Squad Photo from the 1926/27 season.



In this season Exeter finished 12th in Division Three South and enjoyed a good FA Cup campaign that ended in the Third Round.

League Position: 12th


FA Cup
First Round: Aberdare Athletic (H), 3-0
Second Round, Northampton Town (H), 1-0
Third Round: Accrington Stanley (H), 0-2

First team results
Third Division South 

26/08/1926	Merthyr Town	H	W	3-0	8000	Walker	Blackmore 2
30/08/1926	Swindon Town	A	L	2-4	4500	Purcell	Pool
04/09/1926	Southend United	A	W	2-1	6000	Blackmore	Walker
11/09/1926	Exeter City v Luton Town	H	L	1-2	8000	Charlton (p)
15/09/1926	Bristol Rovers	H	D	1-1	6000	Blackmore
18/09/1926	Norwich City	A	D	4-4	8500	Hannah (og)	Blackmore 2	Phoenix
25/09/1926	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	D	0-0	7000	:
02/10/1926	Northampton Town	A	D	2-2	5000	Phoenix 2
09/10/1926	Brentford	H	W	3-1	7000	Blackmore 2	Phoenix
16/10/1926	Bristol City	A	L	2-3	14000	Lievesley	Compton
23/10/1926	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	H	W	4-0	6000	Blackmore 3	Lievesley
30/10/1926	Newport County	A	L	0-2	7000	:
06/11/1926	Aberdare Athletic	H	W	2-1	6000	Blackmore	Charlton
13/11/1926	Gillingham	A	L	2-3	4000	Blackmore	Compton
20/11/1926	Watford	H	W	2-0	5000	Compton	Blackmore
04/12/1926	Coventry City	H	W	8-1	6000	Dent 2	Compton 2	Purcell 2	Blackmore 2
18/12/1926	Charlton Athletic	H	W	1-0	6000	Blackmore
25/12/1926	Plymouth Argyle	A	L	0-2	15000	:
27/12/1926	Plymouth Argyle	H	L	0-2	19221	:
28/12/1926	Bristol Rovers	A	L	1-3	17000	Parkin
01/01/1927	Swindon Town	H	W	3-1	8000	Charlton (p)	Phoenix 2
15/01/1927	Merthyr Town	A	D	3-3	2000	Lievesley	Blackmore	McDevitt
22/01/1927	Southend United	H	W	2-0	5000	Lievesley	Blackmore
29/01/1927	Luton Town	A	D	2-2	6000	Phoenix	Potter
05/02/1927	Norwich City	H	W	1-0	5000	Campbell (og)
09/02/1927	Crystal Palace	A	L	0-1	8000	:
12/02/1927	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	L	2-5	10000	Purcell	Blackmore
19/02/1927	Northampton Town	H	W	3-2	6000	Blackmore 2	Lowton (p)
24/02/1927	Queens Park Rangers	A	D	1-1	3000	McDevitt
26/02/1927	Brentford	A	L	1-6	7000	Compton
05/03/1927	Bristol City	H	D	1-1	8000	Blackmore
12/03/1927	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	A	L	3-4	7000	Blackmore 2	Lievesley
19/03/1927	Newport County	H	W	2-1	5000	Compton	Purcell
26/03/1927	Aberdare Athletic	A	L	1-3	6000	Lowton (p)
02/04/1927	Gillingham	H	W	5-1	3000	Lowton (p)	Lievesley 4
09/04/1927	Watford	A	L	0-1	3000	:
15/04/1927	Millwall	A	L	2-4	15000	Lievesley
16/04/1927	Crystal Palace	H	W	3-1	6000	Dent	Lievesley	Purcell
18/04/1927	Millwall	H	D	1-0	10500	Purcell
23/04/1927	Coventry City	A	D	0-0	8000	:
30/04/1927	Queens Park Rangers	H	L	0-2	6000	:
07/05/1927	Charlton Athletic	A	L	0-1	8000	:

Final League Table

League Division 3 (South)
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. BRISTOL CITY             42  19  1  1  71  24   8  7  6  33  30   62
 2. Plymouth Argyle          42  17  4  0  52  14   8  6  7  43  47   60
 3. Millwall                 42  16  2  3  55  19   7  8  6  34  32   56
 4. Brighton & Hove Albion   42  15  4  2  61  24   6  7  8  18  26   53
 5. Swindon Town             42  16  3  2  64  31   5  6 10  36  54   51
 6. Crystal Palace           42  12  6  3  57  33   6  3 12  27  48   45
 7. Bournemouth              42  13  2  6  49  24   5  6 10  29  42   44
 8. Luton Town               42  12  9  0  48  19   3  5 13  20  47   44
 9. Newport County           42  15  4  2  40  20   4  2 15  17  51   44
10. Bristol Rovers           42  12  4  5  46  28   4  5 12  32  52   41
11. Brentford                42  10  9  2  46  20   3  5 13  24  41   40
12. Exeter City              42  14  4  3  46  18   1  6 14  30  55   40
13. Charlton Athletic        42  13  5  3  44  22   3  3 15  16  39   40
14. Queen's Park Rangers     42   9  8  4  41  27   6  1 14  24  44   39
15. Coventry City            42  11  4  6  44  33   4  3 14  27  53   37
16. Norwich City             42  10  5  6  41  25   2  6 13  18  46   35
17. Merthyr Town             42  11  5  5  42  25   2  4 15  21  55   35
18. Northampton              42  13  4  4  36  23   2  1 18  23  64   35
19. Southend United          42  12  3  6  44  25   2  3 16  20  52   34
20. Gillingham               42  10  5  6  36  26   1  5 15  18  46   32
21. Watford                  42   9  6  6  36  27   3  2 16  21  60   32
22. ABERDARE ATHLETIC        42   8  2 11  38  48   1  5 15  24  53   25

FA Cup

1926/27
27 November 1926	Aberdare Athletic	Home	3-0	9000	Compton 2, Purcell	R1
11 December 1926	Northampton	Home	1-0	11314	McDevitt	R2
08 January 1927	Accrington Stanley	Home	0-2	13647	:	R3

 

Reserves
Southern League 
Division One West 

Results

Southern League (West)
01/09/1926	League	Swindon Town	Home	3-1	Thompson 2	Dent
08/09/1926	League	Bristol Rovers	Home	5-0	Thompson	Newman	Parkin	Phoenix	Dent
11/09/1926	League	Yeovil	Away	1-5	Newman
13/09/1926	League	Bristol Rovers	Away	1-2	Newberry
25/09/1926	League	Weymouth	Away	0-1	:
02/10/1926	League	Ebbw Vale	Home	3-0	Newberry 2	Parkin
09/10/1926	League	Torquay United	Away	0-4	:
23/10/1926	League	Ebbw Vale	Away	1-5	Dent
30/10/1926	League	Torquay United	Home	1-0	Lowton
06/11/1926	League	Mid Rhondda	Away	1-1	Lievesley
13/11/1926	League	Newport	Home	1-1	Dent
18/12/1926	League	Bath City	Away	1-1	Lowton
25/12/1926	League	Plymouth Argyle	Home	2-2	Burrows	Thompson
27/12/1926	League	Plymouth Argyle	Away	0-1	:
01/01/1927	League	Swindon Town	Away	1-5	Lievesley
15/01/1927	League	Barry Town	Home	6-1	Thompson 3	Phoenix 2	Dent
22/01/1927	League	Barry Town	Away	1-1	Phoenix
12/02/1927	League	Mid Rhondda	Home	6-0	Compton 3	Phoenix	Lievesley	Thompson
16/02/1927	League	Yeovil	Home	5-2	Lievesley 3	Parkin 2
26/02/1927	League	Taunton Town	Home	10-2	Thompson 4	Phoenix 4	Parkin	Dent
12/03/1927	Friendly	P &  D League	Home	4-2	Parkin	Thompson	Walker	Phoenix
19/03/1927	League	Newport	Away	1-1	Newman
26/03/1927	League	Weymouth	Home	2-3	Dent	Walker
15/04/1927	League	Bristol City	Home	1-2	Thompson
16/04/1927	League	Taunton Town	Away	4-3	Thompson 2	Burrows 2
18/04/1927	League	Bristol City	Away	2-4	Thompson	Phoenix
07/05/1927	League	Bath City	Home	3-1	Thompson 2	Pullan

Final Table 

Southern League Western Section 1926-27
Torquay United	26	17	4	5	63	30	38
Bristol City Reserves	26	14	10	2	77	37	38
Plymouth Argyle Reserves	26	15	4	7	56	38	34
Ebbw Vale	26	14	2	10	67	45	30
Bristol Rovers Reserves	26	12	4	10	51	43	28
Swindon Town Reserves	26	11	5	10	60	57	27
Barry	26	11	4	11	65	50	26
Exeter City Reserves	26	10	6	10	62	49	26
Weymouth	26	12	2	12	48	65	26
Newport County Reserves	26	9	6	11	57	53	24
Bath City	26	7	9	10	44	52	23
Yeovil & Petters United	26	9	5	12	49	66	23
Taunton United	26	4	4	18	36	83	12
Mid Rhondda United	26	2	5	19	22	89	9

Western league
Results 

Western League
28/08/1926	League	Plymouth Argyle	Away	2-3	Thompson 2
04/09/1926	League	Plymouth Argyle	Home	2-0	Thompson 2
18/09/1926	League	Bristol City	Home	3-4	Thompson	Lievesley 2
22/09/1926	League	Poole Town	Home	5-2	Lievesley 2	Phoenix 3
13/10/1926	League	Swindon Town	Home	6-3	Dent 6
16/10/1926	League	Taunton Town	Home	5-1	Dent 4	McDevitt
20/10/1926	League	Swindon Town	Away	2-0	McDevitt	Dent
27/10/1926	League	Weymouth	Home	3-0	Dent 2	Stallard (og)
20/11/1926	League	Torquay United	Away	2-4	Lievesley 2
27/11/1926	League	Bath City	Away	4-2	Phoenix 2	Lievesley 2
04/12/1926	League	Weymouth	Away	1-1	Phoenix
28/12/1926	League	Yeovil	Home	5-3	Burrows 3	Newman	Butler
06/01/1927	League	Lovells Ath	Away	3-5	Lievesley	Thompson	Hutchings
29/01/1927	League	Torquay United	Home	3-3	Dent	Parkin	Walker
05/02/1927	League	Taunton Town	Away	4-2	Thompson 2	Petherick	Walker
19/02/1927	League	Poole Town	Away	1-4	Phoenix
05/03/1927	League	Bristol City	Away	0-2	:
16/03/1927	League	Lovells Ath	Home	4-0	Thompson 2	Phoenix 2
06/04/1926	League	Bath City	Home	1-1	Phoenix
19/04/1927	League	Bristol Rovers	Away	2-3	Lievesley	Phoenix
30/04/1927	League	Yeovil	Away	2-5	Thompson	Good
03/05/1927	League	Bristol Rovers	Home	1-5	Good

FINAL TABLE WESTERN LEAGUE 
DIVISION 1 '26-'27

 1. Bristol City II            22  16  2  4 59-32 34
 2. Torquay United             22  14  4  4 47-27 32   
 3. Plymouth Argyle II         22  13  1  8 63-37 27        
 4. Lovell's Athletic          22  11  5  6 47-36 27         
 5. Bristol Rovers II          22  12  3  7 49-41 27         
 6. Exeter City II             22  10  3  9 61-53 23         
 7. Yeovil & Petters           22  10  1 11 48-44 21         
 8. Swindon Town II            22   9  2 11 41-47 20  
 9. Bath City                  22   8  3 11 35-50 19        
10. Poole                      22   6  2 14 40-69 14   
11. Taunton United             22   4  3 15 28-55 11      
12. Weymouth                   22   3  3 16 30-57  9        

1920s, 1926/27, Albert Potter, Alexander Pool, Arthur Pheonix, C Wells, Charles Miller, E Head, E Jones, F Nichols, Frank Newman, Frank Thompson, Fred Dent, Fred Mavin, Fred Parkhouse, George Purcell, Harold Blackmore, Harold Kirk, Harry Bailey, Hugh Good, J Orchard, J Penegelly, James Garratt, James Walker, Jock Ditchburn, MIchael McGahey, Oswald Randall, P Newbery, Robert Pollard, Robert Pullan, Squad Photograph, Stan Charlton, Thomas Parkin, Timeline, W Sanders, Wilfred Lievesley, Wilfred Lowton, William Compton, William McDevitt