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Squad photo from the 1968/69 season which saw Exeter finish in 17th place in Division Four and reach the Third Round in both the FA and League Cups.

Back Row, Alan Pinkney, Campbell Crawford, Cecil Smyth, Jimmy Blain
Middle Row, John Corr, Dermot Curtis, Mike Balson, Peter Shearing, Brian Sharples, John Kirkham, Keith Harvey, Bert Edwards (trainer).
Front Row, Keith Whaling, John Mitten, Frank Broome (manager), John Newman, David Pleat.

League Stats Position: 17th Played: 46, Won: 16, Drew: 11, Lost: 19 Goals For: 66, Goals Against: 65, Points: 43

FA Cup
First Round:

Newport County (H), 0-0. Replay, 1-3

Second Round:

Colchester United (A), 0-1

Third Round:

Manchester United (H), 1-3

League Cup
First Round: Plymouth Argyle (A), 0-0. Replay, 0-0. Second Replay (Neutral Venue), 1-0.
Second Round: Sheffield Wednesday (H), 3-1
Third Round: Tottenham Hotspur (A), 6-3.

Squad Photo

Back Row, Alan Pinkney, Campbell Crawford, Cecil Smyth, Jimmy Blain Middle Row, John Corr, Dermot Curtis, Mike Balson, Peter Shearing, John Kirkham, Keith Harvey, Bert Edwards (trainer). Front Row, Keith Whaling, John Mitten, Frank Broome (manager), John Newman, David Pleat.

First Team
Results

10/08/1968	Peterborough United	A	D	1-1	8532	Corr
17/08/1968	Chesterfield	H	W	3-0	7241	Bullock	Pleat	Blain
24/08/1968	Rochdale	A	D	1-1	3225	Mitten (p)
31/08/1968	Brentford	H	D	2-2	8835	Banks 2
07/09/1968	Doncaster Rovers	A	L	1-3	8590	Blain
09/09/1968	Bradford Park Avenue	A	L	1-2	2591	Bullock
14/09/1968	Chester	H	D	2-2	5121	Kirkham	Corr
18/09/1968	Bradford City	H	L	2-3	6182	Banks 2
21/09/1968	Scunthorpe United	A	L	1-2	3620	Mitten (p)
28/09/1968	Colchester United	H	D	1-1	5146	Banks
30/09/1968	Port Vale	A	L	0-1	5235	:
05/10/1968	Aldershot	H	D	0-0	4595	:
08/10/1968	Port Vale	H	W	3-1	3981	Kirkham	Banks 2
11/10/1968	Southend United	A	L	1-6	9935	Banks
19/10/1968	Notts County	H	D	0-0	4123	:
26/10/1968	Darlington	A	W	2-1	6868	Corr	Balson
28/10/1968	York City	A	W	2-0	2594	Banks 2
02/11/1968	Grimsby Town	H	D	2-1	5178	Banks	Pleat
06/11/1968	Lincoln City	H	W	3-0	4332	Corr	Balson	Banks
09/11/1968	Workington	A	L	0-3	2165
23/11/1968	Halifax Town	A	L	1-2	3186	Whatling
30/11/1968	Swansea Town	H	L	0-1	3851	:
14/12/1968	Southend United	H	L	1-2	12714	Pleat
21/12/1968	Notts County	A	L	1-3	4605	Corr
26/12/1968	Aldershot	A	L	0-2	8642	:
11/01/1969	Grimsby Town	A	W	2-1	2981	Kirkham	Pleat
25/01/1969	Lincoln City	A	L	1-3	9105	Kirkham	Pleat
01/02/1969	Newport County	A	L	1-2	1427	Kirkham
24/02/1969	Bradford Park Avenue	H	W	4-2	3745	Crawford	Kirkham	Binney	Mitten (p)
01/03/1969	Peterborough United	H	L	0-1	4604	:
08/03/1969	Chesterfield	A	L	0-2	5124	:
12/03/1969	Newport County	H	W	2-0	3264	Binney 2
15/03/1969	Rochdale	H	D	2-2	4067	Mitten	Binney
18/03/1969	Wrexham	H	W	5-3	3999	Curtis	Binney 2	Pleat	Sharples
22/03/1969	Brentford	A	W	1-0	5240	Binney
24/03/1969	Darlington	H	W	2-0	4989	Pleat	Curtis
29/03/1969	Doncaster Rovers	H	D	0-0	6744	:
31/03/1969	Workington	H	W	1-0	4829	Curtis
05/04/1969	Colchester United	A	L	0-1	5650	:
07/04/1969	Bradford City	A	L	0-1	9382	:
09/04/1969	York City	H	W	5-0	5083	Mitten 2 (1p)	Wingate 2	Binney
12/04/1969	Scunthorpe United	H	W	3-1	4566	Pleat	Mitten (p)	Wingate
19/04/1969	Chester	A	W	1-0	2821	Curtis
21/04/1969	Wrexham	A	D	2-2	3228	Binney 2
24/04/1969	Halifax Town	H	W	2-1	6422	Banks	Binney
05/05/1969	Swansea Town	A	L	0-2	?	:

Final Table
League Division 4

                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. DONCASTER ROVERS         46  13  8  2  42  16   8  9  6  23  22   59
 2. HALIFAX TOWN             46  15  5  3  36  18   5 12  6  17  19   57
 3. ROCHDALE                 46  14  7  2  47  11   4 13  6  21  24   56
 4. BRADFORD CITY            46  11 10  2  36  18   7 10  6  29  28   56
 5. Darlington               46  11  6  6  40  26   6 12  5  22  19   52
 6. Colchester United        46  12  8  3  31  17   8  4 11  26  36   52
 7. Southend United          46  15  3  5  51  21   4 10  9  27  40   51
 8. Lincoln City             46  13  6  4  38  19   4 11  8  16  33   51
 9. Wrexham                  46  13  7  3  41  22   5  7 11  20  30   50
10. Swansea City             46  11  8  4  35  20   8  3 12  23  34   49
11. Brentford                46  12  7  4  40  24   6  5 12  24  41   48
12. Workington               46   8 11  4  24  17   7  6 10  16  26   47
13. Port Vale                46  12  8  3  33  15   4  6 13  13  31   46
14. Chester City             46  12  4  7  43  24   4  9 10  33  42   45
15. Aldershot                46  13  3  7  42  23   6  4 13  24  43   45
16. Scunthorpe United        46  10  5  8  28  22   8  3 12  33  38   44
17. Exeter City              46  11  8  4  45  24   5  3 15  21  41   43
18. Peterborough United      46   8  9  6  32  23   5  7 11  28  34   42
19. Notts County             46  10  8  5  33  22   2 10 11  15  35   42
20. Chesterfield             46   7  7  9  24  22   6  8  9  19  28   41
21. York City                46  12  8  3  36  25   2  3 18  17  50   39
22. Newport County           46   9  9  5  31  26   2  5 16  18  48   36
23. Grimsby Town             46   5  7 11  25  31   4  8 11  22  38   33
24. Bradford Park Avenue     46   5  8 10  19  34   0  2 21  13  72   20

Other matches

FA Cup

16/11/1968	Newport County	Home	0-0	6045	:	R1
18/11/1968	Newport County	Away	3-1	6000	Balson, Williams (og) Wood (og)	R1 Replay
07/12/1968	Colchester United	Away	1-0	6180	Banks	R2
04/01/1969	Manchester United	Home	1-3	18500	Banks	R3

League Cup

1968/69
14/08/1968	Plymouth Argyle	Away	0-0	8662	:	LC 1
21/08/1968	Plymouth Argyle	Home	0-0	13338	:	LC 1R
26/08/1968	Plymouth Argyle	Neutral	1-0	10884	Kirkham	LC 1 (2R)
04/09/1968	Sheffield Wednesday	Home	3-1	15962	Curtis, Corr, Bullock	LC 2
25/09/1968	Tottenham Hotspur	Away	3-6	25796	Banks 2, Mitten	LC 3

Devon Bowl

There was no competition this season.

Friendlies

1968/69
			Exeter score 1st
31/07/1968	Stoke City	Home	0-1	4723	:	Gordon Banks played
02/08/1968	Bristol Rovers	Home	1-0	2288	Banks
05/08/1968	Bideford	Away	2-0	800	Mitten, Pleat
09/05/1969	Plymouth	Neutral				Charity match at Falmouth