Squad Photograph from the 1998/99 season in which Exeter finished 12th in the Third Division.

In the FA Cup they reached the Second Round, and only the First Round in the League Cup. Although in the Football League Association Members' Cup Exeter fared better and were knocked out in the Quarter Final South.

League Stats: Position: 12th P: 46, W: 17, D: 12, L: 17 Goals For: 47 Goals Against: 50 Points: 63.

FA Cup First Round: Tamworth (A), 2-2. Replay, 4-1 Second Round: Bristol Rovers (H), 2-2. Replay, 5-0

League Cup First Round: Ipswich Town (H), 1-1 and (A), 5-1. Exeter lost 2-6 on aggregate Football League

Association Members' Cup First Round: Bye Second Round South: Southend United (H), 3-1 Quarter Final South: Cambridge United (A), 1-1. Exeter lost 3-5 on penalties.

League Results

Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	Att	Posn	Goalscorers
08/08/98	Swansea City	A	0-2	5809	20
15/08/98	Scarborough	H	1-0	2703	18	Gittens
22/08/98	Torquay United	A	0-1	3739	20
29/08/98	Carlisle United	H	2-0	2661	10	Breslan, Flack
31/08/98	Peterborough United	A	1-4	4256	14	Rowbotham
05/09/98	Chester City	H	0-1	2551	21
08/09/98	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	1-0	2519	20	Breslan
12/09/98	Hartlepool United	A	3-4	2106	19	Rowbotham, McConnell, Breslan
19/09/98	Barnet	H	1-0	2523	14	Rowbotham
26/09/98	Cambridge United	A	1-1	3061	16	Richardson
03/10/98	Mansfield Town	H	2-1	3024	11	Flack, Richardson
09/10/98	Leyton Orient	A	0-2	3349	13
17/10/98	Scunthorpe United	H	2-2	2885	15	Wilkinson, Flack
20/10/98	Hull City	H	3-0	2101	13	McConnell, Richardson, Rowbotham
31/10/98	Cardiff City	A	0-1	5411	14
07/11/98	Southend United	H	2-1	3085	11	McConnell, Flack
10/11/98	Rochdale	A	1-1	1639	14	Gittens
21/11/98	Shrewsbury Town	H	0-1	3510	16
28/11/98	Rotherham United	A	0-0	3489	15
12/12/98	Brentford	H	0-1	2793	15
19/12/98	Halifax Town	A	1-1	2342	18	Og (Stoneman)
26/12/98	Torquay United	H	1-1	5575	18	Flack,
28/12/98	Plymouth Argyle	A	0-1	11936	19
02/01/99	Carlisle United	A	3-1	3340	17	Rees, Holloway, Flack
09/01/99	Swansea City	H	4-0	3213	16	Curran, Flack 2, Quailley
16/01/99	Scarborough	A	0-1	2002	16
23/01/99	Peterborough United	H	2-0	2933	13	Flack 2
30/01/99	Plymouth Argyle	H	1-1	6746	13	Fry
06/02/99	Chester City	A	0-0	2243	14
13/02/99	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	1-0	4005	13	Rowbotham
20/02/99	Hartlepool United	H	2-1	2987	12	Quailey, Flack
27/02/99	Barnet	A	1-0	2072	12	Tosh
06/03/99	Cambridge United	H	0-3	3478	12
13/03/99	Southend United	A	0-0	3695	12
20/03/99	Cardiff City	H	0-2	3653	13
26/03/99	Darlington	H	0-0	3179	13
03/04/99	Scunthorpe United	A	0-2	3419	14
05/04/99	Leyton Orient	H	1-1	2764	14	Wilkinson
10/04/99	Hull City	A	1-2	5836	16	McConnell
13/04/99	Rotherham United	H	3-0	1929	13	Curran, Og (Whelan), McConnell (pen)
17/04/99	Shrewsbury Town	A	1-1	2419	13	Tosh
24/04/99	Rochdale	H	2-1	2543	13	Curran, Fry
27/04/99	Mansfield Town	A	1-0	2830	12	Breslan
01/05/99	Brentford	H	0-3	6977	12
04/05/99	Darlington	A	0-4	2450	12
08/05/99	Halifax Town	H	2-1	3180	12	Og (Thackery), Curran

Third Division 
Final Table

 1.Brentford               46  26  7 13  79-56  85  
 2.Cambridge United        46  23 12 11  78-48  81  
 3.Cardiff City            46  22 14 10  60-39  80  
 P4.Scunthorpe United       46  22  8 16  69-58  74  
 5.Rotherham United        46  20 13 13  79-61  73  
 6.Leyton Orient           46  19 15 12  68-59  72  
 7.Swansea City            46  19 14 13  56-48  71  
 
 8.Mansfield Town          46  19 10 17  60-58  67
 9.Peterborough United     46  18 12 16  72-56  66
10.Halifax Town            46  17 15 14  58-56  66
11.Darlington              46  18 11 17  69-58  65
12.Exeter City             46  17 12 17  47-50  63
13.Plymouth Argyle         46  17 10 19  58-54  61
14.Chester City            46  13 18 15  57-66  57
15.Shrewsbury Town         46  14 14 18  52-63  56
16.Barnet                  46  14 13 19  54-71  55
17.Brighton & Hove Albion  46  16  7 23  49-66  55
18.Southend United         46  14 12 20  52-58  54
19.Rochdale                46  13 15 18  42-55  54
20.Torquay United          46  12 17 17  47-58  53
21.Hull City               46  14 11 21  44-62  53
22.Hartlepool United       46  13 12 21  52-65  51
23.Carlisle United         46  11 16 19  43-53  49
24.Scarborough             46  14  6 26  50-77  48  

Other Games

FA Cup

1998/99
14/11/1998	Tamworth	Away	2-2	2485	Gittens, Richardson	R1
24/11/1998	Tamworth	Home	4-1	3152	Rowe (og), Rowbotham 2, Flack	R1 Replay
05/12/1998	Bristol Rovers	Home	2-2	4352	Flack, Gardener	R2
15/12/1998	Bristol Rovers	Away	0-5	5093	:	R2 Replay

League Cup

1998/99
August 11, 1998	Ipswich Town	Home	1-1	3233	Richardson	LC 1 Ist Leg
August 18, 1998	Ipswich Town	Away	1-5	7952	Richardson	LC 1 2nd Leg

Football League Trophy

1998/99
19/01/1999	Cambridge United	Away	QF S	1-1	Flack	2758	Auto Windscreens Shield	Lost 5-3 on Pens
05/01/1999	Southend United	Home	R2	3-1	Quailley, Clark, Flack	1143	Auto Windscreens Shield	Bye in R1

Devon Bowl

1998/99
08/12/1998	Barnstaple	Away	2-0	Waugh, Breslan.	192	R1
24/01/1998	Bideford	Away	6-0			QF
29/04/1999	Tiverton Town	Away	5-3	Rowbotham 2, Gardner, Chesterfield, Waugh	849	SF
10/05/1999	Plymouth Argyle	Away	0-1	:	370	F

Friendlies

1998/99
			Exeter score 1st
15/07/1998	Birmingham City	Home	0-4	1316	:
17/07/1998	Portsmouth	Home	0-2	1005	:
21/07/1998	Panionos	Home	1-2	1165	Rees	Fissas and Gary Haylock scored for Paniions
25/07/1998	Oxford United	Home	0-0	856	:
29/07/1998	Newquay	Away	4-1	500	Blake, Gittens, og, Rowbotham	Chatles Legg a trialist from Porthleven plays and breaks his leg.
31/07/1998	Lympstone	Away	11-1	450	Waugh 3, McConnell 2, Luke Vinnicombe 2, Holloway, Walker (Scott), Stephen Hensor, Steve Kent         Reserve Friendly
01/08/1998	Weymouth	Away	3-2	419	Rees. Rowbotham, Gittens
05/08/1998	St Blazey	Away	2-0	200	Waugh, Speakman
09/08/1988	Exmouth Town	Away
25/08/1998	Portsmouth	Away	2-2		Waugh, McConnell	Adam Stansfield made his debut at 19 on trial from Elmore
17/03/1999	Northlew	Away				New Changing Rooms

FA Youth Cup

1998/99
10/11/1998	Wellingborough	Away	5-2	Waugh, Shaun Watts 2, Michael Cooper, Tom Wainwright	45	R1
25/11/1998	Notts County	Home	0-2	:	125	R2	Jermaine Pennannt played for Notts Cty

Youth Teams

Youth Results

South West Counties Youth League
29/08/1998	League	Newport County	Away	4-2	Smith (P) pen	Waugh	Parry (Ian)	Watts (Shaun)
05/09/1998	League	Yeovil Town	Home	1-1	Waugh
12/09/1998	League	Swindon Town	Away	4-1	Baines 2	Butterworth	Watts
19/09/1998	League	Torquay United	Home	4-1	Waugh	Powell (og)	Watts	Parry
26/09/1998	League	Bath City	Home	0-0	:
03/10/1998	League	Yeovil Town	Away	4-2	Waugh	Og	Watts	Kent
10/10/1998	League	Swansea City	Home	3-1	Waugh 2	Speakman
17/10/1998	League	Bashley	Away	7-2	Waugh 3	Watts	Smith (P) pen	Baines	Speakman
07/11/1998	League	Cirencester	Home	0-0	:
14/11/1998	League	Cheltenham	Away	7-2	Waugh 3	Speakman 2	Watts	Butterworth
28/11/1998	Cup 1	Yeovil Town	Away	5-1	Waugh 2	Pointing	Speakman	Smith (Pete) pen
05/12/1998	League	Plymouth Argyle	Away	0-0	:
19/12/1998	League	Newport County	Home	3-0	Speakman 2	Waugh
30/01/1999	League	Bath City	Away	2-1	Penprase (Mark)	Speakman
06/02/1999	League	Swansea City	Away	4-1	Speakman 2	Waugh	Baines
13/02/1999	League	Bashley	Home	9-0	Watts 3	Cooper (M)	Waugh 2	Speakman 2	Wainwright (Tom)
20/02/1999	League	Bristol Rovers	Away	4-1	Speakman 2	Parry 2
27/02/1999	League	Cardiff City	Home	2-1	Waugh	Cronin
06/03/1999	League	Cirencester	Away	1-0	Wainwright (Tom)
13/03/1999	League	Cheltenham	Home	6-0	Speakman 3	Watts	Chris May	Og
20/03/1999	Cup 2	Cardiff City	Away	0-3	:
27/03/1999	League	Swindon Town	Home	2-0	Speakman	Cooper (M)
03/04/1999	League	Bristol Rovers	Home	3-0	Watts	Waugh	Speakman
10/04/1999	League	Cardiff City	Away	0-0	:
17/04/1999	League	Torquay United	Away	3-1	Watts	Smith (Pete) (pen)	Chris May
24/04/1999	League	Plymouth Argyle	Home	3-4	Speakman 2	Waugh

South West Counties Youth League
Results

• Exeter finished 2nd, 3 points behind Plymouth, the title was dependant on the last game, where Exeter lost at home to Plymouth 4-3.

Final Table

	South West Counties Youth League 1998-99
Position	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Plymouth Argyle	24	20	2	2	70	12	62
2	Exeter City	24	18	5	1	76	21	59
3	Cardiff City	23	14	2	7	56	27	44
4	Cirencester	23	12	6	5	57	17	42
5	Torquay United	24	13	3	8	55	30	42
6	Swansea City	24	12	3	9	40	28	39
7	Yeovil Town	24	9	4	11	36	59	31
8	Newport AFC	21	9	2	10	35	39	29
9	Bath City	23	7	5	11	35	43	26
10	Swindon Town	22	7	3	12	34	46	24
11	Bristol Rovers	23	5	6	12	29	54	21
12	Bashley	24	2	2	20	27	87	8
13	Cheltenham Town	24	2	1	21	16	99	7

It appears that the matches were not completed. 

Football League South West Trophy.
Results

Football League South West Trophy
15/09/1998	Trophy	Plymouth Argyle	Home	3-0	Wilkinson	Crowe 2		Adam Stansfield played on trial
22/09/1998	Trophy	Cardiff City	Away	0-0	:
30/09/1998	Trophy	Bristol Rovers	Away	3-7	Wilkinson	Gale	McConnell
06/10/1998	Trophy	Swansea City	Home	1-0	Stansfield
27/10/1998	Trophy	Plymouth Argyle	Away	0-0	:
03/11/1998	Trophy	Cardiff City	Home	3-3	Charlie Griffin 2	Waugh
18/11/1998	Trophy	Bristol Rovers	Home	3-0	Wilkinson	Fry	Templar Loake
03/02/1999	Trophy	Bristol Rovers	Away	4-2	Rowbotham 2	Stansfield	Baines
16/02/1999	Trophy	Cardiff City	Away	1-2	Quailey
03/03/1999	Trophy	Swansea City	Home	1-0	Speakman
23/03/1999	Trophy	Plymouth Argyle	Away	2-1	Speakman	McConnell
30/03/1999	Trophy	Swansea City	Away	3-3	Speakman 3
07/04/1999	Trophy	Bristol Rovers	Home	2-0	McConnell 2
13/04/1999	Trophy	Cardiff City	Home	1-2	Holloway
04/05/1999	Trophy	Swansea City	Away
10/05/1999	Trophy	Plymouth Argyle	Home

Final Table


Devon and Exeter Youth League
Results

Devon and Exeter Youth League
30/08/1998	League	Newton St Cyres	Away	1-1	Jee
03/09/1998	League	Alphington	Away	3-1
06/09/1998	League	Okehampton Argyle	Home	8-1	Mudge 3	Parry 2	Casey	Hensor	Pointing (pen)
13/09/1998	FR Cup 1	Bideford	Away	2-0
20/09/1998	League	Staddiscombe Colts	Home	5-0	Parry 2	Butterworth 2	Kent
27/09/1998	League	Torquay United	Away	2-2	Parry	Butterworth
04/10/1998	Devon Cup U-18	Torbay Tornadoes	Away	8-0	Mudge 4	Gross 2	Parry (Ian)	Casey
11/10/1998	League	Twyford Spartans	Home	4-2	Jee	Parry	Pointing 2 (1pen)
08/11/1998	League	Plymstock United	Away	3-0
15/11/1998	League	Barnstaple Town	Home	9-0	Mudge 2	Parry 2	Kent 2	Casey	Butterworth	Own-Goal
20/11/1998	Devon Cup U-18	Elm United	Home	9-0	Casey 3	Mudge 2	Ovey 2	Orchard	Breslan
29/11/1998	League	Appledore/Bideford	Home	3-0
06/12/1998	League	Budleigh Salterton	Away	0-1	:
13/12/1998	League	Dawlish Villa	Home	5-1	Jack Orchard	Mudge	Tony Kyle	Hensor	Cooper (M)
20/12/1998	League	Dawlish Villa	Away	13-0	Parry 6	Mudge 3	Butterworth	Gross	Cooper (M)	Pointing
24/01/1999	Devon Cup U-18	Plymouth Kolts	C & F	8-1	Mudge 4	Chris May 2	Wainwright	Breslan (Gavin)
31/01/1999	League	Plymstock United	Away	7-0	Parry 3	Mudge 2	Jee	Gross
07/02/1999	League	Staddiscombe Colts	Away	2-1	Pointing (pen)	Jee
14/02/1999	League	Alphington	Home	6-2	Mudge 3	Parry 2	Og
21/02/1999	Devon Cup U-18 SF	Torquay United	Home	2-1	Mudge 2
28/02/1999	League	Barnstaple Town	Away (C& F)	1-0	Breslan (Gavin)
14/03/1999	League	Appledore/Bideford	Away	5-0
21/03/1999	League	Newton St Cyres	Home	2-0	Parry 2
28/03/1999	League	Budleigh Salterton	Home	3-1	Quinn (Ciaran) 3
30/03/1999	League	Launceston	Away	2-1	Kent	Parry
04/04/1999	League	Bideford	Home	0-0	:
06/04/1999	League	Twyford Spartans	Away	2-0	Butterworth	Breslan (Gavin)
18/04/1999	FR Cup 2	Alphington	Away	3-1	Casey 2	Jee
25/04/1999	FR Cup 3	Barnstaple Town	Home	3-1	Parry	Butterworth	Kent
02/05/1999	League	Launceston	Home
09/05/1999	FR Cup Final	Torquay United	Neutral	3-6	Gavin Breslan 2	Cooper (M)			At Budleigh
	League	Torquay United	Home
	League	Okehampton Argyle	Away
	League	Bideford	Away

Final Table

Final Table	P	W	D	F	F	A
1 Exeter City	26	20	4	2	96	19	64
2 Staddiscombe	26	19	1	6	70	38	58
3 Launceston	26	18	1	7	74	34	55
4 Torquay United	26	16	4	6	103	31	52
5 Twyford Spartans	25	15	2	8	76	54	47
6 Budleigh Salterton *	26	14	4	8	66	37	45
7 Alphington	25	14	2	9	54	50	44
8 Bideford Youth	26	10	6	10	55	55	36
9 Newton St Cyres	26	9	4	13	58	67	31
10 Okehampton	26	9	4	13	38	58	31
11 Barnstaple Town	26	9	1	16	47	63	28
12 Plymstock *	25	6	1	18	35	68	16
13 Bideford/Appledore BAAC	26	2	1	23	18	115	7
14 Dawlish Villa	26	1	1	24	29	130	4
Note: Plymstock v Alphington void

Other Information



Youth Friendlies

Youth Friendlies
Aug-98	Friendly	Ilfracombe	C & F	6-1	Speakman 3	Waugh	Watts (Shaun)	Og
Aug-98	Friendly	Lympstone  (Att. 450)	Away	11-1	Waugh 3, McConnell 2, Vinnicombe 2, Holloway, Walker (Scott), Hensor, Kent
Aug-98	Friendly	St Blazey	Away	2-0	Waugh	Speakman
10/08/1998	Friendly	Dorchester Cosmos	Away	3-0	Chris May	Hensor	Smith (Peter)
12/08/1998	Friendly	Hamworthy Royals	Away	4-1	Waugh 2	Kent	Butterworth
14/08/1998	Friendly	Hamworthy Select X1	Away	5-1	Speakman 3	Cronin	Cowan (Gavin)
18/10/1998	U-16 Friendly	Perranporth	Away	17-1	Oliver Kernick 6, Gavin Breslan 3, Warren Smith 3, Gary Wills 2, Stenpen Rampaul, Casey, Og

 

1990s, 1998/99, Ashley Bayes, Barry McConnell, Billy Clark, Brian Quailey, Chris Curran, Chris Fry, Chris Holloway, Danny Harris, Danny Potter, Darren Rowbotham, Gavin Chesterfield, Geoff Breslan, George Kent, Glenn Crowe, Graeme Power, Jason Rees, Jimmy Gardner, John Wilkinson, Jon Gittens, Jon Richardson, Lee Baddeley, Luke Vinnicombe, Mike Radford, Noel Blake, Paul Tosh, Peter Fox, Peter Smith, Robert Speakman, Scott Walker, Shaun Gale, Simon Shakeshaft, Squad Photograph, Steve Flack, Timeline, Warren Waugh