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Bristol City v Sheffield United matchday programme, Easter Monday (18.04.2022). Featuring an exclusive interview with Tommy Conway.

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ROB NS<br />

2021/22 OFFICIAL BRISTOL CITY DIGITAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME<br />

TOMMY<br />

CONWAY<br />

#37<br />

v SHEFFIELD<br />

UNITED<br />

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP<br />

ASHTON GATE | MON APR 18 | 5.30PM<br />

MATCH<br />

SPONSOR


ROBINS IN<br />

FOCUS<br />

36<br />

ALEX<br />

SCOTT<br />

AGE: 18<br />

POSITION: Midfielder<br />

SIGNED: January 2020<br />

The teenager has come into his own<br />

this season with 35 appearances in all<br />

competitions, including four goals in the<br />

Championship. His first for the club came in a<br />

2-1 defeat to Nottingham Forest.<br />

At just 18 years of age, Scott has made himself<br />

one to watch for both now and the future and<br />

he’s certainly impressed his manager, Nigel<br />

Pearson.<br />

The England Under-19 international was<br />

handed a new four-year contract last August,<br />

with the news confirmed on his 18th birthday<br />

just five months after he was awarded his first<br />

professional deal.<br />

Scott became Guernsey FC’s youngest ever<br />

senior player at the age of 16, before being<br />

picked up by <strong>City</strong>’s scouts. Upon joining the<br />

Robins' Academy setup, he progressed from<br />

Under-23s football to experiencing first-team<br />

football last season.<br />

He made three appearances during the 2020/21<br />

campaign, with his debut coming against Luton<br />

Town in April.<br />

#FulfillingAmbitions


THE<br />

GAFFER<br />

Hello and<br />

welcome<br />

to our<br />

penultimate<br />

home game of<br />

the season.<br />

This evening we go up against a strong<br />

<strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong> team who are very much in<br />

the fight for a top-six spot.<br />

Due to deadlines I’ve had to write these notes<br />

before Good Friday’s match against Stoke<br />

<strong>City</strong> so without reflecting on that result and<br />

a Peterborough team we should have done<br />

much better against.<br />

We have some talented players who have made<br />

great strides this season. However people want<br />

to look at the campaign, I know that we have<br />

had some real successes too but unfortunately<br />

what we haven’t been is consistent enough to<br />

get results.<br />

We are always looking at how we can progress.<br />

The close-season programme for the players<br />

has all been taken care of already and in terms<br />

of how we shape the squad there are plans in<br />

place. It’s always a mixture between planning<br />

WE HAVE SOME TALENTED<br />

PLAYERS WHO HAVE MADE GREAT<br />

STRIDES THIS SEASON...<br />

BUT UNFORTUNATELY WHAT WE<br />

HAVEN’T BEEN IS CONSISTENT<br />

ENOUGH TO GET RESULTS<br />

regardless of the outcome, we know we have a<br />

new challenge in front of us today.<br />

Paul Heckingbottom’s side are in the mix for<br />

the play-offs so we need to match their energy<br />

and show our own quality.<br />

Last time at Ashton Gate was a frustrating 1-1<br />

draw against Peterborough <strong>United</strong> where we<br />

expected a much better team performance.<br />

We can play well against the top sides in this<br />

division, as we did against Bournemouth, but<br />

then we showed our inconsistent side against<br />

for the future, looking at how you get from A to<br />

B, but of course A is the most important place<br />

and that is the present.<br />

There is a lot of hard work to come but our<br />

focus remains on the final four games, starting<br />

this evening.<br />

Enjoy the game.<br />

Cheers,<br />

Nige<br />

NIGEL<br />

PEARSON<br />

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SHEFFIELD UNITED<br />

CLUB FACTS<br />

GROUND<br />

BRAMALL LANE<br />

FORMED<br />

1889<br />

MANAGER<br />

PAUL<br />

HECKINGBOTTOM<br />

NICKNAME<br />

THE BLADES<br />

HONOURS<br />

1 4<br />

Football League champions<br />

1897/98<br />

FA Cup winners<br />

1898/99, 1901/02, 1914/15, 1924/25<br />

Second tier winners<br />

1952/53<br />

Third tier winners<br />

2016/17,<br />

pictured<br />

Fourth tier<br />

winners<br />

1981/82<br />

THE BLADES VISIT BS3 FOR<br />

OUR PENULTIMATE HOME<br />

GAME OF THE SEASON…<br />

Clockwise from top: Manager Paul Heckingbottom; on-loan Aston Villa<br />

and Republic of Ireland midfielder Conor Hourihane; Irish international<br />

centre-back John Egan; Northern Ireland midfielder Oliver Norwood<br />

and veteran striker Billy Sharp, the club's <strong>Sheffield</strong>-born skipper.<br />

In May 1988 the Robins overcame<br />

the Blades 2-1 on aggregate<br />

over two legs in a Third Division<br />

play-off. In front of the largest<br />

home crowd in nine years, Alan<br />

Walsh put <strong>City</strong> 1-0 ahead before<br />

a 1-1 draw at Bramall Lane. In the<br />

final <strong>City</strong> were beaten by Walsall<br />

in a replay.<br />

LEAGUE ONE CHAMPIONSHIP<br />

55<br />

GOALS<br />

SCORED<br />

76<br />

GOALS<br />

CONCEDED<br />

19<br />

TOP SCORER<br />

ANDI<br />

WEIMANN<br />

POSSESSION<br />

44.8 %<br />

PASSING PERCENTAGE<br />

69.6 %<br />

TACKLE SUCCESS<br />

67.8 %<br />

AVERAGE AERIAL<br />

DUELS WON<br />

24.7<br />

V<br />

HEAD TO HEAD<br />

LEAGUE<br />

POSITION<br />

R3<br />

YELLOW<br />

82 1<br />

CARDS<br />

58<br />

MATCHES PLAYED<br />

Best victory: 5-1, January 1957<br />

Worst defeat: 2-5, September 1959<br />

Last time out: 0-2, November 2021<br />

2021/22 IN NUMBERS<br />

18 TH<br />

7.02<br />

BEST AVERAGE<br />

RATING (OPTA)<br />

ROB<br />

ATKINSON<br />

R1<br />

RED<br />

CARDS<br />

9<br />

MOST<br />

ASSISTS<br />

ANDI WEIMANN /<br />

ANTOINE SEMENYO<br />

59<br />

GOALS<br />

SCORED<br />

14<br />

TOP SCORER<br />

BILLY<br />

SHARP<br />

W<br />

16<br />

D<br />

11<br />

49<br />

GOALS<br />

CONCEDED<br />

7.05<br />

BEST AVERAGE<br />

RATING (OPTA)<br />

MORGAN<br />

GIBBS-WHITE<br />

CITY v BLADES<br />

27.5 %<br />

WIN RATE<br />

POSITION<br />

R3<br />

6 TH<br />

YELLOW<br />

85 2<br />

CARDS<br />

R3<br />

L<br />

31<br />

RED<br />

CARDS<br />

7<br />

MOST<br />

ASSISTS<br />

MORGAN GIBBS-WHITE<br />

/ BILLY SHARP<br />

POSSESSION<br />

56.9 %<br />

PASSING PERCENTAGE<br />

78.9 %<br />

TACKLE SUCCESS<br />

69 %<br />

AVERAGE AERIAL<br />

DUELS WON<br />

19.9<br />

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SHEFFIELD UNITED<br />

DID YOU<br />

KNOW?<br />

In the 2003 FA Cup semi-final Blades striker Paul Peschisolido was<br />

denied a goal by what is considered one of the greatest saves<br />

of all-time. Arsenal keeper David Seaman somehow managed<br />

to scoop the ball away at point-blank range before Phil Jagielka<br />

blazed off target as the Blades were beaten 1-0 at Old Trafford.<br />

KEY PLAYER<br />

27<br />

MORGAN<br />

GIBBS-WHITE<br />

The Stafford-born midfielder has enjoyed<br />

a great season on loan from Wolves, with<br />

Paul Heckingbottom’s side rumoured to be<br />

considering a bid to make him a permanent<br />

figure at Bramall Lane.<br />

His form earned him a place in WhoScored.com’s<br />

Championship Team of the Month for March, with<br />

<strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong> pushing for a top-six finish.<br />

The 22-year-old has so far netted 10 goals in all<br />

competitions and assisted seven more for his<br />

teammates from 31 appearances, with recent<br />

star-man performances against Middlesbrough –<br />

a goal and an assist in a 4-1 win – and Barnsley.<br />

Gibbs-White is a product of the Wolves Academy<br />

and made his first team debut in a 2-0 FA Cup win<br />

against Stoke <strong>City</strong> in January 2017. He<br />

helped Wolves win promotion to<br />

the Premier League in 2018/19<br />

before a brief spell on loan<br />

at Swansea <strong>City</strong>. He joined the<br />

Blades on loan in September,<br />

scoring in his first two games<br />

against Peterborough <strong>United</strong><br />

and Preston North End.<br />

THE TOP SIX IS WITHIN SHEFFIELD<br />

UNITED’S GRASP WITH JUST FOUR<br />

GAMES TO GO, AS THE BLADES AIM<br />

TO RETURN TO THE PREMIER LEAGUE<br />

AT THE FIRST ATTEMPT.<br />

They face stiff competition for<br />

a play-off spot from the likes<br />

of Middlesbrough, Blackburn<br />

Rovers, Coventry <strong>City</strong> and<br />

Millwall to name just a few, but<br />

then the Championship has<br />

never been known for a smooth<br />

and easy ride.<br />

Paul Heckingbottom’s side come<br />

into today's fixture off the back<br />

of a last-gasp defeat against<br />

Reading on Good Friday.<br />

Lucas Joäo's 17th-minute<br />

opener for Reading was<br />

cancelled out by Iliman Ndiaye<br />

in the 90th minute, which<br />

looked like it was going to<br />

salvage a late point only for<br />

the Royals to deliver the sucker<br />

punch two minutes later through<br />

Tom Mcintyre. <strong>United</strong> will now<br />

be hoping to capitalise after<br />

seventh-placed Middlesbrough<br />

could only draw with AFC<br />

Bournemouth, while Blackburn<br />

lost at Peterborough.<br />

The Blades have been hit by<br />

injuries, with Jayden Bogle,<br />

David McGoldrick and Rhian<br />

Brewster ruled out for the<br />

season, and defenders Chris<br />

Basham, Enda Stevens and<br />

Blades defender Chris Basham challenges Nahki Wells during the Robins'<br />

2-0 defeat at a snowy Barmall Lane earlier this season<br />

George Baldock also facing time<br />

out on the sidelines. This has<br />

forced the club to act outside of<br />

the traditional transfer window<br />

with defender Filip Uremovic<br />

arriving on a deal to the end of<br />

the season, after his contract<br />

with Russian side Rubin Kazan<br />

was suspended.<br />

After Easter Monday’s clash in<br />

BS3, <strong>United</strong> host Cardiff <strong>City</strong><br />

before travelling to QPR, who<br />

still have an outside chance<br />

of finishing in the play-offs<br />

themselves. They finish their<br />

season against Fulham, who<br />

are all-but-promoted as things<br />

stand.<br />

It’s not an easy run-in for<br />

manager Heckingbottom,<br />

who moved up from his role<br />

as Under-23 coach after the<br />

departure of former boss<br />

Slaviša Jokanović in November.<br />

A former <strong>Sheffield</strong> Wednesday<br />

player, the 44-year-old is<br />

chasing his second promotion<br />

after leading Barnsley to the<br />

Championship in a doublewinning<br />

2016/17 season.<br />

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PLAYER<br />

INTERVIEW<br />

Words James Crawley<br />

CONWAY<br />

TO DO IT<br />

ANOTHER ROBINS PLAYER WITH<br />

A BRIGHT FUTURE, TOMMY<br />

CONWAY IS LOOKING FORWARD<br />

TO MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO<br />

SHOW THE CITY FAITHFUL<br />

WHAT HE CAN DO…<br />

It’s 12 months since then<br />

18-year-old Tommy<br />

Conway made his debut<br />

for the club he had<br />

been with since the age<br />

of seven. In fact, it’s<br />

closing in on a year to the day<br />

since he scored his first goal for<br />

the Robins, away to Millwall at<br />

the start of May 2021.<br />

Conway has had to be more<br />

patient this season, especially<br />

after recovering from an<br />

ankle injury at the start of the<br />

campaign, but there’s a lot of<br />

promise which comes with the<br />

Academy graduate.<br />

Looking back on the last year, the<br />

striker has learnt a lot and recalls<br />

the moment which marked the<br />

start of his first-team journey.<br />

“Me and Alex Scott were asked<br />

to train on the Thursday and<br />

we went back on the Friday as<br />

normal with no idea at all,” he said,<br />

remembering <strong>City</strong>’s away trip to<br />

Swansea <strong>City</strong> in February 2021. 4<br />

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I COULDN’T<br />

QUITE BELIEVE<br />

IT...FOR HIM TO<br />

PUT HIS TRUST<br />

IN ME WAS A<br />

PROUD MOMENT<br />

FOR ME AND MY<br />

FAMILY<br />

SQUAD NUMBER<br />

37<br />

DOB: August 6th 2002<br />

Birthplace: Taunton<br />

Position: Forward<br />

Joined: Academy, 2009<br />

PLAYER PROFILE<br />

2021/22 STATS<br />

4“We didnt realise until<br />

Scott Murray said: ‘you’re<br />

travelling and you’re on the<br />

bench’. It was a 20-man<br />

squad with nine on the<br />

bench but I couldn’t quite<br />

believe it. We travelled up<br />

with the rest of the lads on<br />

the coach, I did my initiation<br />

which was the Thiago Silva<br />

song (Dave x AJ Tracey).<br />

Everyone buzzed off it,<br />

everyone enjoyed it,” he said.<br />

<strong>City</strong> won 3-1 at the Liberty<br />

Stadium and while Conway<br />

didn’t make it off the bench,<br />

his debut came shortly after<br />

at Coventry <strong>City</strong>. However, it<br />

wasn’t until the home match<br />

against Luton Town that he<br />

earned his first start.<br />

“Yes that was good!”<br />

Conway told THE ROB NS. “The<br />

day before the gaffer said:<br />

‘Tommy Conway, you’re<br />

starting.’ I couldn’t quite<br />

believe it because you had<br />

other players in there so for<br />

him to put his trust in me<br />

was a proud moment for me<br />

and my family. I did alright<br />

too and played the full 90<br />

minutes.<br />

“Still to this day the likes of<br />

And Weimann, Nahki Wells,<br />

Antoine Semenyo and Chris<br />

Martin are helping me out<br />

and I’d add Andy King to that<br />

list too. Even though he’s a<br />

midfielder, he helps out all<br />

of the young lads. Nahki is<br />

really good, Andi is likewise<br />

and they’re always giving us<br />

tips to make us younger lads<br />

better players.”<br />

Conway has been patient<br />

this season though, keeping<br />

his match sharpness with<br />

minutes for the Under-23s,<br />

with whom he recently<br />

scored a hat-trick against<br />

Crewe Alexandra.<br />

He explained: “With those<br />

games some people might<br />

sack them off but if you do<br />

well you can only make the<br />

gaffer think about you.<br />

"Do well in those games and<br />

CAREER HIGHS<br />

APRIL 2021<br />

Makes his debut against Coventry <strong>City</strong>,<br />

coning off the bench in the second half<br />

APRIL 2021<br />

Earns his first <strong>City</strong> start, playing 90 minutes<br />

against Luton Town in BS3<br />

MAY 2021<br />

Scores his first goal for the club<br />

at the Den against Millwall<br />

MAY 2021<br />

Earns a new three-year<br />

deal with the Robins<br />

that can only bode well for<br />

you and your chances.<br />

“It’s different playing in the<br />

Championship. It’s more<br />

physical and there’s more<br />

pressure with the fans<br />

watching you too. The main<br />

difference is the quality, both<br />

who you’re playing with and<br />

against, but that only makes<br />

you a better player.<br />

“Some people might think<br />

it’s harder but when you get<br />

on the pitch it is still another<br />

game of football against 11<br />

other players. The technical<br />

side changes compared to<br />

Under-23s but I’ve learnt how<br />

to move my body and use the<br />

ball quicker.<br />

“Next season I just want to<br />

break into the team more and<br />

get as many appearances as<br />

I can. I have done all I can<br />

this year, I might get another<br />

chance but if I carry on<br />

working hard and get more<br />

appearances next year then<br />

that will be a positive.”<br />

Far left<br />

Scoring his<br />

first senior<br />

goal against<br />

Millwall last<br />

season<br />

Above left<br />

In action<br />

for <strong>City</strong><br />

Under-23s<br />

for whom<br />

he recently<br />

scored a<br />

hat-trick<br />

against Crewe<br />

Alexandra<br />

Below left<br />

Pictured<br />

after signing<br />

a three-year<br />

professional<br />

deal with the<br />

Robins in May<br />

2021<br />

<strong>Bristol</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />

2009<br />

Academy graduate<br />

TOTAL MINUTES<br />

PLAYED<br />

70<br />

BEST OPTA<br />

RATING<br />

6.56<br />

v BOURNEMOUTH<br />

APPEARANCES<br />

4<br />

PASSING<br />

ACCURACY<br />

CAREER PATH<br />

Yate Town<br />

2018/19<br />

Loan<br />

70.6 %<br />

ASSISTS<br />

1<br />

AVERAGE<br />

OPTA RATING<br />

6.22<br />

Bath <strong>City</strong><br />

2020/21<br />

Loan<br />

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<strong>City</strong> stars from the 1960s were<br />

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More than half-a-century since they graced the BS3<br />

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Tony Ford, John Galley, Mike Gibson, Johnny Giles,<br />

Bobby Gould, Geoff Merrick, Geoff Palmer,<br />

Trevor Tainton, Johnny Watkins and Bobby Williams.<br />

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CITY<br />

ARCHIVES<br />

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894 HALL 1894 OF 1894 FAME 1894<br />

PAUL GAINEY PROFILES POPULAR STRIKER TOM RITCHIE<br />

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Lean but strong, striker Tom Ritchie<br />

forged a strong partnership up<br />

front with Paul Cheesley in the<br />

8941975/76 1894<br />

promotion season when 1894 1894<br />

he was top scorer with 18 goals.<br />

He amassed 504 <strong>City</strong> appearances – fifth-highest<br />

894<br />

of all-time – and scored 1894<br />

132 goals, second only to 1894 1894<br />

John Atyeo.<br />

Tom was a rare player; a professor of stealth who<br />

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created the illusion of strolling, uncannily accurate<br />

at nodded deflections and a cunning caresser of<br />

the ball when it was on the deck.<br />

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He was one of several young prospects lured to<br />

<strong>Bristol</strong> <strong>City</strong> from Scotland in the late-1960s/early-<br />

1970s. Tom made his debut against Millwall at<br />

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– an 18-month interlude 1894 1894<br />

with Sunderland aside – went on to serve <strong>City</strong> for<br />

15 years.<br />

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The likeable Scot boasted<br />

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neat control, smooth<br />

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Tom made a surprising Football League exit in<br />

passing ability and limitless stamina which<br />

1984 when he was signed by former colleague<br />

enabled him to make penetrating runs from deep Gerry Gow for Yeovil Town. He had already<br />

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positions. In the First<br />

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Division he was not as ensured<br />

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his place in <strong>City</strong>'s Hall of Fame<br />

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as one<br />

prolific but was revealed as an aerial threat who of the few players to play for the club in all four<br />

often stole in for blind-side strikes.<br />

divisions.<br />

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With the club floundering 1894<br />

in the old Fourth Division Later, 1894<br />

I met him on my doorstep -- Tom 1894<br />

was my<br />

after financial collapse, Tom returned to <strong>City</strong> from postman. I immediately conducted a frantic search<br />

Sunderland in the summer of 1982, ready to lead for my York <strong>City</strong> programme of November 22nd<br />

a revival under Terry Cooper's management. His 1975, when he scored his first ever hat-trick. He<br />

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experience was a key 1894<br />

factor as he captained the signed 1894<br />

it the next day with customary 1894<br />

humility, a<br />

1983/84 promotion team, making 53 appearances wide smile and a slightly nervous laugh at being<br />

and scoring 15 goals from midfield.<br />

recognised.<br />

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Carl Shutt with the matchball<br />

after his four-goal display<br />

versus Fulham, inset<br />

Spirits were high<br />

in the <strong>City</strong> camp<br />

after a 2-1<br />

home win over<br />

Chesterfield on September 29th<br />

1987, which took them to the top<br />

of the league.<br />

But they then drifted downwards,<br />

eventually reaching 14th following<br />

a 2-1 defeat at Aldershot on<br />

November 7th.<br />

Even so, journalist Richard Latham<br />

reminded us that Terry Cooper<br />

had built: “One of the most<br />

experienced squads in the Third<br />

Division for a net outlay of £51,000<br />

in transfer fees…the envy of many<br />

Third Division bosses.”<br />

Two draws steadied the ship<br />

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SHUTT UP<br />

MIKE ADAMS CONTINUES HIS LOOK BACK AT<br />

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TERRY COOPER'S SPELL IN CHARGE OF THE ROBINS<br />

before four wins and a draw in<br />

December won the Manager of the<br />

Month award for Cooper.<br />

Steve Galliers answered critics by<br />

scoring a brace in the 3-2 home<br />

win v York <strong>City</strong>. Our next visitors<br />

Fulham fell victim to the on-fire<br />

Carl Shutt, who scored all four in<br />

a 4-0 triumph. The Yorkshireman<br />

then scored the winner away at<br />

Doncaster Rovers before Rob<br />

Newman converted from the spot<br />

to earn a draw at Gillingham.<br />

But the big result was the 5-2<br />

trouncing of Brighton & Hove<br />

Albion at Ashton Gate on<br />

December 28th, which ended their<br />

17-match unbeaten run and saw<br />

<strong>City</strong> overtake the Seagulls into<br />

fourth position.<br />

<strong>City</strong> dominated the first 20<br />

minutes before Alan Walsh’s<br />

free-kick was headed home by<br />

defender John Pender. Left-back<br />

Newman curled in a shot from the<br />

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edge of the area 11 minutes later<br />

and just before half-time a brilliant<br />

nine-man move culminated with<br />

Tony Fitzpatrick heading in at the<br />

far post.<br />

But the Seagulls staged a<br />

comeback after the break and<br />

Cooper admitted suffering a<br />

few nerves when <strong>City</strong>’s lead was<br />

reduced to 3-2 with 15 minutes<br />

to play. Up stepped Walsh with a<br />

moment of individual brilliance to<br />

turn and smash the ball into the<br />

net. With one minute of normal<br />

time left, Walsh crossed for<br />

Joe Jordan to seal victory.<br />

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YOU CAN<br />

894 CITY 1894 IN CARTOONS 1894 1894 1894<br />

QUOTE<br />

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ME<br />

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with club historian David Woods<br />

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ON THAT 1894 1894 1894<br />

For 1947/48 and 1948/49, Bob Bennett’s cartoons in the <strong>Bristol</strong> Evening Post were as per<br />

this long format style, tight to the centre margin. These two examples from the paper of<br />

December 15th 1947 and the February 7th 1949 allow to us to see the cartoonist’s take on<br />

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STEVE SMITH<br />

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LOOKS BACK<br />

Rovers and <strong>City</strong>’s doings in the FA Cup and the local derby at Ashton Gate.<br />

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AT AN INTERVIEW WITH<br />

FORMER CLUB CHAIRMAN<br />

HARRY DOLMAN<br />

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Saturday, December 13th 1947 | FA Cup Second Round<br />

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Our former<br />

After winning 9-2 v Dartford in a First Round Replay, <strong>City</strong><br />

chairman,<br />

were unable to find their scoring boots against Palace and<br />

Harry<br />

are made to pay for their many squandered chances when<br />

Dolman,<br />

Albert Robson wins the game for the visitors. He brings<br />

was so much a man for the<br />

a high-centre quickly under control and fires past the<br />

Former <strong>City</strong> chairman<br />

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future that he was willing 1894 1894<br />

advancing Clack. Both Don Clark and Robson have goals<br />

Harry Dolman<br />

disallowed for offside. It was, however, a better outcome<br />

to share his plans on the<br />

for the Rovers as they beat New Brighton 4-0 in front of<br />

new stand that would bear future? Harry was sure everything was going in the<br />

a 10,723 crowd at Eastville to progress through to the<br />

his name in this copy of right direction.<br />

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Third Round.<br />

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the Football League Review<br />

<strong>City</strong>: Clack; Guy, Bailey; Morgan, Roberts Thomas;<br />

programme from around December 1968. Here, he “We intend to incorporate six indoor bowling rinks<br />

Hopkins, Townsend, Clark, C Williams, Osman.<br />

begins his column by stating more clubs should on the ground floor which will be in use for most<br />

Palace: Graham; Harding, Dawes; Buckley, Millbank,<br />

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share their ideas.<br />

1894part 1894<br />

of the day and evening, all the week, 1894<br />

most of<br />

Reece; Mycock, G Lewis, Robson, Kurz, Clough<br />

the year. A league of six divisions will be formed<br />

Referee: PC Annette (Basingstoke)<br />

Attendance: 22,327 (£1,569)<br />

“In these days of modern design and new ideas, and knock-out competitions will be arranged.<br />

I sometimes wonder whether football clubs<br />

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belonging to the English 1894<br />

League, could do a little “We 1894<br />

have the co-operation of the <strong>City</strong> 1894<br />

and County<br />

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more to helping each other.<br />

of <strong>Bristol</strong> Indoor Bowling Association, who already<br />

Clark 78 Hodges 55<br />

have a large membership. They are going to make<br />

"In the past, and I believe at present, new ideas our new stand their headquarters. Two large club<br />

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Saturday, February 5th 1949 | Division 1894<br />

Three (South) 1894<br />

are put into being in the 1894<br />

greatest secrecy, later rooms, 1894<br />

approximately 50 feet square, 1894<br />

and bars are<br />

Jackie Pitt’s long pass splits the <strong>City</strong>’s defence to<br />

to be copied by other clubs. This secrecy may be provided.”<br />

produce a bout of inter-passing between Vic Lambden<br />

necessary in some cases but it would be better if<br />

and Len Hodges that leads to the latter volleying the<br />

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opener past Frank Clack. <strong>City</strong> salvage 1894<br />

an extremely<br />

new ideas were circulated so that they benefitted It was at the start of the 1970/71 season that the<br />

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fortunate draw when Don Clark’s angled-shot is<br />

many clubs.”<br />

stand was first used at a cost of £230,000. Could<br />

fumbled into the net by Jack Weare.<br />

other clubs around the country fund a scheme of a<br />

<strong>City</strong>: Clack; Guy, Bailey; Morgan, Roberts, Peacock;<br />

As the programme went to press, it was estimated multi-purpose structure like this?<br />

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Townsend, Mullen, Clark, Barney, Lewis. 1894 1894<br />

that the cost for the new 1894<br />

Dolman Stand was now 1894 1894<br />

Rovers: Weare; Bamford, Fox; Pitt, Warren, McArthur;<br />

at £170,000. But with the club already in the lower “If clubs are thinking of new stands, I am sure it<br />

Petherbridge, Hodges, Lambden, Morgan, Watling<br />

part of Division Two, would it not be better to buy would pay them to see the plans and model of this<br />

Referee: RJ Burgess (Reading)<br />

players rather than build new facilities for the scheme. That is what I mean by co-operation.”<br />

Attendance: 27,543 (£1,813.17s.0d)<br />

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Swansea 41 -5 58<br />

Stoke 42 5 55<br />

Blackpool 41 -4 53<br />

Cardiff 41 -15 49<br />

CITY 42 -20 48<br />

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Birmingham 42 -19 45<br />

Reading * 42 -28 40<br />

Derby ** 42 -7 31<br />

Peterboro 42 -47 31<br />

Barnsley 41 -29 30<br />

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**deducted 21 points<br />

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