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...
Exeter City will proudly wear the current home and away shirts for the 2017/18 season, with a new third kit to be added.
This season’s third kit will be heavily influenced by City’s partnership with main club sponsor Flybe, which is one of the longest running sponsorships in football.
The new kit will replace the Fluminese-inspired third kit which had been used for the last two seasons, most recently in City’s 4-1 win away at Newport County on New Year’s Eve.
The traditional red and white striped home shirt, with black and white collar and trim will remain City’s...
THERE were wins for two Exeter community football teams, Marcel's Allstars and Alphington Ladies Football Club, who won, respectively, the male and female 5-a-side community diversity football tournament, when 10 male and 10 female teams competed for trophies.
The tournament, held at the University of Exeter’s Streatham Sports Complex on Sunday, July 2, was organised by Exeter City Supporters Trust’s One Game One Community Group, supported by Exeter City’s Football in the Community.
Marcel's Allstars beat the team Beanskins United, 1-0 in the final of the men's tournament...
Exeter City are currently in negotiations with Chelsea over a fee for Ethan Ampadu after the 16-year-old put pen to paper on a deal at Stamford Bridge.
Ethan, who made 13 appearances for City’s first team last season, was free to talk to other clubs having yet to sign scholarship forms at St James Park.
As a result, there is no transfer fee. However, being a product of the Exeter City Academy, and under the age of 24, the Grecians are entitled to compensation and it is hoped that a fee for that can be agreed between Chelsea and Exeter City without the need to go to a...
A group of Exeter students aged 17-19 from the Exeter City Football In The Community BTEC Sport programme travelled a total of 286 miles to participate in the ever growing, EFL Futsal National finals.
Expectations were high as Exeter teams had previously performed well with the Express & Echo awarding their prestigious “Team of the Year “accolade for winning the competition last year.
The Grecian youngsters were one of 40 teams involved in this year’s competition and were placed in the South West qualifier group with seven other teams from the region including Plymouth...
EXETER City supporters will have the opportunity to own a historic piece of their beloved club when work starts this summer on a new grandstand at St James Park.
Around £3.5million worth of improvements are scheduled at the ground over the coming year. At the centre of this work will be the demolition of the Old Grandstand, which is sponsored by Stagecoach, and is the oldest structure at the ground, dating back to 1926.
The football club is working with Exeter City Council, which owns the stand, to give fans the opportunity to buy seats before it is demolished.
The England football team have been put through their paces during a top-secret trip to the Royal Marines’ Commando Training Centre in Lympstone ahead of their game against Scotland this Saturday.
England manager Garteth Southgate gathered his players and support staff in one of the national football centre’s dressing rooms, where a member of the Royal Marines informed them that they would immediately relocate to Devon for the next 48 hours.
The following days would see them experience an array of activities that Royal Marines recruits undertake, including a night camping...
On Good Friday (14 April) Plymouth Argyle played an away fixture at Portsmouth, whilst Exeter City played at home to Barnet.
During the evening, opposing risk fans from Exeter City and Plymouth Argyle were involved in an incident in Exeter.
The incident involved serious disorder, believed to be football-related between opposing Exeter City FC and Plymouth Argyle risk groups.
As a result of enquiries made since this incident, a pre-planned operation was instigated and carried out on Wednesday 10 May which involved police officers in both Exeter and Plymouth who...
Exeter City head into the second leg of their play-off tie with Carlisle United with the scores level at 3-3.
The Grecians had led the first leg tie, at Brunton Park, 3-1 midway through the second half thanks to goals from Joel Grant, Ryan Harley and David Wheeler but the Cumbrians hit back to level the scores before Reuben Reid had a goal ruled out for offside and Jake Taylor hit the post in the final minute of stoppage time.
City manager Paul Tisdale made three changes to the starting line-up. In came Craig Woodman, Bobby Olejnik and Grant for Reid, Ethan Ampadu and...
Exeter City Football Club has today confirmed that work will start on its stadium improvement project this summer - after more than two years of complex negotiations.
Contracts to commence the work have been signed and developers plan to begin construction next month.
Julian Tagg, Exeter City FC chairman, said: ‘We are delighted to announce that contracts have finally been signed for the stadium improvement works at St James Park. This is the culmination of over two-and-a-half years of incredibly complex negotiations.’
