The Grecian Archive

Squad Photograph from 1978/79,
In this season Exeter finished 9th in Division Three and reached the Second Round of the FA Cup. In the League Cup however they fared well, losing in the Fourth Round.

League Stats Played: 46 Won: 17, Drew: 15, Lost: 14 Goals For: 61, Goals Against: 56 Points: 49
FA Cup

First Round: Brentford (H), 1-0
Second Round: Maidstone United (A), 1-0

League Cup

First Round (played over two legs): AFC Bournemouth (A), 0-1 and (H), 1-1. Exeter won 2-1 on aggregate.
Second Round: Blackburn Rovers (H), 2-1
Third Round: Bolton Wanderers (H), 2-1
Fourth Round: Watford (H), 0-2

First Team
Results

				Exeter score 1st
19/08/1978	Mansfield Town	H	D	0-0	3704	:
26/08/1978	Chester	A	L	0-3	3431	:
02/09/1978	Brentford	H	D	2-2	3604	Bowker 2
09/09/1978	Chesterfield	A	W	1-0	3936	Kellow
13/09/1978	Shrewsbury Town	H	L	0-1	3732	:
16/09/1978	Oxford United	A	L	2-3	5441	Bowker	Templeman
23/09/1978	Hull City	H	W	3-1	3733	Kellow	Delve	Bowker
27/09/1978	Colchester United	H	W	2-1	3421	Kellow	Bowker
30/09/1978	Peterborough Utd	A	D	1-1	6714	Holman
07/10/1978	Gillingham	H	D	0-0	4241	:
14/10/1978	Swansea City	A	L	0-1	10957	:
18/10/1978	Blackpool	H	W	3-0	3993	Kellow 2	Bowker
21/10/1978	Bury	H	W	2-1	3840	Kellow	Bowker
24/10/1978	Sheffield Wednesday	A	L	1-2	11139	Kellow
28/10/1978	Watford	A	L	0-1	14797	:
04/11/1978	Tranmere Rovers	H	W	3-0	3526	Bowker 2	Hatch
11/11/1978	Brentford	A	D	0-0	6390	:
18/11/1978	Chester	H	L	0-1	3985	:
02/12/1978	Southend United	H	D	0-0	3195	:
09/12/1978	Carlisle United	A	D	1-1	4568	Roberts
26/12/1978	Walsall	H	W	3-1	4159	Sims	Randell	Pearson
30/12/1978	Lincoln City	H	W	3-2	3810	Sims 2	Pearson
13/01/1979	Chesterfield	H	W	3-1	3671	Neville	Delve	Roberts
20/01/1979	Oxford United	H	W	2-0	4532	Neville	Randell
02/02/1979	Colchester United	A	D	2-2	2767	Neville 2
10/02/1979	Peterborough United	H	W	1-0	3844	Pearson
24/02/1979	Swansea City	H	W	2-1	7697	Delve	Sims
27/02/1979	Plymouth Argyle	A	L	2-4	12637	Delve	Sims
03/03/1979	Bury	A	L	2-4	3425	Hatch	Giles
10/03/1979	Watford	H	D	0-0	7082	:
16/03/1979	Tranmere Rovers	A	D	2-2	984	Sims	Roberts
24/03/1979	Sheffield Wednesday	H	D	2-2	4521	Neville	Sims
26/03/1979	Mansfield Town	A	D	1-1	4562	Bowker
31/03/1979	Rotherham United	H	W	2-0	3349	Randell	Sims
03/04/1979	Swindon Town	A	D	1-1	7923	Sims
06/04/1979	Southend United	A	W	1-0	6733	Neville (p)
11/04/1979	Swindon Town	H	L	1-2	5548	Sims
14/04/1979	Walsall	A	D	2-2	3118	Rogers	Delve
17/04/1979	Plymouth Argyle	H	W	1-0	8022	Rogers
21/04/1979	Lincoln City	A	W	1-0	2675	Neville (p)
24/04/1979	Blackpool	A	D	1-1	3136	Sims
28/04/1979	Carlisle United	H	W	3-2	4229	Neville 2 (1p)	Rogers
05/05/1979	Rotherham United	A	L	1-2	2217	Bowker
07/05/1979	Hull City	A	L	0-1	4079	:
14/05/1979	Gillingham	A	L	0-2	8788	:
17/05/1979	Shrewsbury Town	A	L	1-4	14441	Delve

Final Table

League Division 3

	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
Shrewsbury Town	46	21	19	6	61	41	+20	61
Watford	46	24	12	10	83	52	+31	60
Swansea City	46	24	12	10	83	61	+22	60
Gillingham	46	21	17	8	65	42	+23	59
Swindon Town	46	25	7	14	74	52	+22	57
Carlisle United	46	15	22	9	53	42	+11	52
Colchester United	46	17	17	12	60	55	+5	51
Hull City	46	19	11	16	66	61	+5	49
Exeter City	46	17	15	14	61	56	+5	49
Brentford	46	19	9	18	53	49	+4	47
Oxford United	46	14	18	14	44	50	-6	46
Blackpool	46	18	9	19	61	59	+2	45
Southend United	46	15	15	16	51	49	+2	45
Sheffield Wed	46	13	19	14	53	53	0	45
Plymouth Argyle	46	15	14	17	67	68	-1	44
Chester	46	14	16	16	57	61	-4	44
Rotherham United	46	17	10	19	49	55	-6	44
Mansfield Town	46	12	19	15	51	52	-1	43
Bury	46	11	20	15	59	65	-6	42
Chesterfield	46	13	14	19	51	65	-14	40
Peterborough Utd	46	11	14	21	44	63	-19	36
Walsall	46	10	12	24	56	71	-15	32
Tranmere Rovers	46	6	16	24	45	78	-33	28
Lincoln City	46	7	11	28	41	88	-47	25

FA Cup

1978/79			Exeter score 1st
25/11/1978	Brentford	Home	1-0	3782	Forbes	R1
16/12/1978	Maidstone United	Away	0-1	3685	:	R2

League Cup

1978/79			Exeter score 1st
12/08/1978	AFC Bournemouth	Away	1-0	5000	Kellow	LC 1 Ist Leg
15/08/1978	AFC Bournemouth	Home	1-1	3500	Delve	LC 1 2nd Leg
29/08/1978	Blackburn Rovers	Home	2-1	4250	Bowker, Delve	LC 2
04/10/1978	Bolton Wanderers	Home	2-1	9151	Delve, Kellow (pen)	LC 3
08/11/1978	Watford	Home	0-2	14740	:	LC 4

Friendlies

			Exeter score 1st
26/07/1978	Axminster	Away	7-0	400
27/07/1978	Foxhole (Cornwall)	Away	8-1	300	Kellow 4, Bowker, Hodge, Ingham 2	Opening of new pitch at Foxhole
02/08/1978	Stoke City	Home	0-1	1000	:
03/08/1978	Torquay United	C & F		N/K
09/08/1978	Wellington	Away	1-2	300	Hatch (pen)
27/11/1978	Poole Town	Away
11/12/1978	West Bromwich Albion	Home	2-2	4474	Roberts, Neville	Alan Beer Testimonial
18/01/1979	Nottingham Forest	Home	0-5	9479	:	Nicky Jennings Testimonial.
28/03/1979	Great Britain v Belgium	At SJP				Police International Football Match
30/04/1979	Ilfracombe	Away

FA Youth Cup

1978/79			Exeter score 1st
04/09/1978	Poole Town	Home	1-2	Roy Ireland (pen)		QF1

Reserves

Western League Premier Division

Results

Western League			Exeter score 1st
09/08/1978	Wellington	Away	1-2	Hatch		Friendly
12/08/1978	Plymouth Argyle	Home	2-0
19/08/1978	Bideford	Away	0-2	:
22/08/1978	Dawlish	Home	2-1	Colin Bickley	Andy White
26/08/1978	Clevedon	Home	3-0	Roy Ireland 2	Frank Howarth
30/08/1968	Ilminster	Away	3-2	Fred Ingham 2
02/09/1978	Clandown	Away	1-0	Fred Ingham
06/09/1978	Shepton Mallet	Away	0-2	:
09/09/1978	Keynsham	Home	1-0	Andy White
16/09/1978	Mangotsfield	Home	1-3	Andy White
19/09/1978	Tiverton	Away	0-1	:
23/09/1978	Weston Super Mare	Away	1-1	Ingham
30/09/1978	Barnstaple	Home	2-7	Roy Ireland	Steve Reed		Steve Neville Debut
07/10/1978	Falmouth	Away	1-2	Fred Ingham
10/10/1978	Saltash	Home	1-3	Andy White
14/10/1978	Paulton Rovers	Home	1-2	Andy White
21/10/1978	Frome	Away	1-1	Colin Bickley
04/11/1978	Barnstaple	Away	1-5	Roy Ireland
11/11/1978	Falmouth	Home	0-4	:
18/11/1978	Saltash	Away	1-2
25/11/1978	Bridport	Away	0-2	:			Ian Pearson Debut
02/12/1978	Keynsham	Away	1-2
06/12/1978	Bideford	Away	0-4	:
09/12/1978	Weston Super Mare	Home	1-7	Fred Ingham
16/12/1978	Paulton Rovers	Away	1-0	Roy Ireland
26/12/1978	Dawlish	Away	1-1	Roy Ireland
30/12/1978	Bridgwater	Away	2-0	Andy White	Fred Ingham
20/01/1979	Glastonbury	Away	1-2	Simon Harris
03/02/1979	Bridgwater	Home	1-2	Ingham
10/02/1979	Clevedon	Away	5-3	Hartnell	Andy Bell	Andy White	Maybury	Balson
24/02/1979	Tiverton	Home	1-1	Roberts
03/03/1979	Glastonbury	Home	0-1	:
06/03/1979	Frome	Home	1-3	Gay
17/03/1979	Clandown	Home	2-1	Ingham	Howarth
20/03/1979	Ilminster	Home	0-1	:
24/03/1979	Welton Rovers	Away	0-4	:
03/04/1979	Bridport	Home	2-2	Andy Bell 2
07/04/1979	Shepton Mallet	Home	5-0	Andy Bell 3	Andy White	Ingham
28/04/1979	Mangotsfield	Away	1-3	Ingham
05/05/1979	Welton Rovers	Home	2-0	Andy Bell 2

Final Table

Western League - Premier Division

	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
Frome Town	38	21	12	5	60	29	+31	75
Bideford	38	22	8	8	76	39	+37	74
Saltash United	38	19	10	9	65	39	+26	67
Barnstaple Town	38	18	10	10	65	35	+30	64
Tiverton Town	38	17	9	12	71	60	+11	60
Clandown	38	16	11	11	58	49	+9	59
Weston S-M	38	14	15	9	65	48	+17	57
Falmouth Town	38	15	9	14	51	47	+4	54
Paulton Rovers	38	15	9	14	40	48	−8	54
Bridport	38	13	13	12	54	50	+4	52
Bridgwater Toen	38	14	9	15	57	53	+4	51
Keynsham Town	38	13	12	13	47	57	−10	51
Mangotsfield	38	15	2	21	53	64	−11	47
Ilminster Town	38	11	12	15	45	55	−10	45
Welton Rovers	38	11	8	19	44	59	−15	41
Exeter City Res.	38	12	5	21	48	75	−27	41
Clevedon Town	38	11	7	20	50	64	−14	40
Dawlish	38	10	10	18	43	61	−18	40
Shepton Mallet	38	10	10	18	48	74	−26	40
Glastonbury	38	8	9	21	42	76	−34	33

South West and Wales Youth League

Results

				Exeter score 1st

14/10/1978	League	Cheltenham Town	Home	1-2	Howarth (Peter
25/10/1978	League	Cheltenham Town	Away


06/03/1979	League	Bridgend Town	Away	2-1	Dummett	Lewis
03/04/1979	League	Mangotsfield	Away	1-1	Musgrove