And once again that's going to feel like two points dropped, although as someone has just pointed out, seven points out of nine in a week isn't a bad return.
Onwards and upwards to Altrincham on Tuesday night, then.

FINAL SCORE - GULLS 1-1 R&D

Danny Stevens shoots left footed from 20 yards. It scuffs along the ground but Roberts holds on.
Another low cross from the right by Stevens in the third minute of stoppage team brings a crunching challenge between Roberts and Robertson, from which Rushden emerge with the ball.
Burgess drives a great shot from 25 yards for the visitors but Bevan takes it in the midriff and hangs on.

There will be four added minutes to play.

Great run down the right by Benyon. Hargreaves challenges for the cross but the ref judges it as a foul on the keeper.
Finally a free kick for Torquay - 35 yards out and central.
Wroe and Nicko over it. Wroe touches it to his left and Nicko drives it. Roberts saves.
Right back to the other end where Kelly shoots from 20 yards out on the left and hits the bar.
Smith comes on for Rankine for the visitors.

Attendance is 2,161.
Torquay have a corner on the right with six minutes to go.
It breaks eventually to Nicko, but his shot is deflected behind for another one.
This time the ref gives a foul by Robertson and it's a free kick for the visitors.

Osano gets a booking for a foul on Carayol in the 80th minute.
Nicko whips in the free kick from wide on the left. Now it's a corner for the Gulls on the left. All sorts of pushing and shoving on the far post, but nothing comes of it.
Great save from Bevan in the 82nd minute. R&D sub Marcus Kelly shot from 20 yards and a deflection off Woods looks to be taking it in before Bevan gets down. And the home keeper denies Downer from the corner, too.

And it's a booking for Hargreaves, who caught Burgess late.
Green bursts through in the left channel on a long through ball, but his volley lands in the directors' box.

Benyon's downward header bounces kindly into Roberts' hands. Hargreaves puts Benyon in with a typically brave header but Rushden clear.
We are still playing high balls into the box, but without Tim Sills we don't exactly have many tall players to aim at.

Good cross by Danny Stevens from the right but Benyon can't get anything on the header.
Wroe and Carayol get in each other's way on the edge of the box and neither can get a clean shot on the bouncing ball.
Penalty shouts turned down as Chris Robertson goes sprawling in the box.
We have just over 15 minutes left.

That came out of the blue, but what a good finish from Tomlin. And sure enough, right on cue, the downpour arrives.
And Tomlin has another go in the 69th minute, but Mansell clears.

GOAL - GULLS 1-1 R&D

The sky is getting darker here. There's a downpour coming.
Stevens is playing on the right, with Green partnering Benyon up front.
Torquay have a corner on the right. Nicko curls it but Roberts catches easily.
Tomlin fells Muzzy and Mr Johnson has finally had enough and books him.
Free kick wide on the left after Carayol is fouled. Nicko pulls it back for Danny, who tees it up and shoots from 20 yards. Roberts tips it over the bar. Glorious!
Tomlin equalises in the 65th minute. He collected the ball wide on the left and cut inside to shoot low inside the far post with his right foot.

And Tim Sills succumbs after 59 minutes. He was suffering with calf injuries in the week, and he looks in some pain as he comes off, to be replaced by Danny Stevens.

Free kick now wide on the left for Torquay, Nicko to take.
It's headed clear by Osano.
There are 55 minutes gone now.
Marcus Kelly is on now for the visitors, replacing Chris Arthur.

Gareth Jelleyman comes on in the 51st minute to replace Robinson, who is clearly still feeling the effects of his clash with Sills.
Corner on the left for Torquay in front of the ministand. Woods meets it but it's cleared.
Now Tomlin is down hurt, but he's up again quickly.

A great ball round the corner by Sills releases Benyon in the 49th minute. Elliot is bearing down on the keeper with the ball at his feet when the lino's flag flutters and he's offside. The Pop Side disagree. It was mighty close.

Muzzy is still in orange boots, too, and celebrates the first minute of the new half with a mesmerising run into the box which has no end product.
Robinson is down clutching his shin after a tussle with Sills and needs some attention. He's up after a couple of minutes of TLC.

Nope, no changes on either side at the break, and we're under way for the second half.

Torquay subs are warming up on the pitch. Rushden's are nowhere to be seen. Have they all gone in for a Bovril, or are we expecting wholesale changes in the visiting team?

HALF TIME - GULLS 1-0 R&D

Two minutes of added time to play.

A simple finish for Sills. Clinical is probably a better word.
Now it's a corner on the left for Rushden. Burgess again.
Bevan punches clear, Wolleaston crosses it back in and Osano heads it over from six yards. That was a great chance for the visitors.

GOAL - GULLS 1-0 R&D

Corner for Torquay on the left in the 41st minute. Carayol swings it into the box and Sills gets up unmarked six yards out to glance it in.

A mighty drop kick by Bevan bounces just wide of Roberts' goal.
Muzzy runs through his repertoire of step-overs and stand-ons down in the corner. He finishes off with a cross but it's an easy catch for Roberts.
Great save by Bevan in the 38th minute. Burgess and Tomlin combine to put Wolleaston in for a sidefoot shot from after 15 yards, but Bevs is down sharply to push it away.

Great catch by big Scott Bevan as Osano floats in a cross from the right for R&D. The Gulls keeper was under real pressure.
We are in the 32nd minute now with no score. The Gulls are just about on top but R&D look sharp on the break.
Burgess drives in a corner from the left in the 33rd minute. Hargreaves gets up to clear with a powerful header.

Benyon gets in a header which makes Roberts stretch a bit, but the visiting keeper completes the save.
In the 27th minute R&D have a free kick 40 yards out. Nice movement in the box but Nicko clears.
Arthur tries a shot but it is deflected behind by Tim Sills for a corner.
Burgess takes, it breaks to Tomlin and is deflected behind on the other side. Burgess is the man who has to shuttle back and forth.
Torquay clear and Matt Green breaks but loses the ball.

Corner to R&D on their left. it's their first.
Burgess finds Tomlin on the edge of the box. He sets himself and volleys. It's over the top but a bold effort. Round of applause.
Now it's a corner on the right for Torquay, and it's Nicholson to take it as ever.
Punched clear by Roberts for a throw on the other side, so it's Nicko making his weary way across again.

Free kick to Torquay wide on the right again. Nicko will take it and curl it in.
He shoots but it's blocked by Wolleaston.
We are now midway through the first half and there's no score.

Muzzy's orange boots are getting an airing today. They may just be his first half boots though.
Nasty foul on Muzzy by Kurt Robinson. The ref is giving him a yellow card which should make him a bit more careful from now on.
Corner to Torquay on the right.
There's a scramble in the goalmouth. Benyon's header hits the top of the bar and there's a R&D player injured on the line. It's Osano and he's up on his feet again.
Play restarts with a contested drop-ball.

Matt Green and Lee Msnsell both have shots at goal in the seventh minute after a cross from the right but both are blocked.
In the 10th minute Benyon has a shot on the turn from the edge of the box but it's weak and no problem for Roberts.
Mr Johnson has already had a word with R&D striker Tomlin for dissent. He had a good game against us last time they were here but he does like to have a word with the officials.

Corner on the left for Torquay in the seventh minute. Muzzy takes it. It curls beyond the far post and is put behind for another corner, to be taken from the right by Nicko.
This time it's cleared from the near post.

Free kick this time from the right. Woods curls this one into the box. Sills meets it and it's a header on target, although it's an easy take for Dale Roberts.
Hope clatters Benyon and it's another free kick for the Gulls in the fourth minute.
We were right about this being a physical game.

Nicko curls in a free kick from the left after 45 seconds. Woods meets it at the far post but puts the ball over the bar.
Not an easy chance, but a chance nevertheless.

We appear to have won the toss and will play towards the Babbacombe End in the first half. R&D are having a team huddle. In your own time, lads...
The announcer here has just urged 'Fortress Plainmoor' to become the '12th man'.
Oh dear.

Rushden seem to have brought 30 or so fans, sheltering from the drizzle in the Herald Express away stand.
And the teams are on the field, Torquay in all gold as ever, R&D in all white with red trim and red numbers. Very smart and very easy to read. We're happy.
They are a big team, too. This could be quite a physical challenge.

Referee is Kevin Johnson from Bristol.
Chris Hope is Rushden's player to watch, according to the Herald Express. we also like the look of midfielder Andy Burgess.

GULLS v R&D

Welcome to a grey and chilly Plainmoor, where we line up with that attacking 4-4-2 line-up that converts to a 4-2-4 going forward.
We are Bevan; Mansell, Woods, Robertson, Nicholson; Carayol, Wroe, Hargreaves, Green; Sills, Benyon. On the bench are Thompson, Carlisle, Hodges, Stevens and Ellis.
R&D are also 4-4-2 and will be Roberts; Osano, Hope, Downer, Robinson; Burgess, Wolleaston, Beecroft, Arthur; Rankone, Tomlin. On the bench are Jelleyman, Mcguinness, Kelly, Smith and Hilliard.