Teams : 
Exeter City -   Jones, Tully (Burnell 46), Goldborne (Duffy 46), Russell (Edwards 46), Seaborne, Taylor (Archibald-Henville 49), Harley (Dunne 65), Panther (Bennett 65), Stansfield (Logan 46 [Corr 83]), McAllister (Stewart 46 [Frear 83]), Sercombe (Allen) 65.
Subs not used :  Marriott, Norwood
Spurs -  First half : - Cudicini, Hutton, Corluka, Dervite, Chimbonda, Bentley, Huddlestone, O'Hara, Rose, Defoe, Keane (c)
Second half : - Button, Gunter, Dawson, Livermore, Assou-Ekotto, Lennon, Boateng, Palacios, Modric, Pavlyuchenko, Bent
Subs not used :  King, Woodgate, Bale, Jenas
Attendance : -   8,636

Teams : 
Spurs -  Daines, Hughton, Miller, Roberts, Mazzon, Perryman (c), Ardiles, Galvin, Hoddle, Archibald, Crooks
Subs not used : 
Exeter City -  .
Subs not used :   .
Attendance : -   40,629
 

With future manager David Pleat in the Grecians side, Spurs were expected to take this tie easily against the side from the Fourth Division, but there was continued resistance from the underdogs in Tottenham's first game in the competition.

In fact, Exeter took the lead early on through John Mitten, but Jimmy Greaves equaliser came shortly after, although the visitors soon took the lead again, when Alan Banks seized on Pat Jennings' parry from Pleat's shot to make the score 2-1.  By half-time, Tottenham were ahead thanks to goals from another future manager, Terry Venables and another from Greaves.  Jimmy's goal was sublime.  Receiving the ball from Alan Gilzean, he swerved past player-manager centre half John Newman.  With an electric turn of pace, he sped through the Exeter defence and passed the ball unerringly into the corner of the net.

Into the second half, Spurs stepped up a gear with Jimmy Pearce scoring his first and second goals in a Spurs shirt, while Exeter still refused to lay down and made it 5-3 through another Banks goal.  However, good work by Cliff Jones and Alan Mullery provided Jimmy Greaves with the chance to score another hat-trick, which he took gratefully, leaving Spurs 6-3 winners.

Teams : 
Spurs  : -  Jennings, Kinnear, Knowles, Mullery, England, Beal, Cliff Jones, Pearce, Greaves, Venables, Gilzean
Subs not used :  -  Robertson.
Exeter City : -  , , , John Newman, , , , , Alan Banks, David Pleat,
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -  25,798