Last home game of the season versus Morecombe. St James Park full to capacity. A win might have put Exeter straight up. But as it turned out they could only manage a 2-2 draw.
At the end Player of the Season (Jones) greets Hero of every Season (Deano Moxey)
Confounding my pessimistic predictions Exeter have done well, very well.
And if they win their final game away to Rotherham next Saturday they will go up
We need a bit of Deano magic (and Jonesey to keep a clean sheet)
There’s our Deano giving his adoring fans a clap as the teams troop out for the kick-off.
He’s been injured for a few weeks.
Exeter are going thro a mini slump (haven’t won in 3 games)
In the first half they were playing against a strong gusting wind. Bury – or “Buhreh” as the handful of away fans were singing – were all over them.
In the second half it was a more even contest, but ended up as a 0-0 draw. I’ve yet to see City play a good game this season.
As usual i was looking at other things other than the game. Like the family in front of me; 2 boys with mom and dad. A nice middle-class family unit. Wife was continually chattering into her husbands left ear. He was continually smiling. They clapped alot. Seemed to be into it. Enjoying their family footie on a Saturday afternoon.
Its a family club is Exeter.
Yesterday the “lads” played Brentford.
It was a bright, brilliant afternoon.
Players had to shield their eyes from the sharp setting sun.
Fans in the Big Bank couldn’t see much either (see pic below)
The sun was as sharp as it was cold. Oddly, all the players were in short sleeves – except for one: the enigma that is Ryan Harley.
He seems to be the player the Exeter crowd love to hate. Probably cus he appears so lethargic, as if he isn’t trying hard enough. In contrast to Manny Panther (also in pic) who runs all over the place like a nonstop dynamo. The crowd like his “get stuck in” attitude.
It felt like Brentford were creating too many chances, and that eventually they must score – and they did, thro a disputed penalty (all penalties are disputed come to think of it) Then they scored again. 2-0, job done. Fair enough.
I’ve seen Exeter 4 times this season; they lost twice, drew a drab draw, and one fortuitious win with a last-gasp winner from Deano (who wasn’t playing today) I don’t get how they can be so high up in the table – i don’t see any evidence that they’re a promotion chasing team. Look very average to me.
Anyway. I always seem to enjoy going – win, lose, or draw.
The Big Bank were doing alot of chanting and clapping: “We’re the red and white army, we’re the red and white army” sung over and over again. The colder it got the more they chanted “We’re the red and white army”, the louder they clapped “We’re the red and white army”.
I think they were trying to combust themselves into a fire.
It was all about that sun today. And how cold it was. Sitting there with 6,700 other people freezing your bollocks off. And Xmas over with (thank god)
Sometimes, the result, even the football itself, seems kind of irrelevant.
So here we are on a bright beautiful day, 3 weeks before Xmas.
The “lads” are playing Lincoln. There’s 3,900 fatter lads faithfully crowded around to cheer them on.
That’s the big stand up stand where yer real fans go. Proper chanting and jeering goes on there. And proper swearing.
The first half was dull. So I was following Emmanuel Panther all over the pitch with my camera. He never stops chasing after the ball.
A tireless and selfless worker for the team is Panther. The crowd seem to like him cus of the “effort” he puts in.
And of course – as you can see – us Grecians aren’t racist.
Unless you happen to be playing for the opposition, and you’ve tripped up “Deano” (Moxey) en route to scoring the winning goal.
That “black bastard” got sent off.
And jeeringly waved goodbye.
Our Deano was made “Man of the Match”. And as if to prove what a hero he is, he nipped in – 3 minutes into injury time – to score a last gasp winner.
The fans really like Deano. He’s proper Exeter like they are.
He did his clap of honour after the final whistle.
He’s lapping it up – the adulation – is Deano Bandylags (as i cheekily call him)
Exeter are 6th in the table, challenging for promotion (really?)
Can’t believe they’ll be up there for long. They look a very average team.
Deano “bandy legs” Moxey clapping and being clapped off the pitch after todays match against Grimsby.
I don’t know why anybody is clapping. It was a very unclappable event. A dull nil-nil draw, with very little incident or excitement.
Hardly any “byootiful balls” were being made or terrible tackles tackled.
Grimsby’s cheeky No 3 got booed for diving in the box (“Cheat!, cheat!, cheat!” we chanted)
Two cans of pop (ours) got stolen from the turnstiles (cus we weren’t allowed to take them in – and lob them at the linesman)
Exeter’s biggest crowd of the season (5, 167) turned up to sit
quietly – and watch a pile of poo.
But please turn up to the next home match.
A herd of wildebeest are being driven thro Deano’s legs.
Newly promoted back into the football league
are Exeter City.
Playing their first home game against Shrewsbury
Lights blaring away.
In the middle of August
It’s not going well
1-0 down and only 15 minutes to go. Nervously, 4,915 Grecians look on.
To traipse off single-file in resignation at the final whistle.
Yeah – they lost.
All that familiar anxiety
that goes with a bunch of small-time losers
has returned.
Looks like it’s a season fighting against relegation
yet again.
