Post by Dave on Apr 23, 2009 18:57:13 GMT
It’s our clubs birthday very soon and it will be 110 years old, so I thought we should look back and remember our 100th birthday.
Torquay United Football Club was formed following a meeting at the Torre Abbey Hotel in Belgrave Road on 1 May 1899.
Players at the town's college decided they needed a team to play in after they left the college, so they established Torquay United.
The first ground was in Teignmouth Road, and in United's very first game, in September 1899, they beat Upton Cricket Club 5-0.
United then moved to the Recreation Ground, but their stay was short-lived because Torquay Athletic Rugby Club took over the ground in 1904, forcing United to yet another new home - in Barton Road.
The ground wasn't up the required standards of the East Devon League - in which United played - so they had to withdraw for the 1904-5 season.
Torquay found a new pitch near the Barton Road ground - but at this stage, the team wasn't as strong as two other clubs in the town - Ellacombe and Babbacombe.
United and Ellacombe joined together to form Torquay Town in 1910, as the two sides wanted to respond to Exeter City's decision to turn professional.
In 1910, Torquay Town moved into a new base at Plainmoor - a ground they shared with Babbacombe. Both sides were playing in the same league - the Plymouth and District League, which Torquay Town won in 1911-12.
The two Torquay clubs didn't get on at all, until matters finally came to a head in 1921. Torquay Town FC was desperate to join Exeter and Plymouth as a professional club.
Babbacombe at last agreed to a merger in 1921, enabling the new club to become professional - and so Torquay United was born.
Torquay United Football Club was formed following a meeting at the Torre Abbey Hotel in Belgrave Road on 1 May 1899.
Players at the town's college decided they needed a team to play in after they left the college, so they established Torquay United.
The first ground was in Teignmouth Road, and in United's very first game, in September 1899, they beat Upton Cricket Club 5-0.
United then moved to the Recreation Ground, but their stay was short-lived because Torquay Athletic Rugby Club took over the ground in 1904, forcing United to yet another new home - in Barton Road.
The ground wasn't up the required standards of the East Devon League - in which United played - so they had to withdraw for the 1904-5 season.
Torquay found a new pitch near the Barton Road ground - but at this stage, the team wasn't as strong as two other clubs in the town - Ellacombe and Babbacombe.
United and Ellacombe joined together to form Torquay Town in 1910, as the two sides wanted to respond to Exeter City's decision to turn professional.
In 1910, Torquay Town moved into a new base at Plainmoor - a ground they shared with Babbacombe. Both sides were playing in the same league - the Plymouth and District League, which Torquay Town won in 1911-12.
The two Torquay clubs didn't get on at all, until matters finally came to a head in 1921. Torquay Town FC was desperate to join Exeter and Plymouth as a professional club.
Babbacombe at last agreed to a merger in 1921, enabling the new club to become professional - and so Torquay United was born.