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MATCH DETAILS
Match details: Salisbury FC versus Torquay United
Competition: National League South
Venue: The Raymond McEnhill Stadium, Salisbury
Date: Saturday 4th October 2025
Kick-off: 3pm
HEAD-TO-HEAD
Torquay: 2
Draw: 3
Salisbury: 1
CURRENT FORM (LAST 6)
Torquay (W3 – D1 – L2):
W 3-2 Dover Athletic H
L 1-2 Hemel Hempstead Town A
D 2-2 Hampton and Richmond A
W 4-2 Slough Town H
L 0-2 AFC Totton A (FA Cup)
W 1-0 Ebbsfleet United H
Salisbury (W1 – D2 – L3):
L 0-2 Worthing A
L 1-3 Tonbridge Angels H
W 4-1 Laverstock & Ford H (FA Cup)
D 0-0 Eastbourne A
D 0-0 Dorking Wanderers H (FA Cup)
L 2-4 Dorking Wanderers A (FA Cup)
TOP GOAL-SCORERS
Torquay: Jordan Young (6)
Salisbury: Noah Coppin (3)
SALISBURY FACT FILE
Year founded: 1947 (reformed as Salisbury FC in 2015)
Nickname: The Whites
Last season’s league finish: 20th in National League South
Salisbury notable honours (as Salisbury FC:
Southern League Premier South:
Play-off winners: 2023-24
As Salisbury City
National League South:
Play-off winners: 2006-07, 2012-13
Southern League:
Champions: 2005-06
MANAGER – BRIAN DUTTON
Brian Dutton was appointed as Salisbury FC manager in October 2022, following the departure of Steve Claridge. He then went on to lead the club to promotion from the Southern League Premier through the play-offs against AFC Totton in his first full season in charge, the 2023-24 campaign.
As a player, he had a brief spell in the Football League with Cambridge United in the 2003-04 season before dropping into non-league football, where he had stints with a number of clubs, including both Salisbury City and Salisbury FC.
As a coach, Dutton has held several different coaching roles at Bristol Rovers across two different spells at the Memorial Stadium and he briefly managed Walsall.
PLAYER PROFILE – JOSH HEDGES
Josh joined the Lilywhites from Didcot Town in the summer of 2023 after helping Didcot achieve promotion from the Southern League Division One Central.
A key component of the Salisbury side who won promotion to National League South in 2023-24, Hedges went onto ten goals in 30 league appearances in 2024-25.
In the summer of 2025, he joined Chelmsford City but returned to Wiltshire after failing to settle in Essex.
PLAYER STATS – Position: Midfielder, DOB: 14/10/03, Height: Unknown, Previous Club: Chelmsford
NLS Stats 25/26: Appearances: 6, Goals 0, Assists 0, Yellow/Red Cards 1/0
OLD BOYS
Torquay: Jordan Thomas
Salisbury: None
LAST MEETING
Last meeting: Tuesday 11th March 2025, Torquay United 2 Salisbury FC 2
The points were shared on Tuesday evening, as United and Salisbury played out a 2-2 draw at Plainmoor.
An opener from Offrande Zanzala put United on their way, however, strikes either side of the break from Callum Watts and Ronan Silva turned the game on its head. Will Jenkins Davies then restored parity in the 70th minute, which helped to salvage a point for Paul Wotton’s side.
POSSIBLE LINE-UPS
Torquay United (4-2-3-1): James Hamon; Denzel Akyeampong, Jordan Dyer, Sam Dreyer, Jay Foulston; Matt Worthington, Sonny Blu Lo-Everton; Jordan Young, Louis Dennis, Callum Dolan; Cody Cooke
Salisbury (4-2-3-1); Will Buse; Harry Lee, Hayden Muller, Josh Summerton, Dominic Revan; George Penn, Matthew Briggs; Harry Tustin, Noah Coppin, Josh Hedges; Matt Taylor
COYY – STEVE
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