1954/55
All Results and information

As the squad photograph for this season had not yet been located, we have the City line-up from the away fixture against Reading on the 9th April 1955, which ended up as a stalemate. Exeter City narrowly avoided relegation in this season, placing 22nd in the Third Division South, just six points above the drop-zone. Exeter also did not enjoy an FA Cup run in this season, exiting in the First Round at the hands of Millwall.
  • League Position: 22nd Played: 46 Won: 11, Drew: 15, Lost: 20 Goals For: 47, Goals Against: 73 Points: 37
  • FA Cup
First Round: Millwall (A), 3-2.

  • 1st photo Chris Gillard says " I think all five Crediton footballers who played professional football for City are shown in this photo. Keith Harvey, Fred Davey and Bill Ellaway were at the time playing for City, former City player Stan Hurst can be seen standing second from the right and Ian Grinney (pictured seated on the right) was playing for Crediton. After the game City Manager I think Frank Houghton invited Ian to join City as an amateur."
 
  • 2nd photo Back Arnold Mitchell, Fred Davey, Charlie McClelland, Richard Walton, Keith Harvey, Norman Douglass, Front Row Gerry Priestley, John Anderson, Angus Mackay, Bill Ellaway, Maurice Setters, Is actually August 1954 in a match at Crediton.

First Team 
Results
21/08/1954 Crystal Palace H W 2-0 12467 McClelland Houghton  
25/08/1954 Colchester United H D 2-2 9100 Houghton Ellaway  
28/08/1954 Northampton Town  A L 0-2 9248      
02/09/1954 Colchester United  A W 2-1 7063 Ellaway McClelland  
04/09/1954 Watford H D 0-0 9304      
08/09/1954 Norwich City H L 0-1 9770      
11/09/1954 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  A L 0-2 11310      
15/09/1954 Norwich City  A L 0-3 15929      
18/09/1954 Queens Park Rangers H W 2-1 8901 Ellaway Mackay (p)  
21/09/1954 Southend United  A D 0-0 10000      
25/09/1954 Newport County  A L 1-2 10000 Rees    
29/09/1954 Southend United H W 2-1 7142 Ellaway Mackay  
02/10/1954 Torquay United  A L 0-1 11027      
09/10/1954 Brentford H W 3-2 9700 MacKay 2 (1p) Callan  
16/10/1954 Coventry City  A D 1-1 13619 Ellaway    
23/10/1954 Southampton H L 0-1 10125      
30/10/1954 Bristol City  A L 0-2 26230      
06/11/1954 Leyton Orient H L 1-7 8874 McClelland (p)    
13/11/1954 Gillingham  A D 1-1 9100 Kaile    
27/11/1954 Shrewsbury Town A D 1-1 5733 Priestley    
04/12/1954 Walsall H D 1-1 8000 Ellaway    
18/12/1954 Crystal Palace A D 1-1 6906 Thomas    
25/12/1954 Swindon Town H W 2-1 6527 John Murphy  
27/12/1954 Swindon Town  A L 0-2 9550      
01/01/1955 Northampton Town H W 3-1 7040 MacKay McClelland John
22/01/1955 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic H D 1-1 7476 McClelland    
29/01/1955 Brighton and Hove Albion H W 3-1 7042 Houghton Dunne McClelland
05/02/1955 Queens Park Rangers A W 2-1 9576 Houghton Murphy  
12/02/1955 Newport County H D 1-1 6545 John    
19/02/1955 Torquay United H L 1-2 11160 MacKay    
26/02/1955 Brentford  A L 0-1 7450      
05/03/1955 Coventry City H D 0-0 7581      
12/03/1955 Southampton  A L 0-3 12419      
19/03/1955 Bristol City H L 0-1 12111      
23/03/1955 Brighton and Hove Albion  A L 3-5 3624 Houghton Mitchell John
26/03/1955 Leyton Orient  A L 0-5 11500      
02/04/1955 Gillingham H D 1-1 5179 Thomas    
08/04/1955 Aldershot  A L 2-4 6183 Houghton Thomas  
09/04/1955 Reading  A D 0-0 8271      
11/04/1955 Aldershot H L 0-1 6959      
16/04/1955 Shrewsbury Town H W 1-0 4944 McClelland    
23/04/1955 Walsall  A L 0-1 10953      
27/04/1955 Reading H W 3-1 4968 Davey Mackay (p) McClelland
30/04/1955 Millwall H L 1-4 6426 MacKay (p)    
02/05/1955 Millwall  A D 2-2 4930 Walton McClelland  
06/05/1955 Watford  A D 1-1 4125 Thomas    

Football League Third Division South  1954/55

Pld

W

D

L

F

A

Pts

Bristol City

46

30

10

6

101

47

70

Leyton Orient

46

26

9

11

89

47

61

Southampton

46

24

11

11

75

51

59

Gillingham

46

20

15

11

77

66

55

Millwall

46

20

11

15

72

68

51

Brighton & H A

46

20

10

16

76

63

50

Watford

46

18

14

14

71

62

50

Torquay United

46

18

12

16

82

82

48

Coventry City

46

18

11

17

67

59

47

Southend United

46

17

12

17

83

80

46

Brentford

46

16

14

16

82

82

46

Norwich City

46

18

10

18

60

60

46

Northampton Town

46

19

8

19

73

81

46

Aldershot

46

16

13

17

75

71

45

Queens Park R

46

15

14

17

69

75

44

Shrewsbury Town

46

16

10

20

70

78

42

Bournemouth & BA

46

12

18

16

57

65

42

Reading

46

13

15

18

65

73

41

Newport County

46

11

16

19

60

73

38

Crystal Palace

46

11

16

19

52

80

38

Swindon Town

46

11

15

20

46

64

37

Exeter City

46

11

15

20

47

73

37

Walsall

46

10

14

22

75

86

34

Colchester United

46

9

13

24

53

91

31

FA Cup

1954/55

Exeter Score 1st

20/11/1954

Millwall

Away

2-3

15610

Murphy, MacKay

R1

Devon Bowl

Floodlit Final, Exeter-Joint-Winners

1954/55

Exeter Score 1st

05/03/1955

Bideford

Home

5-1

John, Mitchell 2, Houghton, Anderson

1200

SF

08/11/1955

Torquay United

Home

2-2

Rees, Anderton(og)

1366

F

Friendlies

Friendlies

1954/55

Exeter score 1st

07/08/1954

Crediton

Away

10-0

1500

Ellaway 4, Mackay 3, Priestley 2, Mitchell

11/08/1954

Reds v Blues

Home

5-2

3133

Dunne, Doyle (og), Houghton, Mackay, McClelland v John, Callan.

14/08/1954

Reds v Blues

Home

2-4

1879

Grinney, Robinson v McClelland 2, Ellaway 2

28/08/1954

Tiverton Town

Away

4-3

19/01/1955

Poole Town

Away

2-3

3000

Houghton, Anderson

09/02/1955

St Lukes College

Home

1-0

800

Pond

14/02/1955

Grazer SportsKlub

Home

4-1

1430

Thomas, MacKay 2, (1 pen) Donaldson

21/02/1955

FC. Columbia

Home

4-2

853

Thomas, MacKay, Donaldson, McClelland

08/04/1955

Heavitree

Home

19/04/1955

Wolves

Home

3-1

5500

McClelland, MaKay, Thomas

21/04/1955

Bideford

Away

5-1

Mills 2, Mackay, Donaldson


Reserves 
Southern League
Results
Southern League 1954/55 Comments
21/08/1954 SL Tonbridge Away 1-2 John      
25/08/1954 SL Guildford Away 0-0 :      
28/08/1954 SL Dartford Home 3-1 Houghton 2 Setters    
01/09/1954 SL Cup 1 Bath City Home 2-2 John Doyle   Two Legs
04/09/1954 SL Hastings  Away 0-5 :     Attendance was more than 4000
08/09/1954 SL Cup 1 Bath City Away 2-2 John Doyle   Morton played in goal
11/09/1954 SL Weymouth Home 1-3 John      
15/09/1954 SL Gloucester City Home 2-3 Murphy 2      
18/09/1954 SL Lovells Athletic Away 2-1 Dodgin Murphy    
22/09/1954 SL Chelmsford Home 4-2 Houghton  McClelland  Anderson  Walton 
25/09/1954 SL Kettering Home 2-2 McClelland Walton    
02/10/1954 SL Worcester City Home 0-1 :      
06/10/1954 SL Guildford Home 3-0 Mackay 3      
09/10/1954 SL Kidderminster Away 1-2 Doyle      
14/10/1954 SL Gloucester City Away 1-1 John      
16/10/1954 SL Yeovil  Home 2-3 Rees Murphy    
20/10/1954 Sl Cup 2 Yeovil  Away 1-1 Donaldson      1st Leg
23/10/1954 SL Llanelly Away 0-4        
28/10/1954 Sl Cup 2 Yeovil  Home 1-3 Houghton     2nd Leg
30/10/1954 SL Hereford Home 5-2 Ellaway 3 Murphy  Dunne  
06/11/1954 SL Barry Town Away 1-1 Houghton       
13/11/1954 SL Cheltenham Home 3-1 Houghton  John Rees  
20/11/1954 SL Gravesend United Away 3-2 Houghton John 2    
27/11/1954 SL Bedford Town Home 1-0 Anderson      
04/12/1954 SL Headington Home 4-2 Walton 2 Jones Anderson  
11/12/1954 SL Barry Town Home 2-0 Houghton Anderson    
18/12/1954 SL Tonbridge Home 1-0 Houghton      
25/12/1954 SL Bath City Away 0-3 :     Attendance 3000
27/12/1954 SL Bath City Home 0-3 :     Attendance 4861
01/01/1955 SL Dartford Away 1-0 Priestley      
08/01/1955 SL Merthyr Home 3-0 Donaldson Murphy Rees  
22/01/1955 SL Weymouth Away 0-3 :      
29/01/1955 SL Kettering Away 2-1 Anderson Robinson    
05/02/1955 SL Lovells Athletic Home 3-2 Priestley MacKay Donaldson  
12/02/1955 SL Merthyr Away 1-1 MacKay      
19/02/1955 SL Worcester City Away 0-3 :      
05/03/1955 SL Yeovil  Away 0-3 :      
09/03/1955 SL Hastings  Home 1-0 Priestley      
12/03/1955 SL Llanelly Home 0-2 :      
19/03/1955 SL Hereford Away 1-6 Donaldson      
02/04/1955 SL Cheltenham Away 2-4 Donaldson Houghton    
08/04/1955 SL Chelmsford Away 4-2 Priestley 2 Donaldson Mackay  
09/04/1955 SL Kidderminster Home 2-0 MacKay (pen) Anderson    
16/04/1955 SL Bedford Town Away 0-3 :      
23/04/1955 SL Headington Home 0-2 :      

Southern Football League  1954/55

Pld

W

D

L

F

A

Pts

Yeovil Town

42

23

9

10

105

66

55

Weymouth

42

24

7

11

105

84

55

Hastings United

42

21

9

12

94

60

51

Cheltenham Town

42

21

8

13

85

72

50

Guildford City

42

20

8

14

72

59

48

Worcester City

42

19

10

13

80

73

48

Barry Town

42

16

15

11

82

87

47

Gloucester City

42

16

13

13

66

54

45

Bath City

42

18

9

15

73

80

45

Headington United

42

18

7

17

82

62

43

Kidderminster H

42

18

7

17

84

86

43

Merthyr Tydfil

42

17

8

17

97

94

42

Exeter City Res.

42

19

4

19

67

78

42

Lovells Athletic

42

15

11

16

71

68

41

Kettering Town

42

15

11

16

70

69

41

Hereford United

42

17

5

20

91

72

39

LIanelly

42

16

7

19

78

81

39

Bedford Town

42

16

3

23

75

103

35

Tonbridge

42

11

8

23

68

91

30

Dartford

42

9

12

21

55

76

30

Chelmsford City

42

11

6

25

73

111

28

Gravesend & N

42

9

9

24

62

97

27


Exeter City “A”

Results Matrix

Exeter A

PREMIER

Home

Away

St Lukes College

Tiverton Town

Exmouth Town

Heavitree United

Ottery St Mary

Topsham Town

Friernhay

Chelston

Clyst Valley

Torrington

Axminster Town

Dawlish Town

Lympstone

Budleigh Salterton



Exeter and District League
Premier League
Final Table 

PREMIER

P

W

D

L

F

A

PTS

1 St Lukes College

27

24

3

0

156

47

51

2 Tiverton Town

28

21

2

5

95

43

44

3 Exmouth Town

28

17

3

8

77

51

37

4 Exeter City A

27

15

5

7

82

49

35

5 Heavitree United

28

15

4

9

78

59

34

6 Ottery St Mary

27

12

5

10

81

77

29

7 Topsham Town

28

13

2

13

57

73

28

8 Friernhay

25

10

5

10

68

63

25

9 Chelston

27

11

3

13

72

81

25

10 Clyst Valley

27

9

5

13

53

80

23

11 Torrington

27

9

3

15

51

79

21

12 Axminster Town

27

9

4

14

57

69

20

13 Dawlish Town

28

5

8

15

46

72

18

14 Lympstone

28

3

4

21

40

113

10

15 Budleigh Salterton

28

2

4

22

47

104

8

Exeter City B 
Results Matrix 

SENIOR 1

Home

Away 

Beer Albion

I.T.C.RM

Sidmouth Town

Rockbeare

Cullompton

St Lukes College R

Tiverton Town Res

St Marks   

Seaton Town

Dawlish Town Res

Heavitree U Res 

British Rail

Colyton  



Exeter and District League 
Senior 1
Final Table 

SENIOR 1
1 Beer Albion  25 20 2 3 111 30 42
2 I.T.C.RM    26 19 2 5 145 50 40
3 Sidmouth Town 26 17 5 4 95 47 39
4 Rockbeare 26 16 3 7 104 56 35
5 Exeter City B 23 16 1 6 90 36 33
6 Cullompton 26 15 0 11 90 63 30
7 St Lukes College Res 23 14 1 8 89 57 29
8 Tiverton Town Res 23 10 2 11 53 83 22
9 St Marks   * 25 6 3 16 63 103 19
10 Seaton Town 23 8 2 13 74 83 18
11 Dawlish Town Res 25 8 1 16 59 117 17
12 Heavitree United Res * 25 4 3 18 41 88 9
13 British Rail 21 2 1 18 22 119 5
14 Colyton  * 24 1 2 21 35 139 4 

	

	    
		   
    	
		
		
		
		
		
		      
		
	   	
		
		
	
			
		
	
		

		
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