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John Atyeo is the record holder for appearances. Two minutes sub appearance in the final minutes does not account for the 90 minutes of every match which PJW Atyeo completed with very few exceptions when he had to leave the pitch due to injury. I saw hundreds of his games and the only one that stands out was first game of 1960-61 season at Valley Parade when injury prevented him finishing. No subs then.

He is a hypocrite as he supports countries where males rule and women are third class citizens. And countries where anyone who is other than straight (is that correct?) is punished or treated badly. I'm sorry if I don't know all the latest terms and names for those who differ from the majority.

What about Dafydd? @Davefevs

Will Naismith stay here? Is he one the LM will want to play? I suspect he'll be on his way in summer.

While we continue to play second halves, sideways and backwards all the time allowing away teams to keep us pinned in our own half at the Atyeo away fans end, leaving the City fans in the rest of the ground with absolutely nothing to get excited about, the atmosphere will be dead!

@Harry But we need our defence and midfield to mix up the passes they provide. It's all very well to keep going across the back 3/4 and then to the touchlines, left and right, or back to the defence, from whence it came. We must also mix this up with passing forward in the middle of the field and opening opponents defences with a more direct route. Every time our midfield passes the ball back to defence is, at present, an opportunity wasted.

All this talk about footballers mental attitudes. It's exactly the same in the outside world where some people have strong feelings, determined to succeed at everything they do and others who are content to drift along without any effort to change themselves. The former ones get to managerial posts whether they are suited or not. The latter end up sweeping the floor very badly.

I can't speak Welsh but know pronunciation from my grandparents. And singing the anthem when Cymru slaughter England especially in rugby, is like seventh heaven. Only City going to the Prem can beat that? Diolch yn fawr!

He deserves every bit of good fortune for the rest of his life. Best wishes to Nick Anderson and his family.

But can you say it without stopping and with the correct pronunciation?

But this is building for the future and nothing to do with what we could do with now.

I'm proud to say that I've never been inside, even for a pee.

I remember Peter Doherty at an AGM in 1958, said that he tells his wingers, Hinshelwood and Watkins to try to go past their opposing full back every time they had the ball. He said that he wants them to do that as the one occasion they get past the full back, is when we get the winning goal. How the game has changed because the norm is now to play the ball backwards toward our own goal. I prefer the old, out of date way as it creates goalmouth excitement

And also showing us why we recruited him from Wigan to dominate the defensive and ball winning midfield. Any player in that position is prone to red/yellow cards as a split second mistiming can often happen. From Ginger Peacock, Gerry Gow, Tommy Doherty we need a like midfielder to go places we haven't been for a very long time.

Now they were hard men. Mike Sumerbee who could look after himself on a football pitch, was battered by the Threshing Machine and still came back for more.

He needs a suspender belt. Anyone got a surplus?

He is a professional commentator so will be as neutral as he can be! The only TV commentator to just refer to us throughout the match as CITY and highly likely to scream very loudly if we score and even louder should we win. Just like Gary Owers on Radio Bristle. Enjoy the match Jonathan.

Gary Owners hit the nail perfectly on the head yesterday after the match. Preston manager made three changes at half time that completely changed the match. They went to a three attackers and started to control the match. Manning waited until 75 minutes to make any alterations. By then we're one goal down and PNE in charge. Managing a football team is totally different to coaching. The coach helps players technical ability. The manager is the one who controls the tactics and personnel!

I believe that many City fans/ST holders forget that there are plenty of us, City fans, who support the Bears and vice versa. I have ST's for both and my near neighbours at Bears games are interested in how City are doing especially when we are both playing at the same time. I don't know how many City are ST holders for Bears and vice versa but from figures about five years ago, I suspect at least 1,000 and maybe more. Bristolians who enjoy supporting both.

If the price is £4m, I agree that we should not spend that. However, I consider that we should recruit two or three now as the sixth spot in the final table appears to be wide open for one of about six or seven clubs. So well worth getting the additional squad members in now and giving it a good go for sixth. Even if we miss it by a couple of points, it will have brought real confidence and consistency to the squad.

@Blagdon red I was there. At least 15,000 ! I also wonder how many were at WBA the previous season. At least 10,000 is my guess.

Do we cash in? NO.

My guess would be that he has only now fully recovered his full match fitness after two/three years of injuries.

This goal highlights the fact that we are usually trying to attack via the wings without a big striker. We are not using the pace of our main striker. A subtle change in tactics in future?

Well I started this thread because of a chance hearing of the Brighton goal scorer in a recent match with the name of Hinshelwood. And now to see this photo of City players who I watched and admired has brought tears to my eyes. I watched them playing for City but also knew them on trains home after away matches and when some of them were playing cricket at our local playing fields in the summer. All of them were willing to give us some time with conversation and jokes. They belonged to us and we belonged to them and Bristol City. I never dreamt then as a teenager that I would still remember them as if it was yesterday. How anyone who has supported a team can change to another one is beyond belief. City forever.