MOMENT IN TIME: EXETER, NATIONAL LEAGUE 3 CHAMPIONS 1996-97

SPECIAL REPORT BY NEIL FISSLER
Exeter had just achieved one promotion from Courage League Division 4 and, as the game was going professional, they planned to win a second promotion within three years.
In June 1996, they launched themselves into the professional age offering £1,000-plus per man to their first team squad just to keep up with other clubs in the county who were paying players. Little did anybody know that within 11 months, they would be claiming a second successive title and celebrating promotion to the second tier – a...