1945/46
All Results and information
In this season, only the teams in the top two divisions from 1938/39 participated in the Football League North and Football League South. However the FA Cup resumed as normal, being played over two legs, in which Exeter reached the Second Round. This photo was featured in the match day programme on 21st September 2002.
League Results
Third Division South First Half Season
Results
25/08/1945 |
Swindon Town |
A |
W |
4-1 |
11200 |
Casey 2 |
Warren |
Ebdon |
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01/09/1945 |
Swindon Town |
H |
D |
1-1 |
6301 |
Mitcheson |
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05/09/1945 |
Aldershot |
A |
W |
5-3 |
1500 |
Ebdon 2 |
Wardle |
Challis |
Kernick |
08/09/1945 |
Reading |
H |
W |
5-1 |
9000 |
Ebdon 2 |
Kernick 2 |
Challis |
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15/09/1945 |
Reading |
A |
D |
1-1 |
6905 |
Challis |
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19/09/1945 |
Aldershot |
H |
L |
1-4 |
7000 |
Challis |
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22/09/1945 |
Bristol Rovers |
A |
L |
1-2 |
9200 |
Kernick |
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29/09/1945 |
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League Table
Third Division South South of Thames
1. Crystal Palace 20 13 3 4 55 : 31 29 2. Cardiff City 20 13 2 5 69 : 31 28 3. Bristol City 20 11 2 7 51 : 40 24 4. Brighton & Hove Albion 20 10 1 9 49 : 50 21 5. Bristol Rovers 20 7 6 7 44 : 44 20 6. Swindon Town 20 8 3 9 35 : 47 19 7. Bournemouth & Boscombe A. 20 7 3 10 52 : 50 17 8. Aldershot 20 6 5 9 38 : 56 17 9. Exeter City 20 6 4 10 33 : 41 16 10. Reading 20 5 5 10 43 : 49 15 11. Torquay United 20 5 4 11 22 : 52 14
Second Half Season
Third Division South Cup
Southern Section Results
12/01/1946 |
Bristol Rovers |
A |
L |
1-2 |
7000 |
Walker |
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19/01/1946 |
Bristol Rovers |
H |
L |
0-1 |
5166 |
: |
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26/01/1946 |
Cardiff City |
H |
W |
2-1 |
8000 |
Walker |
Bowden |
02/02/1946 |
Cardiff City |
A |
L |
1-5 |
8000 |
Regan |
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09/02/1946 |
Bristol City |
H |
W |
3-0 |
8000 |
Walker |
Ebdon 2 |
16/02/1946 |
Bristol City |
A |
L |
0-3 |
12891 |
: |
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23/02/1946 |
Brighton & Hove Albion |
H |
D |
0-0 |
6783 |
: |
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02/03/1946 |
Brighton & Hove Albion |
A |
D |
2-2 |
3000 |
Ebdon |
Walker |
09/03/1946 |
Torquay United |
H |
D |
1-1 |
6000 |
Tickell |
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16/03/1946 |
Torquay United |
A |
W |
2-0 |
6400 |
Wright |
Regan |
23/03/1946 |
Crystal Palace |
A |
L |
0-3 |
12000 |
: |
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30/03/1946 |
Crystal Palace |
H |
L |
2-3 |
8824 |
Walker |
Wardle |
06/04/1946 |
Bournemouth |
A |
D |
1-1 |
10000 |
Ebdon |
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13/04/1946 |
Bournemouth |
H |
W |
3-1 |
8905 |
Ebdon 3 |
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20/04/1946 |
Aldershot |
A |
L |
3-5 |
4901 |
Wardle 2 |
Wright |
22/04/1946 |
Aldershot |
H |
W |
1-0 |
8000 |
Ebdon |
Third Division South Cup
Southern Section Table South Region
1. Bournemouth & Boscombe A. 16 8 4 4 37 : 20 20 2. Bristol Rovers 16 8 3 5 27 : 19 19 3. Reading 16 8 2 6 46 : 29 18 4. Crystal Palace 16 7 4 5 37 : 30 18 5. Cardiff City 16 8 1 7 39 : 22 17 6. Bristol City 16 7 3 6 30 : 27 17 7. Torquay United 16 6 4 6 19 : 30 16 8. Exeter City 16 5 4 7 22 : 28 14 9. Swindon Town 16 5 4 7 21 : 35 14 10. Aldershot 16 3 4 9 23 : 48 10 11. Brighton & Hove Albion 16 1 6 9 23 : 45 8
FA Cup
17/11/1945 |
Trowbridge |
Away |
3-1 |
4300 |
Challis, Walker, Ebdon |
R1 1st Leg |
24/11/1945 |
Trowbridge |
Home |
7-2
Won 10-3 on aggregate |
6971 |
Walker 4, Challis, Tickell, Atack(og) |
R1 2nd Leg |
08/12/1945 |
Newport County |
Away |
1-5 |
4000 |
Gallagher |
R2 1st Leg |
15/12/1945 |
Newport County |
Home |
1-3 Lost 8-2 on Aggregate |
7793 |
Crawshaw |
R2 2nd Le |
Devon Bowl
1945/46 | |||||||
10/04/1946 | Plymouth Argyle | Home | Exeter won 2-1 | Mustard, Ebdon | 5500 | SF | Carless scored for Plymouth |
04/05/1946 | Torquay United | Home | 0-4 | : | 1500 | F |
Reserves
There was no reserve league, however some friendlies were played.
No League matches for Reserves | ||||||||
07/11/1945 | Friendly | Exeter & District US Football X1 | Home | 3-3 | Challis 2 | Bex | ||
16/03/1946 | Friendly | Torquay United | Home | 8-0 | 1500 | |||
19/04/1946 | Friendly | Plymouth Argyle | Away | 1-3 | Milliken | 3000 | ||
27/04/1946 | Friendly | Plymouth Argyle | Home | 2-3 | Vaughan | Cutting | 2000 | |
Friendlies
1945/46 | |||||
11/08/1945 | Stripes v Whites | Home | 8-1 | 1000 | |
18/08/1945 | Stripes v Whites | Home | 6-4 | 2000 | |
24/08/1945 | European Servces Baseball Championship | At SJP | Unknown | 1500 | |
07/11/1945 | Exeter & District US Football League | Home | 3-3 | 1500 | Challis 2, Bex |
10/11/1945 | Depot, Royal Marines | Home | |||
29/12/1945 | Royal Marines | Home | 11-3 | Ebdon 7, Warren 2, Regan 2, | |
05/01/1945 | Holding Battalion Royal Marines | Home | 6-7 | 2000 | Coles 2, Ebdon 3, Lake |
13/03/1946 | Southern Command v London District | At SJP | 2-1 |
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