Exeter City-Chairs
A chronological record of all the Chairs of Exeter City Football Club, with a little extra detail.
Chair | Start Date | End Date | Duration | Other |
C. Fey | 1904 | 1905 | 1 | |
Sir Edgar Vincent | 1905 | 1906 | 1 | Local MP. Later 1st Viscount D'Abernon. |
Richard William Fenwick | 1906 | 1908 | 2 | Player and Chartered Accountant |
F. H. Gardner | 1907 | 1907 | 1 | Elected as chair. |
Captain L.J. Harvey | 1908 | 1910 | 3 | Ex-Exeter United player and secretary. |
Michael McGahey | 1910 | 1936 | 27 | Longest serving Chair, Lawyer, Freemason |
Frederick Hunter | 1936 | 1942 | 7 | Businessman, he was killed in the Exeter Blitz. |
Sidney Thomas | 1945 | 1957 | 12 | Player, secretary, Life President. Hall of Fame |
Albert Lines | 1957 | 1959 | 3 | Businessman |
George Gillin | 1959 | 1961 | 3 | Businesman, Torquay United and Plymouth Argyle Dierctor |
Reg Rose | 1961 | 1967 | 7 | Local businessman |
Les Kerslake | 1967 | 1970 | 4 | Local businessman |
Fred Dart | 1970 | 1974 | 5 | Local businessman |
Gerald Vallance | 1974 | 1982 | 9 | Local businessman. Haulage Company. |
Clifford Hill | 1982 | 1985 | 3 | Acting chair in later years, Local businessman |
Byron Snell | 1985 | 1985 | 1 | Unclear exactly when he was in charge |
Ivor Doble | 1985 | 2002 | 18 | More than one term, Jeweller. |
John Russell | 2002 | 2003 | 1 | Arrested soon after he left club. Businessman |
David Treharne | 2003 | 2006 | 3 | First chair under Trust ownership. |
Denise Watts | 2006 | 2010 | 4 | First Female chair. Businesswoman, Trust Chair |
Edward Chorlton | 2010 | 2014 | 4 | Ex-Local Authority |
Julian Tagg | 2014 | Present | 5 | Ex-Youth player, coach, ex-St Luke's College. Local businessman. |
Creator
Paul Farley
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