Marina's Rolls Royce Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 I think this record deserves a thread of it's own. In 120 years of BCFC we have played in the English football League but also competed in the Welsh Cup which we won in the 1930's, the Anglo Scottish Cup and the Anglo Italian Cup. But never has a Bristol City player scored in a pan- European Cup until Wes Burns. So he was playing on loan for Aberdeen but nevertheless he is OUR player for the next 2-3 yrs and he has done something that no other BCFC player has done thus creating a record- a fact ( I believe) that has gone unmentioned! Every player thrives on confidence and i hope Wes is informed of his achievement. Having come through the Academy with Joe and Bobby- he's also one of our own. Happy Days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatchers Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 Surely our exploits in the Anglo Italian cup must count ? we scored 8 goals in 6 games in 1992/3 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 36 minutes ago, Marina's Rolls Royce said: Every player thrives on confidence and i hope Wes is informed of his achievement. Having come through the Academy with Joe and Bobby- he's also one of our own. Happy Days. Didn't he only join our accadamy from Cardiff a few years ago..? He certainly didn't come up through from the start with JB & BR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marina's Rolls Royce Posted July 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 10 hours ago, fatchers said: Surely our exploits in the Anglo Italian cup must count ? we scored 8 goals in 6 games in 1992/3 ? The AI Cup was not pan European though. It was a bit of an oddity between a very limited number of teams from England and Italy - a sort of much smaller version of the Freight Rover Trophy originally involving only 8 teams. The Europa League ( UEFA Cup) is an entirely different matter . 9 hours ago, Bar BS3 said: Didn't he only join our accadamy from Cardiff a few years ago..? He certainly didn't come up through from the start with JB & BR. Yes - on failure to be offered an U16 contract at Cardiff he was immediately picked up by BCFC and joined the Academy going on to sign his first professional contract in 2012 with McInnes. I think that qualifies him as home grown and I'm gonna stick with that version and he's one of BCFC's longest serving players at age 21! The fact still remains that he's the first ever City player to score in a pan European Cup competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reformed_red Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 16 minutes ago, Marina's Rolls Royce said: The fact still remains that he's the first ever City player to score in a pan European Cup competition. Would be a much better fact if he was the first ever City player to score in a pan European Cup competition......for Bristol City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marina's Rolls Royce Posted July 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 2 minutes ago, reformed_red said: Would be a much better fact if he was the first ever City player to score in a pan European Cup competition......for Bristol City. Its the closest we're gonna get for the time being. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reformed_red Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 5 minutes ago, Marina's Rolls Royce said: Its the closest we're gonna get for the time being. :laugh:. I don't doubt it mate. But I doubt many of us will be shouting about it to our mates who follow other teams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogkev Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 What exactly does pan European competition mean? Never heard that term before... Well done Burns, now time to go on and dominate Scottish football. Make every Saturday a Burns Night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 6 minutes ago, reddogkev said: What exactly does pan European competition mean? Never heard that term before... Well done Burns, now time to go on and dominate Scottish football. Make every Saturday a Burns Night. Think "pan" in this case is in the sense of the Greek meaning "all". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogkev Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 6 minutes ago, City169 said: Think "pan" in this case is in the sense of the Greek meaning "all". Cheers for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Dazzler Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 On 18/07/2016 at 10:29, City169 said: Think "pan" in this case is in the sense of the Greek meaning "all". And there was me thinking it was a kalamari and chorizo paella Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calculus Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 Not true. Ben Wright scored for Benny's Viking against Chelsea whilst on loan from us. Nice try though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I am the mole Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 6 minutes ago, Calculus said: Not true. Ben Wright scored for Benny's Viking against Chelsea whilst on loan from us. Nice try though.... Thought he had sign for them at that point! So record still stands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I am the mole Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/uefa_cup/2269927.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calculus Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 12 minutes ago, I am the mole said: Thought he had sign for them at that point! So record still stands Fairly sure that it was a year's loan, despite what the BBC article says. Can't say I remember seeing him play much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I am the mole Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 6 minutes ago, Calculus said: Fairly sure that it was a year's loan, despite what the BBC article says. Can't say I remember seeing him play much. His wiki says he left in 2001 he joined Viking 2001! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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