Squad Photograph from 1978/79,
In this season Exeter finished 9th in Division Three and reached the Second Round of the FA Cup. In the League Cup however they fared well, losing in the Fourth Round.

• League Stats Played: 46 Won: 17, Drew: 15, Lost: 14 Goals For: 61, Goals Against: 56 Points: 49
• FA Cup

First Round: Brentford (H), 1-0
Second Round: Maidstone United (A), 1-0

• League Cup

First Round (played over two legs): AFC Bournemouth (A), 0-1 and (H), 1-1. Exeter won 2-1 on aggregate.
Second Round: Blackburn Rovers (H), 2-1
Third Round: Bolton Wanderers (H), 2-1
Fourth Round: Watford (H), 0-2

First Team 
Results

19/08/1978	Mansfield Town	H	D	0-0	3704	:
26/08/1978	Chester	A	L	0-3	3431	:
02/09/1978	Brentford	H	D	2-2	3604	Bowker 2
09/09/1978	Chesterfield	A	W	1-0	3936	Kellow
13/09/1978	Shrewsbury Town	H	L	0-1	3732	:
16/09/1978	Oxford United	A	L	2-3	5441	Bowker	Templeman
23/09/1978	Hull City	H	W	3-1	3733	Kellow	Delve	Bowker
27/09/1978	Colchester United	H	W	2-1	3421	Kellow	Bowker
30/09/1978	Peterborough United	A	D	1-1	6714	Holman
07/10/1978	Gillingham	H	D	0-0	4241	:
14/10/1978	Swansea City	A	L	0-1	10957	:
18/10/1978	Blackpool	H	W	3-0	3993	Kellow 2	Bowker
21/10/1978	Bury	H	W	2-1	3840	Kellow	Bowker
24/10/1978	Sheffield Wednesday	A	L	1-2	11139	Kellow
28/10/1978	Watford	A	L	0-1	14797	:
04/11/1978	Tranmere Rovers	H	W	3-0	3526	Bowker 2	Hatch
11/11/1978	Brentford	A	D	0-0	6390	:
18/11/1978	Chester	H	L	0-1	3985	:
02/12/1978	Southend United	H	D	0-0	3195	:
09/12/1978	Carlisle United	A	D	1-1	4568	Roberts
26/12/1978	Walsall	H	W	3-1	4159	Sims	Randell	Pearson
30/12/1978	Lincoln City	H	W	3-2	3810	Sims 2	Pearson
13/01/1979	Chesterfield	H	W	3-1	3671	Neville	Delve	Roberts
20/01/1979	Oxford United	H	W	2-0	4532	Neville	Randell
02/02/1979	Colchester United	A	D	2-2	2767	Neville 2
10/02/1979	Peterborough United	H	W	1-0	3844	Pearson
24/02/1979	Swansea City	H	W	2-1	7697	Delve	Sims
27/02/1979	Plymouth Argyle	A	L	2-4	12637	Delve	Sims
03/03/1979	Exeter City	A	L	2-4	3425	Hatch	Giles
10/03/1979	Watford	H	D	0-0	7082	:
16/03/1979	Tranmere Rovers	A	D	2-2	984	Sims	Roberts
24/03/1979	Sheffield Wednesday	H	D	2-2	4521	Neville	Sims
26/03/1979	Mansfield Town	A	D	1-1	4562	Bowker
31/03/1979	Rotherham United	H	W	2-0	3349	Randell	Sims
03/04/1979	Swindon Town	A	D	1-1	7923	Sims
06/04/1979	Southend United	A	W	1-0	6733	Neville (p)
11/04/1979	Swindon Town	H	L	1-2	5548	Sims
14/04/1979	Walsall	A	D	2-2	3118	Rogers	Delve
17/04/1979	Plymouth Argyle	H	W	1-0	8022	Rogers
21/04/1979	Lincoln City	A	W	1-0	2675	Neville (p)
24/04/1979	Blackpool	A	D	1-1	3136	Sims
28/04/1979	Carlisle United	H	W	3-2	4229	Neville 2 (1p)	Rogers
05/05/1979	Rotherham United	A	L	1-2	2217	Bowker
07/05/1979	Hull City	A	L	0-1	4079	:
14/05/1979	Gillingham	A	L	0-2	8788	:
17/05/1979	Shrewsbury Town	A	L	1-4	14441	Delve

Final Table 

League Division 3
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. SHREWSBURY TOWN          46  14  9  0  36  11   7 10  6  25  30   61
 2. WATFORD                  46  15  5  3  47  22   9  7  7  36  30   60
 3. SWANSEA CITY             46  16  6  1  57  32   8  6  9  26  29   60
 4. Gillingham               46  15  7  1  39  15   6 10  7  26  27   59
 5. Swindon Town             46  17  2  4  44  14   8  5 10  30  38   57
 6. Carlisle United          46  11 10  2  31  13   4 12  7  22  29   52
 7. Colchester United        46  13  9  1  35  19   4  8 11  25  36   51
 8. Hull City                46  12  9  2  36  14   7  2 14  30  47   49
 9. Exeter City              46  14  6  3  38  18   3  9 11  23  38   49
10. Brentford                46  14  4  5  35  19   5  5 13  18  30   47
11. Oxford United            46  10  8  5  27  20   4 10  9  17  30   46
12. Blackpool                46  12  5  6  38  19   6  4 13  23  40   45
13. Southend United          46  11  6  6  30  17   4  9 10  21  32   45
14. Sheffield Wednesday      46   9  8  6  30  22   4 11  8  23  31   45
15. Plymouth Argyle          46  11  9  3  40  27   4  5 14  27  41   44
16. Chester City             46  11  9  3  42  21   3  7 13  15  40   44
17. Rotherham United         46  13  3  7  30  23   4  7 12  19  32   44
18. Mansfield Town           46   7 11  5  30  24   5  8 10  21  28   43
19. Bury                     46   6 11  6  35  32   5  9  9  24  33   42
20. Chesterfield             46  10  5  8  35  34   3  9 11  16  31   40
21. PETERBOROUGH UNITED      46   8  7  8  26  24   3  7 13  18  39   36
22. WALSALL                  46   7  6 10  34  32   3  6 14  22  39   32
23. TRANMERE ROVERS          46   4 12  7  26  31   2  4 17  19  47   28
24. LINCOLN CITY             46   5  7 11  26  38   2  4 17  15  50   25

FA Cup

1978/79
25/11/1978	Brentford	Home	1-0	3782	Forbes	R1
16/12/1978	Maidstone United	Away	0-1	3685	:	R2

League Cup

1978/79
12/08/1978	AFC Bournemouth	Away	1-0	5000	Kellow	LC 1 Ist Leg
15/08/1978	AFC Bournemouth	Home	1-1	3500	Delve	LC 1 2nd Leg
29/08/1978	Blackburn Rovers	Home	2-1	4250	Bowker, Delve	LC 2
04/10/1978	Bolton Wanderers	Home	2-1	9151	Delve, Kellow (pen)	LC 3
08/11/1978	Watford	Home	0-2	14740	:	LC 4

Friendlies

1978/79
			Exeter score 1st
26/07/1978	Axminster	Away	7-0	400
27/07/1978	Foxhole (Cornwall)	Away	8-1	300	Kellow 4, Bowker, Hodge, Ingham 2	Opening of new pitch at Foxhole
02/08/1978	Stoke City	Home	0-1	1000	:
03/08/1978	Torquay United	C & F		N/K
09/08/1978	Wellington	Away	1-2	300	Hatch (pen)
27/11/1978	Poole Town	Away
11/12/1978	West Bromwich Albion	Home	2-2	4474	Roberts, Neville	Alan Beer Testimonial
18/01/1979	Nottingham Forest	Home	0-5	9479	:	Nicky Jennings Testimonial.
28/03/1979	Great Britain v Belgium	At SJP				Police International Football Match
30/04/1979	Ilfracombe	Away

FA Youth Cup 

1978/79
04/09/1978	Poole Town	Home	1-2	Roy Ireland (pen)		QF1

Reserves 
Western League Premier Division
Results 

Western League
09/08/1978	Friendly	Wellington	Away	1-2	Hatch
12/08/1978	Friendly	Plymouth Argyle	Home	2-0
19/08/1978	League	Bideford	Away	0-2	:
22/08/1978	League	Dawlish	Home	2-1	Colin Bickley	Andy White
26/08/1978	League	Clevedon	Home	3-0	Roy Ireland 2	Frank Howarth
30/08/1968	League	Ilminster	Away	3-2	Fred Ingham 2
02/09/1978	League	Clandown	Away	1-0	Fred Ingham
06/09/1978	League	Shepton Mallet	Away	0-2	:
09/09/1978	League	Keynsham	Home	1-0	Andy White
16/09/1978	League	Mangotsfield	Home	1-3	Andy White
19/09/1978	League	Tiverton	Away	0-1	:
23/09/1978	League	Weston Super Mare	Away	1-1	Ingham
30/09/1978	League	Barnstaple	Home	2-7	Roy Ireland	Steve Reed		Steve Neville Debut
07/10/1978	League	Falmouth	Away	1-2	Fred Ingham
10/10/1978	League	Saltash	Home	1-3	Andy White
14/10/1978	League	Paulton Rovers	Home	1-2	Andy White
21/10/1978	League	Frome	Away	1-1	Colin Bickley
04/11/1978	League	Barnstaple	Away	1-5	Roy Ireland
11/11/1978	League	Falmouth	Home	0-4	:
18/11/1978	League	Saltash	Away	1-2
25/11/1978	League	Bridport	Away	0-2	:			Ian Pearson Debut
02/12/1978	League	Keynsham	Away	1-2
06/12/1978	League	Bideford	Away	0-4	:
09/12/1978	League	Weston Super Mare	Home	1-7	Fred Ingham
16/12/1978	League	Paulton Rovers	Away	1-0	Roy Ireland
26/12/1978	League	Dawlish	Away	1-1	Roy Ireland
30/12/1978	League	Bridgwater	Away	2-0	Andy White	Fred Ingham
20/01/1979	League	Glastonbury	Away	1-2	Simon Harris
03/02/1979	League	Bridgwater	Home	1-2	Ingham
10/02/1979	League	Clevedon	Away	5-3	Hartnell	Andy Bell	Andy White	Maybury	Balson
24/02/1979	League	Tiverton	Home	1-1	Roberts
03/03/1979	League	Glastonbury	Home	0-1	:
06/03/1979	League	Frome	Home	3-2
17/03/1979	League	Clandown	Home	2-1	Ingham	Howarth
20/03/1979	League	Ilminster	Home	0-1	:
24/03/1979	League	Welton Rovers	Away	0-4	:
03/04/1979	League	Bridport	Home	2-2	Andy Bell 2
07/04/1979	League	Shepton Mallet	Home	5-0	Andy Bell 3	Andy White	Ingham
28/04/1979	League	Mangotsfield	Away	1-3	Ingham
05/05/1979	League	Welton Rovers	Home	2-0	Andy Bell 2

Final Table 
Western League - Premier Division

                                   P  W  D  L   F   A Pts
 1.Frome Town                     38 21 12  5  60  29  75
 2.Bideford                       38 22  8  8  76  39  74
 3.Saltash United                 38 19 10  9  65  39  67
 4.Barnstaple Town                38 18 10 10  65  35  64
 5.Tiverton Town                  38 17  9 12  71  60  60
 6.Clandown                       38 16 11 11  58  49  59
 7.Weston Super Mare              38 14 15  9  65  48  57
 8.Falmouth Town                  38 15  9 14  51  47  54
 9.Paulton Rovers                 38 15  9 14  40  48  54
10.Bridport                       38 13 13 12  54  50  52
11.Bridgwater Town                38 14  9 15  57  53  51
12.Keynsham Town                  38 13 12 13  47  57  51
13.Mangotsfield PF                38 15  2 21  53  64  47
14.Ilminster Town                 38 11 12 15  45  55  45
15.Welton Rovers                  38 11  8 19  44  59  41
16.Exeter City Reserves           38 12  5 21  48  75  41
17.Clevedon Town                  38 11  7 20  50  64  40
18.Dawlish Town                   38 10 10 18  43  61  40
19.Shepton Mallet                 38 10 10 18  48  74  40
20.Glastonbury                    38  8  9 21  42  76  33

South West and Wales Youth League

Results

South West and Wales Youth League
14/10/1978	League	Cheltenham Town	Home	1-2	Howarth (Peter
25/10/1978	League	Cheltenham Town	Away
06/03/1979	League	Bridgend Town	Away	2-1	Dummett	Lewis
03/04/1979	League	Mangotsfield	Away	1-1	Musgrove

Final Table

John Hansford

1970s, 1978/79, Anthony Mitchell, Colin Randell, Frederick Ingham, Harry Holman, Ian Main, Ian Pearson, Jimmy Giles, John Delve, John Hore, John Sims, John Templeman, Keith Bowker, Lee Roberts, Osher Williams, Peter Hatch, Peter Rogers, Philip Roberts, Richard Forbes, Robert Hodge, Roy Ireland, Squad Photograph, Steve Neville, Timeline, Tony Kellow, Vincent O'Keefe