sentences:  Boulton remained a regular until the end of the 1977–78 season, as Torquay again finished ninth.However, he played just eleven times the 1978–79 season, with his final game for Torquay coming on the final day of the season, a 1–0 defeat away to Rochdale.He left Plainmoor that summer, and was awarded a testimonial by Torquay with a friendly match against Southampton on 15 January 1980.