History of Exeter City F.C.
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Exeter City F.C. is an English football club based in Exeter, Devon. The club was formed in 1901 as St. Sidwell's United and played in the Southern League from 1908 until 1920, when that league's top division was absorbed into The Football League as its new Division Three. The club was the first ever team to play the Brazil national team in 1914, a match which was commemorated in a 2014 friendly game against Fluminense.
City took 60 years to achieve their first ever promotion, finishing fourth in Division Four in the 1963–64 season. Since then, the club have mostly oscillated between the third and fourth divisions, spending five years in the Conference between 2003 and 2008; having been promoted a further four times (in 1976–77, 1989–90, 2007–08 and 2008–09) and relegated five times (in 1965–66, 1983–84, 1993–94, 2002–03 and 2011–12).
Exeter City have never played above the third tier of English football,[1] and are the club that have played the most seasons in the third tier without ever making the second tier in England.[2] The club's only major title came in the 1989–90 season, when Terry Cooper led City to the Fourth Division title.