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 talks the arrival of Matt Jay

I have never seen such a one-sided game end in a defeat for the wrong team – but, to be fair to Hampton & Richmond Borough, they worked hard for that win on Saturday.

Torquay United had chance after chance to break through and batter Hampton, but a trinity of great goalkeeping from a Chelsea loanee, some determined last-man defending, and a splash of luck denied the Gulls in a game they might have won four, five or six nil!

This isn’t a tale of woe. What happened happened and the Gulls will go again. Last night’s game at Chippenham Town was postponed because of the weather, so it is Saturday’s trip at Maidstone United that offers them the opportunity of being the winners from a lesser performance.

Against Hampton, according to my match report, Torquay had an astonishing 23 chances to score a goal, with the ball flying wide, going over,........

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