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that their three most successful football teams should amalgamate in order to create a single professional club. Although
Babbacombe refused to take part in a merger, Torquay United and Ellacombe agreed to pool their resources and became Torquay Town. Ironically, despite wishing to remain independent, Babbacombe now moved from their Palk Arms home (at the lower end of what is now the Golf Club) to
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and (later) Torquay United. In 1908, Babbacombe moved up to the East Devon Senior League and in 1909 up again to the
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Town's form began to suffer and they finished below
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at the start of the 1904–05 season, becoming champions twice in 1907 and 1908. The league also included local rivals
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A Babbacombe club played friendlies in 1903–04, but the club was properly formed in 1904 in time to join the
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