πŸ“ Gotta collect them all! Join the great Exeter City missing player photo drive: The follow up...

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, supported by the HLF and the University of Exeter, currently has photos and some film for 1162 of the 1279 players that are known to have turned out for City.

We are really grateful for all the responses since our last appeal. This has helped reduce the number of outstanding photos. 

Now there are only 117 missing photos left to find, and 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 yet unidentified in old team photos. There are now only 9 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 delighted by the amount of information people have shared with us already. Now we would like another push to see if we can fill the gaps and so leave a legacy in order that future generations to have access. This has become a two-way process with the Archive supplying photos to families of past players”

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, please contact the Exeter City History Group at historygroup@exetercityfc.co.uk or via club reception.

Anderson

John

1

1925-26

From South Molton

Antliff (Ancliff)

 

8

1906-07 and 07-08

Goalie spelling variant Ancliff or Antliff

Aplin

F

1

1904

Left back

Ashford

Joe

10

1904-05 and 07-08

Moved to Canada

Aspey

 

13

1906-07 and 07-08

Centre Half

Badcock

H

8

1907-08

Outside left

Barry

 

1

1944-45

War Time guest player

Baxter

G

1

1944-45

Bradford Park Avenue War time guest player

Blunden

 

1

1907-08

Centre Forward

Boundy

Ronald

2

1933-34

Wallasey Southport

Brenton

 

 

1944-45

War Time guest player

Brown

 

1

1906-07

 

Caddy

William

2

1910-11,1911-12

Woodland Villa

Campbell

 

6

1904-05,1906-07

Right half

Casey

D

2

1945-46

War Time guest player

Chapman

 

6

1906-07

Goalie

Chenneour

Fred

5

1907-08,10-11, 11-12

Inside left

Clark

Sergeant

7

1907-08

Outside left

Clarke

 

2

1905-06

Left back

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

1904-05, 05-06,06-07

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 (James)

1

1922-23

Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Bristol City

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

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

F

6

1905-06, 06-07

Left back

Holman

Harold

4

1946-47,47-48, 48-49

Southampton, Barnstaple, Father of Harry Holman

Horner

 

13

1904-05, 05-06

Left back

Hyde

 

2

1906-07, 07-08

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 (Dicky)

10

1924-25

Skelmersdale, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport County, Bristol R, Northwich V

Keech

 

4

1904-05,05-06

Right back

Kelly

C

1

1906-07

 

Kendrick

 

1

1905-06

Inside right

Kent

Thomas

13

1910-11,11-12

St Lukes College

Kimberley

 

 

1944-45

War time guest, Goalie

Langford

W

1

1945-46

War time guest

Lucas

 

 

1944-45

War time guest

Mason

 

 

1944-45

War time guest, Blackpool, Goalie

Mason

Samuel

53

1927-28, 1928-29

Partick T Gills 26-27, Centre Half

Maxsted

James

1

1910-11 

 

McCartney

 

 

1944-45 

War time guest

McCulloch

John

1

1921-22, 

Dumbarton, Rangers, Glentoran, Airdrie, 

Medcalf

Henry

5

1919-20

Bideford, Swindon Town

Muncey

Albert  E

18

1906-07

Right Half

Murch

 

1

1907-08

Left back

Murphy

William

2

1949-50

Stirling Abion, Bristol Rovers, Gladesville (Australia)

Neat

 

 

1944-45

War time guest, Third Lanark

Parsons

T

1

1907/08

Left back

Perkins

L.A

1

1945/46

War time guest

Plant

Wiliam

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

C

2

1905-06

Centre Forward

Rew

Roy

4

1948-48, 49-50

Sea Mills, Glastonbury

Richardson

 

1

1905-06

Centre Forward

Robins

 

1

1906-07

 

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

1906-07, 07-08

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

Taylor

James

2

1928-29

Colliery teams (Ashton) Droyslden, Southport

Thomas

Alwyn

1

1929-30

Newport County, Torquay

Thomson

C

9

1939/40, 45-46

Inverness, War time guest

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

Vansinter (Vansantin)

 

2

1906-07

 

Vaughan

William

33

1927-28

Bristol Rovers, Shrewsbury, Merthyr, Wrexham, Burton Town, Luton, Scunthorpe, Cheletenham 

Wallage

 

12

1904-05

Right Half

Waller

Charles

3

1920-21

Fulham, Clapton Orient 

Warren

Charles

2

1945-46

War time guest

Webb

John Addems

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

 

The missing squad photos are:

  • 1901/02,
  • 1902/03,
  • 1903/04,
  • 1906/07,
  • 1935/36,
  • 1937/38,
  • 1938/39,
  • 1944/45,
  • 1952/53

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