Agony for City as point is snatched at the death

After two strong away results in the last seven days, Exeter City saw a point snatched away at the death as Burton Albion left it late to grab the winner at St James Park.

The Brewers had an abundance of corners throughout the match, but left it until the last of their 14 corners to finally penetrate the City defence, as Phil Edwards powered home an 89th-minute header.

Today’s fixture marked the One Game One Community promotion of female participation in football, and there were several local Women and Girls football teams at SJP watching the match, including Moors Youth Under-12s, Newton Fire, Feniton Ladies and Exeter and Tedburn Rangers. Meanwhile, the club were also supporting the Football Association’s 150th birthday celebrations, so there was a lot going on at the Park even before the Grecians kicked off against Gary Rowett’s Brewers.

Burton arrived in Devon right on the edge of the play-off positions, knowing they could rise as high as second with victory. Exeter City, on the other hand, fresh off two good away results at Scunthorpe and Oxford, were able to top the pile with a victory and by bettering the results of Rochdale and Chesterfield, who were on their travels at Dagenham & Redbridge and Bristol Rovers respectively.

The final score was Exeter City 0, Burton 1.