2019–20_Exeter_City_F.C._season

Exeter City
2019–20 season
Owner	Exeter City Supporters' Trust
Chairman	Julian Tagg
Manager	Matt Taylor
Stadium	St James Park
League Two	5th
FA Cup	Second round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Ryan Bowman (13 goals); All: Ryan Bowman (14 goals)
Highest home attendance	7,924 vs Plymouth Argyle, League Two, 26 October 2019
Lowest home attendance	483 vs Oxford United, EFL Trophy, 4 December 2019
Average home league attendance	4,847
Biggest win	5–1 vs Oldham Athletic (H), League Two, 11 February 2020; 4–0 vs Plymouth Argyle (H), League Two, 26 October 2019
Biggest defeat	0–4 vs Cambridge United (A), League Two, 19 October 2019; 0–4 vs Northampton Town (N), League Two play-off final, 29 June 2020
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2019–20 Exeter City F.C. season

Exeter City 2019–20 football season

The 2019–20 Exeter City season was the club's 118th year in existence and their eighth consecutive season in League Two.^[1] The club reached the semi-finals of the EFL Trophy. City were eliminated in the second round of the FA Cup, and in the first round of the EFL Cup.

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The season covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

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August

Craig Woodman played in 4 of Exeter's August fixtures.

A late Ryan Bowman goal sealed an opening day victory for Exeter against Sol Campbell's Macclesfield Town at St James Park, in a game watched by 4,502.^[35] City made it two on the spin against Stevenage Town, again courtesy of a late goal, this time through Nicky Law.^[36] In good form, an away EFL Cup tie against Coventry City F.C. beckoned. City however failed to carry over their league form, with a young side (featuring Ben Chrisene, who aged 15 years, 7 months and 1 day, became the club's youngest ever player to make a senior appearance) being defeated 4–1, with Sweeney scoring a consolation goal.^[37]

Exeter were on the wrong end of a late equalising goal in their third league game of the season, against Swindon Town, though they moved up to second in the table (behind Swindon) despite dropping points.^[38] They were further frustrated against Oldham Athletic, failing to win despite creating good chances against the Latics.^[39] Another late goal, again scored by Nicky Law, helped Exeter return to winning ways in a 2–3 win over Morecambe, moving them to the top of the table – one point above fierce rivals Plymouth Argyle. ^[40] Ryan Bowman's early goal against Mansfield Town was enough to secure victory, and ensure that City finished the month unbeaten in the league.^[41] Manager Matt Taylor subsequently won the EFL League Two August Manager of the Month award.^[42]

There was relatively little transfer activity in the second half of the summer transfer window for Exeter, with Matt Taylor in advance ruling out any late moves in the transfer market.^[43] Jayden Richardson joined from Nottingham Forest on a season-long loan on 16 September, while young midfielder Harry Kite embarked on a loan move of his own, to Taunton Town, that same day.^[44]^[45] Barbadian striker Jonathan Forte, who had signed for Exeter the previous summer, was forced to retire aged 33 due to a 'severe' knee injury during sustained the previous season.^[46]

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Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
28 June 2019	Jersey	A	W	5–0	R Bowman (20', 32'), P Sweeney (29'), L Holmes (55'), B Seymour (56')	367	^[27]
5 July 2019	Truro City	A	D	0–0		396	^[28]
9 July 2019	Tiverton Town	A	W	1–0	B Seymour (48')		^[29]
12 July 2019	Bath City	A	W	3–0	R Bowman (5', 30'), A Collins (29')	367	^[30]
16 July 2019	Weston-super-Mare	A	W	3–0	R Bowman (25'), J Randall (87'), J Sparkes (90'+1)		^[31]
21 July 2019	Swansea City	H	L	1–3	N Law (56' pen)	2,486	^[32]
25 July 2019	Taunton Town	A	D	2–2	B Seymour (81'), W Dean (90'+2)	683	^[33]
27 July 2019	Torquay United	A	W	2–1	T Parkes (43'), R Williams (52')	2,744	^[34]

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	DM	Nigel Atangana	Cheltenham Town	Free transfer	^[47]
1 July 2019	CF	Alex Fisher	Yeovil Town	Free transfer	^[48]
1 July 2019	GK	Johnny Maxted	Accrington Stanley	Free transfer	^[49]
1 July 2019	CB	Tom Parkes	Carlisle United	Free transfer	^[50]
1 July 2019	GK	Lewis Ward	Reading	Free transfer	^[51]
1 July 2019	CB	Gary Warren	Yeovil Town	Free transfer	^[52]
3 July 2019	CF	Nicky Ajose	Charlton Athletic	Free transfer	^[53]
9 July 2019	DF	Noah Smerdon	Gloucester City	Undisclosed	^[54]
11 October 2019	GK	Dino Visser	Cape Umoya United	Free transfer	^[55]
17 January 2020	LM	Brennan Dickenson	Milton Keynes Dons	Free transfer	^[56]
19 February 2020	GK	Jared Thompson	Free agent	Free transfer	^[57]

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	DM	Hiram Boateng	Milton Keynes Dons	Compensation	^[58]
1 July 2019	CB	Troy Brown	Dundee United	Released	^[59]^[60]
1 July 2019	CB	Luke Croll	Dagenham & Redbridge	Released	^[61]^[62]
1 July 2019	GK	James Hamon	Truro City	Released	^[61]^[63]
1 July 2019	GK	Felix Norman	Free agent	Released	^[61]
1 July 2019	RB	Jimmy Oates	Free agent	Released	^[61]
1 July 2019	GK	Christy Pym	Peterborough United	Free transfer	^[64]
1 July 2019	RM	Max Smallcombe	Free agent	Released	^[61]
1 August 2019	CF	Jay Stansfield	Fulham	Undisclosed	^[65]
20 August 2019	CF	Jonathan Forte	Retired	—	^[66]
15 January 2020	DM	Jordan Tillson	Ross County	Undisclosed	^[67]
15 January 2020	GK	Dino Visser	Crewe Alexandra	Released	^[68]^[69]

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
5 July 2019	CB		Robbie Cundy	Bristol City	3 September 2019^[70]	^[71]^[72]
16 August 2019	DF		Jayden Richardson	Nottingham Forest	30 June 2020	^[73]

Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
3 August 2019	6th	Macclesfield Town	H	W	1–0	R Bowman (88')	4,502	^[84]
10 August 2019	3rd	Stevenage	A	W	1–0	N Law (89')	2,398	^[85]
17 August 2019	2nd	Swindon Town	H	D	1–1	M Jay (72')	5,435	^[86]
20 August 2019	4th	Oldham Athletic	A	D	0–0		2,805	^[87]
24 August 2019	1st	Morecambe	A	W	3–2	J Taylor (21'), L Martin (25'), N Law (85')	1,517	^[88]
31 August 2019	1st	Mansfield Town	H	W	1–0	R Bowman (72')	4,316	^[89]
7 September 2019	1st	Carlisle United	A	W	3–1	L Martin (36'), A Martin (67'), N Law (90'+1)	4,167	^[90]
14 September 2019	1st	Leyton Orient	H	D	2–2	P Sweeney (41'), N Law (90'+2 pen.)	4,933	^[91]
17 September 2019	1st	Port Vale	H	W	2–0	R Bowman (81'), K Kennedy (89' og)	3,765	^[92]
21 September 2019	1st	Newport County	A	D	1–1	L Martin (15')	4,762	^[93]
28 September 2019	1st	Grimsby Town	H	L	1–3	R Bowman (90'+4)	4,973	^[94]
5 October 2019	2nd	Crewe Alexandra	A	D	1–1	D Moxey (2')	5,131	^[95]
12 October 2019	2nd	Forest Green Rovers	H	W	1–0	R Bowman (11')	5,312	^[96]
19 October 2019	4th	Cambridge United	A	L	0–4		3,816	^[97]
22 October 2019	5th	Scunthorpe United	A	L	1–3	M Jay (27')	3,055	^[98]
26 October 2019	2nd	Plymouth Argyle	H	W	4–0	N Law (42' pen., 83'), T Parkes (49'), R Williams (67')	7,924	^[99]
2 November 2019	5th	Bradford City	A	L	0–2		14,002	^[100]
16 November 2019	5th	Cheltenham Town	H	D	0–0		4,956	^[101]
23 November 2019	4th	Crawley Town	A	W	1–0	D Moxey (77')	2,170	^[102]
7 December 2019	2nd	Northampton Town	H	W	3–2	R Williams (38'), A Martin (64'), A Fisher (66')	3,971	^[103]
14 December 2019	2nd	Salford City	A	W	1–0	R Bowman (33')	2,922	^[104]
21 December 2019	2nd	Walsall	H	D	3–3	R Bowman (32', 41'), L Martin (64')	4,323	^[105]
26 December 2019	2nd	Newport County	H	W	1–0	L Martin (14')	5,968	^[106]
29 December 2019	2nd	Colchester United	A	D	2–2	J Taylor (8'), R Bowman (77' pen.)	4,739	^[107]
1 January 2020	2nd	Forest Green Rovers	A	W	1–0	N Atangana (5')	3,012	^[108]
11 January 2020	2nd	Cambridge United	H	W	2–0	R Bowman (53'), R Williams (81')	4,517	^[109]
18 January 2020	2nd	Grimsby Town	A	W	1–0	N Law (67')	6,021	^[110]
25 January 2020	2nd	Colchester United	H	D	0–0		4,745	^[111]
28 January 2020	2nd	Port Vale	A	L	1–3	N Ajose (22')	3,347	^[112]
1 February 2020	4th	Swindon Town	A	L	1–2	R Williams (34')	13,095	^[113]
8 February 2020	3rd	Stevenage	H	W	2–1	R Williams (36'), M Jay (81')	4,458	^[114]
11 February 2020	3rd	Oldham Athletic	H	W	5–1	J Richardson (20'), M Jay (43' pen.), A Collins (51'),R Bowman (61'), B Dickenson (90+3')	3,527	^[115]
15 February 2020	2nd	Macclesfield Town	A	W	3–2	N Ajose (11'), P Sweeney (17'), R Bowman (86')	1,389	^[116]
22 February 2020	3rd	Northampton Town	A	L	0–2		5,046	^[117]
29 February 2020	3rd	Crawley Town	H	D	1–1	B Dickenson (82')	5,404	^[118]
3 March 2020	4th	Crewe Alexandra	H	D	1–1	T Parkes (32')	4,221	^[119]
7 March 2020	4th	Walsall	A	L	1–3	R Bowman (51')	5,521	^[120]
14 March 2020	4th	Salford City	H	P	v			^[121]
17 March 2020	4th	Scunthorpe United	H	P	v			^[121]

2019–20_Exeter_City_F.C._season

2019–20 Exeter City F.C. season

Background and pre-season

Review

August

Transfers

Transfers in

Transfers out

Loans in

Loans out

Fixtures

League Two

League table

Play-offs

FA Cup

EFL Cup

EFL Trophy

Table (group stage)

Statistics

Goals record

Disciplinary record

References

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Date from	Position	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2019	CF	Theo Simpson	Barnstaple Town	August 2019	^[74]
12 July 2019	LB	Alex Hartridge	Bath City	January 2020	^[75]
19 July 2019	CB	Jordan Dyer	Tiverton Town	18 January 2019	^[76]
19 July 2019	MF	Noah Smerdon	Tiverton Town	18 January 2019	^[76]
1 August 2019	MF	Joel Randall	Weston-super-Mare	4 December 2019	^[77]
2 August 2019	CM	Will Dean	Truro City	January 2020	^[78]
16 August 2019	AM	Harry Kite	Taunton Town	January 2020^[79]	^[80]
6 December 2019	AM	Joel Randall	Weymouth	January 2020	^[81]
9 January 2020	CB	Gary Warren	Torquay United	February 2020	^[82]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Swindon Town (C, P)	36	21	6	9	62	39	+23	69	1.92	Promotion to EFL League One
2	Crewe Alexandra (P)	37	20	9	8	67	43	+24	69	1.86
3	Plymouth Argyle (P)	37	20	8	9	61	39	+22	68	1.84
4	Cheltenham Town	36	17	13	6	52	27	+25	64	1.78	Qualification for League Two play-offs^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Exeter City	37	18	11	8	53	43	+10	65	1.76
6	Colchester United	37	15	13	9	52	37	+15	58	1.57
7	Northampton Town (O, P)	37	17	7	13	54	40	+14	58	1.57
8	Port Vale	37	14	15	8	50	44	+6	57	1.54
9	Bradford City	37	14	12	11	44	40	+4	54	1.46

Date	Round	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Ref.
18 June 2020	Semi-final first leg	Colchester United	A	L	0–1		^[123]
22 June 2020	Semi-final second leg	Colchester United	H	W	3–1 (a.e.t.)	A Martin (10'), J Richardson (58'), R Bowman (111')	^[124]
29 June 2020	Final	Northampton Town	N	L	0–4		^[125]

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
First round	9 November 2019	Cambridge United	A	D	1–1	A Fisher (34')	2,302	^[127]
First round replay	19 November 2019	Cambridge United	H	W	1–0	A Fisher (70')	2,719	^[128]
Second round	1 December 2019	Hartlepool United	H	D	2–2	R Bowman (21'), N Atangana (29')	3,638	^[129]
Second round replay	10 December 2019	Hartlepool United	A	L	0–1 (a.e.t.)		2,398	^[130]

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
Group stage	3 September 2019	Cheltenham Town	H	W	1–0	N Ajose (5')	786	^[134]
Group stage	8 October 2019	Newport County	A	W	2–0	M Jay (40', 71')	635	^[135]
Group stage	14 November 2019	West Ham United U21	H	W	3–1	J Randall (9', 88'), J Tillson (78')	807	^[136]
Second round	4 December 2019	Oxford United	H	D	0–0 (3–0 p)		483	^[137]
Third round	4 January 2020	Ipswich Town	H	W	2–1	N Ajose (45'), L Martin (90+3')	2,299	^[138]
Quarter-final	21 January 2020	Stevenage	H	W	3–0	N Ajose (25'), M Jay (30', 48')	1,190	^[139]
Semi-final	18 February 2020	Portsmouth	A	L	2–3	J Taylor 79', C Burgess 89' (o.g.)	14,735	^[140]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Exeter City	3	3	0	6	1	+5	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Newport County	3	1	2	11	11	0	3	Advance to Round 2
3	ACA	West Ham United U21	3	1	2	9	11	−2	3
4	L2	Cheltenham Town	3	1	2	8	11	−3	3

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Lewis Ward	22	0	20+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
2	DF	IRL	Pierce Sweeney	44	3	34+1	2	4+0	0	1+0	1	2+2	0
3	DF	ENG	Craig Woodman	12	0	4+2	0	2+0	0	0+1	0	3+0	0
4	MF	FRA	Nigel Atangana	28	2	18+4	1	2+2	1	0+0	0	2+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Aaron Martin	42	2	32+3	2	4+0	0	0+1	0	1+1	0
7	MF	ENG	Lee Martin	35	7	20+7	6	2+2	0	1+0	0	2+1	1
8	MF	ENG	Nicky Law	37	7	29+4	7	3+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
10	MF	ENG	Lee Holmes	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
11	MF	ENG	Randell Williams	43	5	33+4	5	3+1	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
12	FW	ENG	Ryan Bowman	44	14	36+1	14	3+0	0	0+0	0	1+3	0
14	FW	ENG	Nicky Ajose	16	5	10+3	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	3
15	DF	ENG	Tom Parkes	37	2	25+5	2	2+0	0	0+0	0	5+0	0
16	DF	ENG	Gary Warren	5	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
17	FW	ENG	Matt Jay	22	8	9+5	4	2+0	0	1+0	0	5+0	4
18	FW	ENG	Alex Fisher	24	3	3+13	1	2+1	2	0+1	0	4+0	0
20	DF	ENG	Jayden Richardson	26	1	10+8	1	1+0	0	0+0	0	6+1	0
21	DF	ENG	Dean Moxey	30	2	21+3	2	2+1	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
22	MF	ENG	Jack Sparkes	23	0	17+0	0	2+1	0	1+0	0	1+1	0
23	GK	ENG	Jonny Maxted	25	0	17+0	0	4+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
24	MF	ENG	Brennan Dickenson	10	2	8+2	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	MF	WAL	Jake Taylor	40	3	24+9	2	1+1	0	0+0	0	5+0	1
26	MF	ENG	Joel Randall	7	2	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	5+0	2
27	MF	ENG	Archie Collins	41	1	33+3	1	3+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
29	MF	ENG	Harry Kite	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
30	MF	ENG	Joshua Key	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
32	MF	ENG	Ben Chrisene	5	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+3	0
34	DF	ENG	Alex Hartridge	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
35	FW	ENG	Ben Seymour	22	0	3+8	0	1+2	0	1+0	0	4+3	0
37	DF	ENG	Jordan Dyer	3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
41	MF	ENG	Will Dean	3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+1	0
Players who left during the season:
6	MF	ENG	Jordan Tillson	8	1	0+2	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	4+0	1
40	GK	RSA	Dino Visser	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	League Two			FA Cup			League Cup			League Trophy			Total
Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name
1	12		CF	Ryan Bowman	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
2	2		RB	Pierce Sweeney	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
2	5		CB	Aaron Martin	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
4	15		CB	Tom Parkes	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1
	22		LM	Jack Sparkes	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
	25		CM	Jake Taylor	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1
	27		CM	Archie Collins	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
9	11		RW	Randall Williams	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
10	6		DM	Jordan Tillson	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
10	7		AM	Lee Martin	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
12	4		DM	Nigel Atangana	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	8		CM	Nicky Law	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	16		CB	Gary Warren	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
	17		SS	Matt Jay	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	18		CF	Alex Fisher	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	21		LB	Dean Moxey	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	24		LM	Brennan Dickenson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	26		RW	Joel Randall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
20	20		RB	Jayden Richardson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
20	41		DM	Will Dean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Total					47	0	3	8	1	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	63	1	3