TV Tom Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 Flint said no 1 1 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacker Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 It's hard to believe we are still the same club as we were back then. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TV Tom Posted April 7 Author Report Share Posted April 7 46 minutes ago, Slacker said: It's hard to believe we are still the same club as we were back then. Chesterfield getting back into the league after losing in the play-offs that season 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Red Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 6 hours ago, Slacker said: It's hard to believe we are still the same club as we were back then. We haven't even come close as a club to the togetherness and the fan connection that we had in 14/15. It was the us v the world siege mentality that Cotts instilled in the club that i loved at the time. We so desperately need that again IMO, that is when this football club is at it's best. 11 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashton_fan Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 It's easy to look back on promotion seasons as some of our best, but we were in League One then where promotion is a lot easier to achieve than in the Championship. Now we lose more games but we're playing at a higher level, which is really an improvement. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galley is our king Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 21 minutes ago, Bris Red said: We haven't even come close as a club to the togetherness and the fan connection that we had in 14/15. It was the us v the world siege mentality that Cotts instilled in the club that i loved at the time. We so desperately need that again IMO, that is when this football club is at it's best. Completely agree with this and in my opinion we were getting there under Nige until the chuckle brothers enjoyed a self harming session for the club and many supporters. All their protestations have turned to dust, and they should be ashamed of their actions. 6 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gasbuster Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 2 minutes ago, ashton_fan said: It's easy to look back on promotion seasons as some of our best, but we were in League One then where promotion is a lot easier to achieve than in the Championship. Now we lose more games but we're playing at a higher level, which is really an improvement. True; but how is it that a shitty little club like Luton can come up from L1, spend just two seasons in the Champ, and then get promoted to the PL ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 For younger forum members; 7th April 2015; was in the middle of a 15 match streak winning ten and drawing five. That particular day City 3 - Swindon 0 or s I posted on FB at the time; What a great night's TV; Bristol City 3 - some dirty, fouling thugs 0. We are going up! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BITW Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 15 minutes ago, The Gasbuster said: True; but how is it that a shitty little club like Luton can come up from L1, spend just two seasons in the Champ, and then get promoted to the PL ? A lot of it comes down to momentum imo. Like Ipswich this season (and so nearly us in 2008.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 It’s memories like this that make you realise just how few great moments we have as City fans. That was a truly great evening, beating our local rivals after what had gone on earlier in the season, a comprehensive win and a general feeling that there would be no stopping us winning the league. It just feels like days/evenings like that are very few and far between for us. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 1 hour ago, The Gasbuster said: True; but how is it that a shitty little club like Luton can come up from L1, spend just two seasons in the Champ, and then get promoted to the PL ? By employing a new coach to take this Championship challenging squad to another level by playing fast paced front foot football. Its all in the behaviours, don't you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 Are we getting a replica shirt, then? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelton Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 2 hours ago, ralphindevon said: It’s memories like this that make you realise just how few great moments we have as City fans. That was a truly great evening, beating our local rivals after what had gone on earlier in the season, a comprehensive win and a general feeling that there would be no stopping us winning the league. It just feels like days/evenings like that are very few and far between for us. Days/evenings like these are rare for most supporters unless you live in Manchester or Liverpool. My son's first season ticket season was 97/98,I warned him 'its not usually like this,you know' ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 42 minutes ago, Gimme Shelton said: Days/evenings like these are rare for most supporters unless you live in Manchester or Liverpool. My son's first season ticket season was 97/98,I warned him 'its not usually like this,you know' ! Yeah maybe it’s the same for most fans but it does feel we have fewer big occasion matches than others. If you’re forever in mid table that’ll be the way I suppose. Look at Rotherham, they get regular promotion seasons but of course have to put up with relegation seasons to get that. But you only have to look at the fact 50 teams have played premier league football and we, with our nice ground and over 20,000 ave attendance aren’t one of them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Red Billy Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 17 minutes ago, kmpowell said: Did like the chant but awkward when you’re taking your eleven year old and nine year old to matches! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLionLad Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 5 hours ago, Mike Hunt-Hertz said: Are we getting a replica shirt, then? That RSG shirt with the collar was the bog’s dollox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersonic Robin Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 5 hours ago, ralphindevon said: It’s memories like this that make you realise just how few great moments we have as City fans. That was a truly great evening, beating our local rivals after what had gone on earlier in the season, a comprehensive win and a general feeling that there would be no stopping us winning the league. It just feels like days/evenings like that are very few and far between for us. And how crap those "great moments" are compared to many of our peers. Let's be honest, beating Swindon in League 1 and our CB saying something funny after the match is pretty pathetic as great footballing moments go 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAWS Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 9 hours ago, BITW said: A lot of it comes down to momentum imo. Like Ipswich this season (and so nearly us in 2008.) Or when Cotts took us up only for SL to piss the momentum up the wall (again) 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portred Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 Can always remember walking out the ground and texting one of the extra 20,000 we had at Wembley a few weeks before ‘ **** Wembley, that’s what football is all about’. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugarwray Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 Great memories of the last home game of the season against Coventry. There were a good number of Flint said no T shirts. Happy days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderingred Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 (edited) We were made of absolute steel that season. One of our few defeats was at the County Ground early on.. A huge sense of injustice fueled us from Wade Elliott’s early red card (which was unprofessionally celebrated by Harry Toffolo), the over the top gloating from their players and fans at the final whistle, and their “title winning” lap of honour. I remember Franky Fielding confronting a Swindon player who was on his way over to the city end to gloat. There was no way that Cotts and this group of players were gonna let this go. An empathic 3-0 victory showed that lot why we were the CHAMPIONS. “It’s Bryan, it’s brilliant”!!! Awesome atmosphere and performance which all but secured promotion, culminating in Flint’s famous words. Nobody messed with BCFC that season and I’d love to have some of that spirit back. Edited April 7 by Wanderingred 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HengroveReds Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 Interesting to think 9 years on and the following players from both City & Swindon on the night still playing at our level or higher: Frankie Fielding- on books for Stoke (0 playtime) Luke Ayling - Middlesbrough James Taveriner - Rangers Joe Bryan - Milwall George Saville - Milwall Greg Cunningham - Preston Swindon: Wes Foderingham - (premier league sheff Utd) Jack Stephen’s - Southampton Michael Smith - Sheff Weds John Swift - WBA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderingred Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 15 minutes ago, HengroveReds said: Interesting to think 9 years on and the following players from both City & Swindon on the night still playing at our level or higher: Frankie Fielding- on books for Stoke (0 playtime) Luke Ayling - Middlesbrough James Taveriner - Rangers Joe Bryan - Milwall George Saville - Milwall Greg Cunningham - Preston Swindon: Wes Foderingham - (premier league sheff Utd) Jack Stephen’s - Southampton Michael Smith - Sheff Weds John Swift - WBA Also Massimo Luongo and Harry Toffolo who played regularly for Swindon that season playing for Ipswich and Forest respectively! That was actually a really good Swindon team, shame they didn’t have the balls to finish the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelton Posted April 8 Report Share Posted April 8 10 hours ago, sugarwray said: Great memories of the last home game of the season against Coventry. There were a good number of Flint said no T shirts. Happy days Walsall 8-2 was the last home game, Coventry was the game we clinched the champion slot. It was a very poor game as well,it wasn't completely beer and skittles, sweetness and light, that season!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLionLad Posted April 8 Report Share Posted April 8 13 hours ago, Wanderingred said: We were made of absolute steel that season. One of our few defeats was at the County Ground early on.. A huge sense of injustice fueled us from Wade Elliott’s early red card (which was unprofessionally celebrated by Harry Toffolo), the over the top gloating from their players and fans at the final whistle, and their “title winning” lap of honour. I remember Franky Fielding confronting a Swindon player who was on his way over to the city end to gloat. There was no way that Cotts and this group of players were gonna let this go. An empathic 3-0 victory showed that lot why we were the CHAMPIONS. “It’s Bryan, it’s brilliant”!!! Awesome atmosphere and performance which all but secured promotion, culminating in Flint’s famous words. Nobody messed with BCFC that season and I’d love to have some of that spirit back. Steve Cotterill trying to hear the Swindon fans that night 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superjack Posted April 8 Report Share Posted April 8 On 07/04/2024 at 09:34, Bris Red said: We haven't even come close as a club to the togetherness and the fan connection that we had in 14/15. It was the us v the world siege mentality that Cotts instilled in the club that i loved at the time. We so desperately need that again IMO, that is when this football club is at it's best. It wasn't a togetherness throughout the club though. The hierarchy couldn't stand him. I had it on very good authority that they thought that he was a 'nutter' and a nightmare to work with. Which basically translates as he wouldn't tolerate their bullshit and suck up. Fast forward nine years. Oh... here we are again! Difference is that Cotterill may have been a bit of a 'nutter'. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TV Tom Posted April 8 Author Report Share Posted April 8 7 minutes ago, Superjack said: It wasn't a togetherness throughout the club though. The hierarchy couldn't stand him. I had it on very good authority that they thought that he was a 'nutter' and a nightmare to work with. Which basically translates as he wouldn't tolerate their bullshit and suck up. Fast forward nine years. Oh... here we are again! Difference is that Cotterill may have been a bit of a 'nutter'. Here we go again 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superjack Posted April 8 Report Share Posted April 8 4 minutes ago, TV Tom said: Here we go again Expand, please. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superjack Posted April 8 Report Share Posted April 8 26 minutes ago, TV Tom said: Here we go again 22 minutes ago, Superjack said: Expand, please. Nothing to say then. May as well just have shut up in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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