Matt Taylor played for Exeter. He is the first player to ever move from City direct to the Addicks.
Exeter is a City because there is a very nice Cathedral in its centre.
The average age of first time mothers in Exeter is 31, the second highest in the world.
Exeter has the most stuck up/posh students and university in the world, properly.
Exeter are now the highest ranking team in Devon. This is the first time ever that they have been in a higher division that Plymouth.
Charlton's first ever league game was v Exeter. We won 1 - 0. Charlton 3rd ever league game was v Exeter. We lost 1 - 0
It is still illegal to wear flip flops inside the City walls.
Exeter residents take more headache tablets per head per year than any other city in England.
Devil worshipping is the second biggest religion in Exeter after Methodism according the last census.
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There are 16 Exeters in the USA.
An anagram of Exeter is Tee Rex.
13. Within the Guildhall is Britains oldest stuffed animal, a seal that dates from 1175.
14. Exeter City's equivalent of The Red Red Robin, The Grey Grey Seal, was composed by Exeter born Chris Martin off of Coldplay. His wife, Gwynneth Paltrow, contributes to the chorus.
15. The Romans invented Water Polo in the city - Exe being the Celtic word for water and 'eter' being the Roman translation of 'drowning horse'.
16. Exeter City have been playing at St James' Park since 1923. The ground was named after Chung-Hee Park who later rose to fame as South Korean president.
17. A disasterously short managerial reign was the appointment (after Gerry Francis left and before Steve Perryman arrived), of Tommy Cooper. All records of this mistake have been amended to show Terry Cooper as the manager at this time.
18. Their nickname was changed to 'Grecians' after it was found too difficult to chant, 'Achaeans' and to cash in on the popularity of hair products in the 1950's. Ex player, David Pleat, appears on the current packaging.
20. Exeter has the highest divorce rate in the uk.
Hence the citys original latin name 'Exit 'ere'
Hey, Henry .......that's not right, surely?
What about gangly centre half Jimmy 'Farmer' Giles, who signed from Exeter in 1975?
Now there was a character in a Charlton shirt.
tourism, with only 7% of employment dependent on tourism compared with
13% for Devon as a whole
Exeter has the narrowest street in the uk .
"When I asked Michael what does he know about football he said 'absolutely nothing but I love Exeter City,'" said Geller.
There is always one, is that really the best you can come up with ?
JK Rowling was born in Exeter and once dated another famous Exeter born star, Danny La Rue, who was the inspiration for Hagred in her Harry Potter books.
There is one solitary Ivor Dewdneys in Exeter, but it is targeted by city fans regularly.
Oggies is much better. Proper job!
Although born in Wales Tommy Cooper was brought up in Exeter. His mum was very careful with money, a trait inherited by Tommy, but his dad was an inveterate gambler who eventually lost their house through debt and the family moved to the cheaper area of Southampton.
you mean Portsmouth?
The name Exeter derives from an old workhouse in the area, the inmates of which had great difficulty eating for a reason now lost in the mists of time.
They were known as "Ex eaters" this later became Exeter.