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The 2006–07 Torquay United F.C. season was Torquay United's 73rd season in the Football League and their second consecutive season in League Two. The season runs from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007.

Overview
The 2005–06 season had been a poor one for Torquay. Only a remarkable run of four wins and a draw at the end of the season had saved the club from relegation from the Football League. After achieving last season's 'great escape', manager Ian Atkins brought in a number of new signings, including Lee Mansell and Jamie Ward, and the new season got off to a reasonably solid start. However, despite finding themselves in the League Two play-off positions by mid-September, the 1–0 win at home to Mansfield Town that month was destined to be Torquay's last League win until the end of January, by which point they had become firmly rooted to the bottom of the table.

It was during this period that Mike Bateson stood down as chairman of Torquay United after sixteen years in charge. In October, London-based businessman Chris Roberts was announced as the new chairman after his consortium completed their takeover of the club. Roberts was soon announcing fresh ideas for the club including the building of a new stadium on Torquay's seafront. More controversially, Roberts then announced an initiative whereby players found guilty of deliberate diving during a match could potentially face the sack. The new chairman then decided to replace Ian Atkins with the former-Czech international Luboš Kubík as manager. A friend of Roberts, Kubík had had an impressive playing career but was relatively inexperienced in management. Meanwhile, after refusing the offer of becoming Torquay's director of football, Ian Atkins left the club in early December.

Season diary

 * 12 October: Chairman and owner Mike Bateson sells club to consortium led by Chris Roberts


 * 21 November: Roberts introduces an anti-diving initiative whereby Torquay players will be cautioned or fined for diving or feigning injury and if a third offence occurs will be transfer-listed or sacked
 * 27 November: Ian Atkins replaced as manager by former Czech international Luboš Kubík


 * 10 January: Former manager Colin Lee brought in to assist Kubik


 * 5 February: Manager Luboš Kubík resigns
 * 5 February: Midfielder Matthew Hewlett forced to retire due to a back injury
 * 6 February: Midfielder Darren Baxter and defender Nathan Simpson are released
 * 7 February: Colin Lee appointed as Director of Football
 * 8 February: Keith Curle appointed as Head Coach until the end of the season
 * 16 February: Sheffield United midfielder Lloyd Kerry joins on a month's loan
 * 21 February: Chris Roberts resigns as chairman after a protest by three long-serving directors who resigned over Roberts' handling of the club
 * 23 February: Local hotel owner Keith Richardson is appointed as the club's new chairman
 * 26 February: Loanees Kevin Miller, Rossi Jarvis and Matthew Halliday return to their parent clubs
 * 27 February: Chairman Keith Richardson distances himself and the club from plans to build a new stadium


 * 2 March: Lincoln City goalkeeper Simon Rayner and Sheffield United striker Dean Oliver join on one-month loan deals and Sheffield United defender Chris Robertson joins on non-contract terms
 * 6 March: Winger Marvin Williams joins on loan from Millwall until the end of the season
 * 7 March: Mike Bateson returns as chairman
 * 20 March: Defender John Wheeldon told he will be released at the end of the season
 * 21 March: Former Torquay striker David Graham rejoins the club on loan from Sheffield Wednesday until the end of the season
 * 22 March: Plymouth Argyle striker Reuben Reid joins on loan until the end of the season


 * 2 April: Loanees Alistair John, Dean Oliver and Simon Rayner extend their loan stays until the end of the season
 * 12 April: Loanees Alistair John and Lloyd Kerry return to Charlton Athletic and Sheffield United respectively after suffering injuries
 * 14 April: Torquay's relegation from the football league is confirmed after a 1-1 draw at home to Peterborough United. Bateson puts the club up for sale after the game


 * 5 May: Torquay play their final game in the Football League, a goalless draw at home to Hereford United
 * 14 May: Chairman Mike Bateson stands down as chairman and is replaced by Mervyn Benney, although Bateson remains as majority shareholder
 * 14 May: Director of Football Colin Lee is made redundant
 * 17 May: Former manager Leroy Rosenior takes over as manager from Keith Curle, but is effectively out of a job again ten minutes later when Bateson informs him that the club has been sold
 * 24 May: Alex Rowe appointed chairman after new consortium buys club from Mike Bateson
 * 25 May: Colin Lee appointed as club's new Chief Executive


 * 2 June: Former Torquay midfielder Paul Buckle is appointed as the club's new manager
 * 4 June: Canadian goalkeeper Simon Rayner is signed on a free transfer from Lincoln City having been on loan to Torquay the previous season
 * 6 June: Goalkeeper Martin Rice is signed on a free transfer from Exeter City
 * 13 June: Shaun North appointed to Torquay coaching staff
 * 13 June: Midfielder Matthew Hockley agrees new one-year contract
 * 20 June: Chris Robertson and Chris Hargreaves sign for Torquay on free transfers from Sheffield United and Oxford United respectively
 * 21 June: Defender Kevin Nicholson joins Torquay after rejecting a new contract at Forest Green Rovers
 * 22 June: Striker Lee Phillips is signed on a three contract from Exeter City, for a fee of £17,500
 * 28 June: Striker Tim Sills joins from Hereford United on a two-year contract
 * 28 June: Striker Lee Thorpe has his contract terminated by mutual consent and joins Brentford five days later

First team appearances
Source: Torquay United
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