Squad photo from the 1959/60 season where Exeter finished 9th in Division Four and reached the Third Round of the FA Cup, ending a run of three consecutive First Round exits.

• League Position: 9th Played: 46 Won: 19, Drew: 11, Lost: 16 Goals For: 80, Goals Against: 70 Points: 49
• FA Cup

First Round: Barnstaple Town (H),4-0
Second Round: Brentford (H), 3-1
Third Round: Luton Town (H), 1-2

First Team 
Results

22/08/1959	Northampton Town	H	D	1-1	9678	Micklewright
24/08/1959	Stockport County	A	L	0-1	5000	:
29/08/1959	Watford	H	W	2-0	8323	Micklewright 2
02/09/1959	Stockport County	H	W	2-1	8732	Calland	Micklewright
05/09/1959	Oldham Athletic	A	W	2-1	9720	Calland	Rees
07/09/1959	Chester	A	L	0-1	6482	:
12/09/1959	Carlisle United	H	L	1-3	7480	Thompson (p)
17/09/1959	Chester	H	W	2-0	7555	Micklewright 2
19/09/1959	Notts County	A	L	0-3	11982	:
21/09/1959	Bradford Park Avenue	A	L	0-1	4615	:
26/09/1959	Walsall	H	L	1-2	8142	Dale
30/09/1959	Bradford Park Avenue	H	W	3-1	6414	Thompson	Rees 2
03/10/1959	Hartlepools United	A	L	3-4	3604	Rees 2	Micklewright
07/10/1959	Crewe Alexandra	H	L	2-4	6340	Dale 2
10/10/1959	Millwall	H	D	2-2	7000	Brady (og)	Micklewright
14/10/1959	Crewe Alexandra	A	D	1-1	11993	Bennett
17/10/1959	Southport	A	L	2-3	4569	Stiffle	Rutherford (og)
24/10/1959	Gillingham	H	W	2-0	7119	Wilkinson	Stiffle
31/10/1959	Barrow	A	D	3-3	5193	Wilkinson	Stiffle	Rees
07/11/1959	Aldershot	H	W	3-1	7621	Rees	Calland	Dale
21/11/1959	Gateshead	H	W	2-1	6992	Atkins 2
28/11/1959	Rochdale	A	L	0-3	4856	:
12/12/1959	Doncaster Rovers	A	W	1-0	3754	Rees
19/12/1959	Northampton Town	A	D	1-1	4709	Wilkinson
26/12/1959	Torquay United	A	W	3-2	10231	Wilkinson	Rees	Stiffle
28/12/1959	Torquay United	H	W	1-0	12947	Thompson (p)
02/01/1960	Watford	A	L	2-5	8893	Wilkinson	Stiffle
16/01/1960	Oldham Athletic	H	W	4-3	5515	Thompson	Wilkinson 2	Rees
23/01/1960	Carlisle United	A	W	4-0	4304	Stiffle	Wilkinson	Calland	Rees
30/01/1960	Workington	H	W	1-0	7690	Rees
06/02/1960	Notts County	H	D	3-3	8000	Rees	Wilkinson 2
20/02/1960	Hartlepools United	H	W	5-0	7066	Stiffle 2	Wilkinson	Thompson
27/02/1960	Millwall	A	W	3-2	12826	Rees	Stiffle	Calland
05/03/1960	Southport	H	D	1-1	7920	Rees
12/03/1960	Gillingham	A	L	1-2	7431	Dale
19/03/1960	Barrow	H	D	2-2	6000	Wilkinson	Micklewright
22/03/1960	Walsall	A	D	2-2	10568	Calland 2
26/03/1960	Aldershot	A	L	0-1	8014	:
02/04/1960	Darlington	H	D	0-0	6000	:
09/04/1960	Gateshead	A	L	0-1	2056	:
15/04/1960	Crystal Palace	A	L	0-1	15731	:
16/04/1960	Rochdale	H	W	4-1	6669	Wilkinson	Micklewright	Rees 2
18/04/1960	Crystal Palace	H	D	2-2	6661	Wilkinson	Micklewright
23/04/1960	Workington	A	L	1-2	2600	Bennett
25/04/1960	Darlington	A	W	1-0	3446	Wilkinson
30/04/1960	Doncaster Rovers	H	W	4-2	5000	Bennett 3	Thompson

Final Table 

League Division 4
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. WALSALL                  46  14  5  4  57  33  14  4  5  45  27   65
 2. NOTTS COUNTY             46  19  1  3  66  27   7  7  9  41  42   60
 3. TORQUAY UNITED           46  17  3  3  56  27   9  5  9  28  31   60
 4. WATFORD                  46  17  2  4  62  28   7  7  9  30  39   57
 5. Millwall                 46  12  8  3  54  28   6  9  8  30  33   53
 6. Northampton              46  13  6  4  50  22   9  3 11  35  41   53
 7. Gillingham               46  17  4  2  47  21   4  6 13  27  48   52
 8. Crystal Palace           46  12  6  5  61  27   7  6 10  23  37   50
 9. Exeter City              46  13  7  3  50  30   6  4 13  30  40   49
10. Stockport County         46  15  6  2  35  10   4  5 14  23  44   49
11. Bradford Park Avenue     46  12 10  1  48  25   5  5 13  22  43   49
12. Rochdale                 46  15  4  4  46  19   3  6 14  19  41   46
13. Aldershot                46  14  5  4  50  22   4  4 15  27  52   45
14. Crewe Alexandra          46  14  3  6  51  31   4  6 13  28  57   45
15. Darlington               46  11  6  6  40  30   6  3 14  23  43   43
16. Workington               46  10  8  5  41  20   4  6 13  27  40   42
17. Doncaster Rovers         46  13  3  7  40  23   3  7 13  29  53   42
18. Barrow                   46  11  8  4  52  29   4  3 16  25  58   41
19. Carlisle United          46   9  6  8  28  28   6  5 12  23  38   41
20. Chester City             46  10  8  5  37  26   4  4 15  22  51   40
21. Southport                46   9  7  7  30  32   1  7 15  18  60   34
22. GATESHEAD                46  12  3  8  37  27   0  6 17  21  59   33
23. Oldham Athletic          46   5  7 11  20  30   3  5 15  21  53   28
24. Hartlepool United        46   9  2 12  40  41   1  5 17  19  68   27

FA Cup

1959/60
14/11/1959	Barnstaple Town	Home	4-0	9200	Rees 2, Wilkinson, Stiffle	R1
05/11/ 1959	Brentford	Home	3-1	13000	Dale, Rees, Stiffle	R2
09/11/ 1960	Luton Town	Home	1-2	20000	Daniel (og)	R3

Devon Bowl

05/05/1960

Plymouth Argyle

Away

2-4

Northcott (Torquay), Bond (Torquay)

5289

F

Played as a Combined X1 at Plymouth

Friendlies 

1959/60
			Exeter score 1st
18/08/1959	Whites v Blues	Home	2-0	1500	Stiffle, Rees	1st Practice Match
10/11/1959	Plymouth Command	Home	6-1	1000	Pulman, Bennett 2, Rackley, Cragg, Burgoyne.	Floodlit Match
	Torquay United	Home

Reserves 
Southern League 
Results 

Southern League 1959/60
26/08/1959	League	Rugby Town	Home	2-0	Rapley (Pen)	Hill
29/08/1959	League	Ashford Town	Away	0-1	:
30/08/1959	IZ	Weymouth	Home	1-3	Rapley (Pen)
02/09/1959	SL Cup	Barry Town	Away	0-3	:
05/09/1959	League	Dover	Home	3-0	Hill	Bennett 2
09/09/1960	SL Cup	Barry Town	Home	2-0	Bennett	Atkins
12/09/1959	League	Romford	Away	1-2	Rees
23/09/1959	League	Burton Albion	Home	1-0	Hill
26/09/1959	League	Hinckley Athletic	Away	2-0	Birch	Hill
10/10/1959	League	Corby Town	Away	4-0	Bennett	Pulman	Rackley	Hill
17/10/1959	League	Merthyr Tydfil	Home	6-1	Pulman 2	Hill 3	Cragg
21/10/1959	IZ	Weymouth	Away	0-7	:
24/10/1959	League	Gloucester City	Away	0-1	:
31/10/1959	League	Yiewsley	Home	3-3	Atkins 2	Birch
07/11/1959	League	Margate	Away	0-1	:
10/11/1959	League	RN Plymouth Com	Home	6-1	Pulman	Bennett 2	Rackley	Cragg	Burgoyne
21/11/1959	League	Sittingbourne	Away	1-0	Calland
28/11/1959	League	Guildford City	Home	2-1	Micklewright	Birch
05/12/1959	League	Kidderminster	Away	0-1	:
12/12/1959	League	Trowbridge	Home	3-1	McCormack (og)	Atkins	Hill
19/12/1959	League	Ramsgate	Home	3-2	Bennett	Rackley	Pulman
26/12/1959	League	Tunbridge Wells	Home	4-2	Hill	Wicks (og)	Bennett 2
28/12/1959	League	Tunbridge Wells	Away	0-4	:
02/01/1960	League	Ashford Town	Home	3-2	Hill	Calland	Rackley
09/01/1960	League	Clacton Town	Away	4-1	Calland	Pulman 3
23/01/1960	League	Romford	Home	0-0	:
06/02/1960	League	Burton Albion	Away	1-2	Emery
13/02/1960	League	Hinckley Athletic	Home	2-1	Bennett 2
20/02/1960	League	Cambridge United	Away	1-4	Emery
24/02/1960	League	Dover	Away	3-0	Rackley	Atkins	Bennett
05/03/1960	League	Merthyr Tydfil	Away	1-2	Rapley
12/03/1960	League	Gloucester City	Home	3-2	Bennett 2	Hill
19/03/1960	League	Yiewsley	Away	2-1	Hill 2
23/03/1960	League	Cambridge United	Home	4-2	Pulman	Gammie (og)	Rapley	Welsh
26/03/1960	League	Margate	Home	1-3	Bennett
30/03/1960	League	Clacton Town	Home	4-2	Bennett	Hill 3
02/04/1960	League	Folkestone Town	Away	2-5	Bennett	Harvey
06/04/1960	League	Folkestone Town	Home	4-0	Welsh	Hill 2	Calland
09/04/1960	League	Sittingbourne	Home	2-0	Micklewright	Bennett
15/04/1960	League	Bexleyheath & Welling	Home	1-2	Rackley
16/04/1960	League	Guildford	Away	3-1	Rackley	Hill	Bennett
18/04/1960	League	Bexleyheath & Welling	Away	1-2	Hill
23/04/1960	League	Kidderminster	Home	0-1	:
25/04/1960	League	Corby Town	Away	3-0	Rackley	Pulman	Calland
28/04/1960	League	Ramsgate	Away	1-3	Pulman
30/04/1960	League	Trowbridge	Away	2-5	Pulman	Hill
04/05/1960	League	Rugby Town	Away	1-1	Rackley

Final Table 
Southern League - First Division

                                   P  W  D  L   F   A Pts
 1.Clacton Town                   42 27  5 10 106  69  59
 2.Romford                        42 21 11 10  64  40  53
 3.Folkestone Town                42 23  5 14  93  71  51
 4.Exeter City                    42 23  3 16  85  62  49
 5.Guildford City                 42 19  9 14  79  56  47
 6.Sittingbourne                  42 20  7 15  66  55  47
 7.Margate                        42 20  6 16  88  77  46
 8.Trowbridge Town                42 18  9 15  90  78  45
 9.Cambridge United               42 18  9 15  71  72  45
10.Yiewsley                       42 17 10 15  83  69  44
11.Bexleyheath & Welling          42 16 11 15  85  77  43
12.Merthyr Tydfil                 42 16 10 16  63  65  42
13.Ramsgate Athletic              42 16  8 18  83  84  40
14.Ashford Town                   42 14 12 16  61  70  40
15.Tunbridge Wells United         42 16  5 21  75  76  37
16.Hinckley Athletic              42 14  8 20  62  75  36
17.Gloucester City                42 13  9 20  56  84  35
18.Burton Albion                  42 12 10 20  54  77  34
19.Dover                          42 14  6 22  59  85  34
20.Kidderminster Harriers         42 14  6 22  59  97  34
21.Corby Town                     42 15  3 24  75  91  33
22.Rugby Town                     42 10 11 21  67  91  31

South Western League
Results

South Western League
05/09/1959	SWL	St Austell	Away	2-7	Williams 2
08/09/1959	SWL	Newquay	Home	2-5	Williams	Wyatt
12/09/1959	Cup 1	Truro City	Away	2-3	Kendall (og)	Rackley
19/09/1959	SWL	Camelford	Away	5-0	Pulman 2	Rackley (p)	Bennett 2
22/09/1959	SWL	Bugle	Home	5-0	Welsh	Selway	Harewood	Pulman	Cragg
26/09/1959	SWL	St Blazey	Away	4-3	Welsh 2	Pulman	Emery
03/10/1959	SWL	Bugle	Away	4-2	Welsh 3	Pulman
10/10/1959	SWL	Truro City	Away	1-4	Welsh
13/10/1959	SWL	Launceston	Home	3-1	Calland	Williams	Emery
17/10/1959	SWL	Wadebridge Town	Away	1-1	Burnett
20/10/1959	SWL	Penzance	Home	1-1	Selway
24/10/1959	SWL	Bodmin Town	Away	0-6	:
27/10/1959	SWL	Camelford	Home	1-3	Rackley
31/10/1959	SWL	Falmouth Town	Home	1-1	Williams
03/11/1959	SWL	Newton Abbot Spurs	Home	2-0	Rackley 2
21/11/1959	SWL	Helston Athletic	Away	7-0	Emery 3	Vincent 2	Symes	Pullman
28/11/1959	SWL	Tavistock	Away	2-2	Bennett	Pullman
19/12/1959	SWL	Newton Abbot Spurs	Away	7-0	Calland 4	Sokell 2	(og)
23/01/1960	SWL	Plymouth Argyle	Away	0-3	:
08/03/1960	SWL	Wadebridge Town	Home	0-0	:
15/03/1960	SWL	Bodmin Town	Home	6-0	Emery 3	Vincent	Burnett 2
22/03/1960	SWL	St Austell	Home	4-2	Emery 2 (1 pen)	Bennett 2
28/03/1960	SWL	Newquay	Away	0-2	:
02/04/1960	SWL	Launceston	Away	1-4	Bennett
05/04/1959	SWL	Helston Athletic	Home	1-0	Emery
12/04/1959	SWL	Falmouth Town	Home	4-0	Jones	Pulman 3
20/04/1959	SWL	Tavistock	Home	4-0	Burnett 3	Irons
21/04/1959	SWL	Plymouth Argyle	Home	0-1	:
26/04/1960	SWL	St Blazey	Home	3-0	Atkins	Emery	Bennett
05/05/1960	SWL	Penzance	Away	4-0	Calland 3	Hill
Exeter withdrew from the South Western League at the end of the season

Leading Scorer's in the South Western League
12. Jim Emery 
10. Peter Bennett 
9.  Lou Burnett
8.  Barry Pulmman 
8.  Ted calland
7   Eric Welsh 

South Western League
Final Table 1959/60

	South Western League 1959-60
1	Newquay	30	19	7	4	92	46	45
2	Plymouth Argyle A	30	21	4	5	91	28	44	(2 pts deducted)
3	St Blazey	30	19	1	10	113	69	39
4	Truro City	30	17	5	8	100	63	39
5	Falmouth Town	30	15	6	9	73	43	36
6	Exeter City Reserves	30	15	6	9	75	48	36
7	Launceston	30	14	5	11	81	62	33
8	Camelford	30	13	4	13	61	73	30
9	Penzance	30	12	4	14	73	65	28
10	Wadebridge Town	30	11	6	13	79	87	28
11	Bodmin Town	30	13	2	15	62	87	28
12	St Austell	30	11	2	17	64	81	24
13	Helston Athletic	30	10	4	16	65	84	24
14	Newton Abbot Spurs	30	6	4	20	43	92	16
15	Tavistock	30	6	4	20	48	103	16
16	Bugle	30	5	2	23	42	131	12

Exeter City Colts
Results

Exeter & District League Senior 1 (26 league games)
19/09/1959	E & D L	Durham L.I	Home	5-4
26/09/1959	E & D L	Chudleigh Athletic	Away	2-4	Vincent (K)	Parsons
03/10/1959	E & D L	Exmouth Town	Away	4-6
	E & D L	Exmouth Town	Home
17/10/1959	D S Cup R1	Clyst Valley	Away	3-3
24/10/1959	E & D L	Newton Abbot Spurs	Home	12-0	Josling	Chown	Ainscough	Sokell 3
31/10/1959	E & D L	Durham L.I	Away	1-2
16/11/1959	E & D L	Budleigh Salterton	Home	2-2
November ?	E & D L	Kingsteignton	Home	2-0	Burnett 2
30/11/1959	E & D L	Winkleigh	Home	8-2
26/12/1959	E & D L	Kingsteignton	Away	3-3
13/02/1960	E & D L	Torquay V(illa)	Home
27/02/1960	E & D L	Axminster Town	Home	1-2
19/03/1960	E & D L	Axminster Town	Home	5-3
	E & D L	Cullompton Rangers	Home
	E & D L	Cullompton Rangers	Away
09/04/1960	E & D L	Chudleigh Athletic	Home	7-0
	E & D L	Budleigh Salterton	Away
	E & D L	Kingsteignton	Home	2-0	Burnett 2
	E & D L	St Mark's	Home
	E & D L	St Mark's	Away
	E & D L	St Luke's College	Home
	E & D L	St Luke's College	Away
	E & D L	Crediton United	Home
	E & D L	Crediton United	Away
	E & D L	Torquay V(illa)	Away
	E & D L	Winkleigh	Away
	E & D L	Newton Abbot Spurs	Away

Final Table
Exeter and District League
Senior 1

SENIOR 1
1 Cullompton	26	24	1	1	136	29	49
2 Durham LI (Honiton)	26	21	2	3	98	36	44
3 Kingsteignton	26	17	2	7	92	47	36
4 Exmouth Town	26	16	1	9	89	57	33
5 Exeter City Colts	26	13	3	10	107	71	29
6 St Marks	26	13	2	11	87	78	28
7 Budleigh Salterton	26	11	4	11	56	52	26
8 St Lukes College	26	10	5	11	75	63	25
9 Chudleigh	26	9	4	13	56	78	22
10 Axminster Town	26	7	5	14	48	76	19
11 Crediton United	26	7	4	15	47	103	18
12 Torquay Villa	26	6	3	17	69	118	15
13 Winkleigh	26	6	2	18	41	105	14
14 Newton Abbot Spurs	26	3	0	23	44	132	6

1950s, 1959/60, 1960s, Alan Jones, Andrew Micklewright, Arnold Mitchell, Brian Birch, Brian Whitnall, Dilwyn Hill, Edward Calland, Eric Welsh, Gordon Dale, Graham Rees, Jack Wilkinson, James Thompson, John Lobbett, Keith Harvey, Kenneth Oliver, Les MacDonald, Nelson Stiffle, Peter Bennett, Peter Rapley, Squad Photograph, Theo Foley, Timeline, Trevor Atkins