Overall playing record summary

You must have one heck of a spreadsheet there! As a smaller team in the league inevitable that our losses outweigh the wins.

Welcome to this forum by the way.

The FCHD site is fantastic - a work of art.

Unfortunately Richard had to take down a lot of pre-league FA Cup details due to copyright issues.

You could add the wartime seasons 1939-40 and 1945-46 to that record.

P.S. Welcome to the forum tu1899. If you are interested in the club's history, you are in the right place!

SUMMARY OF RESULTS IN DATABASE (UP TO AND INCLUDING 22/2/20)

P W D L F A Fpg Apg % success
Football League 1927-2014 3,512 1,208 927 1,377 4,736 5,258 1.35 1.50 47.6%
Conference 2007-2020 310 115 76 119 426 433 1.37 1.40 49.4%
Conf South 2018-2019 42 27 7 8 93 41 2.21 0.98 72.6%
Play-Offs 1987-2012 22 9 4 9 31 28 1.41 1.27 50.0%
FA Cup (proper) 1925-2020 206 78 44 84 311 291 1.51 1.41 48.5%
League Cup 1960-2014 120 27 31 62 126 203 1.05 1.69 35.4%

AM Cup 1983-2014 63 20 11 32 70 99 1.11 1.57 40.5%
FL Group Cup 1981-1983 6 2 3 1 6 5 1.00 0.83 58.3%
D3S Cup 1933-1939 17 9 3 5 29 25 1.71 1.47 61.8%

FA Cup (qual) 2007-2020 11 6 1 4 25 13 2.27 1.18 59.1%
FA Trophy 2007-2020 28 15 3 10 42 29 1.50 1.04 58.9%
Conf. Shield 2007-2009 3 1 0 2 3 3 1.00 1.00 33.3%

War Leagues 1939-1946 51 19 13 19 99 118 1.94 2.31 50.0%
War Cups 1939-1946 20 8 5 7 26 33 1.30 1.65 52.5%

Southern League 1922-1927 162 75 35 52 285 212 1.76 1.31 57.1%
Western League 1921-1927 54 29 10 15 100 66 1.85 1.22 63.0%
FA Cup (qual) 1921-1926 26 17 5 4 65 26 2.50 1.00 75.0%
SL playoff 1927-1928 1 0 0 1 0 4 0.00 4.00 0.0%

All matches 4,654 1,665 1,178 1,811 6,473 6,887 1.39 1.48 48.4%

League only Cup and other All matches

Season P W D L F A P W D L F A P W D L F A
1921/1922 14 6 2 6 25 17 8 5 2 1 23 8 22 11 4 7 48 25
1922/1923 38 18 8 12 63 38 2 1 0 1 5 3 40 19 8 13 68 41
1923/1924 34 19 7 8 59 25 8 5 2 1 18 6 42 24 9 9 77 31
1924/1925 38 9 11 18 41 73 3 1 1 1 4 3 41 10 12 19 45 76
1925/1926 44 21 9 14 87 68 8 5 2 1 17 10 52 26 11 15 104 78
1926/1927 48 31 8 9 110 57 2 0 1 1 1 2 50 31 9 10 111 59
1927/1928 42 8 14 20 53 103 1 0 0 1 0 4 43 8 14 21 53 107
1928/1929 42 14 6 22 66 84 3 1 1 1 5 2 45 15 7 23 71 86
1929/1930 42 10 11 21 64 94 1 0 0 1 0 2 43 10 11 22 64 96
1930/1931 42 17 9 16 80 84 4 2 1 1 4 3 46 19 10 17 84 87
1931/1932 42 12 9 21 72 106 1 0 0 1 1 3 43 12 9 22 73 109
1932/1933 42 16 12 14 72 67 5 1 3 1 7 8 47 17 15 15 79 75
1933/1934 42 13 7 22 53 93 7 4 1 2 11 8 49 17 8 24 64 101
1934/1935 42 18 6 18 81 75 4 1 1 2 6 7 46 19 7 20 87 82
1935/1936 42 16 9 17 62 62 3 1 0 2 4 9 45 17 9 19 66 71
1936/1937 42 11 10 21 57 80 6 3 1 2 11 10 48 14 11 23 68 90
1937/1938 42 9 12 21 38 73 2 0 0 2 1 5 44 9 12 23 39 78
1938/1939 42 14 9 19 54 70 6 4 1 1 12 8 48 18 10 20 66 78
1939/1940 31 14 9 8 77 66 4 2 1 1 7 3 35 16 10 9 84 69
1945/1946 36 11 8 17 41 82 2 0 1 1 1 2 38 11 9 18 42 84
1946/1947 42 15 12 15 52 61 1 0 0 1 0 2 43 15 12 16 52 63
1947/1948 42 11 13 18 63 62 5 2 2 1 7 5 47 13 15 19 70 67
1948/1949 42 17 11 14 65 70 4 3 0 1 5 2 46 20 11 15 70 72
1949/1950 42 19 10 13 66 63 2 1 0 1 5 5 44 20 10 14 71 68
1950/1951 46 14 9 23 64 81 1 0 0 1 1 6 47 14 9 24 65 87
1951/1952 46 17 10 19 86 98 4 1 2 1 8 9 50 18 12 20 94 107
1952/1953 46 18 9 19 87 88 1 0 0 1 1 2 47 18 9 20 88 90
1953/1954 46 17 12 17 81 88 1 0 0 1 1 3 47 17 12 18 82 91
1954/1955 46 18 12 16 82 82 5 3 1 1 13 4 51 21 13 17 95 86
1955/1956 46 20 12 14 86 63 4 2 1 1 8 8 50 22 13 15 94 71
1956/1957 46 24 11 11 89 64 3 2 0 1 8 4 49 26 11 12 97 68
1957/1958 46 11 13 22 49 74 4 1 2 1 6 6 50 12 15 23 55 80
1958/1959 46 16 12 18 78 77 4 2 1 1 3 1 50 18 13 19 81 78
1959/1960 46 26 8 12 84 58 3 1 1 1 10 5 49 27 9 13 94 63
1960/1961 46 14 17 15 75 83 4 1 1 2 6 7 50 15 18 17 81 90
1961/1962 46 15 6 25 76 100 4 1 1 2 8 8 50 16 7 27 84 108
1962/1963 46 20 16 10 75 56 4 2 0 2 6 5 50 22 16 12 81 61
1963/1964 46 20 11 15 80 54 3 1 0 2 9 7 49 21 11 17 89 61
1964/1965 46 21 7 18 70 70 7 3 2 2 17 11 53 24 9 20 87 81
1965/1966 46 24 10 12 72 49 2 0 0 2 1 5 48 24 10 14 73 54
1966/1967 46 21 9 16 73 54 3 0 1 2 4 6 49 21 10 18 77 60
1967/1968 46 21 11 14 60 56 7 2 3 2 11 9 53 23 14 16 71 65
1968/1969 46 18 12 16 54 46 5 1 2 2 6 6 51 19 14 18 60 52
1969/1970 46 14 17 15 62 59 4 1 1 2 5 6 50 15 18 17 67 65
1970/1971 46 19 11 16 54 57 7 4 1 2 12 12 53 23 12 18 66 69
1971/1972 46 10 12 24 41 69 6 4 0 2 11 9 52 14 12 26 52 78
1972/1973 46 12 17 17 44 47 3 1 0 2 4 3 49 13 17 19 48 50
1973/1974 46 13 17 16 52 57 2 0 0 2 1 5 48 13 17 18 53 62
1974/1975 46 14 14 18 46 61 2 0 0 2 0 2 48 14 14 20 46 63
1975/1976 46 18 14 14 55 63 7 3 2 2 11 12 53 21 16 16 66 75
1976/1977 46 17 9 20 59 67 5 2 1 2 4 4 51 19 10 22 63 71
1977/1978 46 16 15 15 57 56 4 1 0 3 5 7 50 17 15 18 62 63
1978/1979 46 19 8 19 58 65 5 2 1 2 6 6 51 21 9 21 64 71
1979/1980 46 15 17 14 70 69 7 2 2 3 10 10 53 17 19 17 80 79
1980/1981 46 18 5 23 55 63 6 2 2 2 9 6 52 20 7 25 64 69
1981/1982 46 14 13 19 47 59 7 0 5 2 5 7 53 14 18 21 52 66
1982/1983 46 17 7 22 56 65 10 5 2 3 17 15 56 22 9 25 73 80
1983/1984 46 18 13 15 59 64 6 2 1 3 6 15 52 20 14 18 65 79
1984/1985 46 9 14 23 38 63 7 1 2 4 4 8 53 10 16 27 42 71
1985/1986 46 9 10 27 43 88 9 2 4 3 12 11 55 11 14 30 55 99
1986/1987 46 10 18 18 56 72 5 0 1 4 2 8 51 10 19 22 58 80
1987/1988 46 21 14 11 66 41 16 9 3 4 21 15 62 30 17 15 87 56
1988/1989 46 17 8 21 45 60 15 7 2 6 21 22 61 24 10 27 66 82
1989/1990 46 15 12 19 53 66 9 4 1 4 10 10 55 19 13 23 63 76
1990/1991 46 18 18 10 64 47 14 5 5 4 20 24 60 23 23 14 84 71
1991/1992 46 13 8 25 42 68 9 2 1 6 12 19 55 15 9 31 54 87
1992/1993 42 12 7 23 45 67 8 2 1 5 14 24 50 14 8 28 59 91
1993/1994 42 17 16 9 64 56 8 3 0 5 7 11 50 20 16 14 71 67
1994/1995 42 14 13 15 54 57 10 2 2 6 10 16 52 16 15 21 64 73
1995/1996 46 5 14 27 30 84 9 1 4 4 13 25 55 6 18 31 43 109
1996/1997 46 13 11 22 46 62 4 0 1 3 4 7 50 13 12 25 50 69
1997/1998 46 21 11 14 68 59 11 4 3 4 14 16 57 25 14 18 82 75
1998/1999 46 12 17 17 47 58 6 2 1 3 5 6 52 14 18 20 52 64
1999/2000 46 19 12 15 62 52 9 4 2 3 11 8 55 23 14 18 73 60
2000/2001 46 12 13 21 52 77 5 1 1 3 5 9 51 13 14 24 57 86
2001/2002 46 12 15 19 46 63 4 1 0 3 3 5 50 13 15 22 49 68
2002/2003 46 16 18 12 71 71 4 1 0 3 6 8 50 17 18 15 77 79
2003/2004 46 23 12 11 68 44 3 0 1 2 4 6 49 23 13 13 72 50
2004/2005 46 12 15 19 55 79 4 1 0 3 6 12 50 13 15 22 61 91
2005/2006 46 13 13 20 53 66 7 1 4 2 4 7 53 14 17 22 57 73
2006/2007 46 7 14 25 36 63 6 2 1 3 5 8 52 9 15 28 41 71
2007/2008 46 26 8 12 83 57 13 8 0 5 20 14 59 34 8 17 103 71
2008/2009 46 23 14 9 72 47 13 9 0 4 19 7 59 32 14 13 91 54
2009/2010 46 14 15 17 64 55 6 3 1 2 13 7 52 17 16 19 77 62
2010/2011 46 17 18 11 74 53 10 4 2 4 5 5 56 21 20 15 79 58
2011/2012 46 23 12 11 63 50 6 1 0 5 8 14 52 24 12 16 71 64
2012/2013 46 13 14 19 55 62 3 0 1 2 2 7 49 13 15 21 57 69
2013/2014 46 12 9 25 42 66 3 0 1 2 0 3 49 12 10 27 42 69
2014/2015 46 16 13 17 64 60 7 4 0 3 13 7 53 20 13 20 77 67
2015/2016 46 13 12 21 54 76 7 3 2 2 7 7 53 16 14 23 61 83
2016/2017 46 14 11 21 54 61 3 0 1 2 2 5 49 14 12 23 56 66
2017/2018 46 10 12 24 45 73 2 0 0 2 0 5 48 10 12 26 45 78
2018/2019 42 27 7 8 93 41 6 3 1 2 16 6 48 30 8 10 109 47
2019/2020 34 13 6 15 54 59 4 2 0 2 9 6 38 15 6 17 63 65

4,147 1,479 1,072 1,596 5,758 6,158 507 186 106 215 715 729 4,654 1,665 1,178 1,811 6,473 6,887

Thanks for posting this comprehensive information, having a good look.

No right or wrong answer on this. The English National Football Archive records the three expunged league games and the two FA Cup games but no other wartime games. But it does not record National League, let alone National League South, FA Trophy, etc.

www.enfa.co.uk/

Up to 2007, I would have mirrored them. I now feel that if you are going to include National League South, you may as well include Southern League, Western League and wartime leagues and cups too. They are all at least as close to first class as our 2018/19 season. If you want a complete record of the current Torquay United they all count in my view.

I will stick there for now as adding 1899-1921 is more problematic with expunged games, games played for four points, games walked over, scratched or disputed. All messy and all at a lower level than anything post 1921.


Competitive games form the two wartime seasons:


26/08/39 A v Exeter City League 1 D 2 - 2 Conley, Preskett.
30/08/39 H v Walsall League 2 D 0 - 0
02/09/39 H v Mansfield League 3 D 2 - 2 Hutchinson (pen), Conley
21/10/39 A v Plymouth Argyle War League 1 L 0 - 4
28/10/39 A v Swindon Town War League 2 L 0 - 2
04/11/39 H v Bristol Rovers War League 3 W 2 - 1 A Clarke 2
11/11/39 A v Newport County War League 4 L 0 - 1
18/11/39 A v Swansea War League 5 L 1 - 5 A Clarke
25/11/39 H v Bristol City War League 6 D 3 - 3 Ebdon, A Clarke 2
02/12/39 A v Cardiff City War League 7 D 2 - 2 A Clarke, Brown
09/12/39 H v Plymouth Argyle War League 8 W 5 - 2 Brown 4, Ebdon
16/12/39 H v Swindon Town War League 9 W 5 - 1 Ebdon 2, A Clarke 2, Brown
23/12/39 A v Bristol Rovers War League 10 D 2 - 2 A Clarke 2
26/12/39 A v Plymouth Argyle War League 11 D 1 - 1 A Clarke
30/12/39 H v Newport County War League 12 W 6 - 2 A Clarke 3, R Clarke, Markham, Knapman
06/01/40 H v Swansea War League 13 W 3 - 2 Ebdon, Brown 2 (1 pen)
13/01/40 A v Bristol City War League 14 W 3 - 1 A Clarke, Brown, Ebdon
20/01/40 H v Cardiff City War League 15 W 5 - 0 A Clarke 2, Ebdon 3
27/01/40 H v Plymouth Argyle War League 16 W 1 - 0 Coley
10/02/40 H v Bristol Rovers War League 17 W 5 - 1 A Clarke, Ebdon 2, Brown, R Clarke
24/02/40 A v Swansea War League 18 L 1 - 2 Bennett
02/03/40 H v Bristol City War League 19 W 3 - 0 Ebdon, A Clarke, Bennett
09/03/40 A v Cardiff City War League 20 D 1 - 1 A Clarke
23/03/40 H v Swindon Town War League 21 W 4 - 3 Knapman, Ebdon, A Clarke, Mercer
30/03/40 A v Bristol Rovers War League 22 L 2 - 3 Ebdon, McArthur (og)
06/04/40 H v Newport County War League 23 W 4 - 3 A Clarke, Mitchesen, Hutchinson (pen), Ebdon
13/04/40 A v Swindon Town War Cup R1 D 0 - 0
17/04/40 H v Swindon Town War Cup R1r W 5 - 0 Ebdon, Mitchesen 2, Knapman, Cothliff
20/04/40 H v Reading War Cup R2-1L W 2 - 0 Ebdon, Kernick
27/04/40 A v Reading War Cup R2-2L L 0 - 3
04/05/40 A v Swindon Town War League 24 W 3 - 1 Kernick, Ebdon, Mahon
11/05/40 H v Cardiff City War League 25 L 2 - 4 Knapman, Hutchinson (pen)
18/05/40 A v Bristol City War League 26 D 2 - 2 Kelso (og), Ebdon
01/06/40 A v Newport County War League 27 L 0 - 11
05/06/40 H v Swansea War League 28 W 7 - 2 Kernick, Ebdon 4, Brown (pen), Mercer
29/08/45 H v Bristol Rovers War League 1 L 0 - 3
08/09/45 A v Cardiff City War League 2 L 0 - 6
12/09/45 H v Bournemouth War League 3 W 3 - 2 Williams, Kernick, Phillips (pen)
15/09/45 H v Cardiff City War League 4 L 0 - 7
17/09/45 A v Bristol Rovers War League 5 L 0 - 3
22/09/45 H v Swindon Town War League 6 L 0 - 2
29/09/45 A v Swindon Town War League 7 D 1 - 1 Court
06/10/45 A v Aldershot War League 8 D 1 - 1 Glanville
13/10/45 H v Aldershot War League 9 D 2 - 2 Griffiths 2
20/10/45 H v Reading War League 10 W 4 - 3 Court 2, Williams, W Smith
27/10/45 A v Reading War League 11 L 1 - 4 W Smith
03/11/45 A v Bristol City War League 12 L 2 - 6 Cothliff, Phillips
10/11/45 H v Bristol City War League 13 L 0 - 1
17/11/45 H v Newport County FA Cup R1-1L L 0 - 1
24/11/45 A v Newport County FA Cup R1-2L D 1 - 1 Coley
01/12/45 A v Brighton & HA War League 14 L 0 - 3
15/12/45 H v Crystal Palace War League 15 L 1 - 2 Knapman
22/12/45 A v Crystal Palace War League 16 L 0 - 5
25/12/45 H v Exeter City War League 17 W 3 - 1 Griffiths 2, Kernick
26/12/45 A v Exeter City War League 18 W 2 - 0 Griffiths, Kernick
29/12/45 A v Bournemouth War League 19 W 2 - 0 Dyer, C Smith
12/01/46 H v Reading War Cup 1 W 3 - 1 Dyer 3
19/01/46 A v Reading War Cup 2 L 0 - 6
26/01/46 H v Bristol Rovers War Cup 3 W 1 - 0 Mercer
09/02/46 H v Cardiff City War Cup 4 W 1 - 0 Cothliff
16/02/46 A v Cardiff City War Cup 5 L 0 - 3
23/02/46 H v Bristol City War Cup 6 W 4 - 2 Phillips 2, Kernick 2
02/03/46 A v Bristol City War Cup 7 L 1 - 5 Phillips
09/03/46 A v Exeter City War Cup 8 D 1 - 1 Phillips
16/03/46 H v Exeter City War Cup 9 L 0 - 2
23/03/46 A v Brighton & HA War Cup 10 L 0 - 4
30/03/46 H v Brighton & HA War Cup 11 W 1 - 0 Brown
06/04/46 A v Aldershot War Cup 12 D 1 - 1 Brown
13/04/46 H v Aldershot War Cup 13 D 1 - 1 Phillips
19/04/46 A v Bristol Rovers War Cup 14 L 1 - 3 C Smith
20/04/46 H v Swindon Town War Cup 15 W 4 - 1 Conley 4
22/04/46 A v Swindon Town War Cup 16 D 0 - 0
27/04/46 H v Brighton & HA War League 20 D 0 - 0

Thanks for the above 2 posts, agree with your logic, so 4654 it is, as of now. Also agree with adding the 3 expunged FL games to war league, not FL, and including the 2 45/46 FA Cup games in FAC, not war cup.
One further point. The play-off in 1927/28, relating to 1926/27. My only source for venue/date is Torquay United 1926/27 season wiki, no details in the various books. Indicates 0-4 v. Brighton Reserves, away at Brighton, on 5 October 1927. But also says Torquay United Reserves played the game. An error, perhaps, and even if reserves arguably a first team fixture. Included in the 4654. Can you shed any light, please.

Thanks for your reply, again agree with your logic.