Football League Era (1920-2003)

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In 1931, City reached the sixth round of the FA Cup, losing a replay 4-2 to Sunderland in front of their largest ever home gate. Fifty years later, City reached the sixth round again, but lost 2-0 to eventual winners Tottenham Hotspur. Earlier they had beaten Newcastle United 4-0, perhaps City's greatest ever result. This article is about the English FA Cup. ... Current season Sunderland Association Football Club is a professional association football team based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, in North-East England. ... Current season Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is an English professional football club which currently plays in the Premier League. ...

City's only major trophy was the Fourth Division Championship which they won in 1990. In that incredible season, City won 20 league games at St James Park, and remained undefeated in 31 home matches, including dramatic draws against Norwich (FA Cup) and Sunderland (League Cup 4th round) both of which featured heart-breaking late equalisers for the visitors.

The early 1980s were regarded as City's most successful spell in the Third Division, including a finish of 8th in 1979-80 and an FA Cup run the following season. Star players included Tony Kellow, John Delve and David Pullar. Tony Kellow was a professional footballer, most notably with Exeter City Football Club. ...

Following that promotion, City rarely shone at the higher level. The departure of manager Terry Cooper and key players such as Shaun Taylor, Richard Dryden, Clive Whitehead, Brian McDermott and Steve Neville left new boss Alan Ball to pick up the pieces. There were some happy times under the former World Cup winner - including taking six points off local rivals Plymouth in the clubs' first derbies for a decade - but Ball left for Southampton and the returning Cooper spent money the club couldn't afford trying, and failing, to avoid relegation.

Back in the bottom division, City struggled for several seasons, with chairman Ivor Doble taking the club into Administration and starting a chain of events which resulted in the sale of the club's ground for what was considered a very low sum.

In 2003, City finished 23rd in Division Three and were relegated to the Nationwide Conference as a result - the first club to suffer automatic relegation without finishing bottom of the league. Exeter won their last game but were still relegated as Swansea's victory over Hull left the Grecians one point short of safety.

Recent History

Following relegation to the Conference, the club was taken over by the Exeter City Supporters Trust. In May 2007 two of the Directors who had been in charge during season 2002-2003 were convicted of fraudulent trading at the club, John Russell receiving a prison sentence and Mike Lewis a community service sentence.

Several million pounds in debt and with no big investor in sight, the Trust kept the club going through fund-raising activities amongst rank and file supporters. Complex legal arguments with both the Inland Revenue and the football authorities meant that City's first season of non league football was plagued by off the field uncertainty.

In 2004, a Creditors Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) was put in place to reduce the club's debts. Hundreds of fans pledged at least £500 each to fund the CVA repayments, but the FA Cup proved to be the income boost the Grecians had needed. City beat Braintree Town, Grimsby Town of League Two and Doncaster Rovers of League One to reach the third round, and were rewarded with an away tie against Manchester United. City drew 0-0 at Old Trafford in January 2005, gaining £653,511 as City's share of receipts from the near 70,000 attendance. Further income from a televised replay - won 2-0 by United - coupled with ongoing fund-raising and unpaid work from the club's supporters helped the club to repay its debts, and the CVA was cleared in December 2005. The 2004-2005 season was the 125th season of competitive football in England. ... Braintree Town F.C. is a football club based in Braintree, Essex, England. ... Grimsby Town F.C. are an English football club in Football League Two, who in 2004 finished towards the bottom of the league. ... Football League Two (often referred to as League Two for short or Coca-Cola Football League 2 for sponsorship reasons) is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system. ... Doncaster Rovers club badge Doncaster Rovers Football Club is an English professional football club, based at Belle Vue in the town of Doncaster, South Yorkshire. ... Football League One (often referred to as League One for short or Coca-Cola Football League 1 for sponsorship reasons) is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system. ... Manchester Uniteds emblem Manchester United F.C. (often abbreviated to Man United or just Man U, pronounced man-yoo) is an English football club based at Old Trafford in Greater Manchester. ... Old Trafford (given the nickname The Theatre of Dreams by Sir Bobby Charlton) is an all-seater football stadium in the Greater Manchester borough of Trafford, and is the home of Manchester United F.C.. The ground has been Uniteds permanent home since 1910, bar an eight year absence...

The club's youth development work had some success, with Exeter City reaching the FA Youth Cup 3rd Round in 2006, when they lost at home to Newcastle United. City's first team finished that 06/07 season in fifth place, thereby qualifying for the end of season Conference play-offs, in which they lost the first leg at home to Oxford United, 0-1. A 2-1 win in the second leg at Oxford United took the tie to penalties in the semi-final, from which Exeter emerged victorious. They went on to meet Morecambe FC at Wembley in the final on May 20 for a chance to be promoted, but lost 2-1 despite taking an early lead. Morecambe F.C. is an English football club based in Morecambe, Lancashire. ... For the old stadium, see Wembley Stadium (1923). ... The 2006-07 Conference National Playoff Final took place on 20 May 2007 and was contested between Morecambe and Exeter City. ... is the 140th day of the year (141st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

The 2007/08 season saw Exeter again reach the play-off final, after finishing fourth in the league and overcoming local rivals Torquay United in the semi-final, scoring four goals in the last twenty minutes of the second leg. Exeter faced Cambridge United in the final at Wembley Stadium in front of a record crowd of 42,511 ^[2] and won 1-0 through a Rob Edwards goal, thus earning promotion to League Two.

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The Grecians

The club's nickname has a disputed history, with many theories being proposed for its origin. No one is sure of the definitive answer to why Exeter City became known as the Grecians but one source suggests that the club voted for the name in 1908^[3] because of its association with St Sidwells parish: St Sidwells is an area east of Exeter city centre in the ward of Newtown. ... A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. ...

The Parish Of St Sidwells Theory:

Exeter City football club formed from the predecessor club St Sidwells United in 1904. People living in the parish of St Sidwells in Exeter have been know as "Greeks" or "Grecians" for many centuries, as noted in Southey's Common-Place Book in 1669.^[4] This is possibly due to the parish's location outside the city walls. In Homer's epic poem Iliad the Greek forces laid siege to the walls of Troy. The association possibly arrose because of rivalries between city boys and St Sidwellians during the annual beating the bounds.^[5] 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the Greek poet Homer and the works attributed to him. ... title page of the Rihel edition of ca. ... For other uses of Troy or Ilion, see Troy (disambiguation) and Ilion (disambiguation). ...

It has also been suggested that there was a group of children in St Sidwells who were referred to as the 'Greasy Un's' and another possible, but unlikely source for the name was from clock that hung outside a jeweller's shop in Sidwell Street, close to the ground, which had the word 'Grecians' engraved or painted on the face.

The Caerwysg Theory:

A further possible source for the name is that it is a corruption of Caerwysg, the Welsh word for Exeter (similar to the Cornish word Karesk). Citizens would have been called Caer Iscuns which became Grecians.

Centenary celebrations

In May 2004 in commemoration of the club's centenary a friendly fixture was arranged against a Brazilian masters team at St James Park. Which, bearing in mind the 1914 fixture in Brazil, meant things had come full circle. The Brazilian team contained such notable players as Careca and Dunga. Brazil won 1-0. Antonio de Oliveira Filho Careca, (born October 5, 1960), is a legendary Brazillian association football (soccer) player. ... Dunga (born Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri on October 31, 1963 in Ijuí, Rio Grande do Sul) is a Brazilian former football defensive midfielder, of Italian and German descent, and a World Champion for Brazil in the 1994 World Cup. ...

Famous players, managers and fans

Famous players who have played for Exeter City include Cliff Bastin, who went on to play for Arsenal F.C. and England and goalkeeper Dick Pym, who went on to play for Bolton Wanderers F.C. and England. Other club legends included prolific 1930s striker Fred Whitlow, Arnold Mitchell, who played 495 games for City, Tony Kellow, City's record goalscorer, Ian Main, the gifted goalkeeper from the club's most successful years who died very young, Fred Binney and Darran Rowbotham in the 1980s and early 90s. Former England winger Lee Sharpe played four games for Exeter at the beginning of their 2002-03 Division Three campaign, scoring two goals. Cliff Bastin (March 14, 1912 — December 4, 1991) was an English football player. ... Arsenal Football Club (also known as Arsenal, The Arsenal or The Gunners) are an English professional football club based in Holloway, north London. ... First International Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Largest win Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Northern Ireland; 18 February 1882) Worst defeat Hungary 7 - 1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954) World Cup Appearances 11 (First in 1950) Best result Winners, 1966 European Championship Appearances 7 (First... Richard Henry Pym (known as Dick Pym, born Topsham, Devon, England, 2nd February 1893, died 29th September 1988) was an football player best known for being the Bolton Wanderers goalkeeper at the first ever FA Cup final to be played at Wembley Stadium in 1923. ... Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional football club based in Horwich, in the Borough of Bolton, England. ... Tony Kellow was a professional footballer, most notably with Exeter City Football Club. ... Lee Stuart Sharpe, (born May 27, 1971 in Halesowen, West Midlands), is an English football player currently playing for Garforth Town. ...

After managing the club to a famous F.A. Cup Third Round draw at Old Trafford with Manchester United in 2005, Alex Inglethorpe left the club in June 2006 and Paul Tisdale was appointed. Past managers include the former England internationals Gerry Francis, Terry Cooper and the late Alan Ball. A moving tribute to Alan Ball was held at St James Park before City's Conference game against Southport, when Ball's name was again sung in Devon four days after his death. Old Trafford (given the nickname The Theatre of Dreams by Sir Bobby Charlton) is an all-seater football stadium in the Greater Manchester borough of Trafford, and is the home of Manchester United F.C.. The ground has been Uniteds permanent home since 1910, bar an eight year absence... Manchester Uniteds emblem Manchester United F.C. (often abbreviated to Man United or just Man U, pronounced man-yoo) is an English football club based at Old Trafford in Greater Manchester. ... Alex Inglethorpe Alex Inglethorpe (born 14 November 1971 in Epsom) is an ex-footballer with Watford, Leyton Orient, Excreta and Barnet, who is currently on the coaching staff of Tottenham Hotspur, involved with the youth setup. ... Paul Tisdale (born January 14th 1973 in Malta) is an ex-professional footballer, and the current manager of Exeter City F.C. A former England youth international, Tisdale came through the youth system at Southampton, where he remained until he was 24, but only managed 18 first team appearances. ... Gerry Francis (born 1951), is a former English footballer and manager. ... Terry Cooper (born North Yorkshire, England, July 12, 1944) was a classy and highly-rated full back in the great Leeds United team of the 1960s and 1970s. ... Alan James Ball, MBE (born May 12th 1945 in Farnworth, Lancashire) is an English former professional footballer and football club manager. ...

In a survey published by the Professional Footballers' Association in December 2007, Alan Banks was listed as the all-time favourite player amongst Exeter City fans. The Professional Footballers Association is the association for professional footballers in the United Kingdom. ...

Honours

• FA Cup
  • Quarter-finalists - 1930-31, 1980-81

• Football League Third Division South
  • Runners-up - 1932-33

• Football League Third Division South Cup
  • Winners - 1934

• Football League Fourth Division
  • Champions - 1989-90
  • Runners-up - 1976-77
  • 4th Place, Promoted - 1963/64

• Conference National
  • Play-off Winners - 2007-08
  • Play-off Finalists - 2006-07

• FA Trophy
  • Semi-finalists - 2005-06

• FA Devon St. Lukes Challenge Bowl (Incomplete)
  • Champions - 1953-54, 1954-55 (Shared), 1958-59, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1973-74, 1996-97, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2003-04, 2004-05
  • Runners-up - 1936-37, 1945-46, 1957-58, 1969-70, 1971-72, 1997-98, 2006-07

Managers

Tenure Manager Notes 1908 - 1922 Arthur Chadwick 1923 - 1927 Fred Mavin 1928 - 1929 Dave Wilson 1929 - 1935 Billy McDevitt 1935 - 1939 Jack English 1945 - 1952 George Roughton 1952 - 1953 Norman Kirkman 1953 - 1957 Norman Dodgin 1957 - 1958 Bill Thompson 1958 - 1960 Frank Broome 1960 - 1962 Glen Wilson

Tenure Manager Notes 1962 - 1963 Cyril Spiers 1963 - 1965 Jack Edwards 1965 - 1966 Ellis Stuttard 1966 - 1967 Jack Basford 1967 - 1969 Frank Broome Second tenure 1969 - 1976 Johnny Newman 1977 - 1979 Bobby Saxton 1979 - 1983 Brian Godfrey 1983 - 1984 Gerry Francis 1984 - 1985 Jim Iley 1985 - 1987 Colin Appleton

Tenure Manager Notes 1988 - 1991 Terry Cooper 1991 - 1994 Alan Ball 1994 - 1995 Terry Cooper Second tenure 1995 - 2000 Peter Fox 2000 - 2001 Noel Blake 2001 - 2002 John Cornforth 2002 - 2003 Neil McNab 2003 - 2003 Gary Peters 2003 - 2004 Eamonn Dolan 2004 - 2006 Alex Inglethorpe 2006 - Present Paul Tisdale

Last 10 years season-by-season record

• Complete season-by-season record since 1908.

Season	League	Pos	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Notes	FA Cup	League Cup	FA Trophy	Top goalscorer	Goals
1997-98	Division Three	15th
1998-99	Division Three	12th
1999-00	Division Three	21st
2000-01	Division Three	19th
2001-02	Division Three	16th	55	46	14	13	19	48	73	-25		2nd Round	1st Round
2002-03	Division Three	23rd	48	46	11	15	20	50	64	-14	Relegation	3rd Round	1st Round		Steve Flack	13
2003-04	Conference National	6th	69	42	19	12	11	71	57	+14		4th Qualifying Round		Quarter Final	Sean Devine	20
2004-05	Conference National	6th	71	42	20	11	11	71	50	+21		3rd Round		Quarter Final	Steve Flack	13
2005-06	Conference National	7th	63	42	18	9	15	65	48	+17		4th Qualifying Round		Semi Final	Lee Phillips	14
2006-07	Conference National	5th	78	46	22	12	12	67	48	+19	Play-offs	1st Round		2nd Round	Billy Jones	10
2007-08	Conference National	4th	83	46	22	17	7	83	58	+25	Promotion via play-offs	2nd Round		2nd Round	Richard Logan	18
2008-09	League Two

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Players

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Current squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Andy Marriott 2 DF Steve Tully 3 DF George Friend 4 MF Matthew Gill 5 DF Danny Seaborne 9 FW Adam Stansfield 12 FW Steve Basham 14 MF Bertie Cozic 15 DF Rob Edwards 16 DF Matt Taylor 17 MF Paul Tisdale (Manager) 18 MF Neil Saunders

No. Position Player 20 FW Richard Logan 21 MF Dean Moxey 22 MF Liam Sercombe 23 MF Neil Martin 24 MF Matt Bye 25 MF Chris Shephard 27 GK Paul Jones 28 MF Ryan Harley 32 FW Ben Watson –– FW Craig McAllister –– DF Jack Obersteller –– MF Emmanuel Panther

Rivalry

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Exeter City's last competitive game against Plymouth Argyle was held in 2002 at Home Park in a Division 3 fixture that Exeter City lost 3-0. Due to the difference in leagues between the two clubs (Argyle are currently two divisions above Exeter) it is unlikely that the two clubs will meet in the near future other than in the FA Cup, should Exeter make it to the Third Round which they have done on several occasions within the last decade.

Exeter City's last competitive games against Torquay United were in Conference National ties held on Wednesday 26th December 2007 at St James Park in front of nearly 8,000 fans (the match was a classic derby match with goals, drama, bookings (including the Seaborne-Sills incident) and action from start to finish. Exeter eventually won the match 4-3) and the return leg on January 1st 2008 which Torquay United won 1-0 at Plainmoor in front of just over 6,000 fans.

In the first leg of the Conference play-off semi-finals, held on Thursday 1st May 2008, Exeter lost to Torquay 2-1 at St James Park in front of over 8,200 fans. However, on Monday 5th May 2008 in the return leg at Plainmoor, Exeter beat Torquay 4-1 to clinch a 5-3 aggregate win for a place in the Conference National final for the second year in succession.

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Notes and references

See also

• List of Fan Owned Teams

External links

• Official Website
• Supporters Trust
• Exeter City F.C. on BBC Sport: Club News - Recent results - Upcoming fixtures - Club stats

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For the park in London, see St Jamess Park; for the football stadium in Newcastle upon Tyne, see St James Park. ... The Grecians is the nickname of the English Football Club Exeter City F.C.. The name has a disputed history, with many theories being proposed for its origin. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Cullompton Rangers LFC. (Discuss) Exeter City Centre of Excellence L.F.C. is the ladies football team of Exeter City FC. They currently play in the Westward Developments Devon Womens League Second Division. ... Football League Two (often referred to as League Two for short or Coca-Cola Football League 2 for sponsorship reasons) is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system. ... The Football League 2008-09 (entitled, Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons), will be the seventeenth season under its current league division format. ... 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