Election to the Football League Torquay United F.C.

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torquay united team prior first match in football league v exeter city, 1927


united s first match in league took place on 27 august 1927, , aptly against exeter city @ plainmoor. side first game was: millsom; cook, smith; wellock, wragge, conner, mackey, turner, jones, mcgovern, thomson. crowd of 11,625 watched 1–1 draw torquay s goal coming bert turner. team s first season in league, however, not success – followed draw exeter 9–1 thrashing away @ millwall. of 48 games played first season, torquay won 8, drawing 14 , losing 20. meant finished first season in football league bottom of table on 30 points , goals against tally of 103. fortunately there no automatic promotion , re-elected league next season.



chart of yearly table positions of torquay united in football league


throughout 1930s torquay struggled against financial problems, made worse having replace stadium roof when blown off in 1930. failed finish higher 10th in twelve seasons. in last few seasons before league football suspended during second world war, torquay struggled in division 3 south, finishing 20th, 20th , 19th out of 22 teams.


notable torquay players pre-war era include paignton-born george stabb, scored 24 goals during 1932–33 season, stalwart albert hutchinson (84 goals in 338 games 1930–38) , dartmouth-born winger ralph birkett, later went on play distinction arsenal , middlesbrough , win 1 full england cap. don welsh player who, after playing torquay in 1930s, went on play charlton athletic 12 years, earning 3 england caps.


in 1939, torquay qualified final of third division south cup, competition in club had lost 1–0 exeter city in 1934 final. however, 1939 final (which have been against either queens park rangers or port vale) never played due outbreak of second world war.


when league football resumed in 1946, united continued struggle , finished season 19th. however, partly goals of new striker sammy collins, club broke top ten barrier in 1949 first time, finishing 9th , 5th in 1950 off of collin s goalscoring finesse.








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