13 13 June: Midfielder Matthew Hockley agrees new one-year contract 20 June: Chris Robertson and Chris Hargreaves sign for Torquay on free transfers from Sheffield United and Oxford United respectivelyhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/6221440.stm Gulls boss Buckle brings in duo BBC Sport 2007-06-20 2009-01-13 21 June: Defender Kevin Nicholson joins Torquay after rejecting a new contract at Forest Green Rovershttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/6225466.stm Nicholson quits Rovers for Gulls BBC Sport 2007-06-21 2009-01-13 22 June: Striker Lee Phillips is signed on a three contract from Exeter City, for a fee of £17,500https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/6229526.stm Buckle raids Exeter for Phillips BBC Sport 2007-06-22 2009-01-13 28 June: Striker Tim Sills joins from Hereford United on a two-year contracthttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/6250664.stm Torquay capture Hereford's Sills BBC Sport 2007-06-28 2009-01-13 28 June: Striker Lee Thorpe has his contract terminated by mutual consent and joins Brentford five days laterhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/brentford/6266438.stm Thorpe swaps Gulls for Brentford BBC Sport 2007-07-03 2009-01-13 Player statistics PlayerLeague AppsLeague GoalsCup AppsCup GoalsTotal AppsTotal GoalsEngland Nathan Abbey 24050290England Lee Andrews 46060520England Stevland Angus 36130391England Darren Baxter Darren Baxter (English footballer) 100010England Stephen Cooke 13100131Wales Kyle Critchell 7030100England Ryan Dickson 910091Wales Jamal Easter 10010110Republic of Ireland Mickey Evans Mickey Evans (footballer born 1973) 14130171England Leo Fortune-West 501060England Darren Garner 8120101England Dean Gordon 800080Scotland David Graham David Graham (footballer born 1978) 700070England Matthew Halliday Matthew Halliday (footballer) 300030England Leon Hapgood 100010England Matthew Hewlett 000000England Kevin Hill Kevin Hill (footballer) 36160421England Matthew Hockley 37040410England Martin Horsell 600060England Rossi Jarvis 400040England Alistair John 700070England Lloyd Kerry 710071England Kevin Miller Kevin Miller (footballer) 700070England Michael Leary 201030England Lee Mansell 45460514England Nick McKoy 401050England Chris McPhee 37061431England Carl Motteram 7040110England Adam Murray 21040250Poland Przemysław Norko 000000England Dean Oliver Dean Oliver (footballer) 100010England Martin Phillips Martin Phillips (footballer) 14100141Canada Simon Rayner 10000100England Stephen Reed Stephen Reed (footballer) 15040190England Reuben Reid 720072Scotland Chris Robertson Chris Robertson (footballer, born 1986) 910091England Jordan Robertson 9222114England Mark Robinson Mark Robinson (footballer born 1981) 18000180England Nathan Simpson 000000England Paul Smith Paul Smith (footballer born 1971) 800080England Craig Taylor Craig Taylor (footballer) 13100131England Lee Thorpe 41860478England Matt Villis 602062England Jamie Ward 259422911England Jonathan Wheeldon Jonathan Wheeldon (footballer) 000000England Marvin Williams Marvin Williams (footballer) 210021England Steve Woods 32060380 References Category:Torquay United F.C. seasons Torquay United