Exeter United first appeared around 1890, merging with St. Sidwell's Old Boys in 1904 to form Exeter City.
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The new club continued to play at St. James' Park, where Sidwell's had played since 1894.
A successful exhibition match between West Bromwich Albion and Woolwich Arsenal was staged to test interest in football, in what was a rugby stronghold, and so Exeter City decided to turn professional in 1908 and joined the Southern League, replacing Tottenham Hotspur.
The club were founder members of Division Three in 1920-21. Exeter then spent over forty years in the basement division before finally winning promotion in 1963-64.
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