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CAMERON 

PRING 

AGE: 23 

POSITION: 

Left-back / Centre-back / Left-midfield 

JOINED: 2016 

DID YOU 

KNOW? 

Cheltenham-born Cameron Pring joined 

City as an 18-year-old back in 2016 but it 

wouldn’t be until August of this season 

that he would make his first-team debut. 

Coincidentally, that appearance 

came back in his home county of 

Gloucestershire where the Robins 

were held to a 2-2 draw against Forest 

Green Rovers, who went on to win in the 

resulting penalty shootout in Round One 

of the Carabao Cup. 

Prior to joining City’s Academy, Pring was 

a member of Cheltenham Town’s own 

youth programme and would later return 

to Whaddon Road on loan from City. 

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THE 

GAFFER 

Welcome back 

to Ashton Gate 

for today’s 

match against 

Blackburn 

Rovers. May I start by welcoming Tony Mowbray, 

his coaching team and squad. We are from the 

same era and I have a lot of respect for him and 

what he has done in his career. 

off the bench and that’s the reward he deserves 

after all the effort he has put in throughout his 

young career to date. 

A lot was said and written about the long wait for 

a win at home but the negativity that comes with 

that is now behind us and we are planning to return 

stronger and make this a difficult place for teams 

to play. 

I want to thank you all for 

your well wishes while 

I have been recovering 

from my recent Covid-19 

experience. 

It’s meant a great deal 

to hear and read your 

messages of support and 

it was good to be back at 

training this week and see 

people face to face rather 

than Zoom. 

Curtis Fleming, the 

coaches and I have 

remained in regular 

contact. The squad has been in great hands 

and I trust the group to come back from the 

international break ready to tackle this next chunk 

of the season head on. 

A lot of hard work is being put in but of course 

there have been huge frustrations with how some 

results have gone this season. 

WE’RE 

EXTREMELY 

GRATEFUL FOR 

YOUR SUPPORT... 

YOU’VE STUCK 

BY US THROUGH 

THE UPS AND 

DOWNS, WHICH 

IS CRUCIAL. 

We’re extremely grateful 

for your support, home and 

away, and you’ve stuck by 

us through the ups and 

downs, which is crucial. 

There were 3,000 of you 

when we travelled to 

Coventry City before the 

international break and 

don’t underestimate the 

difference that makes. Our 

last two games have ended 

in defeat but I echo our 

CEO Richard Gould, who 

recently told Robins TV that 

we all want to do our best 

both for ourselves and you, our loyal fans. 

With that in mind, the squad are well prepared 

for the visit of Blackburn Rovers and I am eagerly 

anticipating our return. 

As the winter months approach it’s an opportunity 

for our character and talents to really shine through. 

We beat Barnsley the last time we played at home 

and it was absolutely fantastic to end that long 

winless run at Ashton Gate. 

Ayman Benarous also made his debut after coming 

Enjoy the game. 

Cheers, 

Nige 

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CLUB FACTS 

GROUND 

EWOOD PARK 

LAST TIME OUT, CITY FINALLY 

ENDED THEIR WINLESS 

RUN AT HOME WITH A 2-1 

WIN OVER BARNSLEY. NOW 

BLACKBURN ROVERS VISIT 

ASHTON GATE AS DOMESTIC 

FOOTBALL RETURNS AFTER 

THE NOVEMBER BREAK… 

FORMED 

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MANAGER 

TONY MOWBRAY 

NICKNAME 

ROVERS 

HONOURS 

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6 

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Football League/ 

Premier League champions 

1911/12, 1913/14, 1994/95 

FA Cup winners 

1883/84, 1884/85, 1885/86, 

1889/90, 1890/91, 1927/28 

League Cup winners 

2001/02 

Community Shield winners 1912 

Full Members Cup winners 1987 

Second tier winners 1938/39 

Third tier winners 1974/75 

Clockwise from top: Manager Tony Mowbray; on-loan Leeds winger 

Ian Poveda-Ocampo; forward Sam Gallagher; defender Scott Wharton; 

midfield playmaker Joe Rothwell. 


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Pripr to Blackburn's 5-3 win at 

Ashton Gate in September 2012, 

City had not been beaten at home 

by Rovers for more than 100 

years – a 4-1 top-flight defeat in 

April 1909, the same season in 

which the Robins reached the FA 

Cup final. Since 2012 City have 

won three and lost twice in BS3. 

HEAD TO HEAD 

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MATCHES PLAYED 

Best victory: 6-4, October 1955 

Worst defeat: 5-0, March 1958 

Last match: 0-0, March 2021 

2021/22 IN NUMBERS 

W 

20 

CITY v ROVERS 

42 % 

WIN RATE 

L 

16 

D 

12 

21 

GOALS 

SCORED 

27 

GOALS 

CONCEDED 

LEAGUE 

POSITION * 

JAN 

2022 

18 TH 

R1 

29 

GOALS 

SCORED 

28 

GOALS 

CONCEDED 

POSITION * 

JAN 

2022 

7 TH 

R3 

7 

TOP SCORER 

ANDI 

WEIMANN 

YELLOW 

27 0 

CARDS 

RED 

CARDS 

3 

MOST 

ASSISTS 

CHRIS 

MARTIN 

13 

TOP SCORER 

BEN 

BRERETON-DIAZ 

YELLOW 

38 2 

CARDS 

4 

MOST 

ASSISTS 

JOE 

ROTHWELL 

RED 

CARDS 

POSSESSION 

43.3 % 

PASSING PERCENTAGE 

67.5 % 

7.07 

BEST AVERAGE 

RATING (OPTA) 

CHRIS 

MARTIN 

7.33 

BEST AVERAGE 

RATING (OPTA) 

SCOTT WHARTON, 

SAM GALLAGHER 

POSSESSION 

41.7 % 

PASSING PERCENTAGE 

69.1 % 

TACKLE SUCCESS 

TACKLE SUCCESS 

LEAGUE ONE CHAMPIONSHIP 

68.7 % 

AVERAGE AERIAL 

DUELS WON 

27.7 

67 % 

AVERAGE AERIAL 

DUELS WON 

20.3 

*prior to Friday night’s match between QPR and Luton 


BLACKBURN ROVERS 

KEY PLAYER 

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BEN 

BRERETON-DIAZ 

The Stoke-on-Trent born Chilean international 

has been in scintillating form in front of goal 

this season with 13 goals to his name to this 

point, including a hat-trick in a 5-1 win over 

Cardiff City. 

The 22-year-old sits as the Championship’s 

joint-second top goalscorer for the season 

behind Fulham’s Aleksandar Mitrovic and level on 

goals with AFC Bournemouth’s Dominic Solanke, 

however the Blackburn striker boasts better shot 

accuracy (63%). 

The forward played his youth football at 

Manchester United and Stoke City’s Academies, 

before being picked up by Nottingham Forest. He 

went on to sign on loan for Blackburn in August 

2018 before make the move permanent in January 

2019. He scored his first goal for Rovers in April 

2019 in a 2-0 win against Bolton Wanderers. 

On the international stage, Brereton-Diaz 

represented England at youth level – finishing 

joint top-scorer at the 2017 European Under-19 

Championship – before opting to represent Chile, 

his mother's birthplace. He has scored three 

times from nine appearances for his adopted 

country to date. 


DID YOU 

KNOW? 

Blackburn Rovers' all-time leading goalscorer Alan Shearer 

was inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame in 

August this year. He scored 260 goals from 441 top-flight 

appearances, winning the Premier League title in 1995. 

BLACKBURN ROVERS FOUND THEMSELVES 

LEVEL ON POINTS WITH SIXTH-PLACED 

QPR COMING OFF THE BACK OF THE 

SEASON’S THIRD INTERNATIONAL BREAK. 

It’s a good place to be, albeit 

it’s a heavily contested table 

at this point in the campaign, 

with mid-table Swansea City 

just three points behind Tony 

Mowbray’s side. 

They will need to find more 

consistency and put their 7-0 

thrashing against Fulham earlier 

this month well behind them. 

It was only the second time in 

a year Blackburn had lost by 

more than one goal and they 

needed to provide the biggest of 

responses to that result. 

It wasn’t ideal then when 

Sheffield United took an early 

lead in the next fixture. However, 

Rovers battled back to win 3-1 

at Ewood Park and go into the 

international break with a third 

win from four games. 

Ian Poveda-Ocampo, on 

loan from Leeds United, 

scored a goal and grabbed 

an assist against the Blades 

in a standout display from the 

midfielder, earning himself a 

place in the Championship 

Team of the Week. Ben 

Brereton-Diaz has also played 

a crucial role with 13 league 

goals to his name at this point 

Rovers Chilean international striker Ben Brereton-Diaz in action with City's 

Han-Noah Massengo during last season's 0-0 stalemate at Ewood Park 

in the campaign. He’s recently 

hailed his experiences with 

the Chilean national side for 

providing him a boost. 

As for the manager, the 

experienced Mowbray has 

been Head Coach since 

February 2017, helping the 

club bounce back from 

League One at the first time of 

asking just over a year later. 

The former Hibernian, Celtic, 

Middlesbrough and Ipswich 

Town boss previously led West 

Bromwich Albion to the Premier 

League as Championship 

winners in 2007/08. 


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Bristol City 

Football Club 

is actively 

engaged in 

making football more enjoyable 

and accessible to those 

with colour blindness. 

The club is very conscious 

that football kits can 

sometimes be difficult to see 

for fans during games, when 

the colours are too dark or not 

suitable for people suffering 

from colour blindness. 

As an inclusive club who value 

all our supporters, we have 

written to the English Football 

League and are engaging 

with Colour Blindness Aware 

to see how we, and football 

as a whole, can improve the 

whole matchday experience for 

those with colour blindness, in 

particular around kits. 

WHAT IS COLOUR 

BLINDNESS? 

Colour blindness (colour vision 

deficiency, or CVD) affects 

approximately 1 in 12 men (8%) and 1 

in 200 women in the world. In Britain 

this means there are approximately 3 

million colour blind people (about 4.5% 

of the entire population). 

Most colour blind people are able to see 

things as clearly as other people but are 

unable to fully ‘see’ red, green or blue 

light. The most common form of colour 

blindness is known as ‘red/green colour 

blindness’. 

The simulated pictures on the left from 

the AFC Bournemouth home game 

show red vision deficiency (above) and 

green vision deficiency (below). 

The images here are kindly supplied 

by Colour Blindness Aware. 


FORMER 

PLAYERS 

CON 

SULLIVAN 

Former City 

goalkeeper 

Con Sulllivan 

will return 

to Ashton 

Gate against Blackburn 

Rovers today, where he will be 

presented with a gift signed by 

the first team squad. 

The players have each signed 

a goalkeeper top for the former 

club shotstopper, now aged 93, 

who will also receive a framed 

photo of himself in action. 

Spotted in the Bristol Downs 

League, he signed for City in May 

1949 aged 20. Within five years 

he was an Arsenal player in the 

top flight of English football. Con 

made 73 league and seven cup 

appearances for City, his seminal 

season being 1951/52 when he 

was ever present. 

He secured a dream move to 

Arsenal in February 1954, with 

a friendly against the Gunners 

on March 30th 1954 part of 

the transfer deal. The match 

attracted a 28,991 crowd to see 

Con in Arsenal colours. 

Con was understudy to Jack 

Kelsey at Highbury but made 28 

league appearances before a 

shoulder injury ended his career 

in 1958. He returned to his home 

city to live and work and still lives 

in Knowle West. 

Sullivan will be joined by fellow 

former players Gerry Sweeney, 

Shaun Taylor and Bobby Williams 

in the Lansdown Restaurant. 

CITY FORMER 

PLAYERS 

ASSOCIATION 

The City Former Players 

Association (FPA) was set 

up in September with the 

aim of bringing past players 

from different eras together, 

reconnecting the supporters 

with our club legends from 

years gone by. 

The club will never forget 

whether a player played 

one game or 100, they are 

all part of the City story 

and their contributions will 

forever be valued. 

To find out more and to 

get involved, please 

contact Neil Palmer on 

n_palmer62@hotmail.co.uk 

or call 07913267859. 

Above: Con in action for Arsenal at Old Trafford on September 26th 1957. 


GEORGE 

PLAYER 

INTERVIEW 

YOUNG GEORGE TANNER HAS HAILED THOSE 

AROUND HIM FOR HELPING HIM ADJUST AT A 

NEW LEVEL AND HE’S SET HIMSELF A NEW 

TARGET AS HE LOOKS TO DEVELOP FURTHER… 

BOY 

George 

Tanner 

turned 

22 this 

week and 

he’s determined to learn all 

he can from the more senior 

professionals around him as he 

seeks to continue developing 

his game. 

It’s been a busy first few months 

for the right-back, who joined 

City at the end of August, with 

more game time than he would 

have expected, aiding his 

development. 

But as a young member of the 

squad, Tanner says it’s the advice 

of those around him which has 

been very beneficial to his start 

to life in BS3. 

He told THE ROB NS: “It’s been a 

very positive start for me at the 

club. I’ve been reasonably happy 

with my performances so far so 

now it’s about doing what I can 

to nail down my position in the 

team and I’m happy with how 

it’s gone. 

“Of course, I look up to the older 

players like Andy King who has 

helped me a lot. Danny Simpson 

has been very supportive of 

me as well, he gives me little 

confidence boosters and there’s 

no bad blood playing in the same 

position. He’s done nothing but 

help me. He’s been in the game a 

long time and passed on a lot of 

tips and support. 

“I’m always learning from those 

players, they’ve played at the 

top level so I’m looking to take 

anything I can from them.” 

Tanner made the leap from 

League Two, joining City from 4 


Words James Crawley 


I HAVE A LONG WAY 

TO GO AND THERE'S 

A LOT OF LEARNING 

TO DO...SO I HAVE 

TO PUSH MYSELF 

EVERY SINGLE DAY. 

4 Carlisle United at 

the end of the summer 

transfer window. 

He wasn’t expecting to 

play so soon but he made 

his debut in the 2-1 win 

away at QPR in September 

and has ten appearances 

to his name at this point in 

the season. 

“It’s taken a lot of adapting 

having gone into the 

Championship from 

League Two,” Tanner said. 

“The Championship is one 

of the toughest leagues 

and I’ve had to adapt to the 

playing style, the different 

training techniques as 

well. Whether it’s playing 

in games or training it’s a 

new level, a faster tempo 

and I’ve played against top 

opponents every single 

week. 

“I’ve changed lifestyle 

elements too to help me 

recover after training and 

games, and make sure 

I’m ready for the next 

game at this level. But I’ve 

settled well and I’m trying 

to improve myself all the 

time.” 

As he develops, Tanner 

aspires to become a 

first-choice right-back and 

he hopes that can be at an 

even higher level. 

He said: “In the short-term 

I want to push on and 

get to a level where I can 

say I am first choice at 

right-back. I still believe I 

have a long way to go and 

there’s a lot of learning to 

do, so I have to take advice 

from as many people as I 

can. That comes from the 

players around me and 

the coaching staff so it’s 

about keeping my feet on 

the ground and pushing 

myself however I can to be 

as good as I can. To play at 

the highest level possible 

would be the goal and 

hopefully that will happen 

at Bristol City. 

“My goal before I signed 

here was to have a 

good career in the 

Championship but now 

I’m here I’m wanting to 

CAREER HIGHS 

2016 

Becomes a Manchester United Academy Scholar 

2018 

Signs his first professional contract 

2019 

Makes his Football League debut on loan at 

Morecambe versus Cheltenham Town 

2020 

Joins Carlisle United after leaving the Manchester 

United Academy 

2021 

Signs for Bristol City, and scores his 

first goal for the club away at 

Peterborough United 


PLAYER PROFILE 

SQUAD NUMBER 

19 

DOB: November 16th 199 

Birthplace: Blackpool 

Position: Right-back 

Joined: August 2021 

push on again and reach the 

Premier League, you never 

know. To do that I have to 

keep my head down and 

push myself every single 

day.” 

City face Blackburn Rovers 

on Saturday and Tanner 

believes the team can play 

without fear as they look 

to improve their form and 

pick up where they left off 

at home, following a longawaited 

win in BS3 against 

Barnsley last month. 

“We’ve had a sticky patch so 

the international break came 

at a good time,” he said. “The 

players have reflected on 

what’s gone on and now we 

look to reset going into the 

Blackburn game. We’ve come 

back with a fresh mindset. 

Above 

Congratulated 

by Chris Martin 

after scoring 

his first goal for 

Bristol City at 

Peterborough 

United 

Left 

In action during 

his club debut 

at Queens Park 

Rangers 

Below left 

Signing on the 

dotted line at 

Ashton Gate 

Below right 

Pictured at the 

Robins High 

Performance 

Centre 

following his 

arrival from 

Carlisle United 

BRISTOL CITY SEASON STATS 

APPEARANCES 

10 

TOTAL 

MINUTES PLAYED 

830 

Pre-2019 

Manchester United 

Youth 

CAREER PATH 

2020/21 

Carlisle United 

Signed 

GOALS 

1 

2019/20 

Morecambe 

Loan 

PASS 

SUCCESS RATE 

64.8 % 

2021/22 

Bristol City 

Signed 

BEST OPTA 

RATING 

7.95 

v Peterborough United 

2019/20 

Salford 

Loan 

“We go into the Blackburn 

game with no fear and 

want to pick up more 

points to start a run if we 

can. Hopefully we can 

have the fans behind us on 

Saturday and put in a strong 

performance, one where we 

give them everything.” 


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ACADEMY: 

UNDER-23S 

Hat-trick hero: 

Ayman Benarous 

BENA 

BOOST 

FOR 

U23S 

City continue 

to make 

strides in the 

Professional 

Development League, sitting 

just three points behind 

leaders Cardiff City. 

The young Robins sit second 

in the Southern Division thanks 

largely to an unbeaten away 

record. 

After beating Cinderford Town 

4-1 in the GFA Senior Challenge 

Cup, an Ayman Benarous 

hat-trick inspired a 4-2 win at 

Watford. The 18-year-old bagged 

his first goal of the afternoon 

with a deflected free-kick inside 

the opening 10 minutes. After 

Sam Pearson had cancelled out a 

2-1 home lead, Benarous secured 

his second in style as he picked 

out the top corner from the edge 

of the box before robbing the 

ball from a Watford defender to 

finish with aplomb to wrap up 

his treble. 

A 2-0 home defeat to QPR 

followed, but there was joy once 

more on the road at Charlton 

Athletic as Saikou Janneh and 

Jamie Knight-Lebel starred in a 

3-0 victory, with the latter on the 

scoresheet after Louis Britton 

smashed home a first-half 

opener. 

Next up for the Under-23s is 

a trip to third-placed Millwall 

on Tuesday, November 30th 

(1.30pm). Look out for match 

coverage on the Bristol City 

Twitter page. 

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Cassidy 

0 

0 

UNDER-23 

RESULTS 

Monday, October 18th 

4 

Benarous 3 

Pearson 

Tuesday, October 26th 

2 

Thomas 2 

Monday, November 1st 

3 

Britton 

Janneh 

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PAUL GAINEY PROFILES THE SILKY-SKILLED KEITH FEAR 

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that 1985 is a year to remember.” 

in the 2-1 win at home to Lincoln 

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matchday programme carried his last ‘Captain’s 

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is now every cause to feel the darkest days are 

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first printed on green paper, the The cartoons of the renowned around 750 postcard designs, as 

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Sports Times title was dropped Frederick George Lewin (1861- well as his drawings appearing 

on August 3rd 1929. 

1933) were regular features in in the Western Daily Press, 

the Sports Times. The cartoon Bristol Times & Mirror, Bristol 

894 

Despite continuing as the 1894 

pictured on this page appeared 1894 

Magpie and Punch 1894 

magazine. 

Evening Times & Echo – Green on September 12th 1925. There were various other titles 

‘Un, it appeared on white paper 

too including Rymes of ye 

until breathing its last on A member of Bristol Savages, Olde Sign Boards which was 

894 

January 23rd 1932. 1894 

Lewin was responsible 1894 

for published by EH Savory 1894 

in 1911. 

MATCH REPORT 

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debut, didn’t have much to their three doubles this season. 

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do between the sticks in this 

City: Davis; Hughes, Glenn; 

match. Both sides played 1894 

poor 

Neesam, Pool, Smailes; 1894 

Gilhespy, 

Sherlaw 55, 57, 80, Furniss 56 and irritating football before the 

Gilhespy 58, Kirk 85 

Paul, Sherlaw, Dent, Kirk 

interval, but matters improved Swindon: Nash; Dickinson, 

in an entertaining second half. 

894 

Wednesday, September 9th 

1894 

1925 

Weston; Furniss, Rue, Adye; 

With the light fading fast, 1894 

David 1894 

Division Three (South) 

Denyer, Wall, Richardson, Clarke, 

Sherlaw notched up his hat-trick Davies. 

Trialist Edwin Davis (ex- 

with a shot in off the post to help Referee: AJ Attwood (Newport) 

Blackburn), making his City City clinch what was the first of Attendance: 12,362 

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1894 YOU 1894 CAN 1894189 

QUOTE ME 

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ON THAT 

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STEVE SMITH LOOKS BACK AT 

1894 

AN INTERVIEW 1894 

WITH FORMER 1894189 

CITY CHAIRMAN STEPHEN KEW 

1894 So far this 1894 

season we have 

supporters 1894 

and that is why the Joint Committee 189 

was 

heard from the playing staff formed. Now every section of the Bristol City club 

and management, so here’s a can make its voice heard. 

word from a Bristol City director, 

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Stephen Kew (pictured). A 

“The Committee meets every six weeks and while 

full-page feature in the League it can only suggest and recommend to the board of 

Football programme (no. 909) from directors, the board fully discusses any suggestions 

1894 

autumn 1974 reveals that the 

1894 

club have come up made 

1894 

by the Committee.” 

189 

with an idea to move forward with the times in terms 

of feedback. Today we call it Twitter or Instagram. At the time of publication there had been a 

boardroom shake-up as quarry owner Robert Hobbs 

1894 

“Just over 12 months ago, a 1894 

committee was formed had replaced 1894 

Harry Dolman as Chairman, 189 

a position 

at Ashton Gate which I believe is fairly unique in Dolman had held for the past 25 years. Dolman was 

the game. The members of the Joint Committee of made the club’s first President. 

which I am Chairman, represent every section of the 

1894 

Bristol City club including the 1894 

Supporters Club, the “The overall 1894 

result can only be for the good 189 

of 

51 Club (a Vice-Presidents club), the Robins Club (for the club as a whole. We now have a channel of 

season-ticket holders), the Dolman Stand, the Indoor communication within the club involving everyone 

Bowls Club, the Sporting Promotions organisations who has an interest of the club at heart. 

1894 1894 1894189 

and ordinary supporters who do not necessarily 

belong to any one section.” 

“With every single section working together – and the 

voice of the supporters is all-important – then the 

1894 

It was an exciting time for the 1894 

club, having knocked future 1894 

of the club as a whole must be far healthier 189 

Leeds United out of the FA Cup the previous 

than if we were all going our separate ways.” 

February. It was hoped that players would join this 

new venture, but at the time only manager Alan Dicks In May 1977 another boardroom battle saw Kew 

1894 

and his assistant had attended. 1894replace 1894 

Hobbs as Chairman, a position he 189 

held until 

the early part of the 1980/81 campaign as the club 

“At Bristol we felt that it was essential to bridge embarked on a downward spiral both on and off the 

the gap that can exist between management and field. 

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TODAY'S 

SQUADS 

Saturday November 20th, 3pm kick-off | Ashton Gate | Sky Bet Championship 

MANAGER 

Nigel PEARSON 

BRISTOL 

CITY 

1 Dan BENTLEY 

2 Danny SIMPSON 

3 Jay DAS I LVA 

5 Rob ATKINSON 

6 Matty JAMES 

8 Joe WILLIAMS 

9 Chris MARTIN 

10 Andy KING 

11 Callum O’DOWDA 

12 Max O'LEARY 

14 Andreas WEIMANN 

15 Tyreeq BAKINSON 

16 Cameron PRING 

17 Nathan BAKER 

18 Antoine SEMENYO 

19 George TANNER 

21 Nahki WELLS 

22 Tomas KALAS 

26 Zak VYNER 

33 Sam BELL 

HOME 

KIT 

36 Alex SCOTT 

37 Tommy CONWAY 

42 Han-Noah MASSENGO 

45 Kasey PALMER 

46 Saikou JANNEH 

v 

BLACKBURN 

ROVERS 

MANAGER 

To nyM OWBRAY 

1 Thomas KAMINSKI 

2 Rya nNYAM BE 

3 Harry PICKERING 

4 Bradley JOHNSON 

5 Daniel AYALA 

6 Jacob DAVENPORT 

7 Reda KHADRA 

8 Joe ROTHWELL 

9 Sam GALLAGHER 

10 Tyrhys DOLAN 

11 Joe RANKIN-COSTELLO 

13 Aynsley PEARS 

14 Daniel BUTTERWORTH 

16 Scott WHARTON 

17 Harry CHAPMAN 

19 Leighton CLARKSON 

20 Tayo EDUN 

21 John BUCKLEY 

22 Ben BRERETON-DIAZ 

23 Bradley DACK 

24 Hayden CARTER 

25 Jan Paul VAN HECKE 

26 Darragh LENIHAN 

27 Lewis TRAVIS 

30 Ian POVEDA-OCAMPO 

34 Dan PIKE 

HOME 

KIT 

36 Taylor McGLOIRE 

MATCH OFFICIALS 

TODAY'S 

FIXTURES 

Sheff Utd v Coventry 

CITY v Blackburn 

Fulham v Barnsley 

Huddersfield v West Brom 

Hull v Birmingham 

Middlesbro v Millwall 

Preston v Cardiff 

Reading v N Forest 

Stoke v Peterboro 

Swansea v Blackpool 

Played yesterday 

QPR v Luton 

Playing tomorrow 

Derby v Bournemouth 

LEAGUE 

TABL E 

not including QPR v Luton 

P GD Pts 

Bournemouth 17 21 40 

Fulham 17 30 38 

West Brom 17 12 32 

Coventry 17 4 30 

Stoke 17 3 28 

QPR 17 4 26 

Blackburn 17 2 26 

Huddersfield 17 1 25 

Millwall 17 0 25 

Blackpool 17 -1 25 

Luton 17 4 24 

Swansea 17 -2 23 

N Forest 17 1 22 

Middlesbro 17 0 22 

Birmingham 17 -1 22 

Preston 17 -4 21 

Sheff Utd 17 -4 19 

CITY 17 -8 19 

Reading* 17 -6 16 

Cardiff 17 -14 15 

Peterboro 17 -15 15 

Hull 17 -11 12 

Barnsley 17 -13 11 

Derby** 17 -3 -3 

*deducted six points for 

breaching league rules 

**deducted 21 points for 

going into administration and 

breaching league rules 

N EXT AT 

ASHTON 

G ATE 

Match 

Referee 

John 

BUSBY 

Assistant 

Referee 

James 

WILSON 

Assistant 

Referee 

Mark 

POTTAGE 

Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward 

Fourth 

Official 

Christopher 

SARGINSON 

STOKE 

CITY 

Ashton Gate 

Wednesday, November 24th, 

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