THE HISTORY OF EXETER CITY - The Grecians started out in 1901 as St Sidwell’s United.It was on May 31, 1904, during the club’s annual meeting at the Red Lion Hotel in Sidwell Street, that the decision was taken to change the name of the club to Exeter City Association Football Club. The St Sidwell’s nickname Grecians was kept. People from the St Sidwell’s area of Exeter traditionally referred to themselves as Greeks or Grecians. In November 1910 City wore red and white stripes for the first time, replacing the green and white first worn by St Sidwell’s United in 1901. The club did make a historic tour of South America in 1914, during which time they played against teams in Argentina and Brazil. In the latter country, they became the first club to play against the Brazilian international team. Exeter City was invited by the Football League to become founder members of the Third Division in 1920. Back at St James Park, however, the early-1930s were among the most successful in the Exeter City’s history. In 1931 City enjoyed an excellent run in the FA Cup reaching the sixth round before losing to Sunderland in a replay at St James Park in front of a record crowd of 20,984. In 1990 Terry Cooper’s team won the Fourth Division Championship, remaining unbeaten at home all season. However, the club were back in the bottom division four years later Finances continued to improve, and the club embarked on a redevelopment scheme for St James Park, which included the Big Bank end of the ground and the demolition of the Cowshed terrace to be replaced with an all-seater stand, together with refurbishment of the former St James School building into new offices, social club and corporate hospitality/conference and banqueting facilities.2002/03 season City were relegated to the Football Conference after 80 years in football league and would rejoin football league in 2007-08 and in 2008-09 won promotion to league relegated back to league 2 three years later.
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