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Exeter Chiefs return to Aviva Premiership action this weekend with head coach Rob Baxter calling on his side to "show their ambition" at the Madejski Stadium.

After a solid enough opening in the top flight, the Devon club travel to London Irish on Sunday (3pm) looking not only to maintain their pace with the division's frontrunners, but at the same time collect their first away in the Premiership this term.

So far Baxter's side have been impervious on home soil, seeing off the likes of Sale Sharks, Saracens, Harlequins and Worcester Warriors with some notable displays....

Exeter City FC’s Community Charitable Trust is making an urgent appeal for five-a-side teams to come forward enter the inaugural men’s Futsal Masters Competition in Exeter next month.

The competition, which is being held at 6pm on Sunday 9th December at St Peter’s C of E School in Quarry Lane, Heavitree, is being set up to raise awareness of the benefits of playing Futsal as opposed to traditional five-a-side football.

Futsal is a fast, exciting form of indoor football with five players per side and is all about quick, controlled passing and close-range shots. Futsal is one...

For ten years Exeter City FC has been proving that a football club owned by its supporters can be successful. This has not been easy, particularly as many of City’s rivals have considerable money available to them which is ploughed in by an owner who all too often can bankrupt the club when they get tired of their plaything; and who very often does not have the interests of ordinary supporters at heart.

Despite often being at a financial disadvantage to their rivals, Exeter City FC has enjoyed some fantastic moments whilst under the ownership of its fans. The famous draw against...

Grecians boss Paul Tisdale was understandably delighted with an away win at npower League Two leaders Gillingham.

In a see-saw fixture, City had to battle back from conceding an early goal to eventually triumph against a Martin Allen side that has been lauded for its resilience this year. And the Exeter manager was pleased with all aspects of the performance, including his players’ liveliness with the ball and their resistance without it.

Tis said: “To go a goal down in the first five minutes and come back as we did – we were really tough, creative and ballsy. A fantastic...