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Squad photo from the 1973/74 season, Exeter finished in 10th position in Division 4 and exited the FA Cup at the First Round. In the League Cup they enjoyed more success and made it to the Fourth Round.

League Position: 10th Played: 46 Won: 18, Drew: 8, Lost: 19 Goals For: 58, Goals Against: 55 Points: 44
FA Cup

First Round: Alvechurch (H), 0-1

League Cup

First Round: Swansea City (A), 1-1. Replay, 2-1
Second Round: Rotherham United (A), 1-4
Third Round: West Bromwich Albion (A), 1-3
Fourth Round: Wolverhampton Wanderers (A), 5-1

First Team
Results

25/08/1973	Bradford City	H	D	0-0	4176	:
01/09/1973	Brentford	A	W	1-0	4820	Giles
08/09/1973	Workington	H	D	1-1	3815	Plumb
12/09/1973	Darlington	H	W	3-0	4403	Binney (p)	Balson	Scott
15/09/1973	Chester	A	W	1-0	2884	Binney (p)
17/09/1973	Hartlepool United	A	W	3-1	2606	Plumb	Wingate	Binney
22/09/1973	Reading	H	L	0-1	6822	:
28/09/1973	Colchester United	A	L	0-1	5466	:
03/10/1973	Hartlepool United	H	W	2-0	4461	Giles	Binney
06/10/1973	Gillingham	H	W	2-1	4744	Plumb	Binney
13/10/1973	Rotherham United	A	L	0-4	2958	:
20/10/1973	Northampton Town	A	W	2-1	4923	Binney	Plumb
22/10/1973	Darlington	A	L	0-1	1804	:
27/10/1973	Crewe Alexandra	H	W	2-0	4804	Binney 2
03/11/1973	Peterborough United	A	L	0-2	9641	:
10/11/1973	Barnsley	H	W	6-1	4697	Plumb 2	Binney 2	Scott	Wingate
14/11/1973	Doncaster Rovers	H	L	1-2	5259	Wallace
17/11/1973	Lincoln City	A	L	1-2	4100	Neale
01/12/1973	Swansea City	A	L	0-2	2046	:
08/12/1973	Newport County	H	L	0-1	3476	:
15/12/1973	Workington	A	L	1-3	693	Parker
22/12/1973	Colchester United	H	W	1-0	3638	Binney
26/12/1973	Torquay United	A	D	0-0	9107	:
01/01/1974	Brentford	H	W	2-1	5754	Binney	Morrin
05/01/1974	Stockport County	A	W	1-0	1803	Binney
12/01/1974	Chester	H	W	2-1	5047	Bowker	Wingate
20/01/1974	Bradford City	A	L	0-1	9041	:
27/01/1974	Newport County	A	L	1-2	3812	Bowker
10/02/1974	Reading	A	L	1-4	5232	Parker
23/02/1974	Gillingham	A	L	1-2	7994	Bowker
02/03/1974	Torquay United	H	W	4-2	5928	Binney 2	Harrison (og)	Morrin
09/03/1974	Mansfield Town	H	D	1-1	3669	Binney
10/03/1974	Crewe Alexandra	A	W	5-2	1801	Binney 3	Morrin	Bowker
16/03/1974	Northampton Town	H	D	1-1	4052	Binney
18/03/1974	Mansfield Town	A	D	3-3	2406	Bowker	Parker	Wingate
23/03/1974	Barnsley	A	L	0-3	3067	:
27/03/1974	Stockport County	H	W	2-1	3337	Binney	Charter (og)
30/03/1974	Peterborough United	H	L	1-2	3592	Wingate
06/04/1974	Doncaster Rovers	A	L	0-1	1373	:
12/04/1974	Bury	A	D	0-0	5043	:
13/04/1974	Lincoln City	H	L	0-1	3687	:
15/04/1974	Bury	H	L	0-3	2992	:
22/04/1974	Scunthorpe United	H	W	4-0	2226	Binney 3	Bowker
27/04/1974	Swansea City	H	W	2-0	2915	Binney	Bowker
30/04/1974	Rotherham United	H	D	0-0	2945	:

Football League Fourth Division
Final Table 1973/74

	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Peterborough United	46	27	11	8	75	38	65
Gillingham	46	25	12	9	90	49	62
Colchester United	46	24	12	10	73	36	60
Bury	46	24	11	11	81	49	59
Northampton Town	46	20	13	13	63	48	53
Reading	46	16	19	11	58	37	51
Chester	46	17	15	14	54	55	49
Bradford City	46	17	14	15	58	52	48
Newport County	46	16	14	16	56	65	45*
Exeter City	45	18	8	19	58	55	44**
Hartlepool	46	16	12	18	48	47	44
Lincoln City	46	16	12	18	63	67	44
Barnsley	46	17	10	19	58	64	44
Swansea City	46	16	11	19	45	46	43
Rotherham United	46	15	13	18	56	58	43
Torquay United	46	13	17	16	52	57	43
Mansfield Town	46	13	17	16	62	69	43
Scunthorpe United	45	14	12	19	47	64	42**
Brentford	46	12	16	18	48	50	40
Darlington	46	13	13	20	40	62	39
Crewe Alexandra	46	14	10	22	43	71	38
Doncaster Rovers	46	12	11	23	47	80	35
Workington	46	11	13	22	43	74	35
Stockport County	46	7	20	19	44	69	34

* Newport County were Deducted 1 Point for fielding an ineligible player

** Scunthorpe United were awarded 2 Points as opponents Exeter City failed to fulfil a fixture due to 9 players suffering from injury and illness, match was never replayed

Other Matches

FA Cup

1973/74			Score
24/11/1973	Alvechurch	Home	0-1	4698	:	R1

League Cup

1973/74			Score
28/08/1973	Swansea City	Away	1-1	8000	Binney	LC 1
05/09/1973	Swansea City	Home	2-1	5023	Binney 2	LC 1R
10/10/1973	Rotherham United	Away	4-1	7000	Binney, Parker, Wingate, Joy	LC 2
31/10/1973	West Bromwich Albion	Away	3-1	10783	Binney , Plumb	LC 3
04/11/1973	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Away	1-5	7622	Plumb	LC 4

Devon Bowl

			Score
09/05/1974	Torquay United	Home	3-0	Gibson, Wallace, Parker	796	F	EXETER-WINNERS

Friendlies

1973/74			score
29/07/1973	Falmouth Town	Away
11/08/1973	Walton & Hersham	Home	P-P	P-P	:	The FA did not allow the game to be played
13/08/1973	Halifax Town	Home	2-2	860	Binney (pen), Neale
14/08/1973	Chelsea X1	Neutral	0-3	450	: v Brian Bason, Keith Lawrence, Kenny Swain (for Chelsea)	At Dawlish, (mostly resreves), Julian Tagg and Harry Holman played
15/08/1973	Swindon Town	Home	2-0	1021	Wingate (pen) Binney (pen)
17/08/1973	Elmore	Away
18/08/1973	Tiverton Town	Away	2-0	0	Devlin, Plumb.	Behind closed doors
19/08/1973	Plymouth Argyle	Home	2-1	0	Neale, Binney	Behind closed doors
20/08/1973	Ottery St Mary	Away	2-0	250	Devlin 2	Opening of new changing rooms at Ottery.
01/05/1974	Taunton Town	Away	3-3		Binney 2, Banks	Mike Ferris and Dave Curtis Benefit

FA Youth Cup

Exeter did not compete.

Reserves
Western League
Results

Western League 1973/74
25/08/1973	League	Welton Rovers	Away	2-2
30/08/1973	League	Bridport Town	Away	2-0	Gibson	Devlin
01/09/1973	League	Bridgwater	Home	1-2	Devlin
08/09/1973	League	Barnstaple	Away	4-2	Hodge 2	Devlin 2
11/09/1973	League	Exmouth Town	Away	3-2	Hodge	Tootell	Neale
15/09/1973	League	Mangotsfield	Home	2-0	Devlin	Neale
22/09/1973	League	Keynsham	Away	1-2
29/09/1973	League	Frome Town	Home	2-1	Neale	Hodge
06/10/1973	League	St Lukes College	Away	3-1	Neale 2	Gibson
10/10/1973	League	Exmouth Town	Home	5-0	Hodge 3	Devlin	Neale
13/10/1973	League	Mangotsfield	Home	2-0
20/10/1973	League	Devizes	Home	1-1	Hodge
27/10/1973	League	Ashtonians	Away	1-0
31/03/1973	League	Dawlish	Home	1-2	Devlin
03/11/1973	League	Glastonbury	Home	2-1	Tootell 2
10/11/1973	League	Bridgwater	Away	0-1	:
17/11/1973	League	Welton Rovers	Home	1-4	Devlin
24/11/1973	League	Keynsham Town	Away	1-0
01/12/1973	League	Tiverton	Home	0-0	:
08/12/1973	League	Glastonbury	Away	0-2	:
15/12/1973	League	Tiverton	Away	2-0	Hodge	Dibble
29/12/1973	League	Ashtonians	Home	5-2	Devlin 3	Plumb	Neale
01/01/1974	League	Dawlish	Away	4-1	Devlin 2	Plumb	Hodge
05/01/1974	League	Taunton	Away	P-P	:
12/01/1974	League	Frome Town	Away	0-1	:
19/01/1974	League	Taunton	Home	0-0	:
26/01/1974	League	Weston Super Mare	Away	0-0	:
17/02/1974	League	Bradford Avon	Away	1-0
20/02/1974	League	St Lukes College	Home	2-2
23/02/1974	League	Chippenham Town	Home	2-0
02/03/1974	League	Taunton	Away	0-0	:
16/03/1974	League	Chippenham Town	Away	1-0
23/03/1974	League	Weston Super Mare	Home	3-0
30/03/1974	League	Devizes	Away	1-3
03/04/1974	League	Bridport Town	Home	2-0
06/04/1974	Cup	Ashtonians	Home	0-1	:
24/04/1974	League	Barnstaple	Home	2-1
11/05/1974	League	Bradford Avon	Home	2-0	Hodge	Gibson

Final Table
Western League

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Welton Rovers	36	27	5	4	80	32	59
Taunton	36	25	8	3	86	19	58
Bridgwater Town	36	23	6	7	71	34	52
Exeter City Res.	36	21	7	8	61	33	49
Devizes Town	36	18	9	9	73	44	45
Glastonbury	36	18	7	11	69	46	43
Frome Town	36	16	9	11	64	43	41
Barnstaple Town	36	17	7	12	76	60	41
Mangotsfield	36	17	7	12	57	52	41
Dawlish	36	17	6	13	53	67	40
St Luke’s College	36	14	5	17	48	48	33
Weston-S-M	36	13	7	16	44	50	33
Keynsham	36	11	5	20	39	65	27
Tiverton Town	36	7	11	18	42	67	25
Bridport	36	10	5	21	41	67	25
Exmouth Town	36	6	11	19	31	70	23
Ashtonians	36	8	5	23	43	75	21
Avon Bradford	36	5	6	25	36	85	16
Chippenham	36	3	6	27	25	82	12