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15th May 2003

 

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Found this in the archives, our first home win in the Conference. I don't think this is an Ant Moxey report, as it doesn't start with "So,"

Date: Sat Aug 23 15:00:00 BST 2003	Venue: St James Park
Attendance: 3030	Referee: R East

MOOR THE MERRIER!

Throughout the summer, much has been said and written about Chelsea's Russian uprising. However, today, a strong case was put forward for the Exeter Revolution, writes David Stowell.

Forget the millions of pounds being flashed around Stamford Bridge. Rookie manager Eamonn Dolan showed that stability in the ranks and the right blend of youth and experience can indeed produce attractive football and more importantly, three points. With boardroom squabbles, directorial arrests and celebrity directors a forgotten memory, a City squad assembled for a mere £10,000 and containing seven former club trainees took to the field. Midfield lynchpin Kwame Ampadu and veteran defender Scott Hiley shrugged off knocks to take their places in an unchanged City starting line-up.

City's second home game in the Nationwide Conference exploded into life from the off with Chester City immediately going on the offensive down the left flank. Throughout the opening exchanges, former Tranmere and Doncaster midfielder Kevin McIntyre was the visitors' principal threat, torturing City legend Hiley and carving out chances for visiting frontman Ian Foster and new boy Darren Stamp, signed on Friday from Northampton. As the home side came into the game, a measured cross-field ball from full-back Alexander Jeannin led to a smart stop from visiting glovesman Ian McCaldon as home Captain Glenn Cronin tried a cheeky long range effort. However, it was Conference title hopefuls Chester who drew first blood after City appeared to have weathered the opening twenty-minute storm. A mazy run by Foster forced Hiley into an ill-timed challenge inside the eighteen-yard box and referee East was left with no choice but to point to the spot. It was Foster himself who picked himself up, dusted himself down and drilled the penalty straight down the middle of James Bittner's goal, epitomising the visitors' early approach to the game - precise and direct.

At this point, Exeter's game-plan seemed temporarily to evaporate as the game became scrappy. Reinier Moor's clever turn and run briefly lifted the home fans' spirit but, having done the hard part, the resulting shot was nearer to the corner flag than Chester's goal. With inexperienced Bittner constantly flapping at crosses at the opposite end, one could sense that the game was Chester's for the taking. Indeed, Aussie John Brady - who won the Conference with Rushden and Diamonds a few years back - wasted a golden opportunity with the goal at his mercy and Bittner stranded. As the visitors piled on the pressure, the former Chippenham Town number one could only watch as Stamp fired in a Di Canio style karate kick effort that flashed inches wide.

With Dolan ranting and raving from the touchline with trademark pen and paper in hand, City began to fight back. Kwame Ampadu and Martin Thomas seized control of the midfield and after Moor had been cynically hacked down, it was Ampadu's dead ball on the half hour that reaped the ultimate reward and brought City level. As the set piece was headed out to James Coppinger, the former Newcastle winger volleyed the ball downwards into the St James' Park turf and past the towering McCaldon. Did Martin Thomas get the final touch? The 3,030 fans inside the ground did not care. It was one all and game on!
Almost immediately Ampadu and Ben Davies instigated an array of confrontations as Chester became unsettled. On the half hour, Cronin was cautioned, as was McIntyre who then clashed heads with unusually subdued Brazilian Santos Gaia and the dependable figure of Alexander Jeannin took control of City's left hand side.

Jeannin and the ever-industrious youngster Reinier Moor linked well with 'pocket-rocket' Thomas before a knockdown from Chester transfer target Steve Flack split the Chester rearguard and Thomas was unlucky to steer his shot wide with only the keeper to beat. Further persistence from Flack gave Ampadu the chance to find Coppinger with a driven cross but to no avail.
At the other end, Chris Todd and Gaia took it in turns to snuff out runs from Foster and Stamp as an awkward bounce put Bittner in trouble on the edge of his area. And right on half time, City had Hiley to thank for a heroic block to deny the troublesome Stamp again as he wiggled through on goal. Thomas was booked after a clumsy two-footed lunge in the Chester area and as the whistle went to bring a pulsating first half to a close, both the players and fans had a chance to catch their breath.

As early as the first minute of the second period, Foster was again the thorn in Exeter's side as he bobbed and weaved into the City box before dropping to the ground like a proverbial 'sack of potatoes.' Both referee East and the City fans were unimpressed and the former Conference promotion winner with Kidderminster was booed throughout.
City showed their strength down the right as the experienced Hiley continuously fed City's David Beckham look-alike Coppinger and it was the former Tyneside trainee who appeared to land an elbow on the lively McIntyre. Then, on the hour, the City faithful got the chance to salute the warrior like display shown by Ampadu as he made way for youngster Leslie Afful and within minutes the fans were on their feet again. A neat turn and through ball from Thomas released Flack and despite a sharp parry from McCaldon, the towering Chester keeper couldn't prevent Reinier Moor pouncing on the loose ball. St James' Park erupted.

Moor's first goal of the campaign lit the touch paper and this already physical game threatened to turn violent. Cronin clashed with Davies, as the ball became a mere spectator while Flack and burly defender Wayne Hatswell appeared to exchange shirts twenty-five minutes early. Minutes later, under the watchful eye of the old grandstand and the referee's assistant, Brady lashed out at Frenchman Jeannin but no action was taken. This spell prompted visiting manager Mark Wright to shuffle his pack as Michael Twiss - formerly on the books at Old Trafford - replaced the increasingly ineffective Carl Ruffer, but it was Foster yet again who fired wastefully over with options to his left and right before being replaced. Eamonn Dolan handed a debut to former Bridgwater Town marksman Graham Cheeseman as he withdrew Moor to a rapturous reception from Exeter's own 'Theatre of Dreams'. The youngster, although occasionally labelled as raw and inexperienced, has great potential and possesses a predatory instinct second to none at the club.

The bustling Coppinger and strapping Cheeseman exchanged passes as pint-sized Afful charged through the middle only to be denied by an alert Ian McCaldon. And it was Cheeseman again whose left-wing pull back teed up Flack who could only volley the wrong side of the far post.

As the game drew to a close, Chester's attacks became more and more desperate as they continued to employ the long ball. Both City livewire Thomas and Chester's McIntyre could have been sent for an early bath for separate lunges in the centre of the park but as young Sean Canham briefly entered the fray, referee East signalled that time was up and sealed an impressive three points for City against a team who will be there or thereabouts come the end of April. Dolan and his band of merry men applauded fans at all four corners of the ground. Make no mistake, this performance, not to mention the result, speaks volumes about the new Exeter City FC.

Line ups
Exeter City: Bittner, Hiley, Thomas, Gaia, Todd, Coppinger (Canham 90), Cronin, Moor (Cheeseman 74), Flack, Ampadu (Afful 59), Jeannin
Subs not used: Rice, McConnell
Chester City: McCaldon, Ruffer (Twiss 66), Bolland, Hatswell, Collins, Brady, McIntyre, Davies, Carden, Foster (Beesley 74), Stamp
Subs not used: Rapley, Carey, Heard

 

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Post Leeds interview with Leeds manager Grayson

Grayson - City Played Well

Posted on: Sun 17 Jan 2010

Leeds United boss Simon Grayson paid tribute to Exeter City after they inflicted only Leeds United's second defeat of the season in League One.

The Whites had gone 17 games unbeaten before they travelled to the Park but a superb home side dominated possession and deserved their 2-0 victory.

And after the match Grayson said, in a video available on Grecian Player, : "I have to give a lot of credit to Exeter.

"I thought they played well today. They worked our back four as hard as probably a lot of teams have so far this season.

"Then their lad has hit a great second strike which has killed the game off really.

"There was a full capacity crowd looking for an upset and that is what happened.

"You can't start games in the way we started it because it is difficult to pick it up again and that gave them impetus and a foothold in the game to which we could respond."

 

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Another old story from the archives

All Change For City Keepers
Posted on: Thu 03 Dec 2009

On-loan goalkeeper Oscar Jansson has gone back to parent club Tottenham Hotspur after finishing his three month spell in Devon on Tuesday.

18-year-old Jansson joined the Grecians in early September and made seven appearances but following an injury found his place in the side taken by Andy Marriott.

Jansson made his debut against Gillingham following Paul Jones injury and City's number 27 will replace Jansson in the 18 for Saturday's match against Brighton.

"Paul Jones is now back in contention," manager Paul Tisdale said.

"Oscar Jansson has gone back to Spurs after three months so we wish him very well and we welcome Paul Jones back into the squad on Saturday."

Marriott has been in good form in recent weeks and started the last eight matches and Tisdale believes the return of Jones will give him a welcome selection headache.

"You want two fit goalkeepers competing very hard for the shirt," he said.

"Andy has done extremely well for the last couple of months and I would imagine Paul has got to be at his best to win his shirt back.

"It is a good position for me as a manager to be in."

 

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Eamon Dolan's last game on charge of Exeter City

FC Halifax Town 2 Exeter City 1

Date: Sat Oct 02 15:00:00 BST 2004	Venue: The Shay
Attendance: 1438	Referee: I Nolan

HALIFAX TOWN 2 EXETER CITY 1

City fail to lift spell - Given the history between the two clubs, a trip to Halifax was always going to hijack Eamonn Dolan's last game on the road as Exeter City manager.

Countless managers have tried and failed to lift the Shay curse that hangs over the club.

In fact you have to go back to 1989 for the last time that Exeter City conjured up a victory in the Yorkshire town.

Since then Halifax has not proved a happy hunting ground for the cash-strapped club, as they have collected just two points from their last six encounters.

But it seemed a grave injustice that Dolan wasn't able to bury the Halifax hoodoo, particularly after his side had battered the Shaymen last season and still left empty-handed.

However, on this occasion the Grecians were below-par, weighed down by the heavy exertions of Wednesday night's epic victory over Oxford United in the LDV Vans Trophy.

Fair enough Halifax were the better side, putting the Grecians under a sustained spell of pressure during the second-half and on the balance of play probably deserved to bag all three points.

Even taking that into consideration there was still an overwhelming sense that Dolan, whose squad had been hit by a flu bug prior to the match, deserved more from this emotional occasion.

After all the City chief had guided his side to 11 points out of a possible 15 during September - and dumped Graham Rix's League 2 outfit Oxford out of the LDV Vans Trophy - to come within a whisker of winning the Conference's manager-of-the-month gong.

So the stage was set for Dolan's men to nick a point and consign some of the recent smash and grab raids inflicted on his men to the scrapheap.

Surely with the former West Ham striker taking charge of his last match on the road - where the club have produced some of their more enterprising football during his 15-month reign - there would be a smidgen of justice handed out for all those times when sides have escaped from St James's Park with a point when they should have left with only painful memories.

Well how wrong can you be!

It was referee Ian Nolan who crushed City's hopes of snatching a share of the spoils when he gave a controversial penalty mid-way through the second-half.

City lost possession as they tried to launch a counter-attacking raid, which culminated in the rash decision.Matthew Doughty powered forward, threading the ball into the path of Ryan Sugden, who swivelled on the edge of the area before sinking to the turf.

No one was quite sure why the official had pointed to the spot and the mystery grew when it emerged afterwards that Kwame Ampadu - who didn't appear to touch the striker - was the player adjudged to have committed the foul.

Nevertheless it was a decision that ultimately decided the destination of all three points.

"It was clearly not a penalty," said a frustrated Dolan. "We have been mugged by a decision there."

"We have had quite a few penalties going against us recently which have been debatable. It was a panic decision and the luck didn't go with us."

"I felt we deserved a bit of luck today because we battled away, but that's how football goes sometimes."

Howell kept his composure to send Rice the wrong way from the spot to strike a killer blow - and set the tone for a period of Halifax domination that might have inflicted further damage on the battling, yet clearly exhausted, Grecians.

If the penalty decision was deemed harsh, then the fact that defender Chris Todd ended up on the losing side proved a catastrophic miscarriage of justice.

The imperious centre-back proved a talisman, a colossal figure that provided a whole new meaning to battling in the face of adversity.
This was a player who had worked his socks off for 120 minutes at Oxford only to reproduce those sterling efforts with another heroic display full of guts and guile.

His long frame appeared everywhere on the pitch, repelling the danger at one end and spearheading matters at the other.

And it was the 23-year-old who hauled the Grecians back into the contest after the hosts shattered the deadlock barely two minutes into the second-half. Les Afful's misplaced pass was seized upon by Howell, who sent the lively Darren Mansaram darting down the left channel.
His pace and trickery proved just too hot for Santos Gaia and his potent finish into the bottom corner too clinical for keeper Martin Rice.

Fears of a City collapse were swiftly cast to one side as Todd carved out a moment of pure magic to restore parity to a match that had finally sparked into life following a first period starved of any real goal mouth entertainment.

Afful's cross from the right was nodded down by Steve Flack and Todd astonished even himself by lashing home an acrobatic bicycle kick.

"It was a tremendous goal," added Dolan. "Toddy was our captain fantastic. He really stepped up to the plate and was outstanding in everything that he did."

Domineering in the air and commanding on the deck, Todd then produced a hat-trick of blocks in front of his own goal to thwart the increasingly confident hosts.

And the Welshman was even handed a couple of last-gasp opportunities to rescue a draw from the jaws of defeat.

Deep into stoppage time, he let fly with a thunderous effort that cleared the crossbar before attempting a dummy header in the dying seconds to set up team-mate Flack.

But the prospect of a late salvage act drifted by, condemning City to their third defeat of the season.

Now players, fans and everyone associated with the club will be bidding to give Dolan the perfect send-off when Barnet roll into St James's Park for a vital Conference clash tomorrow night.

Goals :	2	1
Possession :	58%	42%
Shots On Target :	5	1
Shots Off Target :	7	2
Corners :	9	3
Fouls :	5	13
Most Fouls :	Ingram (2)	Flack (3)
Yellow Cards :	1	1
Red Cards :	0	0
Scorers :	Mansaram 47 Howell 72 (pen)	Todd 48

 

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Fund this in the archives, our first home win in the Conference. I don't think this is an Ant Moxey report, as it doesn't start with "So,"

Date: Sat Aug 23 15:00:00 BST 2003	Venue: St James Park
Attendance: 3030	Referee: R East

MOOR THE MERRIER!

Throughout the summer, much has been said and written about Chelsea's Russian uprising. However, today, a strong case was put forward for the Exeter Revolution, writes David Stowell.

Forget the millions of pounds being flashed around Stamford Bridge. Rookie manager Eamonn Dolan showed that stability in the ranks and the right blend of youth and experience can indeed produce attractive football and more importantly, three points. With boardroom squabbles, directorial arrests and celebrity directors a forgotten memory, a City squad assembled for a mere £10,000 and containing seven former club trainees took to the field. Midfield lynchpin Kwame Ampadu and veteran defender Scott Hiley shrugged off knocks to take their places in an unchanged City starting line-up.

City's second home game in the Nationwide Conference exploded into life from the off with Chester City immediately going on the offensive down the left flank. Throughout the opening exchanges, former Tranmere and Doncaster midfielder Kevin McIntyre was the visitors' principal threat, torturing City legend Hiley and carving out chances for visiting frontman Ian Foster and new boy Darren Stamp, signed on Friday from Northampton. As the home side came into the game, a measured cross-field ball from full-back Alexander Jeannin led to a smart stop from visiting glovesman Ian McCaldon as home Captain Glenn Cronin tried a cheeky long range effort. However, it was Conference title hopefuls Chester who drew first blood after City appeared to have weathered the opening twenty-minute storm. A mazy run by Foster forced Hiley into an ill-timed challenge inside the eighteen-yard box and referee East was left with no choice but to point to the spot. It was Foster himself who picked himself up, dusted himself down and drilled the penalty straight down the middle of James Bittner's goal, epitomising the visitors' early approach to the game - precise and direct.

At this point, Exeter's game-plan seemed temporarily to evaporate as the game became scrappy. Reinier Moor's clever turn and run briefly lifted the home fans' spirit but, having done the hard part, the resulting shot was nearer to the corner flag than Chester's goal. With inexperienced Bittner constantly flapping at crosses at the opposite end, one could sense that the game was Chester's for the taking. Indeed, Aussie John Brady - who won the Conference with Rushden and Diamonds a few years back - wasted a golden opportunity with the goal at his mercy and Bittner stranded. As the visitors piled on the pressure, the former Chippenham Town number one could only watch as Stamp fired in a Di Canio style karate kick effort that flashed inches wide.

With Dolan ranting and raving from the touchline with trademark pen and paper in hand, City began to fight back. Kwame Ampadu and Martin Thomas seized control of the midfield and after Moor had been cynically hacked down, it was Ampadu's dead ball on the half hour that reaped the ultimate reward and brought City level. As the set piece was headed out to James Coppinger, the former Newcastle winger volleyed the ball downwards into the St James' Park turf and past the towering McCaldon. Did Martin Thomas get the final touch? The 3,030 fans inside the ground did not care. It was one all and game on!
Almost immediately Ampadu and Ben Davies instigated an array of confrontations as Chester became unsettled. On the half hour, Cronin was cautioned, as was McIntyre who then clashed heads with unusually subdued Brazilian Santos Gaia and the dependable figure of Alexander Jeannin took control of City's left hand side.

Jeannin and the ever-industrious youngster Reinier Moor linked well with 'pocket-rocket' Thomas before a knockdown from Chester transfer target Steve Flack split the Chester rearguard and Thomas was unlucky to steer his shot wide with only the keeper to beat. Further persistence from Flack gave Ampadu the chance to find Coppinger with a driven cross but to no avail.
At the other end, Chris Todd and Gaia took it in turns to snuff out runs from Foster and Stamp as an awkward bounce put Bittner in trouble on the edge of his area. And right on half time, City had Hiley to thank for a heroic block to deny the troublesome Stamp again as he wiggled through on goal. Thomas was booked after a clumsy two-footed lunge in the Chester area and as the whistle went to bring a pulsating first half to a close, both the players and fans had a chance to catch their breath.

As early as the first minute of the second period, Foster was again the thorn in Exeter's side as he bobbed and weaved into the City box before dropping to the ground like a proverbial 'sack of potatoes.' Both referee East and the City fans were unimpressed and the former Conference promotion winner with Kidderminster was booed throughout.
City showed their strength down the right as the experienced Hiley continuously fed City's David Beckham look-alike Coppinger and it was the former Tyneside trainee who appeared to land an elbow on the lively McIntyre. Then, on the hour, the City faithful got the chance to salute the warrior like display shown by Ampadu as he made way for youngster Leslie Afful and within minutes the fans were on their feet again. A neat turn and through ball from Thomas released Flack and despite a sharp parry from McCaldon, the towering Chester keeper couldn't prevent Reinier Moor pouncing on the loose ball. St James' Park erupted.

Moor's first goal of the campaign lit the touch paper and this already physical game threatened to turn violent. Cronin clashed with Davies, as the ball became a mere spectator while Flack and burly defender Wayne Hatswell appeared to exchange shirts twenty-five minutes early. Minutes later, under the watchful eye of the old grandstand and the referee's assistant, Brady lashed out at Frenchman Jeannin but no action was taken. This spell prompted visiting manager Mark Wright to shuffle his pack as Michael Twiss - formerly on the books at Old Trafford - replaced the increasingly ineffective Carl Ruffer, but it was Foster yet again who fired wastefully over with options to his left and right before being replaced. Eamonn Dolan handed a debut to former Bridgwater Town marksman Graham Cheeseman as he withdrew Moor to a rapturous reception from Exeter's own 'Theatre of Dreams'. The youngster, although occasionally labelled as raw and inexperienced, has great potential and possesses a predatory instinct second to none at the club.

The bustling Coppinger and strapping Cheeseman exchanged passes as pint-sized Afful charged through the middle only to be denied by an alert Ian McCaldon. And it was Cheeseman again whose left-wing pull back teed up Flack who could only volley the wrong side of the far post.

As the game drew to a close, Chester's attacks became more and more desperate as they continued to employ the long ball. Both City livewire Thomas and Chester's McIntyre could have been sent for an early bath for separate lunges in the centre of the park but as young Sean Canham briefly entered the fray, referee East signalled that time was up and sealed an impressive three points for City against a team who will be there or thereabouts come the end of April. Dolan and his band of merry men applauded fans at all four corners of the ground. Make no mistake, this performance, not to mention the result, speaks volumes about the new Exeter City FC.

Line ups
Exeter City: Bittner, Hiley, Thomas, Gaia, Todd, Coppinger (Canham 90), Cronin, Moor (Cheeseman 74), Flack, Ampadu (Afful 59), Jeannin
Subs not used: Rice, McConnell
Chester City: McCaldon, Ruffer (Twiss 66), Bolland, Hatswell, Collins, Brady, McIntyre, Davies, Carden, Foster (Beesley 74), Stamp
Subs not used: Rapley, Carey, Heard

"against a team who will be there or thereabouts come the end of April"
Good call - Chester City finished champions.

We lost to eight teams that season.
Aldershot, Chester City, Gravesend & Northfleet, Halifax Town, Hereford United, Tamworth, Telford United, Woking.

All of them are now either non league or defunct (Telford).
Three of them essentially reformed clubs after meltdowns.

 

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There are only 29 match reports missing from 1901 to 2023. On the Grecian Archive. A few missing in the 60’s we have just need to scan and upload
Can anyone help?




1991/92

14th April 1992 Bury (a)



1989/90

23rd Jan 1990 Trophy Shrewsbury (a)

21st Feb 1990 Trophy Maidstone (a)



1985/86
5th Nov 1985 Rochdale (a)

23rd Nov 1985 Burnley (a)

31st Jan 1986 Southend (a)

24th Feb 1986 Stockport (a)

26th April 1986 Preston (a)



1984/85

28th Sept 1984 Southend (away)

16th Oct 1984 Colchester (Away)

24th Nov 1984 Stockport (away)

5th Jan 1985 Northampton (a)

22 Jan 1985 FLT Newport (a)

6 Feb 1985 FLT Newport (h)

13th April 1985 Rochdale (a)

17th April 1985 Blackpool (h)



1983/84

10th Sept 83 Rotherham (home)

1st Oct 83 Bradford City (Away)

23 Mar 1984 Southend (h)

3rd April 1984 Plymouth FLT (a)
28th April 1984 Preston (home)



1982/83

28 August 1982 Huddersfield (a)

28 Sept 1982 Cardiff (a)

3 Jan 1983 Southend (a)



1980/81

21st April 1981 Plymouth (h)

2nd May 1981 Blackpool (h)



1979/80
3rd May 1980 Chesterfield (a)

19th April 1980 Rotherham United (a)
2nd April 1980 Colchester United (a)

 

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Sunday Independent. 5th September 1982

Brian Godfrey was not happy with our near neighbours.

 

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1982/83