Academy Graduates

• Born: September 14, 2000
• Nationality: Welsh
• Position: Defender/Midfielder
• City first team debut: City 1 Brentford 0 (09/08/2016)

Ethan's story:

Ethan became the club’s youngest ever player to make a competitive first team appearance when he played for the Grecians against Brentford in the EFL Cup on Tuesday, August 9, 2016.

He was aged 15, 10 months and 26 days and that broke a club record held by the legendary Cliff Bastin for 83 years.

Despite not even being 16, Ethan put in a tremendous display at centre-half to win the man-of-the-match award as City picked up a clean sheet in a 1-0 victory over their Championship opponents.

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Ethan, who moved to Chelsea in the summer of 2017, continued to impress in the first team during the 2016/17 season, coming close to being the youngest player to score in the FA Cup when he rattled the inside of the post in a 3-1 defeat to Luton Town. The youngster went on to make 13 first-team appearances in his breakthrough campaign.

After leaving City, Ethan has continued to develop rapidly, forcing himself into contention with Chelsea's first team as well as being a regular member of Ryan Giggs' Wales side. He made seven first team appearances under Antonio Conte in the 2017/18 campaign and has continued to impress many with his maturity, as well as his ability. Ethan is the son of former City player Kwame Ampadu.

• Born: November 30, 1990
• Nationality: English
• Position: Defender
• City debut: Exeter City 1 Swindon Town 0 (March 29, 2011)

Scot's Story: Cornish-born, Scot Bennet joined up with the Exeter City youth ranks making his debut in March 2011. His first goal came the following season when the Grecians beat Tranmere Rovers 3-0 at St James Park and he went on to find the net a further two times during that campaign.

He continued to feature heavily for the Grecians before moving to Notts County in the summer of 2015. He quickly moved on loan to Newport County and joined the club permanently in the summer of 2016.

• Born: January 12, 2004
• Nationality: English
• Position: Midfielder
• Exeter City debut: Coventry 4-1 Exeter (13/08/2019)

Ben’s Story:

Ben became the club’s youngest ever player to make a competitive first team appearance at the age of 15 years, 7 months and 1 day when he came on as a late substitute in the EFL cup against Coventry in 2019, beating Ethan Ampadu’s record.

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He made his league debut as a late substitute in a 2-0 win against Cambridge United on 11^th January 2020. In total Ben made 5 appearances for this club and also represented England at U15 and 16 youth levels. He attracted a lot of interest notably Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Chelsea and Aston Villa reported to have been tracking him. Ben decided to leave Exeter City and join Aston Villa in 2020 initially joining their academy.

On 17 November 2020, he made his debut for Aston Villa in a 3–1 defeat to Carlisle United as part of the U21 squad in the EFL Trophy. Ben was named in the Aston Villa starting line-up for his senior debut on 8 January 2021 in an FA Cup third round tie against Liverpool. Following this he signed his first professional contract. We are proud of his development and hope to see him progress at the highest level.

• Born: December 15, 1985
• Nationality: English
• Position: Midfielder

Danny's story:

Danny was at City for four years from 2003 to 2007 and part of the famous side that held Manchester United to a 0-0 draw at Old Trafford in the third round of the FA Cup in January 2005.

A combative midfielder, Danny's best season in a City shirt came during that 2004/05 campaign when he made 19 appearances for the club. 

The next two seasons saw him play just nine times for the Grecians before he left in the summer of 2007. Danny has continued to play for a number of non-league sides including Truro City and Salisbury. 

• Born: August 31, 1999
• Nationality: English
• Position: Midfielder
• Exeter City debut: Exeter 1-3 Chelsea U21 (28/11/2017)

Archie’s Story:

Archie joined Weston-Super-Mare on loan in August 2017. He made his debut for City in the Checkatrade Trophy against Chelsea U21s in November 2017. Archie had another loan spell this time at Dorchester Town in December 2017 to June 2018.

Archie came back to the Grecians a more developed player and made his first appearance for the club in the 2018/19 campaign in a EFL Cup victory over Ipswich Town. He scored his first goal for the club with a 25-yard shot into the top corner in a 2-0 win over Swindon Town on New Year's Day.

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The 2018/19 season was a real breakthrough period for the youngster as he appeared 33 times for the club.

Archie is an important first team regular who is one of the first names on the team sheet at SJP. He has made an incredible 220 appearances for the Grecians, netting 14 times.

• Born: March 24, 1992
• Nationality: English
• Position: Defender/Midfielder
• Exeter City debut: Huddersfield 2 City 0 (26/02/12)

Aaron Dawson's story:

Aaron Dawson signed his first professional contract at Exeter City in May 2010 and made his debut for the club in a 2-0 away defeat at Huddersfield on February 25, 2012. 

He made eight appearances the following season (2012/13) and five the season after, but found first team starts hard to come by and went to play for Torquay United in the Conference before moving on to Truro City. Aaron then joined Gosport Borough in the Conference South, before moving to Salisbury Football Club in 2017.

• Born: September 28, 2000
• Nationality: English
• Position: Midfielder
• Exeter City debut: Exeter 1-3 Chelsea U21 (28/11/2017)

Will’s Story:

Will made his debut for City coming on as a substitute in the EFL Trophy against Chelsea U21s in November 2017. Will has made 12 appearances for Exeter City. He joined Bath City on loan in November 2020 to further his development.

Will made his full City debut in the 2-2 draw away at Salford City in 2020 but was released at the end of the season and would go on to join Truro City where he has flourished. Helping the club to secure promotion to the National League South for the 23/24 season.

• Born: June 19, 2001
• Nationality: English
• Position: Midfielder
• Exeter City debut: Exeter 4-0 West Brom U21 (17/11/2020)

Cheick's Story:

Cheick signed as a scholar at Exeter City and moved to Devon following his release from Stevenage as an U16. Cheick has made one appearance for City which was his debut in 2020, coming on as a substitute in a 4-0 win against West Brom U21 in the EFL Trophy. Cheick signed a new contract at the club in 2021 and is a really exciting prospect we hope to see more of in the first team.

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• Born: November 1, 2000
• Nationality: English
• Position: Midfielder 
• Exeter City debut: Exeter 2-0 West Ham U21 (25/09/2018)

James’ Story:

James is an Exeter-based youngster, who has been with the academy since U9s.

James has made one appearance for City in 2018, coming on as a substitute in a 2-0 win against West Ham in the EFL Trophy.

• Born: April 29 2000
• Nationality: English
• Position: Defender
• Exeter City debut: Exeter 0-0 Oxford (4/12/2019)

Jordan’s Story:

Jordan has made 6 appearances for the club. Jordan made his debut for the club against Oxford in the EFL trophy in 2019. Jordan has had loan spells at Chippenham, Tiverton and Bideford. Jordan, who is from Exeter and went to Isca School, signed for City's academy at U10s and was captain of the U16s team.

• Born: September 30, 1988
• Nationality: English
• Position: Defender

Mark's Story:

Mark Ellis came through the youth ranks with the Grecians but forged a career away from St James Park. He played at Torquay United during his early days before going on to have stints with Crewe Alexandra, Shrewsbury Town, Carlisle United and is now with Tranmere Rovers.

• Born: September 11, 1990
• Nationality: English
• Position: Midfielder
• City debut: City 1 Walsall 1 (12/11/2011)

Elliott's story: 

Elliott played 12 League One games for City in his debut season for the club, scoring one goal in a 3-2 FA Cup replay defeat away at Walsall. 

However, following City's relegation to League Two, the midfielder found opportunities hard to come by playing just four games the following season and then being released by City in the summer of 2013. 

He then joined Salisbury City and played 45 games for them in the Conference before having three successful years at Forest Green. 

Elliott then joined Motherwell in the Scottish Premier League, featuring reguarly for the Steelmen.

• Born: October 17, 1987
• Nationality: English
• Position: Defender
• City debut: Forest Green 0 City 0 (17/04/06)

George's story:

George was born in Barnstable and signed a professional contact with City in March 2006 before making his first debut in April. Early in his career at City, he had loan spells with Tiverton Town and Bath.

In the 2007/08 season he became a key part of the City team that won promotion to the Football League via the play-offs. He became the youngest player to ever captain City and scored his first goal in a 4-4 draw with Burton Albion.

George left Exeter for £350,000 in a move to Wolverhampton that was completed on September 1, 2008. He made just six appearances in the 2008/09 season as Wolves won the Championship and therefore promotion to the Premier League.

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He spent much of the next season on loan with Millwall, Southend and Scunthorpe United. George was recalled to Wolves due to injuries at the club and made his Premier League debut against Manchester United on December 15, 2009. He made no more appearances for Wolves that season; he instead re-joined City on loan to help prevent a return to League Two, setting up Ryan Harley's late winner in the last game of the season against Huddersfield Town. 

George was linked with a return to Exeter City after his Wolves deal ended but instead joined Doncaster Rovers. At the beginning of the 2011/12 season, he was appointed captain and at the end of that season he won player of the year and supporters’ player of the year. The club was later relegated to League One after three seasons in the Championship.

George joined Middlesbrough for £100,000 in 2012 and has been a key player since, performing brilliantly and helping them gain promotion to the Premier League. After being relegated after one season in the Premier League, George went on to play 39 times for the club in the 2017/18 season.

• Born: August 11, 1993
• Nationality: Gibraltar
• Position: Midfield
• City debut: City 3 Southend 0 (13/01/2013)

Jake's story:

Jake first received fame amongst City fans even before making his first team debut for the club when he scored the winning goal in an FA Cup first round tie while on loan at Dorchester in November 2012. His opponents that day? City's local rivals Plymouth Argyle.

Jake would go on to make his first team debut for City a couple of months later in a 3-0 win over Southend and then scored his first goal for the club in a 3-0 victory over Northampton Town in March 2013. 

Jake made 12 appearances for the club that season but then found opportunities hard to come by the following campaign before going on to join Bristol Rovers, who had just been relegated to the Conference, in the summer of 2014.

Jake was an integral part of the Rovers squad that achieved back-to-back promotions from the Conference to League One, playing over 60 games for the club during those two years. 

However, he failed to make an appearance for Bristol Rovers in League One and spent spells on loan at Newport County, Cambridge United and Forest Green before joining Torquay United on a permanent basis in the summer of 2017.

Jake has also played internationally for Gibraltar, featuring against the likes of Estonia, Malta and Poland.

• Born: October 1, 1995
• Nationality: English
• Position: Midfielder
• Exeter City debut: Newcastle 2-2 QPR (01/02/2017)

Sean’s Story:

One of the brightest prospects to come from the Exeter City academy, Sean left our academy at 16 years old to join Manchester United in 2012 to continue his development. Sean went on to play for Man United at academy level through to their U23s. In 2015, Sean was included in the Manchester United first team squad for their pre-season tour in USA. He made an appearance on tour against PSG and later was included in a match day squad against Watford in the Premier League in November 2015.

In 2017 after not managing to make a senior appearance he left Man United to join QPR in the Championship where he made his professional debut in a 2-2 draw against Newcastle coming on as a late substitute.

Since then Sean has had loan spells playing at Rangers and St Johnstone and in 2019 he left QPR to join Shrewsbury Town in League One before returning to Scotland to join Motherwell in 2021.

• Born: July 15, 1995
• Nationality: English
• Position: Midfield
• City debut: Exeter City 2 AFC Wimbledon 0 (August 17, 2013)

Matt's Story:

One of the brightest prospects to rise from the Exeter City academy, Matt Grimes made his debut back in August 2013 against AFC Wimbledon. In his first season he played 37 times and scored one goal. Impressive displays in the first half of the 2014/15 campaign, which saw him net four times, then caught the eye of Swansea City.

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Matt then departed St James Park for the Liberty Stadium to continue his development. The midfielder then spent time on loan with the likes of Blackburn Rovers, Leeds United and Northampton Town. The 2018/19 season has seen Matt nail down a place in the Swansea first team under Graham Potter in the Championship.

• Born: February 27, 1996
• Nationality: English
• Position: Forward
• City debut: City 0 Wycombe Wanderers 2 (September 3, 2013)

Matt's story:

Matt Jay made his City debut in 2013. A lively forward, he has an eye for goal and is very good technically. He has endured loan spells with Weston-super-Mare, Hayes & Yeading United and Truro City. 

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The 2017/18 season saw Matt really progress in his City career as he made 23 appearances for the club- a campaign which saw him score his first league goal for the club away from home against Cambridge United.

He wrote himself into City folklore by scoring the goal against Barrow that sealed promotion back to League One for the first time in a decade!

• Born: July 1, 1995
• Nationality: Guernsey
• Position: Goalkeeper
• City debut: City 1 Coventry City 3 (07/10/2014)

James' story:

James' City debut came in a 3-1 defeat away at Coventry City in the Football League Trophy before he made his first league start for City as they defeated table-topping Shrewsbury Town 3-2 at home. James made 22 appearances for the Grecians that season as he battled Christy Pym for the No. 1 shirt. 

The past two seasons James' first appearances have been limited but he has still been an integral part of the squad at St James Park.

James featured three times in the 2017/18 season in the Checkatrade Trophy, and will be keen to push Christy Pym as far as possible as he continues his development in the 2018/19 campaign.

The young goalkeeper, who began his career with Guernsey, is also a great golfer and has numerous awards to his name in that sport as well.

Cameron’s Story:

Cameron came up through the academy at Exeter City before he left to join Bristol Rovers in 2017. He was included in the pre-season tour for Bristol Rovers ahead of the 2017/18 season and made his debut for the senior side in the EFL Trophy victory against Wycombe Wanderers, coming on as a substitute.

Cameron spent some time on loan at Hungerford Town, in 2018 where he made 8 appearances.

The 2019/20 season was Cameron’s breakthrough campaign, making his first league appearance against MK Dons, when he came on as a late substitute. In June of 2020, Cameron signed a new two-year deal with Bristol Rovers.

• Born: March 9, 1999
• Nationality: English
• Position: Defender
• Exeter City debut: Exeter 1-3 Chelsea U21 (28/11/2017)

Alex’s Story:

Alex joined Truro City on loan in March 2017. He made his debut for City in the EFL Trophy against Chelsea U21s in November 2017. Following this he returned to Truro on loan in 2018 then had a loan spell at Bath City in 2019.

Alex became a regular at the heart of the Grecians defence and made over 150 appearances in red and white!
 

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• Born: November 19, 1999
• Nationality: English
• Position: Defender
• Exeter City debut: Exeter 2-0 Bristol Rovers (13/11/2018)

Josh’s Story:

Josh made his debut for City in 2018, coming on as a substitute in a 2-0 win against Bristol Rovers in the EFL Trophy.

Josh made 148 appearances for the club and was a key player in the squad that gained promotion back to League One!

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• Born:June 29, 2000
• Nationality: English
• Position: Midfielder
• Exeter City debut: Exeter 1-3 Yeovil (29/08/2017)

Harry’s Story:

Harry made his City debut in 2017 coming on early as a substitute against Yeovil in the Football League Trophy.

The young midfielder has now made 77 appearances for his boyhood club, scoring 7 goals.

Harry would go on to score three goals in his first season in League One, including winning the EFL Goal of the Month for August.

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• Born: January 24, 1994
• Nationality: English
• Position: Central defence
• City debut: City 3 Burton Albion 0 (01/09/12)

Jordan's story:

Former captain Jordan Moore-Taylor is a graduate of the Exeter City Academy having been spotted playing for Stoke Hill in the local Devon league as a youngster.

The left-footed defender his known for his strong, tough tackling approach to the game and made eight appearances for the club in 2012/13 campaign – his first season as professional at St James Park.

His impressive performances, at either left-back or centre-half, have seen Jordan chalk up well over 100 appearances for the Grecians in the last four seasons despite some injuries hampering his progress.

His first goal in a City shirt came in April 2014 when he headed home the opener in the Grecians 1-1 draw with Cheltenham.

Jordan took over the captaincy midway through the 2015/16 season and would conclude a strong personal campaign by taking home the ExEC-100 Club player-of-the-season award.

Jordan’s first full season with the armband saw him guide the Grecians to a fifth-placed finish and the League Two play-off final, whilst marshaling a defence that recorded 14 clean sheets in the 2016/17 campaign.

It was also his most prolific season to date, with him contributing five goals over the course of the season. Jordan’s performances saw him pick up the Grecian Travel away-player-of-the-year award.

The 2017/18 campaign saw Jordan play 31 times, helping himself to three goals as City went to Wembley once again. As the Grecians fell at the final hurdle, Jordan opted to depart St James Park as he moved to MK Dons to link up with manager Paul Tisdale.

• Born: January 14, 1986
• Nationality: English
• Position: Left-back/left-midfield
• City debut: Accrington Stanley 1 City 2 (18/10/03)

Dean's story:

Exeter-born Dean made his debut for his hometown club in October 2003 in a 2-1 away win at Accrington Stanley. Dean quickly established himself as a first team player making 17 appearances that season and scoring two goals. 

The following season Dean made 35 appearances and scored four goals including a memorable 40-yard strike against Doncaster Rovers in an FA Cup second round tie at St James Park. 

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That goal helped set-up a money-spinning third round match with Manchester United, which helped save the club from financial turmoil, with Dean playing in both the 0-0 draw at Old Trafford and the replay at St James Park. 

In the 2007/08 season, Dean played 52 games and was man-of-the-match in the play-off final that saw City promoted back to the Football League. In the next season, Dean played 45 games as Exeter were promoted to League One.

Dean then joined Derby County before going on to achieve promotion to the Premier League with Crystal Palace. Dean then spent three years at Bolton Wanderers before re-joining Exeter City ahead of the 2017/18 season. 

The 2017/18 campaign saw Dean contribute with 42 appearances and three goals as he helped City to Wembley. On October 6, 2018, Dean made is 250th appearance for the Grecians in a 2-2 draw away from home against Yeovil Town.

• Born: August 28, 1993
• Nationality: English
• Position: Forward
• City debut: Sheffield Wednesday 1 City 2 (May 7, 2011)

Tom's Story: Another hot prospect from the City academy, Tom Nichols made his City debut away from home at Sheffield Wednesday as the Grecians picked up all three points. Tom would play sporadically over the next couple of seasons.

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The 2014/15 campaign saw him score 15 goals in 39 first team appearances for the Grecians before continuing that good form into the next season. A good start, which included a goal against Liverpool in the FA Cup, saw to it that he would be picked up by Peterborough United in January 2016.

He played 51 times for Peterborough the following season in League One before he switched back to the west country to join Bristol Rovers.

• Born: 24/04/1995
• Nationality: English
• Position: Goalkeeper
• Exeter City debut: Southend 2 City 3 (15/02/2014)

Christy Pym's story:

Christy, a highly-rated young goalkeeper, was handed his first professional contract at St James Park in April 2013. 

He went on to make his debut for the club the following season in a 3-2 victory over Southend at Roots Hall on February 15, 2014. He then went on to become first-choice keeper towards the end of that campaign.

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On August 28, 2014, Christy was called up to the England under-20s team for a friendly match against Romania and has since received two further calls up at that level.

The young shot stopper had a superb 2016/17 season. He managed to nudge experienced shot-stopper Bobby Olejnik out of the No. 1 spot with a string of fine displays between the sticks. 

In 2017/18 Christy had arguably his best season yet as he helped the Grecians to Wembley for the second successive season. He picked up no less than six end of season awards for his performances, including accolades such as the Hawksmoor Investment Management fans’ player of the season award.

Christy remained City's first choice goalkeeper going into the 2018/19 campaign under Matt Taylor.

• Born: October 29, 1999
• Nationality: English
• Position: Midfielder
• Exeter City debut: Exeter 1-3 Chelsea U21 (28/11/2017)

Joel’s Story:

Joel made his first-team debut as a second-half substitute in the EFL Trophy against Chelsea U21s. He scored his first goal for the club in the same competition against Bristol Rovers. Joel went on a short loan to Weymouth in December 2019 to help his development.

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Joel has been at the academy since the U11 age group. He is a very skilful midfielder with loads of energy. Joel has impressed in the first-team making 35 appearances in total with 11 goals scored.

• Born: July 15, 1994
• Nationality: Northern Irish
• Position: Striker
• City debut: City 1 Oxford United 3 (26/12/2012)

Jamie's story: 

Jamie burst on to the scene at Exeter City towards the end of the 2012/13 season when he scored twice on his full debut as the Grecians earned a 2-2 draw away at AFC Wimbledon. 

He then made two appearances for Northern Ireland under-21s before injury kept him out for a large part of the 2013/14 and 2014/15 season.

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Jamie came back in the 2015/16 campaign to make 15 appearances against the Grecians, including a memorable FA Cup third round match against Liverpool where he helped set up the opening goal for Tom Nichols.

Jamie departed the club in 2017 to sign permenantly for Torquay and has regularly found the net for the club.

• Born: March 7, 1986
• Nationality: English
• Position: Goalkeeper
• City debut: Barnet 2 City 3 (October 7, 2003)

Martin's story:

Martin made his City debut in 2003 for the Grecians, and went on to make 11 appearances in that campaign. He played regularly up until the 2007/08 season where he sealed a move to Torquay United.

He has since played for Truro City and Gosport Borough.

He remained at Torquay until 2015 where he joined Truro City.

• Born: 10/01/1996
• Nationality: English
• Position: Left-back
• City debut: City 0 Bournemouth 2 (12/08/2014)

Connor's story:

Connor played his first game for City in a 2-0 defeat to Championship side Bournemouth in the 2014/15 League Cup. He made four more appearances for the Grecians that season, finishing on the winning side against AFC Wimbledon in March 2015. 

The following campaign, Connor had a successful loan spell at Truro City before going on to make nine appearances for the Grecians in the 2016/17 campaign. However, the Exeter-born youngster was released in the summer of 2017 having found first-team opportunities hard to come by that year. 

• Born: March 5, 1987
• Nationality: English
• Position: Defender
• City debut: City 3 Dagenham & Redbridge 1 (15/04/06)

Danny's story:

Barnstaple-born Danny made his debut for City in April 2006 in a 3-1 win over Dagenham & Redbridge and scored his first goal for the club two games later in a 4-0 win over Crawley Town.

Danny formed a successful defensive partnership with Matt Taylor during the 2007/08 season and was handed the captaincy as he led the Grecians to promotion via the Conference play-off final in May 2008. 

He then signed a two-year contract before the start of the next campaign and was a regular in the team as City gained promotion to League One. He played 23 games for the Grecians in the third tier of English football before signing for Southampton for an undisclosed fee on January 13, 2010. 

Danny played 44 games for the Saints in both League One and the Championship but, having been promoted to the Premier League, Southampton released Danny in the summer of 2013. He then went on to play for for Yeovil Town, Coventry City, Partick Thistle and Hamilton. 

December 2017 then saw Danny make a return to the Grecians, brought in by Paul Tisdale to aid in defensive cover. He played seven times on his return to the club, featuring against the likes of West Bromwich Albion, Luton Town and Colchester United. 

He departed the club again ahead of the 2018/19 season and signed for Derry City.

• Born: April 25, 1990
• Nationality: English
• Position: Midfielder
• City debut: Altrincham 1 City 4 (August 11, 2007)

Liam's story:

Liam played well over 200 times for the Grecians, a club he made his debut for in 2007.

He was part of the consecutive promotion winning side under Paul Tisdale as a dynamic midfielder and a real fan favourite.

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Liam left the Grecians in 2015 to join Oxford United helping them to promotion from League Two in the 2015/16 season. He then returned to the west country to join Bristol Rovers in League One. 

Whilst with the Grecians Liam helped himself to 23 goals

• Born: April 16, 1999
• Nationality: English
• Position: Forward
• Exeter City debut: Coventry 4-1 Exeter (13/08/2019)

Ben’s Story:

Ben made his debut for City in the EFL cup away to Coventry in 2019. Before his debut he had loan spells at Weston-Super Mare, Bideford, Dorchester and Gloucester. 

Ben was chosen to wear the #9 shirt after it came out of retirement after nine seasons. The shirt had been retired in honour of our much-loved striker Adam Stansfield, who sadly passed in 2010. The shirt was given to Ben as he was an academy graduate and that fitted into the philosophy of the Adam Stansfield Foundation, which was created with the aim of helping to give young people the unique opportunity to develop life skills through the power of football.

• Born: September 29, 2000
• Nationality: English
• Position: Midfielder
• Exeter City debut: Swindon 1-1 Exeter (12/08/2017)

Jack made his City debut in 2017 as a late substitute in a 1-1 draw away to Swindon in League Two. He went out on loan to Chippenham in 2018 then came back to City in 2019.

In the 2019/20 season Jack progressed well in his City career as he made 62 appearances for the club which includes games in the play-off semi-final and final.

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Jack became an ever-present in the City team and would go on to make over 150 appearances for his boyhood club, winning promotion to League One before announcing he would leave the club at the end of the 22/23 season.

• Born: November 24, 2002
• Nationality: English
• Position: Forward
• Exeter City debut: Fulham 2-1 Aston Villa (04/01/2020)

Jay’s Story:

Jay is a talented player that came from the academy who left at 16 years old. In August 2019, Jay signed for Fulham. When Jay moved it seemed to have ended any romantic notion that he would wear the number nine shirt which had been retired for nine seasons in tribute to his dad, Adam Stansfield.

On 4 January 2020, Stansfield made his debut for Fulham in an FA Cup third round match against Aston Villa coming on as a late substitute. Jay has made 3 appearances for Fulham and has also represented England U18s. We hope that Jay will have a long and successful career at the highest level.

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Exeter City were delighted to announce the signing of striker Jay Stansfield on loan from Premier League side Fulham for the 2022/23 season.

The 19-year-old, who is son of Grecians legend Adam, began his career at the City Academy before signing for the London club in August 2019. He would play a key part in the season and leave scoring 9 goals and securing a place in the hearts of all the City fans.

• Born: September 2, 1997
• Nationality: English
• Position: Central defence
• City debut: Oxford United 4 City 2 (30/08/16) 

Jordan's Story:

Jordan played locally in his native Somerset prior to joining the Grecians, where he would impress at youth level. He made his City debut in the Checkatrade Trophy when he came on as a substitute for Pierce Sweeney away at Oxford United in August 2016.

This would precede loan spells with Tiverton Town and Dorchester Town, spells which would turn out to be key for the youngster's development.

After impressing with Dorchester, Jordan was recalled to St James Park and began to feature in the match day squads, with his first appearance since the Oxford match in 2016, coming over a year later when he came on against Mansfield Town to help City to a 1-1 draw.

That's when Jordan's City career really began to take off, particualry when he was thrown into the starting XI away from home at high-flying Luton Town. An assured display from the youngster saw the Grecians slip to a narrow 1-0 defeat as their injury-hit side gave more than a good account of themselves.

From there on in Jordan would feature reguarly for the remainder of the 2017/18 campaign, and the youngster even helped himself to a couple of goals as he helped City to a fourth place finish.

His displays then resulted in City receving a substantial undisclosed fee from Championship side Preston North End as Jordan departed to continue his development.

• Born: December 30, 1995
• Nationality: English
• Position: Forward
• City debut: Hartlepool 0 City 2 (May 3, 2014)

Ollie's story:

One of the most promising prospects to come out of the Grecians' academy in recent years, Ollie made his debut for the club back in 2014.

The next couple of seasons saw him find his feet in first team football before he announced his true arrival in the 2015/16 season.

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Claiming nine goals in the campaign, his best and most remembered by City fans came in April 2016 when he scored a remarkable goal from the edge of the box to help City to a 2-1 win in the Devon derby against Plymouth Argyle.

His career would go from strength to strength the following season as he helped City to Wembley with 16 goals in 52 appearances playing in a front three alongside David Wheeler and Reuben Reid.

The Championship came calling at the end of the 2017/18 season when he was picked up by Brentford where he has continued to impress.