• Squad photo from 1983/84, a particularly unsuccessful season in which Exeter were relegated after finishing last in Division Three and exited both the FA and League Cups at the First Round. This was also the inaugural season of the Football League Associate Members' Cup, in which Exeter reached the Quarter Final.

League Position: 24th Played: 46 Won: 6, Drew: 15, Lost: 25 Goals For: 50, Goals Against: 84 Points: 33

FA Cup
First Round: Maidstone United (H), 1-1. Replay, 2-1

League Cup First Round (over two legs): Cardiff City (A), 2-1 and (H), 1-1. Exeter lost 3-5 on aggregate

Football League Associate Members' Cup
First Round South: Bristol City (H), 3-1
Second Round South: Wrexham (A), 0-2
Quarter Final South: Plymouth Argyle (A) 2-1

First Team 
Results

27/08/1983	Walsall	H	L	0-1	4742
03/09/1983	Scunthorpe United	A	L	1-3	2768	McEwan (p)
06/09/1983	Wigan Athletic	A	D	1-1	2569	McEwan
10/09/1983	Rotherham United	H	L	0-1	3193
17/09/1983	Bristol Rovers	A	L	0-2	4813
24/09/1983	Wimbledon	H	L	0-3	3046
28/09/1983	Lincoln City	H	L	0-3	2775
01/10/1983	Bradford City	A	W	3-1	2505	McEwan	Rogers 2
08/10/1983	Bolton Wanderers	H	D	2-2	3478	McEwan 2 1(p)
15/10/1983	Southend United	A	W	3-0	2342	Rogers	Francis	Pratt
18/10/1983	Gillingham	A	L	1-3	4013	Rogers
22/10/1983	Newport County	H	L	1-2	3970	Kirkup
29/10/1983	Orient	A	D	2-2	3190	Neville	Pratt
02/11/1983	Burnley	H	D	1-1	3714	McEwan (p)
05/11/1983	Port Vale	H	D	1-1	3301	Francis
12/11/1983	Sheffield United	A	D	2-2	10334	Rogers	Neville
26/11/1983	Preston North End	A	L	1-2	3373	Neville
03/12/1983	Hull City	H	W	2-1	3099	Atkinson	Pratt
17/12/1983	Millwall	H	W	3-2	2859	Pratt 2	Neville
26/12/1983	Plymouth Argyle	A	D	2-2	10387	Neville	Pratt
27/12/1983	Brentford	H	L	1-2	4252	Pratt
31/12/1983	AFC Bournemouth	A	L	1-3	5133	McEwan
02/01/1984	Oxford United	H	W	3-1	4527	McEwan	O'Connor	Neville
14/01/1984	Walsall	A	L	1-4	5028	Harrower
21/01/1984	Bristol Rovers	H	L	1-2	5310	Pratt
03/02/1984	Bradford City	H	L	0-2	3105	:
11/02/1984	Wimbledon	A	L	1-2	3013	Smith (og)
14/02/1984	Burnley	A	L	0-4	5951	:
18/02/1984	Orient	H	L	3-4	2347	Pratt 2	McEwan (p)
25/02/1984	Newport County	A	L	0-1	2465	:
03/03/1984	Gillingham	H	D	0-0	2801
05/03/1984	Port Vale	A	D	2-2	4338	Pratt	Neville
10/03/1984	Sheffield United	H	L	1-2	3274	Pratt
17/03/1984	Bolton Wanderers	A	L	0-1	5161
23/03/1984	Southend United	H	D	3-3	1782	Pratt 2	Neville
31/03/1984	Lincoln City	A	D	1-1	1498	Neville
07/04/1984	Wigan Athletic	H	D	1-1	2412	Sims
11/04/1984	Scunthorpe United	H	D	1-1	2003	Francis
14/04/1984	Hull City	A	L	0-1	8238
20/04/1984	Brentford	A	L	0-3	5620
21/04/1984	Plymouth Argyle	H	D	1-1	6870	Pratt
28/04/1984	Preston North End	H	W	2-1	2005	Pratt (p)	Sims
01/05/1984	Rotherham United	A	L	0-1	3636
05/05/1984	Oxford United	A	D	1-1	8056	Sims
07/05/1984	AFC Bournemouth	H	L	0-2	2790
12/05/1984	Millwall	A	L	0-3	2898

Programmes 

Final Table 

Canon League Division 3
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. OXFORD UNITED            46  17  5  1  58  22  11  6  6  33  28   95
 2. WIMBLEDON                46  15  5  3  58  35  11  4  8  39  41   87
 3. SHEFFIELD UNITED         46  14  7  2  56  18  10  4  9  30  35   83
 4. Hull City                46  16  5  2  42  11   7  9  7  29  27   83
 5. Bristol Rovers           46  16  5  2  47  21   6  8  9  21  33   79
 6. Walsall                  46  14  4  5  44  22   8  5 10  24  39   75
 7. Bradford City            46  11  9  3  46  30   9  2 12  27  35   71
 8. Gillingham               46  13  4  6  50  29   7  6 10  24  40   70
 9. Millwall                 46  16  4  3  42  18   2  9 12  29  47   67
10. Bolton Wanderers         46  13  4  6  36  17   5  6 12  20  43   64
11. Leyton Orient            46  13  5  5  40  27   5  4 14  31  54   63
12. Burnley                  46  12  5  6  52  25   4  9 10  24  36   62
13. Newport County           46  11  9  3  35  27   5  5 13  23  48   62
14. Lincoln City             46  11  4  8  42  29   6  6 11  17  33   61
15. Wigan Athletic           46  11  5  7  26  18   5  8 10  20  38   61
16. Preston North End        46  12  5  6  42  27   3  6 14  24  39   56
17. Bournemouth              46  11  5  7  38  27   5  2 16  25  46   55
18. Rotherham United         46  10  5  8  29  17   5  4 14  28  47   54
19. Plymouth Argyle          46  11  8  4  38  17   2  4 17  18  45   51
20. Brentford                46   8  9  6  41  30   3  7 13  28  49   49
21. SCUNTHORPE UNITED        46   9  9  5  40  31   0 10 13  14  42   46
22. SOUTHEND UNITED          46   8  9  6  34  24   2  5 16  21  52   44
23. PORT VALE                46  10  4  9  33  29   1  6 16  18  54   43
24. EXETER CITY              46   4  8 11  27  39   2  7 14  23  45   33

Other results

FA Cup

1983/84
19/11/1983	Maidstone United	Home	1-1	3615	O'Connor	R1
23/11/1983	Maidstone United	Away	1-2	4381	Neville	R1 Replay

League Cup

1983/84
31/08/1983	Cardiff City	Home	2-3	4000	Kellow, Rogers	LC 1 Ist Leg
13/09/1983	Cardiff City	Away	1-2	3450	McEwan	LC 1 2nd Leg

Football League Trophy

1983/84

24/04/1984	Plymouth	Away	QF	1- 2	O’Connor	3715	Associate Members Cup
14/03/1984	Wrexham	Away	R2	0-2	:	834	Associate Members Cup
22/02/1984	Bristol City	Home	R1	3-1	Pratt 2, Neville	1754	Associate Members Cup

 

Friendlies

1983/84
			Exeter score 1st
30/07/1983	Torquay United	Home	4-2	0		Behind closed doors
03/08/1983	Tiverton Town	Away	3-0	500	Neville 2, Viney	Leon Smith made his debut.
06/08/1983	Ottery St Mary	Away	1-0	500	Neville
10/08/1983	Torquay United	Home	0-1	1176	:
13/08/1983	Gloucester City	Away	3-0	400	Pearson, Kellow, Kirkup	Gerry Francis made his debut
20/08/1983	Swindon Town	Away	0-0	1000	:	Mark Whitlock (trialist played)
12/10/1983	Torquay United	Home	0-0	1033	:	Neil Hicks-Exeter University trialist played
10/05/1984	DevonAir Radio v BBC Radio Devon	At SJP				In aid of Hospital Radio, Exeter

FA Youth Cup 

1983/84
01/09/1983	Torquay United	Home	0-2	:		Prelim. R

Reserves/Youth Teams

South West and Wales Youth League
Results
 

South West and Wales Youth League
17/09/1983	ED Minor Cup 1	Ottery St Mary	Home	17-0
02/10/1983	ED Minor Cup 2	Crediton	Away	10-0	Smith (L) 5	Burgher 2	Waters	Herrera	Lawrence (N)
18/10/1983	League	Bristol City	Home	2-0	Sedgewick	Hackman
30/10/1983	League	Shepton Mallett	Away	5-1	Vickerstaff 2	Crocker 2	Smith
08/11/1983	League	Torquay United	Home	3-2	Ling	Vickerstaff	Smith
27/11/1983	E D Minor Cup SF 1st leg	Rennes United	Away	4-0	Lawrence 2	Burgher	Crocker
11/12/1983	E D Minor Cup SF 2nd leg	Rennes United	Home	10-1	Lawrence 4	Waters 2	King	Crocker	Burgher	Venables
19/12/1983	League	Cardiff City	Home
15/02/1984	League	Torquay United	Away	1-0	Crocker
11/03/1984	League	Cardiff City	Away
14/03/1984	League	Newport County	Home	3-1	Ling 2 (1 pen)	Smith (Leon)
18/03/1984	ED Minor Cup Final	Twyford Spartans	Neutral	1-0	Hadley
02/04/1984	League	Shepton Mallett	Home	0-1	:
08/04/1984	League	Plymouth Argyle	C & F	2-1	Vickerstaff	Burgher
13/04/1984	League	Plymouth Argyle	Away	0-0	:
01/05/1984	League	Swansea City	Home
03/05/1984	League	Bristol City	Away
17/05/1984	League	Cardiff City	H and A						For 4 points
Exeter won the South West and Wales Youth League-confirmed on the 7/6/1984

Final Table

Devon and Exeter League Premier Division
Results

Devon and Exeter League (Exeter A)
03/09/1983	League	Sidmouth	Home	2-0	Kirkup	Graves
17/09/1983	League	Feniton	Home	1-1	Hicks
24/09/1983	League	Dawlish	Away	3-1	Smith	Pratt	Dennis
01/10/1983	League	Dawlish	Home	0-3	:
08/10/1983	League
15/10/1983	League	Chumleigh	Away	10-1	Neville 4	Kellow 2	Ashford (P) 3	Pannell
22/10/1983	League
29/10/1983	League	Clyst Valley	Home	2-0	Graves	Rogers (M)
05/11/1983	League
12/11/1983	League	Alphington	Home	4-0	Graves 2	Howarth (F) 2
19/11/1983	League	Clyst Valley	Away	1-0	Graves
26/11/1983	League	Honiton	Home	1-1	Graves (pen)
03/12/1983	League	Willand Rovers	Home	5-1	Graves 2	Ashford 2	Burgher
10/12/1983	League	Cullompton	Away	0-1	:
17/12/1983	League	Exmouth Town	Away	1-4	Pannell
14/01/1984	League	Budleigh Salterton	Home	5-0	Smith (Leon) 3	Burgher	Keeley (Damien)
16/01/1984	East Devon Senior Cup	Feniton	Home	4-3	R. Marker 3	Og
11/02/1984	League	Cullompton	Home	1-0	Keeley
18/02/1984	League	Willand Rovers	Away	1-2	Smith (Neil)
25/02/1984	PL Cup QF	Exmouth Town	C & F	7-3	Keeley 4	Burgher	Howarth (F) 2
03/03/1984	League	Honiton	Away	2-1	Beer	Pannell
03/03/1984	League	Honiton Town	Away	2-0	Pannell	Beer
17/03/1984	PL Cup SF 1	Alphington	Away	1-1	Beer
24/03/1984	League	Dolphin United	C & F	6-0	Beer 2	Lane	Burgher	Smith (Leon)	Pannell
31/03/1984	League	Exeter Civil Service	Home	2-1	Howarth (F)	Graves
09/04/1984	PL Cup SF 1	Alphington	Home	4-1	Sims 2	Marker (N)	Andy Best
20/04/1984	League	Feniton	Away	0-1	:
21/04/1984	League	Dolphin United	Away	12-0	Beer 3	Keeley 3	Graves 3	Best	King	Robson
25/04/1984	League	Chumleigh	Home	6-1	Howarth (F) 2	Graves 2	Smith (Leon)	Pannell
28/04/1984	League	Willeys Athletic	C & F	3-3	Smith (Leon) 3
05/05/1984	League	Exeter Civil Service	Away
12/05/1984	League	Willeys Athletic	Home
	PL Cup F	Willeys Athletic	Neutral	5-1
Under 16's and U-15's
03/09/1983	Friendly	Kingswinford Kiwis FC	C & F	6-0	Hadley 2	Robson (A) 2	Polson (John)	Horton
	Friendly	Bath City Colts	Away	1-1	Hadley
04/12/1983	Friendly	Devon Junior League X1	C & F	5-1	Robson (M) 3	Hadley 2
12/02/1984	Friendly	East Devon League X1	C & F	8-0	Searle 4	Robson (M) 3	Pendlebury
19/02/1984	Friendly	Millfield School	Away	1-0	Dobson
26/02/1984	Friendly	Cullompton (U-17's)	Away	7-0	Searle 3	Robson (M) 2	Lane	Og
01/04/1984	Friendly	Pencoy's Football Club	Away	16-0	Jamie Harris 4, Hadley 3, Dobson 3, Hiley 2, Robson 2, Tony O'Brien, Nelson.

Final Table 
Devon and Exeter League Premier Division

                                   P  W  D  L   F   A Pts
 1.Budleigh Salterton             30 23  0  7 103  39  46
 2.Exeter C Services              30 20  2  8  71  35  42
 3.Exeter City 'A                 30 17  5  8  83  38  39
 4.Exeter University              30 16  7  7  67  33  39
 5.Honiton Town                   30 17  3 10  76  43  37
 6.Dawlish Res                    30 13 10  7  64  45  36
 7.Willeys                        30 14  5 11  56  47  33
 8.Alphington                     30 14  4 12  56  57  32
 9.Exmouth T Res                  30 13  6 11  72  61  30 
10.Cullompton                     30 10  9 11  59  55  29
11.Willand                        30 12  5 13  57  55  29
12.Feniton                        30 12  3 15  48  60  27
13.Clyst Valley                   30  8  5 17  41  66  21
14.Chulmleigh                     30  6  5 19  44  87  17
15.Sidmouth Town                  30  5  4 21  33  90  12
16.Dolphin                        30  2  3 25  25 153   7
(Exmouth and Sidmouth both deducted 2 points)

1980s, 1983/84, Dave Harle, Frank Howarth, Gerry Francis, Graham Kirkup, Hugh Atkinson, Ian Evans, Jim Hicks, Joe Auguste, John Sims, Len Bond, Mark O'Connor, Martin Ling, Michael Lane, Nick Marker, Peter Rogers, Peter Taylor, Ray Pratt, Richard Crabtree, Roy McDonough, Russell Musker, Simon Webster, Squad Photograph, Stanley McEwan, Steve Harrower, Steve Neville, Timeline, Tony Dennis, Tony Kellow