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Yahoo
20 hours ago
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Finley Craske and Lirak Hasani turn down Torquay United deals
TORQUAY United have conformed the departures of defender Finley Craske and midfielder Lirak Hasani, who have turned down contract offers and decided to pursue opportunities away from Plainmoor Cornishman Craske joined the Gulls following his release by Plymouth Argyle at the start of the 2024/25 season with the 22-year-old going on to make 43 appearances in that time. Advertisement Hasani, who is also 22, joined Torquay a year ago after his departure from Gateshead. He went on to make 27 starts and 15 substitute appearances, as Torquay finished second in National South, scoring three goals. READ MORE: Callum Dolan targeting promotion on his return to Torquay United READ MORE: Kieran Wilson hoping to make pre-season impression with Exeter City Hasani and Craske were offered new contracts at Plainmoor, with their current deals due to expire at the end of the month. One man that has extended his stay with the club is former Exeter City and Truro goalkeeper James Hamon. The 29-year-old kept 17 clean sheets this season and manager Paul Wotton said: 'I'm obviously very pleased to get the deal done. 'It's his seventh season with me now, so I know him inside out and trust him.'
BBC News
17-04-2025
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- BBC News
Torquay United 'relaxed' ahead of key game at Truro
Torquay United manager Paul Wotton says his side are "relaxed" ahead of their key National League South trip to leaders Truro left the Cornish club in the summer to take over at Plainmoor and both sides still have eyes on winning the title, with three games to fourth-placed Gulls are three points behind Truro and face the Tinners while second-placed Worthing travel to third-placed Eastbourne Borough. "The mood's relaxed because it's not in our hands," Wotton told BBC Radio Devon."There's three teams above us, so there's no pressure."We've trained very well, I've got the team in my head that we're going to play, and the subs, and we'll go down there and look forward to what will hopefully be a good game." Wotton could hold an advantage over other managers in the sixth tier having spent almost five years as Truro City led the Gulls to a 1-0 win over his former club when the two sides met at Plainmoor in the league on New Year's side also recorded a 1-0 win over his former employers in the FA Trophy back in November. "I know a lot about them, I signed a lot of their players and I'm very familiar with a lot of their players," he added."They're having a fantastic season. I've watched them and we'll go down there and give as good an account of ourselves as we possibly can."He added: "Everyone who's going to be there, including the players and the fans, they know how important the game is if you want to go on and achieve something this season."We're as prepared as we possibly can be, we've left no stone unturned and we're going own there in good spirits."But we're playing against a very, very good football team who've got an exceptional home record, so it's going to be tough."
BBC News
26-03-2025
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- BBC News
Torquay United bring back striker Ilesanmi on loan
Torquay United have re-signed Derby County forward Emmanuel Ilesanmi on 20-year-old had agreed to return to the National League promotion chasers until the end of the initially moved to Plainmoor at the end of January and made two substitute appearances suffering a hamstring injury and returning to Pride joins a fifth-placed Torquay side just three points off the top of the table with six games to play."We liked what we saw during that short period of time so we kept tabs on him," Torquay manager Paul Wotton told the club website."He's come back to full fitness and gives us another option with deadline day approaching on Thursday."He is the latest new forward to move to Plainmoor this year after Offrande Zanzala joined last month and Matt Jay signed for the club in January.
