SATURDAY 31st OCTOBER 1970.

CITY RECORD BEGINS TO LOOK SICK.

BRENTFORD 5
Phillips; Bence, Renwick; Turner, Gelson, Nelmes; Docherty, Ross, Dawson, Cross, Graham,

EXETER CITY 0
Wilson, Crawford, Morris, Parker, Newman, Baison; Rowan, Banks, Gadston, Binney, Mitten.

Scorers
Brentford Docherty 2, Cross, Ross, Graham

Attendance 5,270

Fiery Brentford hit five

BRENTFORD 5, EXETER 0
Report from the Acton Gazette 

It's a long time since the "easy, easy" chant last rolled round the terraces of Griffin Park, but on Saturday the 5,720 fans sang it with great delight as Brentford storm- ed to their biggest victory since pounding Peterborough at the end of last season. This was only Brentford's third win of the season, their second at home. It was also third time lucky in so far that twice before Brentford had scored three goals a match but lost. This time they made no mistake scoring five goals and creating enough opportunities to almost double the score. Bobby Ross carved out the first opportunity with sheer determination. He rode a late tackle on the edge of the Exeter area and then beat three men before crossing along the face of the goal, but inches behind Roger Cross. Bob Wilson made a flying save from a Dawson header after ten minutes, but at the other end Brentford has a scare when Phillips fumbled a Rowan centre and Gelson had to clear off the line. The first goal came after 27 minutes when Alan Nelme's forged along the wing before crossing perfectly for John Docherty to flick into the net. That goal gave no idea of what was to come. Exeter made every effort to pull back the deficit and Phillips was forced to turn a Binney shot away for a corner. Any hopes Exeter had, however, of getting back into the game were dashed when a long ball from Nelmes fell dangerously in the Exeter penalty area. Docherty missed the ball, but Cross was behind him to bang home the second goal right on half time. The second half started quietly and it looked as though maybe Brentford were satisfied with their first half rewards-but it was only the lull before the storm. After 57 minutes Graham let fly with a shot from outside the area which rocketed into the back of the net with Wilson frozen on his line. That was the start of the storm which never relaxed its pressure on the Exeter goal.

WEDNESDAY 4th NOVEMBER 1970.

FORMER CITY DIRECTOR DIES.

A man who was a member of the Exeter City board of directors for 20 years has died in the R.D.A Hospital after collapsing at his office. He was Tom Ford, 79, of Rosebank Crescent, Exeter. Born in 3 Thomas, Exeter, he joined the City board in April 1938 and left in 1958. During that time he also served as vice chairman. He was joint managing director of Exeter firm, Henry Norrington Ltd.