page_title: History of Exeter City F.C.
section_title: First tour of the Netherlands
hierarchical_section_title: History of Exeter City F.C. / Inter-war period (1918–1940) / First tour of the Netherlands
caption_attribution_description: English: Exeter City relaxing in an Amsterdam Café before their match with Ajax in 1925
context_page_description: Exeter City F.C. is an English football club based in Exeter, Devon. The club was formed in 1901 as St. Sidwell's United and played in the Southern League from 1908 until 1920, when that league's top division was absorbed into The Football League as its new Division Three. The club was the first ever team to play the Brazilian national team in 1914, a match which was commemorated in a 2014 friendly game against Fluminense.
  City took 60 years to achieve their first ever promotion, finishing fourth in Division Four in the 1963–64 season. Since then, the club have mostly oscillated between the third and fourth divisions, spending five years in the Conference between 2003 and 2008; having been promoted a further four times and relegated five times.
  Exeter City have never played above the third tier of English football, and are the club that have played the most seasons in the third tier without ever making the second tier in England. The club's only major title came in the 1989–90 season, when Terry Cooper led City to the Fourth Division title.
context_section_description: On 15 March 1925, just one day after playing Norwich City in the league, City played a friendly match against Ajax in Amsterdam. The team travelled from Harwich to Rotterdam by ferry in the morning, before beating Ajax 5–1 in the evening in front of 15,000 spectators. Harry Kirk netted a hat-trick, with the other two goals being scored by Stanley Charlton (from a penalty) and Wilfred Lievesley.
caption: Exeter City relaxing in an Amsterdam café before their match with Ajax in 1925
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