2014–15 Exeter City F.C. season

This page shows the progress of Exeter City F.C. in the 2014–15 football season. They are playing in the fourth tier of English football, League Two.

Exeter City F.C.
2014-15 season
ChairmanEdward Chorlton OBE
ManagerPaul Tisdale
StadiumSt James Park
League Two10th
FA CupFirst round
League CupFirst round
(knocked out by Bournemouth)
FL TrophySecond round
Top goalscorerTom Nichols (15)

Match details edit

Pre-season edit

15 July 2014 Exeter City 0–1 Reading St James Park, Exeter
19:30 BST Report Edwards   8' Attendance: 1,211 (202 away)
Referee: Andy Woolmer
20 July 2014 Fluminense U23s 0–0 Exeter City Estádio das Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro
14:30 BST -4 hours Report Attendance: c. 600 (c. 170 away)[1]
23 July 2014 Tupi 1–2 Exeter City Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora
23:30 BST -4 hours Maranhão   60' Report Keohane   83'
Coles   90'
25 July 2014 Rio Cricket e Associação Atlética 1–3 Exeter City R. Fagundes Varela, 637 - Ingá, Rio de Janeiro
15:30 BST -4 hours Unknown   34' Report Keohane   49'
Jay   65'
Watkins   70'
29 July 2014 Exeter City 0–2   Swansea City St James Park, Exeter
19:15 BST Report Gomis   31'
Sheehan   79'
Attendance: 2,274 (375 away)
Referee: Oli Langford
2 August 2014 Exeter City 0–2 Torquay United St James Park, Exeter
15:00 BST Report Bowman   61'
Chapell   83'
Attendance: 1,346 (186 away)
Referee: Steve Bratt

League Two edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 Luton Town 46 19 11 16 54 44 +10 68
9 Newport County 46 18 11 17 51 54 −3 65
10 Exeter City 46 17 13 16 61 65 −4 64
11 Morecambe 46 17 12 17 53 52 +1 63
12 Northampton Town 46 18 7 21 67 62 +5 61
Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2015. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Matches edit

The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am.[2]

9 August 2014 1 Exeter City 1–1 Portsmouth St James Park, Exeter
15:00 Nichols   27' Report Wallace   74' Attendance: 5,694
Referee: Andy Woolmer
16 August 2014 2 Plymouth Argyle 3–0 Exeter City Home Park, Plymouth
15:00 Harvey   14'
Reid   36'
Nelson   83'
Report Attendance: 11,418 (943 away)
Referee: Roger East
19 August 2014 3 Burton Albion 1–0 Exeter City Pirelli Stadium, Burton-upon-Trent
19:45 Beavon   41' Report Attendance: 2,099
Referee: Mark Heywood
23 August 2014 4 Exeter City 1–1 York City St James Park, Exeter
15:00 Wheeler   8' Report Lowe   82' Attendance: 2,741 (141 away)
Referee: Stephen Martin
30 August 2014 5 Northampton Town 1–0 Exeter City Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
15:00 Richards   89' Report Attendance: 4,053
Referee: Michael Bull
6 September 2014 6 Exeter City 1–2 Mansfield Town St James Park, Exeter
15:00 Grimes   67' Report Bingham   14'
Bell   40'
Attendance: 2,771
Referee: Tim Robinson
13 September 2014 7 Exeter City 1–1 Oxford United St James Park, Exeter
15:00 Cummins   4' (pen.) Report O'Dowda   15' Attendance: 3,076 (434 away)
Referee: James Linington
16 September 2014 8 Cambridge United 1–2 Exeter City Abbey Stadium, Cambridge
19:45 Bird   8' Report Cummins   17'
Nicholls   63'
Attendance: 3,266 (155 away)
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
20 September 2014 9 Tranmere Rovers 1–2 Exeter City Prenton Park, Tranmere
15:00 Holmes   25' Report Cummins   6'
Moore-Taylor   69'
Attendance: 4,725
Referee: Mick Russell
27 September 2014 10 Exeter City 2–1 Bury St James Park, Exeter
15:00 Grimes   5'
Keohane   83'
Report Soares   59' Attendance: 3;215 (254 away)
Referee: Stuart Attwell
3 October 2014 11 Dagenham & Redbridge 1–2 Exeter City Victoria Road, Dagenham
19:45 Cureton   11'
Ogogo   39'
Hemmings   45+2'
Boucaud   51'
Connors   74'
Batt   85'
Saah   90+6'
Report Butterfield   18'
Bennett   30'
Keohane   81'
Davies   90+4'
Attendance: 2,138
Referee: Keith Stroud
11 October 2014 12 Exeter City 1–2 Hartlepool United St James Park, Exeter
15:00 Ribeiro   81' Report Woods   49'
Wyke   66'
Attendance: 3,547 (93 away)
Referee: Darren Sheldrake
18 October 2014 13 Southend United 1–1 Exeter City Roots Hall, Southend-on-Sea
15:00 Worrall   33'
Williams   90+1'
Report Wheeler   62'
Cummins   77'
Attendance: 5,749
Referee: Phil Gibbs
21 October 2014 14 Exeter City 2–1 Wycombe Wanderers St James Park
19:45 Wheeler   26'
Bennett   60'
Report Murphy   7'
Pierre   44'
Cowan-Hall   58'
Scowen   76'
Attendance: 3,129
Referee: Charles Breakspear
26 October 2014 15 Morecambe 0–2 Exeter City Globe Arena, Morecambe
13:00 Report Beeley   9' (o.g.)
Nichols   89'
Attendance: 1,787
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
1 November 2014 16 Exeter City 1–1 Luton Town St James Park, Exeter
15:00 Nichols   72' (pen.)
Butterfield   83'
Report Griffiths   3'
Doyle   85'
Attendance: 5,400
Referee: Dean Whitestone
16 November 2014 17 Newport County 2–2 Exeter City Rodney Parade, Newport
15:00 Klukowski   49'
Porter   51'
BBC Report Nichols   22'
Cummins   40'
Oakley   70'
Attendance: 4,070
Referee: Scott Mathieson
22 November 2014 18 Exeter City 3–2 Shrewsbury Town St James Park
15:00 Nichols   46', 90+1'
Grimes   61'
Wheeler   75'  90+6'
Cummins   77'
Report Collins   13', 34'
Lawrence   29'
Knight-Percival   70'
Goldson   82'
Attendance: 3,933
Referee: Chris Sarginson
28 November 2014 19 Accrington Stanley 2–3 Exeter City Crown Ground, Accrington
19:45 O'Sullivan   65'
McCartan   73'
Report Grimes   13'  69'
Sercombe   45+3'
Nichols   49'
Attendance: 1,443
Referee: Andy Haines
6 December 2014 20 Exeter City 1–1 Burton Albion St James Park, Exeter
15:00 Ribeiro   87' Report Blyth   60'
McCrory   90+3'
Attendance: 3,381
Referee: Pat Miller
13 December 2014 21 Exeter City 2–0 Carlisle United St James Park, Exeter
15:00 Bennett   58'
Grimes   89'
Report Attendance: 3,402
Referee: Oliver Langford
20 December 2014 22 Stevenage 1–0 Exeter City Broadhall Way, Stevenage
15:00 Lee   84' Report Ribeiro   45'
Morrison   90+5'
Attendance: 2,878
Referee: Dean Whitestone
26 December 2014 23 Exeter City 1–0 Cheltenham Town St James Park, Exeter
15:00 Nichols   62' Report Braham-Barrett   44' Attendance: 4,591
Referee: Brendan Malone
28 December 2014 24 AFC Wimbledon 4–1 Exeter City Kingsmeadow, Kingston upon Thames
15:00 Tubbs   9'
Fuller   18'
Ribeiro   48' (o.g.)
Azeez   71'
Akinfenwa   86'
Report Sercombe   90+3' Attendance: 4,417
Referee: Tim Robinson
3 January 2015 25 Exeter City 1–2 Accrington Stanley St James Park, Exeter
15:00 Nichols   35' Report Aldred   37'   90+2'
Hunt   45'
McCartan   67'
Joyce   76'
Molyneux   78'
Attendance: 3,626
Referee: Trevor Kettle
10 January 2015 26 Exeter City 0–2 Northampton Town St James Park, Exeter
15:00 Noble   31'
Sercombe   80'
Report Richards   20'
O'Toole   29'   69'
Cresswell   44'
Attendance: 3,519
Referee: Kevin Johnson
17 January 2015 27 Mansfield Town 2–3 Exeter City Field Mill, Mansfield
15:00 Ravenhill   14'
Oliver   32'   68'
Kee   57'
Report Nichols   19'   37'
Bennett   77'
Nicholls   83' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,881
Referee: Nick Kinseley
24 January 2015 28 Oxford United 2–2 Exeter City Kassam Stadium, Oxford
15:00 Hylton   18'
Roberts   90+2'
Report Davies   37'
Noble   44'
Nicholls   88'
Attendance: 6,791
Referee: Graham Horwood
31 January 2015 29 Exeter City 1–2 Tranmere Rovers St James Park, Exeter
15:00 Nicholls   37'
Sercombe   86'
Report Thompson   9'
Myrie-Williams   29'
Donnelly   50'   79'
Attendance: 4,044
Referee: Lee Collins
7 February 2015 30 Bury 1–1 Exeter City Gigg Lane, Bury
15:00 Cameron   13'
Nardiello   45'
Report Davies   13'
McAllister   57'
Oakley   65'
Attendance: 3,513
Referee: Nigel Miller
10 February 2015 31 Exeter City 2–2 Cambridge United St James Park, Exeter
19:45 Nichols   65'
Wheeler   88'
Report Coulson   30'
Simpson   37'
Woodman   50' (o.g.)
Nelson   77'
Attendance: 3,012
Referee: Mick Russell
14 February 2015 32 Portsmouth 1–0 Exeter City Fratton Park, Portsmouth
15:00 Wallace   59'   90+1'
Atangana   90+4'
Report Harley   36'
Ribeiro   72'
Butterfield   73'
Attendance: 14,097
Referee: Pat Miller
21 February 2015 (2015-02-21) 33 Exeter City 1–3 Plymouth Argyle St James Park, Exeter
15:00 GMT [1] Stadium: St James Park, Exeter
Attendance: 7,440
Referee: Graham Scott
28 February 2015 34 York City 0–0 Exeter City Bootham Crescent, York
Attendance: 3,209
7 March 2015 35 Carlisle United 1–3 Exeter City Carlisle
15:00 Rigg   39' Report Harley   30', 56'
Sercombe   90+2'
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 3,724
Referee: Tony Harrington
14 March 2015 (2015-03-14) 36 Exeter City 3–2 AFC Wimbledon St James Park
15:00 GMT Riley-Lowe   25'
Nichols   54', 66' (pen.)
Wheeler   70'
Report Akinfenwa   4'
Bulman   25'
Oshilaja   80'
Hamon   89' (o.g.)
Attendance: 3,713
Referee: Darren Deadman
17 March 2015 37 Exeter City 0–0 Stevenage St James Park
Report Attendance: 3,149
21 March 2015 38 Cheltenham Town 1–2 Exeter City Cheltenham
15:00 Sparrow   27'
Braham-Barrett   32'
Burns   36'
Jordan Moore-Taylor   89' (o.g.)
CTFC Report
BBC Report
Nichols   26'
Cummins   86'
Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 2,880
Referee: Darren Drysdale
28 March 2015 39 Exeter City 1–1 Morecambe St James Park, Exeter
15:00 Nicholls   80'
Nichols   90+5'
Report McGowan   17'
Kenyon   18'
Wilson   75'
Hughes   89'
Attendance: 3,538
Referee: Michael Bull
3 April 2015 (2015-04-03) 40 Luton Town 2–3 Exeter City Kenilworth Road, Luton
15:00 BST Guttridge   21'
Cullen   45'
Report Harley   61'
Moore-Taylor   76'
Wheeler   90+5'
Attendance: 8,755
Referee: Robert Lewis
6 April 2015 41 Exeter City 2–0 Newport County Exeter
13:00 BST (UTC+1) Wheeler   77'
Harley   90+1' (pen.)
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Report
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Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 4,478
Referee: Gavin Ward
11 April 2015 (2015-04-11) 42 Shrewsbury Town 4−0 Exeter City New Meadow, Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT Akpa Akpro   18', 73'
Collins   62'
Barnett   90'
Report Attendance: 5,442
Referee: Charles Breakspear
14 April 2015 43 Wycombe Wanderers 2–1 Exeter City High Wycombe
19:45 BST Saunders   7'
Hayes   90+12' (pen.)
Report Sercombe   76' Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 3,245 (284 away)
Referee: Iain Williamson
18 April 2015 (2015-04-18) 44 Exeter City 0–1 Southend United St James Park, Exeter
15:00 Report Barrett   27'
Timlin   90+2'
Attendance: 4,039
Referee: Darren Handley
25 April 2015 45 Hartlepool United 2–1 Exeter City Hartlepool
15:00 Hugill   7'
Fenwick   15'
Hugill   44'
HUFC Report
BBC Report
Cummins   17'
Oakley   40'
Buxton   59'
Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 4,994
Referee: Carl Boyeson
2 May 2015 46 Exeter City 2–1 Dagenham & Redbridge St James Park, Exeter
15:00 Keohane   61'
Nichols   70'
Report Cureton   90' Attendance: 3,645
Referee: Brendan Malone

FA Cup edit

The draw for the first round of the FA Cup was made on 27 October 2014.[3]

7 November 2014 First round Warrington Town 1–0 Exeter City Cantilever Park, Warrington
19:55 Robinson   7' Report Attendance: 2,400
Referee: David Coote

League Cup edit

The draw for the first round was made on 17 June 2014 at 10am. Exeter City were drawn at home to Bournemouth.[4]

12 August 2014 Round One Exeter City 0–2 Bournemouth St James Park, Exeter
19:45 Report Bennett   55' (o.g.)
Gosling   73'
Attendance: 2,648
Referee: Andy Davies

Football League Trophy edit

7 October 2014 Round Two Coventry City 3–1 Exeter City Ricoh Arena, Coventry
19:45 Phillips   25'   35', 45+1'
McQuoid   59'
Report Watkins   86' Attendance: 7,273 (486 away)
Referee: Andrew Madley

Transfers edit

Players transferred in
Date Pos. Name Previous Club Fee Ref.
15 August 2014 FW   Graham Cummins   Preston North End Free [5]
22 August 2014 DF   Christian Ribeiro   Scunthorpe United Free [6]
27 November 2014 FW   Clinton Morrison   Long Eaton United Free [7]
12 January 2015 MF   Ryan Harley   Swindon Town Free [8]
16 January 2015 DF   Jamie McAllister   Kerala Blasters Free [9]
2 February 2015 MF   Tom McCready   Morecambe Free [10]
Players transferred out
Date Pos. Name To Fee Ref.
8 May 2014 MF   Jacob Cane   Weston-super-Mare Free [11]
8 May 2014 FW   Elliott Chamberlain   Gloucester City Free [11][12]
8 May 2014 FW   Alan Gow   St Mirren Free [11]
8 May 2014 FW   John O'Flynn   Cork City Free [11][13]
8 May 2014 FW   Sam Parkin Released Free [11]
8 May 2014 DF   Jacob Wannell Released Free [11]
17 May 2014 MF   Jake Gosling   Bristol Rovers Free [14][15]
30 June 2014 GK   Artur Krysiak   Yeovil Town Free [16]
6 August 2014 DF   Danny Coles   Forest Green Rovers Free [17]
2 January 2015 MF   Matt Grimes   Swansea City £1,750,000 [18]
22 January 2015 MF   Aaron Dawson   Torquay United Free [19]
Players loaned in
Date from Pos. Name From Date to Ref.
1 September 2014 FW   Alex Nicholls   Northampton Town 4 October 2014 [20][21][22]
12 September 2014 MF   David Noble   Oldham Athletic 10 October 2014 [23]
20 November 2014 MF   Ryan Harley   Swindon Town 1 January 2015 [24]
27 November 2014 FW   Alex Nicholls   Northampton Town 7 January 2015 [25]
16 March 2015 MF   Lee Holmes   Preston North End 30 June 2015 [26]
Players loaned out
Date from Pos. Name To Date to Ref.

References edit

  1. ^ "Fluminense U23s 0-0 Exeter City at the Stade de Llanjeiras". BBC Sport. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Fixture List 2014/15: City to host Portsmouth on opening day". Exeter City F.C. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  3. ^ "First round draw". The FA. 27 October 2014.
  4. ^ "AFC Bournemouth to face Exeter City in Capital One Cup first round". A.F.C Bournemouth. 17 June 2014. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Cummins signs with aid from 1931 Fund". Exeter City F.C. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Christian Ribeiro signs for Exeter". Exeter City F.C. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Clinton Morrison signs for Exeter City". Exeter City F.C. 27 November 2014.
  8. ^ "Ryan Harley signs permanent deal with the Grecians". Exeter City F.C. 12 January 2015.
  9. ^ "Jamie McAllister signs for Exeter City". Exeter City F.C. 16 January 2015.
  10. ^ "Tom McCready joins Exeter City". Exeter City F.C. 2 February 2015.
  11. ^ a b c d e f "Six to leave Exeter City". Football League. 8 May 2014. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  12. ^ "Gloucester City sign Exeter's Elliott Chamberlain". Exeter Express and Echo. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  13. ^ "Cork City announce John O'Flynn signing". Goal. 1 July 2014.
  14. ^ "Jake Gosling departs Exeter City". Football League. 17 May 2014. Archived from the original on 26 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  15. ^ "Jake Gosling: Bristol Rovers sign former Exeter winger". BBC Sport. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  16. ^ "Former Exeter City keeper Artur Krysiak signs for Yeovil Town". Exeter & Echo. 30 June 2014. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  17. ^ "Danny Coles moves to Forest Green Rovers". Exeter City F.C. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  18. ^ "Matt Grimes completes transfer to Swansea City". Exeter City F.C. 2 January 2015.
  19. ^ "Aaron Dawson leaves Exeter City". Exeter City F.C. 22 January 2015.
  20. ^ "Exeter sign Northampton forward Alex Nicholls". BBC Sport. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  21. ^ "Nicholls signs on for another month". Exeter City F.C. 26 September 2014.
  22. ^ "Alex Nicholls recalled from loan spell by Northampton Town". Exeter City F.C. 6 October 2014.
  23. ^ "David Noble rejoins Exeter City on loan". Exeter City F.C. 12 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  24. ^ "Ryan Harley returns to Exeter City on loan". Exeter City F.C. 20 November 2014.
  25. ^ "Alex Nicholls returns to Exeter City on loan". Exeter City F.C. 27 November 2014.
  26. ^ "Lee Holmes joins Exeter City on loan". Exeter City F.C. 16 March 2015.