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• Ground Name: St James Park
• Capacity: 9,036
• Address: Wells Street, Exeter, Devon, EX4 6PX
• Year Opened: 1904
• Pitch Size: 114 x 73 yards
• Record Attendance: 21,014 v Sunderland, FA Cup 6th Round Replay, March 4th, 1931

St James Park (not to be confused with Newcastle United's stadium of the same name) is the home of Exeter City FC, who have played there since 1904.

In the ground's early days, some visiting clubs complained that the ground was short of regulation length, and both Stoke (in 1909) and Reading (1910) refused to play FA Cup games there.

The matter was resolved in 1920 when the club purchased the land east of the ground and were able to extend the pitch.

In 1921, Exeter were able to buy the site, thanks to money raised through the sale of Dick Pym to Bolton, and proceeded to develop the ground, adding a roof to the Cowshed stand and in 1926 rebuilding the Grandstand which had been destroyed by fire the previous year.

In 1994, faced with financial difficulties, the club sold the ground to Beazer Homes, who later sold it on to Exeter City Council.

As finances improved the club began to redevelop St James Park, rebuilding the Big Bank stand in 2000 and replacing the Cowshed terrace with an all-seater stand in 2001. However financial difficulties raised their head again, resulting in further development plans being put on hold.

Then after the arrest of the club's chairman in 2003, the Supporters Trust took over the day-to-day running of the club and entered voluntary administration.

In 2005, the club came out of administration and the Supporters Trust began to again consider the redevelopment of the ground.

In the interim, much of the maintenance and repair work has been undertaken by a volunteer workforce of fans organised by the Trust, using resources donated by local businesses.

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