Squad photograph from the 1962/63 season, Exeter finished 17th in Division Four in this season and lost in the First Round of both the FA and League Cups.

• Team (L to R)

Keith Harvey, Arnold Mitchell, John Henderson, Colin Tinsley, Cecil Smyth, Les MacDonald. Des Anderson.
Front John McMillan, Barry Pierce, Eric Welsh, Ray Carter, Brian Jenkins 

• League Position: 17th Played: 46 Won: 16, Drew: 10, Lost: 20 Goals For: 57, Goals Against: 77 Points: 42
• FA Cup
• First Round: Gravesend & Northfleet (A), 3-2 League Cup

First Round: Aldershot (A), 2-0

First Team 
Results

18/08/1962	Torquay United	H	L	0-3	9676	:
22/08/1962	Mansfield Town	H	L	0-3	5862	:
25/08/1962	Chesterfield	A	D	1-1	6000	Green
27/08/1962	Mansfield Town	A	L	0-1	11173	:
01/09/1962	Rochdale	H	L	0-2	4524	:
08/09/1962	Brentford	A	L	1-3	11150	Carter
12/09/1962	Doncaster Rovers	H	L	0-1	4136	:
15/09/1962	York City	H	W	2-1	3922	Carter 2
20/09/1962	Workington	H	W	1-0	5133	Tinsley
22/09/1962	Chester	A	L	1-3	5327	Welsh
24/09/1962	Workington	A	L	1-3	3870	Carter
29/09/1962	Crewe Alexandra	H	D	1-1	3928	Carter
03/10/1962	Lincoln City	H	D	1-1	4490	Sanders
06/10/1962	Oldham Athletic	A	W	2-1	15790	Jenkins (p)	Carter
10/10/1962	Lincoln City	A	L	1-4	6188	Carter
13/10/1962	Barrow	H	L	0-2	4258	:
20/10/1962	Hartlepools United	A	W	2-0	4969	Carter	Rees
27/10/1962	Darlington	H	L	1-3	3857	Carter
10/11/1962	Aldershot	H	W	4-1	3007	Pierce	Carter 2	Mitchell
17/11/1962	Newport County	A	L	0-4	4126	:
01/12/1962	Bradford City	A	W	3-2	3500	Carter	Pierce 2
08/12/1962	Tranmere Rovers	H	W	2-1	2737	Rees	Carter
15/12/1962	Torquay United	A	L	0-3	5703	:
22/12/1962	Chesterfield	H	D	2-2	3511	Carter	Henderson
26/12/1962	Stockport County	H	L	0-1	3969	:
29/12/1962	Stockport County	A	L	3-4	3297	Mitchell	Rees	Welsh
23/02/1963	Oldham Athletic	H	W	2-1	3488	Mitchell	Henderson
02/03/1963	Barrow	A	W	2-0	3832	Pierce	Carter
09/03/1963	Hartlepools United	H	W	3-1	2815	Henderson	Mitchell	Jenkins
16/03/1963	Darlington	A	W	1-0	3169	Henderson
18/03/1963	York City	A	D	3-3	4281	Carter 2	Jenkins
23/03/1963	Southport	H	W	2-1	4465	Harvey (p)	Carter
30/03/1963	Oxford United	A	W	3-0	4192	Mitchell	Harvey (p)	Henderson
02/04/1963	Doncaster Rovers	A	D	1-1	5206	Henderson
06/04/1963	Newport County	H	W	1-0	5258	Rathbone (og)
12/04/1963	Gillingham	A	L	0-4	9272	:
13/04/1963	Aldershot	A	D	1-1	4886	Rees
15/04/1963	Gillingham	H	D	0-0	7001	:
20/04/1963	Bradford City	H	L	0-2	3938	:
27/04/1963	Tranmere Rovers	A	L	1-2	5627	Carter
29/04/1963	Southport	A	W	3-1	3160	Sells	Welsh 2
04/05/1963	Chester	H	W	2-1	3917	Fleming (og)	Sells
08/05/1963	Oxford United	H	D	1-1	3374	Henderson
11/05/1963	Rochdale	A	L	0-3	1403	:
17/05/1963	Brentford	H	D	2-2	4940	Henderson	Sells
22/05/1963	Crewe Alexandra	A	L	0-1	8000	:

Final Table 

	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Brentford	46	27	8	11	98	64	62
Oldham Athletic	46	24	11	11	95	60	59
Crewe Alexandra	46	24	11	11	86	58	59
Mansfield Town	46	24	9	13	108	69	57
Gillingham	46	22	13	11	71	49	57
Torquay United	46	20	16	10	75	56	56
Rochdale	46	20	11	15	67	59	51
Tranmere Rovers	46	20	10	16	81	67	50
Barrow	46	19	12	15	82	80	50
Workington	46	17	13	16	76	68	47
Aldershot	46	15	17	14	73	69	47
Darlington	46	19	6	21	72	87	44
Southport	46	15	14	17	72	106	44
York City	46	16	11	19	67	62	43
Chesterfield	46	13	16	17	70	64	42
Doncaster Rovers	46	14	14	18	64	77	42
Exeter City	46	16	10	20	57	77	42
Oxford United	46	13	15	18	70	71	41
Stockport County	46	15	11	20	56	70	41
Newport County	46	14	11	21	76	90	39
Chester	46	15	9	22	51	66	39
Lincoln City	46	13	9	24	68	89	35
Bradford City	46	11	10	25	64	93	32
Hartlepools United	46	7	11	28	56	104	25

Season Summary

The following was a report in the Express and Echo, after the 44th game of the season against Rochdale

EXETER CITY'S average gates have gone up by  almost 100 this season. More than 100,000 people—102,228—watched the 23 League games at St. James's Park, to give an average of 4,444 per match, as against 4,347 last year.

The highest attendance was in the opening game, against Torquay United, when there were 9,676 people through the turnstiles.

And with a couple more results to come in, it looks as if the City will finish in almost exactly the same spot as they did last season. Then they were 18th out of 23 clubs. This season they will be 17th or 18th.

Last season they collected 37 points from their 44 games, this season they have 42 points from 46 games.

At home, they won 9, drew 6, and lost 8, scoring 27 goals and conceding 32. Away they won 7, drew 4, and lost 12, scoring 30 goals and conceding 45.

Carter top scorer

Top scorer was Ray Carter with 19 goals from his 40 league appearances. Next in line was John Henderson, who arrived from Charlton just before Christmas to get 8 goals in 24 games.

The men who made most league appearances were goalkeeper Colin Tinsley and wing-half Des Anderson (44 each), but no-one played in every game.

Appearances: League-Anderson 44, Tinsley 44, Mitchell 40, Carter 40, Smyth 39, Jenkins 33, Rees 30, MacDonald 28, Pierce 28. Hender son 24, Harvey 22, Welsh 21, Saunders 20, Hughes 19, Patrick 18. Sells 14, McMillan 12, Johnston 10, Green 9, Rutley 8, Boag 2, Grace 1.

Goals: Carter 19, Henderson 8, Mitchell 5, Welsh 4, Rees 4, Pierce 4, Jenkins 3, Sells 3, Harvey 2, Green 1, Tinsley 1, Saunders 1. Own goals 2.

League Cup appearances: Tinsley, Anderson, Mitchell, Welsh, Rees, Green, Smyth, Davis, Brown, Rutley, McMeechan, 1 each.

F.A. Cup appearances: Tinsley. Smyth, MacDonald, Hughes, Anderson, Saunders, Welsh, Pierce, Mitchell, Carter, Rees, 1 each. Goals: Carter (2).

Season ticket holders who have not already received application forms should note that June 15 is the last date for obtaining next season's tickets at the reduced rate of £6.

Other results

FA Cup

1962/63
03/11/ 1962	Gravesend & Northfleet	Away	2-3	3552	Carter 2,	R1

League Cup

1962/63
05/09/1962	Aldershot	Away	0-2	4000	:	LC 1

Devon Bowl

06/05/1963

Plymouth Argyle

Home

1-0

Sells

3700

F

EXETER-WINNERS

Friendlies 

1962/63
			Exeter score 1st
04/08/1962	Reds v Whites	Home	1-1	1362	Rees v  Charlie Sells.	Practice match Charlie Sells was a trialist from QPR.
11/08/1962	Reds v Whites	Home	2-4		Carter, Pierce.  v Welsh 2, McMeechan, Sells.	Practice match
14/08/1962	Plymouth Argyle	Home
17/08/1962	Reds v Whites	Home	5-1
24/11/1962	Devon County	Home	4-2		Jenkins, Green (B) 2, Britton	Britton was a trialist from Bristol

FA Youth Cup 

1962/63
17/09/1962	Newton Abbot Spurs	Home	9-0	Alan Riding 4, Barry Redwood 3, Colin Reed 2.	202	QF1
01/10/1962	Bath City	Away	4-0	Barry Redwood 2, Alan Riding, Colin Reed.		QF2
12/11/1962	Newport County	Home	4-2	Barry Redwood 3, Bryn Jones		R1
11/12/1962	Bristol City	Home	5-1	Alan Riding 3, Barry Redwood, Bruce Stuckey		R2
26/12/1962	Bexleyheath & Welling	Away	3-1	Alan Riding, Barry Redwood 2		R3	Delayed due to severe winter.
30/04/1963	Arsenal	Away	0-3	:	1136	R4	Storey, Sammels, Radford played for Arsenal

Reserves
Western League
Results 

Western League 1962/63
18/08/1962	League	Andover	Away	1-0	Rees
23/08/1962	League	Yeovil Town	Away	0-1	:
25/08/1962	League	Bridgwater	Home	0-4	:
28/08/1962	League	Torquay United	Home	1-0	McGinn
01/09/1962	League	Portland United	Away	2-0	McGinn	Southcombe (Ray)
05/09/1962	League	Barnstaple	Home	4-3	Pierce	Southcombe (Ray) 2	McGinn
08/09/1962	League	Welton Rovers	Home	3-3	McMeechan	Southcombe (Ray)	Rees
13/09/1962	League	Bideford	Away	0-2	:
15/09/1962	League	Bristol City	Away	2-4	McMillan	Pierce
19/09/1962	League	Torquay United	Away	1-2	Dodd
22/09/1962	League	Weymouth	Home	1-5	Dodd			Att 593
26/09/1962	League	Andover	Home	4-3	Sells 2	Pierce 2
29/09/1962	League	Dorchester	Away	0-6	:
06/10/1962	League	Bristol Rovers	Home	0-0	:
13/10/1962	League	Bath City	Away	1-3	Riding
20/10/1962	League	Yeovil Town	Home	0-0	:
27/10/1962	League	Weston Super Mare	Away	1-3	Riding
03/11/1962	League	Dorchester	Home	2-1	Sells	Green
10/11/1962	League	Minehead	Away	1-3	Jones
17/11/1962	League	Poole Town	Home	1-3	Sells
01/12/1962	League	Chippenham	Home	1-1	Jenkins
08/12/1962	League	Salisbury City	Away	0-2	:
15/12/1962	League	Bridport	Home	2-1	Jenkins	Palmer
22/12/1962	League	Taunton	Away	0-1	:
16/02/1962	League	Bristol City	Home	3-2	Henderson	Hughes	Rees
23/02/1962	League	Barnstaple	Away	0-0	:
02/03/1963	League	Minehead	Home	1-0	Sells
09/03/1963	League	Bridport	Away	2-2	Southcombe (Ray)	Rutley
16/03/1963	League	Bideford	Home	1-1	Welsh
23/03/1963	League	Poole Town	Away	0-4	:
27/03/1963	League	Portland United	Home	1-1	Welsh
30/03/1963	League	Salisbury City	Home	1-1	Riding
06/04/1963	League	Bridgwater	Away	0-2	:
12/04/1963	League	Glastonbury	Home	3-0	Rees 3
13/04/1963	League	Bath City	Home	2-1	Southcombe (Ray) 2
15/04/1963	League	Glastonbury	Away	4-1	Riding 2	Southcombe (Ray) 2
18/04/1963	League	Bristol Rovers	Away	3-2	Sells 3
20/04/1963	League	Weymouth	Away	P-P	:			Not played
27/04/1963	League	Taunton	Home	1-2	Redwood
04/05/1963	League	Chippenham	Away	0-0	:
11/05/1963	League	Weston Super Mare	Home	2-1	Pierce	Southcome (Ray)
18/05/1963	League	Welton Rovers	Away	2-1	Pierce	Redwood

Final Table 
Western League Table 1962-63

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
Bristol City Res.	42	31	5	6	120	56	64	67
Bideford	42	29	7	6	115	51	64	65
Minehead	42	25	6	11	102	62	40	56
Andover	42	25	5	12	106	59	47	55
Bridgwater Town	42	23	8	11	77	48	29	54
Salisbury	42	21	9	12	89	56	33	51
Portland United	42	23	5	14	80	66	14	51
Weymouth Res.	42	20	5	17	104	78	26	45
Yeovil Town Res.	42	18	9	15	67	72	-5	45
Barnstaple Town	42	19	6	17	81	75	6	44
Dorchester Town	42	17	9	16	92	79	13	43
Chippenham Town	42	15	12	15	92	60	32	42
Poole Town Res.	42	17	7	18	82	77	5	41
Exeter City Res.	42	15	10	17	55	74	-19	40
Bath City Reserves	42	14	6	22	82	96	-14	34
Weston Super Mare	42	11	9	22	72	108	-36	31
Welton Rovers	42	11	8	23	71	107	-36	30
Glastonbury	42	13	4	25	56	114	-58	30
Torquay United Res.	42	10	8	24	48	78	-30	28
Bridport	42	9	8	25	66	111	-45	26
Taunton Town	42	11	4	27	56	112	-56	26
Bristol Rovers Colts	42	6	0	28	56	120	-64	20

The squad that reached the fourth round of the FA Youth Cup against Arsenal.


Exeter City Colts

Results Matrix

	Home	Away
St Lukes College
Ottery St Mary
Cullompton
Sidmouth Town
Tiverton Town
Friernhay
Dawlish Town
Exmouth Town
St Marks
Clyst Valley
Beer Albion
Seaton Town
Heavitree United
Lympstone
Chelston

Final Table
Exeter and District Football League
Premier League

FINAL TABLE
	P	W	D	L	F	A	PTS
PREMIER
1 St Lukes College	30	22	3	5	118	45	47
2 Ottery St Mary	30	21	4	5	91	50	46
3 Cullompton	30	21	3	6	117	50	45
4 Sidmouth Town	30	17	6	7	80	62	40
5 Tiverton Town	30	17	3	10	95	68	37
6 Friernhay	30	16	2	12	74	80	34
7 Dawlish Town	30	15	2	13	88	60	32
8 Exeter City Colts	30	12	7	11	76	68	31
9 Exmouth Town	30	13	3	14	76	66	29
10 St Marks	30	11	5	14	74	90	27
11 Clyst Valley	30	9	3	18	78	98	21
12 Beer Albion	30	9	2	19	61	99	20
13 Seaton Town	30	8	4	18	77	124	20
14 Heavitree United	30	7	4	19	57	109	18
15 Lympstone	30	7	3	20	40	105	17
16 Chelston	30	6	4	20	55	83	16

1960s, 1962/63, Arnold Mitchell, Barry Pierce, Brian Green, Cecil Smyth, Charles Sells, Colin Tinsley, David Johnston, Derek Grace, Des Anderson, Eric Welsh, Graham Rees, Hamilton McMeechan, James Boag, James Sanders, John Henderson, John McMillan, Keith Harvey, Les MacDonald, Michael Hughes, Peter Rutley, Raymond Carter, Reg Jenkins, Roy Patrick, Squad Photograph, Timeline