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| Full name | Torquay United Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Gulls | ||
| Founded | 1899[1] | ||
| Ground | Plainmoor | ||
| Capacity | 6,200 (3,092 seated) | ||
| Chairman | Michael Westcott & Mark Bowes-Cavanagh (The Bryn Consortium Group). Neil Warnock as an advisor to the board. | ||
| Manager | Paul Wotton | ||
| League | National League South | ||
| 2023–24 | National League South, 18th of 24 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Torquay United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Torquay, Devon, England. The team currently compete in the National League South, the sixth level of the English football league system. They have played their home matches at Plainmoor since 1921 and are nicknamed "The Gulls". The club's primary colours are yellow and blue.
Founded in 1899, the club first entered the East Devon League. They went on to win the Torquay & District League in 1908–09, the Plymouth & West Devon League 1911–12, and were admitted into the Football League in 1927 after claiming the Southern League title and second-place in the Western League in 1926–27. They remained in the Third Division South for the next 31 years and were promoted out of the Fourth Division at the end of the 1959–60 season, though were relegated after two seasons in the Third Division. Torquay were again promoted in 1965–66, only to suffer another relegation six years later. They survived re-election votes after last place finishes in the Fourth Division in 1985 and 1986.
Torquay gained promotion after winning the Fourth Division play-offs in 1991, having been losing finalists in 1988. Relegated in 1992, they lost another play-off final in 1998, before securing automatic promotion in 2003–04. They lasted just one season in League One and were relegated out of the Football League after finishing bottom of League Two in 2007. Torquay lost the 2008 FA Trophy final, but won the 2009 Conference play-off final. They spent five seasons in League Two, missing out in the play-offs in 2011 and 2012, before losing their Football League status for a second time with a last place finish in 2014. Torquay were relegated from the National League in 2018, but secured immediate promotion after winning the National League South in 2018–19. At the end of the 2022–23 season, Torquay were relegated back to the National League South and less than a year later, in April 2024, went into administration.
On 22 February 2024, club chairman, Clarke Osborne, stated he was planning to appoint administrators and stood down. After the announcement, manager Gary Johnson left the club by mutual agreement and his assistant Aaron Downes was appointed interim manager.[2][3] On 13 March 2024, the National League deducted Torquay ten points, dropping the club from 12th to 17th place in the table.[4]The club formally went into administration on 5 April 2024.[5] Torquay finished the 2023–24 season 18th in the sixth tier, their lowest league finish since 1927. Off the pitch, a consortium of local businessmen, the Bryn Consortium, was set to take over the club.[6] On 14 May 2024, the new Torquay owners appointed former Truro City boss Paul Wotton as their new manager, working along side new football advisor Neil Warnock.[7][8]
- ^ "History of Torquay United". BBC Devon. 13 November 2014. Archived from the original on 17 May 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
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