The Exeter City Courier
Squad17 Aug 2026
8 saves: Jack Bycroft was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 8 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Mjällby tell Exeter City: Abdoulie Manneh is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Josh Eccles is a medical away from Exeter City
The deal with Coventry City is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Luther James-Wildin in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Exeter City this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Exeter City
3 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market17 Aug 2026
Exeter City promote Jason Bell from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jason Bell has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
Harry Hamilton steps up from the Exeter City academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Harry Hamilton has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Benjamin Scott joins the Exeter City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Benjamin Scott is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Luan Santos is a square peg at Exeter City
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
In brief
- Market Talks stall between Exeter City and Tudor Mendel-Idowu
- Transfer targets Exeter City ask about Liam Kitching
- Squad Anis Ben Slimane falls out with a teammate over standards