Prior to the double Torquay United completed over Plymouth Argyle in the 2011-12 season, the Gulls hadn't won a league game against the Pilgrims since 1972.
However, they had beaten the Pilgrims twice in the Autoglass Trophy and the Auto Windscreens Shield during that time.
With the two sides due to meet on New Years Day, in what will be their first fixture of 2014, we will now take a closer look at those successes.
February 2nd 1993 Torquay United 2 Plymouth Argyle 1- Autoglass Trophy
This fixture had been due to take place in December, but was postponed. It saw the Gulls, who were under caretaker control of future Argyle manager Neil Warnock, take on the Pilgrims who were then managed by former England goalkeeper Peter Shilton.
Former and future Greens Kevin Hodges and Kevin Blackwell were named in Torquay's starting eleven, and former Argyle defender Danis Salman was also with the Gulls at that time.
Steve McCall, who would later serve Torquay as a Player-Coach, started for the Pilgrims.
Hodges, who still holds the Pilgrims' all-time appearance- and released by the club weeks' earlier by Shilton- scored the winning goal in the 81st minute after Paul Hall and Dwight Marshall had struck for their respective sides.
The result saw the Pilgrims knocked out of the competition and angered their then Chairman Dan McCauley, himself a former Torquay director, as he described the result as 'an absolute disgrace to the supporters, the club and the city of Plymouth.'
Torquay, meanwhile, were eliminated from the competition in the next round as they lost to West Bromwich Albion.
Torquay United: Kevin Blackwell; Matthew Gardiner, Aaron Davis, Dudley Lewis, Darren Moore, Kevin Hodges, Paul Hall, Adrian Foster, Duane Darby, Paul Trollope, Scott Colcombe
Goals: Hall, Hodges
Plymouth Argyle: Peter Shilton; Steve McCall, Steve Morgan, Keith Hill, Andy Morrison, Adrian Burrows, Warren Joyce, Steve Castle, Kevin Nugent, Dwight Marshall, Paul Dalton.
Goal: Marshall
January 8th 2000 Plymouth Argyle 0 Torquay United 1- Auto Windscreens Shield
The next meeting between the two sides in the competition came seven years later, and, by this time, Kevin Hodges was now manager of the Pilgrims, following a two-year spell in charge at Plainmoor.
Argyle had received a bye in the first round and the Gulls had defeated Gillingham-then managed by Peter Taylor- 3-0 to set up this encounter.
The Pilgrims' line-up included three players who would later find their way to Plainmoor (Martin Gritton, Chris Hargreaves and Lee Phillips) and one former Gull in the form of midfielder Chris Leadbitter. Future Gulls loanee Ian Stonebridge also came on as a substitute.
A first half effort from O'Neill Donaldson proved to be enough to separate the two sides as Torquay secured their place in the next round, where they were beaten by Exeter City.
Argyle went on to gain a small measure of revenge on the Gulls when they beat them 4-0 in the league in March of that year.
However, it would be the Gulls who finished the season as Devon's highest placed league side, as they finished 9th in the Division Three table, with the Pilgrims in 12th place and Exeter in a distant 21st.
Plymouth Argyle: Jon Sheffield, Jon Ashton, Jon Beswetherick, Chris Leadbitter, Adam Barrett, Jamie Morrison-Hill (Ian Stonebridge), Wayne O'Sullivan, Martin Gritton, Lee Phillips, Chris Hargreaves, Paul Wotton
Torquay United: Ryan Northmore, Steve Tully, Kevin Hill (Paul Holmes), Jimmy Aggrey, Gary Neil, Wayne Thomas, Chris Brandon, Brian Healy, O'Neill Donaldson (Tony Bedeau), Michael Griffiths, Mark Platts,
Goal: Donaldson
