Having spent the majority of the last four years in Scotland at Motherwell and Hearts – with a spell at Forest Green Rovers in between – Frear made a family decision this summer to be closer to his Exeter home.
A second-half Tim Buzaglo hat-trick at the Hawthorns in the third round of the competition in 1991 gave the Isthmian League Cards a memorable 4-2 victory.
The former Concord Rangers and Stevenage striker has re-signed for the National League South outfit after a spell at Cressing Road last season before the campaign was cancelled.
The 35-year-old enjoyed a long and illustrious career in the Non-League game, taking in a host of clubs in and around Kent and the south-east before finishing his career at Hartsdown Park.