Torquay United were in front twice but had to settle for a point at Weymouth in their National League South Boxing Day derby in Dorset this afternoon. The Gulls, still top of the table, went ahead through Will Jenkins Davies right at the end of the first half, but Weymouth leveled through Btandon Goodship in the 49th minute. Torquay went ahead again through Cody Cooke in the 58th minute - but Goodship made it 2-2 in the 79th minute.
It was top against bottom of course, so a disappointing result for the Gulls, but they will now focus on the New Year Day home derby against Truro City, Paul Wotton made two changes to the team that started the 1-0 win against Hemel Hempstead Town. Jordan Thomas was back after the minor injury that kept him out of the last game, with Finn Tonks dropping out of the 16 altogether. Left-back Jay Foulston limped from the pitch against Hemel so Matt Carson came into the defence.
Lirak Hasani returned to the squad after finishing his three-match ban - to sit on the bench. There were around 1,000 Gulls fans in the Bob Lucas Stadium for this Boxing Day South West derby for which Torquay wore their white third kit. A very early shot by Omar Mussa was blocked on its way to goal.
A Dan Hayfield free kick hit the wall. A decent strike by Hayfield went just wide in the eighth minute. When the ball went into the Torquay box, it was defended well.
James Hamon had to make a smart low save from a Charlie Rowan header in the 20th minute. Right-side attacker Jordan .
