Gulls Not Rushing Into Manager Decision

The Gulls have been without a manager since August 17th after Kevin Nicholson was relieved of his duties after just four games.

Nicholson was in charge for two years, managing to keep them in the National League last season.

It had been thought that the club were going to make a decision on their manager over the Bank Holiday weekend but today Harrop has updated fans that the search is still ongoing.

"We’ve pinned it down to five or six, and the interview process is well underway," a statement on the club's website read. "It is very important that we do a proper process. I think in the past, maybe, people have just ‘got’ the job, if I can put it kindly.

“We’re not too far away but I don’t want to put time scales on it [the appointment] because people come up with extra things, or want this or that. Above all it has got to be right for the Club.”

“You look where we are and I think that it is important that experience and contacts have probably got to be top of the list. Contacts – really important to get players. We’ve got to get a philosophy at the Club about what we’re trying to do build.

"If you go to certain clubs, they have a certain style of play. They have a certain type of player. I question what we have at Torquay, and long-term we want to build a fortress at Plainmoor. We certainly have the fan base to do that, now we need to do it on the pitch.

“These things don’t happen overnight. We have gone through every applicant. I can look in the mirror and know that anyone who has applied for the job has had the respect that their application has deserved.”

Harrop also issued a rallying cry to the fans, saying: "When you are where we are, you have to say “stick with us”. We need every 12th man out there that we can. We are working so hard off the pitch. It is not an easy job but it us one that I will tackle with the support of the staff and the players. We are going to get through this."