Exeter City

Exeter City
Basic data
Surname	Exeter City Football Club
Seat	Exeter
founding	1904
Board	Julian Tagg
Website	exetercityfc.co.uk
First soccer team
Head coach	Matt Taylor
Venue	St. James' Park
Places	8830
league	EFL League Two
2019/20	5th place
home Away Alternatively

The Exeter City Football Club is a 1904 arising from the merger of two earlier clubs football club from the southwestern English city of Exeter . The club played between 1920 and 2003 continuously, but also largely unsuccessfully in the lower two seasons of English professional football, the Football League . 2003-2008, the club played in the highest season of non-league football, the Football Conference , before it rose again for the 2008/09 season and is now back to English professional football. Like almost all English (semi-) professional football clubs , the club is not organized as an association , but as a corporation . Since its decline in 2003, the company has been an association of supporters of the club, the Exeter City Supporters Trust . In 1914, Exeter City opposed the Brazilian national football team in their historic first official game.

history

Pre-Football League (1904-1920)

July 21, 1914: Game in Rio against Brazil

Exeter City, 1914.

In 1904, the clubs Exeter United (founded in 1890) and St Sidwell's United agreed to merge after a friendly and play together as the Exeter City Association Football Club . St Sidwell's United also brought with them the nickname The Grecians . The name is derived from the nickname of the residents of the Exeter district of St. Sidwells , who have been referred to as Greeks or Grecians since the 17th century .

The club played in St. James' Park from the start , which it still uses today. At the beginning Exeter City played in the East Devon League . In 1908 the club became a corporation and he joined the Southern League .

In the summer of 1914, Exeter City toured South America. At first only eight games were held in Argentina . At the end of the successful stay there, two more games against national teams from Rio de Janeiro were arranged, as the embarkation in the port there was booked. These games were the first of a European professional team in Brazil. First, Exeter City won 3-0 against a selection of Brits based in Rio and the surrounding area, then against a city selection 5-3. On July 21, Exeter City lost 2-0 to the selection of the Brazilian Football Association, founded the previous month as Federação Brasileiro de Sports in the Estádio das Laranjeiras of Rio. This was the first game by an official Brazilian national team. The most historically significant player of the Brazilian team was Arthur Friedenreich , who is considered one of the greatest footballers in history and lost two teeth in this rough game by Exeter.

First time in the Football League (1920-2003)

In 1920 Exeter City FC, coached by Arthur Chadwick from 1908 to 1922 - like almost the entire first season of the Southern League of the Football League - was invited to join the new third division of the Football League . In order to enable the acquisition of St. James-Platz - still the home of the club today - the future national goalkeeper Richard "Dick" Pym was sold to Bolton Wanderers FC for the world record transfer fee of 5000 pounds at the time for the 1921/22 season , where he was very successful should celebrate.

Exeter played their first game in the Football League on August 28, 1920 at home against Brentford FC . For the next 45 years, the club played, with an interruption of the game operations during the Second World War 1939-1945 - always in the bottom tier of the Football League, only notable successes were reaching the quarter-finals of the FA Cup in 1933, as well as the runner-up of the Football League Third Division South two years later, however, the club usually played in the lower midfield of the leagues.

It was not until 1963 that the club's first ascent was achieved with fourth place in the Football League Fourth Division , but the guest appearance in the Football League Third Division only lasted two years before relegation.

The club's most successful period began at the end of the 70s: in 1977 they rose to the rank of runner-up in the fourth division and this time they were able to hold third class for seven years, not only reaching single-digit positions at the end of the season, but also being in the quarter-finals again in 1981 FA Cups.

In 1990, as a fourth division champion the renewed rise, but you fought this time throughout the descent, the financial burden in the third division proved to be too large, so that immediately after the re-descent in 1994 the Club under forced administration has been asked and only through the sale of up then the club's own stadium could be prevented from going bankrupt , but the buyer planned to develop the site as building land. Only the purchase of the stadium by the city of Exeter was able to secure the game.

In 2003, the club rose as the penultimate third division after 83 years from the system of the Football League and had to switch to the area of non-league football .

Non-league football from 2003 to 2008 and promotion

Promotion ceremony 2008

At the end of the relegation season, the board of directors of the club, who had been in office since May 2002, was arrested on charges of fraud and embezzlement, as well as false testimony and false certification, and was convicted in 2007. It was found that the club with more than 3.5 million pounds was totally insolvent and could only through the acquisition by the Exeter City Supporters Trust , as well as debt restructuring, in which the creditors on payment of 10% gave up the remaining liabilities, be saved from bankruptcy .

In terms of sport, things went better after relegation, in 2004 and 2005 they just failed to take part in the promotion playoffs. In 2005, the club attracted attention in the FA Cup when they met Manchester United in the third round and won a draw at Old Trafford , but lost the replay at home 2-0.

In the 2006/07 season the team failed in the play-offs for promotion only in the final at Wembley Stadium in front of over 40,000 spectators against FC Morecambe . In the 2007/08 season Exeter finished 4th in the Conference National and qualified for the playoff games for promotion to Football League Two. In the semifinals, the team defeated Torquay United , the final game on May 18, 2008 against Cambridge United at Wembley Stadium in front of 42,511 spectators ended with a 1-0 win for Exeter City. Defender Robert Edwards scored the decisive goal .

The 2008/09 season ended unexpectedly successful for the club and Exeter City achieved the second consecutive promotion with 79 points. In April 2012, Exeter City rose again from Football League One and has since played in the fourth-rate Football League Two.

The "Grecians" recently achieved greater international interest, especially in German-speaking countries, after they entered the third round of the 2015/16 FA Cup , which marked the fourth division's biggest cup success in eleven years. After victories over the eight-class club Didcot Town and the third division club Port Vale , Exeter City was drawn from the Premier League club Liverpool FC, trained by Jürgen Klopp . At St James Park, the teams parted with a 2-2 draw, which was taken in the press as a "disgrace" for Liverpool. Liverpool FC won the replay at Anfield a few days later 3-0, so that Exeter was eliminated from the FA Cup.

Trainer

Arthur Chadwick has the longest tenure of any coach at the club at over 14, followed by acting coach Paul Tisdale , who has been with Exeter City since June 2006.

Surname Period Arthur Chadwick 0Apr 1, 1908 December 31, 1922 Fred Mavin 0Jan. 1, 1923 0Nov 1, 1927 David Wilson 01st Mar 1928 0Feb. 1, 1929 Billy McDevitt 0Feb. 1, 1929 Sep 30 1935 Jack English 0Oct. 1, 1935 May 31, 1939 George Roughton 0Aug 1, 1945 01st Mar 1952 Norman Kirkman 04th Mar 1953 March 12 1953 Tim Ward 0March 8 1952 01st Mar 1953 Norman Dodgin May 31, 1953 Apr 30, 1957 Bill Thompson 0May 1, 1957 0Jan. 1, 1958 Frank Broome 0Jan. 1, 1958 May 31, 1960 Glen Wilson 0June 1, 1960 Apr 30, 1962 Cyril Spiers 0May 1, 1962 0Feb. 1, 1963 Jack Edwards 0Feb. 1, 1963 Jan. 31, 1965 Ellis Stuttard 0Feb. 1, 1965 0June 1, 1966 Jack Basford 0June 1, 1966 Apr 30, 1967 Frank Broome 0May 1, 1967 0Feb. 1, 1969 Johnny Newman 0Apr 1, 1969 Dec 21, 1976 Bobby Saxton 0Jan. 1, 1977 0Jan. 5, 1979

Surname Period Brian Godfrey 0Jan. 1, 1979 0June 1, 1983 Gerry Francis July 20, 1983 May 14, 1984 Jim Iley 0June 7, 1984 Apr 30, 1985 Colin Appleton 0May 1, 1985 Dec 11, 1987 John Delve Dec 11, 1987 0May 8, 1988 Terry Cooper 0May 9, 1988 0Aug 1, 1991 Alan Ball 0Aug 6, 1991 Jan. 20, 1994 Terry Cooper Jan. 24, 1994 July 31, 1995 Peter Fox 0Aug 1, 1995 0Jan. 9, 2000 Noel Blake Jan. 10, 2000 Sep 24 2001 John Cornforth Sep 24 2001 0Oct 6, 2002 Eamonn Dolan 0Oct 6, 2002 Oct 17, 2002 Neil McNab Oct 17, 2002 Feb 25, 2003 Gary Peters Feb 25, 2003 May 24, 2003 Eamonn Dolan (interim) 0June 9, 2004 0Oct 7, 2004 Scott Hiley (interim) Steve Perryman (interim) 0Oct 7, 2004 Oct 18, 2004 Alex Inglethorpe Oct 18, 2004 June 25, 2006 Paul Tisdale June 26, 2006 0June 1, 2018 Matt Taylor 0June 1, 2018

Stadion

The club has played in St. James' Park , a former pig farm that now has a capacity of 8,830 , since its inception , but the record attendance is 20,984 who saw the replay in the 1931 FA Cup quarter-finals against Sunderland .

Famous fans

Exeter City has some famous fans, including the singer of Coldplay , Chris Martin , also have Mark Nicol and Noel Edmonds . Singer Joss Stone is a member of the club. Probably the most famous Exeter City fan was Michael Jackson . Uri Geller , also a fan and friend of Jackson, said: "When I asked Michael what he knew about football, he said, 'Absolutely nothing, but I love Exeter City.'" In 2002 Michael Jackson was made Honorary Director.

literature

• Maurice Golesworthy, Garth Dykes, Alex Wilson: Exeter City: A Complete Record, 1904–1990 . Breedon Books, Derby 1990, ISBN 0-907969-68-2 .

Web links

• Official website of the association
• "The Grecian Archive" - ​​Extensive site on the history of Exeter City
• Seasonal overview of club placements

Individual evidence

1. ↑ " Our Nickname Explained ( Memento of May 17, 2008 on the Internet Archive )," Exeter City's official website (as of November 17, 2004, accessed August 2, 2009).
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} " History of Exeter City ", BBC Devon ( English, February 18, 2008, visited August 2, 2008 ).
3. ↑ Javier García et al .: British and Irish Clubs - Overseas Tours 1890–1939 , Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation , October 30, 2005
4. ↑ Alex Bellos, " Grecians paved way despite kick in teeth, " The Guardian , Monday May 31, 2004.
5. ↑ ^{a b c d} " ECFC: A Potted History ( Memento of July 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive )", official website of Exeter City (as of November 11, 2007, visited August 2, 2009).
6. ↑ " Ex football club chairman jailed ", BBC NEWS / DEVON, news from May 30, 2007 (visited August 2, 2008).
7. ^ " Club's immediate future secure ", BBC report from October 16, 2003 (visited August 2, 2008).
8. ↑ Exeter City vs Cambridge ( Memento from December 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
9. ↑ Exeter City 2-2 Liverpool , in: bbc.co.uk (January 8, 2016).
10. ↑ Replay! 2: 2 for Klopp's Liverpool , in: kicker.de (January 8, 2016).
11. ↑ Jürgen Klopp is embarrassed against fourth division clubs , in: welt.de (January 8, 2016).
12. ↑ Liverpool 3-0 Exeter City , in: bbc.co.uk (January 20, 2016).
13. ↑ " St James' Park ( Memento of 25 July 2008 at the Internet Archive )," official website of Exeter City (27 January 2008, visited on Aug. 2, 2009).
14. ^ Pride in defeat for Exeter City ( April 5, 2012 memento on the Internet Archive ) - Exeter Express and Echo (This Is Devon). Retrieved August 25, 2011.
15. ^ Joss Stone Joins The Trust ( October 4, 2011 memento on the Internet Archive ) - Exeter City Football Club, The Official Website. Retrieved August 26, 2011.
16. ↑ Michael Jackson on Exeter City