Exeter regain place in Football League


By Nathan Jackson
May 18 2008

Lincoln City will face yet another long trip next season after Exeter City were promoted via the Blue Square Premier Playoffs. The victory comes just weeks after the 5th anniversary of them being relegated and the Imps will travel to St James' Park yet again next season.

Rob Edwards scored the only goal of the game in the first half when he headed a Dean Moxey cross in. That goal secured promotion for an Exeter side who barely made it into the Playoffs in the first place.

The victory comes almost 5 years to the day after they were relegated on the final day of the 2002/3 season, that despite gaining a victory over Southend that day. City will certainly be hoping for a better result in next season's trip to St James' Park after City lost 2-0 there in March 2003.

The full League 2 line up for next season is almost complete with 23 of the 24 teams being confirmed already. The final place will belong to the losers of the League 2 Playoff Final.

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Exeter regain place in Football League
Discussion started by theimps.tk (IP Logged), 18/05/2008 17:58
theimps.tk
theimps.tk
18/05/2008 17:58
Exeter regain place in Football League

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SidTheImp
SidTheImp
18/05/2008 23:05
welcome back Exeter.

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devonimp
devonimp
18/05/2008 23:08
good news for me as it means i only have to travel one hour to an away game.(live in north devon)

i saw exeter play against aldershot in the game that gave the shots the final point that they needed to get back into the league and exeter impressed me more than aldershot.-a better balanced passing side.

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open_your_arms
Alan Partridge - Official Lincoln City pitch side reporter
18/05/2008 23:41
where bouts in north devon are u devonimp

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devonimp
devonimp
19/05/2008 09:34
i live in brayford,nine miles east of barnstaple.
i travel to most home games but not normally the tuesday night homes and get to a fair amount of aways as well.
-i must be crazy after last years poor performances!

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MichiganImp
MichiganImp
19/05/2008 11:51
Bad news for us. Cambridge would have brought a few away fans to the Bank. Exeter won't.
But after all Grecians fans have been through with those crooks taking them over , and nearly going out of business,it must be good for them to see some light at the end of the tunnel.
Proof,as if we needed it, that the community club thing works.And the TV money from that FA cup run didn't do any harm either.

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HarryH
HarryH
19/05/2008 17:11
I am pleased about this as it throws up a possible weekend trip to Torquay.Exeter is not far by train.A few of us have done this before.

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dannytheimp
dannytheimp
19/05/2008 17:41
Don't think I'll go to the away game. Would have gone to Cambridge because a) its not that far away and b) its a nice place.

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MichiganImp
MichiganImp
19/05/2008 21:05
Exeter is a nice place, too. Good city centre and the cathedral is OK( not as good as ours).Plenty of good pubs in and around.In fact its better than Torquay ! Nice place for a weekend stopover.

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tinkimp
tinkimp
19/05/2008 21:47
cant say im happy distance wise, but its a new ground for myself so i look forward to going there.

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