Ray Pratt weighed in with 61 goals from 173 league appearances during a six-year association with Exeter City. Joining from Merthyr Tydfil as a 24-year-old in 1980 he moved on to Chard Town in 1986 ahead of a long association with Cullompton Rangers.

Having earlier been at Swansea City where he had not made a first-team appearance but had represented Wales at youth level, Ray had played for Llanelli and Merthyr Tydfil from where he joined Exeter City for £10,000 in March 1980 on the same transfer deadline day as Tony Kellow's return from Blackpool.

Making his debut against Blackpool a few days later, Ray took time to become fully-established and made a mixture of 'starts' and substitute appearances whilst maintaining a good goals-per-game scoring ratio. Used as substitute during the run to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup in 1980/81, another highlight of his six years with the Grecians was finishing 1984/85 as top-scorer with nineteen league goals.

Although it would have drawn little attention at the time, he had also featured in City's first-ever game in the Football League Trophy (also known variously as the Football League Group Cup and Associate Members' Cup) against Bristol City on 14 August 1982 when he scored the second gola in a 2-1 victory. 

Leaving St James Park in the summer of 1986, and with some coaching experience behind him, Ray became player-manager of Chard Town before playing for Taunton Town, Tiverton Town and Ilfracombe Town. Living in Cullompton he later spent many years involved with Cullompton Rangers where he enjoyed a testimonial against Exeter City in August 2005.