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This made me chuckle (about Exeter)

Jul 7, 2008
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Taken from the club's wikipedia history page:

"In 1654 the land was owned by Lady Anne Clifford who rented it out for fattening pigs. The proceeds went to a charity set up to pay for the apprenticeship of a poor child from the parish of St Stephen, an arrangement that was supposed to be renewed "yearly to the world's end." Pigs were resident for nearly 250 years and in later times, were joined by other tenants of low repute and was also home to Exeter United FC. In 1904, the ground was leased to the newly formed Exeter City FC with the new contract stipulating that "no menageries, shows, circuses or steam roundabouts" were to be allowed on the premises."

They've probably broken those final stipulations a fair few times, also.