SUPPORTERS CLUB

FOUNDED 1998

Gloucester Gulls

Torquay United Supporters Club

Welcome to the Gloucester Gulls...

Congratulations to everyone at Torquay United

On Sunday 17 May 2009 Torquay United won 2-0 against Cambridge United in the Blue Square Premier League Play-off Final at Wembley. The result meant that they were promoted back into the Football League.

Congratulations to Paul Buckle, the coaching staff, all the players and the management and directors of the club in this marvelous achievement.

Follow the Gloucester Gulls on Twitter

Twitter has recently received a lot of attention from the national press with high-profile users such as Stephen Fry and Richard Bacon regularly praising the Twitter service. The Gloucester Gulls have been on Twitter for some time, but if you would like to follow our "tweets" click on the image above.

Stay in touch with the Gloucester Gulls

Social networking is currently one of the most discussed features on the intranet. Sites such as Facebook™ and My Space™ are enabling groups of people to come to together and form virtual communities sharing common interests. In order to see how successful this type of media actually is, the Gloucester Gulls have formed groups on the following social networking sites:

• Twitter

• Blogger

• FaceBook

• My Space

• Microsoft Live Spaces

• Google Orkut

• Webjam

• Multiply

Most of these sites require that you register first in order to join the groups, but once you have joined you will be able to participate in discussion forums, take part in on-line votes and view and post photos and videos.

Mobile Tag the Gloucester Gulls

Mobile Tag is a Microsoft application that it similar to the QR Codes mentioned below, but has the advantage that they can be used with a lower specification camera on a mobile phone. Just like with QR Codes, the idea is that you download the Mobile Tag application to your mobile phone (there is also an iPhone app) and then effectively take a picture of the tag (a series of coloured triangles). The application then translates this code and will launch the appropriate website and hence avoid having to type in long URL names.

This website	Gloucester Gulls mobile website

The application can be downloaded to your mobile phone from http://gettag.mobi 

Join the new Torquay United social network

Social networking (e.g. Facebook, My Space etc) are well established websites enabling people to share their common interests. A new social networking site has now been established specifically for supporters of Torquay United Football Club. Members are able to create their own personal pages and create their own personal content or can create their own group and share common interests and activities. Use the link below to become a member of Torquay United Supporters.

Visit Torquay United Supporters

Recommend the Gloucester Gulls

To help you bookmark the Gloucester Gulls website so that you can quick return to it from your "Favourites" list, or to help you add a link to the Gloucester Gulls website from your social networking (Facebook; My Space etc) profile you can now click on the button below:

Access the Gloucester Gulls via QR codes

After social networking (e.g. Facebook, My Space etc. - see below), the new technology that everyone is talking about is the mobile web - or the ability to access the internet from mobile devices, for example mobile phones.

Leading the mobile web technology are QR (Quick Reference) Codes - a mosaic styled bar code that enables web addresses to be embedded within the QR code. A user having a mobile phone equipped with a camera and the correct reader software (a lot of Nokia phones now have this installed as standard) can scan the image of the QR Code causing the phone's browser to launch and redirect to the programmed URL.

This website	Gloucester Gulls mobile website

The Gloucester Gulls have taken the opportunity offered by QR Codes to launch a mobile version of this website which has been especially designed for ease of access when surfing the internet using a mobile phone. You will now be able to access the Gloucester Gulls whenever you are out and about.

Torquay United in Second Life

Second Life™ is a virtual world created by Linden Labs. It requires a downloaded program, but residents within Second Life are able to interact with each other through the use of avatars (3D-representations of a person).

There is an entire world to be explored, with many major cities and landmarks having been created. However, of more interest to Gulls fans, a Second Life group has been created called "Torquay United Supporters". 

The Gloucester Gulls are a group of exiled Torquay United supporters who happen to be living in the Gloucester area. A small, but none the less, dedicated group of supporters who are prepared to spend most of their Saturdays following their beloved team around the country.

This site is aimed not only at the members of the Gloucester Gulls, but to anybody who wants to find out more about Torquay United Football Club. In the coming months, we not only hope to report on the success of the team, but also add to the content of this site. If anyone has any comments to make, please e-mail your views so that we can ensure that your needs are met.

The Gloucester Gulls Guest Book is once again available. Please record your comments, and read the views of others, from the Contact Us page.

Page last modified : Sunday, 17 May 2009. E-mail comments to gloucester.gulls@lineone.net