Squad photograph from the 1987/88 season, where Exeter City finished the season in 22nd place in the old Fourth Division, just two places above the drop-zone. The Grecians were knocked out of both the FA Cup and the League Cup in the First Round, and exited the Football League Trophy in the Preliminary Round.



FA Cup
First Round: Leyton Orient (A), 2-0.

League Cup
First Round (played over two legs): AFC Bournemouth (A), 1-1 and (H), 1-3. Exeter lose 2-4 on aggregate.

Football League Trophy
Preliminary Round (group stage): Port Vale (A), 2-0, Newport County (H), 0-1.

First Team 
Results

15/08/1987	Cambridge United	Home	W	3-0	2650	Carter 2	O'Connell
22/08/1987	Swansea City	Away	W	2-0	5559	O'Connell	Kellow
29/08/1987	Newport County	Home	W	3-0	2628	Batty	Harrower	Cooper
31/08/1987	Tranmere Rovers	Away	L	1-2	3107	O'Connell
05/09/1987	Wrexham	Home	D	1-1	2719	Batty
12/09/1987	Leyton Orient	Away	W	3-2	3613	Edwards 2	Kellow
16/09/1987	Carlisle United	Home	D	1-1	3347	Williams
19/09/1987	Rochdale	Home	D	1-1	2628	Kellow (p)
25/09/1987	Colchester United	Away	W	2-0	1443	Batty	Edwards
30/09/1987	Hartlepool United	Away	L	1-3	2973	Edwards
03/10/1987	Torquay United	Home	L	0-1	6281
10/10/1987	Scarborough	Away	L	1-3	2472	Phillips
17/10/1987	Burnley	Home	L	1-2	2780	Edwards
20/10/1987	Bolton Wanderers	Away	L	0-1	4165
24/10/1987	Crewe Alexandra	Home	W	3-1	2149	Massey	Kellow	Batty
31/10/1987	Hereford United	Away	D	1-1	2200	O'Connell
07/11/1987	Cardiff City	Away	L	2-3	3474	Rowbotham	Batty
21/11/1987	Stockport County	Home	W	2-1	2217	Milton 2
08/12/1987	Darlington	Away	L	1-4	1107	Milton
12/12/1987	Scunthorpe United	Home	D	1-1	1831	O'Connell (p)
18/12/1987	Halifax Town	Away	L	0-2	1302
26/12/1987	Colchester United	Home	L	0-2	2675
28/12/1987	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Away	L	0-3	15588
01/01/1988	Newport County	Away	D	1-1	1691	Olsson
02/01/1988	Leyton Orient	Home	L	2-3	2568	Batty	Edwards
09/01/1988	Swansea City	Home	W	3-1	2225	Olsson	O'Connell	Edwards
16/01/1988	Rochdale	Away	D	0-0	1431
23/01/1988	Carlisle United	Away	D	0-0	1699
30/01/1988	Tranmere Rovers	Home	L	0-1	2261
13/02/1988	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Home	L	2-4	3483	O'Connell 2
19/02/1988	Cambridge United	Away	L	1-2	1878	Edwards
27/02/1988	Torquay United	Away	D	1-1	3383	Taylor
02/03/1988	Hartlepool United	Home	W	1-0	1573	O'Connell (p)
05/03/1988	Burnley	Away	L	0-3	6052
09/03/1988	Peterborough United	Home	L	0-1	1584
12/03/1988	Scarborough	Home	W	1-0	1738	Harris
19/03/1988	Hereford United	Home	D	2-2	1628	Stevens (og)	Hiley
22/03/1988	Wrexham	Away	L	0-3	963
26/03/1988	Crewe Alexandra	Away	D	0-0	1665
02/04/1988	Cardiff City	Home	L	0-2	2649
04/04/1988	Stockport County	Away	L	1-2	2161	Rowbotham
09/04/1988	Bolton Wanderers	Home	D	1-1	1962	O'Connell (p)
23/04/1988	Peterborough United	Away	L	1-2	2278	Harrower
30/04/1988	Darlington	Home	W	4-1	1515	O'Connell	Edwards 3
02/05/1988	Scunthorpe United	Away	D	1-1	6736	Edwards
07/05/1988	Halifax Town	Home	L	1-2	1602	Delve

Final Table 

Barclays League Division 4
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS  46  15  3  5  47  19  12  6  5  35  24   90
 2. CARDIFF CITY             46  15  6  2  39  14   9  7  7  27  27   85
 3. BOLTON WANDERERS         46  15  6  2  42  12   7  6 10  24  30   78
 4. Scunthorpe United        46  14  5  4  42  20   6 12  5  34  31   77
 5. Torquay United           46  10  7  6  34  16  11  7  5  32  25   77
 6. SWANSEA CITY             46   9  7  7  35  28  11  3  9  27  28   70
 7. Peterborough United      46  10  5  8  28  26  10  5  8  24  27   70
 8. Leyton Orient            46  13  4  6  55  27   6  8  9  30  36   69
 9. Colchester United        46  10  5  8  23  22   9  5  9  24  29   67
10. Burnley                  46  12  5  6  31  22   8  2 13  26  40   67
11. Wrexham                  46  13  3  7  46  26   7  3 13  23  32   66
12. Scarborough              46  12  8  3  38  19   5  6 12  18  29   65
13. Darlington               46  13  6  4  39  25   5  5 13  32  44   65
14. Tranmere Rovers          46  14  2  7  43  20   5  7 11  18  33   64
15. Cambridge United         46  10  6  7  32  24   6  7 10  18  28   61
16. Hartlepool United        46   9  7  7  25  25   6  7 10  25  32   59
17. Crewe Alexandra          46   7 11  5  25  19   6  8  9  32  34   58
18. Halifax Town             46  11  7  5  37  25   3  7 13  17  34   55
19. Hereford United          46   8  7  8  25  27   6  5 12  16  32   54
20. Stockport County         46   7  7  9  26  26   5  8 10  18  32   51
21. Rochdale                 46   5  9  9  28  34   6  6 11  19  42   48
22. Exeter City              46   8  6  9  33  29   3  7 13  20  39   46
23. Carlisle United          46   9  5  9  38  33   3  3 17  19  53   44
24. NEWPORT COUNTY           46   4  5 14  19  36   2  2 19  16  69   25

Other games


FA Cup

1987/88
14/11/1987	Leyton Orient	Away	0-2	3787	:	R1

League Cup

1987/88
August 18, 1987	AFC Bournemouth	Away	1-1	4094	O'Connell	LC 1 Ist Leg
26/08/1987	AFC Bournemouth	Home	1-3	4094	O'Connell	LC 1 2nd Leg	After extra time

Football League Trophy

1987/88
November 24, 1987	Newport County	Home	Group	0-1	:	1006	Sherpa Van Trophy	Did not qualify for R2
October 26, 1987	Port Vale	Away	Group	0-2	:	2176	Sherpa Van Trophy

Devon Bowl

There was no competition until 1993/94

Friendlies

1987/88
			Exeter score 1st
23/07/1987	Tottenham Hotspur	Home	0-1	3930	:
27/07/1987	Taunton Town	Away	2-1	500	Hiley, O'Connell.
29/07/1987	Ottery St Mary	Away	1-0	250	Hiley,
31/07/1987	Aberdeen	Home	1-1	1629	O'Connell
05/08/1987	Dawlish	Away	2-0	400	Hiley, Harris (Jamie)
07/08/1987	Elmore	Away	3-0	400	Taylor, O'Connell, Harrower	Shaun Taylor's first goal for City
04/12/1987	Wellington	Away	5-0	250	Milton, O'Connell, Taylor, Edwards, Harrower
27/02/1988	Exeter & District Sunday League X1	Home	1-0	300	Harris (Jamie)
08/05/1988	Heart of Oak X1	Away

FA Youth Cup 

1987/88
03/11/1987	Bristol City	Away	0-2	:	65	R1

Reserves

South West Counties League
Results

South West Counties League
11/08/1987	Cup	Bristol City	A	2-2					Lost 5-4 on pens
19/08/1987	League	Newport County	A	3-3	Paul Williams	Chris Vinnicombe 2
08/09/1987	League	Hereford United	H	1-0	Jamie Harris
22/09/1987	League	AFC Bournemouth	H	6-1	Paul Williams 3	Jamie Harris 2	Tony Kellow
06/10/1987	League	Cardiff City	A	1-2	Jamie Harris
27/10/1987	League	Torquay United	A	0-2	:
10/11/1987	League	Swansea City	H	3-0
25/11/1987	League	Shrewsbury Town	A	2-0	Adrian Harris	Jamie Harris
02/12/1987	League	Plymouth Argyle	H	1-2
12/01/1988	League	Bristol City	H	7-1	Jamie Harris 3	Lee Bolson	Tony Stuart	Rowbotham	Delve
25/01/1988	League	Hereford United	A	1-0	Brendan O'Connell
29/02/1988	League	Bristol City	A	1-0
15/03/1988	League	Torquay United	H	1-1	Jamie Harris
29/03/1988	League	Swansea City	A	2-0	Dean Edwrards	Richard Cooper
06/04/1988	League	AFC Bournemouth	A	3-1	Jamie Harris	Scott Hiley	Brian Beer (on trial)
11/04/1988	League	Newport County	H	4-0	Jamie Harris 3	Darren Rowbotham
19/04/1988	League	Shrewsbury Town	H	4-0	Richard Copper	Roy Carter	Jamie Harris	Dean Edwards
26/04/1988	League	Plymouth Argyle	A	1-4	Jamie Harris
04/05/1988	League	Cardiff City	H	1-2	Steve Williams		Steve Williams was on trial from Flint Town

Final Table 

	South West Counties League 1987-88
1	Plymouth Argyle	18	13	0	5	55	25	39
2	Exeter City	18	11	2	5	42	19	35
3	AFC Bournemouth	18	8	2	8	45	40	26
4	Cardiff City	18	8	2	8	36	40	26
5	Shrewsbury Town	18	6	6	6	32	32	24
6	Hereford United	18	6	4	8	26	31	22
7	Torquay United	18	5	7	6	27	38	22
8	Newport County	18	6	3	9	22	37	21
9	Bristol City	18	5	4	9	39	46	19
10	Swansea City	18	4	4	9	26	42	16

Youth Team
Devon and Exeter Premier League
Results 

Devon and Exeter Premier league
15/08/1987	League	Budleigh Salterton	H	2-3	Williams 2
22/08/1987	League	Chelston	H	3-0	Harris	Hiley	Massey
29/08/1987	League	Dawlish	H	5-0	Waters 3	Williams	Roberts (A)
05/09/1987	League	Dawlish	A	1-2	Roberts (A)
12/09/1987	League	Exmouth Town	A	2-1	Harris 2
19/09/1987	League	Honiton	H	0-1	:
26/09/1987	League	Crediton	A	1-1	Taylor (Shaun)
03/10/1987	League	Bideford	H	10-1	Harris 6	Hiley 2	Massey	Parker (M)
10/10/1987	Cup	Exmouth Town	A	3-0	Vinnicombe	Harris	Hiley
17/10/1987	League	Cullompton	H	1-1	Harris
24/10/1987	League	Clyst Valley	A	6-0	Harris 3	Williams 2	Watkins
31/10/1987	League	Exmouth Town	H	6-0	Harris 4	Webb(Darren)	Vinnicombe
07/11/1987	League	Exeter Arms	H	0-0	:
14/11/1987	League	Okehampton Argyle	A	3-2	Harris	Webb(Darren)	Vinnicombe
28/11/1987	League	Exeter Arms	A	0-0	:
05/12/1987	League	Willand	H	7-0	Harris 2	O'Connell 2	Parker 2	Hiley
12/12/1987	League	Honiton	A	0-0	:
19/12/1987	League	Sidmouth	H	3-1	Hiley	Og	Harris
02/01/1988	League	Budleigh Salterton	A	P-P
09/01/1988	League	Bideford	A	10-0	Bolson 5	Harris 3	Rowbotham 2
16/01/1988	League	Chelston	A	3-1	Rowbotham 3
23/01/1988	League	Okehampton Argyle	H	0-0	:
30/01/1988	League	Willand	A	P-P	:
20/02/1988	League	Budleigh Salterton	A	5-2	Harris 2	Hiley 2	Parker
27/02/1988	League	Crediton	H	1-0	Vinnicombe
05/03/1988	Cup	Sidmouth	H	4-1	Hiley 2	Harris	Bolson
12/03/1988	League	Cullompton	A	2-0	Dugdale	Bolson
19/03/1988	League	Alphington	A	2-0	Alphonse (J)	Parker
26/03/1988	League	Newton St Cyres	A	0-1	:
02/04/1988	League	Clyst Valley	H	2-0	Webber
09/04/1988	League	Clyst Valley	H	4-0	Webber
16/04/1988	League	Alphington	H	3-0
20/04/1988	League	Willand	A	1-0
30/04/1988	League	Sidmouth	A
07/05/1988	League	Bideford	H
14/05/1988	League	Alphington	H
	PL Cup F	Alphington	Neutral	2-1
21/05/1988	League	Okehampton Argyle	A
28/05/1988	League	Dawlish	H

Final Table
Devon & Exeter League
Premier Division

                                   P  W  D  L   F   A Pts
 1.Crediton United                30 22  6  2  92  28  50
 2.Exeter City A.                 30 20  6  4  93  17  46
 3.Budleigh Salterton             30 18  8  4  60  34  44
 4.Alphington                     30 20  2  8  86  49  42
 5.Newton St. Cyres               30 16  4 10  57  39  36
 6.Exeter St. Thomas              30 11 11  8  63  39  33
 7.Willand Rovers                 30 14  4 12  78  59  32
 8.Sidmouth Town                  30 12  7 11  83  61  31
 9.Chelston                       30 11  9 10  46  42  31
10.Okehampton Argyle              30 12  6 12  42  55  30
11.Honiton Town                   30 11  5 14  54  57  27
12.Dawlish Town Reserves          30 10  3 17  43  71  23
13.Exmouth Town Reserves          30  7  5 18  59  78  19
14.Cullompton Rangers             30  5  6 19  47  84  16
15.Bideford Reserves              30  6  4 20  37 119  16
16.Clyst Valley                   30  0  4 26  27 135   4

1980s, 1987/88, Andrew Watson, Brendan O'Connell, Carl Harris, Darren Rowbotham, Dean Edwards, Eamon Collins, Gordon Nisbet, John Delve, John Shaw, Keith Viney, Leighton Phillips, Mel Gwinnett, Mike Radford, Nick Marker, Paul Batty, Paul Olsson, Paul Williams, Richard Cooper, Richard Massey, Roy Carter, Scott Hiley, Shaun Taylor, Simon Milton, Squad Photograph, Steve Harrower, Terry Cooper, Timeline, Tony Kellow