1960maaan Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 This was a good period , barely missed a game home or away over 3 years or so. Great night match at Tranmere where I managed to lose the push up vent on the minibus as we were going up the motorway. Stopped in a pub for some plastic sheet and tape to cover it. Loved going to Milwall, early season trip to Southend when the gates got pushed open just AFTER we paid !!! Sheltons chip at Barnsley. Winning at Roker park after getting to the pub for opening time, nearly missing THE Leicester game thanks to radio Bristol repeating several times it was off (we were speeding up the motorway to watch Spurs when radio 2 put us right). I could go on, but I'm starting to bore myself. Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderingred Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Im loving these videos!! How many more to come? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 1 minute ago, Kim_il_sung said: Im loving these videos!! How many more to come? I have highlights up to about 2005/6 I think, then some HTV programs and a few full matches. It takes time but the editing is going well at the moment. Busy week ahead so maybe able to do another next weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stokes7 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Leroy and cole were a good partnership and of course jacki, jacki did for cole what I think Beardsley did for cole at Newcastle setting up a lot of his goals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 The day before the 1991/92 season kicked off, all 22 clubs in the first division registered their resignations with the Football League so as to form a F.A. controlled Premier League the following season. City's first game of the season was at newly promoted Southend who were playing in the second division for the first time. They took the lead after 37 minutes, but City were playing with both Allison and Taylor up front. In the second half, Taylor was running through, when he was felled at the edge of the box. The free kick was passed straight to him and he slotted the ball into the Southend goal. Later on, Andy May went close, but game ended 1-1. In the following week came two home wins and City went second to Ipswich on goal difference. Keith Welch made his debut in the second of those games and kept a clean sheet. Gus Caesar was then signed on a free transfer from Cambridge United. He had only joined them in the close season and didn't stay long in Bristol either, after a few months he joined Chris Honor at Airdrie. At the end of August, City drew at Port Vale and had scored five goals in four games through five different players. In the draw for round two of the League Cup, the two Bristol clubs were drawn out together with the first leg to be played at Bath. Before then the clubs met in a League clash at Ashton Gate. Kick off was delayed for half an hour to enable all the spectators to get in. Wayne Allison scored the only goal in the 64th. minute. This was followed by the first defeat of the season at Leicester. As in all away games so far, City equalised an early home goal. Leicester had not read the script though and scored a second. This put them second to Middlesbrough who had failed in the play offs, while City slipped to fifth. City now went on a spate of scoring twice in a game. Allison and Shelton put them 2-0 up against Tranmere, before Aizlewood was carried off leaving a gap in defence. Tranmere exploited this and earned a draw. In the return, Tranmere would take a two goal lead and City would fight back to draw. When Millwall visited, they scored twice in thirty seconds, but a gritty performance earned another draw. In the game at Ipswich, Allison scored after four minutes, only to see Ipswich equalise half an hour later. Skipper Dave Smith then scored with a 35 yard free kick and Welch saved a penalty. This was the second consecutive season that Thompson had failed to convert a penalty against City. Ipswich did later equalise though and scored twice more in the final three minutes to go second, whilst City slipped to tenth. Bob Taylor had lost his confidence and was not even a substitute during September and Terry Connor arrived from Swansea for £195,000. Terry Cooper had moved from Exeter to Birmingham during the summer and he brought their cheque book to Ashton Gate. In August he had bought Louie Donowa for £50,000 and in September he repeated the sum for Paul Mardon. This was the start of an exodus to the West Midlands and when Birmingham met West Brom in 1995, there were seven ex Bristol City players on the pitch! In a two legged League Cup encounter with Rovers the score was 5-5 on aggregate, but it was Rovers who progressed on the away goals rule. Dave Smith's goal was to be his last for the club. He went to Plymouth and his place on the wing was taken by Junior Bent who had not been a regular until then. Junior Bent was the fastest man in the second division and fifth fastest in the League overall. The defence obviously needed strengthening and so Russell Osman with years of first division experience was signed on a month’s loan from Southampton. That Saturday, less than 8,000 watched City beat Watford when Connor scored his first goal for the club. They followed this up with the first away win of the season, 2-1 at Barnsley. A few games later City beat Plymouth 2-0. Allison scored the goals but Aizlewood was sent off in front of the season’s lowest gate of 7,735. First division Wimbledon visited for the F.A. Cup third round. Their John Fashanu was everywhere and scored in the first half. Wimbledon had six players at the back, four in attack and no midfield and it was beating City who could only attack twice in the first half. In the second half they only managed one and that was in the final minute. Wayne Allison knocked the ball forward and a panicking defender put the ball past his own keeper to the relief of 12,000 spectators. City now had a full week to prepare for the trip to Blackburn who topped the table. After a poor start to the season, a millionaire had stepped in enabling them to buy several first division players and obtain the services of Kenny Dalgleish as manager. On the day City were in such awe that they froze and lost 4-0. Three days later came the replay at Wimbledon. Andy May scored the only goal to earn a trip to Leicester. The next day City bought Celtic’s Polish international forward Dariusz Dziekanowski for £250,000 who scored on his debut at home to Southend. For the cup match at Leicester, Aizlewood took over as Captain and wore the number ten shirt as had Kellard and Gow 20 years previously. Russell Osman moved to left back and Nicky Morgan partnered the Pole in attack. In a mud bath Dziekanowski weaved wonders on the Leicester defence and continually split them. With a through ball he set up Bent for the first goal and headed the second himself after Bent chased and caught a seemingly lost ball. Leicester scored near the end, but City progressed to a fifth round tie at Nottingham Forest. Unable to command a regular first team place, Bob Taylor left at the end of January 1992 for £300,000 to third division promotion contenders West Brom who were managed by former City man Bobby Gould. Thus eight players from the promotion winning side had now left. That Saturday he scored after 11 minutes as WBA beat the divisional leaders 2-0. Meanwhile, Barnsley were winning by the same score line at Ashton Gate. After Lumsden was dismissed. Ossie Ardiles said he was interested in the job and Chairman Leslie Kew said he believed Ardiles was the ideal man for the job. Chris Nichol, a former Southampton manager then applied. Two of the directors decided not to vote for Ardiles stating that a big name did not guarantee success. Martin O’Neil and Russell Osman then applied. Due to his playing experience Osman was appointed caretaker manager and that week City picked up their first point for seven weeks with a draw against Grimsby. Aizlewood scored his first of the season, but again the opponents scored in the last ten minutes. The following week Dennis Smith was appointed manager. He was recommended by Brian Clough of Nottingham Forest and had guided Sunderland into the first division two years ago, but he had been sacked after the defeat at Ashton Gate in November. He sat and watched Osman score at Molyneux and Steve Bull reply three minutes later. In midweek Bull had partnered Dziekanowski in attack for a second division select team against their Italian counterparts. Second division survival was guaranteed at Easter with a home win over Ipswich who were top of the table and again the scorers were Cole and Rosenior. Cole had now scored in five consecutive matches to emulate Peter Spiring’s effort of Autumn 1971. The eight match unbeaten spell came to an end at Portsmouth 1-0. City’s final two games were at home to Derby and as in the previous season, away to Watford. 17,000 turned up and saw Derby win 2-1. Their first goal was scored by Marco Gabbiadini who the year before had scored four of the six goals in Sunderland’s cup win in Bristol. This meant that regardless of the result at Watford City would finish seventeenth. This game was to see great controversy. Cole twice gave City the lead only for Watford to equalise then take the lead. In the 64th. minute Allison and Atteveld were both sent off. Four minutes later Aizlewood joined them with his third dismissal of the season. The eight remaining players held on, but conceded two more goals in the final three minutes for the heaviest defeat of the season 5-2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 My first season following City, first game was Blackburn at home. Still got the season review video in the garage somewhere, which includes a bit on the work done to the ground in preseason, seats being put into the East End and the enclosure at the front of the Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS15_RED Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 My first game came that season, the 2-1 win over Ipswich. Thanks for these uploads, they are excellent. Looking forward to the next few designs as that's when it really started for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Jackie, Cole, Rosenior, Alison, Bent, Shelton.. we certainly didn't lack goals. Bit like now we should have been doing a lot better with that sqaud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Great memories for me too. The Tranmere away game the OP mentions I remember well, I didn't go but I had a good excuse, I was just a few hours away from giving birth to my son! Determined to do it without too much pain relief I kept sending my poor hubby out of the delivery room to find the score. Remember there was no chance of simply looking at your phone way back then, he had to hunt down hospital porters! I had been to every home game and loads of away games until January, when at 6 months pregnant and standing in the terraces got too much. I was back 2 weeks after giving birth though for the last couple of home matches. Happy Days indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Still can't believe the number of terrible managerial decisions this club has made , so Martin O'Neill or Osman ? Why oh why oh why ? What have we done to deserve this ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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