sentences:  Sixteen games into the 1971–72 season, in November 1971, he was sold on to Torquay United for a fee of £10,000.He played a total of 267 games for Port Vale in all competitions, scoring 12 times.He replaced Ian Twitchin at right-back and quickly settled into the side, playing all but the last four of the remaining games of the season as Torquay struggled unsuccessfully to avoid relegation out of the Third Division.