AUTHOR STEVE HARRIS ON HOW TORQUAY UNITED MADE THE MOST OF THEIR BIZARRE RELEGATION ESCAPE IN THE 1980S

What a feeling: Torquay celebrate beating Blackpool on penalties in the Division Four play-off final at Wembley in 1991

ON MAY 9, 1987, Torquay United drew 2-2with Crewe Alexandra to retain their Football League status.
This was no ordinary game as the Gulls went into it as one of three teams who were in danger of being the first ever to be automatically relegated from the Football League, along with Lincoln City and Burnley.
The final round of Division Four fixtures would al...