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ON THE ROAD: From padlocks and pasties to promotions and pride... how a volunteer army brought Exeter City back from the brink and into the Football League

Two padlocks dangle from the latch of the door to Exeter City’s inner sanctum.

They are innocuous amid corridors plastered with vintage photographs and the charming museum packed with memorabilia of all kinds from a golden boot won by club legend Tony Kellow to the pink boots worn by England international Ollie Watkins but they are heavy with significance.

They were the locks used by fans to keep rogue owners John Russell and Mike Lewis out of St James Park. They represent an uprising, lasting symbols of the storming of the palace, and everything that has happened since.