Managers

Ernie Steele

Ernest Steele, a professional footballer and cricketer who played for Ossett Town FC and Ossett CC in the early 1950's. He had played league football with Oldham Athletic, Rochdale, Torquay United, Notts County, Crystal Palace and Millwall before the war, then in non league football after the war. As a cricketer, he played in Lancashire's 2nd XI before embarking on a long career in club cricket. After leaving Ossett, he went to Barnsley CC, where he played alongside Michael Parkinson and Dickie Bird as well as being groundsman. He moved to Tiverton in the late 1960s where he was manager for the 1970/71 season and later groundsman. He collapsed and died at the age of 86 whilst watching his son Hedley playing for Tivvy in 1997.

MANAGER STATISTICS
	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win %	GF/G	GA/G	PPG
League	26	14	4	8	53	37	53.85	2.04	1.42	1.77
Cup	3	1	0	2	7	8	33.33	2.33	2.67	1.00
Friendly	1	0	0	1	1	4	0.00	1.00	4.00	0.00
Total (competitive matches only)	29	15	4	10	60	45	51.72	2.07	1.55	1.69

There are 30 matches on record

	Date	Ven	Comp	Opponent	Res	Goalscorers
1971/1972
Sat	28/08/1971	A	DELP	Elmore	2-2	Terry Butt 2
Sat	04/09/1971	H	DELP	Dawlish	0-2
Sat	11/09/1971	A	DELP	Ottery Saint Mary	1-4	John Gullidge
Sat	18/09/1971	A	EDSC	Exmouth Town	0-3
Sat	25/09/1971	A	DPC	Budleigh Salterton	4-0	Terry Butt 2 John Gullidge Own Goal
Sat	09/10/1971	A	DPC	Dawlish	3-5	John Gullidge Alan Broomfield Nick Seatherton
Sat	16/10/1971	H	DELP	Starcross	5-2	Terry Butt Nick Seatherton 2 Peter Seatherton John Gullidge
Thu	21/10/1971	H	DELP	Alphington	2-2	Mike Southcott Nick Seatherton
Sat	23/10/1971	A	DELP	Willand Rovers	2-3	John Gullidge Nick Seatherton
Sat	30/10/1971	A	DELP	Alphington	4-0	Terry Butt 2 Nick Seatherton 2
Sat	06/11/1971	A	DELP	Friernhay	2-0	John Gullidge Peter Seatherton
Sat	13/11/1971	A	DELP	Heavitree United	1-0	John Gullidge
Sat	20/11/1971	A	DELP	Devon Valley Mill	4-2	Colin Campion Peter Seatherton 2 John Gullidge
Sat	27/11/1971	H	DELP	Exmouth Town	1-0	Mike Southcott
Sat	04/12/1971	A	DELP	Topsham Town	1-1	Les Hilton
Sat	11/12/1971	A	DELP	Starcross	1-1	John Gullidge
Sat	18/12/1971	H	DELP	Willand Rovers	3-0	Terry Butt 3
Sat	01/01/1972	A	DELP	Budleigh Salterton	3-0	Hedley Steele Terry Butt Colin Campion
Sat	08/01/1972	H	DELP	Devon Valley Mill	4-1	Terry Butt Peter Seatherton John Gullidge Colin Campion
Sat	22/01/1972	A	DELP	Sidmouth Town	2-1	Colin Campion Mike Southcott
Sat	29/01/1972	H	DELP	Ottery Saint Mary	1-2	Terry Butt
Sat	12/02/1972	H	DELP	Elmore	3-1	John Gullidge 2 Terry Butt
Sat	19/02/1972	A	DELP	Dawlish	0-4
Sat	26/02/1972	A	DELP	Exmouth Town	0-3
Sat	11/03/1972	H	DELP	Heavitree United	0-2
Sat	18/03/1972	H	DELP	Budleigh Salterton	3-0	Roger Lanscelles Terry Butt 2
Sat	25/03/1972	H	DELP	Sidmouth Town	5-1	Nick Seatherton 3 Terry Butt Colin Campion
Sat	01/04/1972	H	DELP	Topsham Town	1-0	Nick Seatherton
Sat	29/04/1972	H	DELP	Friernhay	2-3	Roger Lanscelles Terry Butt
Tue	09/05/1972	H	HC	Exeter City	1-4	Hedley Steele

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