Aidan Hamilton was born in Taunton. As a 13-year-old, over Easter 1971, he trav- elled down by train to watch two games at St James' Park, both 0-0 draws. In the mid-1990s, he wrote his first articles for the Exeter City matchday programme, and he joined the Exeter City Supporters' Trust in 2004. An advisor to the Trust's History Group and a trustee of the Exeter City Foot- ball Club Museum Trust, he is the author of Have You Ever Played Brazil? The Story of Exeter City's 1914 Tour to South America (2014). He has taught English in Brazil, China and France, where he currently lives.