Chessels Chick Posted September 7, 2023 Report Share Posted September 7, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Offside said: For me, the 1989-90 team at it’s best was absolutely sublime. Sinclair Llewellyn Humphries Newman Bailey Gavin Shelton Rennie Smith Taylor Turner Yes yes yes! Solid defence, great (unsung) midfield, two wingers and dream team up front! Edited September 7, 2023 by Chessels Chick 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted September 7, 2023 Report Share Posted September 7, 2023 10 minutes ago, 22A said: Haha that’s me on 43 secs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cotswoldred2 Posted September 7, 2023 Report Share Posted September 7, 2023 Apart from the '76 squad..Gibson, Briggs, Thresher, Parr, Connor, Low, Derrick, Clark, Atyeo, Williams, Hooper. Too early for most on here but a entertaining team. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team Posted September 7, 2023 Report Share Posted September 7, 2023 13 hours ago, cityexile said: Can only go back in my time, but this has got to be up there.. Saturday 21 August 1976. Arsenal 0, Bristol City 1. Raymond Cashley Gary Collier Brian Drysdale Geoff Merrick Gerald Gow Jimmy Mann Gerry Sweeney Trevor Tainton Clive Whitehead Paul Cheesley Thomas Ritchie Manager: Alan Dicks Before my time but surely has to be this? League away win at Arsenal in the top division surely trumps everything else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
City oz Posted September 7, 2023 Report Share Posted September 7, 2023 19 minutes ago, One Team said: Before my time but surely has to be this? League away win at Arsenal in the top division surely trumps everything else? Probably not the best 11 to go down in history but the team that won the Freight Rover Trophy at Wembley will always be cherished. I remember it was my first time at the stadium and we won 3-0 against Bolton. Any team we had with the great Norman Hunter, Terry Cooper and Joe Jordan will also be a great starting credible 11. For me the 76/77 first division away match at the Gunners where the mighty cheese scored in front of 40 K Plus will also be part of a great team. The teams in the late70s with the likes of Gow, Royle, Collier, whitehead (one of the best right wingers ever) Emmanuel (great player to come out of Wales) and Tom the sticks Ritchie (one of the best commanding center half's to ever play for us) will also have to be included in an overall best 11. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Oil Services Posted September 7, 2023 Report Share Posted September 7, 2023 13 hours ago, cityexile said: Can only go back in my time, but this has got to be up there.. Saturday 21 August 1976. Arsenal 0, Bristol City 1. Raymond Cashley Gary Collier Brian Drysdale Geoff Merrick Gerald Gow Jimmy Mann Gerry Sweeney Trevor Tainton Clive Whitehead Paul Cheesley Thomas Ritchie Manager: Alan Dicks I'd liked to have seen what LJ ( 's emotional intelligence ) could've done with that lot .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozo Posted September 7, 2023 Report Share Posted September 7, 2023 13 hours ago, Malago said: The obvious answer is the 1909 team. Remember they were league runners up as well. We were runners up in 1906 so might be a slightly different line up to the cup final team, certainly the league position got worse over that period. 11 hours ago, Kid in the Riot said: The performance and result at Man C in the first leg is the highest level I've seen City perform at in my lifetime. We narrowly lost to one of the best teams in recent top flight history. BUT I still can't believe that's the greatest XI ever fielded at this club. 1Fielding 5Wright 4FlintBooked at 56mins 6Baker 23MagnússonSubstituted forWalshat 72'minutes 8Brownhill 21Pack 7SmithBooked at 58mins 3BryanBooked at 60mins 20Paterson 14Reid I think that team was punching above its weight. Wright, Maggers and Fielding weren't legends. I think 89/90 is the best team I've seen if we're talking pound for pound for their relevant era, but they were still a 3rd flight team and wouldn't have had the modern day athleticism to deal with our current 11. It's got to be a team from the 70s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Oil Services Posted September 7, 2023 Report Share Posted September 7, 2023 1 hour ago, TomThumb84 said: I’d second this (my lifetime). Unreal season and side and the front 4 (which it was at times when we were in full flow), of Gavin, Smith, and the T-men was as special. Gavin and Taylor especially would have been in high demand for high money if it was now. If it was now, we sell Rob Newman before we get near promoted. We possibly sell Bob Taylor the season we get promoted. We might not replace either, before we get promoted. And Joe Jordan clears off to Aston Villa or Scotland or somewhere, before we get promoted. And we probably don't get promoted. If it was now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeRed Posted September 7, 2023 Report Share Posted September 7, 2023 Surprised no has mentioned the Danny Wilson team ( the Lee Peacock era)....as I recall the most popular line up was: Carling - Heineken Stella Artois Carlsberg - Guinness Grolsch Amstel Bass - and up front Benson and Hedges 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted September 7, 2023 Report Share Posted September 7, 2023 14 hours ago, cityexile said: Can only go back in my time, but this has got to be up there.. Saturday 21 August 1976. Arsenal 0, Bristol City 1. Raymond Cashley Gary Collier Brian Drysdale Geoff Merrick Gerald Gow Jimmy Mann Gerry Sweeney Trevor Tainton Clive Whitehead Paul Cheesley Thomas Ritchie Manager: Alan Dicks Hard to argue with that in my lifetime too. Whether Jon Shaw is a better keeper than Ray Cashley is open to debate. Collier was certainly better than the honest hardworking David Rodgers. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redysteadygo Posted September 7, 2023 Report Share Posted September 7, 2023 2 hours ago, cotswoldred2 said: Apart from the '76 squad..Gibson, Briggs, Thresher, Parr, Connor, Low, Derrick, Clark, Atyeo, Williams, Hooper. Too early for most on here but a entertaining team. Week after week this team was consistently the one picked. The names just rolled off the tongue. The correct player in the correct position. Keeper, two full backs centre half, two half backs, two wingers, two inside forwards and a centre forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilRascal Posted September 7, 2023 Report Share Posted September 7, 2023 Got to have John Atyeo and Billy Wedlock in there, surely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted September 7, 2023 Report Share Posted September 7, 2023 7 hours ago, cotswoldred2 said: Apart from the '76 squad..Gibson, Briggs, Thresher, Parr, Connor, Low, Derrick, Clark, Atyeo, Williams, Hooper. Too early for most on here but a entertaining team. Gibbo in goal, Mike T defending with Atyeo & Clark up front; that's awesome enough! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merrick's Marvels Posted September 7, 2023 Report Share Posted September 7, 2023 (edited) 7 hours ago, Bristol Oil Services said: I'd liked to have seen what LJ ( 's emotional intelligence ) could've done with that lot .... He'd have relegated us? No, of course not, you know the answer - Gerry would've kicked the shyte oota him. Gow, not The Sween. The Sweeney wouldae held Gowie's coat, shouting vigorous glaswegian encouragement to our midfield maestro. Oh how we'd laugh. "Box entries, pal? What the foook!". Bosh. ""Measuring the grass, y'bampot? Have some o'this" Twonk. Tw at. Bosh. Etc etc With apologies to Tom Ritchie, who doesn't approve of any such behaviour. Edited September 7, 2023 by Merrick's Marvels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superjack Posted September 7, 2023 Report Share Posted September 7, 2023 16 hours ago, Offside said: For me, the 1989-90 team at it’s best was absolutely sublime. Sinclair Llewellyn Humphries Newman Bailey Gavin Shelton Rennie Smith Taylor Turner This from my time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Fox Posted September 8, 2023 Report Share Posted September 8, 2023 On 06/09/2023 at 21:17, cityexile said: Can only go back in my time, but this has got to be up there.. Saturday 21 August 1976. Arsenal 0, Bristol City 1. Raymond Cashley Gary Collier Brian Drysdale Geoff Merrick Gerald Gow Jimmy Mann Gerry Sweeney Trevor Tainton Clive Whitehead Paul Cheesley Thomas Ritchie Manager: Alan Dicks And I was there, brilliant day out 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilRascal Posted September 8, 2023 Report Share Posted September 8, 2023 My attempt at a best XI, plus 9 substitutes, 4-4-2 formation, with Alan Dicks as manager: GK: M Gibson RB: L Carey CB: B Wedlock CB: S Taylor LB: B Drysdale RM: S Murray CM: G Gow CM: T Doherty LM: B Tinnion CF: J Atyeo CF: A Cole Subs: A Basso, N Hunter, D Barnard, J Dziekanowski, J Jordan, G Sweeney, C Whitehead, B Taylor, T Abraham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyAB Posted September 8, 2023 Report Share Posted September 8, 2023 From recent times: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted September 8, 2023 Report Share Posted September 8, 2023 8 minutes ago, TammyAB said: From recent times: Surely: Steele for Fielding, Magnússon for Eliasson and Pack for Diedhiou??? (not in those positions though) those subs crack me up!!! Quiz question of the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
City oz Posted September 8, 2023 Report Share Posted September 8, 2023 54 minutes ago, TammyAB said: From recent times: Depends on your age and when you first attended Ashton gate as the 11 will change depending on what era you are from. At the end of the day, we will always have our favorite players and ideal team. We are lucky to be part of a great club on the up after many ups and downs over the fifty years I have been a city supporter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyAB Posted September 8, 2023 Report Share Posted September 8, 2023 1 hour ago, Davefevs said: Surely: Steele for Fielding, Magnússon for Eliasson and Pack for Diedhiou??? (not in those positions though) those subs crack me up!!! Quiz question of the future. We would've beat them 3-1 with my team! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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