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From St James Park to the Euros: Tracking Exeter City Academy Players on the International Stage

As Europe’s biggest stars regroup for international duty, national team rosters for Euro 2024 are filled with familiar names - few of which trace their beginnings to the lower tiers of English football.

Exeter City’s academy may not make headlines, but its graduates are making tournament squads. And while attention builds toward summer fixtures and early Champions League predictions on many of the most popular and secure betting platforms, another narrative deserves recognition: players who started at St James Park and are now representing their countries on the international...

Injury blow for Chiefs skipper Mumm

Authored by Mark Stevens
Posted: Mon, 07/14/2014 - 10:59am

Exeter Chiefs skipper Dean Mumm is set to miss the start of the new Aviva Premiership campaign in September after undergoing a shoulder operation.

The 30-year-old former Australian international second row forward suffered the injury last season, and it has not recovered as the Chiefs had hoped.

It is a blow to Exeter’s early-season plans as he is a key figure in the team.

Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter explained: "Dean finished the season with a little bit of a shoulder issue.

“He came back and played the last two games of the campaign against Harlequins and...

Exeter City FC marks World Cup Final

Exeter City Football Club marked the day of the World Cup Final (Sunday 13 July 2014) by holding a special international tournament. The Club once again celebrated diversity in the local community when its 10th annual summer 5 a-side tournament was held at the University of Exeter’s Streatham Sports Complex. The competition encourages participation from local black and minority ethnic teams and attracted players from many different parts of the world.

Sixteen teams battled it out for the One Game One Community trophy with Pegland United from Budleigh Salterton the worthy winners....

Budleigh is starting point for The Brutal

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 07/11/2014 - 3:09pm

East Devon District Council is giving its support to a gruelling triathlon race that starts at Budleigh Salterton on Sunday 10 August. The event was first staged in 2013.

The Jurassicman race – nicknamed The Brutal – is a long distance triathlon that involves competitors in a sea swim at Budleigh, followed by a cycle ride to Swanage in Dorset and ending with a full-length running marathon, which again finishes in Swanage.

The organisers have been given permission to use part of EDDC’s Lime Kiln car park at Budleigh for the early stages of the event, which begins with a 2.4...

Hepher targets big start to season

Authored by Mark Stevens
Posted: Thu, 07/10/2014 - 12:38pm

Ali Hepher has warned Exeter Chiefs players they can ill afford to rest on their laurels as the club continue their preparations for the new 2014/15 season.

After last season's impressive campaign, which included the Devon club lifting their first piece of major silverware when taking the LV= Cup in March, expectations amongst the playing group have been raised another notch during the first few weeks of pre-season.

The emergence of a number of Exeter's highly-rated youngsters, together with more game time for others within the group, mean the Chiefs will have a much battle...

Chiefs a different level says Francis

Newcomer Tomas Francis believes the professionalism on show at Exeter Chiefs is on a "different level" to anything he has experienced before in his playing career.

The 22-year-old is one of seven new signings that head coach Rob Baxter has added to the playing ranks this summer, joining the Devon outfit from Championship side London Scottish.

But already the young prop says the step up in standard at the Aviva Premiership club is clearly evident and that he knows to succeed he will have to put in the hard graft this pre-season.

"From day one the boys have made me...

Paralympics transformed attitudes towards disabled people

Authored by Newshound
Posted: Wed, 07/09/2014 - 10:24am

Nearly 70% of the British public feel attitudes towards disabled people have improved since the London Paralympic Games in 2012, statistics published by the government reveal.

The findings from the DWP survey are from one of the most detailed surveys of its kind and marks the second anniversary of the Paralympic Games in London.

It also comes as we approach the first anniversary of the ‘Disability Confident’ campaign – designed to break down barriers in employing disabled people. Disability Confident was launched by the Prime Minister David Cameron and has showcased the...

Exeter City's Danny Coles stripped of captaincy and placed on transfer list

Exeter City’s Danny Coles has been stripped of his captaincy, fined two weeks’ wages and placed on the transfer list following a disciplinary hearing into offensive Twitter comments.

Coles recently took to Twitter to criticise England’s Phil Jagielka during England's match, describing him as “a car crash waiting to happen”.

Twitter user Will Wenley jokingly replied: “So like you for Exeter”, which resulted in several offensive messages being tweeted from Coles' account.

Coles has since apologised to the 14-year-old fan and deleted his Twitter account.

A...

Exeter City FC marks World Cup Final

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 07/07/2014 - 2:10pm

Exeter City Football Club is marking the day of the World Cup Final (Sunday 13 July 2014) by holding a special international tournament.

The Club will once again celebrate diversity in the local community when its 10th annual summer 5-a-side tournament is held at the University of Exeter’s Streatham Sports Complex.

The competition encourages participation from local black and minority ethnic teams and attracts players from many different parts of the world. Past finalists include sides representing Poland, Slovakia, Africa, Afghanistan, Lithuania and Saudi Arabia. Devon’s...

'Exciting' start for the Chiefs

Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter says he and his team are "excited" by what lies ahead after the 2014/15 Aviva Premiership fixtures were confirmed.

The Devon club will kick-off their league season on Sunday, September 7 in a televised clash against newly-promoted London Welsh at the Kassam Stadium.

It will mark a second league visit to the Oxford venue for the Chiefs, who two seasons ago went down 25-24 against the Exiles.

Baxter, though, knows what is needed and with his new-look side already deep into their pre-season planning, the countdown to the new season...

"Refreshed" Chiefs are hard at work

Authored by Mark Stevens
Posted: Wed, 07/02/2014 - 11:18am

Mark Twiggs believes a "refreshed" outlook has given the Exeter Chiefs a real spring in their step as they get stuck into the rigours of pre-season.

With Sandy Park currently closed to all and sundry due to the multi-million pound redevelopment works that are being carried out ahead of the 2014/15 season, the Chiefs squad have been forced to relocate to the University of Exeter for the majority of their build-up to the new campaign.

The enforced switch, however, has been hailed a huge success by Twiggs, who heads up the Aviva Premiership club's Strength & Conditioning...

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