Every Wednesday in the Herald Express, our Torquay United correspondent Richard Hughes takes a sideways look at what's going on in the world of the Gulls. This week, he looks at those players leaving Plainmoor this summer

It’s a shame that the ‘Deano, Deano, Deano’ chat won’t be heard at Plainmoor again, after 39-year-old Mr Moxey left the club this week after becoming one of those rare things: a hero at Torquay United after joining from Exeter City.

In his five years at Plainmoor, the ex-Premier League defender was a crucial player for Gary Johnson, and a coach, sounding-board, and back-up defender for Paul Wotton in his first season.

The sight of Deano running up and down the left hand of the field at Hemel Hempstead Town, when Torquay won there 4-1 as they tried to beat Truro City’s goal-difference and win automatic promotion, was something wonderful. Not so much a spring chicken, but Moxey looked back to his best – for one last time.

He did come on during the Boreham Wood play-off game, but that breathless performance at Hemel was his real swansong – and real goodbye and thanks very much. Moxey was one of four players released........

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