Squad photo from the 1977/78 season.

Exeter finished 17th in Division Three after being promoted from Division Four. The Grecians enjoyed an FA Cup run to the Third Round, and exited the League cup at the Second Stage.

• League Stats: Position: 17th Played: 46, Won: 15, Drew: 14, Lost: 17 Goals For: 49,Goals Against: 59, Points: 44
• FA Cup:

First Round: Newport County (A), 1-1. Replay 4-2
Second Round: Minehead AFC (A), 0-3
Third Round: Wolverhampton Wanderers (H), 2-2. Replay 3-1

• League Cup

First Round (over two legs): Plymouth Argyle, (H) 2-2, (A) 0-0. Replay 0-1. Exeter won 3-2 on aggregate
Second Round: Aston Villa (H) 1-3

First Team 
Results

20/08/1977	Walsall	A	W	3-1	5174	Beer 2	Kellow
27/08/1977	Bury	H	D	2-2	5236	Hodge	Kellow
03/09/1977	Shrewsbury Town	A	W	2-0	3302	Atkins (og)	Kellow
10/09/1977	Port Vale	H	W	4-1	5026	Robertson 2 (2p's)	Hodge	Holman
13/09/1977	Rotherham United	A	L	0-1	4889	:
17/09/1977	Peterborough United	A	D	1-1	5016	Kellow
24/09/1977	Portsmouth	H	L	0-1	5875	:
26/09/1977	Carlisle United	H	L	0-1	5106	:
01/10/1977	Chesterfield	A	D	0-0	3771	:
03/10/1977	Tranmere Rovers	A	L	1-2	3807	Roberts
08/10/1977	Wrexham	H	L	0-1	4722	:
12/10/1977	Sheffield Wednesday	H	W	2-1	4564	Jennings	Holman
15/10/1977	Lincoln City	A	W	2-1	4704	Randall	Kellow
22/10/1977	Preston North End	H	W	2-0	5444	Jennings	Kellow
29/10/1977	Swindon Town	A	L	0-4	7021	:
05/11/1977	Oxford United	H	W	2-1	4830	Hodge (p)	Bowker
12/11/1977	Gillingham	A	L	0-1	5714	:
19/11/1977	Bradford City	H	W	1-0	4747	Hodge (p)
03/12/1977	Cambridge United	H	L	2-4	4932	Kellow 2 (2p's)
09/12/1977	Colchester United	A	L	1-3	3267	Holman
26/12/1977	Plymouth Argyle	A	D	2-2	12349	Roberts	Kellow
27/12/1977	Hereford United	H	W	1-0	6722	Bowker
31/12/1977	Oxford United	A	D	0-0	4688	:
02/01/1978	Chester	H	D	1-1	6193	Ingham
14/01/1978	Walsall	H	D	1-1	5149	Kellow
17/01/1978	Sheffield Wednesday	A	L	1-2	9596	Bowker
21/01/1978	Bury	A	L	0-5	3730	:
28/01/1978	Shrewsbury Town	H	D	1-1	3906	Kellow
08/02/1978	Port Vale	A	L	0-4	3333	:
11/02/1978	Peterborough United	H	W	1-0	4017	Holman
28/02/1978	Portsmouth	A	D	1-1	10260	Cahill (og)
04/03/1978	Wrexham	A	L	1-2	15317	Bowker
08/03/1978	Rotherham United	H	W	1-0	4016	Kellow
11/03/1978	Lincoln City	H	W	3-0	4280	Bowker	Holman 2
18/03/1978	Preston North End	A	D	0-0	9189	:
22/03/1978	Swindon Town	H	D	0-0	4449	:
25/03/1978	Hereford United	A	L	0-4	4436	:
28/03/1978	Plymouth Argyle	H	D	0-0	8334	:
01/04/1978	Chester	A	L	1-2	1996	Holman
03/04/1978	Carlisle United	A	L	0-2	3693	:
08/04/1978	Gillingham	H	W	2-1	3982	Bowker	Kellow
15/04/1978	Bradford City	A	W	2-1	4924	Holman	Kellow
18/04/1978	Chesterfield	H	D	0-0	3200	:
22/04/1978	Colchester United	H	D	0-0	3853	:
26/04/1978	Tranmere Rovers	H	W	4-2	3156	Bowker 2	Delve	Hatch
29/04/1978	Cambridge United	A	L	1-2	8741	Bowker

Final Table 

League Division 3
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. WREXHAM                  46  14  8  1  48  19   9  7  7  30  26   61
 2. CAMBRIDGE UNITED         46  19  3  1  49  11   4  9 10  23  40   58
 3. PRESTON NORTH END        46  16  5  2  48  19   4 11  8  15  19   56
 4. Peterborough United      46  15  7  1  32  11   5  9  9  15  22   56
 5. Chester City             46  14  8  1  41  24   2 14  7  18  32   54
 6. Walsall                  46  12  8  3  35  17   6  9  8  26  33   53
 7. Gillingham               46  11 10  2  36  21   4 10  9  31  39   50
 8. Colchester United        46  10 11  2  36  16   5  7 11  19  28   48
 9. Chesterfield             46  14  6  3  40  16   3  8 12  18  33   48
10. Swindon Town             46  12  7  4  40  22   4  9 10  27  38   48
11. Shrewsbury Town          46  11  7  5  42  23   5  8 10  21  34   47
12. Tranmere Rovers          46  13  7  3  39  19   3  8 12  18  33   47
13. Carlisle United          46  10  9  4  32  26   4 10  9  27  33   47
14. Sheffield Wednesday      46  13  7  3  28  14   2  9 12  22  38   46
15. Bury                     46   7 13  3  34  22   6  6 11  28  34   45
16. Lincoln City             46  10  8  5  35  26   5  7 11  18  35   45
17. Exeter City              46  11  8  4  30  18   4  6 13  19  41   44
18. Oxford United            46  11 10  2  38  21   2  4 17  26  46   40
19. Plymouth Argyle          46   7  8  8  33  28   4  9 10  28  40   39
20. Rotherham United         46  11  5  7  26  19   2  8 13  25  49   39
21. PORT VALE                46   7 11  5  28  23   1  9 13  18  44   36
22. BRADFORD CITY            46  11  6  6  40  29   1  4 18  16  57   34
23. HEREFORD UNITED          46   9  9  5  28  22   0  5 18   6  38   32
24. PORTSMOUTH               46   4 11  8  31  38   3  6 14  10  37   31

FA Cup

1977/78
26/11/1977	Newport County	Away	1-1	6227	Bowker	R1
30/11/1977	Newport County	Home	4-2	5713	Roberts (Lee), Hatch, Kellow, Templeman	R1 Replay
17 /12/1977	Minehead	Away	3-0	3200	Randell 2, Kellow	R2
07/01/1978	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Home	2-2	14377	Roberts, Holman	R3
10/01/ 1978	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Away	1-3	19692	Kellow	R3 Replay

League Cup

1977/78
13/08/1977	Plymouth Argyle	Home	2-2	6712	Robertson (2pens)	LC 1 Ist Leg
16/08/1977	Plymouth Argyle	Away	0-0	7639	:	LC 1 2nd Leg
23/08/1977	Plymouth Argyle	Neutral	1-0	8776	Beer	LC 1 Replay
31/08/1977	Aston Villa	Home	1-3	13768	Robertson	LC 2

Friendlies

1977/78
			Exeter score 1st
27/07/1977	Bodmin Town	Away	5-4	250	Kellow 2, Andy White 2, Andy Rowden.	Mostly Reserves pre-season friendly
30/07/1977	Norwich City	Home	5-0	1000	Weekes, Beer, Jennings, Kellow, Templeman
02/08/1977	Sheffield United	Home	1-4	900	Holman
05/08/1977	Minehead	Home	1-4	1200	Beer
	Wellington	Away	3-4	200	John Laskey 2, Ireland	Mostly Reserves pre-season friendly
	Heavitree United	Away	4-2	300	Keith Ford. Holman, Ireland, Andy White,	Mostly Reserves pre-season friendly
02/05/1978	England v Eire	At SJP	6-1	622	Sue Lopez 2, Eileen Foreman 2, Debbie Day, Lorraine Dobb v Kathleen  Hynes	Womens International
03/05/1978	St Lukes College v Chelsea X1	Home				Played at SJP.
	Heavitree United	Away	2-3			Charity match for The Deaf School

FA Youth Cup

1977/78
	Clevedon	Home	8-2			QF 1
18/10/1977	Torquay United	Home	1-2	Harry Hawes		QF 2

Reserves Report and Fixtures by Chris Davey

ROVING WITH THE RESERVES'

The start of a new season in the Rothmans Western League for our Reserve Team brings an even greater challenge now that the 1st team are competing in the third division again. It is imperative that the gap between the two teams is kept as small as possible and that both teams are similarly organised, but that is not an easy thing to achieve for many reasons. A small professional staff, part-time coaches, some amateur players, make the job difficult but not impossible!

The clubs new training and coaching programme has been carefully devised to try and overcome these disadvantages. Many of the 1st team patterns and set pieces have been rehearsed by the Reserve and Youth team squad during an intensive pre-season build up. Special all day coaching sessions have taken place which hopefully will make the clubs other teams as well organised and attractive to watch as our first XI. Under Trainer/Coach KEN RAMSDEN, the lads have achieved a high level of fitness and certainly no player should be lacking in that respect!

The Reserve Team, I am sure, will be unrecognisable to supporters from last years side and two of the new signings include 21 year old midfield man DICK FORBES.  Dick has played for Brighton F.C,  the England Schools Under 18 team and has also represented the Western League XI. Fullback TONY MITCHELL was formerly with Leatherhead in the Isthmian League and has represented the Western League and Surrey County. Both players are currently studying at St Lukes College and I am hopeful that they will follow in the footsteps of other St Lukes lads, Alan Pinkney and John Baugh, straight into the first team.

Other young players to watch should be last years Youth Team Skipper JEFF WEEKS (Graham's brother), striker ANDY WHITE and hard tackling ANDY ROWDEN. They all played for last seasons Youth Team and will be fighting hard to establish themselves in the coming season.

The purpose of a Reserve Team is not just to win matches but to facilitate the technical and tactical development of individual players. But if that can be achieved in a winning team then everyone is happy. I hope it can, please support the lads and see!
CHRIS DAVEY
RESERVE TEAM MANAGER.

Western League
Results 

Western League 1977-78
20/08/1978	League	Bridport	Home	0-3	:
03/09/1977	League	Shepton Mallet	Home	1-1	Ireland
10/09/1977	League	Paulton Rovers	Away	1-2	Rowden
17/09/1977	League	Saltash United	Home	1-1	Mitchell (T)
24/09/1977	League	Falmouth	Away	1-5	Ireland
01/10/1977	League	Welton Rovers	Home	1-0	Bob Jackson
15/10/1977	League	Frome	Home	1-0	Forbes
18/10/1977	League	Tiverton Town	Home	1-1					Fred Ingham debut
22/10/1977	League	St Lukes College	Away	0-0	:
29/10/1977	League	Clevedon	Home	4-1	Ireland
02/11/1977	League	Bideford	Away	3-1	Ingham	Ireland	Roberts
05/11/1977	League	Welton Rovers	Away	1-1
12/11/1977	League	Glastonbury	Home	0-0	:
19/11/1977	League	Shepton Mallet	Away	2-4	Ireland	Rowden (pen)
26/11/1977	WL Cup	Barnstaple	Away	0-2	:
03/12/1977	League	Clevedon	Away	2-3
10/12/1977	League	Falmouth	Home	0-3	:			Att 1000
17/12/1977	League	Bridport	Away	0-0	:
26/12/1977	League	Dawlish	Away	2-1	Mitchell (T)	Ingham		Paul Gidley debut
07/01/1978	League	Barnstaple	Away	1-2	Hartnell
21/01/1978	League	Paulton Rovers	Home	3-1	Ingham	Ireland	Gidley (P)
04/02/1978	League	Bridgwater	Away	1-1	White (A)
11/02/1978	League	Glastonbury	Away	3-1	Gidley 2	White
25/02/1978	League	Mangotsfield	Away	1-2	Ingham
28/02/1978	League	Bideford	Home	0-0	:
04/03/1978	League	Bridgwater	Home	4-1	Hartnell 2	Forbes	Ingham
14/03/1978	League	Barnstaple	Home	6-0	Dave Jackson	Ford (K)	Ingham	Ireland	Weeks G and Andy White
24/03/1978	League	Saltash United	Away	1-1
25/03/1978	League	Dawlish	Home	1-1	Jennings
27/03/1978	League	Frome	Away	1-2
04/04/1978	League	Tiverton Town	Away	0-0	:
11/04/1978	League	Weston Super Mare	Home	1-0	Ingham
13/04/1978	League	Mangotsfield	Home	4-0	Jackson 2	White	Ireland
22/04/1978	League	Weston Super Mare	Away	0-2	:
29/04/1978	League	St Lukes College	Home	0-0	:		St Luke's final football game!

Final Table
Western  League - Premier Division

                                   P  W  D  L   F   A Pts
 1.Falmouth Town                  34 26  5  3  98  30  83
 2.Bideford                       34 25  8  1  86  25  83
 3.Barnstaple Town                34 18 10  6  75  37  64
 4.Saltash United                 34 17  7 10  66  53  58
 5.Bridport                       34 14 13  7  44  21  55
 6.Clevedon Town                  34 16  9  9  62  41  55 (2 points deducted)
 7.Frome Town                     34 14  8 12  43  39  50
 8.Paulton Rovers                 34 15  5 14  55  52  50
 9.Weston Super Mare              34 14  8 12  44  48  50
10.Exeter City Reserves           34 11 13 10  48  41  46
11.Bridgwater Town                34 12  9 13  52  56  45
12.Tiverton Town                  34  8 10 16  47  61  34
13.Shepton Mallet                 34  9  6 19  52  93  33
14.Glastonbury                    34  9  5 20  46  77  32
15.Mangotsfield United            34  7 10 17  50  75  31
16.Welton Rovers                  34  8  6 20  34  68  30
17.Dawlish Town                   34  6 10 18  39  67  28
18.St. Luke's College             34  1 10 23  20  78  13

South West and Wales Youth League
Results

South West and Wales Youth League
29/08/1977	League	Torquay United	Home	2-0	Ireland 2
04/09/1977	League	Cardiff City	Away	2-5	Steve Baxter 2
18/09/1977	League	Bristol Rovers	Home	1-1	Harry Hawes
21/09/1977	League	Clevedon	Away	2-1	Baxter	Russell (M)
27/09/1977	League	Bath City	Home	3-2	Ireland	Phil Kellow 2
24/10/1977	League	Swansea City	Home
13/11/1977	League	Bath City	Away	3-6	Ireland	Carpenter 2
20/11/1977	League	Cardiff City	Home	1-1	Gidley (P)
	League	Mangotsfield	Away
16/01/1978	League	Torquay United	Away
27/01/1978	League	Hereford	Away
	League	Bristol Rovers	Away
	League	Swansea City	Home
21/02/1978	League	Swansea City	Away	1-2	Gidley (P)
13/03/1978	Cup	Torquay United	Home	0-6	:
23/03/1978	Friendly	Minehead	Away	3-1	White (Steve)	Ireland	Gidley (P)
04/04/1978	League	Cheltenham	Away	4-3	Ireland 2	Smythe 2
12/04/1978	League	Cheltenham	Home	0-1	:
13/04/1978	League	Mangotsfield	Home	3-0	Gidley (P)	Rowden	Bickley
19/04/1978	League	Clevedon	Home	6-2	Bickley 2	Ireland 2	Smythe	Rowden
28/04/1978	League	Hereford	Home

Final Table


Exeter and District Youth League

Results


Table

John Hansford

1970s, 1977/78, Alan Beer, Bobby Hodge, Bobby Saxton, Colin Randell, Frederick Ingham, Gary Heale, Graham Weeks, Harry Holman, Jack Edwards, Jimmy Giles, John Baugh, John Delve, John Hore, John Templeman, Keith Bowker, Keith Ford, Lammie Robertson, Lee Roberts, Nicky Jennings, Paul Smyth, Peter Hatch, Phil Howe, Richard Forbes, Richard Key, Roy Ireland, Squad Photograph, Timeline, Tony Kellow, Tony Long