Squad photo from the 1982/83 season, Exeter finished 19th in Division Three and lost in the First Round of both the FA and League Cups.

League Position: 19th Played: 46, Won: 14, Drew: 12, Lost: 20 Goals For: 81, Goals Against: 104 Points: 54

FA Cup
First Round: Plymouth Argyle (A), 2-0

League Cup
First Round (over two legs): Newport County (H), 1-2 and (A), 6-0. Exeter lost 1-8 on aggregate


First Team 
Results

28/08/1982	Huddersfield Town	A	D	1-1	5168	Pullar
04/09/1982	Gillingham	H	D	2-2	2409	Kellow	Pullar
08/09/1982	Portsmouth	H	D	1-1	3146	Howe (og)
10/09/1982	Doncaster Rovers	A	L	1-6	3205	P. Rogers
18/09/1982	Preston North End	H	W	5-1	2310	Pratt 2	Kellow	Harle	P. Rogers
25/09/1982	AFC Bournemouth	A	L	0-2	7547	:
28/09/1982	Cardiff City	A	L	0-2	4867	:
02/10/1982	Chesterfield	H	L	2-3	2389	P. Rogers	Pullar
09/10/1982	Wrexham	A	W	2-1	2110	Hatter	McEwan
16/10/1982	Millwall	H	W	2-1	2640	P. Rogers	Pratt
20/10/1982	Lincoln City	A	L	1-4	3699	Kellow (p)
23/10/1982	Sheffield United	H	L	0-3	3858	:
30/10/1982	Oxford United	A	D	1-1	4689	Viney
03/11/1982	Wigan Athletic	H	W	2-1	2399	P. Rogers	Kellow
06/11/1982	Walsall	H	W	4-3	2614	Kellow	Delve 2	Neville
13/11/1982	Bradford City	A	D	3-3	4576	Harle	Pullar	Delve
27/11/1982	Orient	H	W	2-0	2611	Kellow	Harle
04/12/1982	Reading	A	L	1-3	1971	Pullar
11/12/1982	Reading	H	D	2-2	2272	Kellow	Delve
18/12/1982	Brentford	A	L	0-4	5296	:
27/12/1982	Plymouth Argyle	H	W	1-0	9168	Neville
29/12/1982	Bristol Rovers	A	D	4-4	8160	P. Rogers 2	Delve	McEwan
01/01/1983	Newport County	H	L	0-1	3505	:
03/01/1983	Southend United	A	D	1-1	3570	Marker
08/01/1983	Gillingham	A	D	4-4	2970	McEwan	Neville 3
15/01/1983	Huddersfield Town	H	L	3-3	2882	McEwan(p)	Neville	M. Rogers
22/01/1983	Preston North End	A	D	2-2	3767	Pratt	Neville
29/01/1983	Cardiff City	H	L	0-2	4019	:
05/02/1983	AFC Bournemouth	H	W	4-2	3008	Viney	McEwan	Neville	Pratt
12/02/1983	Portsmouth	A	L	2-3	10662	Neville 2
15/02/1983	Wigan Athletic	A	L	0-1	2764	:
19/02/1983	Wrexham	H	D	3-3	2507	Viney 2	Neville
26/02/1983	Millwall	A	L	2-5	2806	Neville	Harle
02/03/1983	Lincoln City	H	W	3-1	2505	McEwan	Pratt	Neville
05/03/1983	Sheffield United	A	L	0-3	9703	:
12/03/1983	Oxford United	H	W	3-1	2957	Harle 2	Kellow
19/03/1983	Walsall	A	L	2-3	2669	P. Rogers 2
26/03/1983	Bradford City	H	W	2-1	2639	Crown	Pratt
01/04/1983	Plymouth Argyle	A	L	0-1	8856	:
02/04/1983	Bristol Rovers	H	L	0-1	5741	:
16/04/1983	Chesterfield	A	W	3-1	1788	Sparrow	Pratt	Crown
23/04/1983	Brentford	H	L	1-7	2759	Gibson
30/04/1983	Orient	A	L	1-5	2407	Neville
02/05/1983	Southend United	H	W	4-3	2956	Neville 3	Crown
07/05/1983	Doncaster Rovers	H	W	3-0	3110	Kellow 2	Pratt
14/05/1983	Newport County	A	D	1-1	3520	P. Rogers

Final Table 

League Division 3
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. PORTSMOUTH               46  16  4  3  43  19  11  6  6  31  22   91
 2. CARDIFF CITY             46  17  5  1  45  14   8  6  9  31  36   86
 3. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN        46  15  8  0  56  18   8  5 10  28  31   82
 4. Newport County           46  13  7  3  40  20  10  2 11  36  34   78
 5. Oxford United            46  12  9  2  41  23  10  3 10  30  30   78
 6. Lincoln City             46  17  1  5  55  22   6  6 11  22  29   76
 7. Bristol Rovers           46  16  4  3  55  21   6  5 12  29  37   75
 8. Plymouth Argyle          46  15  2  6  37  23   4  6 13  24  43   65
 9. Brentford                46  14  4  5  50  28   4  6 13  38  49   64
10. Walsall                  46  14  5  4  38  19   3  8 12  26  44   64
11. Sheffield United         46  16  3  4  44  20   3  4 16  18  44   64
12. Bradford City            46  11  7  5  41  27   5  6 12  27  42   61
13. Gillingham               46  12  4  7  37  29   4  9 10  21  30   61
14. Bournemouth              46  11  7  5  35  20   5  6 12  24  48   61
15. Southend United          46  10  8  5  41  28   5  6 12  25  37   59
16. Preston North End        46  11 10  2  35  17   4  3 16  25  52   58
17. Millwall                 46  12  7  4  41  24   2  6 15  23  53   55
18. Wigan Athletic           46  10  4  9  35  33   5  5 13  25  39   54
19. Exeter City              46  12  4  7  49  43   2  8 13  32  61   54
20. Leyton Orient            46  10  6  7  44  38   5  3 15  20  50   54
21. READING                  46  10  8  5  37  28   2  9 12  27  51   53
22. WREXHAM                  46  11  6  6  40  26   1  9 13  16  50   51
23. DONCASTER ROVERS         46   6  8  9  38  44   3  3 17  19  53   38
24. CHESTERFIELD             46   6  6 11  28  28   2  7 14  15  40   37

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Other Matches 

FA Cup

1982/83
20/11/1982	Plymouth Argyle	Away	0-2	10202	:	R1

League Cup

1982/83
01/09/1982	Newport County	Home	1-2	2292	Kellow	LC 1 Ist Leg
14/09/1982	Newport County	Away	0-6	2684	:	LC 1 2nd Leg

Football League Trophy

1982/83
21/08/1982	Torquay	Away	Group	2-3	Pullar, Pratt	2384	Football League Trophy	Did not qualify for R2
18/08/1982	Newport County	Away	Group	1-5	Howarth	1084	Football League Trophy
14/08/1982	Bristol City	Home	Group	2-1	Kellow, Pratt	1040	Football League Trophy

Friendlies

1982/83
			Exeter score 1st
07/08/1982	Weymouth	Home	2-1			Western Counties Floodlit Cup Final  Ist Leg
11/08/1982	Weymouth	Away	1-6	568		Western Counties Floodlit Cup Final  2nd Leg
14/08/1982	Bristol City	Home
16/08/1982	Leiceseter City	Home	1-1	1300	Pullar
21/08/1982	Torquay United	Home
30/10/1982	Devon v Cornwall	At SJP				County game
29/11/1982	Watford	Home	0-6	2000	:	Pat Wakeham Testimonial
11/01/1983	Reading	Home
13/04/1983	Bideford	Away				Fred Berry testionial John Hore, Keith Bowker played for Bideford
15/05/1983	Ilfracombe	Away

FA Youth Cup

1982/83
01/09/1982	Dorchester Town	Home	0-0	:		QF1
08/09/1982	Dorchester Town	Away	2-1			QF1 replay
04/10/1982	Bournemouth	Away	2-1	Graham Kirkup, og		QF2
26/10/1982	Newport County	Away	1-2	Frank Howarth		R1

Youth Team


South West and Wales Youth League 
Results

South West and Wales Youth League
13/10/1982	League	Cardiff City	Home	0-3	:
10/11/1982	League	Newport County	Home	2-3
22/01/1983	League	Plymouth Argyle	Away	2-1	Graves	Ling
20/04/1983	League	Cardiff City	Away	5-3	Daniels (R) 2	Phillps (Robert	Ling	Walters
27/04/1983	League	Swansea City	Away	1-5
10/05/1983	League	Plymouth Argyle	Home
		Swansea City	Home
		Newport County	Away

Final Table 


Exeter A Team

DEVON & EXETER LEAGUE
Results

Devon and Exeter League (Exeter A)
28/08/1982	League	Bideford	Home	4-1	Thomas	Ling	Gibson (A)	Adcock
04/09/1982	League	Feniton	Away	1-4	Thomas
11/09/1982	League	Willand	Home	1-3	Clatworthy
18/09/1982	League	Clyst Vallley	Away
25/09/1982	League	Sidmouth Town	Home	1-3	Gauntlett
02/10/1982
09/10/1982	ED Cup 2	Beer Albion	Away	3-2	Howarth	Walters (P)	Adcock
16/10/1982	League	Exeter University	Away	3-4
23/10/1982
30/10/1982	League	Budleigh Salterton	Away	0-1	:
06/11/1982	League	Alphington	Home	0-0	:
13/11/1982	League	Cullompton	Home	3-2	Og	Kirkup	Marker pen)
20/11/1982	League	Dawlish	Home	0-1	:
23/11/1982	ED Cup 3	Tiverton Town	Home	1-3
27/11/1982	League	Barnstaple	Home	0-0	:
04/12/1982
11/12/1982
18/12/1982	League	Dolphin United	Away	2-2
25/12/1982
01/01/1983
08/01/1983	League	Sidmouth Town	Away	5-2	Adcock (Phil) 3	Walters (P) 2
15/01/1983
22/01/1983	League	Dawlish	Home	1-5	Gauntlett
29/01/1983	League	Willand	Away		Gauntlett
05/02/1983
12/02/1983	League	Alphington	Away	2-2	Lane	Gauntlett
19/02/1983
26/02/1983	League	Honiton	Home	2-0	Lane	Kirkup
05/03/1983	League	Sylvans Fc	Home	1-0	Clifford
12/03/1983	League	Clyst Vallley	Home	2-3	Thomas	Howarth
19/03/1983
26/03/1983	League	Sidmouth Town	Away	4-1	Gauntlett	Gibson (A)	Sparrow	Pullar
02/04/1983	League	Dolphin	Away	2-2	Sparrow	House (og)
09/04/1983	League	Budleigh Salterton	Home	Won
16/04/1983	League	Exmouth Town	Home	3-4	Gauntlett 3
23/04/1983	League	Bideford	Away	5-1
26/04/1983	League	Feniton	Home
30/04/1983	League	Exeter University	Home	3-0

Final Table

PREMIER
	P	W	D	L	F	A	PTS
1 Exmouth Town	30	21	5	4	101	40	47
2 University	30	20	4	6	89	47	44
3 Budleigh Salterton	30	18	3	9	96	56	39
4 Honiton Town	30	17	5	8	75	46	39
5 Clyst Valley	30	13	9	8	52	54	35
6 Exeter City	30	12	7	11	67	53	31
7 Willand Rovers	29	10	10	9	43	41	30
8 Dolphin United	30	11	8	11	56	58	30
9 Sidmouth Town	30	13	3	14	69	63	29
10 *Dawlish Town	30	15	1	14	45	46	29
11 Cullompton	29	12	4	13	56	59	28
12 Alphington	30	9	8	13	48	60	26
13 Feniton	30	8	8	14	41	64	24
14 Sylvans	30	7	6	17	51	73	20
15 Bideford FC	30	5	4	21	32	86	14
16 Barnstaple Town	30	3	5	22	32	109	11

1980s, 1982/83, Aidan Gibson, Alan Beer, Brian Godfrey, Dave Harle, Dave Pullar, David Crown, Frank Howarth, Graham Kirkup, Grant Davies, John Burke, John Delve, John Sparrow, Keith Viney, Lee Roberts, Leighton Phillips, Len Bond, Malcolm Musgrove, Martin Ling, Martyn Rogers, Nick Marker, Paddy Thomas, Peter Rogers, Peter Shepherd, Ray Pratt, Squad Photograph, Stanley McEwan, Steve Hatter, Steve Neville, Timeline, Tony Kellow