Squad photo from the successful 1976/77 in which Exeter won promotion from Division Four after finishing in 2nd place.



In the FA Cup they lost in the First Round and lost in the Second Round of the League Cup.

• League Position: 2nd Played: 46 Won: 25, Drew: 12, Lost: 9 Goals For: 70,Goals Against: 46 Points: 62

• FA Cup

First Round: Southend United (H), 1-1. Replay, 2-1

• League Cup

First Round (played over two legs): Plymouth Argyle (A), 1-0 and (H), 1-0. Exeter won 2-0 on aggregate
Second Round: Norwich City (H), 1-3

First Team 
Results

21/08/1976	Hartlepool United	A	D	2-2	1602	Kellow 2
28/08/1976	Cambridge United	H	D	1-1	3606	Kellow
04/09/1976	Colchester United	A	L	1-3	2516	Smith (og)
11/09/1976	Rochdale	H	W	2-1	2829	Beer	Kellow
18/09/1976	Halifax Town	A	W	2-1	1424	Kellow	Beer
25/09/1976	Watford	A	L	1-4	5079	Beer
29/09/1976	Scunthorpe United	H	W	2-0	2934	Beer
02/10/1976	Crewe Alexandra	H	W	3-0	3337	Beer 2	Hatch
09/10/1976	AFC Bournemouth	A	L	0-2	4621	:
16/10/1976	Workington	H	D	0-0	2958	:
23/10/1976	Southend United	A	L	0-2	4605	:
25/10/1976	Stockport County	A	D	0-0	5490	:
30/10/1976	Southport	H	W	3-1	2835	Robertson 3 (2 pens)
03/11/1976	Brentford	H	W	3-2	2779	Kellow 2	Robertson
06/11/1976	Swansea City	A	D	0-0	3856	:
12/11/1976	Huddersfield Town	H	W	2-0	3657	Kellow	Robertson
27/11/1976	Darlington	A	L	1-2	2997	Kellow
04/12/1976	Doncaster Rovers	H	L	0-2	2891	:
27/12/1976	Torquay United	H	W	3-0	6446	Saxton	Kellow	Robertson
01/01/1977	Swansea City	H	W	2-0	3596	Kellow 2
03/01/1977	Southport	A	D	1-1	1840	Jennings
08/01/1977	Barnsley	H	W	1-0	3784	Kellow
22/01/1977	Hartlepool United	H	W	3-1	3285	Hodge	Kellow	Robertson (p)
29/01/1977	Bradford City	A	D	1-1	4979	Hodge
05/02/1977	Cambridge United	A	D	1-1	4428	Beer
12/02/1977	Colchester United	H	W	1-0	6132	Hodge
19/02/1977	Rochdale	A	W	2-1	1523	Weeks	Beer
26/02/1977	Halifax Town	H	W	1-0	5995	Beer
02/03/1977	Aldershot	A	D	2-2	3789	Kellow	Templeman
05/03/1977	Watford	H	D	2-2	5867	Beer	Kellow
11/03/1977	Crewe Alexandra	A	L	0-2	2500	:
15/03/1977	Scunthorpe United	A	L	1-4	2147	Jennings
19/03/1977	AFC Bournemouth	H	D	1-1	4065	Robertson
26/03/1977	Workington	A	W	3-1	1365	Beer	Jennings 2
02/04/1977	Southend United	H	W	3-1	4156	Kellow	Beer	Saxton
08/04/1977	Torquay United	A	W	1-0	7900	Beer
09/04/1977	Newport County	H	W	1-0	5243	Hodge
12/04/1977	Brentford	A	L	0-1	7640	:
16/04/1977	Stockport County	H	W	2-1	4474	Robertson (p)	Hodge
20/04/1977	Bradford City	H	D	0-0	7827	:
23/04/1977	Huddersfield Town	A	W	1-0	4717	Hatch
26/04/1977	Newport County	A	W	3-0	3550	Jennings	Beer	Hodge
30/04/1977	Darlington	H	W	1-0	6772	Beer
03/05/1977	Barnsley	A	W	4-3	5141	Beer 2	Kellow	Robertson
07/05/1977	Doncaster Rovers	A	W	3-0	3447	Beer 2	Kellow
14/05/1977	Aldershot	H	W	3-0	10751	Hodge	Beer	Jennings

• Match Photographs
  
  
  Final Table 
  

League Division 4
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. CAMBRIDGE UNITED         46  16  5  2  57  18  10  8  5  30  22   65
 2. EXETER CITY              46  17  5  1  40  13   8  7  8  30  33   62
 3. COLCHESTER UNITED        46  19  2  2  51  14   6  7 10  26  29   59
 4. BRADFORD CITY            46  16  7  0  51  18   7  6 10  27  33   59
 5. Swansea City             46  18  3  2  60  30   7  5 11  32  38   58
 6. Barnsley                 46  16  5  2  45  18   7  4 12  17  21   55
 7. Watford                  46  15  7  1  46  13   3  8 12  21  37   51
 8. Doncaster Rovers         46  16  2  5  47  25   5  7 11  24  40   51
 9. Huddersfield Town        46  15  5  3  36  15   4  7 12  24  34   50
10. Southend United          46  11  9  3  35  19   4 10  9  17  26   49
11. Darlington               46  13  5  5  37  25   5  8 10  22  39   49
12. Crewe Alexandra          46  16  6  1  36  15   3  5 15  11  45   49
13. Bournemouth              46  13  8  2  39  13   2 10 11  15  31   48
14. Stockport County         46  10 10  3  29  19   3  9 11  24  38   45
15. Brentford                46  14  3  6  48  27   4  4 15  29  49   43
16. Torquay United           46  12  5  6  33  22   5  4 14  26  45   43
17. Aldershot                46  10  8  5  29  19   6  3 14  20  40   43
18. Rochdale                 46   8  7  8  32  25   5  5 13  18  34   38
19. Newport County           46  11  6  6  33  21   3  4 16   9  37   38
20. Scunthorpe United        46  11  6  6  32  24   2  5 16  17  49   37
21. Halifax Town             46  11  6  6  36  18   0  8 15  11  40   36
22. Hartlepool United        46   8  9  6  30  20   2  3 18  17  53   32
23. Southport                46   3 12  8  17  28   0  7 16  16  49   25
24. WORKINGTON               46   3  7 13  23  42   1  4 18  18  60   19

Other Matches 


FA Cup

20/11/1976	Southend United	Home	1-1	4434	Hatch	R1
22/11/1976	Southend United	Away	1-2	6604	Kellow	R1 Replay	After Extra Time

League Cup

1976/77
14/08/1976	Plymouth Argyle	Away	1-0	8500	Kellow	LC 1 Ist Leg
18/08/1976	Plymouth Argyle	Home	1-0	9000	Jordan	LC 1 2nd Leg
31/08/1976	Norwich City	Home	1-3	9449	Kellow	LC 2

Friendlies

A

31/07/1976	Bournemouth	Home	3-0	968	Kellow, Jordan 2.	1st South West Holiday Trophy
03/08/1976	Torquay United	Away	1-2	1800	Hore	1st South West Holiday Trophy
05/08/1976	Weymouth	Away	2-0	707	Hatch, Kellow
07/08/1976	Yeovil Town	Away	0-1	580	:
09/08/1976	Charlton Athletic	Home	1-0	934	Kellow
11/08/1976	Ottery St Mary	Away	3-0	175	Saxton, Hore, Beer
20/05/1977	Exmouth Town	Away	3-1	1000	Hodge, Beer, Mike Green.	Paddy Gibbons Memorial Match. Tony Ellis was the Referee.

FA Youth Cup 

1976/77
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Reserves
Western League 
Results 

Western League
21/08/1976	League	Bridgwater	Home	0-1	:
24/08/1976	League	Dawlish	Away	0-1	:
04/09/1976	League	Paulton Rovers	Home	7-3	Tombs 3	Venner	Ford	Andy White 2
11/09/1976	League	Falmouth Town	Away	2-6	Tombs (pen)	Venner
18/09/1976	League	Westland-Yeovil	Home	2-0	Ireland	Andy White
25/09/1976	League	Bridport	Home	1-1	Rankin (og)
02/10/1976	League	Clevedon	Away	1-4	Holman
09/10/1976	Cup 1	Torquay	Home	2-1
13/10/1976	League	St Luke's College	Home	0-2	:
16/10/1976	League	Frome	Away	0-4	:
20/10/1976	League	Mangotsfield	Away	0-3	:
23/10/1976	League	Clevedon	Away	0-2	:
30/10/1976	League	St Luke's College	Away	0-4	:
06/11/1976	League	Welton Rovers	Home	1-3	Ireland
13/11/1976	League	Bridport	Away	1-3	Jordan
20/11/1976	League	Barnstaple	Away	0-1	:
27/11/1976	League	Tiverton	Home	0-1	:
04/12/1976	League	Paulton Rovers	Away	1-3	Andy White
27/12/1976	League	Weston Super-mare	Away	1-4	John Laskey
01/01/1977	League	Bideford	Away	0-4	:
08/01/1977	League	Glastonbury	Away	1-7	Balson
15/01/1977	League	Mangotsfield	Home	3-1	Morrin	Jordan	Hodge
22/01/1977	League	Bridgewater Town	Away	0-1	:
05/02/1977	Cup 2	Tiverton	Home	0-2	:
26/02/1977	League	Taunton Town	Away	1-2	JohnLaskey
05/03/1977	League	Westland-Yeovil	Away	0-3	:
09/03/1977	League	Dawlish	Home	1-1
12/03/1977	League	Weston Super-mare	Home	1-3	Hartnell
19/03/1977	League	Welton Rovers	Away	4-1	Laskey 2	Ireland 2
26/03/1977	League	Glastonbury	Home	2-0	Hartnell (pen)	Ireland
30/03/1977	League	Bideford	Home	0-0	:
05/04/1977	League	Tiverton	Away	0-2	:
13/04/1977	League	Frome Town	Home	1-0	Delvin Cheddy
21/04/1977	League	Falmouth Town	Home	0-0	:
23/04/1977	League	Taunton Town	Home	3-0	Delvin Cheddy	Ford	Jordan
27/04/1977	League	Barnstaple Town	Home	2-3

Final Table 
Western League - Premier Division

 1.Falmouth Town                  34 26  2  6  69  24  80
 2.Weston-super-Mare              34 18 12  4  57  31  66
 3.Clevedon                       34 18 10  6  58  31  64
 4.Bridgwater Town                34 17 10  7  51  36  61
 5.Barnstaple Town                34 16  9  9  64  48  57
 6.Bideford                       34 15 11  8  70  37  56
 7.Bridport                       34 16  8 10  53  35  56
 8.Paulton Rovers                 34 13 10 11  52  46  49
 9.Taunton Town                   34 14  6 14  49  46  48
10.Dawlish                        34 11 10 13  36  41  43
11.Glastonbury                    34 11  8 15  56  58  41
12.Frome Town                     34 10 11 13  45  52  41
13.Tiverton Town                  34 11  7 16  35  61  40
14.Welton Rovers                  34  9  9 16  35  46  36
15.Mangotsfield United            34 10  4 20  36  66  34
16.St Luke's College              34  7  6 21  32  61  27
17.Exeter City                    34  7  3 24  36  76  23 (-1)
18.Westland-Yeovil                34  4 10 20  31  69  22

(Exeter had a point deducted for fielding an ineligible player)

Youth Team
South West and Wales Youth League
Results

South West and Wales Youth League
14/09/1976	League	Torquay United	Home	2-2
27/09/1976	League	Plymouth Argyle	Away	0-6	:
27/10/1976	League	Taunton	Away	1-2
01/11/1976	Cup 1st Leg	Poole Town	Away	0-3	:
08/11/1976	League	Mangotsfield	Away	2-3	Andy White 2
13/12/1976	Cup 2nd Leg	Poole Town	Home	3-2	Andy White
17/03/1977	League	Cardiff City	Away	1-2	Lewis (Paul)
10/03/1977	League	Bristol Rovers	Home	1-2	Venner
17/04/1977	League	Cheltenham Town	Away	1-1
19/04/1977	League	Bath City	Away	1-2
28/04/1977	League	Hereford	Home	1-3
01/05/1977	League	Swansea City	Away	4-3	Andy White
10/05/1977	League	Cardiff City	Home	2-1	Gidley	Andy White
12/05/1977	League	Mangotsfield	Home	4-1	Andy White 2	Ireland	Gidley
13/05/1977	League	Torquay United	Away	1-5
16/05/1977	League	Cheltenham Town	Home	1-2
18/05/1977	League	Taunton Town	Home	4-0	Gidley	Andy White	Carpenter	Smyth
21/05/1977	League	Plymouth Argyle	Home	5-1	Rowden	Andy White 4
26/05/1977	League	Bristol Rovers	Away	1-5

Final Table

Table as of 14th May 1977

Hereford	13	12	0	1	46	12	24
Bristol Rovers	15	8	2	5	26	17	18
Plymouth Argyle	11	8	1	2	33	7	17
Cheltenham	18	6	5	7	26	26	17
Swansea	14	7	1	6	30	24	15
Cardiff City	14	6	3	5	24	24	15
Torquay United	14	5	4	5	25	27	14
Bath City	16	5	4	7	19	21	14
Taunton	16	5	2	9	16	39	12
Mangotsfield	18	4	8	11	23	56	11
Exeter City	12	3	2	7	21	36	8

Devon and Exeter Youth League

Results

Devon and Exeter Youth League
17/10/1976	League	Topsham Town	Away	13-1	Andy White 3
31/10/1976	League	Topsham Town	Home	6-0
23/01/1977	League	Clyst Valley	Home	3-3	Andy White
20/02/1977	League	Clyst Valley	Away	3-1	Andy White

Final Table

1970s, 1976/77, Alan Beer, Alan Hooker, Anthony Morrin, Forbes Phillipson-Masters, Geoff Gay, Graham Weeks, Harry Holman, John Baugh, John Templeman, Keith Clapham, Lammie Robertson, Lee Roberts, Michael Green, Michael Jordan, Nicky Jennings, Peter Darke, Peter Hatch, Richard Key, Robert Hodge, Robert Saxton, Squad Photograph, Timeline, Tony Kellow