Nogbad the Bad

As someone who spent the Division 1 days stood in the open section just as you got in the East End - but wasn't part of the City mob - I remember numerous incursions into the EE by away fans. All the London teams in particular it was expected and eagerly anticipated with a great mob of City fans assembled at least an hour before the game. Spurs I remember sauntered in at about 2.15 as if they owned the place, smiles all over their faces arrogantly looking over towards the middle of the EE, until the mob they were apparently looking for descended on them unexpectedly, all hell broke loose, and they were booted out, literally, within a couple of minutes, and far from smiling. As you say as a young non participant it all added to the day's excitement and entertainment.

I saw most of the way games that season. Luton was a fairly uneventful 0-0 on a drab November day, about the only highlight being Jimmy Mann hitting the bar at our end from about 40 yards. City fans led out from their end before the game, and Luton fans making themselves known in our end during the game leading to quite a brawl on the terrace. A fantastic team to follow, still consider every one of them a hero..

One of the best away games ever. 4,000 City fans for an evening game and about the loudest, non stop, support to get the team through that 2nd half that I can ever remember.

Well, I'd forgotten the retaken penalty. 'The Throstles were a goal to the good after just 11 minutes, Shaw unable to hold a Bryan Robson effort, Ally Brown darting in to convert the rebound. But it was from hero to villain for Ally ten minutes later from City won a penalty for a Brendon Batson handball. As Ritchie stepped up to take the penalty, Ally chucked a snowball at him to put him off and he missed the penalty, it hit the post. The referee let them retake it and Peter Cormack stepped up and scored.'

I was there and came across this photo taken from our view in the away section. West Brom, with Bryan Robson, Cyrille Regis and a near unplayable Laurie Cunningham won the game 3-1. West Brom had special boots to help with the Wintry conditions apparently, City didn't, but no disgrace to lose to a very talented West Brom team who were flying under Ron Atkinson. Hard men on a hard pitch, big hostile crowd and vociferous support from the City fans packing out the away terraces. Football as it used to be, and we absolutely loved it.

Such history and such a huge loss. If I was SL/JL I'd get it rebuilt brick by brick. Seriously.

I wouldn't take them off the injury list until they are deemed fully fit for selection for the 1st team, i.e. either being picked for the match day squad, or at least playing 90 mins for the reserves.

Must be a modern Scots thing then Shelts. don't remember the likes of Gow, Gillies, Sweeney and Ritchie missing many games. Or Joe Jordan for that matter, though he may have caused our opponents to miss a few.

Shame, and I don't think it gets mentioned unless it's a reasonably significant set back. Unfortunately it doesn't come as a great surprise.

Never heard that one. 'Singing Cli-ive Whitehead on the wing' Singing Cli-ive Whitehead on the wing Singing Cli-ive Whitehead Cli-ive Whitehead Cli-ive Whitehead on the wing'

You and quite a few others because I've heard this before, it does seem to have morphed into 'eye-eye' for some but definitely started off as Cli-ive. Not too important tbh, eye-eye is quite funny and it was a great song of it's day either way.

Think it was Cli-ive Whitehead on the wing, rather than eye-eye.

Phil Tottle would probably still have been at school in 1970. Herbie Gillam was the main man.

Not sure there's anything to stop the TGH deal being completed apart from City suddenly deciding they don't want to. Nothing is impossible but that would be a massive surprise and surely extremely unlikely.

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Assist for Marlon as Pompey finally equalise at Rovers.

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Not so bizarre when you consider the French Consulate in London have said there are up to 300k French living in London and the South East.

This isn't Exeter though - where would you have a pop up van in Bristol? I made a rare trip to Broadmead the other day and a pop up van would be a waste of time, quieter than I've ever seen it this close to Christmas and not a lot of Bristol accents to be heard. Maybe Asda or Sainsbury's car park?

Boxing Day has always been about going to the football, especially if it's a home game. Not so much away games, but well remember being at Brentford for Lita's late double (20 years ago ) and Watford when we won 4-2 in 2008.

City website says 1 appearance, Yeovil's says 4.

That Torquay defeat, we went on the Saturday and by then there were already media reports of numerous arrests after trouble at a night club the night before. In retrospect I wasn't far away from the Nolan car incident, heard the 'roar' go up nearby, but didn't stop to see what was going on. Quite a spate of car rocking/overturning post match in those days, and a van was overturned by City fans after a match at Eastville.

Stayed up in London the night before the game. DJ Emperor Rosko saying on the radio in the morning how Arsenal were going to slaughter the Bristol City upstarts with new record signing Malcolm MacDonald getting a hat trick. Didn't quite work out like that, bet he'd never heard of Paul Cheesley, but he had by 5 o'clock! And as we sang on the day. 'Old MacDonald had a w*nk, ee-i-ee-i-o!'

GJ didn't outstay his welcome afaic, several non trying mutinous players should have been booted out of the club rather than him leaving. As for LJ, he should never have been welcomed in the first place.