Attendances in the first few seasons, was either missing or just estimates. Often rounded or at best the income reported. At the end of each season, the club reported income from gates and the tax due.

In 1901/02 the FA Cup competition introduced a rule where 5% of the gate receipts had to be remitted to the FA. However, some county FAs had already introduced similar levies for their competitions. It is fair to assume that this must have required some form of recording of attendances and gate receipts?

An Entertainments Tax was introduced on 15 May 1916.
The tax was levied on the price of admission for a wide range of entertainment including football. There were three methods to collect and pay over the tax.
In football’s case where a large number of spectators are admitted in a relatively short space of time then they did not have to issue a ticket to each spectator but could pay over the tax based on certified accounts or satisfactory security being given. This required turnstiles and all the details recorded in a gate book that could be subject to inspection and prosecution if everything was not in order. At this time the use of turnstiles was well established in football otherwise the Treasury would not have allowed football to self-certify the tax it was collecting.
Exeter had turnstiles by this time, and even in the first season at the Park, a sentry hut was used for the collection of the entry fee.
In many of the early reports the income is reported and not the gate number. In some reports in the press, it mentions the crowd before the start of the game, this is the figure that is reported in the books produced since then, however further reading of the reports will say such things as "and by half time the ground was nearly full" or " after the start of the game the crowd was close to 8000".

Season		Average  Attendance (Home)	Highest Attendance (Home)	Opponents	Highest attendance (Away)	Opponents	Notes
1901	1902
1902	1903
1903	1904
1904	1905	860	1500	112 Battery RA	1500	112 Battery RA	Based on 5 games
1905	1906	1433	2000	Plymouth Res	1500	Millbrook R	Based on 3 games
1906	1907	1367	3000	Plymouth Res	2000	Rifle Brigade	Based on 6 games
1907	1908	967	2000	Plymouth Res	500	Plymouth Res	Based on 3 games
1908	1909	5436	11500	Millwall	10000	Portsmouth
1909	1910	6381	13000	Plymouth	14000	Plymouth
1910	1911	4763	7500	Plymouth	20000	Crystal Palace
1911	1912	5105	8000	Plymouth	11000	Millwall
1912	1913	4052	12000	Plymouth	15000	Millwall
1913	1914	5105	11000	Plymouth	15000	Plymouth
1914	1915	3947	6000	Swindon	8000	West Ham United
1915	1916						No Competetion
1916	1917						No Competetion
1917	1918						No Competetion
1918	1919						No Competetion
1919	1920	5857	11000	Bristol Rovers	14000	Bristol Rovers
1920	1921	7050	14664	Plymouth	24000	Portsmouth
1921	1922	5810	16000	Plymouth	22000	Plymouth
1922	1923	5935	14000	Plymouth	16000	Plymouth
1923	1924	5680	13000	Plymouth	14500	Plymouth
1924	1925	6630	14000	Plymouth	25000	Swansea
1925	1926	6334	11000	Swindon	20000	Plymouth
1926	1927	7201	19221	Plymouth	17000	Bristol Rovers
1927	1928	6876	12500	Millwall	13000	Plymouth
1928	1929	5743	14000	Plymouth	18000	Fulham
1929	1930	6592	16000	Plymouth	18000	Fulham
1930	1931	4950	8000	Torquay United	14000	Fulham
1931	1932	6257	14000	Southend	20000	Reading
1932	1933	7665	15000	Norwich City	16000	Brentford
1933	1934	5916	10000	Bristol Rovers	15000	Coventry City
1934	1935	5009	9000	Watford	15000	Crystal Palace
1935	1936	5214	10000	Aldershot	12000	Swindon
1936	1937	5423	9000	Bristol City	20000	Crystal Palace
1937	1938	6245	12893	Crystal Palace	20000	Crystal Palace
1938	1939	6055	10000	Ipswich	25000	Cardiff City
1939	1940	7500	7500	Torquay United			Only one match at home,
1940	1941						City did not compete in Competetion
1941	1942						City did not compete in Competetion
1942	1943						City did not compete in Competetion
1943	1944						City did not compete in Competetion
1944	1945						City did not compete in Competetion
1945	1946	7597	10209	Crystal Palace	18000	Cardiff City
1946	1947	8888	13100	Bristol City	32000	Cardiff City
1947	1948	9900	16942	Notts County	24755	Norwich City
1948	1949	10143	14000	Notts County	37647	Notts County
1949	1950	10117	14833	Torquay United	32167	Notts County
1950	1951	9772	20000	Plymouth	25424	Plymouth
1951	1952	8321	19000	Plymouth	25494	Plymouth
1952	1953	10339	15720	Norwich City	23773	Bristol Rovers
1953	1954	9334	15518	Torquay United	24728	Norwich City
1954	1955	8045	12467	Crystal Palace	26230	Bristol City
1955	1956	8168	13991	Torquay United	20790	Coventry City
1956	1957	6765	10936	Torquay United	20100	Coventry City
1957	1958	7784	13598	Plymouth	23418	Plymouth
1958	1959	9374	13102	Torquay United	20979	Crystal Palace
1959	1960	7421	12947	Torquay United	15731	Crystal Palace
1960	1961	4961	9933	Carlisle United	28551	Crystal Palace
1961	1962	4344	6424	Doncaster	19666	Millwall
1962	1963	4414	9676	Torquay United	15790	Oldham
1963	1964	7291	16141	Torquay United	13655	Torquay United
1964	1965	6460	10218	Peterborough	12342	Bournemouth
1965	1966	5590	9132	Swansea	28055	Hull City
1966	1967	2889	7044	Newport County	8960	Stockport
1967	1968	3855	5046	Aldershot	12409	Luton
1968	1969	5371	12714	Southend	9935	Southend
1969	1970	4918	6700	Newport County	10110	Brentford
1970	1971	4687	6093	Notts County	18002	Notts County
1971	1972	3857	5144	Aldershot	22484	Grimsby Town
1972	1973	4966	11296	Torquay United	11302	Hereford
1973	1974	4193	6822	Reading	9641	Peterborough	Lowest attendance  693  Workington (Away)
1974	1975	3430	7271	Torquay United	8412	Mansfield
1975	1976	3265	8112	Torquay United	6341	Reading
1976	1977	4616	10751	Aldershot	7900	Torquay United
1977	1978	4880	8334	Plymouth	15317	Wrexham
1978	1979	4412	8022	Plymouth	14797	Watford
1979	1980	4579	11489	Plymouth	12617	Sheffield United
1980	1981	4555	8491	Plymouth	14792	Plymouth
1981	1982	3862	9144	Plymouth	10989	Portsmouth
1982	1983	3244	9168	Plymouth	10622	Portsmouth
1983	1984	3377	6970	Plymouth	10387	Plymouth
1984	1985	2351	3925	Torquay United	3663	Blackpool
1985	1986	1973	2868	Port Vale	3927	Colchester United
1986	1987	2657	4915	Wolves	6983	Tranmere
1987	1988	2465	6281	Torquay United	15588	Wolves
1988	1989	2677	4243	Torquay United	7889	Burnley
1989	1990	4859	8271	Southend	8461	Carlisle
1990	1991	4285	6145	Bournemouth	14225	Grimsby Town
1991	1992	3645	5830	West Bromwich Albion	13634	Stoke City
1992	1993	3268	6534	Plymouth Argyle	14676	West Bromwich Albion
1993	1994	3349	6601	Plymouth Argyle	12986	Plymouth Argyle
1994	1995	2482	5638	Torquay United	6808	Preston North End
1995	1996	3442	6185	Plymouth Argyle	18700	Preston North End
1996	1997	3014	4991	Torquay United	7892	Fulham
1997	1998	3990	8350	Torquay United	6623	Cardiff City
1998	1999	3154	6746	Plymouth Argyle	11936	Plymouth Argyle
1999	2000	3014	5263	Torquay United	10743	Swansea
2000	2001	3692	5145	Plymouth Argyle	9038	Cardiff City
2001	2002	3443	5756	Plymouth Argyle	16369	Plymouth Argyle
2002	2003	3763	9036	Southend*	13667	Hull City	* Police estimate was 13000
2003	2004	3665	5345	Accrington Stanley	4943	Hereford
2004	2005	3389	4529	Scarborough	6588	Carlisle
2005	2006	3790	6682	Grays Athletic	3754	Hereford
2006	2007	3627	6670	Southport	6083	Oxford United
2007	2008	3705	7839	Torquay United	6021	Torquay United
2008	2009	4939	8544	Morecambe	12683	Bradford City
2009	2010	5832	8549	Leeds United	30890	Southampton
2010	2011	5393	7869	Plymouth Argyle	24767	Charlton Athletic
2011	2012	4474	6045	Sheffield United	16995	Sheffield Wednesday
2012	2013	4142	6447	Plymouth Argyle	13251	Plymouth Argyle
2013	2014	3701	5700	Plymouth Argyle	16168	Portsmouth
2014	2015	3873	7400	Plymouth Argyle	14097	Portsmouth
2015	2016	4008	7177	Plymouth Argyle	15822	Portsmouth
2016	2017	4166	6774	Carlisle United	17195	Portsmouth
2017	2018	4037	4760	Notts County	9785	Lincoln City
2018	2019	4418	5974	Yeovil Town	9505	Notts County
2019	2020	4847	7924	Plymouth Argyle	14002	Bradford City
2020	2021

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