Then, Now and Next Walk: Exeter City Football Club’s Grounds

Wednesday 5th November at 14:00-16:00

ECFC St James Park, meet at 2pm outside the Club Shop/Reception under the main stand off either Stadium Way or St James Road (both off Old Tiverton Road)

Martin Weiler will lead this visit to St James Park. Come and enjoy a leisurely stroll around Exeter City Football Club's stadium St James Park. Learn about the history of this 'Parish Field' stretching back as far as the 1600s. Hear how the pitch that was once used for fattening pigs played host to European Champions Manchester United. Visit the Club's Museum with a vast array of items relating to the Club's heritage including the unique fact that Exeter City were Brazil's first ever opponents.

All our walks are advertised in the public section of our website under ‘Events’. They are also listed in the monthly News Bulletin. Before leaving home to join us on a walk, can we please ask you to check the website entry. At times we had to cancel walks last minute due to weather or illness of the lead. So please double-check that the walk is actually still on to avoid disappointments.

For walks you can subscribe (as preferred means of communications) to a Whatsapp group now run by Gert Vonhoff for the ECS walks under: https://chat.whatsapp.com/H9GRjkBkiIoBNc6ZfwAnMK ; all information and communications should preferably run via this group. You need to check before coming that the walk is on like scheduled, as cancellations will be notified through this platform. This Whatsapp group is restricted, so you need contact Gert to be granted access. This might take a few days, and it is best to send Gert an email with the request, your full name and mobile number, so he can add you to the group. Additionally you need to have Gert with mobile and email listed in your contacts.

As the function of the Whatsapp group is to communicate about the walks, please do not use this as a general chatroom.

If you prefer not to become member of the Whatsapp group, you are requested to book yourself in for each individual walk by either sending Gert an email (gertvonhoff@btinternet.com) or a text message to his mobile (07766 706614). This way we can inform you should a walk have to be cancelled with short notice.

Otherwise please use Gert’s mobile phone contact only as a means of last resort.