1953/54
All Results and information

Squad photo from the 1953/54 season in which Exeter finished 9th in Division Three South, but had an early exit from the FA Cup at the First Round.


The line up in the first photo is:
Back Row,
Doyle, Booth , Davey, Goddard, Harvey, King, Donaldson, Douglass, Storey, McLean.

Centre
Mr Jack Warne, Frank Houghton (assistant trainer), Mr George Gilbert (Secretary), Parker, Rowe, Owen J, Singleton, Kelly, P Brearley, Samuels, Dailey, McClelland, Harry Hanford (trainer), Mr Lew White, Mr T White.
Front.
Priestley, Bond, Mitchell, Norman Dodgin (player-manager) Sid Thomas (Chairman), Alderman F.P.Cottey, Mackay, Setters, Knight, Murphy.

  • League Position: 9th Played: 46, Won: 20, Drew: 8, Lost: 18 Goals For: 68, Goals Against: 58, Points: 48
  • FA Cup
First Round: Hereford United (H), 1-1. Replay, 2-0

First Team 
Results
19/08/1953 Leyton Orient H W 2-1 10412 Knight Parker    
22/08/1953 Walsall  A D 1-1 10428 Goddard      
26/08/1953 Colchester United H L 1-2 10589 Priestley      
29/08/1953 Shrewsbury Town H L 0-1 11000        
03/09/1953 Colchester United A W 1-0 7500 Murphy      
05/09/1953 Torquay United A L 2-3 10583 Mitchell McClelland (p)    
09/09/1953 Bristol City H L 0-1 10310        
12/09/1953 Newport County  A W 3-0 6949 Mitchell Donaldson 2    
15/09/1953 Bristol City  A L 1-5 15302 Goddard      
19/09/1953 Norwich City H L 0-2 11412        
23/09/1953 Swindon Town H W 3-1 8162 Mackay 2 Priestley    
26/09/1953 Queens Park Rangers A D 0-0 12943        
30/09/1953 Swindon Town  A W 4-2 7727 Mackay 2 McClelland 2    
03/10/1953 Southampton H W 4-0 13691 Dailey Mackay 2 McClelland  
10/10/1953 Brighton and Hove Albion H L 0-1 12044        
17/10/1953 Southend United  A W 1-0 8000 Donaldson      
24/10/1953 Reading H W 2-0 10284 McClelland 2      
31/10/1953 Leyton Orient  A L 1-3 11342 Mackay      
07/11/1953 Millwall H W 4-1 10000 McClelland Samuels Donaldson Mackay
14/11/1953 Ipswich Town  A D 1-1 15125 Donaldson      
28/11/1953 Coventry City A L 0-2 10224        
05/12/1953 Gillingham H L 1-2 7984 McClelland      
19/12/1953 Walsall H W 2-1 6500 McClelland 2      
25/12/1953 Aldershot  A W 2-1 4425 Mitchell McClelland    
26/12/1953 Aldershot H L 1-3 8892 McClelland      
02/01/1954 Shrewsbury Town  A D 1-1 6000 Mackay      
09/01/1954 Crystal Palace H W 7-0 7382 Donaldson 3 Priestley Mackay 2 McClelland
16/01/1954 Torquay United H L 1-2 15518 Knight      
23/01/1954 Newport County H W 1-0 8038 Mackay      
30/01/1954 Crystal Palace A D 0-0 5535        
06/02/1954 Norwich City A W 2-1 24728 Priestley Donaldson     
13/02/1954 Queens Park Rangers H D 0-0 8133        
20/02/1954 Southampton  A L 0-2 16327        
27/02/1954 Brighton and Hove Albion  A L 1-2 20217 Ellaway      
06/03/1954 Southend United H D 1-1 8392 McClelland (p)      
13/03/1954 Bournemouth and B A A L 1-4 8263 Donaldson      
20/03/1954 Coventry City H W 4-0 8000 Donaldson 2 Parker Dodgin  
27/03/1954 Millwall  A L 1-2 8620 Mackay      
03/04/1954 Ipswich Town H L 1-2 8578 Donaldson      
08/04/1954 Northampton Town  A D 2-2 5597 Donaldson Ellaway    
10/04/1954 Gillingham  A W 1-0 9500 Donaldson      
16/04/1954 Watford  A W 2-0 14161 McClelland 2      
17/04/1954 Northampton Town H W 1-0 8844 McClelland      
19/04/1954 Watford H W 2-1 9000 Priestley McClelland    
24/04/1954 Reading  A L 1-4 7900 McClelland      
28/04/1954 Bournemouth and B A H W 1-0 5357 Donaldson      

Football League Third Division South  1953/54

Pld

W

D

L

F

A

Pts

Ipswich Town

46

27

10

9

82

51

64

Brighton & Hove Albion

46

26

9

11

86

61

61

Bristol City

46

25

6

15

88

66

56

Watford

46

21

10

15

85

69

52

Northampton Town

46

20

11

15

82

55

51

Southampton

46

22

7

17

76

63

51

Norwich City

46

20

11

15

73

66

51

Reading

46

20

9

17

86

73

49

Exeter City

46

20

8

18

68

58

48

Gillingham

46

19

10

17

61

66

48

Leyton Orient

46

18

11

17

79

73

47

Millwall

46

19

9

18

74

77

47

Torquay United

46

17

12

17

81

88

46

Coventry City

46

18

9

19

61

56

45

Newport County

46

19

6

21

61

81

44

Southend United

46

18

7

21

69

71

43

Aldershot

46

17

9

20

74

86

43

Queens Park Rangers

46

16

10

20

60

68

42

Bournemouth & Boscambe Athletic

46

16

8

22

67

70

40

Swindon Town

46

15

10

21

67

70

40

Shrewsbury Town

46

14

12

20

65

76

40

Crystal Palace

46

14

12

20

60

86

40

Colchester United

46

10

10

26

50

78

30

Walsall

46

9

8

29

40

87

26

FA Cup

1953/54

Exeter Score 1st

21/11/1953

Hereford United

Home

1-1

10829

Samuels

R1

25/11/1953

Hereford United

Away

0-2

8000

:

R1 Replay

Devon Bowl

1953/54

Exeter Score 1st

21/04/1954

Ilfracombe

Away

3-0

Parker (Bill), McClelland, Mitchell

1200

SF

26/10/1954

Torquay United

Home

2-0

John, Callan

2000

F

Friendlies

1953/54

Exeter score 1st

08/08/1953

Reds v Blues

Home

3-0

3723

Mitchell 2, Murphy.

12/08/1953

Reds v Blues

Home

2-2

2377

Dailley 2 (for Reds),  McClelland and Mackay (for Blues)

12/09/1953

Plymouth & District League X1

Home

2-1

Knight, King

16/09/1953

Trinidad

Home

1-1

1998

Samuels

13/10/1953

Everton

Home

0-4

6400

:

26/10/1953

Plymouth Argyle

Away

1-3

2050

Mackay

02/12/1953

HMS Eagle

Home

7-2

1943

Parker 2, Murphy 2, King 2, Donaldson

28/12/1953

Plymouth City

Away

4-2

Tremble 2, Cook 2

20/01/1954

HMS Eagle

Away

6-1

1000

Donaldson 2, Ellaway, Knight, Parker, Priestley

27/01/1954

Barnstaple Town

Home

0-0

3000

:

10/02/1954

British Army X1

Home

2-4

3974

Parker, MacKay

13/02/1954

Budleigh Salterton

Away

5-0

1200

Tollard 2, Caines, Toward, Bond

17/02/1954

FC. Wien

Home

0-0

6050

:

02/03/1954

Weymouth

Away

2-1

1500

McClelland 2

23/03/1954

Bristol Rovers

Home

0-1

2738

:

24/04/1954

Chelston B v Tiverton B

At SJP

3-1

(Colman 2, Parsons v Kenshole)

26/04/1954

Bideford

Away

1-2

2000

Doyle

27/04/1954

Cardiff City

Home

1-3

4092

Donaldson

29/04/1954

Exeter A v Beer Albion

Home

Reserves 

Southern League
Results 
Southern League 1953/54
22/08/1953 SL Yeovil Town Home 3-1 Mackay McClelland  Setters  
26/08/1953 SL Dartford Away 1-2 McClelland       
29/08/1953 SL Bedford Town Away 1-1 Knight      
02/09/1953 SL Cup 1 Bath City Home 0-1 :      
05/09/1954 SL Hastings  Home 0-1 :      
09/09/1954 SL Cup 1 Bath City Away 1-1 Dailey      
19/09/1953 SL Gravesend & N Utd Away 4-2 Dailey Samuels Knight  Parker
23/09/1953 SL Guildford City Away 1-2 Samuels       
03/10/1953 SL Llanelly Away 2-0 Samuels Knight    
07/10/1953 SL Dartford Home 2-2 Samuels  Murphy      
14/10/1953 SL Chelmsford City Home 0-1 :      
17/10/1953 SL Kettering Home 5-3 Samuels 2 Knight 2 Wyldes (og)  
24/10/1953 SL Cheltenham Away 1-1 Dailey      
31/10/1953 SL Merthyr Tydfil Home 1-1 Samuels       
02/11/1953 SL Headington Away 0-1 :      
07/11/1953 SL Barry Town Away 1-3 Setters      
11/11/1953 SL Tonbridge Away 0-2 :      
14/11/1953 SL Bath City Home 2-2 Mitchell      
18/11/1953 SL Lovells Athletic Home 1-2 Murphy       
28/11/1953 SL Worcester City Home 1-1 Murphy      
05/12/1953 SL Gloucester City Away 1-2 Dailey       
12/12/1953 SL Cheltenham Home 1-1 Knight      
19/12/1953 SL Yeovil Town Away 0-5 :      
25/12/1953 SL Weymouth Home 4-2 Cook 2 Ellaway 2    
26/12/1953 SL Weymouth Away 2-2 Cook Ellaway    
02/01/1954 SL Bedford Town Home 2-4 Ellaway Samuels    
09/01/1954 SL Hereford Away 1-6 Samuels      
16/01/1954 SL Hastings  Away 0-2 :      
23/01/1954 SL Lovells Athletic Away 1-3 Cook      
30/01/1954 SL Guildford City Home 0-0 :      
06/02/1954 SL Gravesend & N Utd Home 2-0 Mitchell R Ellaway    
13/02/1954 SL Chelmsford City Away 2-2 Murphy (p) Ellaway    
20/02/1954 SL Llanelly Home 5-1 Murphy 2(1p) Samuels Cook 2  
27/02/1954 SL Barry Town Home 4-2 Murphy 2 Samuels Parker  
06/03/1954 SL Kettering Away 1-1 Knight      
13/03/1954 SL Headington Home 0-0 :      
20/03/1954 SL Merthyr Tydfil Away 0-1 :      
27/03/1954 SL Tonbridge Home 1-3 Murphy      
03/04/1954 SL Bath City Away 0-3 :      
10/04/1954 SL Hereford Home 1-0 McClelland      
16/04/1954 SL Kidderminster Home  0-1 :      
17/04/1954 SL Worcester City Away 2-1 Doyle 2      
19/04/1954 SL Kidderminster Away 1-1 Doyle      
24/04/1954 SL Gloucester City Home 4-1 Cook Murphy McLean 2  

Southern Football League  1953/54

Pld

W

D

L

F

A

Pts

Merthyr Tydfil

42

27

8

7

97

55

62

Headington United

42

22

9

11

68

43

53

Yeovil Town

42

20

8

14

87

76

48

Bath City

42

17

12

13

73

67

46

Kidderminster H

42

18

9

15

62

59

45

Weymouth

42

18

8

16

83

72

44

Barry Town

42

17

9

16

108

91

43

Bedford Town

42

19

5

18

80

84

43

Gloucester City

42

16

11

15

69

77

43

Hastings United

42

16

10

16

73

67

42

Kettering Town

42

15

12

15

65

63

42

Hereford United

42

16

9

17

66

62

41

LIanelly

42

16

9

17

80

85

41

Guildford City

42

15

11

16

56

60

41

Gravesend & N

42

16

8

18

76

77

40

Worcester City

42

17

6

19

66

71

40

Lovells Athletic

42

14

11

17

62

60

39

Tonbridge

42

15

9

18

85

91

39

Chelmsford City

42

14

10

18

67

71

38

Exeter City Res.

42

11

13

18

61

72

35

Cheltenham Town

42

11

12

19

56

83

34

Dartford

42

6

13

23

42

89

25



Exeter City “A”
Exeter and District League
Premier League
 
Results Matrix

Home

Away

1 St Lukes College

2 Dawlish

4 Tiverton Town

5 Friernhay

6 Heavitree United

7 Chelston

8 Clyst Valley

9 Axminster Town

10 Torrington

11 Topsham Town

12 Lympstone

13 Budleigh S.

14 Exmouth Town

3 games not played.



Final Table

PREMIER LEAGUE
P W D L F A PTS
1 St Lukes College 25 18 5 2 121 49 41
2 Dawlish   25 16 5 5 96 45 37
3 Exeter City A 25 16 5 4 76 37 37
4 Tiverton Town 26 14 2 10 99 60 30
5 Friernhay   26 12 5 9 72 64 29
6 Heavitree United 26 12 4 10 67 69 28
7 Chelston     26 11 4 11 82 83 26
8 Clyst Valley 25 11 4 10 70 77 25
9 Axminster Town 26 8 7 11 58 63 23
10 Torrington 25 9 2 14 58 88 20
11 Topsham Town 25 7 5 13 51 75 19
12 Lympstone 26 5 5 16 36 80 15
13 Budleigh Salterton 26 7 1 18 44 88 15
14 Exmouth Town 25 4 4 17 42 94 12
3 games not played.
           

Exeter City "B"
Exeter and District League
Senior 2
 

Results Matrix

SENIOR 2

Home

Away

Dawlish Town Res

Tiverton Town Res

Friernhay Res

Chelston Res

Heavitree U. Res

Budleigh S. Res

Lympstone Res

Topsham Town Res

Sidmouth T Res

Clyst Valley Res

Ottery St Mary Res

Exmouth Town Res

Colyton Res

 



Final Table

SENIOR 2
1 Exeter City B 26 21 3 2 149 32 45
2 Dawlish Town Res 26 21 2 3 153 44 44
3 Tiverton Town Res 26 19 3 4 107 43 41
4 Friernhay Res 26 18 2 6 95 42 38
5 Chelston Res  25 15 4 6 94 44 34
6 Heavitree United Res 25 15 3 7 108 61 33
7 Budleigh Salterton Res 26 11 5 10 83 92 27
8 Lympstone Res 26 10 0 16 72 87 20
9 Topsham Town Res 26 8 1 17 51 94 17
10 Sidmouth Town Res 25 6 3 16 65 108 15
11 Clyst Valley Res 26 6 3 17 61 121 15
12 Ottery St Mary Res 25 6 1 18 54 110 13
13 Exmouth Town Res 26 4 4 18 61 104 12
14 Colyton Res   26 2 2 22 29 200 6



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Comments

kim brealey

You have spelt my dads name incorect it is P brealey notP Brearley thanks 

Paul Farley

The team is as follows

Back  Arnold Mitchell, Fred Davey, Charlie McClelland, Richard Walton, Keith Harvey, Norman Douglass,

Front Row Gerry Priestley, John Anderson, Angus Mackay, Bill Ellaway, Maurice Setters,

Is actually August 1954 in a match at Crediton. 

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