Bristol City v Luton Town

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2021/22 OFFICIAL BRISTOL CITY DIGITAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME 

GREG GOODRIDGE 

CELEBRATES WITH 

LOUIS CAREY 

27.08.1996 

BRISTOL CITY 5 

LUTON TOWN 0 

v LUTON TOWN 

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP 

ASHTON GATE | WED SEP 15 | 7.45PM 

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HAN-NOAH 

MASSENGO 

AGE: 20 

POSITION: Midfield 

JOINED: August 2019 

DID YOU 

KNOW? 

Massengo holds the record as the 

first player born in the 21st century to 

play in the UEFA Champions League. 

Aged just 17, he was handed his 

debut with AS Monaco when he was 

summoned from the bench for the final 

22 minutes against Club Brugge. 

He would make three appearances for 

the French side in Europe’s biggest cup 

competition, featuring against Atletico 

Madrid and Borussia Dortmund in the 

2018/19 group stage. That was his 

breakthrough season in the AS Monaco 

first team, before he completed his 

move to City the following summer. 

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THE 

GAFFER 

I 

t’s 

great to be able to play at Ashton Gate 

for a second successive game and it’s 

another chance for the players to put in a 

repeat performance and give their all in 

front of our home supporters. 

The players were down after the 0-0 draw against 

Preston on Saturday, 

perhaps more than 

myself. There were 

plenty of positives, 

we got a first clean 

sheet of the season, 

but we need to 

find that cutting 

edge to be able 

to get the results 

that those types of 

performances have 

deserved. 

The players know 

they are applying 

themselves in the 

right way, but it’s 

now making sure we 

are physically and 

mentally right for 

the next game on 

Wednesday night. 

WE NEED TO 

FIND THAT 

CUTTING 

EDGE TO BE 

ABLE TO GET 

THE RESULTS 

THAT OUR 

PERFORMANCES 

HAVE DESERVED. 

ourselves, that we play our own way and dominate 

the game by causing them problems. That will 

come down to us performing how we’d expect. 

We are aware that the home win is still eluding us 

but we’re confident it will come, we just have to 

make sure that we put in the kind of display we 

are looking for. 

After the Luton 

game we have a 

quick turnaround 

for a difficult game 

against QPR at the 

weekend. 

Whoever you play 

against there are 

always challenges 

to your opponents, 

but I think the fact 

we have three 

games in the space 

of a week means 

that physically the 

turnaround is quick. 

We have to make 

sure the players can 

deal with it, but I 

know the players 

are fit enough. 

We extend our welcome to Nathan Jones, his 

players, staff and supporters who are making 

the midweek journey. It will be a tough game and 

looking back at them last year they liked to get the 

ball down and play a bit. They can play direct too 

and are certainly a fit team, but all Championship 

games tend to be demanding in terms of the 

physicality. 

That’s something we have to make sure of 

It’s a shift from where we were last season 

and now it’s about the performance. 

When we take to the field on 

Wednesday it’s about doing the job 

and that’s getting the three points… 

enjoy the game! 

Cheers 

Nige 

4 | THE ROB NS Luton Town

NIGEL 

PEARSON 

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LUTON TOWN 

CLUB FACTS 

GROUND 

KENILWORTH 

ROAD 

FORMED 

1885 

LUTON TOWN ARE BIDDING TO 

ESTABLISH THEMSELVES AS 

A CHAMPIONSHIP SIDE AFTER 

THEIR 12-SEASON SPELL 

OUTSIDE OF THE SECOND TIER. 

THEIR FIRST CAMPAIGN BACK 

ENDED THREE POINTS FROM 

RELEGATION, AND THEY ROSE 

TO EARN A MID-TABLE SPOT 

LAST TERM AS THEY LOOK 

TO CONTINUE THAT UPWARD 

TREND IN 2021/22... 

FIRST TEAM MANAGER 

NATHAN JONES 

NICKNAMES 

THE HATTERS 

HONOURS 

1 

Best league finish 

7th, First Division 1986/87 

League Cup winners 

1987/88 

FA Cup runners-up 

1958/59 

Second tier winners 

1981/82 

Third tier winners 

1936/37 (South), 2004/05, 2018/19 

Fourth tier winners 

1967/68 

Clockwise from top: First Team Manager Nathan Jones; Henri Lansbury; 

Kelly-Ruddock Mpanzu; Allan Campbell and Harry Cornick. 


V 

We met for the first time 99 years 

ago, a 1-1 draw witnessed by 

12,000 fans in a chilly Division 

Three (South) encounter at 

Kenilworth Road. City wouldn’t 

secure a first away win until 1963. 

We have met only once outside of 

the domestic competitions, a 1-1 

draw in an Anglo-Italian Cup clash 

in September 1992. 

HEAD TO HEAD 

61 

MATCHES PLAYED 

Best victory: 6-0 April 1927 

Worst defeat: 0-5, March 2005 

Last match: 2-3, April 2021 

2021/22 IN NUMBERS 

W 

22 

CITY v LUTON 

36 % 

WIN RATE 

D 

17 

L 

22 

9GOALS 

SCORED 

9GOALS 

CONCEDED 

LEAGUE 

POSITION * 

JAN 

2022 

11 TH 

R1 

10 

GOALS 

SCORED 

12 

GOALS 

CONCEDED 

POSITION * 

JAN 

2022 

12 TH 

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YELLOW 

12 0 

CARDS 

RED 

CARDS 

YELLOW 

17 0 

CARDS 

RED 

CARDS 

4TOP SCORER 

ANDI WEIMANN 

2 

MOST ASSISTS 

CHRIS 

MARTIN 

2TOP SCORER 

BERRY, CORNICK 

2 

MOST ASSISTS 

ONYEDINMA, 

JEROME 

POSSESSION 

46.3 % 

PASSING PERCENTAGE 

7.21 

BEST AVERAGE 

RATING (OPTA) 

CHRIS MARTIN 

7.22 

BEST AVERAGE 

RATING (OPTA) 

AMARI’I BELL 

POSSESSION 

45.1 % 

PASSING PERCENTAGE 

68 % 

66.6 % 

TACKLE SUCCESS 

TACKLE SUCCESS 

LEAGUE ONE CHAMPIONSHIP 

71.6 % 

AVERAGE AERIAL 

DUELS WON 

30 

75.6 % 

AVERAGE AERIAL 

DUELS WON 

25 

* not including fixtures played on Tuesday, September 14th 


LUTON TOWN 

KEY PLAYER 

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AMARI'I 

BELL 

The 27-year-old left-back 

had played every minute 

of Championship football 

prior to a knock keeping him 

absent against his former club 

Blackburn Rovers on Saturday. 

The Birmingham City youth 

product had scored the only 

goal in a Man of the Match 

display against Barnsley and 

helped earn clean sheets in 

the opening day win against 

Peterborough United (3-0) and 

a goalless draw with Sheffield 

United. 

Overall, it’s been an impressive 

start for the former Fleetwood 

Town and Blackburn Rovers 

defender, who made the 

switch to the Hatters in June. 

A teammate of Kasey Palmer 

with the Jamaican national 

side, Bell has also represented 

six other sides on loan while 

he was contracted with 

Birmingham. 


DID YOU 

KNOW? 

There are plans for the Hatters to move from their 

Kenilworth Road home of 116 years. With an increased 

capacity of 23,000 (starting at 17,500), the new ground has a 

target opening date for 2024. Planning permission was initially 

granted by Luton Borough Council in January 2019. 

LUTON TOWN ARE NOW INTO THEIR THIRD 

CONSECUTIVE CHAMPIONSHIP CAMPAIGN 

WITH NATHAN JONES AT THE HELM FOR 

A SECOND TIME. 

The Hatters have finished 

higher up the Football League 

every season since 2015/16, 

winning two promotions – 

including winning a League One 

title in 2018/19 – to get back to 

the Championship in that time. 

Relegation was narrowly 

avoided at the end of the 

2019/20 campaign before a 

midtable finish last term which 

was their highest league finish 

since they competed in the 

former top-flight, from which 

they were relegated at the 

end of the 1991/92 season 

meaning they missed out on 

becoming founder members of 

the new Premier League. 

Fast forward to the present and 

Luton enjoyed an opening day 

win, beating newly-promoted 

Peterborough United 3-0 at 

home. Like their hosts tonight, 

they’ve won, lost and drawn in 

equal measure from their first 

six league games – but have 

won only once away at Barnsley 

before a crushing 5-0 home 

defeat to Birmingham City. 

“I'm a little bit embarrassed by 

the performance…we just have 

Luke Berry celebrates his late equaliser against Blackburn Rovers on 

Saturday, as the Hatters came back from 2-0 down to rescue a point 

to make sure we learn from 

that and bounce back,” Jones 

revealed after the final whistle. 

They’ve drawn twice since 

then, with Luke Berry scoring 

a double on his first season 

start to snatch a 98th-minute 

equaliser in Saturday’s 2-2 draw 

with Blackburn Rovers. 

Full-back Amari’i Bell was 

absent for the game due to a 

knock and so missed out on a 

return to face his former side. 

Former Robins midfielder Joe 

Morrell left BS3 for Kenilworth 

Road in October 2020 but 

joined Portsmouth in August off 

the back of eight other players 

leaving Luton at the end of 

their contracts, such as George 

Moncur, Ryan Tunnicliffe and 

Kazenga LuaLua. 

However, Jones saw his squad 

bolstered with eight arrivals 

including Fred Onyadinma 

(Wycombe Wanderers) as 

well as free signings Bell, 

Reece Burke, and former City 

midfielder Henri Lansbury. 


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ACADEMY: 

UNDER-23S 

Sam Pearson 

celebrates his goal 

during the 2-0 win over 

Sheffield Wednesday 

100% 

RECORD 

The Under- 

23s have 

made a 

winning 

start in 

the Professional Development 

League South with a 100% start 

from their first four games. 

The young Robins have scored 

15 goals and conceded four 

in that time, beating Sheffield 

Wednesday (2-0), Wigan 

Athletic (3-0), Hull City (6-2) and 

Sheffield United (4-2). 

Tommy Conway and Sam 

Pearson got off the mark in 

the opening day win over the 

Owls, which also saw Antoine 

Semenyo earn a run-out after 

recovering from injury. 

A brace from Sam Bell helped 

the young Robins ease past the 

Latics, while Nahki Wells got 

minutes under the belt with a 

return of four goals as City put 

six past Hull at Ashton Gate. 

Saikou Janneh went on to score 

a stunning volley in the 4-2 win 

over the Blades last time out, 

which was aided by a double 

from Louis Britton. 

The team went on to end the 

2020/21 campaign top of the 

PDL South, leading them to the 

play-offs where they eventually 

lost 2-1 to Birmingham City. 

Now they hope to keep up 

momentum and repeat last 

year’s division win, but go one 

step further in the play-offs. 

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Wells 4, 

Janneh, Bell 

2 

Lankshear 2 

UNDER-23 

RESULTS 

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3 

Bell 2, 

Britton 

2 

Snelgrove, 

Curtis 

4 

Britton 2, 

Janneh, OG 


MATCH 

REVIEW 

Bentley OG 

Weimann (2) 

1 

2 

Weimann nets the opener after turning past ex-City defender Aden Flint. 

Below: On the volley: Weimann lashes home the winner. 

Enjoying the celebrations in front of the packed away end. 

Saturday, August 28th 2021 

Cardiff City Stadium 

City headed into the international 

break on a wave of three points as 

Andreas Weimann's double secured 

bragging rights in the Severnside 

derby. 

His near-post finish gave City a 

half-time lead before Dan Bentley’s 

unfortunate own goal saw Cardiff 

level the scores. 

But Weimann was the hero of the 

occasion with a rocket of a volley 

from Antoine Semenyo's cross and 

he raced to celebrate in front of the 

2,453 travelling supporters. 


0 

0 

Saturday, September 11th 2021 

Ashton Gate Stadium 

City shared the points in an 

entertaining goalless draw with 

Preston North End at Ashton Gate. 

Han-Noah Massengo went closest 

with a thunderous effort from 

distance which was only matched 

by a fine stop from Daniel Iversen, 

with the young Frenchman seeking 

his first goal for the club. 

From top: Han-Noah Massengo drives forward with the ball. Rob Atkinson 

impressed as he completed another 90 minutes of Championship football. 

Tomas Kalas puts his now trademark long throw to use. Chris Martin shoots 

for goal but is unable to break the deadlock. 

Sean Maguire had hit the bar for the 

Lilywhites but their chances were 

largely limited, while the Robins 

pressed valiantly but to no avail in 

the second half. 


'I THRIVE 

OFF THE 

RESPONSIBILI 

PLAYER 

INTERVIEW 

CAPTAIN BENTLEY 

OUR NO.1 HAS TAKEN THE ARMBAND WITH BOTH 

HANDS AND REVEALS TO THE ROBINS HOW HE’S 

ENJOYING THE HONOUR OF BEING CAPTAIN. 

From speaking 

to Dan Bentley 

for only a 

short while, 

it quickly 

became clear how much being 

captain means to him. 

A natural leader on and off the 

pitch, Bentley quickly became 

a popular figure in the dressing 

room after arriving at the club 

from Brentford in 2019. 

He was appointed captain at 

the beginning of the current 

campaign following an informal 

discussion with Nigel Pearson 

and the goalkeeper has taken his 

new responsibilities in his stride. 

“It’s a huge privilege and honour. 

I take it very seriously and I 

absolutely thrive off it,” he said. 

“I haven’t changed anything I 

have done on the pitch, those 

near me in the stands know I’m 

always vocal anyway! 

“But there’s more to being 

captain and I think that can get 

a bit lost in translation, or it’s 

viewed as just an armband or 

a meaningless gesture but it’s 

so much more. There’s a great 

responsibility and honour which 

comes with it. I’m really happy 

and I thrive off being captain.” 

Tomas Kalas was previously our 

skipper but the Czech Republic 

international had nothing but 

praise for his teammate upon 

finding out Bentley was to lead 

out the team for the 2021/22 

season. 

Bentley said: “I’m very close to 

Tomas and we spoke about it at 

the time. I completely respect 

him as both a captain and as a 

person, he was delighted to hear 

I was being given the captaincy 

and he told me how much it 4 


Words James Crawley 

TY' 


“I AM VERY HUMBLED 

AND HONOURED TO 

BE CAPTAIN AND I 

TRY TO REPRESENT 

THE CLUB IN 

EVERYTHING I DO.” 

4would suit me. For him 

to act like that after no 

longer having the captaincy 

shows he is such a top 

gentleman. 

“I am very humbled and 

honoured to be captain of 

the football club and I try 

to represent the club in 

everything I do.” 

A change in captaincy is 

not the only thing different 

about the campaign, with 

Bentley explaining how 

there has been a mindset 

shift within the Robins 

camp. 

The team are on the 

hunt for more wins, yet 

nobody can argue recent 

performances have 

warranted better results, 

and there is a sense that 

the tables could soon 

turn in the search for 

consistency. 

Bentley said: “We’re not 

expecting the start we had 

last year where we won our 

first four games, we would 

rather build into it through 

good performances and 

pick up those good results, 

and if we must endure 

some indifferent results 

on that journey to gaining 

some consistency, then 

so be it. 

“Our mentality has 

changed. I always look 

at that first because it is 

easy to say shape and 

tactics. I always look at 

the mentality and mindset 

of the group, which is 

the most important thing 

with regards to how you 

approach games and 

therefore get a result. 

“What we have in common 

is that drive and there’s an 

expectancy on ourselves 

and we know we have a 

good group who believe 

in each other and the way 

we play. Everyone is on 

the same page and we’re 

trying to achieve the same 

goal so that is certainly 

aiding us in trying to find 

consistency. 

“The gaffer has spoken 

about how this is not an 

CAREER HIGHS 

MAY 2015 

Wins promotion from League Two via 

play-off final win with Southend United 

MAY 2015 

Wins all of Southend’s end of season 

accolades: Supporters' Player, Players' 

Player and Community Player of the Year 

MAY 2015 

Named in the 2014/15 PFA League Two 

Team of the Year 

OCTOBER 2019 

Makes his milestone 300th professional 

career appearance (v Wigan Athletic) 


overnight job,” the goalkeeper 

continued, referring to 

Pearson’s three-year plan. 

“Obviously we want results 

here and now, it’s a resultsbased 

business but to get 

things right we have to go 

through trial and error. 

“Overall, performances have 

been consistently positive, 

and I don’t think we deserved 

to lose the two which we 

have. 

“The Blackpool draw was 

very snatch and grab so 

without going through every 

moment from every game I 

think on balance we should 

be sitting here with more 

points. 

Above 

City's new 

skipper in 

training at the 

Robins High 

Performance 

Centre 

Left 

Leading the 

team out in 

the first league 

game of the 

season at 

Ashton Gate 

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6MINUTES 

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2021/22 STATS 

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Loan 

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Signed 

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DOB: July 13th 1993 

Birthplace: Basildon 

Position: Goalkeeper 

Joined: July 2019 

SAVES 

15 

PASS 

COMPLETION 

BEST OPTA RATING 

7.19 

46 % 

v Cardiff City, away 

“We’re starting to see the 

wheels in motion of the 

gaffer’s plan and he has the 

buy-in from the players. Their 

clarity and character in the 

squad, and I see this daily. 

Everyone knows their roles 

whether they’re in the team 

or not so I would say we’re 

heading in the right direction. 

We all want more and we’re 

hungry for it.” 


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9/11 

TRIBUTE 

Fire fighters 

raised more 

than £4,500, 

all of which will 

be donated to 

The Fire Fighters Charity, after 

a charity climbing challenge at 

Ashton Gate. 

Saturday, September 11th marked 

the 20th anniversary of the 

terrorist attacks against the 

United States, an event which 

took the lives of 3,000 people 

including 343 emergency 

responders. 

To honour those lives lost, staff 

from across the Service came 

together to take part in a charity 

challenge climbing the equivalent 

height of 110 stories of the World 

Trade Centre for 102 minutes, 

the length of time between the 

first crash and the last tower 

collapsing. 

Over 30 members of staff 

volunteered to take part in the 

challenge, with each volunteer 

donning full fire kit representing 

the kit worn by those who 

responded to the terror attacks 20 

years ago, weighing approximately 

25kg. 

The team started their climb at 

8:46am, the time the first hijacked 

aircraft hit the North Tower and 

finished 102 minutes later at 

10:28am – the time the second 

tower collapsed on 9/11. 

Watch Manager & AF&RS Charity 

Lead Rich Wheeler said: “We all 

remember the awful events which 

occurred on 9/11, and this year 

marked the 20th anniversary. 

As a Service we wanted to do 

something special to honour and 

remember the 343 members of the 

firefighting family who lost their 

lives in the emergency response 

and all others who sadly lost their 

lives. 

“I wanted to thank those who took 

part. What a challenge it was to 

climb those stairs for 102 minutes 

in full fire kit was truly something 

and I know it wasn’t easy, but 

we did it, and we raised a huge 

amount of money for a fantastic 

charity while honouring those lives 

lost on 9/11 – so thank you. 

“I’d also like to thank those 

who gave so generously, we’ve 

managed to raise just over £4,500 

which will go to a fantastic cause.” 

Cllr Brenda Massey, Chair of the 

Avon Fire Authority, added: “On 

behalf of the Fire Authority, I’d like 

to say a huge congratulations to 

all those involved, for taking the 

challenge in their stride and raising 

money for the worthy Firefighters’ 

Charity.” 

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894 HALL 1894 OF 1894 FAME 1894 

PAUL GAINEY PROFILES PROMOTION-WINNER BRIAN DRYSDALE 

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Long-serving 

made up for with his tenacious 

left-back Brian 

tackling, pace, ability to overlap 

Drysdale was 

down the left wing and provide 

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promotion success but is 

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in the team 

who added pace, grit and guile 

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remembers meeting Brian 

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Ashton Gate to celebrate 1894 

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Halliday arrived from Bury and Gary Marshall from the side Corinthian Casuals away in the first round. The 

Western League’s Shepton Mallet. 

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ground. The dull goalless game was soon forgotten 

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win at York on October 18th. But the loss at Aldershot win proved to be the first of five in seven games to 

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stopped the rot mid-November – future City great Alan drawn away at Bristol Rovers, a match which would go 

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with club historian David Woods 

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In the early days 

football cartoons 

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feature of the 

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sports coverage in many 

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include these examples 

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from the October 19th 1894 1894 1894 

1906 edition of the 

‘Kentish Independent’ 

which reported on 

894 

Woolwich Arsenal 1894 1894 1894 

prior to their move to 

Highbury in 1913. 

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MATCH REPORT 

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registered on three occasions 1894 

to seventh which saw 1894 

City, as 

thanks to Ducat, Bigden and runners-up, becoming the only 

3 Neave. The very last action of southern club pre-World War One 

1Wedlock 77 

Ducat 11 the game saw time added on to finish in the top two. Adding 

8941894 

Bidgen 22 

for ‘Cocky’ Bennett to 1894 

fire his to City’s woes on this 1894 

afternoon, 

Neave 62 

spot-kick straight at the Arsenal the reserves lost their Western 

Saturday, October 13th 1906 keeper. 

League Division Two fixture versus 

Football League Division One 

the Rovers 3-1 in front of a 2,500 

894189418941894 

For City fans the unusual thing crowd at Stapleton Road. 

In front of a record 22,000 Ashton was the fact that Arsenal turned 

Gate crowd, that generated out in their change white shirts, City: Clay; Annan, Cottle; Marr, 

894 

receipts of £621.14s.8d, 1894 

this game rather than insisting, as 1894 

hitherto, Wedlock, Hanlin; Staniforth, 1894 

saw Arsenal’s scientific approach on their right as the older club, to Bennett, Gilligan, Burton, Hilton. 

overcome City’s dash. 

retain their normal red strip. Arsenal: Ashcroft; Gray, 

Sharp; Bigden, Theobald, 

894 

Billy Wedlock fired in one 1894 

of This win saw Arsenal 1894 

at the top McEachrane; Bellamy, 1894 

Ducat, Kyle, 

his rare goals 13 minutes from of the table, but by the end of Satterthwaite, Neave. 

time, but by then the visitors had the season they had fallen away Referee: F Gardner (Leicester) 

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1894 YOU CAN 1894 1894189 

1894 QUOTE 1894 ME 1894189 

ON THAT 

1894 1894 1894189 

STEVE SMITH LOOKS 

1894 

BACK AT AN EARLY 1894 1894189 

INTERVIEW WITH FORMER 

CITY NUMBER ONE 

1894 

RAY CASHLEY18941894189 

1894 1894 1894189 

One of the first things to ponder This interview first appeared in the Shoot! magazine 

over when you play football is what of January 25th 1975 where Ray, with around 200 

position? That was the case for appearances to his name at the time, elaborated a 

local lad Ray Cashley whose idea little more information when he signed professional 

of being No.1 was not his first thought. Here’s what terms. A more truncated version of the interview 

1894 

he revealed in Shoot!’s Memorable 1894 

Football Firsts was used 1894 

in a version of the Shoot! 17-week 189 

booklet from 1976: 

cut-out booklet called ‘Memorable Football Firsts’ on 

September 18th 1976. 

“I joined Bristol City from Hengrove Grammar School 

1894 

after an Ashton Gate scout spotted 

1894 

me…as a 

In the 

1894 

original version (printed in Shoot! magazine, 

189 

full-back. In fact, it was as a defender that I aimed to 1975) Cashley also spoke about Gibson’s influence 

make my mark in the game, but my first-team debut when he started out. 

1894 

for City was as …a goalkeeper! 

1894 1894189 

Cashley said: “Mike Gibson, the goalkeeper in 

“It was a third round FA Cup-tie against 

possession at the time, was a tremendous help. Not 

Southampton. Regular goalkeeper, Mike Gibson, was for a moment did he resent the fact that an outfield 

1894 

injured and we had a bit of a 1894 

crisis.” 

player 1894 

was being coached as his understudy. 189 

That was in January 1971 where the Robins bowed “Mike is now with Gillingham and he knows that I 

out with a 3-0 defeat at The Dell. Gibson had been appreciate what he did for me. I owe him a lot – and 

1894 

injured at Middlesbrough the 1894 

week before, so 

so do 1894 

City, for he played more than 400 times 189 

for 

Cashley got his big chance in goal. This was due them. 

to a couple of matches in the Youth Cup against 

Tottenham Hotspur as fellow keeper Len Bond “One thing is certain; I have no intention of returning 

1894 1894 1894189 

was another casualty. From there Cashley was to full-back. It would be far too big a risk for City. 

encouraged to pursue his career between the sticks. Just think of all the penalties I would give away.” 

1894 1894 1894189 


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Wednesday, September 15th, 7.45pm kick-off | Ashton Gate | Sky Bet Championship 

TONIGHT'S 

FIXTURES 

Birmingham v Fulham 

CITY v LUTON 

Coventry v Cardiff 

N Forest v Middlesbro 

Stoke v Barnsley 

Swansea v Millwall 

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MANAGER 

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HOME 

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8 Joe WILLIAMS 

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37 Tommy CONWAY 

42 Han-Noah MASSENGO 

45 Kasey PALMER 

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Stoke 6 2 13 

QPR 6 6 12 

Bournemouth 6 6 12 

Coventry 6 2 12 

Birmingham 6 6 11 

Cardiff 6 4 11 

Huddersfield 6 1 10 

Blackburn 6 1 9 

CITY 6 0 8 

Luton 6 -2 8 

Preston 6 -2 7 

Millwall 6 -2 6 

Middlesbro 6 -2 6 

Derby 6 -2 6 

Barnsley 6 -3 6 

Sheff Utd 6 -2 5 

Blackpool 6 -3 5 

Hull 6 -3 5 

Swansea 6 -4 5 

Reading 6 -6 4 

Peterborough 6 -8 4 

N Forest 6 -5 1 

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