Torquay United 1932–33 football season
Torquay United1932–33 season |
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Chairman | Charles Dear |
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Manager | Frank Brown |
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Third Division South | 10th |
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FA Cup | Second round |
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Top goalscorer | League: George Stabb (24) All: George Stabb (26) |
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Highest home attendance | 7,683 v Exeter City, 17 September 1932 (Third Division South) |
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Lowest home attendance | 2,462 v Bristol Rovers, 26 April 1933 (Third Division South) |
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Average home league attendance | 3,991 |
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The 1932–33 Torquay United F.C. season was Torquay United's sixth season in the Football League and their sixth consecutive season in Third Division South. The season runs from 1 July 1932 to 30 June 1933.
Overview
After finishing in 19th place in their previous Third Division South campaign, it was clear that Torquay United needed to make major changes if they had any intentions of challenging for promotion to the Second Division. However, believing the club lacked the ambition to do so, manager Frank Womack left Torquay at the end of the 1931–32 season.[1] His replacement was Frank Brown who had played for the Magpies in their non-League days and had subsequently become a trainer under Percy Mackrill and then Womack. His first task was to rebuild the team, replacing stalwarts such as Bob Smith, Jack Butler and Laurie Millsom with newer, younger faces. Of the team which lined up on the opening match of the season against Coventry City, eight out of the starting eleven were debutants, with new goalkeeper Percy Maggs and centre back Jack Tennant becoming ever-presents throughout the campaign, as was right half Ted Anderson who had joined the Magpies for the second half of the previous season.[2]
While two draws and two defeats in their opening four games suggested the unfamiliar team had yet to find their feet, an 8–1 victory over Southend United at Plainmoor in early September certainly helped the squad to settle into the new season. Torquay would prove to be particularly strong at home with only two defeats at Plainmoor throughout the entire season. However, away from home it was a slightly different story with the team suffering twelve losses and only four victories on the road. Nevertheless, by the penultimate game of the season, Torquay's excellent home form had propelled them up to 8th position in the table and a victory against Queens Park Rangers on the final day could have seen the club finish in an unprecedented 5th place. As it was, a 1–1 draw at the White City Stadium and with other results going against them, the Magpies had to ultimately settle for 10th place, which was still the club's best finish in the League to date.
Inevitably, with a much improved side, the Torquay players began attracting attention from other clubs. At the end of the season both Jack Tennant and Alf Gray were sold to First Division side Liverpool, while Ted Anderson was also lured away to Second Division West Ham United. Perhaps most heartbreaking of all to the Plainmoor faithful was the departure of Dartmouth born right winger Ralph Birkett. After 98 appearances and 20 goals for Torquay, the 20-year-old Birkett was sold to eventual First Division champions Arsenal, with manager Herbert Chapman willing to pay the significant amount of £1,588 to secure his services.[3] After later joining Middlesbrough, Birkett would go on to play for England in 1935.
Although losing such key players was a blow to the club, there was at least some hope for the future with the arrival of Don Welsh. The talented young centre half would soon develop into another Torquay legend and gave reason enough for Frank Brown to confident for the coming season.
League statistics
Third Division South
Source: [citation needed]
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away |
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 72 | 67 | 1.075 | 44 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 51 | 26 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 41 | 13 |
Results by round
Source: statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Results
Third Division South
FA Cup
Club statistics
First team appearances
Nat | Pos | Player | Total | Third Division South | FA Cup |
Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| GK | Percy Maggs | 47 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| DF | Jack Tennant | 47 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| DF | Lew Tapp | 40 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| DF | Jack Fowler | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Wally Webster | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Ted Anderson | 47 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| MF | Tom Robinson | 29 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| MF | Alf Gray | 22 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Fred Martin | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| MF | Don Welsh | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Don Hewitt | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Don Bird | 45 | 10 | 40 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| FW | Albert Orr | 45 | 6 | 41 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| FW | George Stabb | 45 | 26 | 40 | 24 | 5 | 2 |
| FW | Albert Hutchinson | 38 | 17 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 2 |
| FW | Ralph Birkett | 35 | 9 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| FW | Fred Flavell | 10 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Fred Avey | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Tommy Davis | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Leslie Mills | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Maldwyn Owens | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Source:[2]
Top scorers
Place | Position | Nation | Name | Third Division South | FA Cup | Total |
1 | FW | | George Stabb | 24 | 2 | 26 |
2 | FW | | Albert Hutchinson | 15 | 2 | 17 |
3 | FW | | Don Bird | 9 | 1 | 10 |
4 | FW | | Ralph Birkett | 8 | 1 | 9 |
5 | FW | | Albert Orr | 6 | 0 | 6 |
6 | FW | | Fred Flavell | 3 | 0 | 3 |
7 | MF | | Ted Anderson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
= | FW | | Tom Davis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
= | DF | | Jack Fowler | 1 | 0 | 1 |
= | MF | | Alf Gray | 1 | 0 | 1 |
= | MF | | Leslie Mills | 1 | 0 | 1 |
= | DF | | Jack Tennant | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTAL | 72 | 7 | 79 |
Source:[2]
Transfers
In
Out
References
- ^ Holgate, Mike (1999). Torquay United Football Club 1899-1999. Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-1814-9
- ^ a b c Edwards, Leigh (1997). The Definitive Torquay United F.C.. The Association of Football Statisticians. ISBN 978-1-899468-09-6.
- ^ Edwards, Leigh; Gibbes, Jon; Lovis, John (1999). Torquay United, The Official Centenary History, 1899-1999. Yore Publications. ISBN 1-874427-38-0
External links
- "Torquayunited.com". Archived from the original on 27 December 2009.
- "TFF History Room". Archived from the original on 26 February 2011.
- "TUFC History". Archived from the original on 12 May 2008.
- "Football Club History Database".
- "Statto.com". Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- "Historical Football Kits".
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