Truro City’s friendly games against league opposition.
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1905
4 Nov – Plymouth Argyle (H) L 0-3
Team – W. J. Paynter (GK), Paynter, Nicholas, Bawden, Palmer, Rigby, Knight, Tonkin, Henry Prideaux, Hutcheson, Pascoe
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1926
21 Apr – Everton (H) L 1-3
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1927
Thu 5 May – Bristol City (H) L 0-1
Bristol City’s visit to Truro on Thursday aroused a great deal of interest, and over 2,000 spectators, who were grateful to the Truro City club management for their enterprise in bringing the Third Division winners down West, thoroughly enjoyed a splendid exhibition of football which was full of interest from start to finish. The visitors gave a fine exposition of the game without unduly exerting themselves, their ball control, hardwork, positioning and passing being an object lesson, from which the home players should profit considerably. The Bristolians were of course, vastly superior to the local amateurs, both in skill and speed, but the home eleven made a very creditable show, and had they played in anything like this form on Monday and Tuesday they would assuredly have captured all the points from Liskeard and Newquay instead of dropping four out of six. The gate receipts were £113. West Briton & Cornwall Advertiser
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1928
Thu 3 May – Luton Town (H) L 1-2 (Bertolucci) Att. 1,400 est
Team – Sings (GK), Flamank, Buzza, Tonkin, Walker, Low, Joe Bertolucci, Richards, Cecil Mills, Penna, Gill
Truro City entertained Luton Town at Treyew Road, on Thursday, May 3rd 1928. The result was Luton 2, Truro City 1. Truro scored first in the first half and played confidently until 20 minutes from the end when Luton equalised. So well did the City defend that there seemed a fair prospect of a draw, but two minutes from time Walker handled in the penalty area, and from the spot-kick Luton obtained the deciding goal, through Rennie. West Briton & Cornwall Advertiser
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1930
Sat 8 Feb – Plymouth Argyle Reserves (H) L 2-5 (Dexter 30, Bell 65)
Team – Atkinson (GK), Buzza, Alcock, Churm, Bricknell, Champion, Joe Bertolucci, J. J. Bell, Dexter, Penna, E. S. Smith
Sat 20 Sep – Exeter City Reserves (A) L 1-10 (Richards)
Team – Atkinson (GK), Buzza, R. Wilson, Cundy, Walker, Champion, May, Richards, Clench, Penna, Shewbrook
Truro City’s first ever visit to St James’ Park, Exeter, where they met Exeter City Reserves, on Saturday, before nearly 2,000 spectators, was a memorable one for the Truronians, who suffered their heaviest defeat in the history of the club, the Exeter men winning by the big margin of ten goals to one. Despite their severe trouncing, Truro put up a plucky display and earned the commendations of the spectators, who never failed to recognise good work by Truro. It was not expected that Truro would be capable of beating a side which included eight professionals, but the size of their defeat came as a surprise. West Briton & Cornwall Advertiser
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1931
Sat 14 Mar – Exeter City Reserves (H) W 5-3 (Treganowan 9, 25, 50, Rapsey 11, ??)
Team – Atkinson (GK), Buzza, Alcock, Russon, Walker, Smith, Hogan, Treganowan, Rapsey, Clench, Penna
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1932
Exeter City (H) L 1-3
5 Nov – Exeter City Reserves (A) L 1-7 (Rapsey)
Team – Addison (GK), Harris, Buzza, Penfold, Monk, Smith, Hodge, Treganowan, Preston, Rapsey, Richards
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1934
Sat 29 Sep – Exeter City (H) D 4-4 (Treganowan 15, 55, Dexter x2)
Team – Addison (GK), Tregidgo, Harris, Richards, Demelweek, Smith, Ford, Cecil Treganowan, Dexter, Mainwaring, Harris
Sat 8 Dec – Plymouth Argyle Reserves (A) L 1-8 (Harris pen)
Team – Mitchell (GK), Harris, Alec Hardie, Richards, Demelweek, Smith, Alf Matthews, Cecil Treganowan, Dexter, Ford, Mainwaring
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1935
Sat 30 Mar – Exeter City XI (A) L 1-5 (Matthews)
Though beaten by a four-goal margin in their game with Exeter City Reserves, at St James’ Park, on Saturday, Truro had far more of the play than the score indicates. Their approach work, especially on the right wing, where Matthews was altogether too fast for Smith, was good, but poor finishing ruined many promising movements. With a little more accuracy on the part of the inside forwards, the score might have been very different. After opening play had kept the ball in Truro’s territory, the visitors broke away in grand style, and a well-judged pass from Richards sent Matthews racing down the touch-line. The ex-Grecian winger, tricked Smith, Exeter’s left back, easily, and scored well – a brilliant solo effort. Truro were unfortunate in that they slacked off after this effort, and Tiernay, who was a thorn in the flesh of Buzza and Harris throughout the afternoon, paved the way to Exeter’s equaliser. The ball came out to him on the left wing, and tricking Buzza, he sent in an accurate centre, which Ebdon headed neatly past Partridge, the ball striking the underside of the bar en route to the net. For a time Truro had to concentrate on defence, the wily Tiernay being assiduously fed by the Exeter halves. It was from his centre that Exeter took the lead, McArthur outstripping Buzza and tapping the ball past Partridge as the goalkeeper ran out. Then the visitors livened up again, and but for some really bad luck, should have scored. Matthews again left Smith standing, and put over a centre which landed right at the feet of Hooper, who had closed in from the other wing. Hooper had a first-time smack at goal, but Brooking jumped in the nick of time and punched the ball over the bar. A few minutes later, Matthews had the rankest of bad luck when his strong shot was blocked to allow Brooking to clear. Neither defence was too happy, and both were apt to get rather rattled under pressure. Of the half-backs, Richards was the soundest on the field. His feeding of Matthews was a feature of the game. Half-time:- Exeter City Reserves, two goals; Truro City, one goal. Truro opened strongly on the resumption, and for some minutes kept up a hot attack, but a sudden dash by Tiernay put them on the defensive once more. Partridge, who played coolly throughout the game, saved well under pressure. Mainwaring led his forwards to the attack again, but found the home defence a good deal steadier than in the opening half. After about twenty minutes’ play, disaster overtook the Cornishmen in the shape of two quick goals from Ebdon, Exeter’s centre-forward. The first of these was a first-time shot, which turned Tiernay’s centre into the net, and before the defence had recovered from the blow, McArthur placed the ball right at the leader’s toes ten yards out. Ebdon shot before either Buzza or Harris could intercept the ball, and Truro were three goals in arrears. Mainwaring then made his best effort of the afternoon. Matthews, who was by this time outwitting Smith with monotonous regularity every time he got the ball, sent a long pass to midfield. The Cornish leader, though harassed by Lock and Barnes, made a great effort, and his shot travelled inches wide, with Brooking out of position. Ten minutes from time Dudley beat the defence all ends up and his shot gave Exeter their fifth and last goal. Truro deserved more goals, and but for their being without just that little bit of finish, would have scored on at least two occasions, and if Matthews had been more strongly backed up, he would have been much more dangerous. Truro tired in the closing stages, and the match ended with Exeter having things much as they pleased. Result:- Exeter City Reserves, five goals; Truro City, one goal. West Briton & Cornwall Advertiser
Sat 27 Apr – Plymouth Argyle Reserves (H) L 2-4 (Mainwaring, Matthews 75 pen)
Team – Partridge (GK), Buzza, Hooper, Ford, Demelweek, McCabe, Alf Matthews, Holman, Mainwaring, J. Bickenson, E. L. Bickenson
Sat 30 Nov – Torquay United Reserves (A) L 2-7
Sat 7 Dec – Torquay United Reserves (H) D 2-2 (Mann, Smith pen)
Team – Barnett (GK), Wyatt (Royal Marines), Griffiths, Richards, Crewes, Smith, Duke, Mainwaring, Sweeting (Royal Marines), Mann, Hooper
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1948
Sat 17 Apr – Plymouth Argyle ‘A’ (H) L 1-6 (Searson 50 pen)
Team – Cann (GK), Searson, Keating, Champion, Behenna, Phillips, Marshall, Jennings (capt), Murton, MacMahon, Morgan
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1949
20 Apr – Plymouth Argyle XI (H) L 2-3 (Trebilcock, Murton pen) Att. 2,500 est
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1951
Tue 8 May – Torquay United (H) L 0-7
Torquay United have played two games in Cornwall this week, and they won them both. They beat Truro City 7-0 on Tuesday, and a Penzance and District XI 5-1 last night (Wednesday). West Briton & Cornwall Advertiser
Thu 17 May – Bristol Rovers (H) L 2-5 (Honey 75, Simcock 89 pen) Att. 3,000 est
Team – P. Hoggett (GK), R. Cox (St Austell), C. Streat, Rex Jennings, E. Chesterton (Wadebridge), W. Kellow (St Austell), R. Ferris (Culdrose & Newquay), N. Lobb (St Blazey), R. Richards, E. Honey (Culdrose), W. Oliver (St Blazey)
Sat 19 May – Bristol City (H) L 1-7 (Ferris) Att. 3,000 est
Team – P. F. Hoggett (GK), Michael Allen (Truro Minors), L. A. Rowe (St Austell), Rex Jennings, T. Cox (St Austell), G. B. Simcock, E. Dunstan, R. Ferris (Culdrose & Newquay), C. McDowell, N. Lobb (St Blazey), C. A. Streat
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1956
Thu 6 Sep – Crystal Palace (H) W 3-2 (Osborne, Dillon x2) Att. 1,500 est
Team – Eric Lawton (GK), S.A.C. Groves (RAF St Eval), Peter Collins, Johnny Kendall, Harold Jefferies, Ron Jones, Trevor Jones, J.T. Earle (RAF St Eval), Vince Dillon, Gordon Osborne (Royal Navy), Dave Reynolds
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1970
11 Aug – Plymouth Argyle (H)
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1972
13 Sep – Arsenal (H) L 2-6
Squad – Trevor Salsbury, Brian Adams, David Williams, Ernie Hooper, Alan Morris, Terry Askey, Doug Rosevear, John Wardle, Brian Rimes (capt), Brian Durkin, Derek Salmon, Jack Martin, Billy Boston, Jock Sommerville, Keith Morris
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1978
3 May – Tottenham Hotspur (H) L 2-8 (Fear 68, T. Webb 90 pen) Att. 6,000 est
Team – George Foster (Plymouth Argyle), Keith Fear (Plymouth Argyle), Mike Green (Torquay United), Tony Webb, Tony Roberts
26 Jul – Plymouth Argyle (H) D 2-2 (Mahoney, Rowe)
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1981
22 Mar – Sheffield United (H) L 1-9 (T. Webb pen)
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1985
22 Sep – Wolverhampton Wanderers (H) D 6-6 (Perks, T. Webb 30, Symons, Tabb 55, ??, ??) Att. 1,000 Est
Team – Gary Beckerlegg (GK), Mark Wearne, George Pattison, Tony Webb, Mike Leech, Tony Burt, Mark Symons, Gary Pamflett, Chris Webb, Steve Tabb, Paul Perks
Truro put up a terrific performance to hold Wolverhampton Wanderers at Treyew Road in a match watched by a crowd of around 1,000. But it was all too easy to see how much Wolves, once one of the top clubs in the country, have declined. They are bottom of Division III with three points from eight games and in deep financial trouble. Their very young side look to be in for a very difficult winter. However, full credit must go to Truro who produced their best football of the season and competed well, scoring some excellent goals in an entertaining and sporting match. Wolves went ahead after nine minutes when a long-range shot by Alan Ainscow slipped through the hands of City keeper Gary Beckerlegg. However, their defence never looked secure and City equalised when Paul Perks headed home at the far post after George Pattison had flicked the ball over his head. Neil Edwards and Andy King made it 3-1 to Wolves before City pulled a goal back on the half-hour. Mark Wearne crossed after a fine run for Tony Webb to head powerfully past Tim Flowers. Another mistake by Beckerlegg allowed King to make it 4-2 at the interval. Both sides made several substitutions at the interval, but it did not hinder Truro and within ten minutes of the restart goals by skipper Mark Symons and Steve Tabb had put them level. Edwards restored Wolves’ advantage with a good shot only for a determined Truro to draw level when Tabb scored with a well-placed shot. Both sides had chances before John Morrissey looked to have sealed victory for the League side, but Tabb had other ideas, completing his hat-trick a minute later after Flowers had blocked a Symons shot. City fought well and never gave the League side a chance to settle and if they can maintain this type of form then results should start improving quickly. Wolves, though, look to be in for a long haul under their new manager Bill McGarry. Yesterday’s crowd should enable Truro to break even on the visit. They had to pay the hotel and travelling costs of the impoverished League side. West Briton & Cornwall Advertiser
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1986
8 Dec – Oxford United (H) L 0-3
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1987
27 Jul – Brentford (H) L 2-6
5 Aug – Plymouth Argyle (H) L 1-7 (Tabb)
Team – Steve Gill (GK), Chris Webb, Kellow, John Claypole, Stephens, Burt, Anderton, Graham Bilkey, Wignall, Paul Perks, Bruce Jane
Subs Used – Annear, Symons, Tony Webb, Steve Tabb, Coombes, Streat
10 Aug – Manchester United (H) L 0-4 HT 0-2
Team – 6 Mark Wearne
Subs Used – 14 Steve Tabb
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1988
25 Jan – Queen’s Park Rangers (H) L 0-8 Att. 2,000 est
Team – Steve Gill (GK), Tony Burt, Pat Evans, Chris Thomas, Nigel Kellow, Dave Streat, Dominic Evans, Graham Bilkey, Bruce Jane, Tony Webb, Mark Symons
Watched by a crowd of around 2,000, First Division Queen’s Park Rangers showed off their full range of skills at Treyew Road when they became the latest Football League side to play Truro City. Scoring eight goals without reply Rangers had what their boss Jim Smith described as a “nice, gentle work-out” in preparation for their fourth round FA Cup tie at home to West Ham on Saturday. The London club could have easily reached double figures against a battling home side who not surprisingly tired in the closing stages of a match played on a very heavy pitch. On his return to Treyew Road, where he last played ten years ago for Spurs in a friendly to mark the ground’s opening. £350,000 signing Mark Falco scored four times and fellow forward Gary Bannister hit two. Rangers substitute John Byrne scored their sixth in the second minute of the next half but the pace slowed down a bit after that until the final 15 minutes when Bannister and Paul Kerslake put one away. After the game QPR manager Jim Smith said that the game had served its purpose as they had come to play a competitive and aggressive match. He added that they had been “very impressed” by Truro’s performance. For Truro goalkeeper Steve Gill brought off some excellent first half saves and the whole team worked hard against the odds in the difficult conditions. Truro’s business manager Peter Heayn said the gate of just over 2,000 had made the club enough money to cover the cost of QPR’s four-day visit. “We were very, very pleased with the turnout considering the weather. We hoped all supporters who braved the elements enjoyed the football.” he said. Mr Heayn revealed that Truro was negotiating with two other First Division clubs to hold Treyew Road fixtures against their first teams later this year and it was hoped that Rangers would return next year during better weather. Of Truro’s opponents, who were due to leave Cornwall yesterday (27 January) after their stay at Truro’s Brookdale Hotel and a specially organised disco and golf match. Mr Heayn said their attitude had been the best of any visitors to play City. West Briton & Cornwall Advertiser
25 Jul – Doncaster Rovers (H) L 2-4 (Slade x2)
8 Aug – Luton Town (H) D 1-1 (Slade)
Truro gained an excellent draw with Littlewoods Cup holders Luton in their friendly on Monday evening. The Division 1 club included several internationals in their line-up but in a well contested first half it was Truro who went ahead with a well-taken goal from Dave Slade. Mark Stein equalised for the visitors right before half-time when the ball ran loose but despite almost non-stop pressure in the second half they failed to break down a stubborn Truro defence, in which keeper Dennis Annear made several fine saves.
16 Oct – Manchester City (H) L 2-6 (Massey x2)
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1989
1 Aug – Maidstone United (H)
13 Nov – Plymouth Argyle (H) L 0-5
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1991
13 Aug – Plymouth Argyle (H) L 1-3
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1993
Tue 20 Jul – Watford (H) L 1-3 (Robison)
Jewson South Western League champions Truro City lost 3-1 at home to Division 1 side Watford on Tuesday evening in their opening friendly of the season. Darren Robison gave Truro the lead, before goals by Paul Furlong, Ken Charlery and Gary Porter earned Watford victory. West Briton & Cornwall Advertiser
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1995
29 Jul – Plymouth Argyle (H) L 0-6
Squad – Dennis Annear, Adrian Lamerton, Chris Webb, Chris Nicholls, Darren Redding, Hughes, Mark Symons, Justin Norman, Graeme Kirkup, Adrian Bleasdale, Dave Ford, Damian Stevens, Andrew, Steve Wherry, Darren Robison, Tristan Wood, Mark Damerell, Richardson
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1996
2 Aug – Torquay United (H) L 1-6 (Norman 49)
Squad – Dennis Annear, Chris Webb, Tristan Wood, Graeme Kirkup, Nigel Pugh, Steve Allen, Darren Redding, Ian Gosling, Mark Rowe, Adrian Bleasdale, John Burrows, Dave Ford, Damian Stevens, Mark Damerell, Justin Norman, Steve Wherry
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2000
29 Jul – Plymouth Argyle (H) L 0-5 Att. 1,000 est
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2001
25 Jul – Sheffield United (H) L 1-6 (C. Wolstencroft)
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2005
2005 – Plymouth Argyle (H) L 1-2 (Wort)
Squad – Paul Hider, Fergus Nevin, Luke Wort
Subs Used – Andy Butcher
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2006
3 Oct – Plymouth Argyle (H) D 1-1 (Hooper)
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2007
13 Jul – Exeter City (H) L 0-3 Att. 180
1 Aug – Plymouth Argyle (H) L 0-4
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2008
15 Jul – Exeter City (H) L 1-4 (Yetton 26 pen) Att. 200
25 Jul – Crystal Palace (H) L 0-1
30 Jul – Plymouth Argyle (H) L 0-1
1 Aug – Torquay United (H) L 1-2 (Walker 30)
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2009
13 Jul – Plymouth Argyle (H) L 0-2
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2010
10 Jul – Plymouth Argyle (H) L 0-2
22 Jul – Leyton Orient (N) L 0-4
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2011
16 Jul – Yeovil Town (H) D 2-2 (Smith 2, OG 83)
23 Jul – QPR (H) L 2-4 (Afful 4, Palmer 69) Att. 1,056
27 Jul – Plymouth Argyle (A) L 1-2 (Afful 26)
30 Jul – Torquay United (H) L 2-6 (Taylor 38, Hayles 80)
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2012
24 Jul – Plymouth Argyle (H) L 0-1 Att. 1,007
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2013
5 Jul – Crewe Alexandra (H) L 1-2 (Eddy 85) Att. 464
17 Jul – Plymouth Argyle XI (H) D 1-1 (Vickers 90 pen)
29 Jul – Oxford United XI (H) D 1-1 (Cooke 57)
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2014
24 Jul – Plymouth Argyle XI (H) W 5-1 (Hayles 6, Green 34, Duff 50, Vassell 53, Watson 88) Att. 328
2 Aug – Yeovil Town (H) L 1-2 (Vassell 22) Att. 342
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2015
11 Mar – Exeter City XI (H) D 2-2 Att. 64
17 Jul – Yeovil Town (H) L 0-1 Att. 286
25 Jul – Torquay United (H) L 0-1 Att. 497
29 Jul – Plymouth Argyle XI (H) D 1-1 (Wright 12) Att. 431
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2016
19 Jul – Plymouth Argyle (H) L 0-2 Att. 1,002
Team – Tom McHale, Shane White, Arran Pugh, Aaron Bentley, Jamie Richards, Cody Cooke, River Allen, Ben Adelsbury, Ryan Brett, Rory Fallon, Niall Thompson
Subs Used – Jordan Kelly, Fletcher Williams, Charlie Hardcastle, Connor Rush, Les Afful
21 Jul – Exeter City (H) L 1-2 (Crago 45) Att. 273
25 Jul – Torquay United (H) L 2-3 (Thompson x2)
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2017
28 Jul – Torquay United (A) L 0-6 Att. 712
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2018
12 Jul – Exeter City (H) L 0-6 Att. 200
Team – Cory Harvey,
15 Jul – Cardiff City XI (H) L 0-2
Team – Cameron Atkinson, Cameron Kelly, Alex Hartridge, Ed Palmer, Austen Booth, Billy Palfrey, Max Smallcombe, Joe Hunt, Lloyd Gardner, Louis Rooney, Jared Lewington
18 Jul – Swansea City XI (H) D 1-1 (L. Rooney 42)
Team – Cameron Atkinson, Alex Hartridge, Ed Palmer, Jamie Richards, Niall Thompson, Ben Harding, Austen Booth, Jordan Copp, Connor Riley-Lowe, Jared Lewington, Louis Rooney
Subs Used – Billy Palfrey, Chris Todd, Noah Keats, Hayden Turner, Lloyd Gardner, Joe Hunt, Max Smallcombe
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2019
5 Jul – Exeter City (H) D 0-0 Att. 396
Team – Cory Harvey, Niall Thompson, James Ward, Harlain Mbayo, Jamie Richards, Trialist, Noah Keats, Austen Booth, Trialist, Louis Rooney, Brandon Diau
9 Jul – Plymouth Argyle (H) W 1-0 (L. Rooney 49) Att. 1,766
Team – Jordan Wright, James Ward, Harlain Mbayo, Jamie Richards, Moulaye Ndiake, Austen Booth, Rio Garside, Noah Keats, Jamil Roberts, Brandon Diau, James Lorenz
Subs Used – Niall Thompson, Louis Rooney, Max Gilbert, Callum McGhee, Tom Annear, Tallen Mitchell
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2020
28 Aug – Exeter City (A) L 2-3 (Harvey 35, 75)
Team – James Hamon, Shane White, Ed Palmer, Niall Thompson, Jamie Richards, Ryan Dickson, Connor Riley-Lowe, Alex Battle, Tyler Harvey, Dan Rooney, Ryan Brett
Subs Used – Rio Garside, George Tucker, Kieran Rowe, Ben Musselwhite
This match was played behind closed doors
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2021
27 Jul – Torquay United (A) L 0-3
Team – James Hamon, Niall Thompson, Cheick Diabate, Jamie Richards, Shane White, Connor Riley-Lowe, Will Dean, Ryan Brett, Trialist, Dan Rooney, Andrew Neal
Subs Used – Rio Garside, George Tucker, Oscar Marks, Morgan Coxhead (GK)
Even though Torquay United play in the National League, I’ve included this as they were a league club
3 Aug – Exeter City (H) W 1-0 (Harvey 22)
Team – James Hamon, Shane White, Cheick Diabate, Ed Palmer, Ryan Brett, Connor Riley-Lowe, Will Dean, Trialist, Dan Rooney, Andrew Neal, Tyler Harvey
Subs Used – Niall Thompson, Rio Garside
6 Aug – Nottingham Forest XI (H) W 3-2 (OG 25, Thompson 49, Brett 62) Played at St Blazey
Team – James Hamon, Niall Thompson, Connor Riley-Lowe, Ed Palmer, Shane White, Cheick Diabate, Rio Garside, Will Dean, Tyler Harvey, Dan Rooney, Ryan Brett
Subs Used – Ellis Johnson, Morgan Coxhead (GK)
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2022
12 Jul – Exeter City (A) L 0-3
Team – Morgan Coxhead (GK), Kyle Egan, Connor Riley-Lowe, Shane White, Jack Rice, Will Dean, Tyler Harvey, Dan Sullivan, Ollie Knowles, Jacob Grange, Andrew Neal
Subs Used – George Newton, Jamie Edlin, Teddy Horton, K Rowe
This match was played behind closed doors
26 Jul – Plymouth Argyle (H) C-C
This match was cancelled by Plymouth Argyle
30 Jul – Torquay United (H) L 1-3 (Harvey)
Even though Torquay United play in the National League, I’ve included this as they were a league club
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