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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