Squad Photograph from the 1969/70 season, which saw Exeter City place 18th in the Fourth Division. The Grecians enjoyed an FA Cup run to the second round, exiting after a replay defeat to Northampton Town, but exited the League Cup after a first round replay defeat to Bristol City

• League Position: 18th Played: 46 Won: 14, Drew: 11, Lost: 21 Goals For: 57, Goals Against: 59 Points: 39
• FA Cup

First Round: Fulham (H), 2-0
Second Round: Northampton Town (A), 1-1. Replays 1-1, 2-1

• League Cup

First Round: Bristol City (H), 1-1. Replay 3-2

First Team 
Results

09/08/1969	Wrexham	A	L	0-3	6300	:
16/08/1969	Darlington	H	L	1-2	5125	Morris
23/08/1969	Newport County	A	L	0-2	2525	:
25/08/1969	York City	A	L	0-1	6200	:
30/08/1969	Bradford Park Avenue	H	W	3-0	4457	Giles	Wingate 2
06/09/1969	Scunthorpe United	A	D	0-0	4073	:
13/09/1969	Workington	H	W	5-1	4536	Wingate	Mitten 2 (1p)	Pleat	Banks
17/09/1969	Aldershot	H	W	2-1	6119	Pleat	Banks
20/09/1969	Notts County	A	L	0-4	6358	:
27/09/1969	Port Vale	H	L	1-2	5348	Sharples
01/10/1969	Swansea Town	H	W	6-0	5183	Blain2	Corr 2	Wingate	Mitten
04/10/1969	Lincoln City	A	L	0-1	5791	:
06/10/1969	Darlington	A	L	0-4	2888	:
11/10/1969	Crewe Alexandra	H	W	3-0	5101	Walker	Crawford	Corr
18/10/1969	Southend United	A	D	1-1	?	Mitten (p)
25/10/1969	Grimsby Town	H	L	0-1	5459	:
01/11/1969	Chester	A	L	0-2	4387	:
08/11/1969	Brentford	H	D	2-2	4897	Pleat	Mitten
22/11/1969	Oldham Athletic	A	D	1-1	4351	Corr
24/11/1969	Chesterfield	A	L	1-2	7977	Gadston
29/11/1969	Peterborough United	H	D	1-1	5027	Wingate
13/12/1969	Workington	A	W	2-1	1342	Gadston 2
20/12/1969	Scunthorpe United	H	W	4-1	3534	Balson	Gadston	Wingate	Walker
26/12/1969	Newport County	H	D	1-1	6700	Banks
27/12/1969	Bradford Park Avenue	A	L	1-2	?	Pleat
10/01/1970	Notts County	H	D	1-1	3872	Gadston
17/01/1970	Port Vale	A	L	0-2	4633	:
24/01/1970	Hartlepool United	H	W	6-0	4341	Banks 3	Mitten (p)	Gadston	Gill (og)
31/01/1970	Lincoln City	H	L	1-2	?	Banks
07/02/1970	Crewe Alexandra	A	D	1-1	3000	Gadston
14/02/1970	Wrexham	H	W	1-0	4210	Banks
21/02/1970	Grimsby Town	A	L	0-2	2767	:
24/02/1970	Swansea Town	A	D	0-0	?	:
28/02/1970	Southend United	H	W	3-0	4343	Gadston	Pleat	Sharples
02/03/1970	Northampton Town	A	L	0-2	4974	:
07/03/1970	Oldham Athletic	H	L	0-2	4440	:
11/03/1970	Colchester United	H	W	2-1	4017	Mitten	Banks
14/03/1970	Peterborough United	A	D	1-1	5283	Wingate
16/03/1970	Hartlepool United	A	L	0-2	1980	:
21/03/1970	Northampton Town	H	W	1-0	4981	Gadston
27/03/1970	Brentford	A	L	0-2	10110	:
28/03/1970	Colchester United	A	L	1-2	3842	Wingate
30/03/1970	Chester	H	W	1-0	5722	Mitten
04/04/1970	York City	H	W	2-1	4111	Binney	Mitten (p)
07/04/1970	Chesterfield	H	D	1-1	5443	Banks
15/04/1970	Aldershot	A	L	0-1	5000	:

Football League Fourth Division  1969/70

Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Chesterfield	46	27	10	9	77	32	64
Wrexham	46	26	9	11	84	49	61
Swansea City	46	21	18	7	66	45	60
Port Vale	46	20	19	7	61	33	59
Brentford	46	20	16	10	58	39	56
Aldershot	46	20	13	13	78	65	53
Notts County	46	22	8	16	73	62	52
Lincoln City	46	17	16	13	66	52	50
Peterborough U.	46	17	14	15	77	69	48
Colchester United	46	17	14	15	64	63	48
Chester	46	21	6	19	58	66	48
Scunthorpe United	46	18	10	18	67	65	46
York City	46	16	14	16	55	62	46
Northampton Town	46	16	12	18	64	55	44
Crewe Alexandra	46	16	12	18	51	51	44
Grimsby Town	46	14	15	17	54	58	43
Southend United	46	15	10	21	59	85	40
Exeter City	46	14	11	21	57	59	39
Oldham Athletic	46	13	13	20	60	65	39
Workington	46	12	14	20	46	64	38
Newport County	46	13	11	22	53	74	37
Darlington	46	13	10	23	53	73	36
Hartlepool	46	10	10	26	42	82	30
Bradford Park Avenue	46	6	11	29	41	96	23

FACTS AND FIGURES FOR SEASON
1969-70

Number of matches played in Football League, League Cup and F.A. Cup-52.

Complete record of these games-Won 15, drawn 14, lost 23, goals for 64, goals against 66. In Football League only-Won 14, drawn 11, lost 21, goals for 57, goais against 59. Number of players called on for 52 games was 18, equalling the smallest number on record during the club's 45 seasons in the Football League -18 in 1961-62.

APPEARANCES (Substitutes in brackets)

Football League-Mitten 43, Balson 42, Brain 41, Sharples 41, Parker 39 (1), Crawford 37 (1), Banks 33 (2), Wingate 31 (6), Morris 28(4), Giles 28(1), Shearing 27, Gadston 26, Pleat 23(2), Walker 21(3), Wilson 19, Corr 16 (1), Binney 7, Newman 4.

League Cup-Banks, Blain, Corr, Crawford, Giles, Mitten, Newman, Shearing and Waiker, two each; Balson, Parker, Sharples and Wingate, one each.

F.A. Cup Balson, Banks, Crawford, Mitten, Morris, Sharples, Shearing and Wingate, four each; Gadston, Parker and Pleat, three each; Blain 1 (1),Corr (1), Waiker 1 (1).

GOALSCORERS

Footbal League-

Banks 10, Gadston 9, Mitten 9, Wingate 8, Pleat 5, Corr 4, Blain 2, Sharples 2, Walker 2, Balson 1, Binney 1, Crawford 1, Giles 1, Morris 1, plus 1" own goal".

League Cup and F.A. Cup Banks 2, Corr 2, Mitten 1, Wingate 1, plus 1" own goal".

Highest score for 6-0 v. Swansea (home), October 1st, 1969; 6-0 v. Hartlepool United (home), January 24th, 1970.

Highest score against-0-4 v. Notts. County (away), September 20th, 1969; 0-4 v. Darlington (away), October 6th, 1969.

Highest individual score in one game-3 goals by Alan Banks v. Hartlepool United (home), January 24th, 1970.

Longest undefeated run-4 games.

There were two such runs. After losing 0-1 at York, August 25th, we won three home games and drew one away before losing 0-4 away to Notts. County. After losing 1-2 at Chesterfield, November 24th, we drew two at home, and drew one and won one away, before losing F.A. Cup, 2nd Round (2nd replay), v. Northampton Town, 1-2, at Swindon.

Longest run without a win 6 games. These were the first six games of the season including two League Cupties. 5 games were lost and one (the first meeting with Bristol City in League Cup) was drawn.

Number of League "doubles" completed-1.

Workington 5-1 (home) and 2-1 (away).

Highest home attendance

9,181 v. Fulham, F.A. Cup, 1st Round, November 15th, 1969.

Highest away attendance

10,915 v. Bristol City (away), League Cup, 1st Round (replay), August 19th, 1969.

Smallest home attendance

3,534 v. Scunthorpe United, Dec- ember 20th, 1969.

Smallest away attendance

1,342 v. Workington, December 13th, 1969. This was the smallest at any of City's games since April 8th, 1967, when only 1,294 saw City beaten 0-1 at Rochdale

Other Matches

FA Cup

1969/70			Exeter Score 1st
15/11/1969	Fulham	Home	2-0	9181	Corr, Banks	R1
06/11/1969	Northampton	Away	1-1	5000	Wingate	R2
10/11 1969	Northampton	Home	0-0	8930	:	R2 Replay	After Extra Time
15/12/1969	Northampton	Neutral	1-2	2434	Mitten (pen)	R2 Replay 2	Played at the County Ground, Swindon

League Cup

1969/70			Exeter Score 1st
13/08/1969	Bristol City	Home	1-1	8050	Banks	LC 1
19/08/1969	Bristol City	Away	2-3	10915	Corr, Parr(og)	LC 1R

Devon Bowl

1969/70			Exeter Score 1st
28/04/1970	Torquay United	Away	0-1	:		F

Hospital Cup

			Exeter Score 1st
22/04/70	Tiverton Town	Away	7-2	Mitten 2, Gadston, Banks, Pleat 2, Parker		Final	Winners

Friendlies

			Exeter Score 1st
	Yeovil Town	Away
30/07/1969	Bideford	Away	3-1	800	Banks, Mitten (pen), Wingate
01/08/1969	Bristol Rovers	Home	1-1	2896	Giles (John)
10/11/1969	Yeovil Town v Minehaed	At SJP	5-0			FA Cup 4th Qualifying round 2nd replay
03/01/1970	Torquay United	Away	1-3	1991	Giles (John)	Fred Binney scored all 3 for Torquay

FA Youth Cup 

Exeter did not compete they had disbanded their youth and reserve teams                   

 

1960s, 1969/70, 1970s, Alan Banks, Brian Sharples, Bruce Walker, Campbell Crawford, David Pleat, Fred Binney, Graham Parker, Jimmy Blain, John Corr, John Giles, John Mitten, John Newman, John Wingate, Joseph Gadston, Michael Balson, Peter Shearing, Robert Wilson, Squad Photograph, Stephen Morris, Timeline