• In 1965/66 Exeter were relegated to the Fourth Division after finishing 22nd in Division Three. City did have much luck in the cup either, being eliminated from the FA Cup and League Cup in the First Round

Players sitting in the stand.

• League Stats: Position: 22nd Played: 46, Won: 12, Drew: 11, Lost: 23 Goals For: 53 Goals Against: 79 Points: 35
• FA Cup

First Round: Bedford Town (H), 1-2.

• League Cup

First Round: Colchester United (A), 2-1.

First Team 
Results

21/08/1965	Oldham Athletic	H	W	4-0	7271	Banks 2	McLean	Welsh
25/08/1965	Gillingham	A	D	1-1	10540	Banks
28/08/1965	Watford	A	L	0-3	10590	:
04/09/1965	Scunthorpe United	H	W	4-0	5818	McLean 2	Welsh	Curtis
11/09/1965	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	L	1-2	13252	Carter
13/09/1965	Millwall	A	L	0-3	12288	:
18/09/1965	Queens Park Rangers	H	D	0-0	6223	:
25/09/1965	Mansfield Town	A	D	0-0	7511	:
02/10/1965	Hull City	H	L	1-4	7125	Banks
06/10/1965	Millwall	H	L	1-2	6770	Banks
09/10/1965	Workington	A	L	1-6	3903	Ley
16/10/1965	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	H	W	1-0	5383	Harvey (p)
23/10/1965	Southend United	A	L	2-4	7212	Curtis2
30/10/1965	Swindon Town	H	D	1-1	6722	Curtis
06/11/1965	Shrewsbury Town	A	L	0-4	4559	:
20/11/1965	Brentford	A	W	2-1	5943	Peapell	Banks
27/11/1965	Bristol Rovers	H	W	1-0	5964	Ley
04/12/1965	Gillingham	H	W	3-1	5000	McLean 2	Kennedy
11/12/1965	Oxford United	H	L	1-2	7000	Ley
17/12/1965	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	A	W	1-0	4655	Banks
27/12/1965	Swansea Town	H	D	1-1	9132	Banks
01/01/1966	Workington	H	W	2-1	6000	Blain	Stuckey
08/01/1966	Grimsby Town	A	D	1-1	7514	Harvey (p)
15/01/1966	Southend United	H	D	1-1	4845	Banks
22/01/1966	Swansea Town	A	L	0-1	7212	:
29/01/1966	Oldham Athletic	A	L	1-3	13449	McLean
05/02/1966	Watford	H	L	1-2	4775	Banks
19/02/1966	Scunthorpe United	A	L	1-2	4396	Rees
05/03/1966	Peterborough United	H	L	2-5	5362	Kennedy	Harvey (p)
12/03/1966	Queens Park Rangers	A	L	0-1	7542	:
19/03/1966	Mansfield Town	H	D	2-2	5055	Keeley	Carter
02/04/1966	Shrewsbury Town	H	D	0-0	4515	:
09/04/1966	York City	A	L	0-2	2726	:
11/04/1966	Walsall	A	D	1-1	9478	Banks
13/04/1966	Walsall	H	L	0-2	4700	:
16/04/1966	Brentford	H	W	5-0	4975	Banks 2	McLean2	Kennedy
20/04/1966	Hull City	A	L	1-6	28055	Banks
23/04/1966	Bristol Rovers	A	L	0-2	6803	:
27/04/1966	Reading	H	L	1-2	4500	Kennedy
30/04/1966	York City	H	L	0-2	3985	:
03/05/1966	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	W	2-0	3344	Curtis	Banks
07/05/1966	Oxford United	A	W	1-0	6703	Mitchell
09/05/1966	Peterborough United	A	L	0-2	4467	:
18/05/1966	Reading	A	L	1-4	4160	Banks
21/05/1966	Grimsby Town	H	W	2-0	3770	McLean	Banks
28/05/1966	Swindon Town	A	D	2-2	6593	McLean 2

Final Table 

League Division 3
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. HULL CITY                46  19  2  2  64  24  12  5  6  45  38   69
 2. MILLWALL                 46  19  4  0  47  13   8  7  8  29  30   65
 3. Queen's Park Rangers     46  16  3  4  62  29   8  6  9  33  36   57
 4. Scunthorpe United        46   9  8  6  44  34  12  3  8  36  33   53
 5. Workington               46  13  6  4  38  18   6  8  9  29  39   52
 6. Gillingham               46  14  4  5  33  19   8  4 11  29  35   52
 7. Swindon Town             46  11  8  4  43  18   8  5 10  31  30   51
 8. Reading                  46  13  5  5  36  19   6  8  9  34  44   51
 9. Walsall                  46  13  7  3  48  21   7  3 13  29  43   50
10. Shrewsbury Town          46  13  7  3  48  22   6  4 13  25  42   49
11. Grimsby Town             46  15  6  2  47  25   2  7 14  21  37   47
12. Watford                  46  12  4  7  33  19   5  9  9  22  32   47
13. Peterborough United      46  13  6  4  50  26   4  6 13  30  40   46
14. Oxford United            46  11  3  9  38  33   8  5 10  32  41   46
15. Brighton & Hove Albion   46  13  4  6  48  28   3  7 13  19  37   43
16. Bristol Rovers           46  11 10  2  38  15   3  4 16  26  49   42
17. Swansea City             46  14  4  5  61  37   1  7 15  20  59   41
18. Bournemouth              46   9  8  6  24  19   4  4 15  14  37   38
19. Mansfield Town           46  10  5  8  31  36   5  3 15  28  53   38
20. Oldham Athletic          46   8  7  8  34  33   4  6 13  21  48   37
21. SOUTHEND UNITED          46  15  1  7  43  28   1  3 19  11  55   36
22. EXETER CITY              46   9  6  8  36  28   3  5 15  17  51   35
23. BRENTFORD                46   9  4 10  34  30   1  8 14  14  39   32
24. YORK CITY                46   5  7 11  30  44   4  2 17  23  62   27

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Squad photo with apprentices in the front row


FA Cup

1965/66
13 November 1965	Bedford Town	Home	1-2	6000	Curtis	R1

League Cup

1965/66
01/09/1965	Colchester United	Away	1-2	2900	Curtis	LC  1

Devon Bowl

04/05/1966

Plymouth Argyle

Away

2-3

Elliott, Evans

991

SF

Friendlies 

1965/66
			Exeter score 1st
07/08/1965	Yeovil Town	Away	6-2	1382	McLean 2, Banks 2, Curtis, Welsh
09/08/1965	Barnstaple Town	Away	1-0	500	Banks
11/08/1965	Weymouth	Away	5-3	1500	Banks 3, Curtis, Carter
13/08/1965	Bridport Town	Away	2-3		House, Riding
14/08/1965	Plymouth Argyle	Home	3-4	3217	Ley, Banks , Harvey (pen)
18/08/1965	Plymouth Argyle	Away	0-5	2200	:
19/08/1965	Torquay United	Home	1-2		Copp
22/08/1965	Shelley School	Away	6-1	200	Ley 2, Curtis 2, Rice, Carter
07/09/1965	Newton Abbot	Away	4-1		Studdard, Stuckey, House, og
06/12/1965	Slovan Bratislava	Home	4-1	5500	Stuckey, Hrviak (og), McLean, Blain
09/01/1966	Wessex Brigade	Away	14-1		Studdard 4, House 3, Barnes 3, Riding 2, Rice, Richardson

FA Youth Cup 

1965/66
03/11/1965	Plymouth Argyle	Away	2-4	Barnes, House		R1

Reserves
Western League 
Results 

Western League 1965/66
21/08/1965	League	Salisbury City	Away	0-4	:
28/08/1965	League	Andover	Home	2-2	Riding	Curtis
04/09/1965	League	Torquay United	Away	3-5	Riding	Tolchard	Stuckey
11/09/1965	League	Minehead	Home	3-2	Riding	Rees 2
18/09/1965	League	Bristol City	Away	1-3	Riding
25/09/1965	League	Taunton Town	Home	5-3	Banks 2	Curtis 3
02/10/1965	League	Taunton Town	Away	0-2	:
09/10/1965	League	Portland United	Home	4-2	Stuckey 2	Rees	Riding
16/10/1965	League	Bridgwater	Away	2-7	Carter 2
23/10/1965	League	Bideford	Home	1-2	Balson
30/10/1965	League	Glastonbury	Away	0-3	:
06/11/1965	League	Bridport	Home	0-2	:
13/11/1965	League	Bideford	Away	1-3	Peapell
20/11/1965	League	Barnstaple Town	Home	4-0	Rees 2	Richardson	Tolchard
27/11/1965	League	Weston Super Mare	Away	1-5	Rees
11/12/1965	League	Bridport	Away	3-0	Tolchard 2	Sweetman
18/12/1965	League	Bridgwater	Home	1-1	Rees
27/12/1965	League	Andover	Away	P-P	Frozen Pitch
01/01/1966	League	Portland United	Away	0-1	:
08/01/1966	League	Dorchester Town	Home	0-1	:
15/01/1966	League	Dorchester Town	Away	P-P	Frozen Pitch
22/01/1966	League	Glastonbury	Home	4-2	Curtis	Carter	Richardson	Riding
29/01/1966	League	Welton Rovers	Home	2-2	Carter	Curtis
05/02/1966	League	Welton Rovers	Away	1-2	McLean
12/02/1966	League	Salisbury City	Home	6-1	Kennedy 2	Riding 3	Anderson
19/02/1966	League	Weston Super Mare	Home	1-2	Anderson
26/02/1966	League	Barnstaple Town	Away	3-0	Carter 2	Curtis
05/03/1966	League	Weymouth	Away	P-P	Frozen Pitch
12/03/1966	League	Bristol City	Home	4-0	Rees 2	Curtis 2
14/03/1966	League	Weymouth	Away	3-1	Balson	Richardson	Rees
19/03/1966	League	Dorchester Town	Away	0-1	:
26/03/1966	League	Minehead	Away	0-2	:
30/03/1966	League	Torquay United	Home	2-0	McLean	Riding
08/04/1966	League	Frome Town	Away	2-1	Curtis	McLean
09/04/1966	League	Andover	Away	2-2	McLean	Curtis
11/04/1966	League	Frome Town	Home	2-0	McLean	Riding
06/06/1966	League	Weymouth	Home	0-4	:

Final Table
Western Leagu

                                   P  W  D  L   F   A Pts
 1.Welton Rovers                  34 25  9  0 105  28  59
 2.Portland United                34 23  2  9  75  50  48
 3.Bideford                       34 19  8  7  90  49  46
 4.Andover                        34 16  8 10  74  57  40
 5.Minehead                       34 13 12  9  46  44  38
 6.Frome Town                     34 14  9 11  53  53  37
 7.Glastonbury                    34 12 11 11  61  46  35
 8.Taunton                        34 15  5 14  73  69  35
 9.Bridgwater Town                34 12 10 12  63  62  34
10.Salisbury                      34 12  8 14  62  57  32
11.Torquay United                 34 11 10 13  56  56  32
12.Exeter City                    34 13  4 17  63  70  30
13.Weymouth                       34 11  8 15  65  76  30
14.Weston-super-Mare              34 12  5 17  48  61  29
15.Bridport                       34 12  5 17  57  90  29
16.Dorchester Town                34  9  5 20  41  79  23
17.Barnstaple Town                34  7  8 19  35  59  22
18.Bristol City                   34  4  5 25  33  94  13

Reserves
Western Floodlit League 
Results 

Western Counties Floodlit League
13/10/1965	League	Torquay United	Away	3-4	Welsh 2	Banks			Att. 2648
27/10/1965	League	Weymouth	Away	0-1	:				Att. 2274
09/11/1965	League	Cheltenham	Away	0-1
20/12/1965	League	Yeovil Town	Away	2-6	Carter	Rees
23/02/1966	League	Poole Town	Away	1-2	Buckingham
02/03/1966	League	Bath City	Home	2-0	Hurrell	Tolchard
16/03/1966	League	Plymouth Argyle	Home	1-1	Kennedy
04/04/1966	League	Weymouth	Home	1-4	Banks
18/04/1966	League	Torquay United	Home	1-0	Peapell
20/04/1966	League	Poole Town	Home	2-0	Riding	Elliott
09/05/1966	League	Yeovil Town	Home	3-1	Evans	Tolchard	Rees

Final Table
Western Floodlit League


Floodlit League Cup

16/11/1965

Cup

Torquay United

Away

2-2

House

Rice

Youth Team
E & D FL
Exeter City Colts
Results 

Colts Exeter and District League Premier(28  league matches
08/01/1966	E & DL	Dawlish Town	Home	0-0	:
06/11/1965	E & DL	Dawlish Town	Away	0-4	:
18/12/1965	E & DL	Exmouth Town	Away	1-2
20/11/1965	E & DL	Tiverton Town	Away	0-4	:
29/01/1966	E & DL	Exmouth Town	Home	0-3	:
04/12/1965	E & DL	Exmouth Amateurs	Away	3-1
05/03/1966	E & DL	Exmouth Amateurs	Home	2-3
09/04/1966	E & DL	Friernhay	Home	1-2
02/10/1965	E & DL	Friernhay	Away
	E & DL	Sidmouth Town
	E & DL	Sidmouth Town
	E & DL	Ottery St Mary
	E & DL	Ottery St Mary
16/04/1966	E & DL	Heavitree United	Away	1-4
	E & DL	Heavitree United
	E & DL	Clyst Valley
	E & DL	Clyst Valley
	E & DL	Newton Poppleford
	E & DL	Newton Poppleford
22/01/1966	E & DL	St Leonards	Away	0-3	:
	E & DL	St Leonards
	E & DL	Cullompton
	E & DL	Cullompton
27/11/1965	E & DL	Elmore	Home	6-5
	E & DL	Elmore
12/03/1965	E & DL	Crediton United	Away	1-0
30/11/1965	E & DL	Crediton United	Home	0-2	:
23/04/1966	E & DL	Tiverton Town	Home	0-4	:

Final Table 
Exeter And District Football League
Premier Division

PREMIER
	P	W	D	L	F	A	PTS
1 Tiverton Town	28	25	2	1	109	25	52
2 Dawlish Town	28	23	3	2	100	39	49
3 Exmouth Town	28	17	4	7	80	45	38
4 Friernhay	28	16	3	9	93	60	35
5 Sidmouth Town	28	13	7	8	72	63	33
6 Ottery St Mary	28	13	4	11	62	59	30
7 Heavitree United	28	12	5	11	65	69	29
8 Clyst Valley	28	10	8	10	66	70	28
9 Newton Poppleford	28	9	8	11	72	75	26
10 St Leonards	28	8	5	15	44	70	21
11 Cullompton	28	7	4	17	65	85	18
12 Exeter City Colts	28	7	4	17	40	79	18
13 Elmore	28	6	6	18	61	101	18
14 Crediton United	28	7	3	18	47	72	17
15 Exmouth Amateurs	28	3	2	23	37	101	8

Exeter City Colts 
E and D League Senior 2A
Results 

Colts B Exeter and District League Premier(28  league matches
08/01/1966	E & DL	Dawlish Town	Away
06/11/1965	E & DL	Dawlish Town	Home
18/12/1965	E & DL	Exmouth Town	Home
20/11/1965	E & DL	Tiverton Town	Home
29/01/1966	E & DL	Exmouth Town	Away
04/12/1965	E & DL	Exmouth Amateurs	Home
05/03/1966	E & DL	Exmouth Amateurs	Away
09/04/1966	E & DL	Friernhay	Away
02/10/1965	E & DL	Friernhay	Home
	E & DL	Sidmouth Town
	E & DL	Sidmouth Town
	E & DL	Ottery St Mary
	E & DL	Ottery St Mary
16/04/1966	E & DL	Heavitree United	Home
	E & DL	Heavitree United	Away
	E & DL	Clyst Valley
	E & DL	Clyst Valley
	E & DL	Newton Poppleford
	E & DL	Newton Poppleford
22/01/1966	E & DL	St Leonards	Home
	E & DL	St Leonards	Away
	E & DL	Cullompton
	E & DL	Cullompton
27/11/1965	E & DL	Elmore	Away
	E & DL	Elmore	Home
12/03/1965	E & DL	Crediton United	Home
30/11/1965	E & DL	Crediton United	Away
23/04/1966	E & DL	Tiverton Town	Away

Final Table
Senior 2A Division

SENIOR 2A
1 Dawlish Town	28	22	2	4	134	37	46
2 Heavitree United	28	20	3	5	95	43	43
3 Exeter City Colts	28	18	4	6	90	54	40
4 Exmouth Town	28	19	0	9	93	49	38
5 Friernhay	28	16	4	8	100	71	36
6 Tiverton Town	28	16	3	9	115	77	35
7 Clyst Valley	28	16	1	11	105	60	33
8 Sidmouth Town	28	13	4	11	89	85	30
9 Ottery St Mary	28	12	3	13	96	95	27
10 Elmore	28	9	3	16	62	90	21
11 Newton Poppleford	28	7	3	18	60	107	17
12 Crediton United	28	6	4	18	74	131	16
13 St Leonards	28	6	2	20	50	119	14
14 Cullompton	28	5	2	21	53	117	12
15 Exmouth Amateurs	28	4	4	20	46	127	12

Westcountry Youth League

Exeter took part in the Westcountry Youth league in 1965/66. They also reached the final of the Youth League Cup where they met Bristol City in a two league final on the 17th May 1966 and the 19th May 1966.

Results

Wessex Youth League
11/09/1965	Friendly	Newton Abbot	Away	4-1	Studdard	Stuckey	House	Og
15/09/1965	WYL	Bristol City	Home	1-7	Davey (pen)		1st ever Wessex Y L match
26/10/1965	WYL	Swindon Town	Home	1-4	Barnes
16/11/1966	WYL	Torquay United Colts	Away	2-2	House	Rice
14/12/1965	WYL	Torquay United Colts	Home	3-2	Mustard	Goad	Balson
07/03/1965	WYL	Plymouth Argyle	Away	0-3	:
21/03/1966	WYL	Plymouth Argyle	Home	3-1	Jordan Copp 2	Dave Baglow
18/04/1966	WYL	Swindon Town	Away	1-0	Jordan Copp
09/05/1966	WYL	Bristol Rovers	Away	1-0	Whitfield
16/05/1966	WYL	Bristol Rovers	Home	0-1	:
	WYL	Bristol City	Away	Not Played			Not Played03/

Final Table

Westcountry Youth League 1965-66
	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Bristol City	9	6	3	0	29	10	15
Plymouth Argyle	10	5	1	4	19	14	11
Bristol Rovers	9	4	1	4	14	15	9
Exeter City	9	4	1	4	12	20	9
Swindon	9	3	2	4	21	12	8
Torquay	10	1	2	7	10	34	4

The Bristol City v Exeter City and Bristol Rovers v Swindon were not played.

Wessex Youth League Cup

21/04/1966	Cup SF 1	Torquay United Colts	Away	3-0	Jordan Copp 2	Richardson
23/04/1966	Cup SF 2	Torquay United Colts	Home	1-2	House
17/05/1966	Cup  Final	Bristol City	Away	0-4	:
19/05/1966	Cup Final	Bristol City	Home	1-2	Balson

Exeter Youth lost the final on aggregate by 6-1.

1960s, 1965/66, A Edwards, A Keetley (Trainer), Alan Banks, Alan Barnett, Alan Riding, Arnold Mitchell, Bruce Stuckey, Bryce Fulton, C Taylor, Cecil Smyth, Dennis Peapell, Dermot Curtis, Des Anderson, Dick Miller, Ellis Stuttard, Eric Welsh, Fred Dart, George Gilbert, George Ley, George McLean, Graham Rees, J Cowley, J Rodgers, Jeff Tolchard, Keith Harvey, Michael Balson, Mrs Maurice Golesworthy, Paul Davis, Peter Arbury, Peter Shearing, R House, R Richardson, Reg Rose, Sonny Clarke, Squad Photograph, Timeline, Wilf Carter