Tivvy keen to rebuild 'relationship'

Tiverton Town player-coach Scott Rogers says the club must rebuild their relationship with Exeter City in order to progress.

The two clubs have traditionally been quite close and played nine friendlies against each other between 2000 and 2010.

Yet, aside from a game against the Grecians’ under-18s in 2015, they have not faced each other in a friendly since the start of this decade.

Rogers says he wants to build up the relationship with the Grecians in order to offer them a place for youngsters to come out on loan.

He said: “If we want to improve, we’ve got to build up our relationship with Exeter City on and off the pitch.

“We’re playing against teams that have got lads on loan from the likes of Peterborough and Derby and we really could do some help from Exeter.

They’re a great club, 14 miles up the road, so it would be nice if the two clubs were a bit closer.

“If we worked a little closer together, we could give a platform for their young players to play on and it would help us in trying to improve our team with good young players.

“One thing I do think we need to do is improve the relationship because they’re a great club 14 miles up the road and, at the moment, it’s non-existent, which is disappointing.”

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