Squad photo from the 1981/82 season.


Exeter finished 18th in Division Three, the First Round of the FA Cup and the Second Round of the League Cup.

• FA Cup

First Round: Brentford (A), 2-0

• League Cup

First Round (over two legs):
Cardiff City (A), 2-1 and (H), 3-1. Exeter won 4-3 on aggregate

Second Round (over two legs):
Liverpool (A), 5-0 and (H), 6-0. Exeter lost 0-11 on aggregate.

Match Photos 1981/82

First Team Results

29/08/1981	Huddersfield Town	A	D	1-1	8647	Pratt
05/09/1981	Carlisle United	H	W	2-1	3533	Hatch	Kellow
11/09/1981	Doncaster Rovers	A	L	0-3	4369
19/09/1981	Swindon Town	H	L	1-2	4372	Kellow (p)
23/09/1981	Bristol Rovers	H	L	1-3	5510	Kellow
26/09/1981	Gillingham	A	W	3-2	4158	Lester	L. Roberts	P.Rogers
29/09/1981	Portsmouth	A	L	0-2	10989
03/10/1981	Millwall	H	W	5-4	7169	Kellow	Lester 3	P.Rogers
10/10/1981	Brentford	H	W	3-1	3689	Kellow	Cooke	Prince
17/10/1981	Burnley	A	D	3-3	3975	Kellow	Lester	Cooke
20/10/1981	Fulham	A	L	1-4	4500	Cooke
24/10/1981	Preston North End	H	W	4-3	3642	P.Rogers	Kellow 2 (1p)	L. Roberts
31/10/1981	Wimbledon	A	D	1-1	2152	Lester
04/11/1981	Oxford United	H	L	1-2	3349	L.Roberts
07/11/1981	Reading	H	W	4-3	3765	Kellow 2 (1p)	P.Rogers	Pullar
14/11/1981	Chester	A	W	2-0	2125	Sparrow	Pratt
28/11/1981	Newport County	A	D	1-1	4149	Hatch
05/12/1981	Chesterfield	H	L	0-3	3947
28/12/1981	Plymouth Argyle	H	D	1-1	9144	Kellow
01/01/1982	Southend United	A	L	1-2	5985	Fisher
16/01/1982	Walsall	H	W	2-0	3118	Kellow 2
31/01/1982	Swindon Town	A	L	2-3	5656	M. Rogers	Pullar
06/02/1982	Doncaster Rovers	H	W	2-1	3193	M. Rogers	Delve
09/02/1982	Bristol Rovers	A	L	2-3	4987	M. Rogers	Kellow
14/02/1982	Millwall	A	L	1-5	3628	P.Rogers
20/02/1982	Gillingham	H	D	1-1	2888	Kellow (p)
23/02/1982	Bristol City	A	L	2-3	6612	L.Roberts	P.Rogers
27/02/1982	Brentford	A	L	0-2	4931
06/03/1982	Burnley	H	W	2-1	3136	P.Rogers 2
10/03/1982	Fulham	H	W	1-0	3367	P.Rogers
13/03/1982	Preston North End	A	L	0-1	4770
17/03/1982	Oxford United	A	D	0-0	5098
20/03/1982	Wimbledon	H	W	2-1	3002	Pratt	Kellow
24/03/1982	Lincoln City	H	L	1-2	3081	M. Rogers
27/03/1982	Reading	A	L	0-4	3365
03/04/1982	Chester	H	W	3-0	2498	Raynor (og)	Kellow (p)	Giles
09/04/1982	Plymouth Argyle	A	L	1-2	9458	Kellow (p)
10/04/1982	Bristol City	H	W	4-0	4580	Kellow 2 (1p)	Pratt	P.Rogers
17/04/1982	Chesterfield	A	L	1-2	2867	Pratt
20/04/1982	Carlisle United	A	L	2-3	5220	Pratt	Delve
24/04/1982	Newport County	H	W	1-0	3168	Delve
01/05/1982	Walsall	A	L	1-2	2487	Pratt
05/05/1982	Portsmouth	H	D	3-3	2596	Kellow	Pratt 2
08/05/1982	Southend United	H	D	1-1	3174	Marker
12/05/1982	Huddersfield Town	H	W	1-0	2888	Hatch
15/05/1982	Lincoln City	A	L	0-2	5447

League Table

League Division 3
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. BURNLEY                  46  13  7  3  37  20   8 10  5  29  25   80
 2. CARLISLE UNITED          46  17  4  2  44  21   6  7 10  21  29   80
 3. FULHAM                   46  12  9  2  44  22   9  6  8  33  29   78
 4. Lincoln City             46  13  7  3  40  16   8  7  8  26  24   77
 5. Oxford United            46  10  8  5  28  18   9  6  8  35  31   71
 6. Gillingham               46  14  5  4  44  26   6  6 11  20  30   71
 7. Southend United          46  11  7  5  35  23   7  8  8  28  28   69
 8. Brentford                46   8  6  9  28  22  11  5  7  28  25   68
 9. Millwall                 46  12  4  7  36  28   6  9  8  26  34   67
10. Plymouth Argyle          46  12  5  6  37  24   6  6 11  27  32   65
11. Chesterfield             46  12  4  7  33  27   6  6 11  24  31   64
12. Reading                  46  11  6  6  43  35   6  5 12  24  40   62
13. Portsmouth               46  11 10  2  33  14   3  9 11  23  37   61
14. Preston North End        46  10  7  6  25  22   6  6 11  25  34   61
15. Bristol Rovers           46  12  4  7  35  28   6  5 12  23  37   61
16. Newport County           46   9 10  4  28  21   5  6 12  26  33   58
17. Huddersfield Town        46  10  5  8  38  25   5  7 11  26  34   57
18. Exeter City              46  14  4  5  46  34   2  5 16  25  51   57
19. Doncaster Rovers         46   9  9  5  31  24   4  8 11  24  44   56
20. Walsall                  46  10  7  6  32  23   3  7 13  19  32   53
21. WIMBLEDON                46  10  6  7  33  27   4  5 14  28  48   53
22. SWINDON TOWN             46   9  5  9  37  36   4  8 11  18  35   52
23. BRISTOL CITY             46   7  6 10  24  29   4  7 12  17  36   46
24. CHESTER CITY             46   2 10 11  16  30   5  1 17  20  48   32

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Other Games

FA Cup

1981/82
21/11/1981	Brentford	Away	0-2	6432	:	R1

League Cup

1981/82
02/09/1981	Cardiff City	Away	1-2	3000	Cooke	LC 1 Ist Leg
16/09/1981	Cardiff City	Home	3-1	4500	Fisher, Cooke(pen), Kellow	LC 1 2nd Leg
07/10/1981	Liverpool	Away	0-5	11000	:	LC2 1st Leg
28/09/1981	Liverpool	Home	0-6	11740	:	LC2 2nd Leg

Friendlies

1981/82
			Exeter score 1st
05/08/1981	Dawlish	Away	3-1		Kellow 3.
08/08/1981	Ottery St Mary	Away
	Minehead	Away
10/08/1981	Plymouth Argyle	Home
	Beer Albion	Away				New Clubhouse
12/08/1981	Torquay United	Away
14/08/1981	Everton	Home	0-0	3063	:
21/08/1981	Chelsea	Home	0-1	3139	:
13/10/1981	San Jose Earthquakes	Home	P-P		:	Match was postponed. Programme exists!
10/11/1981	Bridgwater	Neutral				At Cullompton. Frank Koenan played for City
06/12/1981	Beer Albion	Away				Opening of new clubhouse
10/12/1981	Bideford	Away
12/12/1981	Torquay United	Away	1-3	1000	Kellow
20/01/1982	Swansea City	Home	2-1	1800	Kellow, Pullar
23/01/1982	Swansea City	Away	3-3	3000	Kellow, Rogers P, Pratt
19/05/1982	Ilfracombe	Away

FA Youth Cup 

1981/82
24/09/1981	Trowbridge	Home	6-1			QF1
19/10/1981	Bournemouth	Home	3-4	Gary Marshall 3.		QF2

Exeter City Reserves 

Reserves Results
London Midweek Reserve League
Results

London Midweek League
02/09/1981	League	Portsmouth	Away	1-2	Taylor (S)
08/09/1981	League	Aldershot	Home	1-1
16/09/1981	League	Peterborough	Away	2-1	Marker (N) pen	Rogers (P)
21/09/1981	League	Brighton	Away	0-2	:
06/10/1981	League	Northampton	Away	1-0
13/10/1981	Cup	Bournemouth	Home	1-2
27/10/1981	League	Wimbledon	Home	3-4
10/11/1981	League	Millwall	Home	1-1
17/11/1981	League	Portsmouth	Home	0-0	:
01/12/1981	League	Bournemouth	Away	3-1
19/01/1982	League	Aldershot	Away	3-3
26/01/1982	League	Brighton	Home	2-0	Hatch	Pratt
13/02/1982	Friendly	Cardiff	Home	5-0	Pym (Mel)	Pratt 2	Fisher	Howarth
16/02/1982	League	Millwall	Away	0-1	:
23/02/1982	League	Southend United	Away	3-1	Robin Marker  2	Ling
02/03/1982	League	Brentford	Away	2-1	Pratt	Roberts (L)
09/03/1982	League	Charlton	Away	0-1	:
16/03/1982	League	Brentford	Home	1-6				Played Away
22/03/1982	League	Cambridge United	Home	2-4
22/03/1982	League	Cambridge United	Away	1-5
29/03/1982	League	Charlton	Home	0-1	:
01/04/1982	League	Gillingham	Home	1-4				At Bisham Abbey
14/04/1982	League	Gillingham	Away	0-3	:
29/04/1982	League	Wimbledon	Away	0-1	:
06/05/1982	League	Peterborough	Home	0-1	:			Played Away
10/05/1982	League	Bournemoth	Home	4-0				Played Away
17/05/1982	League	Southend United	Home	1-1				Played Away
18/05/1982	League	Northampton	Home	5-2				Played Away

Final Table

London Midweek Reserve League 1981/82
		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Charlton Athletic	26	18	4	4	52	25	58
2	Millwall	26	11	12	3	40	29	45
3	Gillingham	26	13	5	8	62	36	44
4	Portsmouth	26	12	5	9	49	45	41
5	Brentford	26	12	3	11	49	34	39
6	Cambridge United	26	10	8	8	47	45	38
7	Brighton & Hove Albion	26	11	4	11	31	36	37
8	Peterborough United	26	10	4	12	36	38	34
9	Wimbledon	26	9	5	12	32	45	32
10	Bournemouth	26	8	6	12	37	54	30
11	Exeter City	26	8	5	13	37	47	29
12	Northampton Town	26	8	4	14	31	47	28
13	Aldershot	26	6	8	12	28	41	26
14	Southend United	26	5	9	12	27	37	24

Exeter City “A” Team


DEVON & EXETER FOOTBALL PREMIER LEAGUE
Results

Devon and Exeter League (Exeter A)
05/09/1981	League	Elmore	Home	3-2
09/09/1981	PL Cup	Exeter Civil Service	Home	4-6	Thomas (P) 2	Fisher	Kirkup
12/09/1981	League	Exmouth Town	Home	1-1	Kirkup
26/09/1981	League	Friernhay	Away	3-1	Kirkup	Fisher	Hull (Jeff)
03/10/1981	League	Clyst Valley	Home	2-2	Kirkup 2
17/10/1981	League	Willand	Away	1-0	Fisher
24/10/1981	League	Friernhay	Home	6-1	Marker (R) 4	Fisher	Hatch
31/10/1981	League	Bideford	Home	3-2	Fisher	Howarth (F)	Marker (R)
03/10/1981	ED Cup R1	Chelston	Away	2-1	Fisher	Og
10/10/1981	League	Barnstaple Town Res	Away	6-0	Pratt 2	Hatch 2	Fisher	Hull (Jeff)
07/11/1981	League	Dawlish	Away	2-3	Marker (R) 2
14/11/1981	League	Exeter University	Home	3-1	Marshall (G)	Fisher	Marker (R)
12/12/1981	League	Exeter Civil Service	Away	1-0	Howarth
01/01/1982	ED Cup R2	Newtown	Away	4-0
03/01/1982	League	Barnstaple Town Res	Home	7-0
31/01/1982	League	Willand	Home	5-2	Pratt 2	Thomas 2	Marker (R)	Marshall (G)
06/02/1982	League	Sylvians FC	Home	3-0	Fisher 2	Marshall (G)
13/02/1982	ED S Cup QF	Budleigh Salterton	Home	6-0	Howarth 2	Thomas 2	Taylor (S)	Beer
20/02/1982	League	Alphington	Away	3-3	Hull (Jeff)	Ling	Taylor (S)
09/03/1982	League	Bideford	Away	1-1
20/03/1982	League	Cullompton	Away	3-0	Marshall (G) 2	Taylor (S)
24/03/1982	League	Dawlish	Home	1-2	Howarth (pen)
27/03/1982	ED S Cup SF	Crediton	At Tiverton	1-1	Alan Beer
03/04/1982	League	Cullompton	Home	3-3
17/04/1982	League	Alphington	Home	3-0	Marker (R)	Ling	Kirkup
18/04/1982	ED S Cup SF R	Crediton	At Tiverton	2-1	Claypole	Howarth (F)
25/04/1982	League	Sylvians FC	Away	7-1	Marker (R) 2
28/04/1982	League	Dolphin	Home	1-0	Taylor (S)
01/05/1982	League	Budleigh Salterton	Home	9-2	Marker (R) 4	Fisher	Kirkup	Ling & G.Marshall	Howarth
02/05/1982	ED Cup F	Cullompton	At Heavitree	4-2
05/05/1982	League	Exmouth Town	Away	0-1	:
15/05/1982	League	Budleigh Salterton	Away	5-3

In the 74th season of the East Devon Cup EXETER CITY "A" beat Cullompton Rangers, in the final, by 4-2 at Heavitree in May 1982.


Final Table

PREMIER
	P	W	D	L	F	A	PTS
1 Exeter City	30	22	5	3	95	34	48
2 Exmouth Town	30	21	5	4	76	39	47
3 Budleigh Salterton	30	17	6	7	68	43	40
4 Dawlish Town	30	15	6	9	59	46	36
5 University	30	13	7	10	55	38	33
6 Dolphin United	30	14	5	11	57	48	33
7 Bideford	30	10	10	10	51	54	30
8 Cullompton	30	10	9	11	46	56	29
9 Clyst Valley	30	8	11	11	39	43	27
10 Alphington	30	10	6	14	47	54	26
11 Sylvans	30	7	11	12	38	61	25
12 Barnstaple Town	30	11	3	16	38	67	25
13 Willand Rovers	30	9	6	15	43	49	24
14 Exeter Civil Service	30	10	4	16	45	61	24
15 Friernhay	30	7	5	18	45	67	19
16 Elmore	30	4	5	21	41	85	13

Exeter City Youth Team

South West Counties Youth Floodlit League

Results

South West and Wales Floodlit League Western Counties Floodlt League
12/09/1981	League	Newport County	Home	3-1
19/09/1981	Friendly	Shepton Mallett	Away	3-0	Thomas (P)	Kirkup	Og
06/10/1981	League	Torquay United	Home	4-2	Kirkup 2	Marker (R)	Howarth
14/10/1981	WCFL	Frome Town	Away
18/11/1981	League	Swansea	Home	3-1	Baldry (John)	Sluggett (P)	Marker (R)
01/12/1981	Cup SF	Plymouth Argyle	Away	4-1					AET
25/01/1982	WCFL	Minehead	Home	2-0	Howarth	Pratt
17/02/1982	WCFL	Gloucester City	Home	6-0
28/02/1982	League	Cardiff City	Home
20/04/1982	League	Swansea	Away
01/05/1982	League	Plymouth Argyle	Away	2-2	Marker (R) 2
03/05/1982	League	Newport County	Away	2-1	Kirkup	Howarth (F)
13/05/1982	League	Plymouth Argyle	Home

Final Table

Other Information

1980s, 1981/82, Anthony Mitchell, Dave Pullar, Frank Howarth, Frank Prince, George Foster, Graham Kirkup, Ian Main, John Delve, John Shaw, John Sparrow, Joseph Cooke, Lee Roberts, Len Bond, Martyn Rogers, Michael Lester, Nick Marker, Paul Giles, Peter Hatch, Peter Rogers, Philip Fisher, Philip Roberts, Ray Pratt, Squad Photograph, Steve Davey, Timeline, Tony Kellow