2021–22 Exeter City F.C. season
2021–22 season | ||||
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Chairman | Julian Tagg | |||
Manager | Matt Taylor | |||
Stadium | St James Park | |||
League Two | 5th (as of 18 September 2021) | |||
EFL Cup | First round | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Matt Jay (4 goals) All: Matt Jay (5 goals) | |||
Average home league attendance | 4,853 | |||
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The 2021–22 season is Exeter City's 120th year in their history and tenth consecutive season in League Two. Along with the league, the club will also compete in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.
Pre-season friendlies[]
Exeter City announced they will play friendlies against Weston-super-Mare,[1] Tiverton Town,[2] Taunton Town,[3] Bath City,[4] Weymouth,[5] Cardiff City,[6] Bristol City,[7] Shrewsbury Town[8] and Truro City[9] as part of their pre-season preparations.
6 July 2021 Friendly | Weston-super-Mare | 2–1 | Exeter City | showWeston-super-Mare |
9 July 2021 Scott Rogers testimonial | Tiverton Town | 0–1 | Exeter City | showTiverton |
13 July 2021 Friendly | Taunton Town | 0–5 | Exeter City | showTaunton |
20 July 2021 Friendly | Weymouth | 2–3 | Exeter City | showWeymouth |
24 July 2021 Friendly | Cardiff City | 2–2 | Exeter City | showLeckwith |
27 July 2021 Friendly | Exeter City | 0–4 | Bristol City | showClyst St Mary |
31 July 2021 Friendly | Exeter City | 0–2 | Shrewsbury Town | showExeter |
3 August 2021 Friendly | Truro City | 1–0 | Exeter City | showPlymouth |
Competitions[]
League Two[]
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | Leyton Orient | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 15 | Promotion to EFL League One |
3 | Harrogate Town | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 14 | |
4 | Northampton Town | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 14 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
5 | Exeter City | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 13 | |
6 | Hartlepool United | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 13 | |
7 | Port Vale | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 12 | |
8 | Rochdale | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 12 |
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[10]
Results summary[]
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 |
Last updated: 18 September 2021.
Source:[citation needed]
Results by matchday[]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches[]
The Grecians fixtures were released on 24 June 2021.[11]
7 August 2021 1 | Exeter City | 0–0 | Bradford City | showExeter |
14 August 2021 2 | Leyton Orient | 3–0 | Exeter City | showLeyton |
17 August 2021 3 | Barrow | 0–0 | Exeter City | showBarrow-in-Furness |
21 August 2021 4 | Exeter City | 4–1 | Bristol Rovers | showExeter |
28 August 2021 5 | Harrogate Town | 1–1 | Exeter City | showHarrogate |
4 September 2021 6 | Exeter City | 0–0 | Forest Green Rovers | showExeter |
11 September 2021 7 | Scunthorpe United | 0–4 | Exeter City | showScunthorpe |
18 September 2021 8 | Exeter City | 2–0 | Sutton United | showExeter |
25 September 2021 9 | Hartlepool United | v | Exeter City | showHartlepool |
16 October 2021 12 | Exeter City | v | Newport County | showExeter |
19 October 2021 13 | Crawley Town | v | Exeter City | showCrawley |
23 October 2021 14 | Exeter City | v | Mansfield Town | showExeter |
30 October 2021 15 | Salford City | v | Exeter City | showSalford |
13 November 2021 16 | Exeter City | v | Oldham Athletic | showExeter |
20 November 2021 17 | Exeter City | v | Carlisle United | showExeter |
23 November 2021 18 | Colchester United | v | Exeter City | showColchester |
27 November 2021 19 | Rochdale | v | Exeter City | showRochdale |
7 December 2021 20 | Exeter City | v | Northampton Town | showExeter |
11 December 2021 21 | Exeter City | v | Tranmere Rovers | showExeter |
18 December 2021 22 | Port Vale | v | Exeter City | showBurslem |
26 December 2021 23 | Exeter City | v | Swindon Town | showExeter |
29 December 2021 24 | Forest Green Rovers | v | Exeter City | showNailsworth |
1 January 2022 25 | Sutton United | v | Exeter City | showSutton, London |
8 January 2022 26 | Exeter City | v | Harrogate Town | showExeter |
15 January 2022 27 | Exeter City | v | Scunthorpe United | showExeter |
29 January 2022 29 | Exeter City | v | Hartlepool United | showExeter |
5 February 2022 30 | Swindon Town | v | Exeter City | showSwindon |
8 February 2022 31 | Exeter City | v | Leyton Orient | showExeter |
12 February 2022 32 | Bradford City | v | Exeter City | showBradford |
19 February 2022 33 | Exeter City | v | Barrow | showExeter |
26 February 2022 34 | Bristol Rovers | v | Exeter City | showBristol |
5 March 2022 35 | Mansfield Town | v | Exeter City | showMansfield |
12 March 2022 36 | Exeter City | v | Salford City | showExeter |
16 March 2022 37 | Exeter City | v | Crawley Town | showExeter |
19 March 2022 38 | Oldham Athletic | v | Exeter City | showOldham |
2 April 2022 40 | Newport County | v | Exeter City | showNewport |
9 April 2022 41 | Carlisle United | v | Exeter City | showCarlisle |
15 April 2022 42 | Exeter City | v | Colchester United | showExeter |
18 April 2022 43 | Tranmere Rovers | v | Exeter City | showBirkenhead |
23 April 2022 44 | Exeter City | v | Rochdale | showExeter |
30 April 2022 45 | Northampton Town | v | Exeter City | showNorthampton |
7 May 2022 46 | Exeter City | v | Port Vale | showExeter |
FA Cup[]
EFL Cup[]
Exeter were drawn at home to Wycombe Wanderers in the first round.[12][13]
10 August 2021 First round | Exeter City | 0–0 (3–4 p) | Wycombe Wanderers | showExeter |
EFL Trophy[]
Exeter were drawn into Southern Group E alongside Bristol Rovers, Chelsea U21s and Cheltenham Town.[14][15]
Pos | Div | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | L2 | Bristol Rovers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3 | Advance to Round 2 |
2 | ACA | Chelsea U21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
3 | L2 | Exeter City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
4 | L1 | Cheltenham Town | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 |
24 August 2021 Group game 1 | Exeter City | 1–1 (3–4 p) | Chelsea U21 | showExeter |
5 October 2021 Group game 2 | Cheltenham Town | v | Exeter City | showCheltenham |
9 November 2021 Group game 3 | Exeter City | v | Bristol Rovers | showExeter |
Transfers[]
Transfers in[]
Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8 June 2021 | LM | Josh Coley | Maidenhead United | Undisclosed | [16] | |
1 July 2021 | AM | Jevani Brown | Colchester United | Free transfer | [17] | |
1 July 2021 | GK | Scott Brown | Port Vale | Free transfer | [18][a] | |
1 July 2021 | CB | George Ray | Tranmere Rovers | Free transfer | [19] | |
1 July 2021 | RB | Callum Rowe | Aston Villa | Free transfer | [20] | |
5 July 2021 | CF | Sam Nombe | Milton Keynes Dons | Undisclosed | [21] | |
8 July 2021 | CB | Pierce Sweeney | Swindon Town | Free transfer | [22] | |
20 July 2021 | DM | Timothée Dieng | Southend United | Free transfer | [23] | |
26 July 2021 | LB | Jonathan Grounds | Swindon Town | Free transfer | [24] | |
24 August 2021 | LB | Colin Daniel | Burton Albion | Free transfer | [25] | |
31 August 2021 | CM | Kyle Taylor | Bournemouth | Undisclosed | [26] |
- ^ Joined as a player/coach.
Loans in[]
Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date until | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
29 July 2021 | GK | Cameron Dawson | Sheffield Wednesday | End of season | [27] | |
10 August 2021 | CF | Pádraig Amond | Newport County | End of season | [28] | |
20 August 2021 | RW | Owura Edwards | Bristol City | End of season | [29] |
Loans out[]
Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date until | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7 July 2021 | GK | Jack Arthur | Bideford | 1 January 2022 | [30] | |
14 July 2021 | CB | Cheick Diabate | Truro City | 1 January 2022 | [31] | |
9 August 2021 | RB | Ellis Johnson | Truro City | 1 January 2022 | [32] | |
13 August 2021 | AM | Jack Veale | Taunton Town | January 2022 | [33] | |
17 September 2021 | AM | James Dodd | Weston-super-Mare | January 2022 | [34] |
Transfers out[]
Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
17 June 2021 | CF | Ryan Bowman | Shrewsbury Town | Undisclosed | [35] | |
30 June 2021 | CF | Nicky Ajose | Released | [36] | ||
30 June 2021 | CB | Will Dean | Truro City | Released | [36][37] | |
30 June 2021 | CF | Alex Fisher | Newport County | Released | [36][38] | |
30 June 2021 | GK | Jonny Maxted | Northampton Town | Released | [36][39] | |
30 June 2021 | CB | Rory McArdle | Harrogate Town | Free transfer | [40] | |
30 June 2021 | CM | Louis Morison | Tiverton Town | Released | [36][41] | |
30 June 2021 | LB | Lewis Page | Harrogate Town | Free transfer | [42] | |
30 June 2021 | CB | Tom Parkes | Livingston | Released | [36][43] | |
30 June 2021 | LB | Noah Smerdon | Released | [36] | ||
30 June 2021 | CB | Pierce Sweeney | Swindon Town | Free transfer | [44][45] | |
30 June 2021 | CM | Jake Taylor | Stevenage | Free transfer | [46] | |
30 June 2021 | GK | Lewis Ward | Swindon Town | Released | [36][47] | |
30 June 2021 | RM | Randell Williams | Hull City | Free transfer | [48] | |
30 June 2021 | CF | Lewis Wilson | Bideford | Released | [36][49] | |
3 August 2021 | LW | Joel Randall | Peterborough United | Undisclosed | [50] |
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