Big Crowds for Reserves Are a Thing of the Past
Express & Echo (Exeter, UK) › December 09, 2007
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Less than 200 hardy people gathered at St James's Park for the midweek reserve team fixture against Bristol City and, while it was one of the best attendances of the season for a Pontins Holidays League match, it is a far cry from the heady days of second team football of years gone by.
The City reserves were members of the Southern League for many years until financial constraints and cutbacks led to their withdrawal from the competition in 1960.See the full content of this document
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Big Crowds for Reserves Are a Thing of the Past
They then had a season in the Exeter & District League and also played in the Western League for a few seasons.
After that, various competitions and formats wer...See the full content of this document
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