New Stadium for City?
By: David |
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Big tings gwan for the Robins ladies and gents. City have begun to release details about their proposed new stadium at Ashton Vale, not far from the current Ashton Gate stadium. with constructed hoped to begin 2010 and hopes to have it completed by 2012.
lots of grand rhetoric floating around as you’d expect when trying to gain support for a new stadium. Talk of a £30 million cost for a stadium capacity of 30,000 that could be increased to 40,000+ if needed. This increase could be if when City reach the premiership or also if England win the right to host the world cup in 2018 (or 2022). Apparently it will be funded by the selling of Ashton Gate (probably to create housing), funds of the club and the good Mr.Lansdown himself, corporate boxes and (the inevitable sore point) selling of the stadium naming rights.
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Category: Team News
extra mega bumper bonus post
By: David | Add Comments
Due to cant-be-assed-ness very important other commitments i’m a little behind on the City news and matches so today i will cover (well briefly mention) both the midweek loss to Donnie and the victory at Reading on saturday. two very different games, two very different performances, two very different result, one more good week overall for the robins.
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Bristol City 2- Saints 0
By: David | 2 Comments
Maybe this whole football thing isn’t as hard as some people like to make out, because City are currently making it look very easy. I hope I will be excused any tinges of smugness or arrogance that will undoubtedly litter this post but it really is great times right now. In fact the facts can speak for themselves-
-5 wins in a row
-7 wins in 8
-now just 1 point off the play-offs (although played a game more than most of the teams around us)
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The March Continues
By: David | 4 Comments
we may now have to face the facts- Bristol City are literally unstoppable. they will climb the championship table, past the play off places, and wave at the current front runners, whose own form continues to slide, as they pass them to the top of table.
hell why end there if this form continues Villa may not be the only team troubling the big 4 next year. with big del upfront and our own holy goalie then the premiership will soon be ours. you heard it hear first folks.
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Category: Team NewsNorwich game preview
By: David | 1 Comment
The snow and cold has taken its toll on many games arounds the leagues but it appears the game with Norwich is still going ahead, Norwich’s carrow road has under soil heating so hopefully pitch should be in fine condition.
Nicky Maynard and Sproule are both back and in the squad, and according to Gary Johnson will probably play some role in todays game, but doubt either will be starting. also boom boom McCombe and Elliot are both out, while McAllister serves a ban
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The Dawn of a New Era…
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thought it best to start with a grand entrance to get your attention.
Welcome to the glorious rebirth of the Bristol City FC offside. A team of Bristol City’s quality and heritage really needed a voice on the offside and i will try to be that voice for you. I wont bore you with too much talk of myself, but your key info is Im David, aged 21, a student/barman/alcoholic and have been in bristol 3ish years now and following City since then, and a lover of football since time immemorial.
and luckily we are able to start this new blogging life together in happy moods, as City beat Charlton 2-1 at Ashton gate on tueaday evening.
We’re on our way to Wembley
By: Matt P | 1 Comment
Thoughts on the Palace tie:
Where did City’s form go for most of the run-in? Over the two matches Bristol played some great football and fully deserved their two wins. It’s great to be heading to Wembley but I can’t help feel if City had found their form earlier we’d be going up automatically in place of Stoke. But let’s not dwell on the negatives, City are in the final!
The team need to listen to me more! Was anyone else shouting at the TV, urging McIndoe and co to take a few shots from around the penalty area rather than try and play their way through the defence? When they finally did, Trundle grabbed a lead from which their was no way back for the Eagles.
Hull are going to be tough in the final. They’re in form and have the necessary experience from the likes of Barmby. Any team that beats Watford 6 v 1 over two legs are going to be a challenge but if the lads play the way they did against Palace then there’s no reason we can’t go up.
Why have I not appreciated McAllister more? I thought the defender was possibly our best player over the two legs. He slips under the radar but he was at the heart of much of the excellent defensive work upon which our victory was built.
Category: 07-08 NewsAdvantage Bristol
By: Matt P | 1 Comment
Bristol City 2 v 1 Crystal Palace
City triumphed against a poor Palace side in the first leg of the play-off semi final. Bristol travelled to Selhurst Park and took the lead after a lovely worked free-kick leading to a gorgeous strike form Carey. Despite at times playing against what seemed like 12 men with the referee seemingly oblivious to the dirty tricks that are a hallmark of the Eagle’s game (seriously are referees kept in a dark room between matches, how could he not know and be alert to this?), Bristol showed immense strength to come back after losing the lead through a wrongly awarded penalty given probably because the ball went into the City area. Noble hitting a sweet strike in the Palace net to give Bristol a strong advantage into the second leg at Ashton Gate.
Five lessons City must learn if they’re to beat the Eagles
By: Matt P | 1 Comment
Keep your concentration. In the 2 v 0 defeat at Selhurst Park, City conceded in the first five minutes and the last five minutes. Better focus is required to avoid going behind early on and creating a steep climb for ourselves.
Never give up! McCombe’s headed equaliser was around six minutes into stoppage time in the game at Ashton Gate.
Take Morrison out and the game is yours. Clinton Morrison is the only Palace player to hit double figures in the goals scored table this season. He’ll need careful marking.
Take your chances. Palace have the meanest defence in the league this season.
Beat them on penalties. Just like Rovers did.
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