So far the Supporters' Club has arranged three official tours to our Mecca (St. James' Park and Exeter, that is), and about ten of our members have so far seen the club 'live'. Not too bad when you think of the fact that there are only about 30 of us! (There were 50 of us the first season when we were in the dizzy heights of the Second Division, but we have got rid of the glory hunters now!)

The last time we were over in England was Christmas 95, and the reason I say 'last' and not 'latest', is that there is a certain risk we might be banned from the ground in the future. We all seem to be jinxed - none of our members have seen the club win a game so far. Andre V. Pedersen has been over three times, and has yet to see the City score whilst Marius G Vik has seen a total of nine games and no wins!

When we are not over watching the City playing, we concentrate on doing two things. Four to five times a season we publish our fanzine 'Exe-Rated', with 20-28 pages (in Norwegian) packed with information about the club. Although there are 50 other Supporters Clubs for British teams in Norway (naturally, neither Gargoyle nor Torquay has got one), we are proud to say that we are probably the only magazine who has had a letter from our manager in every issue - 12 so far!

Apart from the magazine, our most important task is the 'Supportercupen', a football competition between all the supporters clubs in Norway, which is held every summer. Thirty-six teams, and about 400 players take part, and Exeter City have done very well so far. Last season we got to the final, but lost to Wimbledon on penalties, the first season we won the whole thing after beating Liverpool on penalties in the final. This after knocking out teams such as Aston Villa (5-0) and Leeds (3-1) on the way. Peter Lorimer came all the way from Leeds to present us with the trophy, a replica of the Jules Rimet trophy. This is now proudly displayed at the Centre Spot social club in Exeter!

The membership fee is NOK 80.- (which is about eight pounds). If you want more information or a FREE COPY of our magazine, please write to :-
Marius G Vik,
Stockflethsgate 41c,
N-0461 OSLO,
Norway
Or by e-mail :-
mgvik@telepost.no (Marius G Vik, Exe-Rated Editor)
Stig.Haugan@stud.oks.hioslo.no (Stig Haugan, Chairman)

Please note - although called "...of Norway", the supporters' club is open to everyone in Scandinavia/anywhere, we have already several members in both Sweden and Denmark, and we have considered changing the club's name to something with "Scandinavia" in it.

ECSCON now have our own Web pages (in Norwegian).