SATURDAY 23rd SEPTEMBER 1967.

CITY GO ON THE DEFENCE AND DROP A POINT.

EXETER CITY 1
Smout; Smyth, Crawford, Blain, HarveyHuxford; Fudge, Balson, Curtis, Stuckey, Whatling
CHESTERFIELD 1.
Roberts; Holmes, Sears; Clarke, Neale, Phelan; Moore, Lord, Randall, Hollett, Hughes (Wilson),

Scorers: Neale
Exeter Fudge,
Chesterfield

Attendance: 3,845,

There can surely be no excuses why the City should go back on the defensive at St James' Park, particularly when in the lead, but this is exactly what happened against Chesterfield, and it cost Exeter a point, City should have won the game, Instead they defended their lead and allowed Chesterfield to do all the attacking and although they did not equalise until the last minute it was a goal they deserved. After a good opening half hour spell from City, it was a disappointing and strange decision to just how City could allow this complete transformation, The trouble was, that certain players went out of the game and did not do enough running.The work rate dropped in certain positions and Chesterfield seized on their opportunity and just kept attacking, City deserved their 17th minute lead which came from a Micky Fudge header after a fine move. They made Chesterfiled look unimpressive and it looked as if City would become the first team to beat them this season. Then after the interval the roles were reversed. City paid the penalty for the way they

Match Summary 
A game of completely changing fortunes. For the first 25 minutes Exeter were looking crisp, eager to attack, and a side fully capable of taking Chester field's unbeaten record this season away from them. And then just when it looked as if Micky Fudge's 17th minut goal was to be the start of our second league win of the season, the whole pattern of the game changed and from doing most of the attacking, Exeter ended up doing most of the defending. For Chesterfield, too, it was a game of fluctuations. In the first-half they looked hesitant and unsure of them selves but they came out of the dressing rooms for the second period full of fight and a determination to get an equaliser. They came mighty close to getting one on several occasions, but as the game went on it looked as if time would be on Exeter's side. But it was not to be, and Chesterfield grabbed an equaliser in the final minutes of the game when centre-half Peter Neale headed in from a corner taken by former Exeter City man Mike Hughes.

MONDAY 25th SEPTEMBER 1967.

WANTED TWO FORWARDS AND 2,000 SPECTATORS

Exeter City are negotiating for two forwards that would make all the difference to the club. This is what manager Frank Broome told last night's annual meeting of shareholders. It was attended by a total of just 14 people, including directors, professional advisors, and members of staff, Chairman Les Kerslake said the club were not getting the attendances at games that they had hoped for. An increase of 2,000 at home games would ease a lot of problems. He told shareholders that the directors were determined to get the club back on it's feet, Mr Kerslake was confirmed as a member of the board of directors after being co-opted last year, Re-elected as directors were Mr J, Rodgers, and Mr F.E.JDart

Wednesday, September 20th, 1967. Western League :
St. Luke's 4, Barnstaple Town 2.


This season, of course, with Exeter without a reserve team, St. Luke's College will be playing their Western League fixtures at the Park and this opening match certainly provided plenty of entertainment. St. Luke's looked a very lively side and centre-forward Alan Pinkney is obviously going to bother a lot of Western League defences in the matches to come. He got a "hat-trick," and Luke's other goal came from Alan Wendon. Barnstaple replied with goals from Lol Chappell and Tony Irons.