Squad photo from the 1970/71 season, which saw Exeter finish 9th in Division Four.


In both the FA and League Cups, Exeter lost in the First Round, Swansea City defeated them on both occasions.

• League Position: 9th Played: 46 Won: 17, Drew: 14, Lost: 15 Goals For: 67, Goals Against: 68 Points: 48
• FA Cup

First Round: Swansea City (A), 4-1

• League Cup

First Round: Swansea City (H), 0-0. Replay, 4-2

First Team 
Results

15/08/1970	Scunthorpe United	H	D	1-1	5456	Binney
22/08/1970	Oldham Athletic	A	L	1-2	6352	Gadston
29/08/1970	Peterborough United	H	W	3-2	4537	Gadston 2	Rowan
02/09/1970	Southend United	H	W	2-0	5190	Corr	Gadston
05/09/1970	Darlington	A	L	2-3	3472	Horner (og)	Sharples
12/09/1970	Crewe Alexandra	H	W	6-2	4769	John Giles	Gadston 2	Banks 2	Corr
19/09/1970	Chester	A	L	1-3	4337	Banks
21/09/1970	Southport	A	W	2-0	3842	Rowan 2
26/09/1970	Notts County	H	L	0-1	6093	:
29/09/1970	Newport County	A	W	1-0	2169	Gadston
03/10/1970	Lincoln City	A	L	1-4	6548	Gadston
10/10/1970	Hartlepool United	H	D	1-1	4590	Mitten (p)
17/10/1970	Scunthorpe United	A	L	0-3	3684	:
21/10/1970	Grimsby Town	H	W	4-0	4087	Banks 3	Binney
24/10/1970	Cambridge United	H	W	1-0	5631	Rowan
31/10/1970	Brentford	A	L	0-5	5270	:
07/11/1970	Colchester United	H	D	2-2	4420	Gadston	Banks
11/11/1970	Aldershot	H	W	4-1	4434	Gadston 2	Banks	Corr
14/11/1970	Barrow	A	D	1-1	2244	Gadston
28/11/1970	Workington	A	L	0-1	2013	:
05/12/1970	York City	H	L	0-2	4403	:
12/12/1970	Southport	H	W	2-1	3437	Wingate	Binney
19/12/1970	Oldham Athletic	H	L	0-2	4185	:
09/01/1971	Newport County	H	D	1-1	4142	Binney
16/01/1971	Grimsby Town	A	W	2-1	2926	Gadston	Parker
22/01/1971	Stockport County	A	W	3-0	1992	Banks	Parker	Binney
27/01/1971	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	A	L	1-4	9184	Gadston
06/02/1971	York City	A	D	2-2	3234	Rowan	Banks
09/02/1971	Northampton Town	H	D	1-1	5016	Banks
13/02/1971	Stockport County	H	W	2-1	4223	Banks 2
16/02/1971	Workington	H	L	0-1	4609	:
20/02/1971	Aldershot	A	D	2-2	5505	Gadston	Banks
27/02/1971	Brentford	H	W	1-0	3892	Binney
06/03/1971	Cambridge United	A	L	0-2	3802	:
13/03/1971	Barrow	H	W	4-2	3999	Rowan	Gadston	Binney	Banks
16/03/1971	Northampton Town	A	D	2-2	5724	Banks	Jimmy Giles
20/03/1971	Colchester United	A	D	1-1	5630	Banks
27/03/1971	Darlington	H	W	2-1	4136	Wingate	Banks
03/04/1971	Peterborough United	A	W	3-1	3880	Jimmy Giles	Gadston	Banks
09/04/1971	Crewe Alexandra	A	L	1-4	3748	Wingate
10/04/1971	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	H	D	0-0	7918	:
12/04/1971	Lincoln City	H	D	0-0	4614	:
17/04/1971	Hartlepool United	A	L	0-3	1515	:
24/04/1971	Chester	H	W	3-1	4024	Banks 2	Binney
28/04/1971	Southend United	A	D	0-0	4471	:
01/05/1971	Notts County	A	D	1-1	18002	Gadston

Final Table 

League Division 4
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. NOTTS COUNTY             46  19  4  0  59  12  11  5  7  30  24   69
 2. BOURNEMOUTH              46  16  5  2  51  15   8  7  8  30  31   60
 3. OLDHAM ATHLETIC          46  14  6  3  57  29  10  5  8  31  34   59
 4. YORK CITY                46  16  6  1  45  14   7  4 12  33  40   56
 5. Chester City             46  17  2  4  42  18   7  5 11  27  37   55
 6. Colchester United        46  14  6  3  44  19   7  6 10  26  35   54
 7. Northampton              46  15  4  4  39  24   4  9 10  24  35   51
 8. Southport                46  15  2  6  42  24   6  4 13  21  33   48
 9. Exeter City              46  12  7  4  40  23   5  7 11  27  45   48
10. Workington               46  13  7  3  28  13   5  5 13  20  36   48
11. Stockport County         46  12  8  3  28  17   4  6 13  21  48   46
12. Darlington               46  15  3  5  42  22   2  8 13  16  35   45
13. Aldershot                46   8 10  5  32  23   6  7 10  34  48   45
14. Brentford                46  13  3  7  45  27   5  5 13  21  35   44
15. Crewe Alexandra          46  13  1  9  49  35   5  7 11  26  41   44
16. Peterborough United      46  14  3  6  46  23   4  4 15  24  48   43
17. Scunthorpe United        46   9  7  7  36  23   6  6 11  20  38   43
18. Southend United          46   8 11  4  32  24   6  4 13  21  42   43
19. Grimsby Town             46  13  4  6  37  26   5  3 15  20  45   43
20. Cambridge United         46   9  9  5  31  27   6  4 13  20  39   43
21. Lincoln City             46  11  4  8  45  33   2  9 12  25  38   39
22. Newport County           46   8  3 12  32  36   2  5 16  23  49   28
23. Hartlepool United        46   6 10  7  28  27   2  2 19   6  47   28
24. Barrow                   46   5  5 13  25  38   2  3 18  26  52   22

Other Matches

FA Cup

21/11/1970

Swansea Town

Away

1-4

7386

Wingate

R1

League Cup

1970/71
18/08/1970	Swansea City	Home	0-0	4932	:	LC 1
25/08/1970	Swansea City	Away	2-4	6739	Gadston, Mitten	LC 1R

Devon Bowl

1970/71
09/03/1971	Plymouth Argyle	Away	1-2	Binney	2000	SF

Friendlies

1970/71
			Exeter score 1st
30/07/1970	Torquay United	Home	3-1	0	Rowan, Mitten, Core	Behind closed doors
01/08/1970	Hereford	Away	1-1	2502	Wingate	John Charles was manager of Hereford
04/08/1970	Leyton Orient	Home	3-0	2895	Mitten 2, Binney
05/08/1970	Cardiff City	Home	1-0	1834	Parker
07/08/1970	D.V.V. Go Ahead Deventer	Home	0-4	3334	:	De Winkel 2, Beek, Geestman scored for Deventer

FA Youth Cup 

Exeter did not compete in the competition as they had disbanded their reserves and youth teams

Will Haggerty and Paul Farley

PF

1970/71, 1970s, Alan Banks, Barry Rowan, Brian Sharples, Campbell Crawford, Fred Binney, Fred Molyneux, Graham Parker, Jimmy Blain, Jimmy Giles, John Corr, John Giles, John Mitten, John Newman, John Wingate, Joseph Gadston, Michael Balson, Peter Shearing, Robert Wilson, Squad Photograph, Stephen Morris, Timeline