Post by Dave on Dec 10, 2012 21:26:24 GMT
When ever I drive past the Exmouth Town football ground I get this image in my head of the ground being empty because all the fans are watching the game for free by standing on the path beside the main road that passes right beside the ground.
I do find it a bit strange that one end of the ground is completely viewable and I bet you might well find some standing on that path watching the game for free. I did stop near the ground a week or so a go and took a few pictures, one or two are not of the best quality I’m afraid, they were all taken from outside of the ground.
Exmouth Town FC play in the South West Peninsula League. They had started the 2005–06 season in the Western League, but financial problems led to their withdrawal bringing a 33-year association with the league to an end.
The club was formed in 1933 and played their first forty years of existence in local football, primarily in the Devon & Exeter League. They joined the Western League in 1973, and won the league title twice, in the 1983–84 and 1985–86. The club play their home matches at their Southern Road Ground. The club is nicknamed "The Town".
The highlight of the club's existence was the 1984–85 season, when they went all the way to the FA Vase semi-finals. There were high hopes of a place in the final at Wembley Stadium, but Fleetwood Town were just too strong over the two legs, the Lancashire side winning 4–3 on aggregate.
After the demise of their Western League team in January 2006, the reserve side in the Devon & Exeter League became the first team, effectively dropping the club three levels of the National League System. The club gained promotion to the South West Peninsula East Division in 2007.
FA competitions best performances
• FA Cup – 4th Qualifying Round, 1988–89, 1989–90
• FA Trophy – Preliminary Round, 1974–75
• FA Vase – Semi-finals, 1984–85
[edit] Honours
• Devon St Lukes Challenge Cup Winners: 3
o 1984–85, 1988–89, 1989–90
• Devon Senior Cup Winners: 1
o 1950–51
• Devon Premier Cup Winners: 2
o 1970–71, 1982–83
• East Devon Cup Winners: 2
o 1950–51, 1982–83
• Great Mills Combination League Winners: 5
o 1983–84, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1992–93
• Morrison Bell Cup Winners: 7
o 1933–34, 1937–38, 1953–54, 1966–67, 1970–71, 1982–83, 1989–90
I do find it a bit strange that one end of the ground is completely viewable and I bet you might well find some standing on that path watching the game for free. I did stop near the ground a week or so a go and took a few pictures, one or two are not of the best quality I’m afraid, they were all taken from outside of the ground.
Exmouth Town FC play in the South West Peninsula League. They had started the 2005–06 season in the Western League, but financial problems led to their withdrawal bringing a 33-year association with the league to an end.
The club was formed in 1933 and played their first forty years of existence in local football, primarily in the Devon & Exeter League. They joined the Western League in 1973, and won the league title twice, in the 1983–84 and 1985–86. The club play their home matches at their Southern Road Ground. The club is nicknamed "The Town".
The highlight of the club's existence was the 1984–85 season, when they went all the way to the FA Vase semi-finals. There were high hopes of a place in the final at Wembley Stadium, but Fleetwood Town were just too strong over the two legs, the Lancashire side winning 4–3 on aggregate.
After the demise of their Western League team in January 2006, the reserve side in the Devon & Exeter League became the first team, effectively dropping the club three levels of the National League System. The club gained promotion to the South West Peninsula East Division in 2007.
FA competitions best performances
• FA Cup – 4th Qualifying Round, 1988–89, 1989–90
• FA Trophy – Preliminary Round, 1974–75
• FA Vase – Semi-finals, 1984–85
[edit] Honours
• Devon St Lukes Challenge Cup Winners: 3
o 1984–85, 1988–89, 1989–90
• Devon Senior Cup Winners: 1
o 1950–51
• Devon Premier Cup Winners: 2
o 1970–71, 1982–83
• East Devon Cup Winners: 2
o 1950–51, 1982–83
• Great Mills Combination League Winners: 5
o 1983–84, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1992–93
• Morrison Bell Cup Winners: 7
o 1933–34, 1937–38, 1953–54, 1966–67, 1970–71, 1982–83, 1989–90
are you suggesting he likes to keep the bar propped up 
I think it would be fitting for Budleigh to put up a statue of Kev, after all who else is famous who came or lived there. Well there is one other I know about and there is a plaque on the house where they lived close to the seafront, but who is it? 