ECFC 1968/69

Squad photo from the 1968/69 season which saw Exeter finish in 17th place in Division Four and reach the Third Round in both the FA and League Cups.



Back Row, Alan Pinkney, Campbell Crawford, Cecil Smyth, Jimmy Blain
Middle Row, John Corr, Dermot Curtis, Mike Balson, Peter Shearing, Brian Sharples, John Kirkham, Keith Harvey, Bert Edwards (trainer).
Front Row, Keith Whaling, John Mitten, Frank Broome (manager), John Newman, David Pleat.

  • League Stats Position: 17th Played: 46, Won: 16, Drew: 11, Lost: 19 Goals For: 66, Goals Against: 65, Points: 43

FA Cup
First Round:
  • Newport County (H), 0-0. Replay, 1-3
Second Round:
  • Colchester United (A), 0-1
Third Round:




League Cup
First Round: Plymouth Argyle (A), 0-0. Replay, 0-0. Second Replay (Neutral Venue), 1-0.
Second Round: Sheffield Wednesday (H), 3-1
Third Round: Tottenham Hotspur (A), 6-3.

  • Squad Photo
Back Row, Alan Pinkney, Campbell Crawford, Cecil Smyth, Jimmy Blain Middle Row, John Corr, Dermot Curtis, Mike Balson, Peter Shearing, John Kirkham, Keith Harvey, Bert Edwards (trainer). Front Row, Keith Whaling, John Mitten, Frank Broome (manager), John Newman, David Pleat.

First Team 
Results

10/08/1968 Peterborough United A D 1-1 8532 Corr      
17/08/1968 Chesterfield H W 3-0 7241 Bullock Pleat Blain  
24/08/1968 Rochdale  A D 1-1 3225 Mitten (p)      
31/08/1968 Brentford H D 2-2 8835 Banks 2      
07/09/1968 Doncaster Rovers A L 1-3 8590 Blain      
09/09/1968 Bradford Park Avenue  A L 1-2 2591 Bullock      
14/09/1968 Chester H D 2-2 5121 Kirkham Corr    
18/09/1968 Bradford City H L 2-3 6182 Banks 2      
21/09/1968 Scunthorpe United  A L 1-2 3620 Mitten (p)      
28/09/1968 Colchester United H D 1-1 5146 Banks      
30/09/1968 Port Vale  A L 0-1 5235 :      
05/10/1968 Aldershot H D 0-0 4595 :      
08/10/1968 Port Vale H W 3-1 3981 Kirkham Banks 2    
11/10/1968 Southend United  A L 1-6 9935 Banks      
19/10/1968 Notts County H D 0-0 4123 :      
26/10/1968 Darlington  A W 2-1 6868 Corr Balson    
28/10/1968 York City  A W 2-0 2594 Banks 2      
02/11/1968 Grimsby Town H D 2-1 5178 Banks Pleat    
06/11/1968 Lincoln City H W 3-0 4332 Corr Balson Banks  
09/11/1968 Workington  A L 0-3 2165        
23/11/1968 Halifax Town A L 1-2 3186 Whatling      
30/11/1968 Swansea Town H L 0-1 3851 :      
14/12/1968 Southend United H L 1-2 12714 Pleat      
21/12/1968 Notts County  A L 1-3 4605 Corr      
26/12/1968 Aldershot  A L 0-2 8642 :      
11/01/1969 Grimsby Town  A W 2-1 2981 Kirkham Pleat    
25/01/1969 Lincoln City  A L 1-3 9105 Kirkham Pleat    
01/02/1969 Newport County  A L 1-2 1427 Kirkham      
24/02/1969 Bradford Park Avenue H W 4-2 3745 Crawford Kirkham Binney Mitten (p)
01/03/1969 Peterborough United H L 0-1 4604 :      
08/03/1969 Chesterfield A L 0-2 5124 :      
12/03/1969 Newport County H W 2-0 3264 Binney 2      
15/03/1969 Rochdale H D 2-2 4067 Mitten Binney    
18/03/1969 Wrexham H W 5-3 3999 Curtis Binney 2 Pleat Sharples
22/03/1969 Brentford  A W 1-0 5240 Binney      
24/03/1969 Darlington H W 2-0 4989 Pleat Curtis    
29/03/1969 Doncaster Rovers H D 0-0 6744 :      
31/03/1969 Workington H W 1-0 4829 Curtis      
05/04/1969 Colchester United A L 0-1 5650 :      
07/04/1969 Bradford City  A L 0-1 9382 :      
09/04/1969 York City H W 5-0 5083 Mitten 2 (1p) Wingate 2 Binney  
12/04/1969 Scunthorpe United H W 3-1 4566 Pleat Mitten (p) Wingate  
19/04/1969 Chester  A W 1-0 2821 Curtis      
21/04/1969 Wrexham A D 2-2 3228 Binney 2      
24/04/1969 Halifax Town H W 2-1 6422 Banks Binney    
05/05/1969 Swansea Town A L 0-2 ? :      


Final Table 
League Division 4
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. DONCASTER ROVERS         46  13  8  2  42  16   8  9  6  23  22   59
 2. HALIFAX TOWN             46  15  5  3  36  18   5 12  6  17  19   57
 3. ROCHDALE                 46  14  7  2  47  11   4 13  6  21  24   56
 4. BRADFORD CITY            46  11 10  2  36  18   7 10  6  29  28   56
 5. Darlington               46  11  6  6  40  26   6 12  5  22  19   52
 6. Colchester United        46  12  8  3  31  17   8  4 11  26  36   52
 7. Southend United          46  15  3  5  51  21   4 10  9  27  40   51
 8. Lincoln City             46  13  6  4  38  19   4 11  8  16  33   51
 9. Wrexham                  46  13  7  3  41  22   5  7 11  20  30   50
10. Swansea City             46  11  8  4  35  20   8  3 12  23  34   49
11. Brentford                46  12  7  4  40  24   6  5 12  24  41   48
12. Workington               46   8 11  4  24  17   7  6 10  16  26   47
13. Port Vale                46  12  8  3  33  15   4  6 13  13  31   46
14. Chester City             46  12  4  7  43  24   4  9 10  33  42   45
15. Aldershot                46  13  3  7  42  23   6  4 13  24  43   45
16. Scunthorpe United        46  10  5  8  28  22   8  3 12  33  38   44
17. Exeter City              46  11  8  4  45  24   5  3 15  21  41   43
18. Peterborough United      46   8  9  6  32  23   5  7 11  28  34   42
19. Notts County             46  10  8  5  33  22   2 10 11  15  35   42
20. Chesterfield             46   7  7  9  24  22   6  8  9  19  28   41
21. York City                46  12  8  3  36  25   2  3 18  17  50   39
22. Newport County           46   9  9  5  31  26   2  5 16  18  48   36
23. Grimsby Town             46   5  7 11  25  31   4  8 11  22  38   33
24. Bradford Park Avenue     46   5  8 10  19  34   0  2 21  13  72   20
Other matches 

FA Cup

16/11/1968 Newport County Home 0-0 6045 : R1   
18/11/1968 Newport County Away 3-1 6000 Balson, Williams (og) Wood (og) R1 Replay  
07/12/1968 Colchester United Away 1-0 6180 Banks R2  
04/01/1969 Manchester United Home 1-3 18500 Banks R3  


League Cup

1968/69

14/08/1968     

Plymouth Argyle         

Away     

0-0    

8662       

LC 1

21/08/1968

Plymouth Argyle

Home

0-0

13338

:

LC 1R

26/08/1968

Plymouth Argyle

Neutral

1-0

10884

Kirkham

LC 1 (2R)    

04/09/1968

Sheffield Wednesday

Home

3-1

15962

Curtis, Corr, Bullock     

LC 2

25/09/1968

Tottenham Hotspur

Away

3-6

25796

Banks 2, Mitten

LC 3



Devon Bowl

There was no competition this season.

Friendlies

1968/69  
      Exeter score 1st      
31/07/1968 Stoke City Home 0-1 4723 : Gordon Banks played
02/08/1968 Bristol Rovers Home 1-0 2288 Banks  
05/08/1968 Bideford Away 2-0 800 Mitten, Pleat  
09/05/1969 Plymouth Neutral       Charity match at Falmouth


FA Youth Cup 


Exeter had disbanded their reserves and youth teams. 


Files

Comments

Neale Raleigh

Ref 24/2/69

Home to Bradford Park Avenue.

As this was my first ever game, I seem to recall that Exeter won 4-2 and not, as shown 4-1.

Other references I have found also show 4-2

Thanks, Neale

Tom Brooks

Thank you for the information Neale, I have updated the spreadsheet.

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