Squad photo from the 1979/80 season.

Exeter finished 8th in Division Three. In the FA Cup they only reached the First Round but enjoyed more success in the League Cup, making it to the Fourth Round.

• League Position: 8th Won: 19, Drew: 10, Lost: 17 Goals For: 60, Goals Against: 68 Points: 48
• FA Cup

First Round: Aldershot (A), 4-1

• League Cup

First Round (played over two legs): Hereford United (A), 1-3 and (H), 2-1. Exeter won 5-2 on aggregate
Second Round (played over two legs): Doncaster Rovers (A), 3-1 and (H), 5-1. Exeter won 6-4 on aggregate.
Third Round: Birmingham City (A), 1-2
Fourth Round: Liverpool (A), 2-0

First Team 
Results

18/08/1979	Grimsby Town	A	L	1-4	5937	Neville
22/08/1979	Wimbledon	H	L	0-3	4051	:
25/08/1979	Mansfield Town	H	W	3-1	3475	P.Rogers	Pullar
01/09/1979	Sheffield United	A	L	1-3	12617	L.Roberts
08/09/1979	Bury	H	W	1-0	2995	Bowker
15/09/1979	Millwall	A	L	1-5	5567	Pullar
17/09/1979	Brentford	A	W	2-0	7810	Bowker	Neville
22/09/1979	Carlisle United	H	L	1-2	3409	Neville (p)
29/09/1979	Gillingham	A	L	0-1	7538	:
03/10/1979	Brentford	H	D	0-0	3927	:
06/10/1979	Blackpool	H	W	1-0	3769	Hatch
09/10/1979	Wimbledon	A	D	2-2	2999	Bowker	Neville (p)
13/10/1979	Chester	H	W	1-0	3454	Bowker
20/10/1979	Reading	A	L	1-2	6083	Pearson
24/10/1979	Southend United	H	W	4-2	3246	Forbes	Neville (p)	Bowker	Pearson
27/10/1979	Hull City	A	D	2-2	5196	Bowker	Pullar
03/11/1979	Grimsby Town	H	L	1-2	4356	Forbes
05/11/1979	Southend United	A	L	0-4	2787	:
10/11/1979	Barnsley	A	D	2-2	11739	Hunter (og)	Pearson
17/11/1979	Oxford United	H	D	0-0	3550	:
01/12/1979	Rotherham United	H	D	1-1	3354	Hatch
08/12/1979	Sheffield Wednesday	A	W	1-0	11530	P.Rogers
21/12/1979	Colchester United	H	W	3-1	2648	L.Roberts	Dowman (og)	Pullar
26/12/1979	Swindon Town	A	W	3-1	11606	Bowker 2	Pullar
29/12/1979	Mansfield Town	A	W	1-0	3711	Neville
01/01/1980	Plymouth Argyle	H	D	2-2	10489	Hatch	P.Rogers
12/01/1980	Sheffield United	H	W	3-1	6632	Moore (og)	Hatch	Pullar
19/01/1980	Bury	A	L	0-4	3579	:
26/01/1980	Chesterfield	H	L	1-2	4325	Hatch
02/02/1980	Millwall	H	W	2-1	4538	L.Roberts	P.Rogers
09/02/1980	Carlisle United	A	L	1-4	4085	Pullar
16/02/1980	Gillingham	H	W	3-1	3466	Delve	Hatch	P.Rogers
27/02/1980	Blackburn Rovers	A	D	1-1	19601	Pullar
01/03/1980	Reading	H	W	1-0	4390	Giles
08/03/1980	Hull City	H	D	2-2	3771	Giles	Pullar
15/03/1980	Blackpool	A	L	0-1	4155	:
22/03/1980	Barnsley	H	W	2-1	4700	Kellow (p)	Pullar
26/03/1980	Chester	A	W	3-1	2867	Kellow (p)	Pratt 2
29/03/1980	Oxford United	A	L	0-2	2910	:
02/04/1980	Colchester United	A	D	0-0	2780	:
05/04/1980	Swindon Town	H	W	4-1	5442	Kellow 2 (1p)	Neville	Stroud (og)
07/04/1980	Plymouth Argyle	A	L	0-2	10214	:
12/04/1980	Blackburn Rovers	H	W	2-0	5407	Forbes	Neville
19/04/1980	Rotherham United	A	L	0-2	3241	:
26/04/1980	Sheffield Wednesday	H	W	1-0	10461	Kellow
03/05/1980	Chesterfield	A	L	0-3	5770	:

Final Table 

League Division 3
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. GRIMSBY TOWN             46  18  2  3  46  16   8  8  7  27  26   62
 2. BLACKBURN ROVERS         46  13  5  5  34  17  12  4  7  24  19   59
 3. SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY      46  12  6  5  44  20   9 10  4  37  27   58
 4. Chesterfield             46  16  5  2  46  16   7  6 10  25  30   57
 5. Colchester United        46  10 10  3  39  20  10  2 11  25  36   52
 6. Carlisle United          46  13  6  4  45  26   5  6 12  21  30   48
 7. Reading                  46  14  6  3  43  19   2 10 11  23  46   48
 8. Exeter City              46  14  5  4  38  22   5  5 13  22  46   48
 9. Chester City             46  14  6  3  29  18   3  7 13  20  39   47
10. Swindon Town             46  15  4  4  50  20   4  4 15  21  43   46
11. Barnsley                 46  10  7  6  29  20   6  7 10  24  36   46
12. Sheffield United         46  13  5  5  34  21   5  5 13  25  45   46
13. Rotherham United         46  13  4  6  38  24   5  6 12  20  42   46
14. Millwall                 46  14  6  3  49  23   2  7 14  16  36   45
15. Plymouth Argyle          46  13  7  3  39  17   3  5 15  20  38   44
16. Gillingham               46   8  9  6  26  18   6  5 12  23  33   42
17. Oxford United            46  10  4  9  34  24   4  9 10  23  38   41
18. Blackpool                46  10  7  6  39  34   5  4 14  23  40   41
19. Brentford                46  10  6  7  33  26   5  5 13  26  47   41
20. Hull City                46  11  7  5  29  21   1  9 13  22  48   40
21. BURY                     46  10  4  9  30  23   6  3 14  15  36   39
22. SOUTHEND UNITED          46  11  6  6  33  23   3  4 16  14  34   38
23. MANSFIELD TOWN           46   9  9  5  31  24   1  7 15  16  34   36
24. WIMBLEDON                46   6  8  9  34  38   4  6 13  18  43   34

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FA Cup

1979/80
24 November 1979	Aldershot	Away	1-4	5000	Neville	R1

League Cup

1979/80
11/08/1979	Hereford	Away	3-1	3278	Bowker 3	LC 1 Ist Leg
15/08/1979	Hereford	Home	2-1	4312	Pullar, Pearson	LC 1 2nd Leg
28/08/1979	Doncaster Rovers	Away	1-3	4636	Pullar	LC2 1st Leg
05/09/1979	Doncaster Rovers	Home	5-1	3000	Bowker 2, Hatch, Neville (pen), Sims	LC2 2nd Leg
26/09/1979	Birmingham City	Away	2-1	13669	Neville 2	LC 3
30/10/1979	Liverpool	Away	0-2	21000	:	LC 4

Friendlies

1979/80
			Exeter score 1st
	Saltash United	Away
30/07/1979	Liskeard	Away
03/08/1979	Newcastle United	Home	3-2	1829	Forbes, Neville, Delve
06/08/1979	Bath City	Away	0-2	2000	:
04/09/1979	Saltash United	Away
12/09/1979	Falmouth Town	Away
10/03/1980	Bath City	Away				Paul Glover Testimonial
16/04/1980	Uffculme School	Neutral				At Kentisbeare- Mini bus Fund for School
19/04/1980	Exmouth Town v Tiverton Town	At SJP				Julian Tagg played for Exmouth Town
07/05/1980	St Agnes, Cornwall	Away				Full 1st team squad at New Ground

FA Youth Cup 

1979/80
08/09/1979	Swansea City	Away	0-1	:		Prelim. R

Reserves 
Western League
Results 

Western League 1979/80
August	Friendly	Heavitree	Away	1-1
August	Friendly	Wellington	Away	3-2
11/08/1979	Friendly	Budleigh Salterton	Away	3-1
18/08/1979	League	Clevedon	Home	1-1	Sims
22/08/1979	League	Bridport	Away	0-0	:
25/08/1979	League	Welton Rovers	Away	3-2
29/08/1979	League	Barnstaple	Away	0-2	:
01/09/1979	League	Keynsham	Home	2-0	Bell	Bowker
12/09/1979	League	Falmouth	Away	3-1	Ireland	Mitchell	Bowker
15/09/1979	League	Frome	Home	0-0	:
18/09/1979	League	Tiverton	Home	1-3	Bell
22/09/1979	League	Weston Super Mare	Away	5-1	Ireland	Pearson 2	Bell 2
29/09/1979	WL Cup 1	Dawlish	Home	5-0	Bulled	Howarth	Pearson	Clatworthy	Bell
06/10/1975	League	Clandown	Away	1-1	Rogers(M)
09/10/1979	League	Bideford	Home	1-3
13/10/1979	League	Frome	Away	1-3	Roberts (P)
16/10/1979	League	Bridport	Home	4-1	Howarth	Philby	Sims	Ireland
20/10/1979	League	Mangotsfield	Home	0-0	:
27/10/1979	League	Paulton Rovers	Home	3-1	Clatworthy 2	Bell
29/10/1979	League	AFC Bournemouth	Home	0-7	:
10/11/1979	WL Cup 2	Bristol Manor Farm	Home	1-2	Clatworthy 1
17/11/1979	League	Portway	Away	1-1
24/11/1979	League	Bridgwater	Home	0-1	:
01/12/1979	League	Clevedon	Away	1-4	:
08/12/1979	League	Falmouth	Home	1-3
22/12/1979	League	Bridgwater	Away	0-2	:
26/12/1979	League	Dawlish	Away	0-0	:
05/01/1980	League	Barnstaple	Home	3-2	Pearson	Bell	Ireland (pen)
19/01/1980	League	Portway	Home	5-3	Ireland	Pearson	Rogers (M)	Bell	Roberts (Lee)
26/01/1980	League	Ilminster	Home	5-0	Pearson 3	Cole	Forbes
02/02/1980	League	Bideford	Away	2-1	Neville	Bowker
16/02/1980	League	Saltash	Away	3-0	Bell 2	Ireland
01/03/1980	League	Tiverton	Away	2-0	Ireland	Bell
04/03/1980	League	Saltash	Home	3-3
12/03/1980	League	AFC Bournemouth	Away	0-2	:
15/03/1980	League	Dawlish	Home	1-1	Ireland
22/03/1980	League	Mangotsfield	Away	4-1	Pearson 2	Forbes	Bowker
25/03/1980	League	Weston Super Mare	Home	0-3	:
29/03/1980	League	Ilminster	Away	3-0
04/04/1980	League	Keynsham	Away	3-0	Forbes	Bowker	Pearson
12/04/1980	League	Paulton Rovers	Home	3-3	:
15/04/1980	League	Welton Rovers	Home	0-0	:
03/05/1980	League	Clandown	Home	6-3
	Friendly	Alpha Rennes	Away	5-1
	Friendly	Sheldon Juniors	Away	3-1

Final Table 
Western League - Premier Division

                                   P  W  D  L   F   A Pts
 1.Barnstable United              38 23 10  5  67  31  56
 2.AFC Bournemouth                38 24  7  7 100  26  55
 3.Weston-super-Mare              38 22 11  5  81  45  55
 4.Frome Town                     38 19 10  9  57  38  48
 5.Bridgwater Town                38 17 12  9  64  43  46
 6.Exeter City                    38 16 11 11  71  59  43
 7.Clevedon Town                  38 16 10 12  74  58  42
 8.Portway-Bristol                38 16 10 12  66  53  42
 9.Saltash United                 38 14 14 10  64  51  42
10.Bideford                       38 16 10 12  61  51  42
11.Keynsham Town                  38 16 10 12  56  53  42
12.Falmouth Town                  38 14 10 14  58  53  38
13.Dawlish                        38 10 11 17  39  67  31
14.Clandown                       38 12  6 20  53  76  30
15.Tiverton Town                  38  8 14 16  36  65  30
16.Welton Rovers                  38 10  9 19  59  84  29
17.Paulton Rovers                 38 11  6 21  50  68  28
18.Mangotsfield United            38  7 10 21  37  80  24
19.Bridport                       38  4 14 20  31  67  21 (-1 point)
20.Ilminster Town                 38  2 11 25  31  87  15

Youth Team
South West and Wales Youth League
Results

South West and Wales Youth League
03/10/1979	League	Torquay United	Home	1-2	Musgrove
10/10/1979	League	Swansea City	Away
17/10/1979	League	Bridgend Town	Home	2-0	Cole (Ian)	Lloyd (Kevin)
06/11/1979	League	Hereford United	Home	1-0	Clatworthy
27/11/1979	Cup	Cheltenham	Home	0-1	:
04/12/1980	League	Plymouth Argyle	Home
09/02/1980	League	Torquay United	Away	4-4	Cole (Ian) 2	Clatworthy 2
16/02/1980	League	Bridgend Town	Away	0-1	:
23/02/1980	League	Plymouth Argyle	Away	0-2	:
01/03/1980	League	Cardiff City	Away	1-4
	League	Hereford United
01/04/1980	League	Cheltenham	Home
26/04/1980	League	Cheltenham	Away
30/04/1980	League	Swansea	Away
01/05/1980	League	Cardiff City	Home

Final Table

Other Information

PF

John Hansford

1970s, 1979/80, Andy Bell, Anthony Mitchell, Dave Pullar, Ian Main, Ian Pearson, Jimmy Giles, John Delve, John Hore, John Sims, Keith Bowker, Lee Roberts, Martyn Rogers, Peter Hatch, Peter Rogers, Philip Roberts, Ray Pratt, Richard Forbes, Roy Ireland, Squad Photograph, Steve Neville, Timeline, Tony Kellow, Vincent O'Keefe