1926/27
All Results and information

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


Squad Photo from the 1926/27 season.




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

Pld

W

D

L

F

A

Pts

Bristol City

42

27

8

7

104

54

62

Plymouth Argyle

42

25

10

7

95

61

60

Millwall

42

23

10

9

89

51

56

Brighton & Hove Albion

42

21

11

10

79

50

53

Swindon Town

42

21

9

12

100

85

51

Crystal Palace

42

18

9

15

84

81

45

Bournemouth & Boscambe Athletic

42

18

8

16

78

66

44

Luton Town

42

15

14

13

68

66

44

Newport County

42

19

6

17

57

71

44

Bristol Rovers

42

16

9

17

78

80

41

Brentford

42

13

14

15

70

61

40

Exeter City

42

15

10

17

76

73

40

Charlton Athletic

42

16

8

18

60

61

40

Queens Park Rangers

42

15

9

18

65

71

39

Coventry City

42

15

7

20

71

86

37

Norwich City

42

12

11

19

59

71

35

Merthyr Town

42

13

9

20

63

80

35

Northampton Town

42

15

5

22

59

87

35

Southend United

42

14

6

22

64

77

34

Gillingham

42

11

10

21

54

72

32

Watford

42

12

8

22

57

87

32

Aberdare Athletic

42

9

7

26

62

101

25

 

FA Cup

1926/27

Exeter Score 1st 

27/11/1926

Aberdare Athletic

Home

3-0

9000

Compton 2, Purcell

R1

11/12/1926

Northampton

Home

1-0

11314

McDevitt

R2

08/11/1927

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 

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

Pts

Bristol City Res.

22

16

2

4

59

32

34

Torquay U  

22

14

4

4

47

27

32

Plymouth A Res

22

13

1

8

63

37

27

Lovells Athletic

22

11

5

6

47

36

27

Bristol Rovers Res

22

12

3

7

49

41

27

Exeter City Res

22

10

3

9

61

53

23

Yeovil & Petters U

22

10

1

11

48

44

21

Swindon T Res.

22

9

2

11

41

47

20

Bath City Res.

22

8

3

11

35

50

19

Poole

22

6

2

14

40

69

14

Taunton 

22

4

3

15

28

55

11

Weymouth 

22

3

3

16

30

57

9

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