Squad Photo from the 1988/89 season that saw Exeter finish 13th in Division Four. In both the League and FA Cups though, Exeter lost in the First Round.

League Position: 13th
P: 46 W: 13, D: 6, L: 22 Goals F: 65, A: 68 Pts: 60

FA Cup First Round: Bognor Regis Town (A), 2-1.

League Cup
First Round (over two legs): Bristol City (A), 1-0 and (H), 0-1. Exeter lost 0-2 on aggregate.

League and Cup Results

27/08/1988	League	Wrexham	Home	L	0-2	2504
30/08/1988	L Cup	Bristol City	Away	L	0-1	6005
03/09/1988	League	Doncaster Rovers	Home	L	1-2	1525	Neville (Pen)
07/09/1988	L Cup	Bristol City	Home	L	0-1	2749
10/09/1988	League	Halifax Town	Home	W	4-1	1725	Withey 2, Neville, Rowbotham
17/09/1988	League	Rochdale	Away	L	1-2	1216	Hiley
20/09/1988	League	Darlington	Away	D	2-2	1216	Rowbotham, Langley
24/09/1988	League	Scunthorpe United	Home	D	2-2	1876	Neville, Taylor
01/10/1988	League	Rotherham United	Away	W	1-0	4075	Johnson (og)
05/10/1988	League	Torquay United	Home	W	3-0	4243	Neville, Batty, Rowbotham
08/10/1988	League	Burnley	Away	L	0-3	7889
15/10/1988	League	Grimsby Town	Home	W	2-1	2232	Neville (pen), Taylor
22/10/1988	League	Carlisle United	Home	W	3-0	2235	Rowbotham 2, Langley
25/10/1988	League	Leyton Orient	Away	L	0-4	3875
29/10/1988	League	Crewe Alexandra	Home	L	1-2	2567	Neville (Pen)
04/11/1988	League	Cambridge United	Away	L	0-2	2063
09/11/1988	League	Scarborough	Home	W	1-0	2351	Rowbotham
12/11/1988	League	Lincoln City	Away	L	0-2	3464
19/11/1988	FA Cup	Bognor Regis Town	Away	L	1-2	2000	Rowbotham
26/11/1988	League	Hartlepool United	Away	D	2-2	2125	Rowbotham, Taylor
03/12/1988	League	Colchester United	Home	W	4-1	2132	Taylor, Neville, Hiley, Rowbotham
06/12/1988	FL Trophy	Bristol City	Away	L	0-2	3642
14/12/1988	FL Trophy	Bristol Rovers	Home	D	1-1	1609	Rowbotham
17/12/1988	League	Peterborough United	Away	W	1-0	3149	Neville
26/12/1988	League	Hereford United	Home	W	3-1	3229	Taylor, Rowbotham, Cooper
31/12/1988	League	York City	Home	W	2-0	3092	Rowbotham (pen), Neville
02/01/1989	League	Stockport County	Away	L	0-4	2936
14/01/1989	League	Doncaster Rovers	Home	W	3-0	2540	Rowbotham 2(1 pen), Neville
21/01/1989	League	Wrexham	Away	L	0-3	2514
28/01/1989	League	Rochdale	Home	W	5-1	2428	Smith 2, Rowbotham, Neville, Tupling
04/02/1989	League	Darlington	Home	W	2-1	2687	Rowbotham (pen), Neville
11/02/1989	League	Scunthorpe United	Away	L	0-2	4102
18/02/1989	League	Burnley	Home	W	3-0	3672	C.Harris, Benjamin, Neville
25/02/1989	League	Grimsby Town	Away	L	1-2	4684	Rowbotham (pen)
01/03/1989	League	Leyton Orient	Home	D	1-1	2890	Rowbotham (pen)
04/03/1989	League	Carlisle United	Away	L	0-1	2601
11/03/1989	League	Cambridge United	Home	L	0-3	3180
14/03/1989	League	Crewe Alexandra	Away	L	1-2	3156	Hiley
17/03/1989	League	Halifax Town	Away	W	3-0	1473	Rowbotham, Taylor, Young
20/03/1989	League	Tranmere Rovers	Away	L	0-2	3885
25/03/1989	League	Stockport County	Home	D	2-2	3058	Rowbotham 2 (1pen)
27/03/1989	League	Hereford United	Away	L	0-1	2735
01/04/1989	League	Peterborough United	Home	W	3-1	2522	Banks, Neviile, Young
05/04/1989	League	Tranmere Rovers	Home	L	0-1	2956
08/04/1989	League	York City	Away	L	1-3	2025	Hiley
15/04/1989	League	Rotherham United	Home	D	0-0	2594
22/04/1989	League	Torquay United	Away	W	4-0	2939	Young 2, Rowbotham, McDermott
29/04/1989	League	Hartlepool United	Home	W	2-1	2380	Hiley, Benjamin
01/05/1989	League	Scarborough	Away	L	1-2	2513	Benjamin
05/05/1989	League	Colchester United	Away	L	0-4	5256
13/05/1989	League	Lincoln City	Home	L	0-1	2249

Final Table

Barclays League Division 4
Final Table

                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. ROTHERHAM UNITED         46  13  6  4  44  18   9 10  4  32  17   82
 2. TRANMERE ROVERS          46  15  6  2  34  13   6 11  6  28  30   80
 3. CREWE ALEXANDRA          46  13  7  3  42  24   8  8  7  25  24   78
 4. Scunthorpe United        46  11  9  3  40  22  10  5  8  37  35   77
 5. Scarborough              46  12  7  4  33  23   9  7  7  34  29   77
 6. LEYTON ORIENT            46  16  2  5  61  19   5 10  8  25  31   75
 7. Wrexham                  46  12  7  4  44  28   7  7  9  33  35   71
 8. Cambridge United         46  13  7  3  45  25   5  7 11  26  37   68
 9. Grimsby Town             46  11  9  3  33  18   6  6 11  32  41   66
10. Lincoln City             46  12  6  5  39  26   6  4 13  25  34   64
11. York City                46  10  8  5  43  27   7  5 11  19  36   64
12. Carlisle United          46   9  6  8  26  25   6  9  8  27  27   60
13. Exeter City              46  14  4  5  46  23   4  2 17  19  45   60
14. Torquay United           46  15  2  6  32  23   2  6 15  13  37   59
15. Hereford United          46  11  8  4  40  27   3  8 12  26  45   58
16. Burnley                  46  12  6  5  35  20   2  7 14  17  41   55
17. Peterborough United      46  10  3 10  29  32   4  9 10  23  42   54
18. Rochdale                 46  10 10  3  32  26   3  4 16  24  56   53
19. Hartlepool United        46  10  6  7  33  33   4  4 15  17  45   52
20. Stockport County         46   8 10  5  31  20   2 11 10  23  32   51
21. Halifax Town             46  10  7  6  42  27   3  4 16  27  48   50
22. Colchester United        46   8  7  8  35  30   4  7 12  25  48   50
23. Doncaster Rovers         46   9  6  8  32  32   4  4 15  17  46   49
24. DARLINGTON               46   3 12  8  28  38   5  6 12  25  38   42

Other Games 

FA Cup

1988/89
19/11/1988	Bognor Regis	Away	1-2	2000	Rowbotham	R1

League Cup

1988/89
30/08/1988	Bristol City	Away	0-1	6005	:	LC 1 Ist Leg
07/09/1988	Bristol City	Home	0-1	2749	:	LC 1 2nd Leg

Football League Trophy

1988/89
December 14, 1988	Bristol Rovers	Home	Group	1-1	Rowbotham	1609	Sherpa Van Trophy	Did not qualify for R2
December 6, 1988	Bristol City	Away	Group	0-2	:	3642	Sherpa Van Trophy

Friendlies

1988/89
			Exeter score 1st
02/08/1988	Watford	Home	1-1	1170	Cooper (Richard)
06/08/1988	Yeovil Town	Away	1-0	980	Rowbotham
09/08/1988	Exmouth Town	Away	2-0	664	Neville, Langley.
10/08/1988	Bideford	Away
11/08/1988	Torrington	Away	7-0	182	Withey 2, Vinnicombe 2, Banks (Chris), Harrower, Turner (og)
13/08/1988	Cardiff City	Home
17/08/1988	Sheffied Wednesday	Home	0-0	1403	:
06/11/1988	Heavitree	Away	11-1	350	Dean Roberts 6, Jamie Harris 3, Chris Banks 2, (John Laskey scored for Heavitree)
11/04/1989	Devon v Lincolnshire	At SJP				Mitre National U-19 Inter County School Championship

FA Youth Cup 

1988/89
16/11/1988	Cardiff City	Home	0-0	:	310	R1
29/11/1988	Cardiff City	Away	1-3		82	R1 replay

Youth and Reserves


Capital Finance & Leasing League
Results

Capital Finance & Leasing League
15/08/1988	League	Hereford United	Away	2-1	Jamie Harris	Tony Frankland
31/08/1988	League	Cardiff City	Away	0-3	:
14/09/1988	League	AFC Bournemouth	Away	0-3	:	Adrain Randell scored twice for  Bournemouth (Joel's dad)
27/09/1988	League	Bristol City	Home	2-1	Martin Parker	Keith Smith
11/10/1988	League	Torquay United	Home	1-2	Martin Parker
18/10/1988	League	Hereford United	Home	0-2	:
26/10/1988	League	Swansea City	Away	2-2	Martin Parker	Keith Smith
02/11/1988	League	Cardiff City	Home	1-1	Martin Parker
24/01/1989	League	Newport County	Away	2-1	Keith Smith (pen)	Neil Penwill
31/01/1989	League	Plymouth Argyle	Away	2-3	Keith Smith 2
07/02/1989	League	Swansea City	Home	4-2	Tommy Langley 2	Keith Smith 2
07/03/1989	League	Plymouth Argyle	Home	3-0	Tommy Langley	Keith Smith 2
29/03/1989	League	Hereford United	Away	1-4	Steve Neville
10/04/1989	League	AFC Bournemouth	Home	1-0	Jamie Harris
19/04/1989	League	Bristol City	Away	1-5	Jamie Harris
24/04/1989	League	Swansea City	Home	1-0	Jamie Harris?
29/04/1989	League	AFC Bournemouth	Away	1-4	Peter Hall
06/05/1989	League	Bristol City	Away	2-1	Herbie Heath	Peter Hall
09/05/1989	League	Torquay United	Home	5-0	Dryden 2	Rowbotham	Taylor	Young

 

Final Table

(Table as of 27th April 1989)

	The Capital Finance and Leasing League 1988-89
1	AFC Bournemouth	17	10	4	3	47	23	34
2	Plymouth Argyle	18	11	1	6	42	36	34
3	Bristol City	18	10	1	7	46	31	31
4	Swansea City	20	8	4	8	55	42	28
5	Cardiff City	20	6	6	8	34	41	24
6	Hereford United	17	6	2	9	29	46	20
7	Exeter City	17	6	2	9	20	40	20
8	Torquay United	17	4	2	11	24	38	14

Devon and Exeter League (Exeter A)
Results

Devon and Exeter League (Exeter A)
27/08/1988	League	Ottery St Mary	Home	2-0	Hawkins	Parker
03/09/1988	Cup	Bideford Town	Home	0-1	:
10/09/1988	League	Alphington	Away	0-1	:
17/09/1988	League	Chelston	Away	4-1	Kellow 2	Harris (Jamie)	Hawkins
24/09/1988	League	Budleigh Salterton	Home	3-3	Dodd	Vinnicombe	Smith
08/10/1988	League	Bideford Town	Home	3-0	Parker	Vinnicombe	Hawkins
15/10/1988	League	Newton St Cyres	Home	0-0	:
22/10/1988	League	Ottery St Mary	Away	2-1
29/10/1988	League	Sidmouth	Away	2-2
05/11/1988	League	Honiton	Home	4-3
12/11/1988	League	Exeter St Thomas	Away	1-2	Harris (Jamie)
19/11/1988	League	Crediton	Home	1-2
26/11/1988	League	Bideford Town	Away	1-1
03/12/1988	League	Okehampton	Home	3-0
10/12/1988	League	Hatherleigh	Away	4-0
17/12/1988	League	Alphington	Home	1-0
31/12/1988	League	Cullompton	Away	2-3	Og	Harris (Jamie)
07/01/1989	League	Exeter St Thomas	Home	2-1	Dugdale	Harris (Jamie)
14/01/1989	League	Willand	Away	2-2	Lock (Phil) 2
21/01/1989	League	Sidmouth	Home	1-1
28/01/1989	League	Willand	Home	4-0	Lock	Franklin	Dodd	Wright (A)
18/02/1989	League	Crediton	Away	2-2	Langley 2
11/03/1989	League	Newton St Cyres	Away	1-1	Langley
18/03/1989	League	Cullompton	Home	2-2
25/03/1989	League	Honiton	Away	8-0
08/04/1989	League	Hatherleigh	Home	3-2
15/04/1989	League	Chelston	Home	0-0	:
22/04/1989	League	Okehampton	Away	2-0
03/05/1989	League	Budleigh Salterton	Away	0-1	:			Terry Cooper played

 

Final Table
Devon & Exeter League Premier Division 

                                   P  W  D  L   F   A Pts
 1.Newton St. Cyres               28 22  4  2  86  27  48
 2.Crediton United                28 19  3  6  92  37  41
 3.Chelston                       28 15  7  6  67  33  37
 4.Exeter City A                  28 13 10  5  60  31  36
 5.Exeter St Thomas               28 15  6  7  59  40  36
 6.Budleigh Salterton             28 16  2 10  76  53  34
 7.Alphington                     28 15  1 12  56  50  31
 8.Ottery St Mary Reserves        28 12  3 13  50  55  27
 9.Cullompton                     28 12  3 13  55  63  27
10.Sidmouth Town                  28  9  7 12  54  68  25
11.Willand Rovers                 28  7  6 15  45  65  20
12.Bideford Reserves              28  7  6 15  43  69  20
13.Hatherleigh                    28  7  3 18  36  71  17
14.Honiton Town                   28  5  2 21  30  84  12
15.Okehampton Argyle              28  3  3 22  24  87   9

Other Information

Under 17's, 15's
16/08/1988	Friendly	Beacon Knights	at C & F
19/09/1988	Friendly	Wellington	Away	4-0	Rodney Hill	Andy Wright 2	Annunziata		Under 18's
04/12/1988	Friendly	Wells City	at C & F	6-1	Braybrook 3	Clements 2	Dean Reed		Under 15's
08/01/1989	Friendly	Camborne Lions	at C & F	9-2	Braybrook 4, Redwood 2,Clements, Reed, Bennellick				Under 15's
14/02/1989	Friendly	Dawlish Generals	Away	2-0					Under 16's
27/03/1989	Friendly	Millfield School	Away	3-0	David Pooley 2	Dean Reed

 

1980s, 1988/89, Brian McDermott, Carl Harris, Chris Vinnicombe, Christopher Banks, Darran Rowbotham, Darren Rowbotham, David Walter, Graham Withey, Herbert Heath, Ian Benjamin, Jamie Harris, Keith Smith, Keith Viney, Kevin Miller, Lee Rogers, Mark Jones, Martin Parker, Mel Gwinnett, Paul Batty, Paul Roberts, Richard Cooper, Richard Dryden, Richard Young, Scott Hiley, Shaun Taylor, Squad Photograph, Stephen Tupling, Steve Harrower, Steve Neville, Timeline, Tommy Langley