2020–21 Exeter City F.C. season

Exeter City
2020–21 season
ChairmanJulian Tagg
ManagerMatt Taylor
StadiumSt James Park
League Two9th
FA CupThird round
EFL CupFirst round
EFL TrophySecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Matt Jay (18)
All: Matt Jay (20)

The 2020–21 Exeter City season was the club's 119th year in existence and their ninth consecutive season in League Two.[1] They finished 9th in the league, failing to qualify for the play-offs on the final day.[2] The club reached the third round of the FA Cup, losing to Championship side Sheffield Wednesday.[3] City were eliminated in the first round of the EFL Cup by Bristol City,[4] and were knocked out of the EFL Trophy in the second round by Northampton Town.[5]

The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Review

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September

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A tough League Cup draw away to Bristol City began Exeter's season, and despite a strong showing a young and inexperienced side lost 2–0 to the Championship club.[6] That result was quickly followed up by a 3–2 win against Forest Green Rovers in the EFL Trophy the following Tuesday,[7] before City began their League season on Saturday 12 September.

Exeter's League Two season began in the worst possible fashion as they conceded a goal inside the first two minutes of their opening League game away to Salford City. However, the Grecians galvanised and a strong end to the first half saw them go 2–1 up thanks to goals from Matt Jay and Joel Randall, the latter's first league goal for the club. Ash Hunter equalised in the second half to deny City the win, but it was still a strong showing against one of the pre-season promotion favourites.[8]

A home loss against Port Vale[9] was followed by another strong away showing, this time beating Mansfield Town 2–1 with young full-back Josh Key scoring his first league goal for the club.[10]

October

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Unbeaten League Two leaders Cambridge United conceded their first league goal of the season at St James Park on October 3, as Matt Jay rolled home a penalty in the 16th minute. Joel Randall followed this up with another goal 18 minutes later, condemning the U's to their first league defeat of the season.[11]

Harry Kite, Ben Seymour and Alex Hartridge all scored their first professional goals for the club against League One outfit Swindon Town in the EFL Trophy in a thrilling tie that finished 4–3 to City at the County Ground,[12] before Alex Fisher produced a stunning top-corner curling shot in the last minute to save a point for the Grecians at Southend United.[13]

After drawing 0–0 at Walsall,[14] Jake Taylor and Ryan Bowman scored their first goals of the season against Crawley Town on 20 October, as their two late goals turned the game on its head to give City a 2–1 win.[15] That was followed by another home win, this time a convincing 3–1 dismantling of Scunthorpe United.[16] Between that Saturday and the following Tuesday both of City's first team goalkeepers, Lewis Ward and Jonny Maxted, suffered injuries and Exeter had to bring in Reading keeper Jökull Andrésson on a one-week emergency loan deal, ready to play against Leyton Orient and Carlisle United.

Andrésson only conceded once in his first two games as City drew 1–1 at Leyton Orient[17] and then beat 10-man Carlisle United 1–0,[18] with the 19-year-old keeper instantly winning over the belief and hearts of City fans on social media.

It was also at this time that City captain Jake Taylor got married, an event which coincided with his best run of goal scoring form in his career, as he scored four goals in five appearances in late October.[19]

November

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A frustrating 2–2 at Morecambe began the month, as the Grecians controlled the majority of possession throughout the match but could not find the breakthrough for the winning goal.[20]

However, an FA Cup match at home to National League North side AFC Fylde saw the Grecians get back to winning ways as, despite an early scare with Fylde going in front in the 11th minute, goals from academy graduates Matt Jay and Alex Hartridge turned the game around before half time and City held on to this one-goal lead until the end of the match.[21]

Another 2–2 away draw, this time at Bradford City,[22] slowed down City's league progress but Exeter were still going strong in the cup, thrashing West Brom's under-21s 4–0[23] to secure a first-place finish in their EFL Trophy group. That form still couldn't be replicated in the league and an astonishing 40-yard free-kick from Oldham Athletic striker Danny Rowe gave the Latics three points at St James Park,[24] and meant that the Grecians still had not won a League match in November, with it now being the 21st of the month.

That was all to change in spectacular style at home to Colchester United on Tuesday 24th, as a hattrick from Ryan Bowman, two Matt Jay goals and a strike from Joel Randall dismantled Colchester 6–1 in City's highest scoring win for over 20 years.[25] That match fuelled City with confidence as they headed to League One side Gillingham for the second round of the FA Cup, and a masterclass in the middle of midfield from Nicky Law, who scored once and provided two assists for Joel Randall, helped Exeter to overcome the Gills 3–2 and secure a spot in the third round of the FA Cup for the third time in six seasons and the first time under Matt Taylor as manager.[26] That match was the last of Jökull Andrésson's emergancy loan as Exeter goalkeeper Jonny Maxted had fully recovered from his injury, ready to play against Grimsby Town.

December

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Exeter carried their fantastic goalscoring form into December, ripping apart Grimsby Town 4–1 on the 1st of the month.[27] This goalscoring run continued into the Grecians' first game of the season in front of fans, albeit Cheltenham Town fans at The Jonny-Rocks Stadium as the Government relaxed COVID-19 restrictions to allow home fans back into open-air stadiums in limited numbers.[28] City and Cheltenham did not disappoint the fans, as they played out a thrilling match with the Robins emerging 5–3 victors.[29]

A weakened City team were then knocked out of the EFL Trophy in the second round as they lost 2–1 to League One Northampton Town[30] but this loss did not deter the Grecians' startling League form and another high-scoring victory at home, this time against Tranmere Rovers, wowed the St James Park crowd. Ryan Bowman scored another hattrick, Matt Jay netted a penalty, and Jake Taylor added another strike to the best goal-scoring return of his career to wipe away Tranmere 5–0[31] in one of the best attacking performances seen at Exeter City in years.

In the most frustrating of turnarounds, Exeter could not repeat the same level of attacking ability just three days later at home to lowly Harrogate Town, and the Sulphurites beat the Grecians 2–1 in the shock result of the evening.[32]

With matches at Stevenage and Newport County being called off for COVID-19 cases and a waterlogged pitch respectively,[33][34] City only played one more match in December, a boxing day draw at home with Forest Green Rovers that featured a stunning goal from Archie Collins, a drive from outside the box that rebounded off the cross bar before going in.[35]

January

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With City's game at Barrow on 2 January being called off due to a frozen pitch,[36] Exeter had to wait until 9 January to play their first game of 2021, a home match in the third round of the FA Cup to Championship side Sheffield Wednesday. This was City's first game for two weeks but despite the extended break, they could not get the better of higher-league Wednesday and lost 2–0.[37]

Exeter were quickly back in action in the league against former Premier League side Bolton Wanderers the following Tuesday, drawing 1–1 with the Trotters.[38] Another away match, this time at Harrogate Town, was called off on 16 January due to an unplayable pitch,[39] but the match was quickly rearranged for the 19th, and despite constant heavy rain in North Yorkshire the groundsmen at Harrogate managed to keep the rearranged fixture on. City struggled in their first away fixture for 45 days and couldn't break down a resilient Town so had to settle for a 0–0 draw.[40]

Matt Taylor made his first signing of the transfer window on 21 January, announcing that central defender Sam Stubbs had moved to the club from Fleetwood Town on a free transfer. The announcement of Stubbs' signing had been due a few weeks before this date, but he tested positive for COVID-19 so there had to be some delay in confirming this transfer. Stubbs also moved to the Grecians on the back of a long injury lay-off at Fleetwood and Matt Taylor confirmed that he wouldn't be featuring in the Grecians' first team for a few weeks as he recovered back to full fitness.[41]

A lack of goals in the team that scored so many was beginning to become a concern, but a 3–1 win over relegation-threatened Stevenage on 23 January helped dampen those fears, with Archie Collins opening the scoring with another thunderous shot into the same top corner as the goal he scored against Forest Green Rovers a month before.[42]

The good feeling generated by that win was quickly shot though as the Grecians finished the month with back-to-back defeats to fellow promotion hopefuls Morecambe and Carlisle United, losing 2–0 and 1–0 respectively.[43][44]

Between those two defeats first team goalkeeper Lewis Ward left the club on loan, joining League One club Portsmouth.[45] Ward hadn't been playing since his return from injury for the Grecians and had been on the bench behind Jonny Maxted, and so when the opportunity to move to a higher league club had presented itself, he requested that the move go through as soon as possible. Reading stopper Jökull Andrésson was brought back to the club, this time on a six-month loan deal until the end of the season as Ward's replacement,[46] and he made his second debut for the Grecians away at Carlisle.[43]

February

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February 1 was the January transfer window deadline day,[47] and City made a single signing, bringing in experienced Newport County winger Robbie Willmott on loan until the end of the season.[48] Willmott made his debut the following day as a substitute away at Stevenage, with City facing the Hertfordshire club for the second time in just ten days due to games having to be rearranged because of COVID-19 cases at various clubs. Rory McArdle's first goal for the club, a glancing header from a freekick, secured a 1–0 win for City against the relegation-threatened club.[49]

An in-form Bradford City visited St James Park on 6 February and despite Exeter's early dominance, the Bantams went into the half-time break 2–1 up due to defensive mistakes by the Grecians. This was turned around in the second half though, and thanks to Bowman's stooping header and Jay's slow penalty, the game was turned on its head and City won the three points.[50]

Two more back-to-back away games at Barrow and Oldham Athletic were postponed as a cold spell hit most of the UK, with the Exeter squad actually arriving at Barrow's ground before the game was called off.[51]

These postponed games gave City a rest before they played fellow promotion challengers Newport County at Rodney Parade for the rearranged fixture on Tuesday 16. Exeter made a poor start to the game with defender Alex Hartridge sent off after nine minutes for denying an obvious goal scoring opportunity. Despite having one man less than their opponents, Exeter still opened the scoring through Ryan Bowman. Just before half-time, the situation went from bad to worse, as Exeter were reduced to nine men with Bowman also receiving a straight red for elbowing an opponent. Against all the odds, nine man Exeter managed to hold Newport back until the 88th minute, and even then County could only score once and City escaped with a point.[52]

Exeter's squad were given another rest after their match at Newport as the following Saturday's game against Grimsby Town was called off due to a waterlogged pitch, the first home game of the season to fall foul of the weather.[53]

Then, Robbie Willmott scored his first City goal and Ben Seymour scored his first league goal in a 2–1 win against Colchester United,[54] before City ended the month on a less positive note, losing at Crawley Town, with former City striker Tom Nichols scoring against the Grecians and Tom Parkes being shown City's third straight red card of the month.[55]

March

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City began the month with an uninspiring 0–0 draw with Walsall at home.[56] After two drab games against Crawley and Walsall, City returned to winning ways against Leyton Orient on Saturday 6th, with first half goals from Joel Randall and Matt Jay (twice) putting the Grecians in a comfortable 3–0 lead at half-time. It took Jay just five minutes into the second half to complete his first ever professional hattrick, coolly slotting home a penalty to secure a 4–0 win for Exeter.[57] Jay continued this form into the following Tuesday when he scored a superb free-kick at Scunthorpe United, with Jack Sparkes netting his first league goal for the club to confirm City's first back-to-back wins since early February.[58]

However, the Grecians couldn't turn this form into their first three consecutive league wins of the season when table-topping Cheltenham Town visited St James Park as, despite a strong performance from the Grecians, a last-minute headed goal from Andy Williams stole the three points for the Robins at the death.[59] A trip to high-flying Tranmere Rovers followed the next weekend, and another defeat was compounded by the fact both of Tranmere's goals were scored from the penalty spot and Joel Randall suffered a season-ending injury while scoring City's equaliser.[60]

Exeter dominated in their next game at Oldham Athletic, having the majority of the ball and three times as many shots as their opponents, but two opportunistic goals and a lack of luck on City's behalf condemned the Grecians to three defeats in a row for the first time this season.[61]

Thankfully, this barren run was ended with a hint of luck on Saturday 27th against Salford City, in the Manchester club's first ever visit to St James Park. Exeter City had just one shot on target but that was all the Grecians needed to grind out a hard-fought 1–0 win against their fellow play-off rivals thanks to Matt Jay's 16th goal of the season.[62]

Transfers

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Transfers in

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Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
6 August 2020 RB England Jake Caprice England Tranmere Rovers Free transfer [63]
6 August 2020 CB Northern Ireland Rory McArdle England Scunthorpe United Free transfer [64]
1 September 2020 LB England Lewis Page England Charlton Athletic Free transfer [65]
21 January 2021 CB England Sam Stubbs England Fleetwood Town Free transfer [66]

Loans in

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Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
27 October 2020 GK Iceland Jökull Andrésson England Reading 28 November 2020 [67][68]
29 January 2021 GK Iceland Jökull Andrésson England Reading End of season [69]
1 February 2021 RM England Robbie Willmott Wales Newport County End of season [70]

Loans out

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Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
4 August 2020 CB England Cheick Diabate England Bideford 7 October 2020[a] [72]
4 August 2020 CF England Lewis Wilson England Bideford 1 January 2021 [72]
18 September 2020 CM England Louis Morison England Tiverton Town 1 January 2021 [73]
7 October 2020 CB England Cheick Diabate England Tiverton Town 1 January 2021 [71]
8 October 2020 CB England Jordan Dyer England Chippenham Town November 2020 [74]
8 October 2020 LB England Noah Smerdon England Chippenham Town November 2020 [74]
20 November 2020 CB England Will Dean England Bath City December 2020 [75]
28 January 2021 GK England Lewis Ward England Portsmouth End of season [76]
  1. ^ Loan cut short to join Tiverton on loan.[71]

Transfers out

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Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2020 MF England Brennan Dickenson England Carlisle United Released [77][78]
1 July 2020 MF England Lee Holmes Unattached Released [77]
1 July 2020 DF England Aaron Martin Scotland Hamilton Academical Released [77][79]
1 July 2020 MF England Lee Martin England Ebbsfleet United Released [77][80]
1 July 2020 DF England Dean Moxey England Torquay United Released [77][81]
1 July 2020 GK Northern Ireland Jared Thompson England Brentford Released [77][82]
1 July 2020 DF England Gary Warren England Torquay United Released [77][83]
1 July 2020 DF England Craig Woodman England Tiverton Town Released [77][84]
19 August 2020 CM England Ben Chrisene England Aston Villa Undisclosed [85]
31 January 2021 CM England Nicky Law United States Indy Eleven Undisclosed [86]

Pre-season

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The Grecians announced they would play four pre-season friendlies against Bristol Rovers, Taunton Town, Tiverton Town and Truro City.[87] Fans were only permitted to attend the Tiverton Town match.[88]

15 August 2020 Friendly Bristol Rovers 2–1 Exeter City Horfield
14:00 BST Mitchell-Lawson 1'
Hargreaves 46'		 Report Parkes 49' Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 0
21 August 2020 Friendly Exeter City 1–1 Taunton Town Clyst St Mary
18:00 BST Fisher 75' Report Holmes 11' Stadium: Cliff Hill Training Ground
Attendance: 0
25 August 2020 Friendly Tiverton Town 1–2 Exeter City Tiverton
19:30 BST Lewington Report Jay
Dean 		Stadium: Ladysmead
Attendance: 300
28 August 2020 Friendly Exeter City 3−2 Truro City Clyst St Mary
18:00 BST Jay 18'
Bowman 50', 89'		 Harvey 33', 77' Stadium: Cliff Hill Training Ground
Attendance: 0

Competitions

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EFL League Two

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Main article: 2020–21 EFL League Two

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
5 Newport County 46 20 13 13 57 42 +15 73 Qualification for League Two play-offs
6 Forest Green Rovers 46 20 13 13 59 51 +8 73
7 Tranmere Rovers 46 20 13 13 55 50 +5 73
8 Salford City 46 19 14 13 54 34 +20 71
9 Exeter City 46 18 16 12 71 50 +21 70
10 Carlisle United 46 18 12 16 60 51 +9 66
11 Leyton Orient 46 17 10 19 53 55 −2 61
12 Crawley Town 46 16 13 17 56 62 −6 61
13 Port Vale 46 17 9 20 57 57 0 60
Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2021. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[89]

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 18 16 12 71 50  +21 70 11 7 5 38 20  +18 7 9 7 33 30  +3

Last updated: 8 May 2021.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

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Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHAHAAHHAHAAHHAAHHHHAHHAAHAAAHHAHAAHAHAAHAHHAH
ResultDLWWDDWWDWDDLWWLWLDDDWLLWWDWLDWWLLLWLDWLDDDWWD
Position819156812956444653555710108998576898888888888889989
Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2021. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August 2020.[90]

12 September 2020 1 Salford City 2–2 Exeter City Salford
15:00 BST Henderson 2'
Hunter 69'		 Report Jay 22'
Randall 34'		 Stadium: The Peninsula Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Samuel Barrott
19 September 2020 2 Exeter City 0–2 Port Vale Exeter
15:00 BST Report Conlon 21'
Rodney 72'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Burkiss
26 September 2020 3 Mansfield Town 1–2 Exeter City Mansfield
15:00 BST Menayese 20' Report Rawson 40' (o.g.)
Key 76'		 Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 0
Referee: Christopher Pollard
3 October 2020 4 Exeter City 2–0 Cambridge United Exeter
15:00 BST Jay 16' (pen.)
Randall 34'		 Report Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Neil Hair
10 October 2020 5 Southend United 2–2 Exeter City Southend-on-sea
15:00 BST Goodship 26'
Demetriou 65' (pen.)		 Report Randall 40'
Fisher 90+5'		 Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Johnson
17 October 2020 6 Walsall 0–0 Exeter City Bescot
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Banks's Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ben Speedie
20 October 2020 7 Exeter City 2–1 Crawley Town Exeter
19:00 BST Taylor 77'
Bowman 84'		 Report Watters 40' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Will Finnie
24 October 2020 8 Exeter City 3–1 Scunthorpe United Exeter
13:00 BST Randall 36'
Jay 39'
Taylor 89'		 Report Rowe 48' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: David Rock
27 October 2020 9 Leyton Orient 1–1 Exeter City Leyton
19:00 GMT Wilkinson 4' Report Taylor 47' Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Robert Lewis
31 October 2020 10 Exeter City 1–0 Carlisle United Exeter
13:00 GMT Parkes 48' Report Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Adcock
3 November 2020 11 Morecambe 2–2 Exeter City Morecambe
18:30 GMT Mendes Gomes 41'
Hendrie 45+1'		 Report Randall 33'
Taylor 72'		 Stadium: Globe Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ollie Yates
14 November 2020 12 Bradford City 2–2 Exeter City Bradford
15:00 GMT Clarke 10'
Staunton 45+1'		 Report Jay 20'
Bowman 27'		 Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 0
Referee: James Bell
21 November 2020 13 Exeter City 1–2 Oldham Athletic Exeter
15:00 GMT Williams 12' Report Blackwood 21'
Rowe 32'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Steve Martin
24 November 2020 14 Exeter City 6–1 Colchester United Exeter
19:00 GMT Jay 20', 90+5'
Randall 53'
Bowman 57', 71', 90+3'		 Report Folivi 73' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Trevor Kettle
1 December 2020 15 Grimsby Town 1–4 Exeter City Cleethorpes
19:00 GMT Hendrie 31' Report Bowman 20'
Williams 40', 44'
Jay 68'		 Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andy Haines
5 December 2020 16 Cheltenham Town 5–3 Exeter City Cheltenham
15:00 GMT Lloyd 7'
May 13'
Sercombe 45+3' (pen.)
A. Williams 77'
Boyle 90+1'		 Report Collins 4'
Jay 56'
Law 88'		 Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Robert Madley
12 December 2020 17 Exeter City 5–0 Tranmere Rovers Exeter
15:00 GMT Bowman 8', 27', 77'
Jay 18' (pen.)
Taylor 73'		 Report Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 1,630
Referee: Kevin Johnson
15 December 2020 18 Exeter City 1–2 Harrogate Town Exeter
19:45 GMT Taylor 46' Report Kiernan 31'
Muldoon 75'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 1,559
Referee: Lee Swabey
19 December 2020 Postponed[91] Stevenage P–P Exeter City Stevenage
15:00 GMT Stadium: Broadhall Way
26 December 2020 19 Exeter City 1–1 Forest Green Rovers Exeter
13:00 GMT Archie Collins 37' Report Aaron Collins 16' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 1,767
Referee: Brett Huxtable
29 December 2020 Postponed[92] Newport County P–P Exeter City Newport, Wales
19:00 GMT Stadium: Rodney Parade
Referee: John Busby
2 January 2021 Postponed[93] Barrow P–P Exeter City Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 GMT Stadium: Holker Street
12 January 2021 20 Exeter City 1–1 Bolton Wanderers Exeter
17:00 GMT Almeida Santos 62' (o.g.) Report Ghahoua 73' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Allison
16 January 2021 Postponed[94] Harrogate Town P–P Exeter City Harrogate
15:00 GMT Stadium: Wetherby Road
19 January 2021 21 Harrogate Town 0–0 Exeter City Harrogate
19:00 GMT Report Stadium: Wetherby Road
Attendance: 0
Referee: Thomas Bramall
23 January 2021 22 Exeter City 3–1 Stevenage Exeter
13:00 GMT Collins 10'
Jay 79'
Bowman 85'		 Report List 81' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Matt Donohue
26 January 2021 23 Exeter City 0–2 Morecambe Exeter
18:00 GMT Report Phillips 9' (pen.)
Stockton 66'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Craig Hicks
30 January 2021 24 Carlisle United 1–0 Exeter City Carlisle
13:00 GMT Alessandra 9' Report Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Martin Coy
2 February 2021 25 Stevenage 0–1 Exeter City Stevenage
19:00 GMT Report McArdle 28' Stadium: Broadhall Way
Attendance: 0
Referee: Graham Salisbury
6 February 2021 26 Exeter City 3–2 Bradford City Exeter
13:00 GMT Sweeney 42'
Bowman 61'
Jay 79' (pen.)		 Report Vernam 17'
Crankshaw 45'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ben Speedie
9 February 2021 Postponed[95] Barrow P–P Exeter City Barrow-in-Furness
18:30 GMT Stadium: Holker Street
13 February 2021 Postponed[96] Oldham Athletic P–P Exeter City Oldham
15:00 GMT Stadium: Boundary Park
16 February 2021 27 Newport County 1–1 Exeter City Newport, Wales
19:00 GMT Telford 88' Report Bowman 22' Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tom Nield
20 February 2021 Postponed[97] Exeter City P–P Grimsby Town Exeter
13:00 GMT Stadium: St James Park
23 February 2021 28 Colchester United 1–2 Exeter City Colchester
19:00 GMT Oteh 66' Report Willmott 27'
Seymour 64'		 Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Will Finnie
27 February 2021 29 Crawley Town 2–0 Exeter City Crawley
13:00 GMT Nichols 62' (pen.)
Nadesan 83'		 Report Stadium: The People's Pension Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Declan Bourne
2 March 2021 30 Exeter City 0–0 Walsall Exeter
19:00 GMT Report Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: John Busby
6 March 2021 31 Exeter City 4–0 Leyton Orient Exeter
13:00 GMT Randall 11'
Jay 13', 42', 50' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Charles Breakspear
9 March 2021 32 Scunthorpe United 0–2 Exeter City Scunthorpe
19:00 GMT Report Jay 11'
Sparkes 89'		 Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
13 March 2021 33 Exeter City 0–1 Cheltenham Town Exeter
15:00 GMT Report A. Williams 90+1' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Josh Smith
20 March 2021 34 Tranmere Rovers 2–1 Exeter City Birkenhead
15:00 GMT Nugent 18' (pen.)
Lloyd 68' (pen.)		 Report Randall 20' Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Paul Howard
23 March 2021 35 Oldham Athletic 2–1 Exeter City Oldham
19:00 GMT Jameson 35'
McCalmont 55'		 Report Sparkes 67' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Purkiss
27 March 2021 36 Exeter City 1–0 Salford City Exeter
13:00 GMT Jay 34' Report Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Antony Coggins
2 April 2021 37 Port Vale 1–0 Exeter City Burslem
15:00 BST Robinson 2' Report Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Leigh Doughty
5 April 2021 38 Exeter City 0–0 Mansfield Town Exeter
13:00 BST Report Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carl Brook
10 April 2021 39 Cambridge United 1–4 Exeter City Cambridge
15:00 BST Ironside 55' Report Bowman 3'
Sparkes 15'
Collins 67'
Jay 80'		 Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Johnson
13 April 2021 40 Barrow 2–1 Exeter City Barrow-in-Furness
19:00 BST Brough 45+2'
Quigley 90+1'		 Report Sweeney 90+4' Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ross Joyce
17 April 2021 41 Exeter City 0–0 Southend United Exeter
12:30 BST Report Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Darren Drysdale
20 April 2021 42 Forest Green Rovers 0–0 Exeter City Nailsworth
19:00 BST Report Stadium: The New Lawn
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bobby Madley
24 April 2021 43 Exeter City 0–0 Newport County Exeter
15:00 BST Report Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Robert Lewis
27 April 2021 44 Exeter City 3–2 Grimsby Town Exeter
19:00 BST Waterfall 33' (o.g.)
Fisher 83'
Bowman 89'		 Report John-Lewis 41' (pen.)
Matete 58'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: David Rock
1 May 2021 45 Bolton Wanderers 1–2 Exeter City Horwich
19:00 BST Jones 15' Report R. Williams 49'
Sweeney 90+6'		 Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
8 May 2021 46 Exeter City 1–1 Barrow Exeter
15:00 BST Jay 25' Report Beadling 56' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ben Toner

FA Cup

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Main article: 2020–21 FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October.[98] The second round draw was revealed on Monday, 9 November by Danny Cowley.[99] The draw for the third round was made by Robbie Savage.[100]

  Win   Draw   Loss

7 November 2020 First round Exeter City 2–1 AFC Fylde Exeter
13:00 GMT Jay 26'
Hartridge 33'		 Report Hulme 11' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tom Reeves
28 November 2020 Second round Gillingham 2–3 Exeter City Gillingham
13:00 GMT Oliver 21'
Samuel 80'		 Report Law 29'
Randall 35', 40'		 Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alan Young
9 January 2021 Third round Exeter City 0–2 Sheffield Wednesday Exeter
15:00 GMT Report Reach 27'
Paterson 90'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dean Whitestone

EFL Cup

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Main article: 2020–21 EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.[101]

5 September 2020 First round Bristol City 2–0 Exeter City Ashton Gate
14:00 BST Paterson 35'
Semenyo 83'		 Report Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Chris Sarginson

EFL Trophy

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Main article: 2020–21 EFL Trophy

  Win   Draw   Loss

The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.[102] The second round draw was made by Matt Murray on 20 November, at St Andrew's.[103]

Pos Div Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Exeter City 3 3 0 0 0 11 5 +6 9 Advance to Round 2
2 L2 Forest Green Rovers 3 1 0 0 2 5 4 +1 3
3 L1 Swindon Town 3 1 0 0 2 6 7 −1 3
4 ACA West Bromwich Albion U21 3 1 0 0 2 3 9 −6 3
Source: EFL.com

Group stage

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8 September 2020 First round Exeter City 3–2 Forest Green Rovers Exeter
17:30 BST Ajose 45'
Jay 57'
Key 67'		 Report Stevens 5', 51' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sam Allison
6 October 2020 First round Swindon Town 3–4 Exeter City Swindon
19:00 BST Smith 61', 85'
Palmer 90+3'		 Report Kite 4'
Seymour 7' (pen.)
Atangana 63'
Hartridge 68'		 Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 0
Referee: Craig Hicks
17 November 2020 Group stage Exeter City 4–0 West Bromwich Albion U21 Exeter
19:00 GMT Kite 27'
Seymour 48'
Sparkes 60'
Law 84'		 Report Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Paul Howard

Knock-out stage

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8 December 2020 Second round Exeter City 1–2 Northampton Town Exeter
19:00 GMT Atangana 51' Report Rose 22'
Ashley-Seal 82'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 714
Referee: Carl Brook

Statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total League Two FA Cup League Cup League Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF England ENG Jake Caprice 39 0 13+21 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
3 MF England ENG Jack Sparkes 50 4 28+14 3 2+1 0 0+1 0 4+0 1
4 MF France FRA Nigel Atangana 33 2 11+17 0 1+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 2
6 DF Northern Ireland NIR Rory McArdle 27 1 18+3 1 3+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
8 MF Wales WAL Jake Taylor 50 6 40+4 6 1+2 0 0+1 0 1+1 0
9 FW England ENG Ben Seymour 39 3 8+25 1 1+1 0 0+1 0 3+0 2
10 MF England ENG Archie Collins 49 4 46+0 4 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
11 MF England ENG Randell Williams 31 4 24+5 4 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
12 FW England ENG Ryan Bowman 47 14 39+3 14 3+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
14 MF England ENG Joel Randall 36 10 26+4 8 2+1 2 1+0 0 0+2 0
15 DF England ENG Tom Parkes 33 1 28+3 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
16 MF England ENG Robbie Willmott 17 1 13+4 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 FW England ENG Matt Jay 48 20 43+1 18 2+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 1
18 FW England ENG Alex Fisher 20 2 3+15 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
20 DF England ENG Lewis Page 35 0 26+6 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
23 GK England ENG Jonny Maxted 12 0 9+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
24 GK Iceland ISL Jökull Andrésson 32 0 29+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
25 FW England ENG Nicky Ajose 9 1 0+4 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 3+1 1
26 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Pierce Sweeney 42 3 32+6 3 1+1 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
29 MF England ENG Harry Kite 9 2 1+3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 2
30 DF England ENG Joshua Key 48 2 36+7 1 2+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 1
31 DF England ENG Jordan Dyer 4 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+1 0
32 MF England ENG Nelson Iseguan 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
33 MF England ENG Louis Morison 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
34 DF England ENG Alex Hartridge 34 2 20+9 0 2+0 1 0+0 0 3+0 1
39 DF England ENG Cheick Diabate 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
40 FW England ENG Lewis Wilson 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
41 DF England ENG Will Dean 6 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
Players who left on loan during the season:
1 GK England ENG Lewis Ward 10 0 8+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
Players who left during the season:
7 MF England ENG Nicky Law 23 3 4+14 1 2+1 1 0+0 0 2+0 1

Goals record

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Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League Two FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
1 17 England AM Matt Jay 18 1 0 1 20
2 12 England CF Ryan Bowman 14 0 0 0 14
3 14 England LW Joel Randall 8 2 0 0 10
4 8 Wales CM Jake Taylor 6 0 0 0 6
5 3 England LB Jack Sparkes 3 0 0 1 4
10 England CM Archie Collins 4 0 0 0 4
11 England RW Randell Williams 4 0 0 0 4
8 7 England CM Nicky Law 1 1 0 1 3
9 England CF Ben Seymour 1 0 0 2 3
26 Republic of Ireland CB Pierce Sweeney 3 0 0 0 3
11 4 France DM Nigel Atangana 0 0 0 2 2
18 England CF Alex Fisher 2 0 0 0 2
29 England CM Harry Kite 0 0 0 2 2
30 England RB Joshua Key 1 0 0 1 2
34 England CB Alex Hartridge 0 1 0 1 2
16 6 Northern Ireland CB Rory McArdle 1 0 0 0 1
15 England CB Tom Parkes 1 0 0 0 1
16 England RW Robbie Willmott 1 0 0 0 1
25 England CF Nicky Ajose 0 0 0 1 1
Own Goals 3 0 0 0 3
Total 71 5 0 12 88

Disciplinary record

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No. Nat. Po. Name League Two FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
3 England LB Jack Sparkes 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
4 France DM Nigel Atangana 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
6 Northern Ireland CB Rory McArdle 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
7 England CM Nicky Law 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
8 Wales CM Jake Taylor 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
10 England CM Archie Collins 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
12 England CF Ryan Bowman 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1
14 England LW Joel Randall 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
15 England CB Tom Parkes 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1
16 England LM Robbie Willmott 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
17 England AM Matt Jay 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
20 England LB Lewis Page 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
23 England GK Jonny Maxted 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
26 Republic of Ireland CB Pierce Sweeney 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0
30 England RB Joshua Key 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
34 England CB Alex Hartridge 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
Total 46 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 51 0 3

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