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MATCH DETAILS

Match details: Chesham United vs Torquay United – National League South

Venue: The Meadow

Date: Monday 26th August 2024

Kick-off: 3pm

HEAD TO HEAD

TORQUAY – 2

DRAWS – 1

CHESHAM – 0

LAST RESULTS

Torquay

W 2-1 Enfield Town H

L 0-1 Farnborough A

W 2-1 Bath City A

W 1-0 Dorking H

Chesham

D 1-1 Eastbourne Borough A

L 1-2 Boreham Wood H

L 1-2 Weston Super Mare H

W 2-1 St Albans City

TOP SCORERS

Torquay: O.G/Ash/Cooke/Palmer/Hasani (1 each)

Chesham: Nathan Minhas (4)

CHESHAM FACT FILE

Nickname: The Generals

Last season’s league finish: 1st in the Southern League Premier South Division (promoted as champions)

Notable honours:

Southern League Premier South Division: champions 2023-24

Isthmian Premier Division champions: 1992-93

Isthmian Division One champions: 1990-91 & 1996-97

THE MANAGEMENT TEAM – JAMES DUNCAN & MICHAEL MURRAY

The duo are currently in their sixth season with the Generals after taking charge in October 2018, having led the Generals to promotion to National League South as Southern League Premier South Division champions. Prior to this they had managed Potters Bar Town, where they won automatic promotion from the Isthmian League Division One North in the 2017-18 season and left them in the top ten of the Premier Division.

Before going into management, Duncan had a 13-year playing career as a midfielder with spells at Wealdstone, Uxbridge & Slough Town. Murray joined Potters Bar as a player in 2016-17 from Chalfont St Peter, and his former sides include Northwood, Hendon, Uxbridge and North Greenford United.

PLAYER TO WATCH – NATHAN MINHAS

Nathan Minhas joined the Generals in the summer from Slough Town and is currently their top scorer so far this season with four goals. In the 2023-24 campaign, he found the back of the net 17 times for Slough.

He has also had spells with Beaconsfield, Maidenhead United, Ascot United, Billericay Town, Bracknell Town and Hampton and Richmond Borough and he also represented Panjab in the 2018 CONIFA World Cup.

MINHAS STATS – Position: Striker – Date of Birth: 16/09/97 – Height: 1.75m – Previous Clubs: Maidenhead, Flackwell, Ascot, Billericay, Bracknell, Kingstonian, Hampton, Beaconsfield, Slough – 24/25 NLS Stats: Appearances 4, Goals 4, Yellow/Red Cards 0/0

OLD BOYS

TORQUAY: Roddy Collins

CHESHAM: None

POSSIBLE LINE-UPS

Torquay United (3-5-2): James Hamon; Jordan Dyer, Sam Dreyer, Jay Foulston; Finn Tonks, Dan Hayfield, Oscar Threlkeld, Lirak Hasani, Matt Carson; Brad Ash, Cody Cooke

Chesham (3-5-2): Ben Goode; Callum Akinbiyi, Steve Brown, Connor Stevens; Alex Lafleur, Samson Esan, Ashley Lodge, T’Sharne Gallimore, Lewis Rolfe; Mitchell Weiss, Nathan Minhas

LAST MEETING – 19.12.20, Chesham United 0-1 Torquay United, FA Trophy 3rd Round

United came out on top against Chesham in their FA Trophy 3rd Round clash at The Meadow on Saturday.

After a goalless first half, Josh Umerah’s goal just after the break was enough to separate the two sides, as the Gulls made their way safely through to round four.