St James Park atmosphere is roaring on Exeter City to victory

Exeter City midfielder Tim Dieng hailed the home atmosphere of the Grecians fans who roared them on to a 3-1 win under the lights against Wycombe Wanderers. Nearly 7,000 fans (6832) were inside St James Park on Tuesday to see City beat last season’s beaten play-off finalists, with just under 6,500 of them in the home ends.

After beating Port Vale 4-0 in their opening home game of the season, it is seven goals in 180 minutes on home turf – and 16 in the five games in total. The win saw them climb back up to fifth in the table in the early stages of the season.

Having netted 14 times last campaign, the Frenchman’s header late on which sealed the win was his first of the season. All three of City’s central midfielders were on the scoresheet, with Harry Kite and Archie Collins opening the scoring in the first half.

“It was a good game and a great win to react to Saturday,” the 30-year-old said. “It was a strong performance and now on Saturday we have to keep the momentum going. When we play at home, the atmosphere is at its best as the fans are amazing and they are always behind us, so that is big plus

“Wycombe a good team, famous for their physicality, but we dominated them physically, so a good win for us. When we play at home we know the fans will be behind us and they will create the atmosphere and a boost of energy from the fans.”

On his goal, he added: “I am happy to open my account. It was a great ball from Jev and I was free at the back post to head it, and I hope there are many more to come. With Kitey and Archie we are a good three in midfield and all of us scored today and want to keep the momentum for the weekend. Now we can rest and prepare for the game and we need to be at it.”

“It felt like a tough one against