Gateshead 3-1 Torquay: post-match thoughts
While I didn’t make it up to Gateshead yesterday, between working for the Conference’s official data partner and the comprehensive – if slightly one-sided – highlight reel below, I got a pretty … Continue reading
Visualising Torquay’s League 2 Fixtures
Over at experimental361.com I’ve been busy producing fixture visualisations for all 3 Football League divisions and thought I’d share some Torquay-specific fruits of my labour with you here. The picture … Continue reading
An announcement
Regrettably I’ve decided to discontinue providing Torquay United match updates after the last match of this season. While I enjoy live match tweeting as much as ever, changes in my … Continue reading
A short film about football and Twitter
The 14th is finally upon us, so there’s no further need for the irritatingly coy secrecy of my previous post. Last year, one of my KPMG colleagues kindly nominated my … Continue reading
Something exciting will soon happen…
…on the 14th February to be exact. With the invaluable assistance of Torquay United – particularly their excellent and tireless Media Officer, Tim Herbert – I’ve been able to feature … Continue reading
Explaining silence
As it’s been unforgivably long since my last post, I thought I should briefly explain the reasons for the abrupt hiatus and my intentions for the future. In a nutshell, … Continue reading
Visualising Torquay’s fixtures
You may remember my surprisingly popular fixture visualisations, which coloured every club’s matches by relative difficulty. Blackpool fan @onedavebamber built on it admirably to produce this excellent preview of his … Continue reading
League 2 Season Preview 2011/12: Round-up
You’d think that after weeks of research, days of behind-the-scenes proof-reading and a series of bitter email exchanges we’d have arrived at an informed consensus around how League 2 will … Continue reading
League 2 Season Preview: Torquay United
Recap of last season The Gulls’ young side surprised everyone by reaching the playoffs, playing an attractive passing style which belied their modest budget, but couldn’t break down Stevenage in … Continue reading
League 2 Season Preview: Shrewsbury Town
Recap of last season By rights Shrewsbury shouldn’t even be featured in this preview – a controversial equaliser awarded to Wycombe when the two sides met saw the Chairboys promoted … Continue reading
Greenwich Gull 