Squad photo from the 1980/81 season

Exeter finished 11th in Division Three. In The League Cup they made an early exit at the First Round but were more successful in the FA Cup reaching the Quarter Finals.

• League Position: 11th Played: 46, Won: 16, Drew: 13,Lost: 17 Goals For: 62, Goals Against: 66 Points: 45

• FA Cup

First Round: Leatherhead (H), 5-0

Second Round: Millwall (A), 0-1

Third Round: Maidstone United (A), 2-4

Fourth Round: Leicester City (A), 1-1. Replay, 3-1

Fifth Round: Newcastle United (A), 1-1. Replay, 4-0

Quarter Final: Tottenham Hotspur (A), 2-0

• Leicester City Replay Film
• Match Photo's from Newcastle Game
• Film of the Game

• Match Photo's from Tottenham Game
• Match action from the 6th Round

• League Cup

First Round (over two legs): Bristol Rovers (H), 1-1 and (A), 1-1. After finishing 2-2 on aggregate Bristol Rovers won 7-6 on penalties

First Team 
Results

16/08/1980	Gillingham	H	W	2-1	3630	Kellow	Neville
20/08/1980	Oxford United	A	W	2-1	3751	Neville	Kellow
23/08/1980	Hull City	A	D	3-3	3559	Neville 2	Hatch
30/08/1980	Colchester United	H	W	4-0	3918	Neville	Giles	Delve	Kellow (p)
06/09/1980	Chester	A	L	0-1	1974	:
13/09/1980	Burnley	H	D	0-0	4534	:
17/09/1980	Fulham	H	W	1-0	5300	Kellow
20/09/1980	Millwall	A	L	0-1	3638	:
27/09/1980	Charlton Athletic	H	W	4-3	4916	Kellow 3	Prince
01/10/1980	Fulham	A	W	1-0	4509	P. Rogers
04/10/1980	Rotherham United	A	L	1-3	6889	Giles
08/10/1980	Brentford	H	D	0-0	4665	:
11/10/1980	Huddersfield Town	H	L	1-4	4769	P. Rogers
18/10/1980	Sheffield United	A	L	1-3	10608	Kellow
21/10/1980	Walsall	A	W	3-1	3703	P. Rogers	Kellow	Pratt
25/10/1980	Swindon Town	H	L	3-4	4688	Kellow 2 (1p)	Pratt
01/11/1980	Reading	A	L	1-2	4622	Kellow
03/11/1980	Brentford	A	W	1-0	6590	Kellow
08/11/1980	Barnsley	H	L	0-1	4019	:
12/11/1980	Oxford United	H	D	1-1	3241	Delve
15/11/1980	Gillingham	A	W	5-1	3725	Delve	Kellow 3	Pratt
29/11/1980	Carlisle United	H	W	2-0	3940	P. Rogers	Kellow
06/12/1980	Blackpool	A	D	0-0	3597	:
20/12/1980	Chesterfield	H	D	2-2	4075	P. Rogers	Pratt
26/12/1980	Plymouth Argyle	A	W	2-0	14792	Kellow (p)	Pullar
27/12/1980	Newport County	H	D	2-2	6295	Pullar	Kellow (p)
10/01/1981	Walsall	H	L	0-3	4590	:
14/01/1981	Portsmouth	H	W	2-0	3722	Pearson	Pullar
31/01/1981	Hull City	H	L	1-3	5022	Hoolicken (og)
03/02/1981	Colchester United	A	W	2-1	2357	Forbes	Pullar
07/02/1981	Burnley	A	L	0-1	5585	:
10/02/1981	Portsmouth	A	L	0-5	12743	:
21/02/1981	Charlton Athletic	A	L	0-1	7245	:
28/02/1981	Millwall	H	W	2-0	5408	Kellow	Hatch
18/03/1981	Rotherham United	H	W	2-1	4494	Sparrow	Delve
21/03/1981	Sheffield United	H	D	1-1	4224	Kellow
28/03/1981	Swindon Town	A	D	2-2	6509	Pearson	Kellow
31/03/1981	Carlisle United	A	D	1-1	4385	P. Rogers
04/04/1981	Reading	H	W	3-1	3890	Pearson 2	Kellow
07/04/1981	Huddersfield Town	A	L	0-5	12009	:
10/04/1981	Barnsley	A	L	0-1	13445	:
18/04/1981	Newport County	A	L	1-2	5231	Kellow (p)
21/04/1981	Plymouth Argyle	H	D	1-1	8491	Kellow
29/04/1981	Chester	H	D	2-2	3056	Kellow	Pratt
02/05/1981	Blackpool	H	D	0-0	3864	:
08/05/1981	Chesterfield	A	L	0-1	3448	:

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Final Table 

League Division 3
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. ROTHERHAM UNITED         46  17  6  0  43   8   7  7  9  19  24   61
 2. BARNSLEY                 46  15  5  3  46  19   6 12  5  26  26   59
 3. CHARLTON ATHLETIC        46  14  6  3  36  17  11  3  9  27  27   59
 4. Huddersfield Town        46  14  6  3  40  11   7  8  8  31  29   56
 5. Chesterfield             46  17  4  2  42  16   6  6 11  30  32   56
 6. Portsmouth               46  14  5  4  35  19   8  4 11  20  28   53
 7. Plymouth Argyle          46  14  5  4  35  18   5  9  9  21  26   52
 8. Burnley                  46  13  5  5  37  21   5  9  9  23  27   50
 9. Brentford                46   7  9  7  30  25   7 10  6  22  24   47
10. Reading                  46  13  5  5  39  22   5  5 13  23  40   46
11. Exeter City              46   9  9  5  36  30   7  4 12  26  36   45
12. Newport County           46  11  6  6  38  22   4  7 12  26  39   43
13. Fulham                   46   8  7  8  28  29   7  6 10  29  35   43
14. Oxford United            46   7  8  8  20  24   6  9  8  19  23   43
15. Gillingham               46   9  8  6  23  19   3 10 10  25  39   42
16. Millwall                 46  10  9  4  30  21   4  5 14  13  39   42
17. Swindon Town             46  10  6  7  35  27   3  9 11  16  29   41
18. Chester City             46  11  5  7  25  17   4  6 13  13  31   41
19. Carlisle United          46   8  9  6  32  29   6  4 13  24  41   41
20. Walsall                  46   8  9  6  43  43   5  6 12  16  31   41
21. SHEFFIELD UNITED         46  12  6  5  38  20   2  6 15  27  43   40
22. COLCHESTER UNITED        46  12  7  4  35  22   2  4 17  10  43   39
23. BLACKPOOL                46   5  9  9  19  28   4  5 14  26  47   32
24. HULL CITY                46   7  8  8  23  22   1  8 14  17  49   32

FA Cup

1980/81
22/11/1980	Leatherhead	Home	5-0	5000	Kellow 2, Pearson, L. Roberts. Hinshelwood (og)	R1
13/12/1980	Milwall	Away	1-0	3426	P. Rogers	R2
03/01/1981	Maidstone United	Away	4-2	6000	Pullar 2, Kellow, P. Rogers	R3
24/01/1981	Leicester City	Away	1-1	21000	Pullar	R4
28/01/1981	Leicester City	Home	3-1	15268	Kellow 3 (1 pen)	R4 Replay
14/02/1981	Newcastle United	Away	1-1	37420	L. Roberts	R5
18/02/1981	Newcastle United	Home	4-0	17668	Hatch, Pearson, P, Roberts, M. Rogers	R5 Replay
07/03/1981	Tottenham Hotspur	Away	0-2	41000	:	R6

League Cup

1980/81
09/08/1980	Bristol Rovers	Home	1-1	4702	Kellow	LC 1 Ist Leg
12/08/1980	Bristol Rovers	Away	1-1	4000	Kellow	LC 1 2nd Leg	Bristol Rovers won 7-6 on penalties

Friendlies

1980/81
			Exeter score 1st
26/07/1980	Exmouth Town	Away			Neville 7,	Steve Neville scored 7 goals, Tony Ellis was referee
30/07/1980	Bath City	Away
02/08/1980	Watford	Home	0-2	1546	:	Luther Blissett played for Watford
	Taunton Town	Away
14/08/1980	Portsmouth	Away
	Ottery St Mary	Away
	Falmouth Town	Away
08/09/1980	Merthyr	Away
10/09/1980	Plymouth Argyle	Home
	Minehead	Away
13/10/1980	Derby County	Home	3-2	3500	Pratt 2, Kellow	Sonny Clarke Testimonial
13/11/1980	Wimbledon	Home	2-1	1100
10/03/1981	Bournemouth	Home
07/05/1981	Bridport	Away				John Rose and John Pengelly Benefit
01/06/1981	Heavitree United	Away				Centenary Match (Full City Squad) Tony Ellis was Referee!)

FA Youth Cup 

1980/81
09/09/1980	Bournemouth Poppies	Away	3-1	Kevin Hains, Paul Clatworthy, Ian Cole		Prelim. R
25/09/1980	Dorchester	Home	5-0	Ian Cole 2, Kevin Hains, Paul Clatworthy, Nick Marker		QF1
03/10/1980	Swansea City	Away	0-3	:		QF2

Reserves 

London Midweek Reserve League
Results 

London Midweek Reserve League
10/09/1980	League	Newport County	Away	2-1	Pratt	May (Jon)
20/09/1980	League	Millwall	?	?
30/09/1980	League	Bournemouth	Home	4-0	Pullar	Roberts (Lee)	Forbes	Clatworthy
15/10/1980	League	Bournemouth	Away	2-0	Cole (Ian)	Pratt
10/11/1980	L M Cup	Portsmouth	Home	0-2	:
13/12/1980	League	Wimbledon	Home	2-1				Maybe 13th November
24/02/1981	League	Newport County	Home	2-5	Pratt	Burte (Byron)
		Millwall	?	?
24/03/1981	League	Newport County	Home
		Wimbledon	Away

Final Table

Reserves 
Western Counties Floodlit League
Results

Western Counties Floodlit League
13/08/1980	League	Portsmouth	Away	0-4	:
19/08/1980	League	Portsmouth	Home	2-0
13/09/1980	League	Plymouth Argyle	Home	3-1	Pratt	Pearson 2 pens
03/11/1980	League	Trowbridge	Away	0-4	:
04/02/1981	League	Swansea	Home
11/02/1981	League	Bath City	Home	1-3	Ireland
24/03/1981	League	Newport County	Home	2-5	Pratt	Burte
		Bath City	Away		?
		Trowbridge	Home

Final Table 


DEVON & EXETER FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Senior 1A
Results 

EXETER "A" Devon and Exeter League
16/08/1980	League	Newton St Cyres	Home	2-0	Clatworthy 2
23/08/1980	League	Willeys Athletic	Away	0-2	:
30/08/1980	League	St Marks	Away	2-1
06/09/1980	League	Sidmouth		6-0	Pratt 2	Clatworthy 2	Burte	Hains
13/09/1980	League	Heavitree	Home	2-0	Cole	Williams (P)
20/09/1980	League	Thorverton	Away	3-3	Marker 2	Cole
27/09/1980	League	Topsham	Away	1-3	Jones (Bryn)			Bryn was a coach!
04/10/1980	League	Budleigh Salterton	Home	2-4	Roberts (L) 2
11/10/1980	League	Clyst Valley	Away	2-1	Cole	Clatworthy
18/10/1980
25/10/1980	League	Devon Motel	Away	Won
01/11/1980	ED Cup	St Marks	Away	5-2	Thomas (P) 2	Cole	Clatworthy 2
08/11/1980
15/11/1980	League	Devon Motel	Home	3-1	Marker 2	Clatworthy
22/11/1980	League	Dunkeswell	Home	7-0	Hains 2	Burte 2	Clatworthy 2	Marker
29/11/1980
06/12/1980
13/12/1980
20/12/1980	ED Cup 3	Kenton	Away	WON
27/12/1980
03/01/1981	League	St Martins	Away	1-3
10/01/1981
17/01/1981
24/01/1981	League	St Martins	Home	5-0	Ireland	Prince 2	Mills	Finn
31/01/1981
07/02/1981	ED Cup 4	St Martins	Home	4-2	Howarth 2	Marker 2
23/02/1981	League	Topsham	Home	5-1	Ireland 3	Mills	Marker
28/02/1981	League	Budleigh Salterton	Away	0-1	:
11/03/1981	League	Budleigh Salterton	Away	0-1	:
23/02/1981	League	Topsham	Home	5-1	Ireland 3	Mills	Marker
28/02/1981	League	Budleigh Salterton	Away	0-1	:
28/03/1981	League	Dunkeswell	Away	3-1
10/04/1981	League	Newton St Cyres	Away	4-3
12/04/1981	ED Cup SF	Dolphin United	Neutral
18/04/1981	League	Crediton	Away	3-1
22/04/1981	League	Honiton	Away	4-0
25/04/1981	League	Newtown	Away	7-0
03/05/1981	ED Cup F	Willand	At Heavitree	4-3
		Clyst Valley	Home
		Honiton	Home
		Willeys Athletic	Home
		Crediton	Home
		St Marks	Home
		Newtown	Home
15/02/1981	League	Thorverton	Home
		Sidmouth	Away
		Heavitree	Away

Final Table

SENIOR 1A
1 Budleigh Salterton	30	24	4	2	99	22	52
2 Exeter City	30	22	3	5	88	35	47
3 Clyst Valley	30	19	6	5	76	26	44
4 Sidmouth Town	30	17	4	9	85	49	38
5 Heavitree United	30	14	8	8	61	50	36
6 St Martins	30	15	5	10	76	50	35
7 Devon Motel	30	14	5	11	57	49	33
8 Honiton Town	30	11	9	10	56	55	31
9 Topsham Town	30	11	8	11	55	67	30
10 Willeys Athletic	30	10	7	13	52	60	27
11 Crediton United`	30	10	5	15	49	67	25
12 Newton St Cyres	30	10	3	17	43	71	23
13 Thorverton	30	8	6	16	43	74	22
14 St Marks	30	6	2	22	48	95	14
15 Newtown	30	5	4	21	48	112	14
16 Dunkeswell Rovers	30	4	1	25	29	83	9

South West Counties Floodlit  Youth League
Results

YOUTH TEAM - South West Counties Floodlit  (Youth League)
06/09/1980	League	Torquay United	Away	4-0	Hains	Jones	Burte	Williams (P)
10/09/1980	League	Newport County	Away	2-1	Pratt	May (Jon)
24/09/1980	League	Swansea	Away	0-4	:
02/11/1980	League	Cheltenham	Home
10/11/1980	League	Newport County	Home	1-1	Pratt
10/01/1981	League	Swansea	Home	0-3	:
03/02/1981	League	Cardiff City	Home	P-P	:
09/02/1981	League	Torquay United	Home	1-1	Burte
17/02/1981	League	Plymouth Argyle	Away	0-1	:
03/02/1981	League	Cardiff City	Home
07/04/1981	League	Hereford	Away	0-4	:
14/04/1981	League	Cardiff City	Away	2-2
21/04/1981	League	Plymouth Argyle	Home	0-5	:
		Hereford	Away	0-4
		Trowbridge	Home

Final Table

Other Information

1980/81, 1980s, Anthony Mitchell, Dave Pullar, Frank Prince, Ian Main, Ian Pearson, Jimmy Giles, John Delve, John Sparrow, Lee Roberts, Len Bond, Martyn Rogers, Peter Hatch, Peter Rogers, Philip Fisher, Philip Roberts, Ray Pratt, Richard Forbes, Roy Ireland, Squad Photograph, Stephen Nute, Steve Neville, Timeline, Tony Kellow