A squad photo from the 1985/86 season,




Exeter finished this in 14th place in Division Four. In the cups however Exeter lost both in the First Round. League Position: 14th Played: 46 Won: 11, Drew: 23, Lost: 12 Goals For: 53, Goals Against: 49 Points: 56 FA Cup First Round: Cambridge United (H), 1-1. Replay, 2-0. League Cup First Round (over two legs): Newport County (H), 0-0 and (A), 1-0. Exeter lost 0-1 on aggregate.

First Team 
Results

17 Aug 1985	Port Vale	H	W	1-0	Ling
24 Aug 1985	Aldershot	A	L	0-4	:
26 Aug 1985	Northampton	H	L	1-2	Kellow
07 Sep 1985	Southend United	H	L	0-2	:
14 Sep 1985	Wrexham	A	D	1-1	Harrower
18 Sep 1985	Scunthorpe United	H	W	2-0	Kellow (pen)	Harrower
20 Sep 1985	Cambridge United	A	D	1-1	Gale
28 Sep 1985	Tranmere Rovers	H	W	1-0	Gale
01 Oct 1985	Swindon Town	A	L	1-2	Ling
04 Oct 1985	Colchester United	A	D	1-1	Gale
12 Oct 1985	Orient	H	D	1-1	Pratt
19 Oct 1985	Mansfield Town	A	L	1-2	Viney
23 Oct 1985	Halifax Town	H	W	1-0	Kellow (pen)
26 Oct 1985	Hartlepool United	H	L	1-2	Kellow (pen)
02 Nov 1985	Peterborough	A	D	1-1	Kellow (pen)
05 Nov 1985	Rochdale	A	D	1-1	Harrower
09 Nov 1985	Chester City	H	L	1-3	Ling
23 Nov 1985	Burnley	A	L	1-3	Ling
30 Nov 1985	Preston North End	A	W	3-0	Gale 2	Pratt
13 Dec 1985	Crewe Alexandra	A	W	1-0	Ling
21 Dec 1985	Aldershot	H	W	2-0	Crawford	McNichol
01 Jan 1986	Hereford United	A	L	1-4	Harrower
11 Jan 1986	Stockport County	H	W	1-0	Harrower
17 Jan 1986	Exeter City	A	D	0-0	:
25 Jan 1986	Wrexham	H	L	0-1	:
29 Jan 1986	Torquay United	A	L	0-1	:
31 Jan 1986	Southend United	A	L	0-2	:
04 Feb 1986	Halifax Town	A	L	0-1	:
08 Feb 1986	Mansfield Town	H	L	0-1	:
21 Feb 1986	Cambridge United	H	D	0-0	:
24 Feb 1986	Stockport County	A	D	1-1	Ward
28 Feb 1986	Tranmere Rovers	A	W	1-0	McNichol
04 Mar 1986	Swindon Town	H	L	0-3	:
08 Mar 1986	Colchester United	H	D	2-2	Ward	Crawford
15 Mar 1986	Orient	A	D	2-2	Crawford	(Og)
19 Mar 1986	Peterborough	H	W	1-0	McNichol
22 Mar 1986	Hartlepool United	A	D	0-0	:
26 Mar 1986	Torquay United	H	D	2-2	Ward	Harrower
29 Mar 1986	Hereford United	H	W	3-2	McNichol	Viney	Kellow (pen)
01 Apr 1986	Torquay United	A	W	2-1	Kellow	Ling
04 Apr 1986	Rochdale	H	W	2-0	Kellow (pen)	Jackson
08 Apr 1986	Northampton	A	D	2-2	Ling	(Og)
12 Apr 1986	Chester City	A	L	1-2	Kellow
19 Apr 1986	Burnley	H	L	0-2	:
22 Apr 1986	Scunthorpe United	A	L	0-1	:
26 Apr 1986	Preston North End	A	D	2-2	Ling	McNichol
03 May 1986	Crewe Alexandra	H	L	1-2	Jackson

Final Table 

Canon League Division 4
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. SWINDON TOWN             46  20  2  1  52  19  12  4  7  30  24  102
 2. CHESTER CITY             46  15  5  3  44  16   8 10  5  39  34   84
 3. MANSFIELD TOWN           46  13  8  2  43  17  10  4  9  31  30   81
 4. PORT VALE                46  13  9  1  42  11   8  7  8  25  26   79
 5. Leyton Orient            46  11  6  6  39  21   9  6  8  40  43   72
 6. Colchester United        46  12  6  5  51  22   7  7  9  37  41   70
 7. Hartlepool United        46  15  6  2  41  20   5  4 14  27  47   70
 8. Northampton              46   9  7  7  44  29   9  3 11  35  29   64
 9. Southend United          46  13  4  6  43  27   5  6 12  26  40   64
10. Hereford United          46  15  6  2  55  30   3  4 16  19  43   64
11. Stockport County         46   9  9  5  35  28   8  4 11  28  43   64
12. Crewe Alexandra          46  10  6  7  35  26   8  3 12  19  35   63
13. Wrexham                  46  11  5  7  34  24   6  4 13  34  56   60
14. Burnley                  46  11  3  9  35  30   5  8 10  25  35   59
15. Scunthorpe United        46  11  7  5  33  23   4  7 12  17  32   59
16. Aldershot                46  12  5  6  45  25   5  2 16  21  49   58
17. Peterborough United      46   9 11  3  31  19   4  6 13  21  45   56
18. Rochdale                 46  12  7  4  41  29   2  6 15  16  48   55
19. Tranmere Rovers          46   9  1 13  46  41   6  8  9  28  32   54
20. Halifax Town             46  10  8  5  35  27   4  4 15  25  44   54
21. Exeter City              46  10  4  9  26  25   3 11  9  21  34   54
22. Cambridge United         46  12  2  9  45  38   3  7 13  20  42   54
23. Preston North End        46   7  4 12  32  41   4  6 13  22  48   43
24. Torquay United           46   8  5 10  29  32   1  5 17  14  56   37

FA Cup

1985/86
16/11/1985	Cardiff City	Home	2-1	2772	Gale 2,	R1
07/12/1985	Bristol City	Away	2-1	8052	Kellow, Crawford	R2
05/01/1986	Everton	Away	0-1	22726	:	R3

League Cup

Football League Trophy

1985/86
29/01/1986	Torquay	Away	Group	0-1	:	1046	Freight Rover Trophy	Did not qualify for R2
14/01/1986	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Home	Group	1-1	Marker	1278	Freight Rover Trophy

Devon Bowl

1985/86
05/05/1986	Torquay United	Home	3-0	Ling 2, Pratt.	600	SF	Played at Training Ground
07/05/1986	Plymouth Argyle	Away	4-2	Jackson, Kellow, Harrower, Pratt	2340	F	EXETER WINNERS

Friendlies

1985/86			Exeter score 1st
23/07/1985	Tiverton	Home
30/07/1985	Leeds United	Home	2-2	1672	Morgan, Kirkup
31/07/1985	Exmouth Town	C & F	3-1	176	Crawford 2, Evans
03/08/1985	Tottenham Hotspur	Home	2-2	3867	Morgan, Ling	Att 3789 in Sunday Independent
06/08/1985	Aston Villa	Home	1-3	1641	Morgan
16/08/1985	Bideford	Away	1-0		Williams (Paul)
15/02/1986	Watford	Home	0-4		:	John Barnes played for Watford, Russell Black played for City
19/02/1986	Wimbledon	C & F	0-2	0	:
10/04/1986	Brsitol Rovers	Home	4-0	43	Handford 2, Pratt, Harrower	Date ? (Mostly Reserves) Phil Handford was on trial.

FA Youth Cup 

1985/86
29/8/1985	Swansea City	Prelim R	3-4	Hiley 3,		QF1

Youth Teams

Macbar South West  Counties Youth League
Results

11/09/1985	League	Shrewsbury	Away
08/10/1985	League	Bristol City	Away	1-1	Jamie Harris
11/10/1985	Cup 1	Torquay United	Away	2-4	Ray Pratt	Steve Harrower
14/10/1985	League	Cardiff	Home
29/10/1985	League	Torquay United	Home	3-3	Richard Massey	Mark Robson	Jamie harris
12/11/1985	League	Bristol Rovers	Away	1-0	Gary Jackson
15/11/1985	Cup 1	Plymouth Argyle	Home	1-0	Ray Pratt
27/11/1985	League	AFC Bournemouth	Home	2-2
03/12/1985	League	Plymouth Argyle	Home
09/12/1985	League	Hereford	Away
08/01/1986	League	Cardiff	Away	9-0	Ian Wadsworth 5	Scott Hiley 2	Phil King	Jamie Harris
14/01/1986	League	Bristol Rovers	Home	4-0	Phil Handford 2	Ray Pratt	Richard Hancox
21/01/1986	League	Shrewsbury	Home	1-2	Warren Hadley
11/02/1986	League	Bristol City	Home
18/02/1986	League	AFC Bournemouth	Away	2-1	Ian Wadsworth 2
11/03/1986	League	Torquay United	Away	0-2	:
08/04/1986	League	Hereford	Home	5-2	Mark Robson 2	Jamie Harris 2	Ray Pratt
22/04/1986	League	Plymouth Argyle	Home	3-1	Ian Wadsworth	Sean Priddle	(Og)

Final Table

Macbar South West Counties League Final Table 1985/86
Shrewsbury Town	16	10	2	4	28	17	32
Exeter City	16	8	4	4	39	20	28
Cardiff City	16	8	3	5	32	36	27
Bristol Rovers	16	8	2	6	30	29	26
Torquay United	16	7	2	7	31	33	23
Hereford United	16	6	3	7	33	26	21
AFC Bournemouth	16	4	4	8	24	30	16
Bristol City	16	4	4	8	25	43	16
Plymouth Argyle	16	4	2	10	22	30	14

Devon and Exeter League (Exeter A)


Results 

Devon and Exeter League (Exeter A)
17/08/1985	Cup	Sidmouth Town	A	6-2	Harris (J) 2	Massey	Robson	Og 2
24/08/1985	League	Chelston	H	0-1	:
31/08/1985	League	Clyst Valley	H	3-1	Gale 2	Marker (R)
07/09/1985	League	Budleigh Salterton	A	3-2	Walsh (Mark)	Marker (R)	Kellow
14/09/1985	League	Civil Service	A	2-2
21/09/1985	League	Dawlish	H	4-0	R.Marker 3	Harris (J)
28/09/1985	League	Alphington	A	6-2	R.Marker 2	King	Robson	Hiley	Harris (J)
05/10/1985	League	Bideford	H	P-P	:
12/10/1985	League	Exmouth	A	6-2	Harris (J) 2	Robson	Hadley	Hiley	Peterson (og)
19/10/1985	League	Exmouth	H	5-1	R.Marker 2	Harris (J)	Pannell	Robson
26/10/1985	League	Bideford	A	2-4	Hiley 2
30/10/1985	Friendly	Taunton Town	A	5-1	Harris (J) 3	Massey	Bennetton
09/11/1985	League	Sidmouth Town	A	6-0	Robson	Harris (J)	Marker (R)	Pannell (J)	Hiley	King (P)
16/11/1985	League	Crediton	H	0-0	:
30/11/1985	League	Ottery St Mary	A	0-0	:
07/12/1985	League	Cullompton	H	3-0	Hiley	Massey	Harris
14/12/1985	League	Civil Service	H	4-1	Hadley	Robson	Lorimer	Harris
21/12/1985	League	Exeter Arms	A	2-1	King	Robson
28/12/1985	League	Alphington	H	4-1	Hadley 2	Robson 2
04/01/1986	League	Topsham Town	A	4-0
11/01/1986	League	Clyst Valley	A	4-0	Robson 2	Harris (J)	Hadley
18/01/1986	League	Honiton	H	4-1	Robson 3	Harris (J)	King
25/01/1986	League	Cullompton	A	7-0	Hiley 2	Massey	King	Hadley 3
01/02/1986	League	Bideford	H	3-0	Hiley	Harris (J)
15/02/1986	League	Ottery St Mary	H	3-1	Giles (Jimmy)	Harris (J) 2
22/02/1986	League	Chelston	A	4-0	Robson 2	Harris (J)	Hadley
01/03/1986	League	Topsham Town	H	2-0
08/03/1986	League	Crediton	A	3-0
15/03/1986	Cup	Budleigh Salterton	H	3-0	Giles (Jimmy)	Pratt	Harris (J)
28/03/1986	Cup	Topsham Town	H	5-0
29/03/1986	League	Honiton	A	1-1
05/04/1986	Cup	Topsham Town	A	5-2
12/04/1986	League	Sidmouth Town	H	6-0	Pratt 3	Robson	Hancox	og
19/04/1986	League	Exeter Arms	H	5-0
26/04/1986	League	Budleigh Salterton	H	4-0	Hadley 2	Robson	Harris (J)
03/05/1986	PL Cup F	Exeter Arms	Neutral	3-0					AET
	Bill Slee Cup Final	Newton St Cyres	A	0-0
	Bill Slee Cup Final	Newton St Cyres	H	4-2					Winners
10/05/1986	League	Exmouth	A
17/05/1986	League	Dawlish	A

Exeter won the Premier league and Cup 

Final Table 
Devon & Exeter League Premier Division

                                   P  W  D  L   F   A Pts
 1.Exeter City 'A'                30 23  5  2 102  24  51
 2.Alphington                     30 18  5  7  75  48  41
 3.Budleigh Salterton             30 18  3  9  75  74  39
 4.Exmouth Town Reserves          30 17  3 10  86  61  37
 5.Chelston                       30 16  5  9  52  55  34
 6.Cullompton Rangers             30 12 10  8  52  55  34
 7.Bideford Reserves              30 11 11  8  51  38  33
 8.Dawlish Reserves               30 11  9 10  60  48  31
 9.Crediton United                30 12  6 12  45  46  30
10.Exeter Arms                    30 11  7 12  47  58  29
11.Exeter Civil Service           30 10  6 14  48  55  26
12.Clyst Valley                   30  9  5 16  39  59  23
13.Topsham Town                   30  7  5 18  38  65  19
14.Honiton Town                   30  6  6 18  31  60  18
15.Ottery St Mary Reserves        30  6  5 19  33  60  17
16.Sidmouth Town                  30  6  3 21  43  88  15
(Chelston deducted 3 points)

1980s, 1985/86, Aidan McCaffery, Alan Crawford, Alan Kimble, Andrew Webber, Clive Nelson, Colin Appleton, Craig Horton, Danny Keough, Darren Gale, Garry Jackson, Gary Kimble, Graham Kirkup, Ian Dobson, Jamie Harris, Jim McNichol, John Impey, John Shaw, Keith Viney, Lee Lorimer, Mark Robson, Mark Walsh, Martin Ling, Mel Gwinnett, Mike Radford, Nick Marker, Paul Williams, Peter Johnson, Phil King, Ray Pratt, Richard Hancox, Richard Massey, Scott Hiley, Simon Rawlins, Squad Photograph, Steve Harrower, Timeline, Tony Evans, Tony Kellow, Trevor Morgan, Warren Hadley, Warren Ward