By 1910, there was feeling throughout the town of Torquay that their three most successful football teams should amalgamate in order to create a single professional club.

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 Plainmoor in a groundshare arrangement with Torquay Town.

They had previously played at the upper end of what is now the Golf Club in Petitor Road and prior to that at Walls Hill.

In the 1911–12 season, Babbacombe finished bottom of the table while their newly created rivals were crowned champions.

Nevertheless, when Devon's two most successful teams, Plymouth Argyle and Exeter City, became founder members of the Third Division South in 1920, the desire for Torquay to have a Football League club of its own became too great even for Babbacombe to resist.