It is interesting that 1961/62 has no team photo in existence because there was no team to photo. Only 10 professionals, no money to pay players and they had released 12 including selling Theo Foley to Northampton, they also stripped out the A team and stopped playing in the Western League and joined the Exeter and District League.

 As the squad photograph for the 1961/62 season was not done, the Express and Echo produced a photo of the players, who were signed and added a photo of the new players after that.

The Grecians finished in the bottom half of Division Four in this season, placing 18th. Exeter did not have much luck in the cup either, exiting both the FA Cup and League Cup at the first time of asking.

League Position:
24th  P 44 W 13, D 11 L 20 Goals F-A 62-77 Points: 37.

1^st Team Results

19/08/1961	Mansfield Town	A	L	1-3	7611	Welsh
23/08/1961	Chesterfield	H	W	4-1	5944	Carter 2	Rees	Gordon
26/08/1961	Barrow	H	W	3-0	6153	Blue	Gordon	Jenkins
28/08/1961	Chesterfield	A	L	0-2	4300	:
02/09/1961	Rochdale	A	L	0-3	5062	:
04/09/1961	York City	A	L	1-2	9241	Jenkins
09/09/1961	Crewe Alexandra	H	W	2-1	5494	Gordon	Wilson
16/09/1961	Tranmere Rovers	A	W	4-3	7889	McGugan (og)	Rees	Carter	Blue
19/09/1961	Southport	H	D	1-1	5739	Carter
23/09/1961	Wrexham	A	W	2-1	13138	Carter	Jenkins
25/09/1961	Southport	A	D	1-1	4969	Blue
30/09/1961	Doncaster Rovers	H	L	1-5	6424	Gordon
04/10/1961	Workington	A	L	1-3	3472	Jenkins
07/10/1961	Hartlepools United	H	D	1-1	4173	Welsh
11/10/1961	Workington	H	W	3-1	4301	Gordon	Carter 2
14/10/1961	Darlington	A	L	0-1	5462	:
28/10/1961	Oldham Athletic	A	D	1-1	12491	McMillan
11/11/1961	Aldershot	A	D	1-1	5336	Jenkins
18/11/1961	Bradford City	H	L	1-2	4405	Carter
02/12/1961	Colchester United	H	L	0-2	4530	:
09/12/1961	Chester	A	D	1-1	3192	Harvey (p)
16/12/1961	Mansfield Town	H	W	2-1	3592	Blue	Carter
23/12/1961	Barrow	A	L	0-3	4094	:
26/12/1961	Gillingham	H	L	1-3	4326	Rees
30/12/1961	Gillingham	A	D	2-2	6786	Carter 2
06/01/1962	Stockport County	H	W	4-3	4135	Brown	Gordon	Welsh	Rees
13/01/1962	Rochdale	H	L	1-3	4000	Carter
20/01/1962	Crewe Alexandra	A	L	1-3	4078	Brown
27/01/1962	Carlisle United	A	L	1-2	4993	Carter
03/02/1962	Tranmere Rovers	H	W	1-0	3628	Jenkins
10/02/1962	Wrexham	H	D	1-1	4257	Gordon
16/02/1962	Doncaster Rovers	A	L	1-3	2089	Malloy (og)
24/02/1962	Hartlepools United	A	D	0-0	2933	:
03/03/1962	Darlington	H	L	0-1	3341	:
17/03/1962	Oldham Athletic	H	D	3-3	3187	Carter 3
23/03/1962	Stockport County	A	L	0-1	4148	:
31/03/1962	Aldershot	H	W	2-1	2740	Welsh	Gordon
07/04/1962	Bradford City	A	L	1-5	5697	Brown
11/04/1962	York City	H	W	2-1	2919	Welsh	Carter
14/04/1962	Carlisle United	H	W	4-0	3278	Welsh	Harvey (p)	Jenkins 2
20/04/1962	Millwall	A	L	0-2	19666	:
21/04/1962	Colchester United	A	L	0-2	5530	:
23/04/1962	Millwall	H	D	1-1	5031	Carter
28/04/1962	Chester	H	W	5-0	3310	Blue 2	Jenkins	Rees 2

 

1^st Team Final Table

League Division 4
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. MILLWALL                 44  16  3  3  47  18   7  7  8  40  44   56
 2. COLCHESTER UNITED        44  17  4  1  78  24   6  5 11  26  47   55
 3. WREXHAM                  44  12  6  4  56  23  10  3  9  40  33   53
 4. CARLISLE UNITED          44  15  3  4  35  22   7  5 10  29  41   52
 5. Bradford City            44  14  5  3  58  32   7  4 11  36  54   51
 6. York City                44  17  2  3  62  19   3  8 11  22  34   50
 7. Aldershot                44  16  4  2  56  20   6  1 15  25  40   49
 8. Workington               44  12  6  4  40  23   7  5 10  29  47   49
 9. Barrow                   44  12  7  3  49  20   5  7 10  25  38   48
10. Crewe Alexandra          44  16  3  3  53  24   4  3 15  26  46   46
11. Oldham Athletic          44  12  7  3  47  26   5  5 12  30  44   46
12. Rochdale                 44  14  3  5  47  28   5  4 13  24  43   45
13. Darlington               44  13  5  4  37  24   5  4 13  24  49   45
14. Mansfield Town           44  14  3  5  51  19   5  3 14  26  47   44
15. Tranmere Rovers          44  15  2  5  53  37   5  2 15  17  44   44
16. Stockport County         44  13  3  6  42  27   4  6 12  28  42   43
17. Southport                44  13  5  4  36  25   4  4 14  25  46   43
18. Exeter City              44  11  5  6  43  32   2  6 14  19  45   37
19. Chesterfield             44  11  3  8  43  38   3  6 13  27  49   37
20. Gillingham               44  10  6  6  48  30   3  5 14  25  64   37
21. Doncaster Rovers         44   8  5  9  34  29   3  2 17  26  56   29
22. Hartlepool United        44   6  5 11  27  35   2  6 14  25  66   27
23. Chester City             44   5  9  8  36  37   2  3 17  18  59   26
Accrington Stanley resigned from the league after 33 games.
Their results were expunged.

FA Cup

1961/62
04 November 1961	Dartford	Home	3-3	6162	McMillan 2, Mabey (og)	R1
08 November 1961	Dartford	Away	1-2	6777	Carter	R1 Replay

League Cup

1961/62
11/09/1961	Mansfield Town	Away	2-5	5904	Gordon, Blue	LC 1

Devon Bowl

1961/62
20/03/1962	Plymouth Argyle	Home	3-1	Welsh 2, Jenkins	2962	SF
16/04/1962	Torquay United	Away	2-0	Gordon, Rees	2000	F	EXETER-WINNERS

Friendlies 

1961/62
			Exeter score 1st
	Practice Match		P-P			There was no practice match, only 19 players signed on.
26/10/1961	Car La Paz of Bolivia	Home	3-1	5004	Blue 2, Jenkins	Mario scored for La Paz
22/11/1961	OFK Belgrade Sports Club	Home	2-4	3548	Blue, Jenkins
25/11/1961	Swindon Town	Away	0-4	2812	:
01/03/1962	Offenbach Kickers	Home	1-1	2498	Gordon

Youth Team
Exeter City Colts
Exeter and District League
Results

Exeter and District League 1961/62
19/08/1961	League	Chelston	Home	1-1	Parsons
26/08/1961	League	Cullompton	Away	1-6	Vanstone
06/09/1961	League	Chelston	Away	0-1	:
09/09/1961	League	Dawlish	Away	3-1	Welsh	Dodd	Burnett
16/09/1961	League	Sidmouth	Home	5-0	Hudson	Dodd	Vanstone 2	Hitchcox
23/09/1961	League	St Marks	Home	5-0	Quarrington 3	Burnett 2
30/09/1961	League	Seaton	Away	3-1	Mitchell	Hitchcox	Dodd
07/10/1961	League	Exmouth	Away	3-1	Mitchell	Vanstone 2
14/10/1961	DS Cup R1	Crediton	Away	3-0	Hitchcox	Dodd	Quarrington
Exeter played 4 pros' in the Cup and were expelled from the Cup, later were asked to replay the game
21/10/1961	League	Tiverton	Away	0-0	:
04/11/1961	League	Kingsteignton	Away	2-0	Burnett 2
25/11/1961	DS CupR1	Crediton	Away	4-0
11/11/1961	League	Lympstone	Home	6-0
02/12/1961	League	St Lukes	Away	2-2	Welsh	Vanstone
09/12/1961	League	St Marks	Away	1-2	Burnett
23/12/1961	DS Cup R2	Tiverton	Home	3-2	Burnett 2	Vanstone
30/12/1961	DS Cup R3	Friernhay	Home	0-2	:
06/01/1962	League	Beer	Away	1-3	Blue
13/01/1962	League	Friernhay	Away	2-1	Vanstone 2
20/01/1962	League	Tiverton	Home	4-2	Rees 2	Vanstone 2
27/01/1962	League	Dawlish	Home	2-3	Vanstone	Burnett
03/02/1962	League	Clyst Valley	Away	2-1	Blue
10/02/1962	League	Lympstone	Away	5-2	Rutley	Quarrington	Dodd	Blue 2
17/02/1962	E D S Cup	Cullompton	Away	0-1	:
24/02/1962	League	St Lukes	Home	3-2	Blue 2	Burnett
03/03/1962	League	Sidmouth	Away	1-1	Burnett
10/03/1962	League	Seaton	Home	11-1	Blue 4, Anning (og), Dood 2, Burnett, Mitchell, Rutley, Vanstone
22/03/1962	League	Exmouth	Home	2-1	Vanstone	Jenkins
24/03/1962	League	Cullompton	Home	3-1	Blythe	Blue	Jenkins
28/03/1962	League	Heavitree	Home	2-3	Vanstone	Burnett
04/04/1962	League	Friernhay	Home	1-0	Vanstone
07/04/1962	League	Friernhay	Away	2-2	Vanstone	Gard
14/04/1962	League	Beer	Home	3-1	Quarrington	Vanstone	Burnett
18/04/1962	League	Clyst Valley	Home	3-1	Dodd	Vanstone	Burnett
20/04/1962	League	Heavitree	Away	6-0	Og	Dodd	Burnett 3	Vanstone
28/04/1962	League	Kingsteignton	Home	4-0	Nicholas 2	Hughes	Quarrington

Final Table
Exeter City and District Football League
Premier League

FINAL TABLE
	P	W	D	L	F	A	PTS
PREMIER
1 Cullompton Rangers	30	22	4	4	102	36	48
2 Dawlish Town	30	22	3	5	103	41	47
3 Exeter City Colts	30	19	5	6	87	39	43
4 St Lukes College	30	16	8	6	105	65	40
5 Tiverton Town	30	16	5	9	92	65	37
6 Heavitree United	30	14	6	10	81	67	34
7 Clyst Valley	30	14	2	14	77	77	30
8 Chelston	30	11	6	13	53	63	28
9 Friernhay	30	12	3	15	90	90	27
10 Beer Albion	30	11	5	14	60	85	27
11 Seaton Town	30	11	1	18	67	92	23
12 St Marks	30	9	4	17	61	114	22
13 Lympstone	30	7	7	16	58	93	21
14 Exmouth Town	30	8	3	19	67	90	19
15 Sidmouth Town	30	7	3	20	56	92	17
16 Kingsteignton	30	7	3	20	57	107	17

 

1960s, 1961/62, Alan Brown, Alan Jones, Archie Blue, Arnold Mitchell, Brian Whitnall, Colin Tinsley, Derrick Sullivan, Eric Welsh, Geoffrey Hudson, Glenton Wilson, Graham Rees, John McMillan, Keith Harvey, Les MacDonald, Michael Hughes, Peter Gordon, Raymond Carter, Reg Jenkins, Squad Photograph, Timeline