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

Final Table 

League Division 3 (South)
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. BRISTOL CITY             46  17  4  2  62  22  13  6  4  39  25   70
 2. Leyton Orient            46  16  2  5  48  20  10  7  6  41  27   61
 3. Southampton              46  16  6  1  49  19   8  5 10  26  32   59
 4. Gillingham               46  12  8  3  41  28   8  7  8  36  38   55
 5. Millwall                 46  14  6  3  44  25   6  5 12  28  43   51
 6. Brighton & Hove Albion   46  14  4  5  47  27   6  6 11  29  36   50
 7. Watford                  46  11  9  3  45  26   7  5 11  26  36   50
 8. Torquay United           46  12  6  5  51  39   6  6 11  31  43   48
 9. Coventry City            46  15  5  3  50  26   3  6 14  17  33   47
10. Southend United          46  13  5  5  48  28   4  7 12  35  52   46
11. Brentford                46  11  6  6  44  36   5  8 10  38  46   46
12. Norwich City             46  13  5  5  40  23   5  5 13  20  37   46
13. Northampton              46  13  5  5  47  27   6  3 14  26  54   46
14. Aldershot                46  12  6  5  44  23   4  7 12  31  48   45
15. Queen's Park Rangers     46  13  7  3  46  25   2  7 14  23  50   44
16. Shrewsbury Town          46  14  5  4  49  24   2  5 16  21  54   42
17. Bournemouth              46   7  8  8  32  29   5 10  8  25  36   42
18. Reading                  46   7 10  6  32  26   6  5 12  33  47   41
19. Newport County           46   8  8  7  32  29   3  8 12  28  44   38
20. Crystal Palace           46   9 11  3  32  24   2  5 16  20  56   38
21. Swindon Town             46  10  8  5  30  19   1  7 15  16  45   37
22. Exeter City              46   9  7  7  30  31   2  8 13  17  42   37
23. Walsall                  46   9  6  8  49  36   1  8 14  26  50   34
24. Colchester United        46   7  6 10  33  40   2  7 14  20  51   31

FA Cup

1954/55
20/11/1954	Millwall	Away	2-3	15610	Murphy, MacKay	R1

Devon Bowl

1954/55
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	Floodlit Final, EXETER-Joint-Winners

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	:

Final Table 
Southern League

                                   P  W  D  L   F   A Pts
 1.Yeovil T                       42 23  9 10 105  66  55
 2.Weymouth                       42 24  7 11 105  84  55
 3.Hastings U                     42 21  9 12  94  60  51
 4.Cheltenham T.                  42 21  8 13  85  72  50
 5.Guildford C                    42 20  8 14  72  59  48
 6.Worcester C                    42 19 10 13  80  73  48
 7.Barry T                        42 16 15 11  82  87  47
 8.Gloucester C                   42 16 13 13  66  54  45
 9.Bath C                         42 18  9 15  73  80  45
10.Headington U                   42 18  7 17  82  62  43
11.Kidderminster H                42 18  7 17  84  86  43
12.Merthyr T                      42 17  8 17  97  94  42
13.Exeter C                       42 19  4 19  67  78  42
14.Lovell's A                     42 15 11 16  71  68  41
15.Kettering T                    42 15 11 16  70  69  41
16.Hereford U                     42 17  5 20  91  72  39
17.Llanelly                       42 16  7 19  78  81  39
18.Bedford T                      42 16  3 23  75 103  35
19.Tonbridge                      42 11  8 23  68  91  30
20.Dartford                       42  9 12 21  55  76  30
21.Chelmsford C.                  42 11  6 25  73 111  28
22.Gravesend & Northfleet         42  9  9 24  62  97  27

Exeter City “A”
Results


Exeter and District League 
Premier League

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 
Exeter and District League 
Senior 1

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

1950s, 1954/55, Alec Bell, Andrew Donaldson, Angus Mackay, Arnold Mitchell, Brian Doyle, Charles McClelland, Dennis Callan, Edward Murphy, Evan Williams, Frank Houghton, Fred Davey, Geoffrey Morton, Gerald Priestley, Gordon Kaile, Graham Rees, Hugh Kelly, John Anderson, John Owens, Keith Harvey, Leslie Doyle, Maurice Setters, Norman Dodgin, Norman Douglass, Raymond John, Richard Walton, Squad Photograph, Thomas Dunne, Timeline, William Ellaway