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 the legend of Tom Lapslie

One look at new chief executive officer Mark Thomas’ CV and you can see why he has been employed to take hold of the business side of Torquay United – but he’s no Tom Lapslie!

While the appointment of Thomas and the recent signings of experienced players Manunhe Sundire and Louis Dennis are massive positives, I can’t help feeling a bit annoyed that we haven’t pushed the boat out to re-sign the legend that is Mr Lapslie, Tiger Tom, the skipper of the tucked-in shirt brigade, Mr 100%, Torquay Till I Die.

OK. So I may be going a bit over the top here. But seeing Tom in the squad next year was something many were hoping was going to be a thing – and now he’s gone and........

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