Jeff Merrett started watching Exeter City with his father in the early 1960s and graduated to selling Golden Goal tickets and organising travel to away games from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. Attending every match home and away in 1975/76, he was named supporter of the year award.

Jeff was awarded the MBE for his role in establishing Dream A Way, a charity designed to provide holidays for the disadvantaged.