The Exeter City Courier
Match20 Mar 2027
No end in sight to Exeter City's wait for a win
13 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Exeter City has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad22 Mar 2027
18 days out for Erik Lindell after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Exeter City will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
The dugout22 Mar 2027
Tom Dean keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Exeter City may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Samir Haribou is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Words exchanged at Exeter City
Alam Garcete and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Words at Exeter City training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Anis Ben Slimane is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout22 Mar 2027
No hiding place for Finley McAllister
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Finley McAllister, and the manager let it.
Match20 Mar 2027
Exeter City and Leyton Orient take a point apiece
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
The dugout22 Mar 2027
The view from the dugout
“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Joseph Evans chose the glass-half-full version of 1‑1; the supporters left with the other one.
In brief
- The dugout Luan Santos knocks on the manager’s door
- Market The Alam Garcete question follows Exeter City around
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Tudor Mendel-Idowu