Torrington F.C.
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| Full name | Torrington Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | Torrie, The Super Greens |
| Founded | 1908 |
| Ground | Vicarage Field |
| Manager | Nathan Delaune & Adam White |
| League | North Devon League Premier Division |
| 2016–17 | North Devon League Premier Division, 7th of 15 |
Torrington Football Club are an English association football club based in Great Torrington, Devon. Founded in 1908, the club currently compete in the North Devon League Premier Division. Based at Vicarage Field, Torrington have previously played in the Western League, South Western League and Devon and Exeter League, and rejoined the North Devon League in 2007.
Known by the nicknames "Torrie" and "The Super Greens", Torrington have won a number of local honours, including one Western League Division One title, five North Devon League Premier Division titles and one North Devon League Senior Division title. They have also won a number of local cup tournaments, including the Combe Martin Cup, Arlington Cup and Torridge Cup.
Torrington Football Club was founded in 1908, and was originally known to be "a church side", with reverends playing for the club as late as 1914. The team quickly established themselves as consistent contenders in the Premier Division of the North Devon Football League (then called the Senior Division), winning the league title for the first time in the 1912–13 season, the penultimate season before the break during World War I. In the first season after the war, they were crowned champions for the second time, and also won the inaugural Hansen Cup thanks to a 1–0 win over Bideford. Torrington continued performing in the top-flight of the North Devon League for several decades.
In the 1948–49 season, the club won their third North Devon League Senior Division title, and also broke a number of club records. One of these records was an 18–0 win over Ilfracombe Town, in which "scoring phenomenon" Sid Trickett is rumoured to have scored all 18 goals with headers. Ten years later, they were crowned Senior Division champions for a fourth time, and also won the Combe Martin Cup for the first time with a 2–0 victory over Appledore.
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