Dolan Eamonn To help reduce the amount of perspiration in the dressing room, the young strategist is scheduled to return.
After a bright start to the season, the Grecians have hit a bad patch, although performances have not always been reflected in their results.
IT was a year ago this week that Gary Caldwell was the surprise choice to succeed Matt Taylor as the manager of Exeter City. Others were strongly linked with the role but, in the words of Julian Tagg and others that formed part of the interview panel, the Scot was the outstanding choice to carry on the excellent work of his predecessors.
The Grecians, under Supporters’ Trust ownership, can be rightfully proud of choosing the right man at the right time when it comes to making managerial appointments. Eamonn Dolan was the first manager, tasked with stabilising the club following relegation from the Football League and giving youth its chance as the club kept alive an Academy that remains its core.
When Dolan left for Reading after 16 months at the helm, Alex Inglethorpe came in and took the Grecians forward as the club’s battle to survive amid overwhelming debt continued. Inglethorpe masterminded the goalless draw at Manchester United and the financial windfall from that helped to finally stabilise the club and address the debts.
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Inglethorpe also left for an attractive youth role – at Tottenham Hotspur – but City’s next appointment was more left field as Paul Tisdale was tasked with getting the Grecians back into the Football League. After a near miss in his first season, losing in the play-off final to Morecambe, Tisdale completed the job in his second and followed that up with a back-to-back promotion by guiding Exeter into League One
