Squad photograph from the 2005/06 season during which Exeter continued their run of narrowly avoiding the playoffs in the Conference as they finished in 7th place.

Unlike the success of the previous year in the FA Cup however, they fell at the first hurdle of the Fourth Qualifying Round, similarly in the Football League Trophy they exited at the first time of asking.

In the FA Trophy though, Exeter enjoyed considerable success and narrowly lost in the Semi-Final.

League Stats
Played: 42 Won: 18, Drew: 9, Lost: 15
Goals For: 65, Goals Against: 48 Points: 63

FA Cup
Fourth Qualifying Round: Stevenage Borough (H), 0-1.

FA Trophy
First Round: Bishop’s Stortford (H), 2-1.
Second Round: Histon (H) 3-2.
Third Round: Cambridge City (H), 1-0.
Quarter-Final: Salisbury City (H), 3-1.
Semi-Final (played over two legs): Grays Athletic (H), 2-1 and (A), 2-0. Exeter lost 2-3 on aggregate.

2005/06 

The team started the 2005/06 season in fine form and topped the Conference table for a while. However, they slipped off the leading positions in the second half of the campaign to eventually end in seventh place. City had a great run in the FA Trophy before losing at the semi-final stage to Grays Athletic over two legs.


League Results 

Final Table

Nationwide Football Conference 2005/2006

                               P   W   D   L   F   A   W   D   L   F   A  Df  Pts
  1. ACCRINGTON STANLEY       42  16   3   2  38  17  12   4   5  38  28  31  91
  2. HEREFORD UNITED          42  11   7   3  30  14  11   7   3  29  19  26  80
  3. Grays Athletic           42   7   9   5  46  32  14   4   3  48  23  39  76
  4. Halifax Town             42  14   6   1  31  11   7   6   8  24  29  15  75
  5. Morecambe                42  15   4   2  44  17   7   4  10  24  24  27  74
  6. Stevenage Borough        42  15   3   3  38  15   4   9   8  24  32  15  69
  7. Exeter City              42  11   3   7  41  22   7   6   8  24  26  17  63
  8. York City                42  10   5   6  36  26   7   7   7  27  22  15  63
  9. Burton Albion            42   8   7   6  23  21   8   5   8  27  31  -2  60
 10. Dagenham & Redbridge     42   8   4   9  31  32   8   6   7  32  27   4  58
 11. Woking                   42   8   7   6  30  20   6   7   8  28  27  11  56
 12. Cambridge United         42  11   6   4  35  25   4   4  13  16  32  -6  55
 13. Aldershot                42  10   4   7  30  30   6   2  13  31  44 -13  54
 14. Canvey Island            42   6   8   7  23  27   7   4  10  24  31 -11  51
 15. Kidderminster Harriers   42   8   5   8  21  27   5   6  10  18  28 -16  50
 16. Gravesend & Northfleet   42   8   4   9  25  25   5   6  10  20  32 -12  49
 17. Crawley Town             42   9   4   8  27  22   3   7  11  21  33  -7  47
 18. Southport                42   7   3  11  24  38   3   7  11  12  30 -32  40
 19. Forest Green Rovers      42   7   7   7  31  27   1   7  13  18  35 -13  38
 20. Tamworth                 42   4  10   7  17  23   4   4  13  15  40 -31  38
 21. SCARBOROUGH              42   4   7  10  24  30   5   3  13  16  36 -26  37
 22. ALTRINCHAM               42   7   5   9  25  30   3   6  12  15  41 -31  23 

+ Altrincham docked 18 points

Other Games

FA Cup 

FA Trophy 

Devon Bowl

Friendlies

FA Youth Cup

Youth Team and Reserves 

The Football Conference Youth Alliance (known sometimes as the Conference Youth Alliance) was formed in 2005 as the official U19s Youth League for professional teams, semi-professional and for non-league teams who compete in the Football Confernce league and respective non-league competitions in England.
Teams who competed in the Football Conference Youth Alliance combined football training with education, offering 16-18 year olds the chance to play elite youth football at U19s level and gain academic qualifications at BTEC National or Diploma level, operating on a similar model to that of the Football League Youth Alliance and the F.A Premier Academy League.

Exeter competed in the Under 18’s and Under 16’s Football League Youth Alliance for the first time.

Football League Youth Alliance
U-18's Youth Results

PUMA YOUTH ALLIANCE - SOUTH-WEST CONFERENCE

Final Table
PUMA YOUTH ALLIANCE - SOUTH-WEST CONFERENCE

Football League Youth Alliance U-16's
Results

Final Table

Other Information