TT PREVIEW
Steve Harris – @steveharris84
Match details: Poole Town versus Torquay United
Venue: The Black and Gold Stadium, Poole
Date: Saturday 24th July 2021
Kick-off: 3pm
Poole Town fact-file:
Year founded: 1880
Nickname: The Dolphins
Notable honours:
Southern League Premier Division Champions: 2015-16
Southern League Division One South and West Champions: 2012-13
Wessex League Premier League Champions: 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11
PSF so far: Merley Cobham (A) 1-4 W, Shaftesbury Town (A) 1-6 W, Winchester City (A) 2-6 W, Lymington Town (N) 1-1 D
Manager: Tom Killick
Since he was appointed as Poole Town manager in the summer of 2004, Tom Killick has taken the Dolphins from the Wessex League to the National League South, before they were relegated back down to the Southern League South at the end of the 2018-19 season.
Under Killick’s reign the Dolphins have won promotion from the Wessex League Premier Division (in 2010-11), Southern League Division South and West (2012-13) and the Southern League Premier (2015-16). They also finished fifth in the National League South in the 2016-17 season, but were unable to compete in the division’s play-offs due to their Black Gold stadium home not meeting the minimum required number of seats to play in the National League.
Player to watch: Josh Carmichael
Any eagle-eyed Torquay United fans reading this piece may remember Josh Carmichael from the loan spell he spent at Plainmoor in the 2015-16 season from AFC Bournemouth. Carmichael made 14 appearances for the Gulls and scored once. Former Scotland youth international Carmichael had also had loan spells with Welling United and Gosport Borough (who he later joined permanently) before joining Weymouth. During his first stint at Gosport, he appeared in the FA Trophy final alongside former Gulls’ striker Tim Sills.
Torquay United current squad:
1 – Mark Halstead
2 – Ben Wynter
3 – Dan Martin
4 – Tom Lapslie
5 – Ali Omar
7 – Connor Lemonheigh-Evans
8 – Asa Hall
9 – Danny Wright
10 – Armani Little
11 – Jake Andrews
16 – Keelan O’Connell
18 – Olaf Koszela
19 – Klaidi Lolos
20 – Louie Slough
21 – Dean Moxey
23 – Marcin Brzozowski
31 – Joe Lewis
Poole Town current squad:
Jez Bedford
Luke Burbidge
Josh Carmichael
Thiago Caze Da Silva
Mark Childs
Will Fletcher
Adam Grange
Mickey Hubbard
Sam Jackson
Tony Lee
Corby Moore
Declan Rose
Bailey Rowe
Will Spetch
Jamie Whisken
Jo Wickham
Sean Wright
Game Details: https://www.pooletownfc.co.uk/
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