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A brand new funding scheme is set to aid the retention of adult male teams within grassroots football clubs.

The £1 million fund has been created to boost football’s traditional format following a recent decrease in the number of adult male FA-affiliated grassroots league teams.

Retain the Game, which is funded by The FA and delivered by the Football Foundation, is offering existing grassroots football clubs grants of £750 to continue offering valued playing opportunities in organised football.

These grants will support clubs’ adult male teams in three age...

Eight races at Exeter’s penultimate meeting of the season today begin with the first division of the 188Bet Handicap Hurdle where Victor Dartnall’s good run of form could continue with Ambion Lane.

The well bred eight-year-old has pulled up on his last three starts but drying ground could see a turnaround in his fortunes, with the Jeremy Scott-trained Gonnabegood also likely to benefit from better going, while the Laura Young-trained Admiral Blake was running a big race at Taunton last month until falling two from home. If he’s not the worse for that, and reproduces that same form...

Having suffered play-off final heartache last season, it would have been easy for Exeter to begin the current campaign with their tails between their legs, but that could not have been further from the truth, with seven wins and a draw in their first eight games.

There have been blips along the way but a late-season rally with five wins and two draws from eight games sees The Grecians sitting just one place and one point outside the automatic promotion spots.

A play-off place is guaranteed but Paul Tisdale will be eager to sidestep the lottery of the post-season and put his...

Exeter City have received a decision from the Professional Football Compensation Committee (PFCC) regarding Ethan Ampadu’s move to Chelsea and are disappointed by the verdict given.

The decision taken by the PFCC, following a meeting held in London on Wednesday, in summary means that Exeter’s total compensation is up to £2.5m: comprising a guaranteed sum of £1.3m based on a transfer fee plus international and first team appearances already made, with the balance made up of contingent sums amounting to of a further £1.25m depending on the player’s first team appearances with Chelsea...