The hosts started strongly and got ahead inside the opening ten minutes, Callum Kealy holding the ball up well before his shot-turn-cross was tapped home by the returning James McShane towards the back post.
Having spent the majority of the last four years in Scotland at Motherwell and Hearts – with a spell at Forest Green Rovers in between – Frear made a family decision this summer to be closer to his Exeter home.
Midfielder Jordan Young celebrated his 22nd birthday in style by reminding Coventry City what they are missing by scoring two first half goals in a convincing 4-1 friendly victory.
The triumph, secured last Sunday with a resounding 3-0 victory over Hartlepool United, will go down as one of the greatest Non-League stories ever fold.
According to the Essex club, the 49-year-old businessman is now “living and working abroad” with the 2020-21 season having been declared null and void for a second year running