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MATCH DETAILS
Match details: Torquay United versus Hampton & Richmond Borough
Competition: National League South
Venue: Plainmoor
Date: Saturday 10th January 2026
Kick-off: 3pm
HEAD-TO-HEAD
Torquay: 4
Draw: 2
Hampton: 3
CURRENT FORM (LAST 6)
Torquay (W3 – D1 – L2):
W 3-2 Worthing H
W 2-0 Chelmsford City A
L 1-2 Tonbridge Angels H
L 0-1 AFC Totton A
W 3-1 Weston Super Mare H
D 0-0 Bath City A
Hampton (W2 – D1 – L3):
L 0-3 Tonbridge Angels H
L 0-6 Eastbourne Borough A
W 2-0 AFC Totton H
L 1-3 Maidenhead United H
D 0-0 Maidstone United H
W 2-0 Farnborough A
TOP GOAL-SCORERS
Torquay: Louis Dennis (13)
Hampton: Craig Fasanmade (6)
HAMPTON FACT FILE
Year founded: 1887
Nickname: The Beavers
Last season’s league finish: 18th in National League South
Notable Honours:
Isthmian League:
Winners: 2006-07, 2015-16
MANAGER – ALAN DOWSON
Gateshead-born Alan Dowson appeared in the Football League for Millwall, Fulham, Bradford City and Darlington before first dropping into non-league football with Slough Town in the 1993-94 season. He took up his first managerial post in 2004 when he was appointed as player- manager at Walton and Hersham and in his first season in charge they finished as runners-up in Isthmian League Division One.
In 2007, he moved on to Kingstonian who he guided to promotion from Isthmian League Division South in the 2008-09 campaign. He remained in charge of the K’s until 2014 and during this time they twice missed out on promotion to National League South through the Isthmian League play-offs – in the 2009-10 and 2013-14 seasons – before he resigned to spend more time with his family.
His next managerial port of call was with Hampton and Richmond in September 2014, who he would later lead to the Isthmian League title in the 2015-16 season. He was then appointed as manager of Woking in the summer of 2018 and led them to promotion from the National League South via the play-offs.
He was sacked in February 2022 and became Dartford manager in the following summer. He guided the club to second place in the National League South last season, but they lost out in the play-offs. Dowson was relieved of his duties by the Darts in January 2024 and had spells as interim manager of Hemel Hempstead Town and first team coach at Aldershot Town before he returned to the Beavers in December 2025.
PLAYER PROFILE – MAX KRETZSCHAMAR
Kretzschmar, 32, is returning to the Beveree having previously turned out for Hampton & Richmond Borough in Alan Dowson’s last season of his first stint as manager- 2017/18. He appeared 52 times in all competitions, scoring 20 goals.In the National League South playoffs. After a successful campaign, he followed Dowson to Woking. He then joined Wealdstone and made 118 league appearances in four years for the London club, finishing as their joint top scorer in the 23-24 season.
PLAYER STATS:
Position: Midfielder
DOB: 12/10/93
Height: 1.74m
Previous Club: Wealdstone
NLS Stats 25/26: Appearances: 1, Goals 0, Assists 0, Yellow/Red Cards 0/0
OLD BOYS
Torquay United: Sam Dreyer
Hampton: None
LAST MEETING
Last meeting: Tuesday September 2025, Hampton and Richmond 2 Torquay United 2
United were forced to settle for a point on Tuesday evening, as Hampton & Richmond came back from behind twice to earn a share of the spoils. The two sides traded early goals after United’s Jordan Young saw his opener swiftly cancelled out by Craig Fasanmade for the hosts. Sam Dreyer’s goal gave Torquay a half-time advantage, but just when it looked as though The Gulls were about to clinch their first away win of the season, Charlie Sayers struck late on to make it all-square.
POSSIBLE LINE-UPS
Torquay United (4-2-3-1): James Hamon; Jordan Thomas, Jordan Dyer, Sam Dreyer, Jay Foulston; Sonny Blu Lo-Everton, Matt Worthington; Jordan Young, Matt Jay, Louis Dennis; Cody Cooke
Hampton and Richmond (4-2-3-1): Matt Rowley; Aaron Lacey, Ben Jackson, Alan Massey, Charlie Sayers; Sam Deadfield, Harry Gardner; Craig Fasamade, Max Kretzschmar, Brendan Kiernan; Junior Dixon
COYY – STEVE
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