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MATCH DETAILS
Match details: AFC Totton vs Torquay United
Competition: FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round
Venue: Testwood Stadium, Totton
Date: Saturday 13th September 2025
Kick-off: 3pm
HEAD-TO-HEAD
Torquay: 1
Draw: 0
Totton: 0
FA CUP RECORD – LAST 5
2020-21: L 5-6 Crawley Town H 1R
2021-22: L 2-4 Havant & Waterlooville A 4QR(R)
2022-23: L 0-5 Derby County A 1R(R)
2023-24 L 0-2 Maidstone United H 4QR
2024-25 L 0-3 Bishops Cleeve A 2QR
TOP GOAL-SCORERS
Torquay: Jordan Young (5)
Totton: Tony Lee (2)
TOTTON FACT FILE
Year founded: 1886
Nickname: The Stags
Last season’s league finish: 2nd in the Southern Premier Division South
(promoted through the play-offs)
Notable honours:
Southern League Division South/West:
Winners: 2010-11
Southern League Division One South:
Winners: 2022-23
FA Vase:
Runners-up: 2008-09
Best FA Cup run:
Second round 2011-12
MANAGER – JIMMY BALL
The son of former World Cup winner Alan Ball, Jimmy Ball was appointed as manager of the Stags in March 2022 and led them to promotion to National League South in the 2024-25 season.
He had previously had a spell in interim charge at Forest Green Rovers in April 2021, following the sacking of Mark Cooper. By doing so, he created a small piece of history as he became the third generation of his family to manage in the Football League after his father, Alan, and grandfather, Alan Snr.
He has also held the position of first team coach at Stevenage and played for BAT Sports after being a youth team player at Exeter City and Southampton.
PLAYER PROFILE – SCOTT RENDELL
Many Gulls fans have fond memories of Scott Rendell from his loan spell from Peterborough United during the 2009-10 season. He also had the distinction of scoring United’s first goal on their Football League on the opening day against Chesterfield., which saw the Gulls win 2-0.
Since then, he has had spells with Wycombe Wanderers, Luton Town, Woking, Aldershot Town, Eastleigh, Maidstone United and Havant and Waterlooville before joining the Stags in 2022.
PLAYER STATS – Position: Striker, DOB: 21/10/86, Height: 1.85m, Previous Club: Havant
NLS Stats 25/26: Appearances: 8, Goals 1, Assists 0, Yellow/Red Cards 1/0
OLD BOYS
Torquay: None
Totton: Joe Oastler, Scott Rendell
LAST MEETING
Tuesday 19th August 2025, Torquay United 3 AFC Totton 1
United overcame Totton on Tuesday evening to make it two wins out of two at Plainmoor in 2025-26.
Dylan Morgan’s first goal for the club opened the scoring, prior to a Tony Lee effort being swiftly cancelled out by Jordan Young’s corner being turned into his own net by Christos Batzelis. Matt Jay then marked his first start of the campaign with a classy goal to make it 3-1 after the break, and that proved to be enough to seal the win for the Gulls.
POSSIBLE LINE-UPS
Torquay United (4-3-3): James Hamon; Denzel Akyeampong, Jordan Dyer, Sam Dreyer, Jay Foulston; Dan Hayfield, Matt Worthington, Keane Anderson; Matt Jay, Jordan Young, Cody Cooke
Totton (3-5-2): Ryan Gosney; Ryan Jackson, Joe Oastler, Tyler Cordner; Christos Batzelis, Mike Carter, Craig Tanner, Christie Ward, Ashley Clarke; Tony Lee, Malachi Linton
COYY – STEVE
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