CHRIS Turner stuck with the same starting XI for the third game in a row, as Hartlepool United searched for the victory that would all but secure League One safety this season.

The only change was on the bench, where Denis Behan made a return from an ankle ligament injury.

The club's player of the year awards were handed out before the game, with Neil Austin winning two awards – player of the year, and players' player.

HARTLEPOOL UNITED: Flinders; Austin, Collins, Liddle, Hartley; McSweeney, Humphreys, Gamble, Monkhouse; O'Donovan, Brown. Subs: Cook (gk), Clark, Jones, Behan, Boyd, Sweeney, Haslam.

EXETER CITY: Jones; Tully, Duffy, Taylor, Harley, Edwards, Logan, Dunne, Sercombe, Friend, Taylor. Subs: Marriott, Goldbourne, Corr, Cozic, Stewart, Burnell, Fleetwood.

Referee: Graham Salisbury (Preston)

Award winners

HUFCSA away player of the year: Sam Collins

Player of the year: Neil Austin

Players' player of the year: Neil Austin