Grecians

Caleb Watts and Yanic Wildschut both signed for the Grecians on Friday in time to feature.

Exeter City manager Gary Caldwell was left delighted with the excellent performance from his Grecians side despite the late defeat to Coventry City.

Exeter City manager Gary Caldwell was left disappointment and frustrated after his Grecians side slumped to a fifth successive loss.

Niskanen showed in his early games for the Grecians just what he can bring to the team, but after so long on the sidelines, it will take him time to get back to where he was when injury struck.

Now Sparkes is preparing to return to the Grecians for the first time since his devastating exit following 150 appearances and nine goals for the club he supports.

Saturday's match at home to Reading gives supporters of both the Grecians and the Royals the perfect opportunity to celebrate the life of a man who means so much to the two clubs in Eamonn Dolan.

The 18-year-old was making his first Grecians appearance of the season – and the first in a year.

The 21-year-old signed for the Grecians only on Friday after spending a couple of weeks on trial at St James Park.

White already has 10 League One appearances to his name, and has quickly become a fan favourite with the Grecians.

Will Aimson then couldn’t quite divert a corner goalbound as the Grecians threatened.

A half-season spell in League Two with Harrogate was his only experience of the football league before the move to the Grecians, having played for the last three years in the National League.

Although he then played for the Cottagers in their Premier League clash at Manchester City the next day, his only other first team football before his Grecians debut on Saturday had been two EFL Trophy group stage matches for Fulham’s U21s.

Exeter City manager Gary Caldwell felt the Grecians ‘threw the game away’ after they were beaten 2-0 away to Stockport County.

Exeter City’s first half blitz of goals was comfortably enough as the Grecians eased to victory in their first of two pre-season friendlies on Tuesday.

Following the 2-1 win at Cheltenham Town on City manager Gary Caldwell made four changes to the Grecians side.

Having made his debut as a 16-year-old and with now 16 first team appearances to his name already, there is no doubt that the Grecians rate him highly.

It takes him into the top ten for appearances for the Grecians, but wasn’t the result he wanted to mark the achievement.

Kevin McDonald was among the substitutes after re-joining the Grecians last week.

The Grecians have responded clinically after three successive defeats threatened to upset their season, wins over Argyle, Cheltenham Town and Keynsham Town coming alongside a creditable draw against league leaders Hashtag United.

The Grecians will hope to make it three wins in a row for the first time since August when Bristol Rovers visit St James Park on Saturday.