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.

1950s, 1952/53, Alexander Anderson, Angus Mackay, Arnold Mitchell, Barney Singleton, Charles McClelland, Derek Digby, Douglas Regan, Edward Murphy, Frank Wood, Fred Davey, Hugh Kelly, Ivan Armes, Jack Knight, James Clark, James Dailey, Keith Harvey, Kenneth Rose, Leslie Doyle, Neville Black, Norman Kirkman, Peador Fallon, Raymond Goddard, Raymond Howells, Richard Walton, Samuel Booth, Squad Photograph, Stanley Rowe, Timeline