Radio Exe Exeter old boy coming good at Aston Villa By Radio Exe News Ollie Watkins is the latest homegrown soccer success story Former Exeter City forward Ollie Watkins is the latest homegrown soccer success story who has risen through the divisions of English football into the Premier League. Rags to riches is a familiar tale now. What you might not realise is that Torbay native Watkins isn’t the only player who has enjoyed this upward curve with West Country connections. Rickie Lambert, a native of Merseyside, was a steal for Bristol Rovers in the lower leagues at £200,000 in the summer of 2006 before moving on to Southampton three years later for more than five times profit.