The squad photograph for the 1960/61.

Exeter finished the season in 21st place in the Fourth Division, and exited the FA Cup in the First Round. Despite holding First Division Manchester United to a 1-1 draw at St. James Park in the League Cup, City exited after a 4-1 replay defeat at Old Trafford.

League Position: 21st Played: 46 Won: 14, Drew: 10, Lost: 22 Goals For: 66, Goals Against: 94 Points: 38
FA Cup First Round: Bournemouth (H), 1-1. Replay (A), 3-1
League Cup First Round: Manchester United (H), 1-1. Replay (A), 4-1

Exeter City Reserves won the Western League Cup in 1960/61

1^st Team Results

20/08/1960	Carlisle United	H	D	0-0	9933	:
25/08/1960	Wrexham	A	L	1-3	8000	Wilkinson
27/08/1960	Rochdale	A	L	1-3	2514	Wilkinson
31/08/1960	Wrexham	H	W	1-0	6138	Rees
03/09/1960	Mansfield Town	H	L	0-2	5576	:
06/09/1960	Doncaster Rovers	A	L	1-2	5121	Harrison
10/09/1960	Stockport County	A	D	0-0	8035	:
14/09/1960	Doncaster Rovers	H	W	2-0	5015	Harrison	Gordon
17/09/1960	Bradford Park Avenue	A	L	2-5	6124	Donaldson 2
19/09/1960	Hartlepools United	A	D	0-0	2926	:
24/09/1960	Peterborough United	H	L	3-4	9146	Wilson	Wilkinson 2
26/09/1960	Hartlepools United	H	W	2-1	5000	Gordon	Wilkinson
01/10/1960	Southport	A	L	0-2	4413	:
05/10/1960	Darlington	H	L	1-3	5400	Rees
08/10/1960	Aldershot	H	W	1-0	3107	Rees
15/10/1960	Oldham Athletic	A	L	2-5	17116	Donaldson	Harrison
22/10/1960	Workington	H	D	0-0	4000	:
29/10/1960	Chester	A	D	4-4	5173	Bond 2	Harrison	Donaldson
12/11/1960	York City	A	L	1-6	5281	Wilkinson
19/11/1960	Accrington Stanley	H	L	2-4	6000	Bond	Dale
03/12/1960	Barrow	H	D	2-2	3042	Wilkinson 2
10/12/1960	Gillingham	A	L	2-4	4925	Carter	Rees
17/12/1960	Carlisle United	A	D	2-2	2484	Rees	Wilkinson
26/12/1960	Crystal Palace	H	L	2-3	7551	Jenkins	Thompson
27/12/1960	Crystal Palace	A	D	0-0	28551	:
31/12/1960	Rochdale	H	W	1-0	4365	Wilkinson
07/01/1961	Millwall	A	D	2-2	7974	Carter 2
14/01/1961	Mansfield Town	A	W	3-2	4485	Carter 2	Donaldson
21/01/1961	Stockport County	H	W	2-1	4582	Carter	Rees
04/02/1961	Bradford Park Avenue	H	W	4-2	4916	Carter 2	Jenkins	Thompson
11/02/1961	Peterborough United	A	L	1-7	11518	Rees
18/02/1961	Southport	H	W	2-1	4774	Thompson (p)	Jenkins
25/02/1961	Aldershot	A	L	1-3	5042	Carter
04/03/1961	Oldham Athletic	H	W	3-0	4483	Carter	Rees 2
11/03/1961	Workington	A	L	1-3	2011	Rees
16/03/1961	Crewe Alexandra	H	L	0-1	3632	:
18/03/1961	Chester	H	W	4-1	3642	Bond	Jenkins 2	Carter
25/03/1961	Crewe Alexandra	A	L	0-2	3000	:
01/04/1961	York City	H	W	2-1	5090	Gordon	Rees
03/04/1961	Northampton Town	H	L	1-3	5903	Williams (p)
04/04/1961	Northampton Town	A	L	1-3	12402	Rees
08/04/1961	Accrington Stanley	A	W	1-0	2700	Donaldson
15/04/1961	Millwall	H	L	2-3	4641	Rees	Carter
22/04/1961	Barrow	A	D	1-1	2754	Jenkins
24/04/1961	Darlington	A	L	0-3	2267	:
29/04/1961	Gillingham	H	W	2-0	3602	Carter	Rees

 

 

1^st Team Final Table

League Division 4
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. PETERBOROUGH UNITED      46  18  3  2  85  30  10  7  6  49  35   66
 2. CRYSTAL PALACE           46  16  4  3  64  28  13  2  8  46  41   64
 3. NORTHAMPTON              46  16  4  3  53  25   9  6  8  37  37   60
 4. BRADFORD PARK AVENUE     46  16  5  2  49  22  10  3 10  35  52   60
 5. York City                46  17  3  3  50  14   4  6 13  30  46   51
 6. Millwall                 46  13  3  7  56  33   8  5 10  41  53   50
 7. Darlington               46  11  7  5  41  24   7  6 10  37  46   49
 8. Workington               46  14  3  6  38  28   7  4 12  36  48   49
 9. Crewe Alexandra          46  11  4  8  40  29   9  5  9  21  38   49
10. Aldershot                46  16  4  3  55  19   2  5 16  24  50   45
11. Doncaster Rovers         46  15  0  8  52  33   4  7 12  24  45   45
12. Oldham Athletic          46  13  4  6  57  38   6  3 14  22  50   45
13. Stockport County         46  14  4  5  31  21   4  5 14  26  45   45
14. Southport                46  12  6  5  47  27   7  0 16  22  40   44
15. Gillingham               46   9  7  7  45  34   6  6 11  19  32   43
16. Wrexham                  46  12  4  7  38  22   5  4 14  24  34   42
17. Rochdale                 46  13  7  3  43  19   4  1 18  17  47   42
18. Accrington Stanley       46  12  4  7  44  32   4  4 15  30  56   40
19. Carlisle United          46  10  7  6  43  37   3  6 14  18  42   39
20. Mansfield Town           46  10  3 10  39  34   6  3 14  32  44   38
21. Exeter City              46  12  3  8  39  32   2  7 14  27  62   38
22. Barrow                   46  10  6  7  33  28   3  5 15  19  51   37
23. Hartlepool United        46  10  4  9  46  40   2  4 17  25  63   32
24. Chester City             46   9  7  7  38  35   2  2 19  23  69   31

FA Cup

1960/61
05/11/1960	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Home	1-1	8000	Bond	R1
09/11/1960	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Away	1-3	6382	Bond	R1 Replay

League Cup

1960/61
19/10/1960	Manchester United	Home	1-1	16000	Rees	LC 1
26/10/1960	Manchester United	Away	1-4	15662	Thompson (P)	LC 1R

Devon Bowl

19/04/1961

Plymouth Argyle

Neutral

2-1

Fincham (og), Northcott (Tommy)

1580

F

EXETER-WINNERS, Played as a Combined X1 at Plainmoor

Friendlies 

1960/61
			Exeter score 1st
13/08/1960	Reds v Whites	Home	5-0	4000	Wilkinson 3, Gordon, Thompson	Practice Match
06/09/1960	Showbiz X1 v Bedford Jezzards X1	Home	4-5	3010		Benefit Match for St Loyes College, Sean Connery played

Reserves
Western League
Although Exeter Reserves only finished 6th in the Western League, they won the Western League Cup

Reserve Results

Western League 1960/61
20/08/1960	League	Chippenham Town	Away	0-3	:
25/08/1960	League	Taunton Town	Away	3-0	A. Williams	P. Williams	Welsh
27/08/1960	League	Dorchester Town	Home	0-1	:
03/09/1960	League	Glastonbury	Away	2-1	Donaldson	Bennett
10/09/1960	League	Bath City	Home	1-3	Sokell
15/09/1960	League	Yeovil Town	Away	1-0	Symes
17/09/1960	League	Poole Town	Home	2-0	Symes	Sokell
24/09/1960	League	Welton Rovers	Away	0-9	:
15/10/1960	League	Weymouth	Home	1-2	Bennett
29/10/1960	League	Portland United	Home	9-0	Carter 5	Scott	Welsh 2	Gordon
05/11/1960	League	Dorchester Town	Away	2-2	McClelland (og)	Scott
12/11/1960	League	Trowbridge Town	Home	6-2	Dale	Carter 2	Bennett 2	A. Williams
19/11/1960	League	Bristol City	Away	2-3	Scott	Donalson
26/11/1960	League	Chippenham Town	Home	5-1	Rees 2	Wilkinson	Carter 2
10/12/1960	League	Welton Rovers	Home	3-3	Bennett	Gordon	Scott
17/12/1960	League	Bridgwater Town	Home	3-0	Bennett	A. Williams	Carter
24/12/1960	League	Torquay United	Home	9-2	Carter 5	Harrison 2	Smith (og)	A. Williams
26/12/1960	League	Torquay United	Away	1-0	Bennett
31/12/1960	League	Salisbury City	Away	4-5	Bennett	Dale	A. Williams	Gordon
07/01/1961	League	Bristol Rovers	Home	1-0	Gordon
11/01/1961	Cup	Weymouth	Home	2 A 1	Bennett	Harvey
14/01/1961	League	Yeovil Town	Home	3-0	Welsh	Gordon	Harrison
21/01/1961	League	Bath City	Away	1-3	Bennett
28/01/1961	League	Barnstaple Town	Away	0-3	:
04/02/1961	League	Bridgwater Town	Away	1-2	Wilkinson
11/02/1961	League	Minehead	Home	1-2	Bond
15/02/1961	Cup	Weymouth	Home	2-1	Gordon 2
18/02/1961	League	Minehead	Away	1-1	Bennett
25/02/1961	League	Glastonbury	Home	7-1	Bond 2	Bennett 2	Scott 2	Harrison
04/03/1961	League	Portland United	Away	1-0	Scott
11/03/1961	League	Taunton Town	Home	7-0	Irsish (og)	Bennett 3	Bond 2	Scott
18/03/1961	League	Poole Town	Away	2-1	A. Williams	Bennett
22/03/1961	Cup	Torquay United	Away	1-0	Gordon
25/03/1961	League	Salisbury City	Home	1-0	Bennett
31/03/1961	League	Bideford	Home	1-2	Bennett
01/04/1961	League	Weymouth	Away	1-0	Foley
03/04/1961	League	Bideford	Away	1-0	Bennett
08/04/1961	League	Bristol City	Home	0-1	:
12/04/1961	League	Barnstaple Town	Home	2-1	Bond	Bennett
15/04/1961	League	Trowbridge Town	Away	3-3	Harrison	Dale	Bennett
19/04/1961	League	Weston Super Mare	Away	2-2	Scott 2
22/04/1961	League	Weston Super Mare	Home	5-4	P. Williams	Bennett 2	Scott	Foley
29/04/1961	League	Bristol Rovers	Away	1-2	Foley
01/05/1961	W.L Cup Final	Dorchester Town	Neutral	3-2	Bennett 2	Gordon	AET At Yeovil Town

 

 

 Reserve Table
Western League

                                   P  W  D  L   F   A Pts
 1.Salisbury                      40 31  4  5 135  42  66
 2.Dorchester Town                40 26  6  8 115  63  58
 3.Minehead                       40 24  8  8 100  62  56
 4.Torquay United                 40 23  6 11 122  70  52
 5.Bridgwater Town                40 18 12 10  88  71  48
 6.Exeter City                    40 21  5 14  99  68  47
 7.Weymouth                       40 19  9 12  91  79  47
 8.Bristol City                   40 18 10 12  94  70  46
 9.Welton Rovers                  40 20  5 15 119 110  45
10.Portland United                40 16 10 14  93  87  42
11.Yeovil Town                    40 18  5 17  73  73  41
12.Chippenham Town                40 18  5 17  79  81  41
13.Bristol Rovers                 40 12 12 16  80  74  36
14.Bath City                      40 11 11 18  75  79  33
15.Weston-super-Mare              40 13  7 20  76  98  33
16.Bideford                       40 12  9 19  76  99  33
17.Glastonbury                    40 13  4 23  66 114  30
18.Poole Town                     40  8  9 23  57  87  25
19.Trowbridge Town                40  9  7 24  62 122  25
20.Barnstaple Town                40  8  4 28  55 111  20
21.Taunton                        40  5  6 29  59 153  16

Exeter City Colts
Results

Final Table
Exeter and District League
Senior 1

SENIOR 1
1 St Marks	24	18	4	2	79	42	40
2 St Lukes College	24	17	4	3	99	44	38
3 Exmouth Town	24	15	5	4	81	49	35
4 Sandford	24	15	2	7	89	60	32
5 Exeter City Colts	24	12	5	7	92	51	29
6 Exwick	24	12	5	7	62	49	29
7 Crediton United	24	7	5	12	63	76	19
8 Alphington	24	6	6	12	53	74	18
9 Budleigh Salterton	24	6	6	12	44	68	18
10 Torquay Villa	24	7	2	15	51	94	16
11 Axminster Town	24	7	1	16	70	107	15
12 Royal Marines	24	6	2	16	63	94	14
13 Chudleigh	24	3	3	18	59	97	9

 

1960/61, 1960s, Alan Grant, Alan Jones, Alvan Williams, Arnold Mitchell, Bernard Harrison, Brian Whitnall, Eric Welsh, Frederick Donaldson, Glenton Wilson, Gordon Dale, Graham Bond, Graham Rees, Jack Wilkinson, James Thompson, John Lobbett, Keith Harvey, Les MacDonald, Norman Packer, Peter Bennett, Peter Gordon, Raymond Carter, Reg Jenkins, Squad Photograph, Theo Foley, Timeline