1951/52
All Results and information

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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