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1961/62 Torquay United relegated after finishing 21st in Division Three.
1964/65 Robin Stubbs scores twice to see Torquay draw 3-3 against Tottenham Hotspur in the Third Round of the FA Cup at Plainmoor (unfortunately they lost the replay 5-1 at White Hart Lane with Jimmy Greaves scoring a hat-trick).
1965/66 Frank O'Farrell appointed as manager. Torquay United finish Third in Division Four and are promoted.
1968 16 March Torquay United featured for the first time on BBC TV's Match of the Day. Torquay United beat Bury 3-0 at Plainmoor.
1967/68 A poor finish to the season, sees Torquay United finish fourth in Division Three (their highest position since the four divisions were introduced).
1971 17th March For the first time, a league match had to be abandoned after 63 minutes after heavy rain caused the Plainmoor pitch to become waterlogged.
1971/72 Torquay United finish 23rd in Division Three and are relegated.
1977 Pat Kruse, centre-half for Torquay, creates a world record by scoring an own goal after just six seconds in the league match against Cambridge United at Plainmoor.
1982/83 Torquay United beat Hartlepool United 3-2 in Plainmoor in a match which will be remembered because Hartlepool finished the match with just 8 players. Two Hartlepool players were sent-off for throwing lumps of mud at each other !
1983/84 The Dark Years begin. Dave Webb (the former Chelsea player) becomes Managing Director.
1984 2nd May Only 967 spectators watch the 1-0 victory over Chester at Plainmoor.
1984/85 Torquay United finish bottom of Division Four and have to apply for re-election.
1985 17 May A "suspicious" fire destroys half of the grandstand. This together with the away end being turned into a used car lot slashes the capacity of Plainmoor to just 4,999.
1985/86 For the second successive year Torquay United apply for re-election. At least Stuart Morgan had now been appointed manager.
1986 November - Riot police assigned for the first time in Torquay following the visit of Wolverhampton Wanderers.
1987 9th May This season introduced automatic relegation into the Conference League. With the final game of the season to go, Torquay were second from bottom on 47 points, below them was Burnley on 46 points. Lincoln City had 48 points and seemed in least danger.
The final game was against Crewe Alexandra (featuring David Platt) at Plainmoor. At half-time Crewe were leading 2-0 ! Two minutes into the second-half Torquay's centre-half, Jim McNichol, scores from a free kick. Despite an all-out attack, Torquay seem unable to get the equaliser - even hitting the crossbar. Seven minutes from time a piece of football folklore is created. A Police dog by the name of Bryn believes that Jim McNichol is running to attack his handler, and sinks his teeth into the centre-half's thigh. It was from the resultant four minutes of injury time that Paul Dobson scored possibly the most important goal in the clubs history, and kept them in the Football League. As history shows it was unfortunate Lincoln City that was sent into the Conference League.
1987/88 The dawn of a new era. Cyril Knowles (of 'Nice One Cyril' fame) becomes manager, and so begins one of the most successful periods in the Club's history.