OLDHAM'S NEW STRIKING POWER TOO MUCH FOR EXETER. BOBBY JOHNSTONE OF MANCHESTER CITY MAKES THE DIFFERENCE.

Saturday October 15th 1960.

OLDHAM ATHLETIC 5  (Liddell 2, Johnstone, Bazley, Rackley)
EXETER CITY 2 (Donaldson, Harrison)

Played at Boundary Park,
attendance 17,116.

Oldham Athletic:- Hardie; Branagan and McCue; Phoenix, Greenall, and Hall;
Bazley, Johnstone, Birch, Liddell, Rackley.

Exeter City: Lobbett; Whitnall and MacDonald; Wilson, Harvey, and Thompson; Welsh, Gordon, Donaldson, Rees, and Harrison.

Referee:- Mr J. Powell of Rotherham.

Exeter City went down 5 goals to 2 to a "new look" Oldham Athletic team but they were not disgraced. The visitors from Devon had a good share of the play after the shock of being two goals behind in the first quarter of an hour. The Oldham team had an unmistakable "Exeter City" look about it with two ex-Grecians in their attack. Brian Birch went there last season and Rackley only this month, via Bristol Rovers. And until the end of last season Oldham's manager was Exeter's old boss, Mr Norman Dodgin. Another link between the clubs concerns Jimmy Thompson who came to Devon from Lancashire in exchange for Ray John, who was not in the "Latics" team today. Exeter this afternoon went down to Oldham's tremendous new striking power at inside forward, with Bobby Johnstone, of Manchester City, the inspiration in his debut match. And the virtuoso performance from this player made all the difference, because, man for man the City worked more consistently for much less reward. How a player of Johnstone's brilliance can be in the 4th Division is a mystery.