Display Cabinet 7 – Cup runs

This sheet relates to a double fronted three shelf cabinet above display cabinet 4. Display cabinet 7 is on the left hand side and display cabinet 9 is on the right. The theme of these cabinets is Exeter City cup runs including FA Cup, EFL Cup and the EFL trophy.

Above both display cabinets: ‘Exeter City Welcome to Old Trafford’ sign. Rescued by fans and brought back to Exeter after the FA Cup third round match. City was a non league team at that point but held Premier League Manchester United to a 0-0 draw on Saturday 8 January 2005. The attendance was 67,551.

Display Cabinet 7

Top shelf (7.1)

Left to right:

1. Hand operated foam FA Cup produced by local Express and Echo newspaper for FA Cup match at Old Trafford in 2005.

2. Photo of Exeter City directors with the FA Cup in the Manchester United Boardroom (2005).  

3. Match ticket for Old Trafford game (2005).

Middle shelf (7.2)

4. Book of tickets prepared by Exeter for potential 4th round tie v Middlesbrough.  These were not needed as Manchester United won 2-0 in the replay at St James Park in front of 9033 fans on Wednesday 19 January 2005. It was shown live on BBC TV. Ronaldo and Rooney scored United’s two goals.

5. Home and away programmes from the 2005 games with Manchester United.

6. Dean Moxey’s boots. Academy product Dean, aged 18,  had scored a stunning goal to give Exeter the lead in  the 2nd round home game with Doncaster and so pave the way to the Manchester United game and a much needed financial windfall.  

7. Ticket from the Manchester United replay at St James Park.

8. Pennant from Exeter City’s televised 3rd round cup tie with Liverpool at St James Park on Friday 9 January 2016.

Bottom shelf (7.3)

9. Book: ‘FA Cup 150’ by Phil Annets.  A celebration of the oldest football competition in the world. Published in 2021.  

10. Scarf listing Exeter City players who featured in the club’s 1980/81 FA Cup run.

11. Black and white photos from 1980/81 cup run. Left: Tony Kellow and Lee Roberts; right: players in a special media shoot.

12. Match programme for Tottenham Hotspur v Exeter City, Saturday 7 March 1981, FA Cup Quarter Final at White Hart Lane. Spurs won 2-0. Attendance: 40,629. This was only the second occasion that Exeter had reached the Quarter Final stage (see 17 for details of first time).  

13. Book of Exeter City tickets for potential replay of the Tottenham game. Tickets had to be printed in advance because of the short timescales before any replay took place.

Various rosettes including specially made FA Cup ones are displayed on this shelf.