Join the great Exeter City missing player photo drive

The Exeter City History Group needs your help!

The group is really proud of the comprehensive A-Z record of Grecian players which can be seen on the Grecian Archive website, but there are still gaps to be filled.

The Archive currently has photos and some film for 1136 of the 1265 players that are known to have turned out for City. That means there are still 129 missing photos. This is where fans, families and others with an interest can help.

Many of these missing players are from our early seasons and could well be as yet unidentified in old team photos. There are also 11 seasons for which we don't have a squad photo.

Paul Farley, chair of the History group said: "We would love to have a photo of every player and team photo from every season.

"We have been humbled by the amount of information people have shared with us already. Now we would like one big push to see if we can fill the gaps and so leave a legacy for future generations to have access to".

The list of players for whom we have yet to identify a photo are set out below. The missing team photo seasons are also listed.

If you can help at all please contact the Exeter City History Group at historygroup@exetercityfc.co.uk or via club reception.

Missing player photos:

SURNAME  FORENAME APP SEASON INFORMATION
Anderson John 1 1925-26 From South Molton
Antliff    8 1906-08 Goalie spelling variant Ancliff or Antliff
Aplin   1 1904 Left back
Ashford Joe 10 1904-08 Maybe 2 different Ashford's
Aspey   13 1906-08 Centre Half
Badcock H 8 1907-08 Outside left
Barry   1 1944-45 War Time guest player
Batten John   1923-24 Bradford Park Avenue (1920), Kidderminster
Baxter G 1 1944-45 Bradford Park Avenue War time guest player
Blunden   1 1907-08 Centre Forward
Boundy Ronald 2 1933-34 Wallasey
Brenton     1944-45 War Time guest player
Brown   1 1906-07  
Caddy  William 2 1910-12 Woodland Villa
Campbell   6 1904-07 Right half
Casey D 2 1945-46 War Time guest player
Chapman   6 1906-07 Goalie
Chenneour Fred 5 1907-12 Inside left
Clark Sergeant 7 1907-08 Outside left
Clarke   2 1905-06 Left back
Clarke (William) 12 1937-38 Leicester City, Southampton, Cheltenham
Clarkson     1944-45 War Time guest player
Coates   4 1906-07  
Coles   3 1904-05 Outside left
Cox Samuel 2 1914-15 Caerphilly
Crossley   1 1944-45 War time guest player, Cliftonville
Crute William 3 1911-12 Goalie, Babbacombe
Dalgleish G 1 1945-46 War time guest 
Dashwood     1944-45 War time guest, Fulham
Davidson Alec 33 1904-07 Halifax, Tottenham Hotspur, Plymouth Argyle, Devon Regiment. Centre Half. Captain.
Davison Arthur 1 1944-45 War time guest. Stockport, Torquay United
Deacon     1944-45 War time guest
Dixon     1944-45 War time guest, Liverpool
Donoghue Frank   1944-45 War time guest, Gillingham, Portsmouth
Doyle     1944-45 War time guest, Leicester City
Drew   9 1907-08 Outside left
Duke John  1 1922-23 Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Bristol City
Eastham Stan 4 1945-46 Liverpool, Stockport County, Olympic Games Team, Brisbane
Ebery A 1 1906-07 Ebury or Ebery
Edwards Thomas 3 1927-28 Aberdare
Evans     1944-45 War time guest
Fitzgerald   2 1905-06 Left back
Franklin John (Jack) 1 1945-46 War time guest, Middlesbrough, Bath City, Stockton
Gilchrist Donald 29 1923-24 Campletown, Portsmouth, (brother of Duncan), Workington.
Goodchild   1 1907-08 Centre Half
Harris J 2 1945-46 War time guest,
Haswell   1 1906-07  
Hawke W 1 1906-07  
Henderson   1 1904-05 Outside left
Henderson James 3 1919-20 South Shields, Caerphilly
Henry H 1 1906-07  
Higgs     1944-45 War time guest, Halifax Town (No record at Halifax town)
Hill   6 1905-07 Left back
Holman Harold 4 1946-49 Southampton, Barnstaple, Father of Harry Holman
Horner   13 1904-06 Left back
Hyde   2 1906-08 Goalie
Jackson     1944-45 War time guest
Jenkins Thomas 4 1927-28 Merthyr Town, Southend 
Jewell Ronald   1944-45 War time guest, Plymouth Argyle, Torquay United, Dartmouth.
Johnson   1 1907-08 Centre Forward
Johnston David 10 1962-63 Bishop Auckland, Leicester City, Stockport, Son of Bert Johnson (Sunderland)
Jones   1 1907-08 Outside left
Jones Richard  10 1924-25 Skelmersdale, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport County, Bristol R, Northwich V
Keech   4 1904-06 Right back
Kelly C 1 1906-07  
Kendrick   1 1905-06 Inside right
Kent Thomas 13 1910-12 St Lukes College
Kimberley     1944-45 War time guest, Goalie
Langford W 1 1945-46 War time guest
Lightly Brian 4 1957-60,  Portsmouth, Hampshire Regiment (National service)
Lucas     1944-45 War time guest
Mason     1944-45 War time guest, Blackpool, Goalie
Mason Samuel 53 1927-29,  Partick Thistle Gills 26-27 ,Centre Half
Maxsted James 1 1910-11   
McArdle Peter 9 1933-35,  Durham City, Stoke C 32-35, Carlisle Barnsley Stockport 37                                                         
McCartney     1944-45  War time guest
McCulloch John 1 1921-22,  Dumbarton, Rangers, Glentoran, Airdrie, 
McIntosh George 16 1923-24 Hibernian (18-19), Workington, Accrington Stanley, Boston Town
Medcalf Henry 5 1919-20 Bideford, Swindon Town
Muncey A E 18 1906-07 Right Half
Murch   1 1907-08 Left back
Murphy William 2 1949-50 Stirling Albion, Bristol Rovers, Gladesville (Australia)
Neat     1944-45 War time guest, Third Lanark
Parsons   1 1907/08 Left back
Perkins L.A 1 1945/46 War time guest
Plant William 1 1908/09 St Lukes College
Pridham William 2 1913/14 Torquay Town
Prior     1944-45 War Time Guest
Pryce   5 1906-07 Inside Right
Reed   2 1905-06 Centre Forward
Rew Roy 4 1948-50 Sea Mills, Glastonbury
Richardson   1 1905-06 Centre Forward
Robins   1 1906-07  
Roy Andrew 2 1949-50 Dunfermline, Alloa Athletic
Selley   1 1906-07 Goalie
Sercombe   1 1907-08 Left Half
Short Alan 3 1950-51 Yeovil, St Austell
Smeath   1 1904-05 Centre Forward
Smith C 2 1906-08 Inside right
Southcombe Christopher 1 1919-20 Barnstaple, South Molten
Squires Charles 2 1921-22 Maerdy, Torquay United
Staveley W 1 1945-46 War time guest, Goalie
Stoneman   1 1907-08 Outside right
Storey James 9 1953-54 Newcastle United, Bournemouth, Rochdale, Darlington 
Taylor James 2 1928-29 Colliery teams (Ashton) Droylsden, Southport
Thomas Alwyn 1 1929-30 Newport County, Torquay
Thomson C 9 1939-46 Inverness, War time guest
Tickell Roy   1945-46 War Time guest, Tranmere Rovers, Southport.
Tipping J 5 1906-07 6 goals in 5 games
Tomlinson   4 1906-07  
Tompkinson Albert 1 1911-12 Glossop North End
Topham C 2 1945-46 War Time guest
Townsend Thomas 7 1921-22 Torquay United
Tuckett     1944-45 War Time guest
Turner Leonard 8 1914-15 Killed in WW1
Vansinter   2 1906-07  
Vaughan William 33 1927-28 Bristol Rovers, Shrewsbury, Merthyr, Wrexham, Burton Town, Luton, Scunthorpe, Cheltenham 
Wainwright Thomas 13 1927-28 Sheffield United (19), Notts County, Boston Town, Cardiff City, 
Wallage   12 1904-05 Right Half
Waller  Charles 3 1920-21 Fulham, Clapton Orient 
Warren Charles 2 1945-46 War time guest
Webb John  0 1913-14 Killed in WW1
West H 1 1905-06 Outside right
Wheatley     1944-45 War time guest
Williams     1944-45 War time guest
Williams Evan 1 1954-55 Cardiff City (1950-54) 
Wilson   3 1906-07  
Wood Francis 8 1952-53 Bury 1948-1953
Youlden Frederick 3 1906-07  

Missing squad photos:

  • 1901-02
  • 1902-03
  • 1903-04
  • 1906-07
  • 1935-36
  • 1937-38
  • 1938-39
  • 1944-45
  • 1952-53
  • 1960-61
  • 1961-62

If you can help at all please contact the Exeter City History Group at historygroup@exetercityfc.co.uk or via club reception.