SATURDAY 30th NOVEMBER 1968.

WEAKNESS IN CITY'S ATTACK.

EXETER CITY 0,
Shearing; Smyth, Blain; Kirkham, Harvey, Newman; Corr, Mitten, Balson, Curtis, Pleat

SWANSEA TOWN 1,
John; Lawrence, Gomersall; Williams (A), Nurse, Slee; Evans, Williams (H), Biggs, Screen, Gwyther,

Scorer Swansea: Biggs.

Attendance: 3,851.

For the conditions it was an enjoyable game, For Exeter City supporters it was another disappointing result at home. Continuous rain through out the day made the conditions difficult with the pitch greasy and muddy, Swansea were the stronger side physically in a game with plenty of incident and at half time it was still anyone's game, City worked hard but Swansea were one of the better sides to be seen at St James' Park this season, Swansea's 47th minute goal from Biggs proved to be enough. He had earlier hit a City post. At both ends the ball skidded across the goalmouth and went untouched but Swansea looked more dangerous in attack. There was a definite weakness in the City attack. A big centre forward is urgently needed. Mike Balson tries hard, but is more at home in defence. In the second half City had an appeal for a penalty turned down and John Kirkham had a goal disallowed when he scrambled the ball into the net, But Swansea were better suited to the heavy coinditions, manager Frank Broome was not at the game, he was away on a scouting trip. We must hope that he returns with an early Christmas box for the supporters,

Match Summary 

Considering the difficult conditions underfoot this was a surprisingly enter taining game, but it served to highlight just how much the City have come to depend on Alan Banks and how desper ately we are in need of another player with his eye for goals. City had their chances but fe led to profit from them. Later in the game Swansea took command and ran out de serving winners although only a single goal by veteran Alfie Biggs earned them the points. All of our players worked hard and there could be no complaints about that aspect of the game, but they were never as strong or as domineering a side as Swansea who had some of the best midfield players seen on this ground this season.

MONDAY 2nd DECEMBER 1968.

CITY FANS ARE THE BEST BEHAVED.

Exeter City supporters have won the John White Football League Supporters Award in the Fourth Division for November., The monthly award of £100 is given to the best behaved supporters in each division, Earlier this season when Rochdale took the award, Exeter were one of seven clubs to be highly commended,