Two late goals from Chelsea’s Ike Ugbo was not enough to deny Exeter City their first home win of the Checkatrade trophy, writes Jonty Colman.
Goals from Ollie Watkins, David Wheeler and Liam McAlinden gave the Grecians their first win of the cup campaign.
The hosts’ played the Blues’ youngsters off the park for the majority of the game where first team experience really proved to be a huge difference between the sides.
Exeter manager Paul Tisdale made five changes to his starting line which proved to be a good decision as the hosts took the lead inside the first...
Exeter City’s director of football Steve Perryman says he is expecting a competitive game with Luton Town when the Hatters visit St James Park for an FA Cup first round tie in November.
City, who took Liverpool to an FA Cup replay last season, were drawn against Nathan Jones’ team in the first round draw on Monday night.
Luton won on their last visit to St James Park but it was a pulsating encounter as City battled back from two goals down to draw level before Paul Benson won the game with a contentious goal deep into injury time.
A total of 26 players have now signed up for the Eamonn Dolan Memorial Match with Richard Logan, Glenn Cronin, Alan Gow and John Hodge all set for a return to St James Park. The game, which is being held on Sunday, October 23, with a 1pm kick-off, will see two Exeter City XIs made up of players Eamo played with, managed or brought through battle it out at St James Park with all the money raised going to two chosen causes – Action Bladder Cancer UK and Exeter City Academy. Glenn Cronin was an integral part of Eamo’s side when he was manager at Exeter City. The Dublin-born midfielder, now 35...
Exeter City picked up a deserved point in their match with Grimsby Town as a focused and determined defensive performance saw the match end goalless.
In truth, the Grecians were unfortunate not to come away from the match with all three points as they dominated proceedings but were just unable to find the back of the net despite some very good chances. City had two efforts cleared off the line and hit the crossbar with an effort from Reuben Reid.
However, the clean sheet will give the defence, which is still missing two first-choice centre-halves, loads of confidence as...
The installation of a 3G pitch at Exeter City’s Cliff Hill Training Ground is well under way thanks to work from NPS, Sportfields and Desso Sports.
The start-of-the-art pitch will be built to the same size as the playing field at St James Park using a contemporary cork infill surface and is set to be completed by the 17th of December.
It will benefit the club greatly as it will enable the first team to train effectively during the winter months and also be a facility that Exeter City’s Academy, Football in the Community charity and the Ladies team will be able to use all...
Five big name footballers from Exeter City’s recent history have been added to the line-up for the Eamonn Dolan Memorial Match on Sunday, October 23. The match will see two Exeter City XIs made up of players Eamo played with, managed or brought through, battle it out at St James Park. All money raised will go to the two chosen causes, Action Bladder Cancer UK and Exeter City Academy. The game has been attracting lots of interest from former Grecians and there will be plenty of striking talent on offer as Sean Devine and Steve Flack have both agreed to take part. They will join defenders...
Two goals from Jon Stead sent Exeter City to a 2-0 defeat at home to Notts County.
City made one change to the side that started the win over Stevenage on Tuesday night, with Jordan Moore-Taylor serving a one-match ban for the red card he picked up in that game.
Lee Holmes, who scored as a second-half substitute in that game, was promoted to the starting line-up. Notts County named former Grecian Richard Duffy in their starting XI.
It was County’s top scorer Stead who put the visitors in front after three minutes. Alex Rodman took advantage of a slip from Luke Croll...
Exeter City won their third away game of the season at Stevenage with a battling 10-man performance.
The Grecians were dealt a blow midway through the first half when captain Jordan Moore-Taylor was shown a straight red card, but they put in an energetic and resolute performance to win 2-0 thanks to second-half strikes from Lee Holmes and Ollie Watkins.
City were forced to make two changes to the starting line-up from the game against Plymouth as Joel Grant and Ryan Harley both dropped out through injury. They were replaced by Craig Woodman and Reuben Reid.
Research has found that Exeter City football club is languishing at the bottom of the table for hometown fan loyalty, coming in at 80th out of the 92 teams.
Using Google keyword data, Plusnet looked into where in the UK holds the most loyal home town fans by tracking how many supporters searched for their team from the local County.
The data revealed that Exeter City falls down when it comes to home-town searches with only 2.7% of the searches for all clubs in the league being for the local club. In contrast, local rivals Plymouth Argyle fared a lot better coming 19th with...
Exeter City manager Paul Tisdale highlighted the positive aspects of his side's play, despite losing 2-0 to Plymouth Argyle.
The Devon derby at St James Park saw City go down to first half goals from Graham Carey and Paul-Arnold Garita, in match where the Grecians hit the post through Lee Holmes and Robbie Simpson saw a first half header fly just over the crossbar.
Despite City's best efforts through the likes of Holmes, who returned from injury, as well as the impressive Jack Stacey at right back, they weren't able to break a resolute Pilgrims defence.
