{"id":579920,"date":"2021-01-21T16:59:41","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T21:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=579920"},"modified":"2021-01-21T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T22:00:00","slug":"exeter-city-sign-fleetwood-town-defender-sam-stubbs-on-a-permanent-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/21\/exeter-city-sign-fleetwood-town-defender-sam-stubbs-on-a-permanent-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Exeter City Sign Fleetwood Town Defender Sam Stubbs on a Permanent Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/football\/tag\/exeter-city\" target=\"_self\">Exeter City<\/a> have signed <a href=\"\/football\/tag\/fleetwood-town\" target=\"_self\">Fleetwood Town<\/a> centre-back <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/6698d985\/Sam-Stubbs\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sam Stubbs<\/a> on a permanent deal.<\/p>\n<p>Stubbs has signed a two-and-a-half-year deal at St James Park and becomes the Grecians first January signing.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old joins an Exeter side looking to sustain their promotion bid.<\/p>\n<h2>Exeter City Sign Centre-Back Sam Stubbs on a Permanent Deal From Fleetwood Town<\/h2>\n<h3>Stubbs Brings Plenty of Experience at Just 22 Years of Age<\/h3>\n<p>The centre-back is well travelled at just 22, featuring for several clubs in three countries. He is a product of the <a href=\"\/football\/tag\/wigan-athletic\" target=\"_self\">Wigan Athletic<\/a> academy, and loans on his CV include a spell in Scotland with Hamilton Academical and a spell in the Netherlands at ADO Den Haag, working with Alan Pardew and Chris Powell.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from time in Scotland and the Netherlands, Stubbs has Football League experience, turning out for the likes of <a href=\"\/football\/tag\/crewe-alexandra\" target=\"_self\">Crewe Alexandra<\/a> and Fleetwood Town. \u00a0Stubbs joined Fleetwood in the summer transfer window but has played just five times in League One.<\/p>\n<p>Stubbs wants to play and a move to promotion hunting Exeter City can offer that. He joins a Grecians side looking to maintain their promotion bid. They sit ninth in League Two but have games in hand on all the sides above and around them. A big second half of the season lies ahead for Matt Taylor\u2019s team.<\/p>\n<p>Stubbs could make his debut this weekend when Exeter welcome <a href=\"\/football\/tag\/stevenage\" target=\"_self\">Stevenage<\/a> to St James Park. A great opportunity for the Grecians to push themselves closer to the play-off places.<\/p>\n<h3>Stubbs Raring to Go<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exetercityfc.co.uk\/news\/2021\/january\/sam-stubbs-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Speaking to the Exeter City website<\/a> about his move, Stubbs said: \u201cThere is a lot about Exeter City that made me join the club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe biggest thing for me is that they were interested in me for a while and the way the club are. They are really good at developing players and getting the best out of them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone always says great things about Exeter, they always say it\u2019s a great club with great people.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can guarantee I will do absolutely everything for the club, for the manager and my team mates. I just love playing football and being out there winning and ultimately what I want to do is move up the leagues with Exeter City.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I love to defend and get my head on it, blocking shots and crosses.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know all about this division and what it&#8217;s like. I\u2019ve been relegated from it so I know how hard it can be. My goal is just to help get us promoted.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"MeHHSoyXTuhaEXshQosalQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1229131296\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'MeHHSoyXTuhaEXshQosalQ',sig:'zYdUqGkIitGfB97OAqhJfKbp8_5JWrhfRQMCB-XkfhM=',w:'594px',h:'395px',items:'1229131296',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exeter City have signed Fleetwood Town centre-back Sam Stubbs on a permanent deal. Stubbs has signed a two-and-a-half-year deal at St James Park and becomes the Grecians first January signing. The 22-year-old joins an Exeter side looking to sustain their promotion bid. 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