Squad photo from the 1936/37 season, Exeter finished 21st in Division Three South but made it to the FA Cup Fifth Round. 

FA Cup
First Round: Folkestone (H), 3-0
Second Round: Walthamstow Avenue (A), 2-3
Third Round: Oldham Athletic (H), 3-0
Fourth Round: Leicester City (H), 3-1
Fifth Round: Preston North Round (A), 5-3

Squad Photos


1st and 2nd Photo.
Back Row. C. Rourke, R Williams, J Shadwell, R Croft, P Tierney, A Chesters, C. Smith, R Ebdon, M Boyle, Wilf Lowton (Trainer)
Middle Row. Lt Col Hunter, F Smith, T Scott, P. McGill, J. Angus, E Hobbs, H Bamsey, W. Owen, G Simpson, J Keane, Groundstaff, Sid Thomas.
First Row. H. Johnson, N. Clarke, W. Brown, Michael McGahey, Jack English (Manager). A Young, F Urmston, Kerr.


3rd photo. Players in pre-season training. Left to right. 1 Thomas Scott. 2. UNKNOWN 3 John Shadwell 4 William Owen 5 Rod Williams 6 Arthur Chesters. 7. Hiley Bamsey. 8 Richard Ebdon. 9 George Stimpson. 10 Kerr. 11 Reg Clarke. 12 UNKNOWN. 13 William Brown

4th Photo
Team photograph from the 1936/37 season. FA cup 5th Rnd.

Back row (left to right): Clarke, W. Barr (trainer), Hobbs, Chesters, Stimpson, Jack English (manager), Shadwell. Front: Thompson, Scott, Williams, McGill, Urmson, W. Brown.

First Team 
Results

29/08/1936	Notts County	A	L	1-3	10000	Scott
02/09/1936	Torquay United	H	W	2-1	8766	Williams
05/09/1936	Leyton Orient	H	L	0-2	7000	:
09/09/1936	Torquay United	A	W	1-0	4000	Williams 2
12/09/1936	Walsall	A	L	2-4	4422	Shadwell	Scott
16/09/1936	Reading	A	L	0-1	7231	:
19/09/1936	Luton Town	H	L	2-4	8000	Williams
26/09/1936	Cardiff City	A	L	1-3	20000	Clarke
03/10/1936	Crystal Palace	H	W	3-1	6000	Williams 2
10/10/1936	Aldershot	A	D	1-1	4000	Williams
17/10/1936	Gillingham	H	D	1-1	5000	Scott
24/10/1936	Newport County	A	L	0-2	11650	:
31/10/1936	Southend United	H	D	2-2	5000	Williams	Clarke
07/11/1936	Watford	A	D	1-1	6000	Keane
14/11/1936	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	L	0-4	6000	:
21/11/1936	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	A	D	0-0	6000	:
05/12/1936	Bristol Rovers	A	L	2-4	8000	Williams 2
19/12/1936	Swindon Town	A	L	1-3	6000	Williams
25/12/1936	Queens Park Rangers	A	L	0-4	14000	:
26/12/1936	Notts County	H	L	1-3	11000	Williams
28/12/1936	Queens Park Rangers	H	L	0-3	5000	:
02/01/1937	Leyton Orient	A	L	0-1	9000	:
09/01/1937	Walsall	H	W	3-0	4000	Williams	Pope	Owen
20/01/1937	Northampton Town	H	L	2-5	2000	Williams 2
23/01/1937	Luton Town	A	D	2-2	10000	Williams	Owen
03/02/1937	Cardiff City	H	W	3-1	3000	F.Smith	Pope	Bussey
06/02/1937	Crystal Palace	A	L	0-8	12000	:
13/02/1937	Aldershot	H	L	1-2	4000	F.Smith
24/02/1937	Gillingham	A	D	2-2	5000	Johnson	Williams
27/02/1937	Newport County	H	W	3-1	4000	Owen	Williams 2
06/03/1937	Southend United	A	D	4-4	7000	Pope 2	Owen (p)	Williams
13/03/1937	Watford	H	W	2-1	6000	F.Smith 2
17/03/1937	Millwall	H	D	1-1	3000	Williams
20/03/1937	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	L	0-1	11000	:
26/03/1937	Bristol City	A	L	1-2	10000	Owen (p)
27/03/1937	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	H	D	1-1	6000	Williams
29/03/1937	Exeter City	H	W	3-0	9000	Williams 2	Bussey
03/04/1937	Northampton Town	A	L	1-2	6343	Williams
10/04/1937	Bristol Rovers	H	W	3-2	2500	Williams 2	Owen
17/04/1937	Millwall	A	D	3-3	16000	Bussey	Williams	McGill
24/04/1937	Swindon Town	H	D	1-1	3500	Williams
01/05/1937	Reading	H	W	2-0	3000	Bussey 2

Football League Third Division South  1936/37

	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Luton Town	42	27	4	11	103	53	58
Notts County	42	23	10	9	74	52	56
Brighton & Hove Albion	42	24	5	13	74	43	53
Watford	42	19	11	12	85	60	49
Reading	42	19	11	12	76	60	49
Bournemouth & Boscambe Athletic	42	20	9	13	65	59	49
Northampton Town	42	20	6	16	85	68	46
Millwall	42	18	10	14	64	54	46
Queens Park Rangers	42	18	9	15	73	52	45
Southend United	42	17	11	14	78	67	45
Gillingham	42	18	8	16	52	66	44
Clapton Orient	42	14	15	13	52	52	43
Swindon Town	42	14	11	17	75	73	39
Crystal Palace	42	13	12	17	62	61	38
Bristol Rovers	42	16	4	22	71	80	36
Bristol City	42	15	6	21	58	70	36
Walsall	42	13	10	19	63	85	36
Cardiff City	42	14	7	21	54	87	35
Newport County	42	12	10	20	67	98	34
Torquay United	42	11	10	21	57	80	32
Exeter City	42	10	12	20	59	88	32
Aldershot	42	7	9	26	50	89	23

Election for League Membership

Southern League champions Ipswich Town challenged the two clubs seeking re-election in the vote for League membership

Votes	Club	End Result
40	Exeter City	Re Elected to the League
34	Aldershot	Re Elected to the League
24	Ipswich Town	Not Elected to the League

FA Cup 

1936/37			Exeter Score 1st
28/11/1936	Folkestone	Home	3-0	6051	Keane 2, Williams	R1
12/12/1936	Walthamstow Avenue	Away	1-1	11131	Clarke (Pen)	R2	Match Abandoned at 65 minutes due to Fog, Frost and Snow
16/12/1936	Walthamstow Avenue	Away	3-2	8000	Williams 2, Keane	R2
16/01/1937	Oldham Athletic	Home	3-0	12412	Williams 2, Smith	R3
30/01/1937	Leicester City	Home	3-1	13731	Williams 2, Bussey	R4
20/02/1937	Preston North End	Away	3-5	28000	Owen 2, F Smith	R5

Third Division South Cup 

1936/37			Exeter Score 1st
28/10/1936	Cardiff City	Home	1-0	Johnson	1500	R2
11/11/1936	Torquay United	Away	1-2	Williams	1000	R3

Rod Williams scored 37 goals in all competions, and at the end of the season was transferred to Reading, who apparently paid a club record fee for his signature. 



Exeter City Reserves
The reserves played in the newly amalgamated Western and Eastern Southern league and in the Exeter and District League 

Exeter City Reserves 
Southern League
Results

Southern League
29/08/1936	SL	Torquay	Home	4-1	Ebdon	Johnson (og)	Williams 2
03/09/1936	Cup	Yeovil & Petters United	Away	1-4	Ebdon
05/09/1936	SL	Tunvridge Wells	Away	0-6	:
12/09/1936	SL	Newport	Home	2-2	F.Smith 2
16/09/1936	SL	Dartford	Home	1-3	F.Smith
19/09/1936	SL	Folkestone	Away	0-5	:
03/10/1936	SL	Plymouth Argyle	Away	1-2	Keane
10/10/1936	SL	Aldershot	Home	1-2	Ebdon
17/10/1936	SL	Guildford	Away	0-2	:
24/10/1936	SL	Margate	Home	1-3	Johnson
07/11/1936	SL	Cheltenham	Home	3-1	Ebdon 2	C.Smith
21/11/1936	SL	Ipswich Town	Home	2-2	Pope	Ebdon
05/12/1936	SL	Bath City	Home	5-0	Johnson 4	Ebdon
12/12/1936	SL	Cheltenham	Away	1-7	McGill
19/12/1936	SL	Folkestone	Home	5-3	Urmson	Ebdon	F.Smith 2	Johnson
25/12/1936	SL	Plymouth Argyle	Home	4-2	Pope	Johnson 2
26/12/1936	Sl	Torquay	Away	1-1	Ebdon
02/01/1937	SL	Guildford	Home	1-1	McGill
09/01/1937	SL	Bath City	Away	2-3	Hobbs	C.Smith
23/01/1937	SL	Norwich	Home	1-3	C. Smith
30/01/1937	SL	Norwich	Away	0-2	:
06/02/1937	SL	Barry	Home	6-3	Ebdon 3	McGill	Johnson
13/02/1937	SL	Aldershot	Away	2-2	Urmson	Scott
27/02/1937	SL	Newport	Away	1-4	C. Smith
03/03/1937	SL	Ipswich Town	Away	0-6	:
13/03/1936	SL	Barry	Away	4-2	C. Smith 2	Urmson	Keane
26/03/1936	SL	Yeovil & Petters United	Away	4-3	Urmson 3	Keane
29/03/1936	SL	Yeovil & Petters United	Away	3-3	Keane 2
12/04/1937	SL	Dartford	Away	1-2	C. Smith
15/04/1936	SL	Tunvridge Wells	Home	0-0	:
01/05/1936	SL	Margate	Away	1-3	Chudleigh

Southern Football League 

1936/37

Final Table

	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Ipswich Town	30	19	8	3	68	35	46
Norwich City Reserves	30	18	5	7	70	35	41
Folkestone	30	17	4	9	71	61	38
Bath City	30	15	5	10	66	52	35
Margate	30	15	4	11	61	49	34
Guildford City	30	15	4	11	54	60	34
Yeovil & Petters United	30	15	3	12	77	69	33
Newport County Reserves	30	11	8	11	72	68	30
Plymouth Argyle Reserves	30	11	8	11	64	58	30
Barry	30	12	4	14	58	72	28
Cheltenham Town	30	10	4	16	61	70	24
Exeter City Reserves	30	8	7	15	57	78	23
Dartford	30	9	5	16	41	55	23
Torquay United Reserves	30	8	5	17	45	76	21
Tunbridge Wells Rangers	30	7	6	17	62	64	20
Aldershot Reserves	30	7	6	17	47	72	20

Exeter and District League
Results

Exeter and District League
31/08/1936	E&D. L	Barnstaple	Away	2-5	Kerr	Miles
07/09/1936	E&D. L	Exmouth	Away	3-2	O'Hara	Smeath 2
10/09/1936	E&D. L	Dawlish	Away	3-3	Smeath	C.Smith	Ebdon
21/09/1936	E&D. L	Bideford	Away	6-2	Pollard 2	O'Hara 2	Smith	Chudleigh
24/09/1936	E&D. L	Ilfracombe	Away	3-0	Pollard	O'Hara	Bamsey
26/09/1936	E&D. L	Bideford	Home	4-3	Chudleigh	O'Hara 3
30/09/1936	E&D. L	St Marks	Home	?	?
14/10/1936	E&D. L	St Luke's	Home	2-1	?
31/10/1936	E&D. L	U.C.S.W.	Away	11-2	Ebdon 4	C.Smith 2	Pope 3	Chudleigh	F.Smith
28/11/1936	E&D. L	Budleigh Salterton	Away	2-1	F.Smith	Pope
28/12/1936	E&D. L	Newton Corinthians	Away	?	?
16/01/1937	E&D. L	Kingsteignton	Away	10-3	Urmson 4	C.Smith 3	Chudleigh 2	Ebdon
17/02/1937	E&D. L	St Luke's	Away	4-2	Lawrence	Williams 3
20/02/1937	E&D. L	Barnstaple	Home	12-1	Ebdon 4	Lawrence	Williams 3	Urmson 2	Pollard (p)
24/02/1937	E&D. L	U.C.S.W.	Home	?	?
06/03/1937	E&D. L	Tiverton	Home	5-2	Ebdon 2	Urmson 2	C.Smith
20/03/1937	E&D. L	South Molton	Home	9-2	Bulley 4	Lawrence	Lock (og)	Coles	C.Smith 2
27/03/1937	E&D. L	St Marks	Away	8-1	Pollard 3	Smith 3	Chudleigh	P.March
03/04/1937	E&D. L	Newton Corinthians	Home	2-1	?
07/04/1937	E&D. L	Friernhay	Home	?	?
10/04/1937	E&D. L	Tiverton	Away	7-2	Jarrett 3	Ebdon	Pope 2	Bulley
15/04/1937	E&D. L	Ilfracombe	Home	4-1	Pope 2	Bamsey	Bussey
21/04/1937	E&D. L	Friernhay	Away	3-0	?
24/04/1937	E&D. L	South Molton	Away	5-0	Pope 2	Keane (p)	Urmson 2
26/04/1937	E&D. L	Dawlish	Home	?	?
28/04/1937	E&D. L	Exmouth	Home	P-P	?
?	E&D. L	Kingsteignton	Home	?	?
?	E&D. L	Budleigh Salterton	Home	?	?

Exeter and District League 
Final Table 

PREMIER DIVISION
	P	W	D	L	F	A	PTS
1 Friernhay	28	24	4	0	104	32	52
2 Tiverton Town	28	17	4	7	79	57	38
3 Bideford United	28	17	3	8	92	75	37
4 Exeter City	28	15	2	11	106	34	32
5 Dawlish Town	28	14	4	10	58	50	32
6 Ilfracombe Town	28	14	4	10	69	60	32
7 Newton Corinthians	28	14	1	13	76	54	29
8 Barnstaple Town	28	12	5	11	64	73	29
9 South Molton	28	10	4	14	48	80	24
10 St Marks	28	9	5	14	63	75	23
11 Univ College SW	28	8	5	15	54	76	21
12 Exmouth Town	28	8	4	16	75	106	20
13 Kingsteignton	28	7	4	17	69	101	18
14 Budleigh Salterton	28	6	6	16	58	93	18
15 St Lukes College	28	7	1	20	65	114	15

1930s, 1936/37, Archibald Young, Arthur Chesters, C Rourke, C Smith, Ernest Hobbs, Frederick Hunter, Frederick Smith, Frederick Urmson, George Stimpson, Harry Johnson, Hiley Bamsey, Jack Englsih, John Angus, John Keane, John Shadwell, Kerr, Michael Boyle, MIchael McGahey, Patrick McGill, Patrick Tierney, R Croft, Reg Clarke, Richard Ebdon, Roderick Williams, Squad Photograph, Stanley Pope, Thomas Scott, Timeline, W Barr, Wilfred Lowton, William Brown, William Owen