We’ve Played on Valentines Day Before

Valentines Day for Exeter fans means a trip to Fratton Park for a League 2 fixture. Where the fancy of many will turn to thoughts of love on Saturday, the thoughts of football fans will be towards their first love, football! For Exeter fans that will mean the 260 mile round trip to Fratton Park.

While not in the same category as the 1929 murder of seven gangsters in Chicago, Exeter City haven’t had a great record on Valentines Day. We’ve played the 13 times on the 14th February, but have managed to lose 8 of those games, conceding a huge 29 goals and leaking 4 goals 3 times and 5 once. The full record for the Grecians is Played 13, drawn 2, lost 8, scoring 11 and conceding 29.

The most recent game was last season when we lost 2-1 away to Notts County.

The full record for games on 14th February are as follows:-

14 Feb 1914	Norwich City	away	L1-3
14 Feb 1920	Cardiff City	home	D1-1
14 Feb 1924	Norwich City	away	L0-4
14 Feb 1925	Southend United	away	L0-3
14 Feb 1948	Notts County	home	L0-1
14 Feb 1953	Bristol Rovers	home	D0-0
14 Feb 1959	Gillingham	away	W2-0
14 Feb 1970	Wrexham	home	W1-0
14 Feb 1982	Millwall	away	L1-5
14 Feb 1984	Burnley	away	L0-4
14 Feb 1998	Scarborough	away	L1-4
14 Feb 2009	Aldershot Town	home	W3-2
14 Feb 2012	Notts County	away	L1-2

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