Exeter City's squad photograph from the 1955/56 season. Exeter finished the season in 16th position in Division Three South, and enjoyed an FA Cup run to the Third Round Proper, exiting after a replay defeat to Division Two side Stoke City.

• League Position: 16th Played: 46 Won: 15, Drew: 10, Lost: 21 Goals For: 58, Goals Against: 77 Points: 40
• FA Cup First Round:

Coventry City (A), 0-1.
Second Round: Hendon FC (H), 6-2.
Third Round: Stoke City (H), 0-0. Replay (A), 3-0.


First Team 
Results

20/08/1955	Colchester United	H	D	0-0	11871	:
22/08/1955	Millwall	A	L	0-2	8140	;
27/08/1955	Leyton Orient	A	D	1-1	15000	Worthington
31/08/1955	Millwall	H	W	3-1	10561	John 2	Mitchell
03/09/1955	Torquay United	H	D	0-0	13991	:
07/09/1955	Norwich City	A	L	1-2	14014	John
10/09/1955	Southend United	H	L	0-1	9231	:
14/09/1955	Norwich City	H	D	1-1	8443	Burke
17/09/1955	Coventry City	A	D	2-2	20790	John	Burke
21/09/1955	Gillingham	A	L	1-2	8400	Burke
24/09/1955	Brentford	H	L	2-3	8454	Burke 2
28/09/1955	Reading	H	L	0-2	6536	:
01/10/1955	Watford	A	W	3-2	9785	John	Simpson
08/10/1955	Swindon Town	A	W	1-0	6783	Buckle
15/10/1955	Queens Park Rangers	H	W	2-0	8741	Burke
22/10/1955	Northampton Town	A	L	0-3	10805	:
29/10/1955	Aldershot	H	W	2-1	7851	Iggleden	Jefferson (og)
05/11/1955	Crystal Palace	A	W	1-0	12440	Rees
12/11/1955	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	L	0-5	9019	:
26/11/1955	Shrewsbury Town	H	W	3-0	6000	Rees	Simpson	Burke
03/12/1955	Ipswich Town	A	D	2-2	14703	Rees	Simpson
17/12/1955	Colchester United	A	L	1-5	6179	Murphy
24/12/1955	Leyton Orient	H	D	1-1	8931	Murphy
26/12/1955	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	A	D	0-0	8342	:
27/12/1955	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	H	W	2-0	10540	Iggleden 2
31/12/1955	Torquay United	A	L	1-3	12128	Iggleden
14/01/1956	Southend United	A	L	0-6	7500	:
21/01/1956	Coventry City	H	L	2-3	7472	Rees	Murphy
28/01/1956	Walsall	H	D	1-1	7147	Whiteside
04/02/1956	Brentford	A	L	0-2	6300	:
11/02/1956	Watford	H	L	1-2	4207	John
18/02/1956	Swindon Town	H	L	1-2	4937	Houghton
25/02/1956	Queens Park Rangers	A	L	0-1	6859	:
03/03/1956	Northampton Town	H	W	3-1	6996	Mitchell (p)	Sword	Willis
10/03/1956	Aldershot	A	L	0-1	5397	:
17/03/1956	Crystal Palace	H	W	6-1	6826	Sword 3	Iggleden 2	Thomas
24/03/1956	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	L	0-1	13274	:
30/03/1956	Newport County	A	W	2-1	5960	Buckle	John
31/03/1956	Southampton	A	L	0-5	9924	:
02/04/1956	Newport County	H	W	2-0	7363	Burke	Buckle
07/04/1956	Shrewsbury Town	A	L	0-2	6676	:
11/04/1956	Southampton	H	W	3-2	6933	Iggleden	Burke 2
14/04/1956	Ipswich Town	H	D	2-2	6006	Mitchell (p)	Buckle
21/04/1956	Walsall	A	L	1-3	13656	Simpson
25/04/1956	Reading	A	W	2-1	5234	Iggleden	Ellaway
28/04/1956	Gillingham	H	W	2-1	6887	Willis	Mitchell (p)

Final Table 

League Division 3 (South)
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. LEYTON ORIENT            46  18  3  2  76  20  11  5  7  30  29   66
 2. Brighton & Hove Albion   46  20  2  1  73  16   9  5  9  39  34   65
 3. Ipswich Town             46  16  6  1  59  28   9  8  6  47  32   64
 4. Southend United          46  16  4  3  58  25   5  7 11  30  55   53
 5. Torquay United           46  11 10  2  48  21   9  2 12  38  42   52
 6. Brentford                46  11  8  4  40  30   8  6  9  29  36   52
 7. Norwich City             46  15  4  4  56  31   4  9 10  30  51   51
 8. Coventry City            46  16  4  3  54  20   4  5 14  19  40   49
 9. Bournemouth              46  13  6  4  39  14   6  4 13  24  37   48
10. Gillingham               46  12  3  8  38  28   7  7  9  31  43   48
11. Northampton              46  14  3  6  44  27   6  4 13  23  44   47
12. Colchester United        46  14  4  5  56  37   4  7 12  20  44   47
13. Shrewsbury Town          46  12  9  2  47  21   5  3 15  22  45   46
14. Southampton              46  13  6  4  60  30   5  2 16  31  51   44
15. Aldershot                46   9  9  5  36  33   3  7 13  34  57   40
16. Exeter City              46  10  6  7  39  30   5  4 14  19  47   40
17. Reading                  46  10  2 11  40  37   5  7 11  30  42   39
18. Queen's Park Rangers     46  10  7  6  44  32   4  4 15  20  54   39
19. Newport County           46  12  2  9  32  26   3  7 13  26  53   39
20. Walsall                  46  13  5  5  43  28   2  3 18  25  56   38
21. Watford                  46   8  5 10  31  39   5  6 12  21  46   37
22. Millwall                 46  13  4  6  56  31   2  2 19  27  69   36
23. Crystal Palace           46   7  3 13  27  32   5  7 11  27  51   34
24. Swindon Town             46   4 10  9  18  22   4  4 15  16  56   30

FA Cup

1955/56
19/11/1955	Coventry City	Away	1-0	17919	Rees	R1
10/12/1955	Hendon	Home	6-2	12044	Rees 2, Iggleden 2, Simpson, Murphy	R2
07/01/1956	Stoke City	Home	0-0	17996	:	R3
08/01/1956	Stoke City	Away	0-3	14513	:	R3 Replay

Devon Bowl

1955/56
06/03/1956	Bideford	Home	2-1	Sword 2	1500	SF
18/04/1956	Plymouth Argyle	Away	0-3	:	6659	F	Floodlit Final.

Friendlies

1955/56
			Exeter score 1st
10/08/1955	Reds v Blues	Home	3-3	2365	Sword 2, Thomas, v Burke, Buckle, Worthington
15/08/1955	Reds v Blues	Home	2-2	3070	Worthington 2 v  Ellaway, Packer.
19/05/1955	Exmouth United	Away	5-2		Ellaway, Sword 2, Murphy, Thomas(P)
31/12/1955	Whipton	Away	7-1
19/10/1955	St Lukes College	Home	2-2	700	Iggleden, Beer
16/01/1956	Manager's International X1	Home	3-2	7322	Rees, Burke, Iggleden (pen)
23/01/1956	Lincoln City	Home	3-1	2015	Whiteside2, Iggleden
23/04/1956	Holsworthy	Away	8-1		Rees 3, Ellaway 2, C Beer, P Thomas
01/05/1956	Plymouth Argyle	Home	2-2	2398	Mitchell, Simpson

Reserves
Southern League 
Results 

Southern League 1955/56
20/08/1955	League	Kidderminster	Away	2-1	Ellaway	Rees
24/08/1955	League	Gloucester City	Home	0-0	:
27/08/1955	League	Yeovil Town	Home	1-1	Rees
03/09/1955	League	Llanelly	Away	2-3	Grinney	Bowkett
08/09/1955	SL. Cup 1	Yeovil Town	Away	3-4	Rees	Sword 2
10/09/1955	League	Barry Town	Away	2-2	Sword	Thomas (P)
12/09/1955	SL. Cup 1	Yeovil Town	Home	0-1	:
14/09/1955	League	Gloucester City	Away	2-2	Sword 2
17/09/1955	League	Merthyr Tydfil	Home	3-0	Iggleden	Murphy	Ellaway
24/09/1955	League	Headington	Away	0-7	:
01/10/1955	League	Dartford	Home	2-2	Sword	Thomas (P)
08/10/1955	League	Hastings United	Home	0-3	:
15/10/1955	League	Tonbridge	Away	2-4	Iggleden	Joslin
19/10/1955	Friendly	St Luke's College	Home	2-2	Iggleden	Beer (C)
22/10/1955	League	Bath City	Home	0-1	:
29/10/1955	League	Hereford United	Away	3-2	John 2	Beer (C)
05/11/1955	League	Cheltenham	Home	1-0	Sword
12/11/1955	League	Weymouth	Away	0-1	:
19/11/1955	League	Gravesend United	Home	2-0	Sword	Whiteside
26/11/1955	League	Guildford City	Away	1-2	Sword
03/12/1955	League	Bedford Town	Home	3-2	Whiteside	Thomas (P)	Buckle
08/12/1955	League	Lovells Athletic	Away	1-3	Buckle
17/12/1955	League	Kidderminster	Home	4-0	Worthington	Whiteside 2	Buckle
24/12/1955	League	Yeovil Town	Away	0-1	:
26/12/1955	League	Chelmsford City	Home	0-2	:
27/12/1955	League	Chelmsford City	Away	1-2	Ellaway
31/12/1955	Friendly	Whipton	Away	7-1
14/01/1956	League	Barry Town	Home	5-2	Grinney 2	Sword 3
21/01/1956	League	Merthyr Tydfil	Away	2-2	Worthington 2
28/01/1956	League	Dartford	Away	0-4	:
04/02/1956	League	Headington	Home	3-2	Sword 2	Worthington
18/02/1956	League	Hastings United	Away	1-6	Buckle
25/02/1956	League	Tonbridge	Home	0-2	:
03/03/1956	League	Bath City	Away	4-1	Burke 2	Iggleden	Ellaway
10/03/1956	League	Hereford United	Home	4-1	Buckle	Burke 3
12/03/1956	League	Llanelly	Home	6-1	Iggleden 2	Buckle	Burke 3
17/03/1956	League	Gravesend United	Away	3-0	Burke 3
21/03/1956	League	Kettering	Home	0-1	:
24/03/1956	League	Weymouth	Home	1-1	Burke
30/03/1956	League	Worcester City	Home	3-0	Murphy	Whiteside	Houghton
31/03/1956	League	Cheltenham	Away	1-6	Dunn (og)
02/04/1956	League	Worcester City	Away	2-1	Ellaway 2
07/04/1956	League	Guildford City	Home	2-0	Packer	Ellaway
14/04/1956	League	Bedford Town	Away	1-0	Murphy
21/04/1956	League	Lovells Athletic	Home	2-2	Murphy	Thomas (P)
28/04/1956	League	Kettering	Away	4-4	Beer (C)	Murphy	Worthington	Thomas (P)

Final Table 
Southern League

                                   P  W  D  L   F   A Pts
 1.Guildford City                 42 26  8  8  74  34  60
 2.Cheltenham Town                42 25  6 11  82  53  56
 3.Yeovil Town                    42 23  9 10  98  55  55
 4.Bedford Town                   42 21  9 12  99  69  51
 5.Dartford                       42 20  9 13  78  62  49
 6.Weymouth                       42 19 10 13  83  63  48
 7.Gloucester City                42 19  9 14  72  60  47
 8.Lovells Athletic               42 19  9 14  91  78  47
 9.Chelmsford City                42 18 10 14  67  55  46
10.Kettering Town                 42 16 11 15 105  86  43
11.Exeter City                    42 17  9 16  75  76  43
12.Gravesend & Northfleet         42 17  8 17  79  75  42
13.Hereford United                42 17  7 18  90  90  41
14.Hastings United                42 15 10 17  90  73  40
15.Headington United              42 17  6 19  82  86  40
16.Kidderminster Harriers         42 14  7 21  86 108  35
17.Llanelly                       42 14  6 22  64  98  34
18.Barry Town                     42 11 11 20  91 108  33
19.Worcester City                 42 12  9 21  66  83  33
20.Tonbridge                      42 11 11 20  53  74  33
21.Bath City                      42  7 10 25  43 107  24
22.Merthyr Town                   42  7 10 25  52 127  24


Exeter City “A”

Exeter A won the Exeter and District League Senior win, losing only twice in 22 games.

Results

Final Table
Exeter and District League 
Senior 1

SENIOR 1
1 Exeter City	22	17	3	2	79	28	37
2 Sidmouth Town	22	18	1	3	90	34	37
3 Rockbeare	22	16	4	2	89	34	36
4 St Lukes College Res	22	13	4	5	73	50	30
5 Heavitree United Res	22	10	4	8	62	49	24
6 Seaton Town	22	10	3	9	64	57	23
7 Budleigh Salterton	22	7	6	9	56	67	20
8 Cullompton Rangers	22	6	3	13	53	85	15
9 Tiverton Town Res	22	6	2	14	47	74	14
10 St Marks	22	4	4	14	50	75	12
11 Dawlish Town Res	22	4	3	15	39	82	11
12 Whipton Saints	22	2	1	19	19	86	5

1950s, 1955/56, Alan Sword, Arnold Mitchell, Brian Doyle, Dennis Simpson, Edward Buckle, Edward Murphy, Frank Houghton, Fred Davey, Frederick Worthington, George Hunter, George Willis, Graham Rees, Horatio Iggleden, Hugh Kelly, Ian Grinney, John Porteous, Keith Harvey, Keith Thomas, Norman Packer, Peter Thomas, Raymond John, Richard Walton, Ronald Burke, Squad Photograph, Stephen Parr, Theo Foley, Thomas Dunne, Timeline, William Ellaway, William Whiteside