I was not the only one with this idea – the attendance was announced as 2,633, a record for a league match. Torquay brought around 1,000 supporters for the game and the away end looked packed out.
Torquay had the first opportunity to score when Benyon picked up the ball in the Salisbury penalty area and hit a shot that came back off the post and was cleared. Salisbury had lost 4.0 in the reverse fixture and the team seemed set up to settle for a point rather than go for a win. There was lots of effort but very few chances created by either team, not helped by the muddy pitch.
Torquay continued to press and Zebroski came close to opening the scoring after half an hour. The ball came in from a throw in and bounced over the defence to Zebroski who headed the ball past Clarke but hit the crossbar.
Five minutes later Zebroski wasted a good opportunity by choosing to shoot across goal when a pull back would have found either Sills or Benyon who were running into the penalty area.
The second half was a similar story as both teams battled in midfield but couldn’t put together a decent through ball until the 84th minute, when Robbie Matthews went through one on one against Michael Poke, Torquay’s on loan keeper. It looked for a moment like Salisbury would nick all 3 points but Poke managed to deny the goal scoring opportunity.
After the game it took me over an hour to get out of the carpark. The combination of high attendance, muddy conditions and temporary traffic lights was not the ideal ending to an entertaining afternoon!
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