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Ecstatic Exeter scale the heights 11:22pm on 02 May 2009 On a broader note, it just shows how strong the Conference/Blue SQ is with the quality of sides that they bring up. I can't remember the last promoted Conference side to get relegated from League 2? It's also rare a relegated League 2 side come straight back up?

Also, I think there is a strong argument to reduce the amount of promotion/relegation spots in the other football leagues. I know it makes leagues more exciting but you just have to look at the points deductions the Football League have dished out. Clubs often spend beyond their means to strive off relegation or to chase a prayer of a play-off spot. When they fail they soon go into freefall.

Leagues need more stability; and with fewer (and in theory better quality) sides going up it would give them a better chance of staying in the league they promote to by having fewer relegation places.

Would Exeter be where they are today if they had promoted a few seasons earlier with easier promotion from the Conference? Yeovil and Carlisle are two former Conference clubs that spring to mind that are doing relatively well.

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