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894189418941894 CITY ARCHIVES 894189418941894 894 HALL 1894 OF 1894 FAME 1894 MIKE ADAMS PROFILES WELSH MIDFIELDER JOHN EMANUEL 8941894 all my games on the 1894 right of Portsmouth and Nottingham 1894 midfield. As an amateur up to Forest in March – Woods’ only then, I had to learn all the things first team appearances. to make me a professional: John continues: “I often 894189418941894 when to run and when not to, talk about my goal against when to play the ball forward Manchester United [at Ashton and when to keep it tight. Gate on November 9th 1974]. 8941894 Manager Alan Dicks 1894 and his The ball came in from 1894 the right, assistant John Sillett helped Keith Fear headed it back to me no end.” and I smashed it into the net for the only goal of the game —with 8941894 John went straight into 1894 the my left foot!” 1894 team for the 1971/72 season 894 Born in and, in only his second game at With Gerry Gow and Jimmy Treherbert, Sheffield Wednesday, scored in Mann playing more games in Wales 1894 in 1948, a 5-1 win. His dream 1894 start was John’s position, a 1894 bad injury John had a trial followed by 33 appearances reduced him to a few games with Swansea City aged 16 and one more goal. He played in his last season – City's but began his football career another 33 matches in 1972/73, promotion year of 1975/76. 894 with Ferndale Athletic 1894 in the 1894 1894 scoring five goals and was He joined Newport County in Welsh League aged 18, where voted Player of the Year. By 1976, Barry Town two years he came up against the reserve then former Ferndale teammate later before ending up at his teams of Cardiff City and 8941894 Eddie Woods had joined 1894 City. then hometown club 1894 Ton Pentre, Swansea City. They played together against whom he managed for 20 years. He was spotted by a Bristol City 894 scout in 1971. He recalls: 1894 “I 1894 1894 was invited to play for Bristol City reserves in the Football Combination and ended playing 894 in the Gloucestershire 1894 Cup 1894 1894 final against Bristol Rovers. After that game I was offered a professional contract. I played 894189418941894 Right: Emanuel scores against Manchester United in March 1974 894189418941894 28 | T HE ROB NS Swansea City
1894 1894 1894189 OBITUARY 1894 1894 1894189 1894 1894 1894189 TERRY 1894 1894 COOPER 1894189 NEW18941894189 ERA18941894189 1894 MIKE ADAMS STARTS 1894 A 1894189 NEW SERIES RECALLING TERRY COOPER'S TIME IN 1894 CHARGE OF THE ROBINS 1894 1894189 Top: Cooper, pictured top right, with his first City squad at 1894 1894 1894189 It the start of the 1982/83 season. Above: Mick Jagger and was July 1982. The Rolling Stones had excited Ronnie Wood of The Rolling Stones at Ashton Gate on June a packed 35,123 crowd at Ashton Gate a few 27th 1982. weeks earlier. Terry Cooper, who had made 11 league appearances for Bristol City 1978/80, was returning as player/manager. Could he bring more league appearances for City scoring 77 goals from excitement and winning football back on the pitch? 1969 to January 1981, before leaving for Sunderland. 1894 1894 1894189 Goalkeeper John Shaw and Jon Economou were also After three successive relegations, in Division Four re-signed to a squad totalling just 15 players. for the first time, with most senior players sold and 1894 still in dire financial straits, it was 1894 a big ask. But Terry On the opening 1894 day of the 1982/83 season, 189 Riley was about to embark on a quest which would bring scored in the 2-1 home win over Hull City. A 2-2 draw at promotion after two seasons and take the club to a Tranmere Rovers followed with Ritchie scoring a brace. Wembley final for the first time. How did he do it? Ripples of doubt began to creep in with a 4-1 defeat at 1894 1894Crewe Alexandra, 1894 after which Cooper admitted: 189 “We After a summer’s hard graft, Terry brought in Clive forgot the basics.” Middlemass as his assistant and three influential players: 30-year-old winger Alan Crawford from Returning to Ashton Gate, Ritchie then missed a penalty 1894 Chesterfield, forward Glyn Riley (aged 1894 23 from in a scoreless 1894 draw with Blackpool. Then came 189 City’s Barnsley) and returning City legend Tom Ritchie (30, humiliating 7-1 mauling at Northampton Town, which Sunderland), together with a sprinkling of players drew everyone’s attention to the task in hand. It was not from local non-league clubs. Ritchie had made 321 going to be easy… 1894 1894 1894189 THE ROB NS Swansea City | 29
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