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MATCH DETAILS
Match details: Torquay United versus Slough Town, National League South
Venue: Plainmoor
Date: Saturday 10th October, 2026
Kick-off: 3pm
HEAD-TO-HEAD
Torquay: 6
Draw: 2
Slough: 1
FORM GUIDE
Torquay (W3, D1, L2):
W 3-2 Folkestone Invicta H
W 4-0 Maidenhead United A
D 2-2 Dorking Wanderers H
W 6-1 AFC Stoneham H (FA Cup second qualifying round)
L 0-3 Billericay Town
W 1-0 Tonbridge Angels A (FA Cup third qualifying round)
Slough (W1, D1, L4):
L 1-2 Braintree Town H
L 1-5 Salisbury City A
W 1-0 AFC Totton A
L 0-1 Chatham United H (FA Cup second qualifying round)
L 0-2 Hemel Hempstead Town H
D 1-1 Ebbsfleet United H
TOP GOAL-SCORERS
Torquay: Sonny Blu Lo-Everton (5)
Slough: Johnny Goddard (2)
SLOUGH FACT FILE
Year founded: 1890.
Nickname: The Rebels
Last season’s league finish: 16th in National League South
Slough Town notable honours: FA Amateur Cup: Runners-up: 1972-73
MANAGEMENT TEAM
In the wake of the dismissal of manager Alan Julian, who succeeded the Aldershot Town bound Scott Davies in the summer, the playing duo of Johnny Goddard and Henry Ochieng have taken charge of first team affairs along with academy manager Ryan Case.
PLAYER PROFILE – JOHNNY GODDARD
After starting his career at Reading, Johnny Goddard progressed through the Royals youth system before signing his first professional contract in 2011. He was released a year later and spent one season at National League South club Hayes & Yeading United. Goddard then signed for National League club Woking in September 2013 after a successful trial period.
He became a fans’ favourite at Woking, scoring 25 goals in 116 league appearances before securing a move to EFL side Swindon Town for an undisclosed fee in May 2016. He subsequently signed for Stevenage in January 2018. He was loaned out to Bromley of the National League at the start of the 2018-19 season and then joined Aldershot Town on a six-month deal in January 2019. Goddard signed for divisional rivals Ebbsfleet United in July 2019. He re-joined Woking in August 2020, where he spent the 2020-21 season and then moved on to St Albans City who he joined the Rebels from in June 2022.
He is currently part of a caretaker management team with Rob Case and Henry Ochieng following the dismissal of Alan Julian.
PLAYER STATS:
Position: Winger
DOB: 02/06/93 (33)
Previous Club: Boreham Wood
26/27 NLS Stats: Appearances 10, Goals 2, Assists 1, Yellow/Red Cards 3/0
OLD BOYS
Torquay United: Munashe Sundire
Slough Town: Jordan Thomas, Saikou Janneh
POSSIBLE LINE-UPS
Torquay United (3-5-2): Toby Savin; Oladure Olafunwa, Luke Browne, Jake Wannell; Harry Shield, Munashe Sundire, Matt Worthington, Sonny Blu Lo-Everton, Kian Jenkins; Callum Morton, Deon Moore
Slough Town (3-4-3): Stevie Bausor, Chris Francis, Joe Morrison, Keenan Quansah; Brian Nelson, Balu Makumbi, Lattrell Humphrey-Evers, Luke Holness; Kyrie Pierre, Saikou Janneh, Johnny Goddard
LAST MEETING
Last meeting: Saturday 11th April 2026, Slough Town 1 Torquay United 5
Torquay United consolidated third place in National League South with an impressive 5-1 win at Slough Town.
The victory moved the Gulls one point behind second-placed Dorking Wanderers and four behind leaders Worthing with two regular season games to play.
Dylan Morgan’s fine run of form continued as he opened the scoring in the eighth minute – his fifth goal in his past four games – having hit the crossbar moments earlier.
Jordan Young ended an 11-game goal drought nine minutes later as he fired in his 16th of the season.
New signing Deon Moore scored twice in a five-minute spell soon after to leave the Gulls 4-0 up after 24 minutes. Jaiden Celestine-Charles got a consolation goal for the hosts nine minutes from full time, before loan signing Reece Evans completed the rout with a stoppage-time goal to make it 5-1.
COYY – STEVE
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