FENITON FC (5/11/2005)

FENITON F.C. of the Devon & Exeter League have started issuing programmes in the last couple of weeks. I attended their home game at Station Road against Buckland Athletic Reserves on Saturday 5th November which the home club won 2-1. Attendance was around 40 and the ground is just a 5-minute walk from Feniton Railway Station on the line that goes to Exeter. Two goals in the first 5 minutes by Feniton and it looked like the game could end in a rout but credit to Buckland - they fought back and scored before half-time with the second half fairly even with no further score. The ground is down Station Road. You see Feniton Sports & Social Club on your left and about 150 yards beyond that is the roped off pitch with dug-outs to your left. In the immediate corner is a newish-looking building housing a spacious tea room, dressing rooms etc. Programmes were available for £1 from here before the match but also were sold to the spectators during the game. This consisted of a glossy full colour shell of 16 pages including photo of the clubroom on the cover plus colour photos of the 1st & 2nd team squads inside, with a 4-page insert which changes for each match containing line-ups, match reports, player profile etc.

Steve King