Saint James
Active member
I saw my first game at SJP in 1977. I started going regularly in the early 1980's when we reached the quarter finals of The FA Cup and finished in our highest positions in League One for three consecutive seasons (Div 3 in old money). As a teenager I thought the early 1980's football was 'normal'. What I discovered soon after was that those relative 'halcyon' years were very much abnormal and by the mid to late 80's normal service had been resumed with crowds dropping to the low 2,000's, finishing near the basement of league two and new players being journeymen at the end of their career that frankly no-one else wanted.
The history of Exeter City throughout has been littered with financial crises and a reality that our club was going nowhere fast. We are about to go to Wembley for a 4th time in ten years, we have a stadium finally being redeveloped and without leading us to financial ruin and rather than being a bottom ten League two club are a sustainable top ten League Two club. We have developed and sold three million pound + players and have a thriving Academy that appears to be the envy of many clubs higher up the league pyramid.
Whatever the outcome of Monday we can all have real pride in our club. Only a few people wouldn't recognise the role that Tisdale, Tagg and Perryman have played in the transformation of Exeter City. Is this our high point as a club?
The history of Exeter City throughout has been littered with financial crises and a reality that our club was going nowhere fast. We are about to go to Wembley for a 4th time in ten years, we have a stadium finally being redeveloped and without leading us to financial ruin and rather than being a bottom ten League two club are a sustainable top ten League Two club. We have developed and sold three million pound + players and have a thriving Academy that appears to be the envy of many clubs higher up the league pyramid.
Whatever the outcome of Monday we can all have real pride in our club. Only a few people wouldn't recognise the role that Tisdale, Tagg and Perryman have played in the transformation of Exeter City. Is this our high point as a club?