For the second time this week, the Acorns grace the 4ED Hartpury Stadium looking to get back on the winning track against high flying Exmouth Town on Saturday.
It’s an early season fight for a playoff spot as the Acorns could leapfrog Exmouth into the top five with a victory and results elsewhere go our way.
Ahead of Saturday’s clash, here is everything you need to know about our opposition.
THE OPPOSITION – EXMOUTH TOWN
STADIUM – Complete Infrastructure Stadium
NICKNAME – The Town
FOUNDED – 1933
MANAGER – Kevin Hill
LAST FIVE – D-W-W-W-L
LEAGUE POSITION – 5th
THE PICTURE
In a tightly contested Southern League Div One South so early on in the season, the Acorns and Town are separated by just three points and three positions.
The Acorns sit in eighth currently eyeing up a return to the top five, whilst Town occupy fifth place and the final playoff position, eyeing up the chance to go closer to the top with all three points.
Both sides have shipped the same amount of goals (15) in the opening 10 games, but the Acorns currently sit as the division’s top scorers with 26 goals in 10 games whilst Exmouth have managed 18.
WHAT’S HAPPENED SO FAR?
The Town have been in impressive form this campaign but head into Saturday’s clash off the back of a heavy 5-0 defeat away to Falmouth Town on Tuesday night.
A second half rout saw Town head back to Devon with their first defeat since September 3rd, having been on a run of seven games unbeaten prior.
In their first 15 games of the campaign, Exmouth have only failed to score on three occassions but have only managed four clean sheets all season.
PLAYER TO WATCH – BENJAMIN GRIFFIN
Benjamin Griffin has steered home two goals in his last three games for the Town netting against both Westbury United and Tavistock AFC.
This season Griffin has found the net on three occassions, with his first goal of the season coming against Bristol Manor Farm in August.
RECENT FORM
14.10.25 – Falmouth Town 5-0 Exmouth Town (Southern League Div One South)
11.10.25 – Exmouth Town 1-0 Westbury United (Southern League Div One South)
04.10.25 – Tavistock AFC 1-2 Exmouth Town (Southern League Div One South)
27.09.25 – Exmouth Town 2-1 Shaftesbury (Southern League Div One South)
24.09.25 – Willand Rovers 2-2(p) Exmouth Town (Devon St Lukes Challenge Cup)
