Squad photo from the 1963/64 season during which Exeter enjoyed a successful season finishing fourth which saw them promoted to Division Three. In the FA Cup Exeter reached the Second Round and achieved the same in the League Cup.

• League Position: 4th Played: 46 Won: 20, Drew: 18, Lost: 8 Goals For: 62, Goals Against: 37 Points: 58
• FA Cup

First Round: Shrewsbury Town (H), 2-1
Second Round: Bristol City (H), 0-2

• League Cup

First Round: Oxford United (A), 0-1
Second Round: Hull City (A), 1-0

First Team 
Results

24/08/1963	Bradford City	W	A	2-1	4668	Henderson
26/08/1963	Carlisle United	L	A	0-3	6454	:
31/08/1963	Lincoln City	D	H	0-0	5449	:
07/09/1963	Gillingham	D	A	0-0	8381	:
11/09/1963	Carlisle United	W	H	1-0	5671	Curtis
14/09/1963	Southport	D	H	1-1	5335	Curtis
18/09/1963	Aldershot	W	A	1-0	7603	Henderson
21/09/1963	Doncaster Rovers	W	H	3-1	5775	Henderson	Curtis
28/09/1963	Hartlepools United	D	A	1-1	2000	Harvey
02/10/1963	Aldershot	D	H	0-0	7000	:
05/10/1963	Darlington	D	H	1-1	5965	Curtis
09/10/1963	Halifax Town	D	H	0-0	7317	:
12/10/1963	Chester	L	A	0-2	6966	:
14/10/1963	Halifax Town	L	A	0-2	3760	:
19/10/1963	York City	W	H	1-0	5549	Smyth
23/10/1963	Tranmere Rovers	W	H	5-0	5701	Phoenix	Mitchell	Curtis	Henderson	Rees
26/10/1963	Barrow	D	A	1-1	3214	Harvey (p)
28/10/1963	Tranmere Rovers	L	A	1-2	5471	Harvey (p)
02/11/1963	Rochdale	L	H	0-1	6249	:
09/11/1963	Oxford United	W	A	2-0	7185	Curtis	Banks
23/11/1963	Newport County	W	A	1-0	3339	Banks
29/11/1963	Stockport County	W	H	2-0	7058	Rees	Banks
14/12/1963	Bradford City	W	H	4-1	5566	Banks	Mitchell	Ellam (og)	Grace
21/12/1963	Lincoln City	D	A	1-1	3673	Grace
26/12/1963	Brighton and Hove Albion	W	A	2-1	10250	Thorne	Banks
28/12/1963	Brighton and Hove Albion	D	H	0-0	9873	:
04/01/1964	Workington	W	H	2-1	7286	Banks	Grace
11/01/1964	Gillingham	D	H	0-0	10905	:
18/01/1964	Southport	D	A	1-1	1618	Banks
25/01/1964	Bradford Park Avenue	L	A	2-3	6273	Banks	Grace
01/02/1964	Doncaster Rovers	L	A	0-1	8083	:
08/02/1964	Hartlepools United	W	H	2-1	6177	Banks	Rees
15/02/1964	Darlington	D	A	1-1	2647	Rees
22/02/1964	Chester City	W	H	3-0	6589	Banks	Mitchell	Ley
28/02/1964	York City	W	A	2-1	3817	Banks 2
07/03/1964	Barrow	D	H	0-0	5891	:
14/03/1964	Rochdale	W	A	3-1	2113	Banks	Thorne 2
21/03/1964	Oxford United	W	H	3-2	6602	Thorne	Kyle (og)	Curtis
27/03/1964	Torquay United	D	H	0-0	16141	:
30/03/1964	Torquay United	D	A	1-1	13655	Curtis
04/04/1964	Newport County	W	H	3-1	6077	Banks 2	Harvey
11/04/1964	Stockport County	D	A	0-0	2773	:
13/04/1964	Chesterfield	W	A	1-0	4442	Banks
18/04/1964	Bradford Park Avenue	L	H	2-3	9722	Harvey (p)	Rees
21/04/1964	Chesterfield	W	H	6-1	9449	Curtis	Banks 2	Thorne 2	Rees
25/04/1964	Workington	D	A	0-0	8600

Final Table 

League Division 4
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. GILLINGHAM               46  16  7  0  37  10   7  7  9  22  20   60
 2. CARLISLE UNITED          46  17  3  3  70  20   8  7  8  43  38   60
 3. WORKINGTON               46  15  6  2  46  19   9  5  9  30  33   59
 4. EXETER CITY              46  12  9  2  39  14   8  9  6  23  23   58
 5. Bradford City            46  15  3  5  45  24  10  3 10  31  38   56
 6. Torquay United           46  16  6  1  60  20   4  5 14  20  34   51
 7. Tranmere Rovers          46  12  4  7  46  30   8  7  8  39  43   51
 8. Brighton & Hove Albion   46  13  3  7  45  22   6  9  8  26  30   50
 9. Aldershot                46  15  3  5  58  28   4  7 12  25  50   48
10. Halifax Town             46  14  4  5  47  28   3 10 10  30  49   48
11. Lincoln City             46  15  2  6  49  31   4  7 12  18  44   47
12. Chester City             46  17  3  3  47  18   2  5 16  18  42   46
13. Bradford Park Avenue     46  13  5  5  50  34   5  4 14  25  47   45
14. Doncaster Rovers         46  11  8  4  46  23   4  4 15  24  52   42
15. Newport County           46  12  3  8  35  24   5  5 13  29  49   42
16. Chesterfield             46   8  9  6  29  27   7  3 13  28  44   42
17. Stockport County         46  12  7  4  32  19   3  5 15  18  49   42
18. Oxford United            46  10  7  6  37  27   4  6 13  22  36   41
19. Darlington               46   8  9  6  40  37   6  3 14  26  56   40
20. Rochdale                 46   9  8  6  36  24   3  7 13  20  35   39
21. Southport                46  12  6  5  42  29   3  3 17  21  59   39
22. York City                46   9  3 11  29  26   5  4 14  23  40   35
23. Hartlepool United        46   8  7  8  30  36   4  2 17  24  57   33
24. Barrow                   46   4 10  9  30  36   2  8 13  21  57   30

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Exeter City FC 1963-64 

By Fred Pound

“This account of the historic 1963-64 season as told through the eyes of the teenage schoolboy I was at the time. It is based on notes and details I recorded contemporaneously in my “autograph book” and the memories they evoke” 
Click the link below for Fred’s Memories

History in the making – memories of a teenager.

FA Cup

16/11/1963	Shrewsbury	Home	2-1	8000	Curtis, Anderson	R1
07/12/1963	Bristol City	Home	0-2	15000	:	R2

League Cup

1963/64
04/09/1963	Oxford United	Away	1-0	5000	Cochrane	LC 1
25/09/1963	Hull City	Away	0-1	8500	:	LC 2

Devon Bowl

1963/64
28/04/1964	Plymouth Argyle	Home	4-0	Thorne 3, Banks	8141	F	WINNERS, Highest attendance for Devon Bowl game

Friendlies 

1963/64
			Exeter score 1st
13/08/1963	Weymouth	Away	0-1	1589	:
17/08/1963	Reds v Whites	Home	4-1	2500	Curtis 3, Cochrane (for Reds)v Riding (for Whites)
10/02/1964	Poole Town	Away	1-0	1200	Riding	Floodlit Match

FA Youth Cup 

1963/64
18/12/1963	Plymouth Argyle	Away	1-3	George Ley		R2	City Exempt to R2

Reserves
Western League
Results 

Western League
24/08/1963	League	Portland	Home	5-2	Hoskins (og)	Williams	Redwood 2	Ley
28/08/1963	League	Bridgwater	Home	0-2	:
31/08/1963	League	Chippenham	Away	0-1	:
07/09/1963	League	Weymouth	Home	4-4	Redwood	Riding	Ley
14/09/1963	League	Salisbury	Away	1-3	Spiers
18/09/1963	League	Yeovil Town	Home	4-1	Spiers	Symington	Riding	Stuckey
21/09/1963	League	Bath City	Away	2-2	Spiers	Redwood
26/09/1963	League	Yeovil Town	Away	1-1	Spiers
28/09/1963	League	Weston Super Mare	Home	0-1	:
05/10/1963	League	Bridport	Away	2-2	Holder (og)	Edgar
09/10/1963	League	Torquay United	Away	2-5	Redwood	Edgar
12/10/1963	League	Taunton Town	Away	5-0	Redwood	Northcott 3	Edgar
19/10/1963	League	Glastonbury	Away	4-4	Redwood	Stuckey	Riding	Ley
26/10/1963	League	Poole Town	Home	1-2	Riding
02/11/1963	League	Weston Super Mare	Away	2-0	Spiers	Northcott
09/11/1963	League	Barnstaple	Home	0-3	:
16/11/1963	League	Portland	Away	3-4	Rutley	Stuckey	Redwood
23/11/1963	League	Welton Rovers	Home	1-3	Ley
30/11/1963	League	Bristol City	Away	3-3	Northcott 2	Rutley
07/12/1963	League	Bridgwater	Away	0-8	:
14/12/1963	League	Weymouth	Away	1-4	Spiers
21/12/1963	League	Salisbury	Home	2-2	Riding	Henderson
26/12/1963	League	Bristol City	Home	A-A	Abandoned  at 70 mins (1-4) Spiers
28/12/1963	League	Barnstaple	Away	0-3	:
04/01/1964	League	Minehead	Away	0-2	:
11/01/1964	League	Frome	Away	1-1	Howells
18/01/1964	League	Bridport	Home	2-1	Rutley	Riding
25/01/1964	League	Taunton Town	Home	3-1	Quarrington	Curtis	Riding
01/02/1964	League	Glastonbury	Home	6-2	Riding 5	Spiers
08/02/1964	League	Andover	Away	1-3	Ley
15/02/1964	League	Torquay United	Home	2-2	Riding	Curtis
22/02/1964	League	Dorchester United	Away	0-7	:
29/02/1964	League	Minehead	Home	1-1	Redwood
04/03/1964	League	Bristol City	Home	0-4	:
07/03/1964	League	Poole Town	Away	4-0	Riding 3	Welsh
11/03/1964	League	Dorchester United	Home	1-1	Curtis
14/03/1964	League	Andover	Home	2-2	Riding	Redwood
27/03/1964	League	Bideford	Away	0-2	:
28/03/1964	League	Frome	Home	2-2	Gerrard	Ley
30/03/1964	League	Bideford	Home	0-2	:
04/04/1964	League	Welton Rovers	Away	1-3	Redwood
11/04/1964	League	Bath City	Home	3-3	Edgar	Riding 2
25/04/1964	League	Chippenham	Home	1-1	Symington

Final Table 
Western League

Western League 1963/64,

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Bideford	42	30	6	6	113	36	66
Bristol City	42	24	15	3	122	43	63
Bridgwater	42	25	10	7	82	32	60
Welton Rovers	42	24	6	12	84	54	54
Dorchester	42	19	14	9	94	56	52
Salisbury	42	21	8	13	80	61	50
Barnstaple	42	20	9	13	92	69	49
Minehead	42	20	8	14	96	85	48
Weymouth	42	16	12	14	94	74	44
Andover	42	17	10	15	89	78	44
Torquay	42	18	7	17	81	73	43
Yeovil Town	42	17	9	16	73	99	43
Chippenham	42	15	8	19	75	62	38
Bath City	42	12	12	18	77	92	36
Frome	42	11	11	20	69	97	33
Weston S-M	42	11	11	20	58	86	33
Glastonbury	42	11	9	22	70	91	31
Exeter City	42	8	15	19	73	100	31
Poole	42	11	6	25	56	98	28
Bridport	42	7	14	21	40	100	28
Portland	42	10	5	27	63	125	25
Taunton	42	8	9	25	37	105	25

Exeter City Colts

Results

Date	Opponents	Venue	Score	Scorers
03/09/1963	Exmouth	Away	5-3	Riding 3, Wills, Ewings
07/09/1963	Seaton	Home
14/09/1963	Dawlish	Away
21/09/1963
28/09/1963	St Marks	Away	2-4
05/10/1963	Ottery	Home
12/10/1963	Lympstone	Away
19/10/1963	Cup
26/10/1963	St Marks	Home	6-1
02/11/1963	Cullompton	Home
09/11/1963	Crediton	Away
16/11/1963	Cup
23/11/1963	Friernhay	Away
30/11/1963	Sidmouth	Home	3-0	Dodds 2, Scanlon
07/11/1963	Tiverton	Away
14/11/1963	Beer	Home
21/11/1963	Exmouth	Home	4-1
26/11/1963	Sidmouth  Devon Senior Cup
04/01/1963	Friernhay	Home
11/01/1964	Sidmouth     East Devon Cup	Home	6-1	?
18/01/1964	Cullompton	Away	2-6
25/01/1964	Crediton	Home
01/02/1964	Seaton	Away	2-2
08/02/1964	Beer	Away	3-2	Unclear ?
15/02/1964	Clyst Valley	Home	2-5
22/02/1964	Lympstone	Home	3-4
29/02/1964	Dawlish	Home
07/03/1964		Away
14/03/1964	Heavitree	Home	1-1
21/03/1964	Clyst Valley	Away
28/03/1964	Tiverton	Home
04/04/1964	Heavitree	Away
11/04/1964
18/04/1964	Ottery St Mary	Away
25/04/1964

Final Table
Exeter and District Football League 
Premier

PREMIER
	P	W	D	L	F	A	PTS
1 Cullompton	28	22	4	4	132	42	48
2 Dawlish Town	28	22	3	3	139	31	47
3 Tiverton Town	28	19	4	5	101	41	42
4 Friernhay	28	17	4	7	97	54	38
5 Ottery St Mary	28	18	2	8	95	53	38
6 Exeter City Colts	28	12	6	10	77	70	30
7 Crediton United	28	13	2	13	59	69	28
8 Sidmouth Town	28	12	3	13	67	69	27
9 Clyst Valley	28	11	3	14	65	73	25
10 St Marks	28	8	6	14	70	108	22
11 Heavitree United	28	10	2	16	53	100	22
12 Exmouth Town	28	8	4	16	60	83	20
13 Lympstone	28	6	2	20	64	117	14
14 Seaton Town	28	4	3	21	48	123	11
15 Beer Albion	28	3	2	23	32	126	8

Devon Bowl



The 1963/64 Devon Bowl Final was played on the 28/04/1964 against Plymouth Argyle at Home.
City won 4-0 with goals from Adrian Thorne, 3, and Alan Banks.
It was at the time the Highest attendance for any Devon Bowl game.

1960s, 1963/64, Adrian Thorne, Alan Banks, Alan Barnett, Arnold Mitchell, Cecil Smyth, Dave Hancock, Derek Grace, Dermot Curtis, Des Anderson, George Ley, George Northcott, George Spiers, Graham Rees, James Parkhill, John Cochrane, John Edgar, John Henderson, Keith Harvey, Les MacDonald, Peter Pheonix, Peter Rutley, Roy Patrick, Squad Photograph, Timeline