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League Position: 23rd Played: 46, Won: 13, Drew: 9, Lost: 24 Goals For: 65, Goals Against: 86 Points: 35

Squad photo from the 1951/52 season in which Exeter finished 23rd in Division Three South.

First Team
Results

18/08/1951	Crystal Palace	A	L	1-2	15404	Mackay
22/08/1951	Gillingham	H	W	4-2	7758	McClelland (p)	Smith	Smart 2
25/08/1951	Swindon Town	H	L	1-2	9005	Smart
29/08/1951	Gillingham	A	L	1-2	12378	Fallon
01/09/1951	Leyton Orient	A	L	0-3	18000	:
05/09/1951	Norwich City	H	L	2-4	8304	Mackay	McClelland
08/09/1951	Walsall	H	W	1-0	8000	Smith
12/09/1951	Norwich City	A	D	1-1	15000	Mackay
15/09/1951	Shrewsbury Town	A	L	1-2	10402	Mackay
22/09/1951	Aldershot	H	L	0-4	7756	:
29/09/1951	Watford	A	D	1-1	10029	Smith
06/10/1951	Ipswich Town	H	W	2-1	7749	Regan	Smart
13/10/1951	Bristol City	A	D	1-1	17349	Mackay
20/10/1951	Port Vale	H	W	2-0	7500	Smart	Mackay
27/10/1951	Northampton Town	A	L	1-3	12576	Smart
03/11/1951	Reading	H	L	1-4	8795	Regan
10/11/1951	Newport County	A	L	0-4	10920	:
17/11/1951	Southend United	H	D	2-2	7102	Mackay	Smith
01/12/1951	Millwall	H	L	0-3	8906	:
08/12/1951	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	L	1-2	10831	Fallon
22/12/1951	Swindon Town	A	L	1-3	8614	Digby
25/12/1951	Torquay United	H	W	4-0	8429	Smart	Walton	Armes	Mackay
26/12/1951	Torquay United	A	L	1-5	13000	McClelland (p)
29/12/1951	Leyton Orient	H	W	6-1	7363	McClelland 3 (2p's)	Walton 2	Armes
05/01/1952	Walsall	A	W	2-1	5717	Mackay	Walton
12/01/1952	Plymouth Argyle	A	L	1-2	25494	Mackay
16/01/1952	Bristol Rovers	H	L	0-1	7088	:
19/01/1952	Shrewsbury Town	H	W	4-2	7890	McClelland	Smart	Mackay
26/01/1952	Aldershot	A	L	1-4	5560	McClelland
02/02/1952	Colchester United	A	L	0-1	7692	:
09/02/1952	Watford	H	W	3-0	9597	Mackay	McClelland	Nolan (og)
16/02/1952	Ipswich Town	A	W	4-2	9839	Mackay 2	McClelland	Smith
23/02/1952	Colchester United	H	D	0-0	7860	:
01/03/1952	Bristol City	H	D	0-0	8204	:
08/03/1952	Port Vale	A	L	0-3	12300	:
15/03/1952	Northampton Town	H	L	0-3	7848	:
22/03/1952	Reading	A	L	1-2	15839	Regan
26/03/1952	Crystal Palace	H	L	0-1	5600	:
29/03/1952	Newport County	H	L	3-4	4076	Digby	Regan	Smith
05/04/1952	Southend United	A	D	0-0	8000	:
12/04/1952	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	H	D	2-2	7836	Howells	Mackay
14/04/1952	Plymouth Argyle	H	W	1-0	19000	Regan
19/04/1952	Millwall	A	L	0-4	14572	:
23/04/1952	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	A	W	4-0	7000	Fallon	Howells	Mackay 2
26/04/1952	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	W	2-0	8836	Mackay 2
01/05/1952	Bristol Rovers	A	D	2-2	9124	Mackay	Howells

Football League Third Division South 1951/52

	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Plymouth Argyle	46	29	8	9	107	53	66
Reading	46	29	3	14	112	60	61
Norwich City	46	26	9	11	89	50	61
Millwall	46	23	12	11	74	53	58
Brighton & HA	46	24	10	12	87	63	58
Newport County	46	21	12	13	77	76	54
Bristol Rovers	46	20	12	14	89	53	52
Northampton Town	46	22	5	19	93	74	49
Southend United	46	19	10	17	75	66	48
Colchester United	46	17	12	17	56	77	46
Torquay United	46	17	10	19	86	98	44
Aldershot	46	18	8	20	78	89	44
Port Vale	46	14	15	17	50	66	43
Bournemouth & BA	46	16	10	20	69	75	42
Bristol City	46	15	12	19	58	69	42
Swindon Town	46	14	14	18	51	68	42
Ipswich Town	46	16	9	21	63	74	41
Leyton Orient	46	16	9	21	55	68	41
Crystal Palace	46	15	9	22	61	80	39
Shrewsbury Town	46	13	10	23	62	86	36
Watford	46	13	10	23	57	81	36
Gillingham	46	11	13	22	71	81	35
Exeter City	46	13	9	24	65	86	35
Walsall	46	13	5	28	55	94	31

Election for League Membership

The bottom two clubs were required to seek re-election to the League. They were joined in the vote for membership of the Southern section of the Third Division by 6 non-league clubs.

Votes	Club	Conclusion
47	Exeter City	Re Elected
45	Walsall	Re Elected
3	Worcester City	Not Elected
1	Bath City	Not Elected
1	Merthyr Tydfil	Not Elected
1	Peterborough United	Not Elected
0	Headington United	Not Elected
0	Yeovil Town	Not Elected

FA CUP

1951/52			Exeter Score 1st
24/11/1951	Kings Lynn	Away	3-1	12931	McClelland 2, Smart	R1
15/12/1951	Ipswich Town	Away	0-4	11819	:	R2

Devon Bowl

1951/52			Exeter Score 1st
02/05/1952	Plymouth Argyle	Away	0-1	:	3500	Final

Friendlies

1951/52
			Exeter score 1st
04/08/1951	Blues v Black & Amber	Home	3-2	2059	Mitchell 2, MacKay v Digby, Seager
11/08/1951	Reds v Blues	Home	2-0	2671	Digby, Tallon,
10/09/1951	Exmouth	Away	3-1		Fallon 2, (2 pens) Greenaway (og)
19/09/1951	Swansea Town	Home	2-1	3383	Smart 2
22/09/1951	Bude	Away	7-2		Booth 2, Fallon, Mitchell, Hutchings, og, A.N Other
05/01/1952	Exeter Schools v Plymouth Schools	At SJP
02/04/1952	Southampton	Home	3-2	2000	Regan 2, Howells.
10/05/1952	West-Exe Rovers V Elmore	At SJP

Reserves
Southern League
Results

Southern League 1951-52
18/08/1951	SL	Gravesend Uniited	Home	2-1	Hancock	McGrath
20/08/1951	SL	Llanelly	Away	0-2	:
25/08/1951	SL	Merthyr Tydfil	Away	0-6	:
29/08/1951	Cup	Hereford	Home	1-2	Howells
01/09/1951	SL	Dartford	Home	3-1	Howells	Booth	Hancock
06/09/1951	Cup	Hereford	Away	0-3	:
08/09/1951	SL	Gravesend Uniited	Away	5-2	Booth	Fallon	Hutchings	McGrath	Hancock
15/09/1951	SL	Guildford City	Home	1-2	Howells
19/09/1951	SL	Guildford City	Away	0-0	:
29/09/1951	SL	Cheltenham Town	Home	2-5	McGrath	Booth
03/10/1951	SL	Tonbridge	Home	2-1	Howells	Booth
10/10/1951	SL	Bedford Town	Home	4-1	Mitchell (R)	Howells	Hutchings 2
13/10/1951	SL	Chelmsford City	Home	2-1	Hancock	Mitchell (R)
20/10/1951	SL	Kettering	Home	0-1	:
27/10/1951	SL	Hereford	Away	1-2	Hutchings
03/11/1951	SL	Lovell's Athletic	Away	2-6	Smith 2
10/11/1951	SL	Headington United	Home	4-3	Mitchell (R) 3	Harrower
17/11/1951	SL	Dartford	Away	1-2	Mitchell (R)
24/11/1951	SL	Llanelly	Home	2-1	Mitchell (R) 2
01/12/1951	SL	Worcester City	Away	0-4	:
08/12/1951	SL	Bath City	Home	2-4	Wilkins 2
15/12/1951	SL	Gloucester City	Away	0-4	:
22/12/1951	SL	Weymouth	Home	1-1	Taylor (og)
26/12/1951	SL	Yeovil Town	Home	1-1	Smith
29/12/1951	SL	Tonbridge	Away	1-1	Howells
19/01/1952	SL	Hastings United	Away	4-5	Wilkins	Harrower	Smith 2
26/01/1952	SL	Merthyr Tydfil	Home	0-6	:
02/02/1952	SL	Gloucester City	Home	4-2	Regan 2	Brown	Mitchell (R)
09/02/1952	SL	Bath City	Away	1-7	Fallon
16/02/1952	SL	Hastings United	Home	6-1	Hutchings	Howells 3	Regan 2
23/02/1952	SL	Headington United	Away	1-1	Mitchell (R)
01/03/1952	SL	Cheltenham Town	Away	2-1	Hancock	Howells
08/03/1952	SL	Lovell's Athletic	Home	3-3	Howells 2	Wilkins
12/03/1952	SL	Barry Town	Home	8-2	Regan 2	Howells 4	Mitchell (R)	Booth
15/03/1952	SL	Bedford Town	Away	0-5	:
20/03/1952	SL	Yeovil Town	Away	1-2	Saville (og)
22/03/1952	SL	Kettering	Home	1-1	Clark
29/03/1952	SL	Hereford	Away	1-5	Wilkins
11/04/1952	SL	Kidderminster Harriers	Home	1-2	Mitchell (R)
12/04/1952	SL	Weymouth	Away	0-2	:
14/04/1952	SL	Kidderminster Harriers	Away	0-2	:
26/04/1952	SL	Barry Town	Away	3-1	Mitchell (R) 2	Smith
30/04/1952	SL	Chelmsford City	Away	2-3	Mitchell (R)	Wilkins
03/05/1952	SL	Worcester City	Home	2-4	Smith	Brown

Southern Football League 1951/52

	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Merthyr Tydfil	42	27	6	9	128	60	60
Weymouth	42	22	13	7	81	42	57
Kidderminster H	42	22	10	10	70	40	54
Guildford City	42	18	16	8	66	47	52
Hereford United	42	21	9	12	80	59	51
Worcester City	42	23	4	15	86	73	50
Kettering Town	42	18	10	14	83	56	46
Lovells Athletic	42	18	10	14	87	68	46
Gloucester City	42	19	8	15	68	55	46
Bath City	42	19	6	17	75	67	44
Headington United	42	16	11	15	55	53	43
Bedford Town	42	16	10	16	75	64	42
Barry Town	42	18	6	18	84	89	42
Chelmsford City	42	15	10	17	67	80	40
Dartford	42	15	9	18	63	65	39
Tonbridge	42	15	6	21	63	84	36
Yeovil Town	42	12	11	19	56	76	35
Cheltenham Town	42	15	4	23	59	85	34
Exeter City Res	42	13	7	22	76	106	33
LIanelly	42	13	6	23	70	111	32
Gravesend & N	42	12	7	23	68	88	31
Hastings United	42	3	5	34	41	131	11

Exeter and District Football League
Jumior 1

Results

1951/52 Junior 1

1951/52	Home	Away
Newton Poppleford
Crosspark
Hatherleigh
Chudleigh
Exminster Hospital
RAF (Exminster)
Cullompton
Morris Works
Westexe Rovers
Lapford
Kenn United
Broadclyst




Final Table

JUNIOR 1	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Newton Poppleford	24	19	4	1	91	28	42
Exeter City	24	12	6	6	50	39	30
Crosspark	24	13	4	7	84	57	30
Hatherleigh	24	14	2	8	68	62	30
Chudleigh	24	12	3	9	80	72	27
Exminster Hospital	24	10	4	10	68	82	24
RAF (Exminster)	24	10	3	11	79	80	23
Cullompton	24	9	4	11	55	73	22
Morris Works	24	9	3	12	74	72	21
Westexe Rovers	24	9	1	14	65	60	19
Lapford	24	7	5	12	57	62	19
Kenn United	24	7	2	15	51	98	16
Broadclyst	24	2	5	17	47	93	9

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