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Steve Harris – @steveharris84

MATCH DETAILS

Match details: Torquay United vs Horsham FC – FA Trophy 3rd Round

Venue: Plainmoor

Date: Tuesday 10th December 2024

Kick-off: 7.45pm

HEAD TO HEAD

First Ever Meeting

GULLS FA TROPHY RECORD

2007-08 Runners-up L Ebbsfleet United N
2008-09 Round two L Southport A
2014-15 Semi-finals L Wrexham H
2015-16 Quarter finals L Bognor Regis A
2016-17 Round one L Braintree Town A
2017-18 Round one L Maidstone United H
2018-19 Round one L Boreham Wood A
2019-20 Round two L FC Halifax Town H
2020-21 Quarter finals L Woking A
2021-22 Round three L Tonbridge Angels A
2022-23 Round five L Barnet H
2023-24 Round four L Hereford FC A

RECENT FORM (LAST 6)

Torquay – W3 – D3 – L0

D 0-0 Tonbridge H

D 1-1 Maidstone H

W 1-0 Truro City (FA Trophy) H

D 0-0 Boreham Wood A

W 4-2 Weston-super-Mare H

W 4-1 Enfield Town A

Horsham – W2 – D0 – L4

L 0-2 Chatham Town A

W 2-1 Maidstone United H (FA Trophy)

L 0-1 Wingate & Finchley A

L 0-1 Folkestone Invicta H

W 5-0 Bowers and Pitsea H

L 1-2 Billericay Town A

HORSHAM FC FACT FILE

Year founded:

Nickname: The Hornets

Last season’s league finish: 5th in the Isthmian League Premier Division

Notable honours:

Southern Combination League:

Winners: 2015-16

Isthmian League Division Three:

Winners: 1995-96

THE MANAGER – DOMINIC DI PAOLA

After cutting his managerial teeth with Clymping, Worthing United, East Preston and Hastings United, Dominic Di Paola led Horsham to the Southern Combination League title in the 2015-16 season. He followed this up by leading the club back to the Isthmian League Premier Division via the Play-offs in 2018-19 and he guided the Hornets to a best ever league finish of 5th in the Isthmian Premier League in the 2023-24 campaign.

PLAYER TO WATCH – SHAMIR FENELON

Many of the Plainmoor faithful will probably remember Shamir Fenelon as Shamir Goodwin from his loan spell with the Gulls during the 2013-14 season under Chris Hargreaves. Since then he has had further loan stints with Rochdale, Tranmere Rovers and Dagenham & Redbridge. He then went on to appear for Crawley Town and Aldershot Town and he represented the Republic of Ireland at Under-21 level. He joined Horsham in the 2021-22 season and ended the campaign as the club’s top scorer.

FENELON STATS – Position: Striker – Date of Birth: 03/08/94 – Height: 1.85m – Previous Clubs: Brighton, Tonbridge, Torquay, Rochdale, Tranmere, Dagenham, Crawley, Whitehawk, Aldershot, Maidenhead, Billericay

OLD BOYS

Torquay: None

Horsham: Shamir Fenelon

POSSIBLE LINE-UPS

Torquay United (4-3-3): James Hamon; Jordan Thomas, Jordan Dyer, Sam Dreyer, Jay Foulston; Dan Hayfield, Oscar Threlkeld, Will Jenkins-Davies; Jordan Young, Omar Mussa, Cody Cooke

Horsham FC: Lewis Carey, Harvey Sparks, Isaac Philpott, Jack Strange, Charlie Hester-Cook, Montel Agyemang, Lucas Rodrigues, Chris Dickson, Lee Harding, Jack Brivo, Bobby-Joe Taylor