Non-League Paper

GULLS ARE ON FILM

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
24 February 2019

WED 20

TORQUAY UNITED are set to become the next stars of media streaming service Netflix. A documentary reliving one of the most famous tales in the club’s history will reach a worldwide audience next month.
The Gull’s ‘Great Escape’ of 1987 will feature as one of eight episodes recounting stories of sporting redemption in unusual circumstances in a series called Losers.
Torquay avoided relegation from the Football League on goal difference when Paul Dobson scored an injurytime equaliser. Bizarrely, the added time was created when a police dog bit defender Jim Mc...

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