FINAL SCORE - GULLS 2 BATH CITY 0

And that's that. A good job well done, and a place in monday's draw.
It wasn't a game to last long in the memory, but they were two well-taken goals and there were some good performances out there

In the 90th minute a fantastic ball through from Dsane finds Carlisle but again he shgots over the top.
There are three added minutes to play, and a Sills header brings an acrobatic save from Perrin.
The ball breaks loose to Nicko, but his shot flies in the general direction of the directors' box.

Bath force a corner and there's an outbreak of pushing and shoving in the goalmouth. Mr Barratt has a stern word with a couple of players and they get on with it. Good refereeing this afternoon, and not a card shown.
Richard Evans has a strike from the edge of the box, but Scott Bevan gathers it well.

Bath had a four against two break on there for a moment, but a decisive tackle by Mansell soons puts a stop to that.
With 82 minutes gone Bath are still giving it a go but surely the Gulls have done enough now?

And for Torquay Danny Stevens comes on after 77 minutes to replace Green.
Roscoe Dsane will go up front alongside Tim Sills, and immediately he creates a chance for the tireless Carlisle, who shoots high and wide.

Bath's last substitution is Scott Rogers coming on for Matt Coupe after 75 minutes.

72 minutes gone and Green forces a good save from Perrin with a 25-yard shot. we are beginning to play with some ease now.

GOAL - GULLS 2 BATH CITY 0

Roscoe Dsane outs the Gulls two up after 69 minutes.
Matt Green cuts in again from the right and squares for the unmarked Dsane in the centre. Roscoe steadies himself and sticks it past Perrin with what one can only describe as 'aplomb'.

66 minutes gone and we're on top without really threatening.
Wayne Carlisle has just flung himself at a Nicholson cross but his glanced header goes wide. Carlisle has been getting stuck in from the first minute today and, up to now, he would be my choice for Man of the Match.
But he takes a touch when a first-time shot might have given him a goal in the 68th minute.
There's another change for Bath. Edwards replaces Douglas.

In the 60th minute Matt Green, who has been largely anonymous up to now, bursts into the box with a great turn of pace but a defender dashes back to block his shot.
But moments later Gilroy goes close for Bath, lashing an effort across the face of goal after being put in by Evans.

There's a substitution for Bath in the 57th minute, with Dave Gilroy replacing Gethin Jones.

GOAL - GULLS 1 BATH CITY 0

LEE MANSELL puts the Gulls in front after 52 minutes.
Tim Sills fights to win the ball in midfield and sends Dsane on his way. The ball breaks to Carlisle whose shot is parried by Perrin, only for Mansell to knock the rebound in from a tight angle.

We're off, and Bath have a free kick on the edge of the box in the first minute of the half.
Hogg drives the kick into the wall and the danger is over for the moment.
And Simpson beats Nicholson down the Bath right in the 48th minute. It's a good low cross to the near post for Douglas. His flick is goal-bound but Bevan flings himself to his right and pushes it away. Good chance. good save.

Mustapha has had a change of boots now, and is warming up out in the centre in his orange pair.
That wasn't a great first half, to say the least. Chances were few and far between and we should have imposed ourselves a lot more than we have. Bath must be feeling they are in with a chance here.
The attendance is 1,176, by the way.

HALF TIME - GULLS 0 BATH CITY 0

Now Rollo is having some treatment after getting a bang on the head in a challenge with Carlisle.
The fourth official is out now, indicating two extra minutes to play at the end of the half.
Hargreaves spurns a decent chance on the edge of the box and Carlisle has an effort blocked in a frantic end to the half.

Bath have stretched us a bit now, with Hogg bursting into the box again, and Slocombe crossing for Douglas to glance a header wide in the 36th minute.
We have a corner in the 38th minute on the right but Nicko's corner doesn't get past the first defender.
Bath have us under a bit of pressure, and Jones has just fired a shot high over the bar from 30 yards. The visitors are growing in confidence, and we need a goal.

Stuart Douglas goes for the spectacular in the 27th minute, trying a bicycle kick from eight yards out after a cross by Lewis Hogg, but it bounces harmlessly away.
Best skill of the day so far goes to Bath's Gethin Jones, who does one of those step-over-stand-on-turn-around things to beat Roscoe. Nicko hauls him down to concede a free kick.
Now Bath's Adam Connolly is down after getting a bang on the head in a challenge with Hargreaves, but he's quickly up and OK after a little treatment.

In the 22nd minute Green makes room on the left to pull the ball back for Dsane, but his shot goes wide.
At the other end Rollo curls the ball in from the Bath left but it's an easy gather for Bevan.
Green and Hargreaves link up well on the edge of the box, but Green's shot is cleared.

Carlisle has just clattered into the ref in the heat of combat, but there's no harm done and they exchange friendly waves.
In the 18th minute Hargreaves stretches to reach a cross six yards out, but the ball goes high over the bar.
Bath's dreadlocked striker Stuart Douglas is getting a lecture from Mr Barratt for some backchat. Meanwhile Carlisle half-volleys over the top after a clever free kick move for Torquay. Still no goals, though.

Now it's a corner to Bath but while Jones meets it 10 yards out, his header is off target and easily dealt with.
The floodlights are on here, brightening up a gloomy afternoon.
At least the rain has stopped.

Carlisle heads for goal in the 10th minute after Bath fail to clear a corner but it's headed away by Slocombe. Then the ball breaks for Chris Hargreaves on the edge of the box but his driven shot is just over the bar.

And in the third minute Carlisle gets to a Nicholson cross from the left but his header is straight at Steve Perrin.
There are eight minutes gone now and it looks as if Carlisle is up for it, running at Slocombe down the wing.

Torquay, all in gold, play towards the Babbacombe end as we like it. Bath are in black and white striped shirts and black shorts.
It is absolutely impossible to read the red numbers on their backs, so bear with me.
Just two names on the glove-wearing list of shame this week. Roscoe Dsane for us and Chris Holland for them.
One minute gone and Wayne Carlisle curls a shot just wide from 25 yards.

Not that I have any room to talk, but Steve Perrin in the Bath goal is clearly no stranger to the pie shop.
However, if things go according to the usual form, he will now have an absolute blinder.

Five minutes to go to kick-off and the groundsman is out forking muddy patches.
The pitch looks in great condition considering the rain that's fallen. It's a credit to Mark Burd that it looks this good.

According to our Bath City sources, they will play a 4-1-4-1. So, try to keep up, it's Perrin in goal with Jones, Coupe, Holland and Slocombe across the back, skipper Jim Rollo sitting, Simpson, Hogg, Connolly and Evans across the middle and Douglas ploughing a lone furrow up front.
On the bench for Bath are Gilroy, Edwards, Rogers, Badman and Jones.
Referee is Wayne Barratt from the West Midlands.

And it has just started raining as the Gulls players come out to warm up.
Team sheets have arrived and we are, surprise, surprise, at full strength.
Bevan plays in goal with Mansell, Woods, Hodges and Nicholson across the back. It looks as if Carlisle will play on the right with Wroe and Hargreaves in the middle and Dsane - in after suspension to replace Danny Stevens - on the left. Matt Green - in for Benyon - will partner Tim Sills up front.
on the bench are Robertson, Thompson, Carayol, Stevens and Adams. Mustapha Carayol today plays in muted plain boots.

FA TROPHY - GULLS v BATH CITY

AND it's good afternoon from the Plainmoor press box, where we look out on a grey afternoon. Cold, a little damp and not many people here as yet to warm things up.
There's plenty of speculation about who will play for us today, amid fears that Elliot Benyon may not be fit. Also, will the manager rest any key players ahead of a tough game against Histon next weekend?