Honours Torquay United F.C.

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league honours:



third division south (prior league re-structuring)

runners-up: 1956–57


football league fourth division

promoted (3rd): 1959–60, 1965–66
play-off winners: 1990–91


football league third division (4th tier after re-structuring in 1992)

promoted (3rd): 2003–04


conference premier:

play-off winners (1): 2008–09


southern league (western section)

winners (1): 1926–27


plymouth , district league

winners (1): 1911–12


torquay , district league

winners (1): 1908–09



cups:



third division south cup

runners-up: 1934
finalists: 1939 (final never played due outbreak of world war ii)


football league trophy

runners-up 1988–89


fa trophy

runners-up 2007–08


devon senior cup

winners (2): 1910–11 , 1921–22


devon bowl/devon st luke s bowl

winners (15): 1934, 1935, 1937, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1955 (shared), 1958, 1961, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1996 (shared), 1998, 2007
runners-up (18): 1923, 1931, 1933, 1938, 1939, 1954, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1974, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2013



notable purchases



leon constantine peterborough united £75,000 in december 2004 (current club record)
billy bodin swindon town £70,000 in july 2012
eifion williams barry town £70,000 in march 1999 (previous club record)
robin stubbs birmingham city £6,000 in 1963 (previous club record)

notable sales



rodney jack crewe alexandra £650,000 in july 1998 (current club record)
matthew gregg crystal palace £400,000 in october 1998
david graham wigan athletic £315,000 in august 2004
bobby olejnik peterborough united £300,000 in june 2012
lee sharpe manchester united £185,000 in may 1988 (previous club record)
eunan o kane bournemouth £175,000 in july 2012
angus macdonald barnsley £100,000 in august 2016
mark ellis crewe alexandra £80,000 in june 2012
colin lee tottenham hotspur £60,000 in 1978–79 season (previous club record)




^ bobby olejnik deal fourth biggest windfall in torquay united history, herald express, 22 june 2012 






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