Squad photo of the Exeter City side that finished as champions of Division Four, they also reached the Third Round of the FA Cup and the Fourth Round of the League Cup. In the Football League Associate Members' Cup Exeter reached the Southern Quarter Final.

League Position: 1st
P: 46 W: 28, D: 5, L: 13 Goals F: 83 A: 48 Points: 89

FA Cup
First Round: Dartford (A), 1-1. Replay, 4-1
Second Round: Maidstone United (A), 1-1. Replay (H), 3-2
Third Round: Norwich City (H), 1-1. Replay, 2-0

League Cup
First Round (over two legs): Swansea City (H), 3-0 and (A), 1-1. Exeter won 4-1 on aggregate
Second Round (over two legs): Blackburn Rovers (H), 3-0 and (A), 2-1. Exeter won 4-2 on aggregate Third Round: Blackpool (H), 3-0
Fourth Round: Sunderland (H), 2-2. Replay, 5-2

Football League Associate Members' Cup
Group Two South: Bristol Rovers (A), 3-0. Torquay United (H), 2-0
First Round South: Shrewsbury Town (A), 0-1 Quarter Final South: Maidstone United (A), 2-0

Goal Highlights

League Results

Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	Att	Posn	Goalscorers
19/08/89	Doncaster Rovers	H	1-0	3033	5	Neville
26/08/89	Hartlepool United	A	3-0	1726	1	Dryden, Taylor, Rowbotham
02/09/89	Carlisle United	H	0-0	3338	6
09/09/89	Burnley	A	0-1	5443	8
16/09/89	Cambridge United	H	3-2	2754	4	Rowbotham 2, Dryden
23/09/89	Scunthorpe United	A	4-5	2935	7	Vinnicombe, Neville 2, Dryden
27/09/89	Grimsby Town	H	2-1	3702	4	Rowbotham 2 (1 pen)
30/09/89	Halifax Town	A	2-1	1720	4	Neville, Dryden
07/10/89	Peterborough United	A	3-4	3831	6	Og (Robinson), Bailey, Rowbotham
14/10/89	Chesterfield	H	2-1	3773	5	Rowbotham, Whitehead
17/10/89	Rochdale	A	0-1	1337	5
21/10/89	Hereford United	H	2-0	3269	5	Dryden, McDermott
28/10/89	Stockport County	A	1-2	3767	8	Young
01/11/89	Colchester United	H	2-1	3905	5	Neville 2
04/11/89	Lincoln City	H	3-0	3674	3	McNichol, Rowbotham, Whitehead
11/11/89	Scarborough	A	2-1	2124	2	Rowbotham, Batty
25/11/89	Wrexham	H	1-1	3522	3	Rowbotham
02/12/89	Maidstone United	A	0-1	1650	4
16/12/89	Gillingham	H	3-1	3818	2	Rowbotham 2 (2 pen's), Neville
26/12/89	Aldershot	A	1-0	3101	1	Benjamin
30/12/89	Southend United	A	2-1	3761	1	Rowbotham 2 (1 pen)
01/01/90	Torquay United	H	3-0	8154	1	McNichol, Rowbotham, Whitehead
13/01/90	Hartlepool United	H	3-1	4959	1	Og (Bennyworth) Rowbotham 2
20/01/90	Doncaster Rovers	A	1-2	3492	2	Neville
10/02/90	Cambridge United	A	2-3	3508	2	Whitehead, Rowbotham (pen)
13/02/90	Carlisle United	A	0-1	8461	3
17/02/90	Maidstone United	H	2-0	4181	3	Rowbotham, Og (Berry)
24/02/90	Wrexham	A	1-1	2128	2	McNichol
03/03/90	York City	H	3-1	4632	1	Neville, Rowbotham 2 (1pen)
07/03/90	Halifax Town	H	2-0	5528	1	Taylor 2
10/03/90	Grimsby Town	A	0-1	6629	1
17/03/90	Peterborough United	H	2-0	4676	1	Dryden, Batty (pen)
20/03/90	Chesterfield	A	1-2	5319	1	Rowe
24/03/90	Rochdale	H	5-0	4701	1	McNichol 3 (1pen), Neville 2
28/03/90	Scunthorpe United	H	1-0	5805	1	Taylor
31/03/90	Hereford United	A	1-2	4243	1	Dryden
02/04/90	York City	A	0-3	2091	1
07/04/90	Stockport County	H	1-1	4817	1	McNichol (pen)
10/04/90	Colchester United	A	1-0	3369	1	McNichol
14/04/90	Torquay United	A	2-0	3389	1	Taylor, McPherson
16/04/90	Aldershot	H	2-0	6832	1	Neville, Young
21/04/90	Gillingham	A	1-1	3374	1	Young
25/04/90	Southend United	H	2-1	8271	1	Neville, McDermott
28/04/90	Scarborough	H	3-2	6850	1	Kelly 2 (2 pens), Young
01/05/90	Burnley	H	2-1	7544	1	Whitehead, Young
05/05/90	Lincoln City	A	5-1	4772	1	Young. Og (Smith), Whitehead, McDermott, Rowe
Champions, Leading Scorer's Rowbotham 21, Neville 14 Most Apperances Bailey 46, Taylor 45, Hiley 45,

FOOTBALL SEASON 

1989-90 DIVISION 4

1989/90  LEAGUE DIVISION 4 TABLE Pld Home Away Overall Pts W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A 1 Exeter City 46 20 3 0 50 14 8 2 13 33 34 28 5 13 83 48 89 2 Grimsby Town 46 14 4 5 41 20 8 9 6 29 27 22 13 11 70 47 79 3 Southend United 46 15 3 5 35 14 7 6 10 26 34 22 9 15 61 48 75 4 Stockport County 46 13 6 4 45 27 8 5 10 23 35 21 11 14 68 62 74 5 Maidstone United 46 14 4 5 49 21 8 3 12 28 40 22 7 17 77 61 73 6 Cambridge United 46 14 3 6 45 30 7 7 9 31 36 21 10 15 76 66 73 7 Chesterfield 46 12 9 2 41 19 7 5 11 22 31 19 14 13 63 50 71 8 Carlisle United 46 15 4 4 38 20 6 4 13 23 40 21 8 17 61 60 71 9 Peterborough United 46 10 8 5 35 23 7 9 7 24 23 17 17 12 59 46 68 10 Lincoln City 46 11 6 6 30 27 7 8 8 18 21 18 14 14 48 48 68 11 Scunthorpe United 46 9 9 5 42 25 8 6 9 27 29 17 15 14 69 54 66 12 Rochdale 46 11 4 8 28 23 9 2 12 24 32 20 6 20 52 55 66 13 York City 46 10 5 8 29 24 6 11 6 26 29 16 16 14 55 53 64 14 Gillingham 46 9 8 6 28 21 8 3 12 18 27 17 11 18 46 48 62 15 Torquay United 46 12 2 9 33 29 3 10 10 20 37 15 12 19 53 66 57 16 Burnley 46 6 10 7 19 18 8 4 11 26 37 14 14 18 45 55 56 17 Hereford United 46 7 4 12 31 32 8 6 9 25 30 15 10 21 56 62 55 18 Scarborough 46 10 5 8 35 28 5 5 13 25 45 15 10 21 60 73 55 19 Hartlepool United 46 12 4 7 45 33 3 6 14 21 55 15 10 21 66 88 55 20 Doncaster Rovers 46 7 7 9 29 29 7 2 14 24 31 14 9 23 53 60 51 21 Wrexham 46 8 8 7 28 28 5 4 14 23 39 13 12 21 51 67 51 22 Aldershot 46 8 7 8 28 26 4 7 12 21 43 12 14 20 49 69 50 23 Halifax Town 46 5 9 9 31 29 7 4 12 26 36 12 13 21 57 65 49 24 Colchester United 46 9 3 11 26 25 2 7 14 22 50 11 10 25 48 75 43

Other Games

FA Cup

1989/90
18/11/1989	Dartford	Away	1-1	3129	Rowbotham (pen)	R1
22/11/1989	Dartford	Home	4-1	4900	Bailey, Batty, Harrower, Neville	R1 Replay
09/12/1989	Maidstone United	Away	1-1	2385	Cooper	R2
13/12/1989	Maidstone United	Home	3-2	4125	Rowbotham 2, McDermott	R2 Replay
06/01/1990	Norwich City	Home	1-1	9061	Rowbotham	R3
10/01/1990	Norwich City	Away	0-2	18202	:	R3 Replay

League Cup

1989/90
23/08/1989	Swansea City	Home	3-0	2777	Rowbotham 2, McDermott	LC 1 Ist Leg
29/08/1989	Swansea City	Away	1-1	1987	Rowbotham	LC 1 2nd Leg
20/09/1989	Blackburn Rovers	Home	3-0	4808	Vinnicombe,Dryden, Young	LC2 1st Leg
03/10/1989	Blackburn Rovers	Away	1-2	6608	Rowbotham	LC2 2nd Leg
25/10/1989	Blackpool	Home	3-0	6508	McNichol, Neville, Rowbotham	LC 3
November 29, 1989	Sunderland	Home	2-2	8643	Rowbotham, Neville	LC 4
December 5, 1989	Sunderland	Away	2-5	18130	Benjamin, McNichol	LC 4R

Football League Trophy

1989/90
February 21, 1990	Maidstone United	Away	QF	0-2	:	1685	Leyland DAF Cup
January 23, 1990	Shrewsbury Town	Away	R2	1-0	McDermott	1462	Leyland DAF Cup
January 17, 1990	Bristol Rovers	Away	Group	0-3	:	3136	Leyland DAF Cup
January 15, 1990	Torquay United	Home	Group	2-0	Benjamin, Neville	4737	Leyland DAF Cup

Friendlies

1989/90
			Exeter score 1st
28/07/1989	Newquay	Away	4-0	300	Bailey, McDermott, Dryden, Rowbitham	Danny Bailey scored in 9 seconds
29/07/1989	Torrington	C & F	5-0	100	Ben Rowe 3, Hiley, Robert Cousins	Behind Closed dorrs
02/08/1989	Coventry City	Home	2-1	1748	Taylor, Rowbotham
04/08/1989	Reading	C & F	1-2	200	Neville	At Training Ground
05/08/1989	Exmouth Town	C & F	2-1	50	Stuart Smith, Benjamin.	At Training Ground
07/08/1989	Watford	Home	3-2	1536	Neville 2, Dryden
09/08/1989	Weymouth	Away	5-2	413	Taylor 2, Rowbotham 2, Dryden	New Stadium opening
12/08/1989	Cheltenham Town	Away	1-0	540	McDermott
08/04/1990	Exeter Former Stars v Plymouth Former Stars	Home				Hospiscare Charity Match
09/05/1990	Exmouth Town	Away	1-1	1101	Whitehead	Robbie Hook & Keith Sprague Benefit Match

FA Youth Cup 

1989/90
09/09/1989	Keynsham Town	Away	2-1	Toby Redwood, Lee Annunziata		Prelim R
26/09/1989	Torquay United	Away	1-1	Robert Dodd		QF1
02/10/1989	Torquay United	Home	1-0	Robert Dodd		QF Replay
16/10/1989	Trowbridge	Home	4-0	Lee Annunziata 3, Tony Frankland		QF2
13/11/1989	Bristol Rovers	Home	1-0	Lee Annunziata		R1	Dean Reed 15, made his debut
04/12/1989	Gillingham	Home	1-2	Andy Wright		R2

Youth and Reserves



The Capital Finance & Leasing South West Counties League
Results

The Capital Finance & Leasing South West Counties League
14/08/1989	League	Hereford	Away	1-2	Annunziata
22/08/1989	League	Bristol Rovers	Home	1-1	Rowe
30/08/1989	League	Plymouth Argyle	Home	0-3	:
11/09/1989	League	Yeovil Town	Home	3-0	Young 2	Batty
10/10/1989	League	Cardiff City	Away	3-1	Rowe	McDermott	Lock
16/10/1989	League	AFC Bournemouth	Home	2-1	Annunziata	Batty (pen)
30/10/1989	League	Hereford	Home	1-2	Annunziata			Mark Cooper was sent off!
07/11/1989	League	Swansea City	Home	3-2	Rowe	Day	Cooper. M
14/11/1989	League	Bristol Rovers	Away	1-0
28/11/1989	League	Plymouth Argyle	Away	1-0
05/12/1989	Cup 1	Torquay United	Home	4-3	Eshleby	Annunziata 2	Vickerstaff
18/12/1989	League	Yeovil Town	Away	1-0	Batty
09/01/1990	League	Bristol City	Home	0-1	:
16/01/1990	League	Torquay United	Away	3-3	Eshleby	Lock	Batty
31/01/1990	League	AFC Bournemouth	Away	0-1	:
06/02/1990	League	Swansea City	Away	1-4	Vickerstaff
13/02/1990	League	Torquay United	Home	2-0
21/02/1990	League	Yeovil Town	Away	8-1	Rowe 2	Lock 2	Batty	Eshelby	Dryden	M.Cooper
27/02/1990	League	AFC Bournemouth	Home	0-0	:
13/03/1990	Cup 3	Plymouth Argyle	Away	0-1	:
20/03/1990	League	Bristol Rovers	Home	6-0	Lock 2	Eshelby 2	Vickerstaff	Andy Wright
03/04/1990	League	Bristol City	Away	0-3	:
09/04/1990	League	Hereford	Home

• 07/05/1990 League Cardiff City (h) 3-0 Batty, Eshelby, Og. 

Final Table


Devon and Exeter Premier League 89/90
Results

Devon and Exeter Premier League 89/90
	Friendly	SB Frankfurt (Plym)
19/08/1989	League	Sidmouth Town	Away	4-0
26/08/1989	League	Ottery St Mary	Home	2-0
02/09/1989	League	Exeter St Thomas	Away	2-0
09/09/1989	League	Topsham Town	Away	1-1	Steve Harrower
16/09/1989	League	Budleigh Salterton	Home	1-1
23/09/1989	Cup 1	Honiton Town	Home	4-1
30/09/1989	League	Chelston	Home	2-1
03/10/1989	League	Willand	Home	0-0	:
14/10/1989	League	Cullompton	Home	5-0
21/10/1989	League	Hatherleigh	Away	8-0
28/10/1989	Cup 2	Cullompton	Away	4-0	Mark Cooper	Lee Annuziata	Ian Benjamin	Tony Frankland
04/11/1989	League	Newton St Cyres	Home	3-0
18/11/1989	Cup 3	Hatherleigh	Away	5-0	Andy Wright 2	Tony Frankland	Phil Lock	Annuziata
25/11/1989	League	Ottery St Mary	Away	3-0	Hawkins (J)	Og	Steve Vickerstaff
02/12/1989	League	Exmouth Amateurs	Home	3-0
09/12/1989	League	Crediton	Home	2-3
30/12/1989	League	Okehampton	Home	3-0	Steve Vickerstaff 2	Lee Annuziata	Damian Davey
20/01/1990	League	Beer Albion	Home	9-0
24/02/1990	League	Exeter St Thomas	Home	3-0	Ian Benjamin	Steve Vickerstaff	Brian McDermott
10/03/1990	League	Topsham Town	Home	3-1	Steve Vickerstaff 2	Tony Frankland
12/03/1990	Cup SF	Chelston	Home	5-1	Smith (Stuart)	Phil Lock	Andy Wright	Ben Rowe	Richard Young
17/03/1990	League	Alphington	Away	3-0
31/03/1990	League	Sidmouth Town	Home	7-1
07/04/1990	League	Hatherleigh	Home	5-0
14/04/1990	League	Newton St Cyres	Away
21/04/1990	League	Honiton Town	Home
28/04/1990	League	Okehampton	Away
19/05/1990	League	Willand	Away
26/05/1990	League	Sidmouth Town	Home
	PL Cup F	Crediton	neutral	2-1
		Beer Albion	Away
		Budleigh Salterton	Away
		Cullompton	Away

Final Table

Exeter were Champions!

DEVON & EXETER LEAGUE
FINAL TABLES FOR YEAR 1989 1990
	P	W	D	L	F	A	PTS
PREMIER
1 Exeter City	32	27	4	1	109	13	58
2 Budleigh Salterton	32	25	4	3	115	32	54
3 Newton St Cyres	32	25	3	4	97	33	53
4 Crediton United	32	21	8	3	75	26	50
5 Exeter St Thomas	32	16	6	19	38	37	38
6 Chelston *	32	16	5	11	76	46	36
7 Topsham Town	32	12	9	11	63	47	33
8 Honiton Town	32	13	7	12	32	40	33
9 Beer Albion	32	11	4	17	62	83	26
10 Willand Rovers	32	10	6	16	48	85	26
11 Alphington	32	9	7	16	56	70	25
12 Cullompton	32	8	9	15	55	78	25
13 Exmouth Amateurs	32	7	8	17	44	78	22
14 Okehampton	32	8	5	19	35	63	21
15 Sidmouth Town	32	7	5	20	43	85	19
16 Ottery St Mary	32	7	3	22	27	62	17
17 Hatherleigh Town	32	1	5	26	27	124	7

Other Information

1989/90, 1990s, Angus McPherson, Anthony Coyle, Anthony Frankland, Ben Rowe, Brian McDermott, Chris Vinnicombe, Clive Stafford, Clive Whitehead, Danny Bailey, Darran Rowbotham, David Walter, Division 4 Champions, Gary Elkins, Ian Benjamin, Ivor Doble, Jim McNichol, Karl Goddard, Kevin Miller, Kevin Summerfield, Lee Rogers, Mark Cooper, Paul Batty, Paul Eshelby, Promotion Winners, Richard Dryden, Richard Young, Scott Hiley, Shaun Taylor, Steve Harrower, Steve Neville, Terry Cooper, Timeline, Tom Kelly