The Exeter City Courier
Squad10 Aug 2026
Nick Freeman gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Nick Freeman has just signed for Exeter City, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Exeter City
Ethan Brierley was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Johnly Yfeko falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Johnly Yfeko
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Johnly Yfeko, and the manager let it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Exeter City buy the years ahead of Joshua Wood
He is 14, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Market10 Aug 2026
A long bet from Exeter City on Andrew Hamilton
He is 14, and nobody at Exeter City signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
In brief
- Market Exeter City buy the years ahead of Mark Atkinson
- Market Exeter City buy the years ahead of Henry Hawkins