Unlike the success of the previous year in the FA Cup however, they fell at the first hurdle of the Fourth Qualifying Round, similarly in the Football League Trophy they exited at the first time of asking.

In the FA Trophy though, Exeter enjoyed considerable success and narrowly lost in the Semi-Final.

League Stats
Played: 42 Won: 18, Drew: 9, Lost: 15
Goals For: 65, Goals Against: 48 Points: 63

FA Cup
Fourth Qualifying Round: Stevenage Borough (H), 0-1.

FA Trophy
First Round: Bishop’s Stortford (H), 2-1.
Second Round: Histon (H) 3-2.
Third Round: Cambridge City (H), 1-0.
Quarter-Final: Salisbury City (H), 3-1.
Semi-Final (played over two legs): Grays Athletic (H), 2-1 and (A), 2-0. Exeter lost 2-3 on aggregate.

2005/06 

The team started the 2005/06 season in fine form and topped the Conference table for a while. However, they slipped off the leading positions in the second half of the campaign to eventually end in seventh place. City had a great run in the FA Trophy before losing at the semi-final stage to Grays Athletic over two legs.

Youth Team and Reserves 

The Football Conference Youth Alliance (known sometimes as the Conference Youth Alliance) was formed in 2005 as the official U19s Youth League for professional teams, semi-professional and for non-league teams who compete in the Football Confernce league and respective non-league competitions in England.
Teams who competed in the Football Conference Youth Alliance combined football training with education, offering 16-18 year olds the chance to play elite youth football at U19s level and gain academic qualifications at BTEC National or Diploma level, operating on a similar model to that of the Football League Youth Alliance and the F.A Premier Academy League.

Exeter competed in the Under 18’s and Under 16’s Football League Youth Alliance for the first time.