Bristol City v Nottingham Forest
The Robins Matchday Programme: Bristol City v Nottingham Forest
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894 HALL 1894 OF 1894 FAME 1894<br />
PAUL GAINEY PROFILES LEFT-BACK MICKEY BELL<br />
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Mickey Bell<br />
Stoke <strong>City</strong>, and reached the<br />
was a<br />
final again in 2003, beating<br />
charismatic<br />
Carlisle United 2-0 at the<br />
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Millennium Stadium. 1894<br />
beloved of fans and teammates<br />
The Geordie was voted into<br />
alike, possessing a steam<br />
the PFA Team of the Year four<br />
hammer curling free kick.<br />
times during his time at <strong>City</strong>.<br />
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Recruited as a left-back,<br />
After leaving Ashton Gate, and<br />
he graduated to midfield,<br />
having qualified as a plumber,<br />
exploiting his attacking<br />
he was appointed manager of<br />
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prowess. He had a penchant<br />
Clevedon Town in 2010. He<br />
for buccaneering overlaps and<br />
led the Seasiders to victory in<br />
an eye for the pinpoint cross<br />
the Southern League Cup and<br />
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or pass. Chants of 'We've 1894<br />
got 1894<br />
to the final of the 1894<br />
Somerset<br />
Mickey Bell!' echoed round Ashton Gate between Premier Cup in 2012. After a brief spell managing<br />
1997 and 2005 when he formed a fine partnership Weston-super-Mare in 2014/15 he returned to<br />
with Brian Tinnion on the left-flank. He could Clevedon. He is the proud father of the Robins’<br />
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dictate games through 1894<br />
instinctive use of space up-and-coming 1894<br />
youngster Sam Bell. 1894<br />
and a visionary passing range.<br />
Mickey came to <strong>City</strong> from Wycombe Wanderers<br />
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in a £150,000 deal settled<br />
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by a tribunal after he<br />
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had won their player-of–the-season award. He<br />
took over free kick duties, helping to lift the Robins<br />
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to promotion in his first<br />
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season at the club. He<br />
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scored 10 goals in 52 games as <strong>City</strong> took the<br />
runners-up spot in the old Second Division (tier<br />
three). In our sole season in Division One, Mickey<br />
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shone as one of <strong>City</strong>'s 1894<br />
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During his eight seasons at Ashton Gate, Mickey<br />
made 345 appearances in all competitions, playing<br />
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under six managers. 1894<br />
He was there when the 1894 1894<br />
Robins went to the old Wembley Stadium for the<br />
Mickey Bell in action during the 1998/99 campaign<br />
2000 Football League Trophy final, losing 2-1 to<br />
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28 | T HE ROB NS <strong>Nottingham</strong> <strong>Forest</strong>
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