Lanterne Rouge Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 A few posts on the other thread about Stoke got me thinking - if you could go back in time and change one moment in City`s history, what would it be? A couple to start with; Somehow stop Cheese going up for that ball with Shilton Make the board appoint David Moyes instead of Tiny Penis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmabbuttshair Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 Alan Dicks and stupid contracts. Dicks out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Watts Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 Stop some bloke in China eating a bat and ending City's 2019/2020 season! Or alternatively "Starting with Lita!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 4 minutes ago, Steve Watts said: Stop some bloke in China eating a bat and ending City's 2019/2020 season! Or alternatively "Starting with Lita!" You sir, have won the internet. Lita was pissed by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Watts Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 3 minutes ago, Vincent Vega said: You sir, have won the internet. Lita was pissed by the way. Would still have performed better pissed than the team on the day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banjo Island Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 8 minutes ago, Steve Watts said: Stop some bloke in China eating a bat and ending City's 2019/2020 season! Or alternatively "Starting with Lita!" Yeah what a cunundrum anthony rougier or leroy lita Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 2 minutes ago, Banjo Island said: Yeah what a cunundrum anthony rougier or leroy lita Even more of a conundrum when you add Tony Rougier into the mix! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozo Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 12 minutes ago, Steve Watts said: Stop some bloke in China eating a bat and ending City's 2019/2020 season! Or alternatively "Starting with Lita!" And if you had to choose between the two? Lita, obvs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynriley Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 17 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said: A few posts on the other thread about Stoke got me thinking - if you could go back in time and change one moment in City`s history, what would it be? A couple to start with; Somehow stop Cheese going up for that ball with Shilton Make the board appoint David Moyes instead of Tiny Penis. Persuade Joe Jordan not to leave for Hearts. Genuinely felt we were on the cusp of something then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 Either, Orr not getting injured at Wembley, or Windyass slipping just before hitting that shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 6 minutes ago, downendcity said: Either, Orr not getting injured at Wembley, or Windyass slipping just before hitting that shot. Or Mccombe not falling ill the night before the game. But yes, Windass skying that shot into row Z would have been helpful..! Although, as heartbreaking as it was, I don't think we were "ready" for the prem back then. Not like we are now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fpcity Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 19 minutes ago, downendcity said: Either, Orr not getting injured at Wembley, or Windyass slipping just before hitting that shot. Adebola putting that chance away. From what I remember it was before the goal and a decent chance, kind of scuffed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted April 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 8 minutes ago, Bar BS3 said: Or Mccombe not falling ill the night before the game. But yes, Windass skying that shot into row Z would have been helpful..! Although, as heartbreaking as it was, I don't think we were "ready" for the prem back then. Not like we are now. Absolutely this. Gutted as I was at the time as the years have gone by I`m thinking this more and more. I fear we might have done a Pompey or a Sunderland back then whereas now I wouldn`t be anything like as worried. Financially too (post - virus aside!) getting to the prem is far more lucrative now than 12 years ago - it could be that, by going up in 2008, we might have blown a once-in-a-generation opportunity. Easy to say since we lost and the truth is, we`ll never know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bar BS3 Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 5 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said: Absolutely this. Gutted as I was at the time as the years have gone by I`m thinking this more and more. I fear we might have done a Pompey or a Sunderland back then whereas now I wouldn`t be anything like as worried. Financially too (post - virus aside!) getting to the prem is far more lucrative now than 12 years ago - it could be that, by going up in 2008, we might have blown a once-in-a-generation opportunity. Easy to say since we lost and the truth is, we`ll never know! We could have done a.... Hull City, in fact..! 2 trips to the Prem and they are still in financial trouble..! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 Harry Clay would have turned Harold Halse's shot over the bar instead of hitting it letting Sandy Turnbull net the rebound, and Bob Hardy would have taken his chance so that we won the 1909 FA Cup final Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
054123 Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 56 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said: A few posts on the other thread about Stoke got me thinking - if you could go back in time and change one moment in City`s history, what would it be? A couple to start with; Somehow stop Cheese going up for that ball with Shilton Make the board appoint David Moyes instead of Tiny Penis. Quite simply merge Rovers with City. Convince those with the power that Bristol is a passionate place that supports sport but realistically only one team, just like Newcastle and Leeds. If you look at the number of committed season ticket holders and away followers, for both clubs over the decades it’s a brilliant amount, especially considering the level both clubs have played at. Imagine the family and local support that would have been garnered over the years with vast urban sprawl of Bristol, S Glos, Banes and N Somerset, all behind one club. A one club Bristol would have been the jewel of the West Country and a national power house imo. I know Sheffield, Manchester and Liverpool healthily support 2 clubs, but they are probably the exception to the rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 Stopping Lansdown investing in the Club all those years ago and instead holding out for a mega-rich Jordanian banking family to take us over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballwinningcentrehalf Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 10 minutes ago, 054123 said: Quite simply merge Rovers with City. Convince those with the power that Bristol is a passionate place that supports sport but realistically only one team, just like Newcastle and Leeds. If you look at the number of committed season ticket holders and away followers, for both clubs over the decades it’s a brilliant amount, especially considering the level both clubs have played at. Imagine the family and local support that would have been garnered over the years with vast urban sprawl of Bristol, S Glos, Banes and N Somerset, all behind one club. A one club Bristol would have been the jewel of the West Country and a national power house imo. I know Sheffield, Manchester and Liverpool healthily support 2 clubs, but they are probably the exception to the rule. I think this a viewpoint that many will automatically look at negatively, but I'm currently living in a city with only one team and it does make me ponder how things might have been different if we'd seen almost the whole South-West united behind one Bristol City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
054123 Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 14 minutes ago, ballwinningcentrehalf said: I think this a viewpoint that many will automatically look at negatively, but I'm currently living in a city with only one team and it does make me ponder how things might have been different if we'd seen almost the whole South-West united behind one Bristol City. For clarity, I did mean go back in time and suggest Bristol South End merge with problematic Black Arabs Choose a name that represent me the city, ‘City’ for example ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weepywall Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 Tina Turner....what do I win ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 2 minutes ago, weepywall said: Tina Turner....what do I win ??? Cher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Oil Services Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 I would make sure we lose at Coventry, '77, ensuring we are relegated. I would sell Ritchie and Merrick to Arsenal, and fire AD, and appoint St. Mirren's 37 year old manager, Alex Ferguson. On a ten year contract. Failing that, fire AD in early '74/75 season, and appoint the unemployed Brian Howard Clough. Failing that, I might fire AD even sooner, and hire Grimsby manager Laurie McMenemy. Failing that, I go back to 1967 and don't appoint Dicksy in the first place, pay no heed to Jimmy Hill, and instead nip in ahead of Derby County and appoint Hartlepools manager, Brian Howard Clough. Failing this, I somehow, in 1955, persuade Bill Shankly that Bristol and the south West of England is not-so-unlike the West of Scotland, and you should see the miners down Midsomer Norton and Radstock..... Failing that, I would go back to 17 something or other, make Bristol the centre of the Industrial Revolution, and then ..... no, maybe not. Bristol would be like Blackburn or Burnley or Stoke or somewhere now. I'll stick with swapping Dicksy for Fergie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 Frankie not getting a red card vs Wolves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 7 minutes ago, Moments of Pleasure said: I would make sure we lose at Coventry, '77, ensuring we are relegated. I would sell Ritchie and Merrick to Arsenal, and fire AD, and appoint St. Mirren's 37 year old manager, Alex Ferguson. On a ten year contract. Failing that, fire AD in early '74/75 season, and appoint the unemployed Brian Howard Clough. Failing that, I might fire AD even sooner, and hire Grimsby manager Laurie McMenemy. Failing that, I go back to 1967 and don't appoint Dicksy in the first place, pay no heed to Jimmy Hill, and instead nip in ahead of Derby County and appoint Hartlepools manager, Brian Howard Clough. Failing this, I somehow, in 1955, persuade Bill Shankly that Bristol and the south West of England is not-so-unlike the West of Scotland, and you should see the miners down Midsomer Norton and Radstock..... Failing that, I would go back to 17 something or other, make Bristol the centre of the Industrial Revolution, and then ..... no, maybe not. Bristol would be like Blackburn or Burnley or Stoke or somewhere now. I'll stick with swapping Dicksy for Fergie Alan Dicks does not do well in these scenarios, does he. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Watts Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 1 hour ago, 054123 said: Quite simply merge Rovers with City. Convince those with the power that Bristol is a passionate place that supports sport but realistically only one team, just like Newcastle and Leeds. If you look at the number of committed season ticket holders and away followers, for both clubs over the decades it’s a brilliant amount, especially considering the level both clubs have played at. Imagine the family and local support that would have been garnered over the years with vast urban sprawl of Bristol, S Glos, Banes and N Somerset, all behind one club. A one club Bristol would have been the jewel of the West Country and a national power house imo. I know Sheffield, Manchester and Liverpool healthily support 2 clubs, but they are probably the exception to the rule. Name one example in professional football anywhere in the world that this has happened and/or worked successfully. It would be unprecedented and a complete shot in the dark. Neither club would exist anymore and you would be asking 30,0000 people to start supporting a new team with your rival fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weepywall Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 38 minutes ago, Vincent Vega said: Cher. Oh dear, of course schoolboy error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballwinningcentrehalf Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 8 minutes ago, Steve Watts said: Name one example in professional football anywhere in the world that this has happened and/or worked successfully. It would be unprecedented and a complete shot in the dark. Neither club would exist anymore and you would be asking 30,0000 people to start supporting a new team with your rival fans. He's already clarified he meant back at the beginning, not now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
054123 Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 32 minutes ago, Steve Watts said: Name one example in professional football anywhere in the world that this has happened and/or worked successfully. It would be unprecedented and a complete shot in the dark. Neither club would exist anymore and you would be asking 30,0000 people to start supporting a new team with your rival fans. To be clear (as in my follow up post) the original post stated we could go back in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Watts Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 25 minutes ago, ballwinningcentrehalf said: He's already clarified he meant back at the beginning, not now. Yeah, hadn't seen that when typing it. Fair enough....I'll hold that question back until the next "We should merge the clubs" thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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