Squad photograph from the 1966/67 season in which Exeter were back in Division Four, following relegation the previous year, and they finished in 14th place.


They lost in the First Round of the FA Cup, however the League Cup was more successful as the made it to the Third Stage.

• League Stats

Played: 46 Won: 14, Drew: 15, Lost: 17 Goals For: 50 Goals Against: 60 Points: 43

• FA Cup

First Round: Luton Town (H), 1-1. Replay (A), 2-0.

• League Cup

First Round: Torquay United (H), 2-2. Replay (A), 1-2.
Second Round: Cardiff City (A), 0-1.
Third Round: Walsall (H), 1-2.

First Team 
Results

20/08/1966	Wrexham	A	D	0-0	7133	:
27/08/1966	Southend United	H	L	0-1	4346	:
03/09/1966	Tranmere Rovers	A	D	1-2	3495	Thompson
05/09/1966	Crewe Alexandra	A	D	2-2	4152	Elliott	Blain
10/09/1966	Bradford City	H	D	2-2	4600	Evans 2
17/09/1966	Port Vale	H	L	0-1	5000	:
24/09/1966	Hartlepools United	A	L	1-3	4227	Smith
27/09/1966	Crewe Alexandra	H	W	2-0	3831	Godfrey	McNeil
01/10/1966	Halifax Town	H	W	3-2	4559	Smith 2	McNeil
08/10/1966	Barrow	A	L	0-5	4163	:
15/10/1966	York City	H	W	3-1	4174	Ley	McNeil	Keeley
22/10/1966	Lincoln City	A	D	1-1	2894	Godfrey
24/10/1966	Barnsley	A	L	1-2	3573	McNeil
29/10/1966	Chesterfield	H	D	1-1	4102	McNeil
04/11/1966	Stockport County	A	L	0-1	8960	:
12/11/1966	Rochdale	H	D	0-0	3625	:
16/11/1966	Barnsley	H	L	0-3	2753	:
19/11/1966	Southport	A	D	1-1	4402	McLean
03/12/1966	Chester	A	W	2-0	3085	Keeley	Blain (p)
10/12/1966	Bradford Park Avenue	H	W	4-1	3347	Kennedy	McNeil 2	Keeley
17/12/1966	Wrexham	H	W	4-1	4285	Keeley 3 (1p)	Stuckey
26/12/1966	Newport County	H	D	0-0	7044	:
27/12/1966	Newport County	A	L	2-3	4082	Kennedy	McNeil
31/12/1966	Southend United	A	D	0-0	6581	:
14/01/1967	Bradford City	A	D	1-1	6090	Keeley
21/01/1967	Port Vale	A	L	0-2	3450	:
28/01/1967	Tranmere Rovers	H	L	1-4	4300	Ryan
04/02/1967	Hartlepools United	H	W	1-0	3702	Ryan
11/02/1967	Halifax Town	A	D	0-0	6775	:
18/02/1967	Luton Town	H	W	2-1	3764	Elliott	Keeley
25/02/1967	Barrow	H	L	1-2	3550	Ryan
03/03/1967	York City	A	W	4-2	3141	Ryan	Godfrey	Elliott	Keeley
11/03/1967	Luton Town	A	L	0-4	6045	:
18/03/1967	Lincoln City	H	W	1-0	3142	Blain
24/03/1967	Aldershot	A	L	0-1	4642	:
25/03/1967	Notts County	A	W	1-0	4258	Godfrey
27/03/1967	Aldershot	H	D	1-1	4248	McNeil
01/04/1967	Stockport County	H	L	0-3	4059	:
08/04/1967	Rochdale	A	L	0-1	1294	:
11/04/1967	Brentford	A	L	1-3	7800	Ley
15/04/1967	Southport	H	D	0-0	3044	:
22/04/1967	Chesterfield	A	L	0-1	3665	:
25/04/1967	Brentford	H	W	1-0	2934	Ryan
29/04/1967	Chester	H	W	2-0	3077	Singleton (og)	McNeil
06/05/1967	Bradford Park Avenue	A	D	2-2	3172	McNeil	Harford
13/05/1967	Notts County	H	W	1-0	3417	Stuckey

Football League Fourth Division 
Final Table 1966/67

Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Stockport County	46	26	12	8	69	42	64
Southport	46	23	13	10	69	42	59
Barrow	46	24	11	11	76	54	59
Tranmere Rovers	46	22	14	10	66	43	58
Crewe Alexandra	46	21	12	13	70	55	54
Southend United	46	22	9	15	70	49	53
Wrexham	46	16	20	10	76	62	52
Hartlepools United	46	22	7	17	66	64	51
Brentford	46	18	13	15	58	56	49
Aldershot	46	18	12	16	72	57	48
Bradford City	46	19	10	17	74	62	48
Halifax Town	46	15	14	17	59	68	44
Port Vale	46	14	15	17	55	58	43
Exeter City	46	14	15	17	50	60	43
Chesterfield	46	17	8	21	60	63	42
Barnsley	46	13	15	18	60	64	41
Luton Town	46	16	9	21	59	73	41
Newport County	46	12	16	18	56	63	40
Chester	46	15	10	21	54	78	40
Notts County	46	13	11	22	53	72	37
Rochdale	46	13	11	22	53	75	37
York City	46	12	11	23	65	79	35
Bradford Park Avenue	46	11	13	22	52	79	35
Lincoln City	46	9	13	24	58	82	31

FACTS AND FIGURES FOR SEASON 66-67.

Compiled by Maurice Golesworthy

Number of matches played in Football League, League Cup and F.A. Cup-52.

Complete record for these games-Won 16, Drawn 17, Lost 19, Goals for 57, Goals against 68. In Football League only-Won 14, Drawn 15, Lost 17, Goals for 50, Goals against 60. Final League position 14th. Number of players called upon for 52 games was 23.

APPEARANCES

Football League Wilkinson 46, Godfrey 42, Blain 38 (plus 2

sub.), Thompson 38 (plus 1 sub.), Keeley 38 (plus 1 sub.), Harford 38, Ley 32, McNeil 31, Smout 29, Smyth 25 (plus 2 sub.), Embery 25 (plus 1 sub.), Elliott 24, Ryan 20, Kennedy 18, Jones 17,1 7, McLean 13, Stuckey 11 (plus 1 sub.), Harvey 7, Smith 6, Evans 4, Balson 2, Nash 1, Buckingham 1.

League Cup Godfrey 4, Harford 4, Jones 4, Keeley 4, Thompson 4, Wilkinson 4, Blain 3, Ley 3, McLean 3, Smyth 3, Embery 2, Evans 2, Elliott 1, Kennedy 1, McNeil 1, Smith 1.

F.A. Cup Blain 2, Godfrey 2, Keeley 2, Ley 2, McLean 2, Smout 2, Smyth 2, Thompson 2, Wilkinson 2, Buckingham 1, Harford 1, Harvey 1, McNeil 1.

GOALSCORERS

Football League McNeil 11, Keeley 9, Ryan 5, Godfrey 4, Blain 3, Elliott 3, Smith 3, Evans 2, Kennedy 2. Ley 2, Stuckey 2, Harford 1, McLean 1, Thompson 1, own goal 1 (Singleton, Chester). Total 50.

League Cup and F.A. Cup-Harford 2, McLean 2, Keeley 1, McNeil 1, Smyth 1. Total 7.

Highest score for-4-1, v. Bradford (home), (home), December 10th, 1966; v. Wrexham (home), December 17th, 1966; 4-2, v. York City (away), March 3rd, 1967.

Highest score against-0-5, v. Barrow (away), October 8th, 1966.

Highest individual score in one game-3 goals (including 1 penalty). Keeley v. Wrexham (home), December 17th, 1966. This was the first hat-trick by an Exeter City player since Ray Carter scored three goals v. Oldham Athletic (home), March 17th, 1962.

Longest undefeated run-5 games. After losing at home, 0-1 to Southend United, August 27th, 1966, City won two (both away in League Cup) and drew three (one home and two away Football League games) before losing 0-1 at home to Port Vale, September 17th, 1966.

Number of "doubles" completed-3. Chester, York City and Notts. County.

Highest home attendance-7,044 v. Newport County, Decem- ber 26th, 1966.

Highest away attendance-8,960 v. Stockport County, Novem- ber 4th, 1966.

Smallest home attendance 2,753 v. Barnsley, November 16th, 1966.

Smallest away attendance-1,294 v. Rochdale, April 8th, 1967.

FA Cup

			Exeter Score 1st
26/11/1966	Luton Town	Home	1-1	4744	Keeley	R1
01/12/1966	Luton Town	Away	0-2	5000	:	R1 Replay

League Cup

1966/67			Exeter Score 1st
24/08/1966	Torquay United	Home	2-2	7000	McLean, Smyth	LC  1
31/08/1966	Torquay	Away	2-1	7679	McLean, Harford	LC 1R
14/09/1966	Cardiff City	Away	1-0	5000	Harford	LC  2
05/10/1966	Walsall	Home	1-2	5487	McNeil	LC  3

Devon Bowl

			Exeter Score 1st
15/03/1967	Plymouth Argyle	Home	0-1 AET	:	2705	SF

Friendlies 

1966/67			Exeter score 1st
06/08/1966	Taunton Town	Away	2-1		Elliott, Blain
08/08/1966	Torquay United	Away	2-3	2414	Evans, Kennedy,
10/08/1966	Weymouth	Away	1-0		Smith (Roger)
12/08/1966	Plymouth Argyle	Away	0-3		:
13/08/1966	Guildford City	Away	0-3		:
15/08/1966	Bournemouth	Home	2-1		Godfrey 2
18/10/1966	Devon County	Home	1-4		Blain (pen)
01/12/1966	Ex-Exeter v Ex-Plymouth	Neutral
07/01/1967	Torquay United	Home	0-0	1500	:
09/03/1967	Stoke City	Home	2-2	4000	Keeley, Elliott
05/04/1967	Bideford	Away	1-1	2000	Blain (pen)
01/05/1967	St Lukes College v Wycombe Wanderers	At SJP	1-3		K Hall v Worley, Merrick, Horseman
13/05/1967	St Lukes College v Wycombe Wanderers	At SJP	4-3	Devon SeniorCup Final	P Wisbey 3, D Norton  (For St Lukes)

FA Youth Cup 

			Exeter Score 1st
09/11/1966	Torquay United	Away	2-0	John Wingate 2		R1
30/11/1966	Plymouth Argyle	Home	0-6	:		R2

Reserves 

Western League
Results 

Western League 1966/67
20/08/1966	League	Taunton Town	Home	2-0	Embury	Smith
27/08/1966	League	Yeovil Town	Away	4-3	Evans 2	West	Smith
29/08/1966	League	Torquay United	Home	0-0	:
10/09/1966	League	Minehead	Away	1-4	Smith
17/09/1966	League	Plymouth Argyle	Away	2-4	Elliott	Kennedy
24/09/1966	League	Frome	Home	3-1	McLean	Mustard	Evans
01/10/1966	League	Weymouth	Away	0-1	:
08/10/1966	League	Portland	Home	0-2	:
15/10/1966	League	Glastonbury	Away	0-3	:
19/10/1966	League	St Lukes College	At C&F	1-1	Ley
22/10/1966	League	Barnstaple Town	Home	0-1	:
29/10/1966	League	Bridport	Away	2-0	Wingate 2		John Wingate's WL debut.
05/11/1966	League	Andover	Home	2-1	Evans 2
12/11/1966	League	Taunton Town	Away	1-1	Buckingham
19/11/1966	League	Dorchester Town	Home	1-0	Elliott
26/11/1966	League	Dorchester Town	Away	1-7	Elliott
03/12/1966	League	Salisbury City	Home	2-1	West	Wingate
10/12/1966	League	Frome	Away	2-1	Balson	Smith
17/12/1966	League	Bideford	Away	1-1	Wingate
22/12/1966	League	Yeovil Town	Home	2-0	Elliott (Pen)	Balson
31/12/1966	League	Plymouth Argyle	Home	3-1	Wingate	Balson	Smith
07/01/1967	League	Bridgwater	Away	1-2	Smith
14/01/1967	League	Bridport	Home	3-1	Stuckey	Elliott	Wingate
28/01/1967	League	Weston Super Mare	Away	2-1	Wingate 2
04/02/1967	League	Portland	Away	0-4	:
11/02/1967	League	Bideford	Home	0-2	:
18/02/1967	League	Welton Rovers	Away	1-3	Godfrey
25/02/1967	League	Andover	Away	0-2	:
04/03/1967	League	Bridgwater	Home	2-0	Wingate	Smith
11/03/1967	League	Weymouth	Home	1-1	Smith
20/03/1967	League	Torquay United	Away	1-0	Wingate
24/03/1967	League	Weston Super Mare	Home	1-1	Stuckey
25/03/1967	League	Glastonbury	Home	1-3	Wingate
27/03/1967	League	Barnstaple Town	Away	2-1	Stuckey	Balson
08/04/1967	League	Minehead	Home	0-1	:
22/04/1967	League	Welton Rovers	Home	1-2	Keeley
29/04/1967	League	Bristol City	Away	1-1	House
03/05/1967	League	St Lukes College	Home	2-0	Elliott	Keeley
06/05/1967	League	Bristol City	Home	3-1	Ryan 2	Smith (og)

Final Table

Western League 1966/67

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Welton Rovers	40	29	7	4	102	37	65
Minehead	40	25	10	5	98	42	60
Bridgwater Town	40	25	7	8	93	47	57
Salisbury	40	22	9	9	83	54	53
Dorchester Town	40	22	8	10	89	48	52
Bideford	40	23	6	11	76	47	52
Glastonbury	40	20	9	11	71	54	49
Exeter City Res.	40	17	7	16	54	63	41
Torquay U Res.	40	15	9	16	66	56	39
Andover	40	13	13	14	69	60	39
Portland United	40	15	7	18	61	76	37
Frome Town	40	17	1	22	60	82	35
Bristol City Colts	40	13	8	19	63	64	34
Weston S-M	40	12	9	19	52	69	33
Taunton	40	11	10	19	67	77	32
Plymouth A Colts	40	12	8	20	66	97	32
Bridport	40	11	8	21	50	80	30
Weymouth Res.	40	12	4	24	39	76	28
St Luke’s College	40	10	7	23	61	90	27
Barnstaple	40	8	8	24	50	92	24
Yeovil Town Res.	40	8	5	27	52	111	21

Exeter withdrew from the Western League at the end of the season

Western Counties Floodlit League
Results

There is no record of Exeter playing in this league.

Western Counties Floodlit League
13/10/1966	League	Torquay United	Away	3-4	Welsh 2	Banks

Western Counties Floodlit League
Final Table

Exeter City Colts
E and D Football League


Results

Final Table
Premier Division

PREMIER
1 Dawlish Town	28	22	5	1	108	23	49
2 Tiverton Town	28	23	1	4	122	36	47
3 Sidmouth Town	28	18	2	8	103	47	38
4 Exmouth Town	28	17	3	8	80	49	37
5 Ottery St Mary	28	17	2	8	81	48	36
6 Starcross	28	16	4	8	69	46	36
7 Elmore	28	13	7	8	64	61	33
8 Clyst Valley	28	11	5	12	66	75	27
9 Friernhay	28	8	5	15	62	77	21
10 Torquay Villa	28	9	3	16	63	85	21
11 Newton Poppleford	28	9	2	17	67	92	20
12 Exeter City Colts	28	6	7	15	47	90	19
13 Heavitree United	28	4	7	17	49	80	15
14 St Leonards	28	5	1	22	33	123	11
15 Cullompton	28	3	4	21	30	112	10

Exeter City Colts
E and D League
Results

Final Table
Senior 2A

SENIOR 2A
1 Tiverton Town	28	21	3	4	144	44	45
2 Sidmouth Town	28	18	5	5	113	55	41
3 Clyst Valley	28	17	7	4	94	50	41
4 Ottery St Mary	28	19	1	8	119	61	39
5 Elmore	28	16	3	9	90	79	35
6 Dawlish Town	28	14	5	9	101	55	33
7 Heavitree Town	28	12	7	9	81	62	31
8 Exmouth Town	28	11	6	11	73	71	28
9 Torquay Villa	28	10	5	13	67	74	25
10 Starcross	28	11	2	13	77	96	24
11 Newton Poppleford	28	9	6	13	49	85	24
12 Friernhay	28	10	3	15	78	80	23
13 Exeter City Colts	28	8	2	18	70	76	18
14 St Leonards	28	3	1	24	41	164	7
15 Cullompton	28	1	4	23	33	180	6

Will Haggerty

1960s, 1966/67, Alan Goad, Ben Embury, Bert Edwards, Bruce Stuckey, Cecil Smyth, Colin Buckingham, Ernest Wilkinson, George Ley, George McLean, James Ryan, Jimmy Blain, Jock Basford, John Evans, John Kennedy, John Smout, Keith Harvey, Kenneth Jones, Kenneth Thompson, Michael Balson, Peter Godfrey, Ray Harford, Raymond Elliott, Raymond Keeley, Richard McNeil, Robert Nash, Roger Smith, Squad Photograph, Timeline