1971/72
All Results and information


Squad photo from the 1971/72 season, Exeter finished in 15th place in Division Four and made the First and Second rounds of the League and FA Cup respectively.

  • League Position: 15th Played: 46 Won: 16, Drew: 11, Lost: 19 Goals For: 61, Goals Against: 68 Points: 43
  • FA Cup
First Round: Crawley Town (A), 0-0. Replay, 2-0
Second Round: Swansea City (A), 0-0. Replay, 0-1
  • League Cup
First Round: Bristol Rovers (H), 3-0.

First Team 
Results

14/08/1971 Southport  A L 0-4 2467 :      
21/08/1971 Grimsby Town H L 3-4 4052 Wingate 2 Morrin    
28/08/1971 Northampton Town  A D 1-1 5886 Blain      
01/09/1971 Workington  A D 0-0 2595 :      
04/09/1971 Peterborough United H W 3-2 4125 Parker Wingate 2    
11/09/1971 Doncaster Rovers  A L 1-2 3616 Brookes (og)      
18/09/1971 Chester H D 1-1 4040 Wingate      
25/09/1971 Bury  A L 3-4 2627 Wingate Gadston Binney  
29/09/1971 Cambridge United  A W 1-0 4924 Wingate      
02/10/1971 Crewe Alexandra H W 3-1 3962 Rowan Gadston Banks  
09/10/1971 Lincoln City  A L 1-4 5985 Rowan      
16/10/1971 Southport H L 1-3 3408 Binney      
20/10/1971 Gillingham H D 1-1 3656 Wingate      
23/10/1971 Stockport County H W 2-0 3545 Rowan Morrin    
30/10/1971 Reading A L 1-3 4877 Binney      
06/11/1971 Scunthorpe United H W 1-0 3556 Parker      
12/11/1971 Southend United  A L 0-3 10107 :      
26/11/1971 Colchester United  A L 0-3 5116 :      
04/12/1971 Brentford H L 0-1 3809 :      
18/12/1971 Peterborough United A D 3-3 5341 Rowan Banks 2    
27/12/1971 Aldershot H W 1-0 5144 Morris      
01/01/1972 Chester  A W 2-1 3610 Binney 2      
08/01/1972 Northampton Town H L 1-3 4485 Binney      
15/01/1972 Darlington  A L 1-2 2127 Morrin      
22/01/1972 Cambridge United H L 3-4 3649 Morrin Binney Jimmy Giles   
29/01/1972 Gillingham  A W 2-0 3755 Rowan 2 (1p)      
05/02/1972 Newport County H W 1-0 3732 Binney      
12/02/1972 Stockport County  A W 4-0 2166 Gibson Parker Binney Banks
19/02/1972 Reading H D 0-0 4971 :      
26/02/1972 Scunthorpe United  A L 0-3 6250 :      
04/03/1972 Southend United H D 0-0 3336 :      
11/03/1972 Lincoln City H L 1-2 2970 Rowan      
15/03/1972 Darlington H W 3-0 3467 Binney 2 Gadston    
20/03/1972 Barrow  A D 0-0 2153 :      
25/03/1972 Doncaster Rovers H W 1-0 3370 Balson      
27/03/1972 Hartlepool United A L 0-1 3501 :      
31/03/1972 Crewe Alexandra A W 1-0 2355 Wingate      
01/04/1972 Aldershot  A D 0-0 2918 :      
03/04/1972 Bury H W 3-2 4942 Binney 3      
08/04/1972 Newport County  A D 0-0 2362 :      
15/04/1972 Colchester United H D 3-3 4052 Binney Rowan Banks  
19/04/1972 Hartlepool United H W 1-0 3791 Banks      
22/04/1972 Brentford A L 0-1 14250 :      
26/04/1972 Workington H L 0-2 3564 :      
29/04/1972 Barrow H W 7-1 3050 Knox (og),Binney 2, Parker, Morrin, Neale, Banks
02/05/1972 Grimsby Town A L 0-3 22484 :      


Final Table 
League Division 4
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. GRIMSBY TOWN             46  18  3  2  61  26  10  4  9  27  30   63
 2. SOUTHEND UNITED          46  18  2  3  56  26   6 10  7  25  29   60
 3. BRENTFORD                46  16  2  5  52  21   8  9  6  24  23   59
 4. SCUNTHORPE UNITED        46  13  8  2  34  15   9  5  9  22  22   57
 5. Lincoln City             46  17  5  1  46  15   4  9 10  31  44   56
 6. Workington               46  12  9  2  34   7   4 10  9  16  27   51
 7. Southport                46  15  5  3  48  21   3  9 11  18  25   50
 8. Peterborough United      46  14  6  3  51  24   3 10 10  31  40   50
 9. Bury                     46  16  4  3  55  22   3  8 12  18  37   50
10. Cambridge United         46  11  8  4  38  22   6  6 11  24  38   48
11. Colchester United        46  13  6  4  38  23   6  4 13  32  46   48
12. Doncaster Rovers         46  11  8  4  35  24   5  6 12  21  39   46
13. Gillingham               46  11  5  7  33  24   5  8 10  28  43   45
14. Newport County           46  13  5  5  34  20   5  3 15  26  52   44
15. Exeter City              46  11  5  7  40  30   5  6 12  21  38   43
16. Reading                  46  14  3  6  37  26   3  5 15  19  50   42
17. Aldershot                46   5 13  5  27  20   4  9 10  21  34   40
18. Hartlepool United        46  14  2  7  39  25   3  4 16  19  44   40
19. Darlington               46   9  9  5  37  24   5  2 16  27  58   39
20. Chester City             46  10 11  2  34  16   0  7 16  13  40   38
21. Northampton              46   8  9  6  43  27   4  4 15  23  52   37
22. BARROW                   46   8  8  7  23  26   5  3 15  17  45   37
23. Stockport County         46   7 10  6  33  32   2  4 17  22  55   32
24. Crewe Alexandra          46   9  4 10  27  25   1  5 17  16  44   29

Other matches 



FA Cup

20/11/1971 Crawley Town Away 0-0 3000 : R1  
24/11/1971 Crawley Town Home 2-0 3967 Binney, Rowan R1 Replay  
11/11/ 1971 Swansea City Away 0-0 8397 : R2  
15 November 1971 Swansea City Home 0-1 6858 : R2 Replay  


League Cup

1971/72

18/08/1971     

Bristol Rovers      

Home    

0-3     

6418   

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LC 1     



Devon Bowl

04/05/1972 Plymouth Argyle Home 3-0 Banks 2, Wingate 2000 SF  
08/05/1972 Torquay United Away 0-1 : 1871 F  


Friendlies

1971/72  
      Exeter score 1st      
31/07/1971 Plymouth Argyle Home 1-2 2815   Steve Stacey debut
05/08/1971 Swindon Town Home 3-0   Binney 2, Morris
07/08/1971 Bournemouth Home        
  Swindon Town Home        
05/05/1972 Heavitree v  Ottery  At SJP 2-5     The Rothmans Challenge Trophy
05/05/1972 Stoneman & Bowker v Stoke Hill At SJP 3-2     The Rothmans Challenge Trophy
05/05/1972 Tiverton v Prince Albert At SJP 5-4     The Rothmans Challenge Trophy
05/05/1972 Dawlish v Friernhay At SJP 6-2     The Rothmans Challenge Trophy
05/05/1972 Stoneman & Bowker v Ottery At SJP 3-2     The Rothmans Challenge Trophy Semi Final
05/05/1972 Dawlish v Tiverton At SJP 4-0     The Rothmans Challenge Trophy Semi Final
05/05/1972 Dawlish v Stoneman & Bowker At SJP 4-1     Rothmans Challenge Final


FA Youth Cup 

Exeter had disbanded their reserves and youth teams and did not compete.

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