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History Of Exeter City F.C.
Exeter City F.C. is an English association football, football club based in Exeter, Devon. The club was formed in 1901 as St. Sidwell's United and played in the Southern Football League, Southern League from 1908 until 1920, when that league's top division was absorbed into The Football League as its new Division Three. The club was the first ever team to play the Brazil national football team, Brazil national team in 1914, a match which was commemorated in a 2014 friendly game against Fluminense FC, Fluminense. City took 60 years to achieve their first ever promotion, finishing fourth in Football League Fourth Division, Division Four in the 1963–64 in English football, 1963–64 season. Since then, the club have mostly oscillated between the Football League One, third and Football League Fourth Division, fourth divisions, spending five years in the Football Conference, Conference between 2003 and 2008; having been promoted a further four times (in 1976–77 in English football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Exeter () is a city in Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal command of Vespasian. Exeter became a religious centre in the Middle Ages. Exeter Cathedral, founded in the mid 11th century, became Anglican in the 16th-century English Reformation. Exeter became an affluent centre for the wool trade, although by the First World War the city was in decline. After the Second World War, much of the city centre was rebuilt and is now a centre for education, business and tourism in Devon and Cornwall. It is home to two of the constituent campuses of the University of Exeter: Streatham and St Luke's. The administrative area of Exeter has the status of a non-metropolitan district under the administration of the County Council. It is the county town of Devon and home to the headquarters of Devon County Council. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
