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Thank goodness, someone on here who talks our language.

You're correct, played them away in Manchester in the FA Cup and took the lead but lost 5-1 iirc. I believe it was in 1905.

The amount of times a goalkeeper is referred to on here as a good shot stopper. Surely if a goalkeeper isn't a good shot stopper they shouldn't be a goalkeeper..

Appears also to have been replaced as captain for the second half!

Wiemann three in three

His brother was playing for Mangotsfield United last season, as had Semenyo's brother before his move to Cardiff

That's a pity I'm the ground announcer at Cossham Street and am off tonight as just recovering from covid

Wigan are unbeaten in their first two matches and I can imagine their supporters think they have made a solid return to Championship football. City, by contrast, have been beaten in both opening games. Yet if City beat Wigan in our next league game we go above Wigan. As I think Bazooka Joe stated earlier, look how Nottingham Forest started last season and look where they ended.

Yes wish I had been lower down. Yes I think the attendance was something like 10,000 which looked pretty empty at Hillsborough and I remember getting absolutely soaked before getting on the coach for Sheffield.

I was in the Leppings Lane End but very top row. I remember we came alive in the second half and probably deserved a draw but lost one nil. Danny Wilson was manager of Sheff Wednesday about a year before he took over at Ashton Gate. Wednesday were in the Premier League relegation zone and City in League One

That is brilliantly put. Well done and I fully agree.

I've been near the top of the Upper Lansdown and know what you mean, but have to say it's not as steep as some grounds. At Hillsborough back in 1999, I think, in the cup under Pulis, I was in the very back row and kept holding onto the back of the stand. I don't think it was until about 25 minutes of the match left that I let go of the thing and stopped feeling dizzy. It was so steep I kept feeling like I could easily fall to the tier below. I'm not one for those steep stands at all.

I couldn't agree more. The top three, effectively, on that list for least percentage of losses include two, Brian Tinnion and Danny Wilson, who never managed a game at this level and one, Cottrell, who had a half season at this level that was so bad that he was relieved of his duties despite having walked the League One title just months earlier. It's daft as it's not a level playing field

Let me know how this goes as it looks good and I will be interested for a friend cough cough

All the best to you Marvin keep your spirits up

Slightly similar situation to when City got promoted under Ward and bought Soren Anderson, Tony Thorpe and Ade Akinbiyi. All big money signings (although Anderson was remarkably cheap considering his calibre). It was over concentration in one area when other areas needed to be addressed. All three were great players but at most only two could be played and it was discovered that none of them complimented each other's play, so Steve Torpey had one of the striker berths as he brought out the best in which of the three was chosen to play alongside him (usually Akinbiyi). It was very bad planning. Anderson understandably left and I think Thorpe would've too had we been able to recoup half of the million we paid out. Thankfully he remained and showed his worth the following season etc after Akinbiyi had been sold. Similarly, we went top heavy in Sammie's position as we already had Patterson and then brought in Palmer for megabucks.

Very sad news all the best with a full recovery.

Oddly enough that 1968 Cup Final finished three nil to the team in white....although really it was one nil an extra time winner from Astle but they replayed it twice.

WBA and Everton switched to their second kits for the 1968 FA Cup Final, WBA played in white with red socks and Everton yellow shirts and socks with blue shorts. Although it didn't really matter as the vast majority watched it in black and white.

I'm so glad I wrote to Alan Hardaker in 1975 telling him to delay the introduction of 3 points for a win for six years.

I've just done some calculations and figured out that you have done the former and added the points won at the time so it will be a bit skewered as there are two points and three points for a win in the totals.

How did you assemble the points, from points actually awarded so in the days of two points for a win you added two points, then when it became three points for a win you added three points, or did you convert two point victories into three points although at the time City never had that amount of points?

Didn't they sign Ken Wagstaff from Mansfield in 1964 as well?

To be fair, yes Rovers were bottom of Div 3 South when the final ball was kicked in the 1939-40 season, but due to Hitler's invasion of Poland the season was abandoned after just three matches.