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Exeter City’s Football in the Community team are delighted to offer a new Walking Football session at the University of Exeter.

Aimed at the over 55s - male and female - the game is ideal for those who would like a gentle reintroduction to physical activity or who need to improve their baseline fitness.

Of course, people are more than welcome to just come along to have some fun and meet new friends!

The sessions are split into ten-minute games so participants can do as much, or as little, as they feel appropriate. They take place every Wednesday from 6-7pm at the...

Exeter City Football Club have once again celebrated diversity in the local community by holding a football tournament that attracted players from across the globe, yesterday (Sunday 26 July). Torquay based Crispy Pigs beat Not a Kalou from Ipplepen 2-1 in a closely fought final. Ashley Dewdney scored both goals for the winners as they came from behind to edge victory. The tournament, now in its 11th year, encourages participation from local community teams and especially black and minority ethnic players. Today’s event saw players from many different parts of the world including Morocco,...

Exeter Chiefs prop Alec Hepburn insists he's 'itching to start' as the countdown to the new 2015/16 season draws ever nearer.

Having joined the Aviva Premiership club from Australian outfit Perth Spirit in January, the former England Under-20s international is now firing on all cylinders having fully recovered from the knee injury which blighted his start to life at Sandy Park.

Lining up alongside a large nucleus of Rob Baxter's first team squad at their Topsham training base, Hepburn is looking to make the most of the current pre-season to lay the foundations for what he...

A BRAVE Exeter City just missed out on a draw with League 1 Sheffield United in their final pre-season friendly at St James Park before the big kick-off in two week’s time.

The Grecians named a strong-looking line-up for this one, one which looks very like that which may take to the field to begin the 2015/16 League 2 campaign against Yeovil Town.

Blades boss Nigel Adkins, who brought Reading to St James Park for a pre-season fixture one year ago, switched goalkeepers after handing in the teamsheets, with George Long, the former Motherwell loanee, replacing Mark Howard in...