SATURDAY 14th SEPTEMBER 1968.

CITY CAN PLAY BETTER THAN THIS.

EXETER CITY 2,
Shearing; Crawford, Blason; Kirkham, Harvey (Newman), Curtis; Corr, Blain, Bullock, Mitten, Pleat.
Newman substituted for Harvey after 55 minutes.

CHESTER 2
Carling; R. Jones, Sear; Ashworth, Turner, Brodie; Dearden(Provan), Metcalfe, Talbot, Sutton, L. Jones,

Scorers:
Exeter: Kirkham, Corr,
Chester: Talbot, Sutton,

Attendance; 5,121

Exeter City now face what could be an early decisive period in the Fourth Division this season, Four of the next five games are at St James' Park and a lot could depend on the results, After being a goal down against Chester, City went into the second half to gain a lead, but ended with a draw, City are going through a disappointing phase after their good start to the season, Chester were ahead after 25 minutes when Talbot standing unmarked glided his header past Peter Shearing, A John Kirkham shot was deflected past Carling for a 43rd minute equlaiser, Six minutes into the second half City went ahead with a fine goal, A tremendous chip shot from Micky Bullock hit the bar and John Corr was on the spot to nod the rebound in, Sutton got Chester's equaliser in the 75th minute and they were unlucky not to get a penalty when Talbot was brought down, This was a poor performance by City. They were never really got going and their marking was not tight enough. The passing was often slack, Only once did Exeter produce their early season form and that was then they took the lead, The City will have to be a lot sharper. They have proved already this that they can do better.

Match Report 2. 

City were lucky to get away with a point in this game for we seldom looked convincing in defence and showed only occasional flashes of our earlier season form in attack. At the start we were suffering through having to begin without skipper Johnny Newman and it was fortunate for us that although Chester were clever enough to control most of the mid-field play they were seldom fast enough to press home their attacks. Garry Talbot headed the visitors into the lead with a typical effort after 26 minutes, but he should not have been allowed such an easy opportunity. At this stage our attacks were only spasmodic but we succeeded in forcing an equaliser when their right-half, Barry Ashworth, was unfortunate enough to deflect a shot by Johnny Kirkham out of the goalkeeper's reach. Early in the second half our hopes were raised when the City's attack began to show some glimpses of the kind of in spired attacking football which had pre viously beaten Sheffield Wednesday, but although we maintained this standard long enough for Johnny Corr to head us into the lead with an easy chance pre sented by Peter Bullock, we were soon back on the defensive again and the visitors later snatched a well deserved point with a goal by Mike Sutton.

BILL BROWN TO ASSIST AMATEURS.

General help is how former Exeter City professional, Bill Brown, 40, currently taking an interest in Exmouth Amateurs F,C, describes himself. He took over as Landlord of the First And Last Inn, Exmouth last June, moving to he seaside from Bridgwater Town, and it was not long before he was in contact with the Amateurs, Last Saturday he took charge of the sponge but he will not be helping out generally whatever the committee want him to do. A defender in his playing days, principally in the half back line, Bill was with Reading 1948-1950, then he had two seasons with Eexter City and five with Yeovil Town. He also had a spell as Flayer-Manager of Bridgwater Town,

MONDAY 16th SEPTEMBER 1968.

SHEARING AND NEWMAN DRAMA.

There was trouble all the way round for Exeter City against Chester. Even before the game kicked off, City were involved in a drama, Golakeeper Peter Shearing's car broke down on the way to the ground at ide, so manager Frank Broome went to fetch him but found the Police were there and they rushed him to the ground in time for the kick-off, Then it was discovered that John Newman was held up in the holiday traffic, The A.A, came to his assistance escorting him through the traffic, but he walked onto the ground 25 minutes late, Dermot Curtis picked originally as substitute had to play. When Newman arrived he took over as sub, but went on in the 53rd minute when Keith Harvey was injured.