Exeter City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Exeter, Devon, England.
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21 Facts About Exeter City
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Exeter City was founded in 1901 and began playing their games at St James Park, where they remain to this day.
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Exeter City were invited to help create the Football League Third Division in 1920.
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Exeter City FC was formed from two predecessor clubs, Exeter United FC and St Sidwell's United.
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Exeter City United was a football club from Exeter City, Devon, that played between 1890 and 1904.
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The new team took the name 'Exeter City' and continued to play at Exeter United's ground, St James Park, where Exeter City still play today.
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Exeter City United was formed from the cricket team of the same name and were one of the first football teams with the moniker 'United'.
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Exeter City became a full-time professional team, and applied successfully for membership of the Southern League, replacing Tottenham Hotspur.
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Exeter City changed to its current colours of red and white in 1910.
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Exeter City made an historic tour of South America in 1914, during which time it played eight matches against teams of Argentina and Brazil.
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Exeter City were invited by the Football League to become founder members of the Third Division in 1920.
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In that season, Exeter City won 20 league games at St James Park, and remained undefeated in 31 home matches, including dramatic draws against Norwich Exeter City in the FA Cup third round and Sunderland in the League Cup 4th round, both of which featured late equalisers for the visitors.
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Back in the bottom division, Exeter City struggled for nearly a decade, with chairman Ivor Doble taking the club into administration and starting a chain of events that resulted in the sale of the club's ground.
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In 2003, City finished 23rd in Division Three and was relegated to the Conference National; Exeter were the first club to suffer automatic relegation without finishing bottom of the league.
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Exeter City recovered well and finished 8th in the league that season, one point off a playoff spot.
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Exeter City set new club record for away wins in a single season, winning 11 of their 23 fixtures away from home.
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Exeter City had one of the highest away win percentage of the season however disappointing home form lead them to fall into the playoff positions only to see a poor end-of-season run leaving them to fall into 10th position; despite their earlier automatic promotion and then reestimated playoff ambitions.
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On 1 June 2018, Exeter City announced that, after 12 years as manager, Paul Tisdale had decided not to sign a new contract with the club, which announced that Matt Taylor, a former captain and Under 23 team coach, had been appointed manager.
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Exeter City visited St James Park with celebrity friend Uri Geller, who was a director.
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Exeter City went on to manage several successful clubs, including Tottenham Hotspur, before becoming a football media pundit for ITV and Radio 5 Live.
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