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Holmes strike earns City a battling point away at Mansfield Town

Mansfield Town 1 Exeter City 1

A strike from Lee Holmes three minutes from time earned Exeter City a battling point away at Mansfield Town.

The Grecians had fallen behind to Kane Hemmings first-half strike and needed a couple of goalline clearances from Dean Moxey to stay in the game before Mansfield-born Holmes struck late.

City were forced into one change from the side that lost to Port Vale last time out as Pierce Sweeney was ruled out through food poisoning.

That saw West Bromwich Albion loanee Kane Wilson given his first league start for the club....

Sports fans invited to share memories at new Exeter City FC group

A special social group designed to encourage men over 50 to come together and talk about sports and memorabilia has been launched in Exeter.

The weekly group, held at the Grecian Centre at Exeter City’s stadium, aims to offer a welcoming and friendly environment for older men to mix and mingle with others who share a common bond of sport.

During the two-hour sessions, held every Wednesday morning, participants can talk about their favourite sporting memories, or bring along their collections of programmes, photos or other memorabilia to share with the group.

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E.ON invites Exeter youth football teams to add power to their kicks with competition to win a new team kit

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 10/16/2017 - 12:52pm

Energy company E.ON is offering under 13 football teams in Exeter the chance to get themselves kitted out for free with the launch of its new ‘Power Kicks’ competition. Winning teams will receive 15 full youth kits in sizes and colours of their choosing. This new scheme is part of E.ON’s commitment to supporting the communities where many of its customers live and its employees work. There is no requirement to be an E.ON customer to take part, and entries can be submitted by football clubs or school teams via the E.ON website between 9th and 30th October 2017. Michael Lewis, E.ON’s Chief...

County cash boosts grassroots football

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 09/22/2017 - 3:52pm

Seven of Exeter’s Devon County Councillors have earmarked part of their community budget to help get Devon’s young people more involved in sport.

The City’s county councillors each equally contributed £222.00 towards a £1,554 grant to the ‘Premier League Kicks’ programme, which provides free sports coaching sessions and community activities to young people aged 8-19. The programme is being delivered by the City Community Trust, a leading health and wellbeing charity working in partnership with Exeter City Football Club. The money was contributed from the Locality Budgets of...

Kyle Edwards joins Exeter City on loan from West Brom

Exeter City have signed West Brom forward Kyle Edwards on loan until January.

The 19-year-old is highly-rated at the Hawthorns and was named on the bench for the Baggies League Cup tie at Norwich City in September 2015.

Kyle has featured for Albion’s Premier League 2 side on many occasions producing a string of impressive performances including at Middlesbrough where he curled home a stunning strike.

Speaking about Kyle, West Brom’s professional development phase coach/loans manager, Darren Moore said: “Kyle is an excellent player.

"He is an exciting talent...

City star David Wheeler joins QPR

David joined City on August 2, 2013, having impressed during a pre-season trial at the club, and made his debut in a 2-1 victory over Bristol Rovers on the opening day of that season before scoring his first goal for the club in a 2-2 draw against Bury on November 30, 2013.

David, who has spent four-and-a-bit seasons at Exeter City, quickly became a fans’ favourite at St James Park and had his best season to date last campaign when he netted 21 goals in 46 appearances to help the Grecians reach the League Two play-off final at Wembley – a match in which he scored.

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Swindon Town 1 Exeter City 1: Match report

Exeter City drew 1-1 with Swindon Town at the County Ground in their second match of the Sky Bet League Two season.

A first half goal from Liam McAlinden was cancelled out by Swindon Town substitute Kaiyne Woolery in the second half, meaning the Grecians travelled back to Devon with one point after a hard fought encounter.

Paul Tisdale made three changes to the side that suffered a narrow defeat to Charlton Athletic in the Carabao Cup in midweek with Craig Woodman, Jordan Moore-Taylor and David Wheeler returning to the starting line up in place of Troy Archibald-Henville,...

Exeter City 1 Cambridge United 0

Exeter City began their Sky Bet League Two campaign with a 1-0 win over Cambridge United at St James Park.

An early goal from Reuben Reid proved to be the difference between the two sides despite the Grecians having a host of chances in the first half.

City boss, Paul Tisdale, kept the same side that ran out 6-1 winners over Dorchester Town in the Grecians’ final match of pre-season, and named a strong substitutes bench with new signing Ryan Brunt amongst the likes of Lee Holmes and Ryan Harley.

The Grecians made the perfect start to their season as they took the...

Ollie Watkins moves to Brentford

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 07/18/2017 - 8:12pm

Ollie Watkins says Exeter City will always have ‘a special place in his heart’, having moved away from his boyhood club to join Championship side Brentford.

The Newton Abbot youngster, who has attracted interest from a number of Championship and Premier League clubs during the past 12 months, has been sold for a club record fee although the exact amount is undisclosed at Brentford’s request.

Having scored 16 goals and made 12 assists last season, Ollie admitted he had to move away from St James Park this summer to fulfil his dream of playing football at the highest level he...

Football boosts bone development in boys

Playing football can improve bone development in adolescent boys, new research shows.

In a study comparing adolescent footballers to swimmers, cyclists and a control group of boys not involved in regular sport, scientists at the University of Exeter found football led to significantly better bones after one year of training.

Adolescence is the key period for bone development, and poor development at this stage is linked to reduced peak bone mass (the amount of bone mass at the end of the skeletal maturation, around age 30), increased fracture risk and osteoporosis later in...

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