Maurice Golesworthy, a prolific writer on a variety of sports, reported on Exeter City for many years and was a co-author of Exeter City: A Complete Record 1904-1990.

Born near St James Park in 1925, Maurice watched his first game at the ground in the 1930s and started reporting on Exeter City games after the Second World. Continuing to do so for twenty-five years, he also wrote for the club’s programme for much of this time alongside editing the supporters’ club’s reviews of each season.

He was also known beyond Exeter for his pioneering sports encyclopaedias and who’s who-type compilations. Often published by Pelham Books from the late 1950s, Maurice produced dozens of books - often across several editions and  revisions - on boxing and cricket in addition to football. Anybody keen on reading about football at any time between the 1950s and 1980s would also have seen Maurice’s by-line in publications such as the FA News, Football League Review, Soccer Star, Shoot, and Rothmans Football Yearbook.

Already collaborating with Alec Wilson on Exeter City: A Complete Record 1904-1990, Maurice joined forces with Garth Dyke - who took over the statistical sections - to see the book through to its publication in the wake of City’s 1990 championship success. 

Living in Exmouth, Maurice Golesworthy died in 2001.