1956/57
All Results and information

Squad photo from the 1956/57 season, Exeter finished in 21st place in the league and exited the FA Cup at the First Round.



  • League Position: 21st Played: 46 Won: 12, Drew: 13, Lost: 21 Goals For: 61, Goals Against: 79 Points: 37

  • FA Cup First Round:
Plymouth Argyle (H), 0-2

First Team 
Results

18/08/1956 Coventry City  A L 0-1 20100 :      
22/08/1956 Norwich City H D 0-0 9530 :      
25/08/1956 Southampton H L 0-4 9127 :      
29/08/1956 Norwich City  A L 0-1 12073 :      
01/09/1956 Torquay United H D 1-1 10936 Burke      
05/09/1956 Newport County H W 2-0 5074 Burke Currie    
08/09/1956 Crystal Palace  A D 0-0 11801 :      
13/09/1956 Newport County  A D 1-1 5000 Burke      
15/09/1956 Southend United H W 6-1 7809 Beer 2 Buckle 2 Currie Burke
19/09/1956 Colchester United H L 0-2 8360 :      
22/09/1956 Northampton Town  A D 1-1 9431 John      
24/09/1956 Colchester United A L 0-4 6754 :      
29/09/1956 Queens Park Rangers H D 0-0 7312 :      
06/10/1956 Brighton and Hove Albion A L 0-3 13139 :      
13/10/1956 Gillingham H W 4-0 6524 Currie 2 Thomas Mitchell  
20/10/1956 Swindon Town  A W 5-3 8441 Currie 2 Buckle 2 Thomas  
27/10/1956 Brentford H D 1-1 8482 Currie      
03/11/1956 Aldershot  A W 4-1 4701 Currie 2 Willis Rees  
10/11/1956 Watford H L 1-2 7391 Currie      
24/11/1956 Walsall H L 0-1 4617 :      
01/12/1956 Ipswich Town  A L 0-3 11731 :      
15/12/1956 Coventry City H W 4-2 4119 Thomas  Harvey 2 (2p's) Houghton  
22/12/1956 Southampton A D 2-2 12239 John 2      
26/12/1956 Plymouth Argyle H W 2-1 10301 Houghton 2      
29/12/1956 Torquay United  A L 0-1 8065 :      
05/01/1957 Plymouth Argyle  A L 0-5 9857 :      
12/01/1957 Crystal Palace H W 2-1 5015 Lackenby Buckle     
19/01/1957 Southend United  A L 0-2 8321 :      
26/01/1957 Reading H D 1-1 5492 Rees      
02/02/1957 Northampton Town H D 0-0 5931 :      
09/02/1957 Queens Park Rangers  A L 3-5 8593 Currie 2 Harvey (p)    
16/02/1957 Brighton and Hove Albion H L 1-3 6545 Tennant (og)      
23/02/1957 Gillingham A L 1-2 3398 Buckle      
02/03/1957 Swindon Town H W 3-2 5244 John 2 Harvey (p)    
09/03/1957 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic  A L 1-3 11257 Currie      
13/03/1957 Reading  A L 0-4 6714 :      
16/03/1957 Aldershot H D 1-1 4798 Thomas       
23/03/1957 Watford  A D 1-1 7395 Divers      
30/03/1957 Shrewsbury Town H W 5-1 4739 Thomas  Currie 2 Mitchell 2  
06/04/1957 Walsall  A L 0-2 10500 :      
13/04/1957 Ipswich Town H L 1-2 5953 Harvey (p)      
19/04/1957 Millwall A W 3-1 11414 Lackenby Buckle  Currie  
20/04/1957 Brentford  A L 0-3 9200 :      
22/04/1957 Millwall H D 1-1 6485 Currie      
27/04/1957 Shrewsbury Town  A W 2-1 5729 Harvey (p) Lackenby    
01/05/1957 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic H L 1-2 5708 Lackenby      

Football League Third Division South  1956/57

Pld

W

D

L

F

A

Pts

Ipswich Town

46

25

9

12

101

54

59

Torquay United

46

24

11

11

89

64

59

Colchester United

46

22

14

10

84

56

58

Southampton

46

22

10

14

76

52

54

Bournemouth & BA

46

19

14

13

88

62

52

Brighton & HA

46

19

14

13

86

65

52

Southend United

46

18

12

16

73

65

48

Brentford

46

16

16

14

78

76

48

Shrewsbury Town

46

15

18

13

72

79

48

Queens Park R

46

18

11

17

61

60

47

Watford

46

18

10

18

72

75

46

Newport County

46

16

13

17

65

62

45

Reading

46

18

9

19

80

81

45

Northampton Town

46

18

9

19

66

73

45

Walsall

46

16

12

18

80

74

44

Coventry City

46

16

12

18

74

84

44

Millwall

46

16

12

18

64

84

44

Plymouth Argyle

46

16

11

19

68

73

43

Aldershot

46

15

12

19

79

92

42

Crystal Palace

46

11

18

17

62

75

40

Exeter City

46

12

13

21

61

79

37

Gillingham

46

12

13

21

54

85

37

Swindon Town

46

15

6

25

66

96

36

Norwich City

46

8

15

23

61

94

31

FA Cup

1956/57

Exeter Score 1st

17/12/1956

Plymouth Argyle

Home

0-2

13855

:

R1

Devon Bowl

1956/57

Exeter Score 1st

08/04/1957

Barnstaple

Home

3-0

Churms, Currie, Buckle

1309

SF

02/05/1957

Plymouth Argyle

Away

2-4

Churms, Currie

4000

F

Friendlies

1956/57

Exeter score 1st

04/08/1956

Reds v Blues

Home

1-2

2000

Divers v Sword, Beer

11/08/1956

Reds v Blues

Home

3-1

2190

Currie, Divers, Ferrier (og) v Phoenix

22/09/1956

Plymouth & District X1

Home

4-5

24/10/1956

Poole Town

Away

3-0

3600

Thomas 2, Buckle

08/12/1956

Stockport County

Away

2-4

5200

Currie, Houghton

12/02/1957

Royal Marines

Home

12-2

1500

John 5, Divers, Houghton, Rees, Phoenix, Buckle 2, Mitchell

01/04/1957

Managers All-Star X1

Home

2-1

3322

Churmes, Currie



Reserves
Southern League 


Results

Southern League 1956/57
18/08/1956 SL Llanelly H 5-1 Thomas Sword 2 Rees Willis
23/08/1956 SL Kidderminster Harriers A 2-2 Phoenix Grinney    
25/08/1956 SL Kettering A 1-2 Willis      
29/08/1956 SL Cup 1 Bath City H 7-1 Willis Rees 3 Divers  Parr (2p's)
01/09/1956 SL Bedford Town A 0-2 :      
06/09/1956 SL Cup 1 Bath City A 1-4 Simpson      
08/09/1956 SL Headington United H 1-3 Willis      
12/09/1956 SL Kidderminster Harriers H 2-0 Mitchell Marsh    
15/09/1956 SL Dartford A 0-4 :      
19/09/1956 SL Gloucester City A 1-0 Rees      
24/09/1956 SL Cup  Gloucester City A 1-4 Willis      
29/09/1956 SL Headington United A 2-3 Buckle Phoenix    
03/10/1956 SL Tonbridge H 2-1 Divers Mitchell    
06/10/1956 SL Merthyr Tydfil H 1-1 Divers      
13/10/1956 SL Cheltenham Town A 3-3 Willis 2 Beer    
17/10/1956 SL Chelmsford City H 2-2 Phoenix Beer    
20/10/1956 SL Hereford United H 3-1 Willis 2 Houghton    
27/10/1956 SL Barry Town A 1-2 Willis      
03/11/1956 Friendly Plymouth & District league X1 H 4-5 Grinney Divers A.N Other 2  
10/11/1956 SL Yeovil Town A 1-5 Simpson      
17/11/1956 SL Tonbridge A 1-2 Phoenix      
24/11/1956 SL Gravesend and Northfleet A 0-3 :      
01/12/1956 SL Weymouth Town H 3-3 Divers Beer Houghton  
08/12/1956 SL Bath City A 1-3 Jenkins      
12/12/1956 Friendly Royal Marines Corp National X1 H 12-2 John 5, Divers, Houghton, Rees, Phoenix, Buckle 2, Mitchell
15/12/1956 SL Llanelly A 1-0 Beer      
29/12/1956 SL Bedford Town H 2-0 Divers 2      
05/01/1957 SL Gravesend and Northfleet H 1-1 Marsh      
12/01/1957 SL Chelmsford City A 0-4 :      
19/01/1957 SL Dartford H 0-3 :      
26/01/1957 SL Weymouth Town A 1-4 Simpson      
02/02/1957 SL Hereford United A 0-5 :      
11/02/1957 SL Worcester City A 3-1 Currie 2 Buckle    
16/02/1957 SL Merthyr Tydfil A 3-2 Sword Willis Marsh (Alan)   
23/02/1957 SL Cheltenham Town H 1-2 Marsh (Alan)      
05/03/2005 SL Worcester City H 0-2 :      
09/03/1957 SL Barry Town H 1-0 Marsh (Alan)     Att 1382
16/03/1957 SL Gulidford City A 0-3 :      
20/03/1957 SL Hastings United H 1-2 Robinson      
23/03/1957 SL Yeovil Town H 1-1 Rees      
30/03/1957 SL Hastings United A 0-3 :      
06/04/1957 SL Gulidford City H 1-1 Rees      
19/04/1957 SL Lovells Athletic H 1-1 Robinson      
20/04/1957 SL Bath City H 0-1 :      
22/04/1957 SL Lovells Athletic A 0-6 :      
27/04/1957 SL Gloucester City H 2-2 Marsh (Alan) Kenshole    
04/05/1957 SL Kettering H 1-2 Long (Tony)      

Southern Football League  1956/57

Pld

W

D

L

F

A

Pts

Kettering Town

42

28

10

4

106

47

66

Bedford Town

42

25

8

9

89

52

58

Weymouth

42

22

10

10

92

71

54

Cheltenham Town

42

19

15

8

73

46

53

Gravesend & N

42

21

11

10

74

58

53

Lovells Athletic

42

21

7

14

99

84

49

Guildford City

42

18

11

13

68

49

47

Hereford United

42

19

8

15

96

60

46

Headington United

42

19

7

16

64

61

45

Gloucester City

42

18

8

16

74

72

44

Hastings United

42

17

9

16

70

58

43

Worcester City

42

16

10

16

81

80

42

Dartford

42

16

10

16

79

88

42

Chelmsford City

42

16

9

17

73

85

41

Tonbridge

42

14

12

16

74

65

40

Yeovil Town

42

14

11

17

83

85

39

Bath City

42

15

8

19

56

78

38

Exeter City Res

42

10

10

22

52

89

30

Merthyr Tydfil

42

9

11

22

72

95

29

Barry Town

42

6

11

25

39

84

23

Kidderminster H

42

7

10

25

60

83

20*

LIanelly

42

5

8

29

39

123

18


*Kidderminster had a 4 point deduction




Exeter City “A”
Exeter and District League
Senior 1

Results Matrix

SENIOR 1

Home

Away

Winkleigh

Sidmouth Town

Cullompton

Rockbeare

St Lukes College

Crediton United

Seaton Town

St Marks

Budleigh Salterton

Torrington

Topsham Town

University

Newton Poppleford

 

Final Table
Senior 1

SENIOR 1
1 Exeter City A 26 20 4 2 121 64 44
2 Winkleigh 26 15 6 5 76 53 36
3 Sidmouth Town 26 16 3 7 96 42 35
4 Cullompton 26 16 3 7 75 44 35
5 Rockbeare 26 14 3 9 74 59 31
6 St Lukes College 26 12 3 11 74 58 27
7 Crediton United 26 10 5 11 66 66 25
8 Seaton Town 26 10 3 13 69 74 23
9 St Marks   26 10 2 14 68 83 22
10 Budleigh Salterton 26 9 3 14 58 79 21
11 Torrington 26 9 2 15 68 101 20
12 Topsham Town 26 6 4 16 59 92 16
13 University 26 5 6 15 62 99 16
14 Newton Poppleford 26 5 3 18 58 110 13

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Comments

David Mitchell

i don't believe this to be a picture of the first team squad. My guess is that its more likely to be one of the reserve team photographs as there doesn't appear to be any first team players featured. 

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