ECFC 1952/53

Exeter achieved a mid-table finish in the Third Division South, ending up in 17th place. The Grecians exited the FA Cup in the First Round in this season, exiting to Port Vale.



  • League Position: 17th Played: 42 Won: 13, Drew: 14, Lost: 19 Goals For: 61 Goals Against: 71 Points: 47
FA Cup
First Round: Port Vale (A), 2-1.

First Team 
Results

23/08/1952 Queens Park Rangers H D 2-2 15078 Murphy Regan      
27/08/1952 Northampton Town H W 2-0 12745 Knight Dailey      
30/08/1952 Shrewsbury Town  A W 3-1 10797 Regan Dailey Murphy    
04/09/1952 Northampton Town  A L 1-3 11986 Regan        
06/09/1952 Walsall H W 6-1 11955 Murphy 2 Regan Dailey 3    
10/09/1952 Norwich City H W 1-0 15720 Dailey        
13/09/1952 Gillingham  A L 0-1 13763 :        
17/09/1952 Norwich City  A L 0-2 18681 :        
20/09/1952 Millwall H W 1-0 14620 Rose        
24/09/1952 Brighton and Hove Albion  A L 4-2 14695 Mitchell Murphy      
27/09/1952 Bristol Rovers  A D 0-0 23773 :        
29/09/1952 Coventry City  A L 0-1 8588 :        
04/10/1952 Torquay United H W 4-1 13773 Mitchell 2 (1p) Kirkham Murphy    
11/10/1952 Leyton Orient  A L 0-2 12800 :        
18/10/1952 Ipswich Town H D 1-1 11503 Murphy        
25/10/1952 Reading  A L 1-3 12202 Regan        
01/11/1952 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic H W 5-1 10069 Dailey Mackay Regan McClelland Murphy
08/11/1952 Southend United  A D 1-1 9500 Dailey        
15/11/1952 Watford H D 1-1 10097 McClelland        
29/11/1952 Newport County H W 3-2 6848 Mackay 2 McClelland      
06/12/1952 Bristol City  A L 1-4 17589 Mackay        
13/12/1952 Bristol City H D 1-1 10597 Mackay        
20/12/1952 Queens Park Rangers A D 1-1 8000 Mackay        
26/12/1952 Swindon Town H L 1-2 13620 Mitchell        
27/12/1952 Swindon Town  A L 2-5 10580 Mitchell Dailey      
03/01/1953 Shrewsbury Town H D 2-2 9318 Mackay Mitchell      
17/01/1953 Walsall A D 2-2 6775 Dailey Mitchell      
21/01/1953 Colchester United H W 2-0 3951 Mitchell Dailey      
24/01/1953 Gillingham H D 0-0 9305 :        
31/01/1953 Colchester United  A L 1-3 5643 Walton        
07/02/1953 Millwall  A D 0-0 18825 :        
14/02/1953 Bristol Rovers H D 0-0 13116 :        
21/02/1953 Torquay United  A L 2-5 10147 Mitchell G. Webber (og)      
28/02/1953 Leyton Orient H L 0-1 9509 :        
07/03/1953 Ipswich Town  A W 1-0 8867 Knight        
14/03/1953 Reading H W 2-0 9074 Mackay 2        
21/03/1953 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  A L 1-2 10336 Dailey        
28/03/1953 Southend United H L 0-2 7300 :        
03/04/1953 Aldershot  A D 1-1 7419 Davey        
04/04/1953 Watford A L 1-3 12500 Knight        
06/04/1953 Aldershot H D 2-2 8000 Rose 2        
11/04/1953 Brighton and Hove Albion H L 1-5 8000 Mitchell        
15/04/1953 Crystal Palace A L 0-2 4808 :        
18/04/1953 Newport County  A L 0-1 8220 :        
22/04/1953 Coventry City H W 1-0 5785 McClelland        
25/04/1953 Crystal Palace H W 2-0 7357 Knight McClelland      


Final Table 
League Division 3 (South)
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. BRISTOL ROVERS           46  17  4  2  55  19   9  8  6  37  27   64
 2. Millwall                 46  14  7  2  46  16  10  7  6  36  28   62
 3. Northampton              46  18  4  1  75  30   8  6  9  34  40   62
 4. Norwich City             46  16  6  1  56  17   9  4 10  43  38   60
 5. Bristol City             46  13  8  2  62  28   9  7  7  33  33   59
 6. Coventry City            46  15  5  3  52  22   4  7 12  25  40   50
 7. Brighton & Hove Albion   46  12  6  5  48  30   7  6 10  33  45   50
 8. Southend United          46  15  5  3  41  21   3  8 12  28  53   49
 9. Bournemouth              46  15  3  5  49  23   4  6 13  25  46   47
10. Watford                  46  12  8  3  39  21   3  9 11  23  42   47
11. Reading                  46  17  3  3  53  18   2  5 16  16  46   46
12. Torquay United           46  15  4  4  61  28   3  5 15  26  60   45
13. Crystal Palace           46  12  7  4  40  26   3  6 14  26  56   43
14. Leyton Orient            46  12  7  4  52  28   4  3 16  16  45   42
15. Newport County           46  12  4  7  43  34   4  6 13  27  48   42
16. Ipswich Town             46  10  7  6  34  28   3  8 12  26  41   41
17. Exeter City              46  11  8  4  40  24   2  6 15  21  47   40
18. Swindon Town             46   9  5  9  38  33   5  7 11  26  46   40
19. Aldershot                46   8  8  7  36  29   4  7 12  25  48   39
20. Queen's Park Rangers     46   9  9  5  37  34   3  6 14  24  48   39
21. Gillingham               46  10  7  6  30  26   2  8 13  25  48   39
22. Colchester United        46   9  9  5  40  29   3  5 15  19  47   38
23. Shrewsbury Town          46  11  5  7  38  35   1  7 15  30  56   36
24. Walsall                  46   5  9  9  35  46   2  1 20  21  72   24
FA CUP

1952/53
22/11/1952 Port Vale Away 1-2 14566 Murphy R1

Devon Bowl

1952/53
29/04/1953 Plymouth Argyle Away 1-4 Howells 1100 SF  

Friendlies

1952/53
      Exeter score 1st    
09/08/1952 Reds v Black and Amber Home 0-1 4154 Regan 
16/08/1952 Reds v Black and Amber Home 1-2 4723 Mitchell (for Reds), Knight and Howells (for Black and Amber).
01/10/1952 Johnstone's X1 Home 1-5 3745 Mitchell
22/10/1952 Southern Command Home 4-3 1110 Murphy 2, McClelland 2
29/10/1952 Bideford  Away 3-1   McClelland, Fallon, Murphy
10/01/1953 Torquay United Home 1-3 5395 Murphy (pen)
09/03/1953 Plymouth Argyle Home 0-3 8130 :
17/03/1953 Cardiff City Home 0-3 9000 :
13/04/1953 Composite X1 Home 3-2 4000 Howells , Murphy 2.
20/04/1953 Torquay United Home 1-4 1000 Howells
27/04/1953 All Stars Home 1-2 4000 Fallon (pen)




FA Youth Cup
This was the inaugrual season of the FA Youth Cup, which was funded by the FA, it would be another 10 years before Exeter would compete again

Date Opponents Venue Score Scorers Att Round Notes
1952/53
11/10/1952 Pinehurst Youth, Swindon Homeb 4-0 Bond 2, Chittenden 2. 200 R1  
25/10/1952 Bristol Rovers  Home 1-5     R2  



Reserves
Southern League 
Results 
Southern League 1952/53
23/08/1952 SL Dartford A 0-0 :        
27/08/1952 SL Chelmsford City A 2-3 Murphy Howells      
30/08/1952 SL Cheltenham Town H 1-2 Howells        
03/09/1952 Cup Hereford United H 0-3 :        
06/09/1952 SL Guildford City A 1-5 Rose        
11/09/1952 Cup Hereford United A 0-7 :        
13/09/1952 SL Kettering United H 1-2 Mackay        
20/09/1952 SL Headington United A 2-3 Digby Welsby      
24/09/1952 SL Cheltenham Town A 0-1 :        
27/09/1952 SL Chelmsford City H 3-0 Howells Regan Bolt    
04/10/1952 SL Tonbridge  A 2-5 Howells Bolt      
11/10/1952 SL Hereford United H 2-0 McClelland Armes      
18/10/1952 SL Worcester City A 1-3 Howells        
25/10/1952 SL Guildford City H 2-2 Howells McClelland      
01/11/1952 SL Gravesend A 0-0 :        
08/11/1953 SL Kettering United A 0-4 :        
15/11/1953 SL Kidderminster A 0-2 :        
06/12/1952 SL Dartford H 9-1 Rose 4 Howells 2 Bolt Murphy Newstead (og)
13/12/1952 SL Hastings Uniied  A 1-5 Howells        
20/12/1952 SL Worcester City H 1-4 Fallon        
25/12/1952 SL Weymouth Town H 2-3 Fallon (p) Bolt      
26/12/1952 SL Weymouth Town A 2-4 Rose McClelland      
27/12/1952 SL Yeovil Town H 1-3 Fallon        
10/01/1953 SL Barry Town A 0-4 :        
17/01/1953 SL Tonbridge  H 3-1 Rose 2 Black       
24/01/1953 SL Bedford Town A 1-2 Rose        
31/01/1953 SL Kidderminster H 2-0 Murphy Rose      
07/02/1953 SL Bedford Town H 2-1 McClelland  Fallon      
14/02/1953 SL Merthyr Tydfil A 0-7 :        
21/02/1953 SL Barry Town H 3-1 McClelland 3        
25/02/1953 SL Hastings United H 1-2 Knight        
28/02/1953 SL Gloucester City A 0-1 :        
07/03/1953 SL Lovell's Athletic H 2-0 Harvey 2        
14/03/1953 SL Llanelly A 2-4 Knight  McClelland       
21/03/1953 SL Headington United H 2-1 Clark (p) McClelland       
03/04/1953 SL Bath City H 0-1 :        
04/04/1953 SL Yeovil Town A 4-3 Rose 2 Bolt McClelland    
06/04/1953 SL Bath City A 0-6 :        
08/04/1953 SL Llanelly H 2-2 Knight McClelland       
16/04/1953 SL Lovell's Athletic A 0-2 :        
18/04/1953 SL Gravesend H 2-1 Bolt  Booth      
25/04/1953 SL Hereford United A 0-2 :        
29/04/1953 SL Merthyr Tydfil H 6-1 Knight Fallon Setters 2 McClelland Black
02/05/1953 SL Gloucester City H 5-0 Fallon (p) MacKay 2 Murphy 2    


Final Table 

Southern League
                                   P  W  D  L   F   A Pts
 1.Headington                     42 23 12  7  93  50  58
 2.Merthyr                        42 25  8  9 117  66  58
 3.Bedford                        42 24  8 10  91  61  56
 4.Kettering                      42 23  8 11  88  50  54
 5.Bath                           42 22 10 10  71  47  54
 6.Worcester                      42 20 11 11 100  66  51
 7.Llanelly                       42 21  9 12  95  72  51
 8.Barry                          42 22  3 17  89  64  47
 9.Gravesend & Northfleet         42 19  7 16  83  77  45
10.Gloucester                     42 17  9 16  50  79  43
11.Guildford                      42 17  8 17  64  60  42
12.Hastings                       42 18  5 19  75  66  41
13.Cheltenham                     42 15 11 16  70  89  41
14.Weymouth                       42 15 10 17  70  75  40
15.Hereford                       42 17  5 20  76  73  39
16.Tonbridge                      42 12  9 21  62  88  33
17.Yeovil                         42 11 10 21  75  99  32
18.Lovells                        42 12  8 22  68  81  32
19.Chelmsford                     42 12  7 23  58  92  31
20.Exeter                         42 13  4 25  71  94  30
21.Kidderminster                  42 12  5 25  54  85  29
22.Dartford                       42  6  5 31  40 121  17


Exeter City “A”
Exeter and District League
Results


Final Table
  P W D L F A PTS  
1 R.E.M.E 26 22 2 2 134 27 46
2 Heavitree United 26 17 6 3 77 36 40
3 Chelston   26 15 5 6 108 53 35
4 Friernhay   26 14 6 6 79 56 34
5 Dawlish Town 26 14 4 8 74 48 32
6 St Lukes College 26 13 5 8 67 55 31
7 Exmouth Town 26 12 3 11 67 70 27
8 Torrington 26 10 5 11 50 80 25
9 Clyst Valley 26 10 2 14 57 89 22
10 Tiverton Town 26 9 3 14 78 75 21
11 Topsham 26 8 4 14 48 83 20
12 Exeter City A 26 6 3 17 61 103 15
13 Lympstone 26 5 3 18 39 89 13
14 I.T.C.R.M   26 0 3 23 37 151 3

Exeter City Colts won the Devon and Exeter Youth Division.

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