2020–21 Exeter City F.C. season

The 2020–21 Exeter City season is the club's 119th year in existence and their ninth consecutive season in League Two.[1] The club reached the third round of the FA Cup, losing to Championship side Sheffield Wednesday.[2] City were eliminated in the first round of the EFL Cup by Bristol City,[3] and were knocked out of the EFL Trophy in the second round by Northampton Town.[4]

Exeter City

2020–21 season
Chairman	Julian Tagg
Manager	Matt Taylor
Stadium	St James Park
League Two	5th
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Ryan Bowman Matt Jay (11 each) All: Matt Jay (13)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
6 August 2020	RB		Jake Caprice	Tranmere Rovers	Free transfer	[5]
6 August 2020	CB		Rory McArdle	Scunthorpe United	Free transfer	[6]
1 September 2020	LB		Lewis Page	Charlton Athletic	Free transfer	[7]
21 January 2021	CB		Sam Stubbs	Fleetwood Town	Free transfer	[8]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
27 October 2020	GK		Jökull Andrésson	Reading	28 November 2020	[9][10]
29 January 2021	GK		Jökull Andrésson	Reading	End of season	[11]
1 February 2021	RM		Robbie Willmott	Newport County	End of season	[12]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
4 August 2020	CB		Cheick Diabate	Bideford	7 October 2020[lower-alpha 1]	[14]
4 August 2020	CF		Lewis Wilson	Bideford	1 January 2021	[14]
18 September 2020	CM		Louis Morison	Tiverton Town	1 January 2021	[15]
7 October 2020	CB		Cheick Diabate	Tiverton Town	1 January 2021	[13]
8 October 2020	CB		Jordan Dyer	Chippenham Town	November 2020	[16]
8 October 2020	LB		Noah Smerdon	Chippenham Town	November 2020	[16]
20 November 2020	CB		Will Dean	Bath City	December 2020	[17]
28 January 2021	GK		Lewis Ward	Portsmouth	End of season	[18]

1. Loan cut short to join Tiverton on loan.[13]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2020	MF		Brennan Dickenson	Carlisle United	Released	[19][20]
1 July 2020	MF		Lee Holmes	Unattached	Released	[19]
1 July 2020	DF		Aaron Martin	Hamilton Academical	Released	[19][21]
1 July 2020	MF		Lee Martin	Ebbsfleet United	Released	[19][22]
1 July 2020	DF		Dean Moxey	Torquay United	Released	[19][23]
1 July 2020	GK		Jared Thompson	Brentford	Released	[19][24]
1 July 2020	DF		Gary Warren	Torquay United	Released	[19][25]
1 July 2020	DF		Craig Woodman	Tiverton Town	Released	[19][26]
19 August 2020	CM		Ben Chrisene	Aston Villa	Undisclosed	[27]
31 January 2021	CM		Nicky Law	Indy Eleven	Undisclosed	[28]

Pre-season

The Grecians announced they would play four pre-season friendlies against Bristol Rovers, Taunton Town, Tiverton Town and Truro City.[29] Fans were only permitted to attend the Tiverton Town match.[30]

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

EFL League Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Cambridge United	27	14	6	7	43	24	+19	48	Promotion to the EFL League One
2	Forest Green Rovers	26	12	9	5	33	23	+10	45
3	Tranmere Rovers	26	13	5	8	35	31	+4	44
4	Newport County	25	12	7	6	36	27	+9	43	Qualification for League Two play-offs
5	Exeter City	26	11	9	6	48	33	+15	42
6	Carlisle United	23	13	3	7	34	22	+12	42
7	Morecambe	26	12	6	8	35	36	−1	42
8	Cheltenham Town	25	11	8	6	34	23	+11	41
9	Salford City	25	10	8	7	32	21	+11	38

Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 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[31]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	11	9	6	48	33	+15	42	8	2	4	29	16	+13	3	7	2	19	17	+2

Last updated: 6 February 2021.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	D	W	L	L	W	W
Position	8	19	15	6	8	12	9	5	6	4	4	4	6	5	3	5	5	5	7	10	10	8	9	9	8	5

Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 2021. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August 2020.[32]

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[33]	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[34]	Newport County	P–P	Exeter City	Newport, Wales
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Rodney Parade Referee: John Busby

2 January 2021 Postponed[35]	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[36]	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

FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October.[37] The second round draw was revealed on Monday, 9 November by Danny Cowley.[38] The draw for the third round was made by Robbie Savage.[39]

  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

  Win   Draw   Loss

The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.[40]

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

  Win   Draw   Loss

The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.[41] The second round draw was made by Matt Murray on 20 November, at St Andrew’s.[42]

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

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

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

Statistics

As of 6 February 2021

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		Jake Caprice	23	0	7+11	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
3	MF		Jack Sparkes	30	1	16+6	0	2+1	0	0+1	0	4+0	1
4	MF		Nigel Atangana	16	2	6+5	0	1+1	0	1+0	0	2+0	2
6	DF		Rory McArdle	14	1	7+1	1	3+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
8	MF		Jake Taylor	30	6	21+3	6	1+2	0	0+1	0	1+1	0
9	FW		Ben Seymour	19	2	2+11	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	3+0	2
10	MF		Archie Collins	29	3	26+0	3	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
11	MF		Randell Williams	20	3	17+1	3	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
12	FW		Ryan Bowman	30	11	24+1	11	3+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
14	MF		Joel Randall	28	8	20+2	6	2+1	2	1+0	0	0+2	0
15	DF		Tom Parkes	24	1	21+1	1	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
16	MF		Robbie Willmott	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	FW		Matt Jay	28	13	24+0	11	2+0	1	1+0	0	1+0	1
18	FW		Alex Fisher	10	1	2+6	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
20	DF		Lewis Page	17	0	12+2	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
23	GK		Jonny Maxted	12	0	9+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
24	GK		Jökull Andrésson	12	0	9+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
25	FW		Nicky Ajose	9	1	0+4	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	3+1	1
26	DF		Pierce Sweeney	26	1	21+1	1	1+1	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
29	MF		Harry Kite	7	2	1+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	2
30	DF		Joshua Key	28	2	21+2	1	2+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	1
32	MF		Nelson Iseguan	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
34	DF		Alex Hartridge	18	2	5+8	0	2+0	1	0+0	0	3+0	1
Players who left on loan during the season:
1	GK		Lewis Ward	10	0	8+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
31	DF		Jordan Dyer	3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+1	0
33	MF		Louis Morison	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
39	DF		Cheick Diabate	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
40	FW		Lewis Wilson	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
41	DF		Will Dean	6	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
Players who left during the season:
7	MF		Nicky Law	23	3	4+14	1	2+1	1	0+0	0	2+0	1

Goals record

As of 6 February 2021

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	League Two	FA Cup	League Cup	League Trophy	Total
1	17		AM	Matt Jay	11	1	0	1	13
2	12		CF	Ryan Bowman	11	0	0	0	11
3	14		LW	Joel Randall	6	2	0	0	8
4	8		CM	Jake Taylor	6	0	0	0	6
5	7		CM	Nicky Law	1	1	0	1	3
	10		CM	Archie Collins	3	0	0	0	3
	11		RW	Randell Williams	3	0	0	0	3
8	4		DM	Nigel Atangana	0	0	0	2	2
	9		CF	Ben Seymour	0	0	0	2	2
	29		CM	Harry Kite	0	0	0	2	2
	30		RB	Joshua Key	1	0	0	1	2
	34		CB	Alex Hartridge	0	1	0	1	2
13	3		LB	Jack Sparkes	0	0	0	1	1
	6		CB	Rory McArdle	1	0	0	0	1
	15		CB	Tom Parkes	1	0	0	0	1
	18		CF	Alex Fisher	1	0	0	0	1
	25		CF	Nicky Ajose	0	0	0	1	1
	26		CB	Pierce Sweeney	1	0	0	0	1
Own Goals					2	0	0	0	2
Total					48	5	0	12	65

Disciplinary record

As of 6 February 2021

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	League Two			FA Cup			League Cup			League Trophy			Total
1	26		CB	Pierce Sweeney	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
2	3		LB	Jack Sparkes	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	15		CB	Tom Parkes	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
4	4		DM	Nigel Atangana	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	6		CB	Rory McArdle	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	8		CM	Jake Taylor	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	12		CF	Ryan Bowman	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	14		LW	Joel Randall	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
9	7		CM	Nicky Law	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	17		AM	Matt Jay	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	23		GK	Jonny Maxted	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	30		RB	Joshua Key	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					21	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	26	0	0

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