SATURDAY 7th OCTOBER 1967.

THE BISHOP AT THE PARK AS CITY DRAW.

JIM BLAIN BRIGHTENS EXETER
by RAY COLLIER

EXETER CITY 2,
Smout; Smyth, Crawford; Wilkinson, Harvey, Huxford; HartBlain, Curtis, FudgeStuckey, WREXHAM 2.
Livesey; Ingle(Bermingham), Stacey; Showell, Turner, Bradbury; Beanland, Weston, Smith, Kinsey, Griffiths.

Scorers:
Exeter Stuckey, Blain,
Wrexham : Kinsey, Stacey.

Attendance : 3,563,

Exeter City's drawn game with Wrexham was watched by the Bishop of Exeter who stood on the big bank, He moved to the directors box in the second half, At one stage it looked as if Wrexham were going to win, In the first half City were poor apart from a shot brilliantly saved by Livsey from Micky Fudge. They did not creat many chances,

Wrexham were without doubt the better side until the interval. They were a goal to the good through Kinsey, then came the transformation, Jimmy Blain pushed up into the forward line and immediately instilled more life into the attack. City scored twice in 20 minutes, Bruce Stuckey got the first and appropriately Blain the second. It seemed as if City might hang on and register a useful victory, But with 10 minutes to go Wrexham got the equaliser and what bad luck it was for Ernie Wilkinson who diverted a shot from Stacey into his own net when trying to clear. After the match the Bishop expressed his disappointment at the small attendance,

Match Report 2 

Exeter 2 Wrexham 2

If ever a footballer lives up to the term "utility player" it is Exeter City's Jimmy Blain "Sweeper" in the first half, he was switched to centre forward in the second. It was a move that almost brought City victory, for Blain has quality wherever he plays. In a first half which saw Exeter struggling Blain more than once got them out of trouble. Even so, they were trailing 1-0 at half time when manager Frank Broome decided to move Blain up to smarten the attack. From a disjointed and scrappy first-half side Exeter were transformed into a team that fought hard and played well enough to take the lead. Only a piece of bad luck for wing half Ernie Wilkinson stopped them gaining their second home win of the season. In trying to clear a dangerous shot, Wilkinson headed into his own net. But Wrexham could claim this equalising goal was only justice. They certainly had the better of the first half, and missed two glorious chances that could have given them an impregnable lead. Wrexham's first goal came when centre-forward Roy Smith tried to push a pass to inside-left Albert Kinsey. Wilkinson went to clear, but did not connect properly, and Kinsey took a snap chance. Ten minutes after the start of the second-half a blistering drive from Bruce Stuckey was blocked on the line by Steve Stacey, but Stuckey followed up and netted the rebound. Soon afterwards Mickey Fudge made a clever break, wove through the Wrexham defence and presented Blain with an easy goal. With 10 minutes to go Wrexham left-back Steve Stacey fired a tremendous shot that went in via Wilkinson.


THURSDAY 12th OCTOBER 1967.

NEW CITY PLAYER TODAY?

A lunchtime telephone call to St James Park sent exeter City manager Frank Broome on a car journey this afternoon to sign a forward in time for Saturday's game at Southend United, Broome did not name the destination or the player, but he said that he had spoken to the possible signing and everything seems alright but he had not signed yet. Earlier today Broome said that his attempts to sign another player in whom he was interested had failed,

FRIDAY 13th OCTOBER 1967.

IAN HAMILTON SAYS YES AND PLAYS.

48 hours after agreeing to join Exeter City on a month's trial, lan Hamilton makes his debut in the forward line against Southend United tomorrow. The 27 year old Bristol Rovers player agreed to the move yesterday afternoonHamilton who has been at Eastville for 10 years will meet up with the City team in London, before they travel across to Southend, Manager Frank Broome said Hamilton has got what he considers a football brain and thinks he is the type of player that City need.

STUCKEY SUSPENDED FOR 14 DAYS.

Bruce Stuckey, Exeter City's young forward, who was sent off in the match at Halifax Town on 4th September, for kicking an opponent, has been suspended by the F.A Disciplinary committee for 14 days.