Squad photo from the 1970/71 season, which saw Exeter finish 9th in Division Four.


In both the FA and League Cups, Exeter lost in the First Round, Swansea City defeated them on both occasions.

• League Position: 9th Played: 46 Won: 17, Drew: 14, Lost: 15 Goals For: 67, Goals Against: 68 Points: 48
• FA Cup

First Round: Swansea City (A), 4-1

• League Cup

First Round: Swansea City (H), 0-0. Replay, 4-2

First Team 
Results

15/08/1970	Scunthorpe United	H	D	1-1	5456	Binney
22/08/1970	Oldham Athletic	A	L	1-2	6352	Gadston
29/08/1970	Peterborough United	H	W	3-2	4537	Gadston 2	Rowan
02/09/1970	Southend United	H	W	2-0	5190	Corr	Gadston
05/09/1970	Darlington	A	L	2-3	3472	Horner (og)	Sharples
12/09/1970	Crewe Alexandra	H	W	6-2	4769	John Giles	Gadston 2	Banks 2	Corr
19/09/1970	Chester	A	L	1-3	4337	Banks
21/09/1970	Southport	A	W	2-0	3842	Rowan 2
26/09/1970	Notts County	H	L	0-1	6093	:
29/09/1970	Newport County	A	W	1-0	2169	Gadston
03/10/1970	Lincoln City	A	L	1-4	6548	Gadston
10/10/1970	Hartlepool United	H	D	1-1	4590	Mitten (p)
17/10/1970	Scunthorpe United	A	L	0-3	3684	:
21/10/1970	Grimsby Town	H	W	4-0	4087	Banks 3	Binney
24/10/1970	Cambridge United	H	W	1-0	5631	Rowan
31/10/1970	Brentford	A	L	0-5	5270	:
07/11/1970	Colchester United	H	D	2-2	4420	Gadston	Banks
11/11/1970	Aldershot	H	W	4-1	4434	Gadston 2	Banks	Corr
14/11/1970	Barrow	A	D	1-1	2244	Gadston
28/11/1970	Workington	A	L	0-1	2013	:
05/12/1970	York City	H	L	0-2	4403	:
12/12/1970	Southport	H	W	2-1	3437	Wingate	Binney
19/12/1970	Oldham Athletic	H	L	0-2	4185	:
09/01/1971	Newport County	H	D	1-1	4142	Binney
16/01/1971	Grimsby Town	A	W	2-1	2926	Gadston	Parker
22/01/1971	Stockport County	A	W	3-0	1992	Banks	Parker	Binney
27/01/1971	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	A	L	1-4	9184	Gadston
06/02/1971	York City	A	D	2-2	3234	Rowan	Banks
09/02/1971	Northampton Town	H	D	1-1	5016	Banks
13/02/1971	Stockport County	H	W	2-1	4223	Banks 2
16/02/1971	Workington	H	L	0-1	4609	:
20/02/1971	Aldershot	A	D	2-2	5505	Gadston	Banks
27/02/1971	Brentford	H	W	1-0	3892	Binney
06/03/1971	Cambridge United	A	L	0-2	3802	:
13/03/1971	Barrow	H	W	4-2	3999	Rowan	Gadston	Binney	Banks
16/03/1971	Northampton Town	A	D	2-2	5724	Banks	Jimmy Giles
20/03/1971	Colchester United	A	D	1-1	5630	Banks
27/03/1971	Darlington	H	W	2-1	4136	Wingate	Banks
03/04/1971	Peterborough United	A	W	3-1	3880	Jimmy Giles	Gadston	Banks
09/04/1971	Crewe Alexandra	A	L	1-4	3748	Wingate
10/04/1971	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	H	D	0-0	7918	:
12/04/1971	Lincoln City	H	D	0-0	4614	:
17/04/1971	Hartlepool United	A	L	0-3	1515	:
24/04/1971	Chester	H	W	3-1	4024	Banks 2	Binney
28/04/1971	Southend United	A	D	0-0	4471	:
01/05/1971	Notts County	A	D	1-1	18002	Gadston

Football League Fourth Division  Final Table 1970/71

	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Notts County	46	30	9	7	89	36	69
Bournemouth & BA	46	24	12	10	81	46	60
Oldham Athletic	46	24	11	11	88	63	59
York City	46	23	10	13	78	54	56
Chester	46	24	7	15	69	55	55
Colchester United	46	21	12	13	70	54	54
Northampton Town	46	19	13	14	63	59	51
Southport	46	21	6	19	63	57	48
Exeter City	46	17	14	15	67	68	48
Workington	46	18	12	16	48	49	48
Stockport County	46	16	14	16	49	65	46
Darlington	46	17	11	18	58	57	45
Aldershot	46	14	17	15	66	71	45
Brentford	46	18	8	20	66	62	44
Crewe Alexandra	46	18	8	20	75	76	44
Peterborough Utd	46	18	7	21	70	71	43
Scunthorpe United	46	15	13	18	56	61	43
Southend United	46	14	15	17	53	66	43
Grimsby Town	46	18	7	21	57	71	43
Cambridge United	46	15	13	18	51	66	43
Lincoln City	46	13	13	20	70	71	39
Newport County	46	10	8	28	55	85	28
Hartlepool	46	8	12	26	34	74	28
Barrow	46	7	8	31	51	90	22

 

Facts and Figures for Season 1970-71

Number of matches played in Football League, League Cup and F.A. Cup, 49.

Complete record of these games Won 17, drawn 15, lost 17, goals for 70, against 76. In Football League only: Won 17, drawn 14, lost 15, goals for 67, against 68. The goals for has only been beaten on three occasions in the 25 seasons since the war (53-54, 68, 58-59, 87 and 59-60, 80). Number of players called on for 49 games was 19.

APPEARANCES

FOOTBALL LEAGUE: Crawford 46, Balson 44, Rowan 40, Banks

40, Wilson 40, Gadston 39, Blain 38, Parker 35, Wingate 33, Binney 30, Morris 20, Mitten 18, Corr 17, Giles, John 17, Sharples 16, Newman 14, Giles, Jim 11, Shearing 6, Molyneux 2.

LEAGUE CUP: Balson 2, Blain 2, Corr 2, Crawford 2, Mitten 2, Parker 2, Sharples 2, Wilson 2, Banks 1, Binney 1, Gadston 1, Giles, John 1, Rowan 1, Wingate 1.

F.A. CUP TEAM: Wilson, Crawford, Blain, Newman, Sharples, Wingate, Rowan, Binney, Gadston, Mitten, Corr.

GOALSCORERS

FOOTBALL LEAGUE: Banks 21, Gadston 18, Binney 8, Rowan 8, Corr 3, Wingate 3, Parker 2, Giles, Jim 2, Sharples 1, Mitten 1.

LEAGUE CUP AND F.A. CUP: Gadston, Mitten and Wingate.

Alan Banks created a new record for the number of goals scored by any one player for Exeter City. His tally now reads 93 League goals, 8 Cup goals, total 101 (previous record was held by Graham Rees). Alan also became the first City player to score more than 20 goals in a season since Ted Calland scored 27 in 1958-59 season.

HIGHEST SCORE FOR: 6-2 v. Crewe (home), September 12th, 1970.

HIGHEST SCORE AGAINST: 0-5 v. Brentford (away), Octo- ber, 1970.

HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SCORE IN ONE GAME, 3 goals by Alan Banks v. Grimsby, October 21st, 1970.

LONGEST UNDEFEATED RUN: 5 games, after losing at Cam- bridge 0-2, on March 6th, 1971 we won two home games, drew two away, and won one away, before being defeated by Crewe on Good Friday, April 9th, 1971, by 1-4.

LONGEST RUN WITHOUT A WIN: 4. There were two such runs, after winning 4-1 home to Aldershot, November 11th 1970, we drew one, and lost three (one Cup). After the above undefeated run we lost on Good Friday drew the other two Easter games, and lost to Hartlepool,

NUMBER OF LEAGUE DOUBLES COMPLETED: 4. Southport, Peterborough, Stockport, Grimsby.

DOUBLES AGAINST CITY: 2. Oldham, Workington.

EXTRA ITEMS OF INTEREST: On 29th September, 1970, City got their 1,000th League point since the war, v. Newport away. On 22nd January, 1971, City scored their 1,500th League goal since the war, v. Stockport away.

HIGHEST HOME ATTENDANCE: 7,918 v. Bournemouth, April 10th, 1971

HIGHEST AWAY ATTENDANCE: 18,202 v. Notts. County, 1st May, 1971.

LOWEST HOME ATTENDANCE: 3,437 v. Southport, 12th December, 1971.

LOWEST AWAY ATTENDANCE: 1,515 v. Hartlepool, 17th April, 1971.

Other Matches

FA Cup

21/11/1970

Swansea Town

Away

1-4

7386

Wingate

R1

Devon Bowl

Exeter were beaten at Plymouth in the semi final.

			Exeter Score 1st
09/03/1971	Plymouth Argyle	Away	1-2	Binney	2000

Friendlies

1970/71			Exeter score 1st
30/07/1970	Torquay United	Home	3-1	0	Rowan, Mitten, Core	Behind closed doors
01/08/1970	Hereford	Away	1-1	2502	Wingate	John Charles was manager of Hereford
04/08/1970	Leyton Orient	Home	3-0	2895	Mitten 2, Binney
05/08/1970	Cardiff City	Home	1-0	1834	Parker
07/08/1970	D.V.V. Go Ahead Deventer	Home	0-4	3334	:	De Winkel 2, Beek, Geestman scored for Deventer

FA Youth Cup 

Exeter did not compete in the competition as they had disbanded their reserves and youth teams

Will Haggerty and Paul Farley

PF

1970/71, 1970s, Alan Banks, Barry Rowan, Brian Sharples, Campbell Crawford, Fred Binney, Fred Molyneux, Graham Parker, Jimmy Blain, Jimmy Giles, John Corr, John Giles, John Mitten, John Newman, John Wingate, Joseph Gadston, Michael Balson, Peter Shearing, Robert Wilson, Squad Photograph, Stephen Morris, Timeline