Ian Robert Twitchin (22 January 1952 – 3 December 2017) was an English professional

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who spent his entire professional career with

Torquay United Torquay United Football Club is a professional football club based in Torquay, Devon, England. The team currently compete in the , the fifth tier of English football. They have played their home matches at Plainmoor since 1921 and are nicknamed ...

, making 400 appearances in

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. He later played for

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and Newton Abbot Spurs (where he was player-manager). He died on 3 December 2017.

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