Goodbye Hilly..

After 10 years of loyal service, the inevitable has happened. Kevin Hill's Torquay United career has come to an end.

It was always on the cards, even more so when Lee Hodges signed. But now it's actually happened, its hard to imagine TUFC without him.

As long as I can remember, Hilly has been around. 474 times in fact, breaking the appearance record for the club. And each and every time he's wore a Torquay shirt, he has given his all. Be it in defence, midfield, attack, or even in goal - Hilly gave 110%.

His heading ability was phenomenal - Hilly could beat the tallest of centre-backs with his leap. And Hilly could play too, not looking out of place in the promotion winning team of 03/04.

He scored some vital goals - keeping us in the Football League at Barnet in 2001, and more recently, doing his bit to get us back there against Exeter a matter of months ago. But that wasnt to be.

Through the good and the bad, Hilly has been there. An ultimate professional, who always played with a smile on his face - there needs to be more footballers like him in the modern game. Hopefully some involvement with the youth set up will go some way towards doing that, otherwise, good luck at Dorchester.

A Torquay career that started at Macclesfield in front of 2000 fans, and ended at Wembley, with 40,000 fans applauding him. A fitting end, I think.