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Torquay United F.C. is an English football team currently playing in League Two of the English Football League. They play at the Plainmoor ground in Torquay in the county of Devon. The club was formed in 1899 when two other soccer teams, Torquay Town and Babbacombe FC merged to create one club. The team has never been higher than the third tier of the English Football League. In 2007 they were relegated from the Footall League to the Nationwide Conference for the first time in their history but were promoted back to League Two in 2009 when they beat Cambridge Utd in the Conference Play off final at Wembley Stadium.

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  • TUFC 1927-8 Football League

    Torquay United team prior to their first match in the Football League v Exeter City, 1927

  • Torquay Fans at Wembley

    Torquay supporters at Wembley Stadium, May 2009

  • TUFC open top bus tour

    Celebratory open top bus tour following promotion back to the Football League

  • View of popular side from Bristow's Bench

    View of The Popular Side from Bristow's Bench

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