SATURDAY 12th OCTOBER 1957.

CITY HAD THEIR SPELLS AT COLCHESTER.

COLCHESTER 3,

EXETER CITY 0
Hunter; Foley, Mitchell; Butterworth, Harvey, Simpson; Rees, Currie, Calland, Churms, Robinson,

Scorers  Colchester McCurley, Plant 2.

Attendance 7,930.

City badly need an injection of new playersespecially forwards, this became increasingly obvious after this latest defeat, yet ironically enough' in spasms City did' alright. At times they had the Colchester defence panic stricken so much that they were miskicking even the simplest of clearances. City did not have a forward who looked capable of penetrating that wall of panic, despite the rapid switches which had players in two or three positions, A forward with a shot just did not exist, in fact the majority of the goal efforts came from the wing halves Butterworth and Simpson, The other weakness in the team was defensive, Harvey had his worst game for a while and often Simpson was left stranded by the speedy Colchester forwards, The Hunter-Foley-Mitchell trio was good enough and they could not do much about the three goals which beat them, by McCurley in the 21st and by Plant in the 25th and 52nd minutes, Rome was not built in a day and Exeter's team is not going to be built with one signing they need several,

Southern League 

EXETER CITY RESERVES 2
Lobbett; John, MacDonald; Beer, Packer, Creighton; Wilson, Hill, Rapley, Waterman, Skuse,

HEADINGTON 3,

Scorers Exeter City Beer, Hill,

RAY JOHN SEEKS MOVE.

Ray John is the third Exeter City player to go on the transfer list at his own request, He joins George Hunter and Jim Currie, John 24, joined City three years ago on a free transfer from Barnsley, since then he has appeared in a variety of positions,

TUESDAY 15th OCTOBER 1957.

CITY TO INTERVIEW RON BLACKMAN.

Ron Blackman, Ipswich Town and former Reading and Nottingham Forest centre forward is to travel down to Exeter to discuss a possible transfer. He will look over available accomodation and then meet the City manager Bill Thompson and chairman Mr A.S.Line, substantial terms have already been agreed for the transfer of the 6ft 1in, 12st 41b, Blackman, who has scored almost 200 League goals in his career.