Bristol City F.C.

english football club

football club
Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England. They presently play in the EFL Championship, the moment grade of English football. Founded in 1894, they have played their home games at Ashton Gate since 1904. The club ‘s latest appearance in the English top flight was in 1980.

Reading: Bristol City F.C.

The clubhouse ‘s highest-ever league finish up was second in the top trajectory in 1906–07. They were FA Cup runner-up in 1909, and won the Welsh Cup in 1934 despite being an english team. The club have besides won the second tier title once, the third tier title four times, the Anglo-Scottish Cup once, and the Football League Trophy a criminal record three times. The club ‘s home plate colours are crimson and white, and their dub is The Robins—a robin featured on the club ‘s badge from 1976 to 1994 and from 2019 onwards. Their main rivals are Bristol Rovers, with whom they contest the Bristol bowler hat, and Cardiff City, with whom they contest the cross-border Severnside bowler hat .

history [edit ]

early years and early successes ( 1894–1911 ) [edit ]

This club was founded in 1894 as Bristol South End and changed their name to Bristol City on adopting professionalism three years late when they were admitted into the Southern League. Finishing as runner-up in three of the first four seasons, in 1900 the cabaret amalgamated with local Southern League rivals Bedminster F.C., who had been founded as Southville in 1887. City joined the Football League in 1901 when they became only the third gear club south of Birmingham ( following in the footsteps of Woolwich Arsenal and Luton Town ) to perform in the contest. Their first game in the Football League was on 7 September 1901 at Bloomfield Road, when Blackpool were beaten 2–0. [ 2 ]

A scheme has been informally approved by the parties concerned for the amalgamation of the Bristol City and Bedminster Association Football Clubs. The leading conditions are that the appoint and colours of Bristol City shall be retained, that matches shall be played alternately on the ground of each club for one season, and that five directors shall be nominated by each club. This should lead to Bristol securing one of the strongest teams in the south .

Gloucestershire Echo, 12 April 1900. [ 3 ] The announcement of the amalgamation between Bristol City and Bedminster .
Winning the Second Division Championship with a record total of points when they became the first club in Football League history to win 30 league games in a season ( out of 38 played ) arsenic well as equalling Manchester United ‘s accomplishment of the former season in winning 14 consecutive games ( a record until 2018, besides accomplished by Preston North End in 1950–51 ). Nicknamed the Bristol Babe at this clock, they finished as runner-up in their inaugural First Division campaign ( 1906–07 ) as the entirely southern club to finish in the top two anterior to World War I. In 1909 they won through to their merely FA Cup Final, though they were slightly fortunate that a last-gasp spot-kick saved them from defeat in the semi-final versus Derby County at Stamford Bridge. In the final at the Crystal Palace ( now the National Sports Centre ) Bristol City lost to Manchester United 1–0. After a five-season arrest in the circus tent flight, despite winning 1–0 at Newcastle at the originate of the 1910–11 campaign, bankruptcy to beat Everton in the season ‘s finale brought City ‘s first-ever smack of relegation and it was to be 65 years before top-flight status would be regained. [ 4 ]

Ten-year last out in the Second Division ( 1912–22 ) [edit ]

Bristol City would then go on to stay in Division 2 until three years after the inaugural World War had ended, and in that time they reached the semi-finals of the 1919–20 FA Cup before being beaten 2–1 by Huddersfield Town and finished one-third in the Second Division in the 1920–21 season. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] however, in the future season they were relegated to the Third Division South. [ 7 ]

The yo-yo era ( 1922–65 ) [edit ]

Chart of annually board positions of Bristol City in the Football League The 1920s were a rocky meter as City bounced between the Second Division and the southern department of the Third Division. The season after City were relegated, they achieved promotion back to the Second Division, before being relegated bet on to the southerly segment of the Third Division again the stick to season. After consecutive senior high school finishes in the league, they were promoted again in 1926–27. however, by the 1930s they had slumped into the lower division and stayed that way until over 10 years after the second World War. During this stay in the Third Division South, they won the Welsh Cup in 1934, beating Tranmere Rovers in the final. however, in the same year they besides suffered their biggest always league frustration, a 9–0 loss to Coventry City The 1937–38 season was the most successful season for City since they were relegated to the Third Division, coming second in the league and reaching the final of the Third Division South Cup, before losing 6–2 to Reading on aggregate. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] They then came eighth in the Third Division South in the final full temper before the war, in which the Grandstand of Ashton Gate was destroyed by a german air raid. [ 10 ] In 1946–47, City recorded a record league acquire by beating Aldershot 9–0, although despite Don Clark scoring 36 goals in the League, City failed to get promoted that temper. Harry Dolman became chair in 1949, a post he would hold for over 30 years. An engineer who had bought out the firm he worked for, he designed the first determined of floodlights installed at Ashton Gate in the early 1950s. The late 1950s were a better time for City, with a five-year stay in the Second Division, a league they returned to for a farther while in 1965 .

back among the elite ( 1966–80 ) [edit ]

In 1967, Alan Dicks was appointed director, and things gradually began to improve, with forwarding to the First Division in 1976, ending a 65-year expatriate from the top flight. between 1975 and 1981 City were regular participants in the Anglo-Scottish Cup, winning the trophy in 1977–78, beating Hibernian in the semi-finals, and winning 3–2 on aggregate in the final examination against St Mirren ( managed at the time by a relatively new director, Alex Ferguson ). St Mirren had their retaliation two seasons late, with an aggregate 5–1 victory over City to become the merely Scottish team to win the trophy. City ‘s second base stint in the top flight was less successful than the club ‘s first, with thirteenth position in 1979 being their highest finish during this earned run average. Stars of this earned run average included Peter Cormack, Geoff Merrick, Tom Ritchie, Clive Whitehead, Gerry Gow, Trevor Tainton and Jimmy Mann .

refuse and fiscal laying waste ( 1980–82 ) [edit ]

In 1980, the City team went back to the Second Division in the first of three relegations, their debt mounted and their fiscal losses increased, with two consecutive relegations following. frankincense, in 1982, they fell into the Fourth Division, and were declared bankrupt. A new cabaret was formed [ 11 ] and BCFC ( 1982 ) Ltd acquired the club ‘s musician contracts. The highly paid senior players julian Marshall, Chris Garland, Jimmy Mann, Peter Aitken, Geoff Merrick, David Rodgers, Gerry Sweeney and Trevor Tainton, who became known as the ‘Ashton Gate Eight ‘, each accept end point of his abridge for half the sum due. The club ‘s previous owners had failed to pay its debts to many local businesses. The resulting ill will towards the golf club made it unmanageable for the raw owners to obtain accredit .

Revival ( 1982–90 ) [edit ]

City spent two seasons in the Fourth Division before winning promotion under Terry Cooper in 1984. They consolidated themselves in the Third Division during the latter part of the 1980s, and in 1990 Cooper ‘s successor Joe Jordan achieved promotion as Third Division runner-up to local rivals Bristol Rovers. There was a tragedy for the club, however, in that promotion campaign. In March 1990, two months before the baseball club sealed forwarding, striker Dean Horrix was killed in a cable car crash scantily two weeks after joining the baseball club, and having played three league games for them. [ 12 ]

second gear grade ( 1990–95 ) [edit ]

Jordan moved to Heart of Midlothian in September 1990, and his successor Jimmy Lumsden remained in charge for 18 months before making manner for Denis Smith. Smith ‘s beginning sign was the 20-year-old Arsenal striker Andy Cole, who was an clamant hit with fans. [ citation needed ] He was sold to Newcastle United in February 1993 and late played for Manchester United, where he collected five Premier League titles, two FA Cups and the european Cup. meanwhile, City remained in the new Division One ( no farseeing the Second Division after the universe of the Premier League in 1992 ) and Smith moved to Oxford United in November 1993. His successor was Russell Osman. In January 1994 Osman led City to a shock 1–0 victory over Liverpool at Anfield in a third base round of golf replay in the FA Cup, a consequence that would cause the Liverpool director at the time, Graeme Souness, to resign. Osman was sacked within a year of taking charge. Joe Jordan was brought back to Ashton Gate in September 1994, but was ineffective to prevent relegation to Division Two .

promotion and relegation ( 1995–2000 ) [edit ]

Jordan remained at the helm for two seasons after City ‘s delegating, but left in March 1997 after failing to get them back into Division One. Former Bristol Rovers director John Ward took over, and achieved forwarding in 1998 as Division Two runner-up. But City struggled back in Division One, and Ward stepped down in October 1998 to be succeeded by Benny Lennartsson, their first non-British director. City were relegated in bottom position and Lennartsson was dismissed in privilege of Gillingham ‘s Tony Pulis, who lasted six months before leaving to take over at Portsmouth. During his fourth dimension at Ashton Gate he was director of possibly the worst City side since the one that completed a hat-trick of consecutive relegations about 20 years earlier. Coach Tony Fawthrop took over until the end of the season, when Danny Wilson was appointed. Wilson was arguably the most big coach to take agitate of a City side since Denis Smith, as he had guided Barnsley to promotion to the Premier League in 1997 and Sheffield Wednesday to a 12th-place finish up in 1999 .

Stuck in the third tier ( 2000–2005 ) [edit ]

The early 2000s were a torment time for Bristol City. They were regular Division Two playoff contenders during Wilson ‘s spell as coach. They just missed out on the playoffs in 2002, finishing 7th. The watch class, Wilson about took them to automatic promotion, finishing 3rd and winning the Football League Trophy in Cardiff in 2003. The taste of the play-offs was bitter though, losing to rivals Cardiff City 1–0 on aggregate in the semi-final. In his final year—2004—they finished in 3rd position again, and this fourth dimension they reached the playoff concluding, but lost to Brighton & Hove Albion. He was sacked within days and replaced by veteran player Brian Tinnion. City just failed to make the playoffs in Tinnion ‘s inaugural season as coach, finishing seventh, and he stepped down in September 2005 after a hapless starting signal to the season. City ‘s form had slumped despite the addition of high-profile players, including Marcus Stewart and Michael Bridges. Yeovil Town director Gary Johnson was recruited as his successor .

Gary Johnson ( 2005–2010 ) [edit ]

pitch invasion at Ashton Gate after securing forwarding in 2007 Johnson arrived in September 2005, making the affect from Yeovil Town, with whom he had gained two promotions. initial results were poor people, but Johnson was soon able to recover the season and stopping point in a comfortable 9th target. In the 2006–07 season, Bristol City last achieved the baffling promotion that had evaded them in their 8 years in the one-third tier. promotion to the Championship was confirmed on the final day of the season with a 3–1 winnings against already relegated Rotherham United, securing the runner-up position in the division and resulting in automatic forwarding and joyous scenes of celebration. After a good starting signal in the Championship, City established themselves as real contenders, sitting in 3rd place at Christmas. By the start of March, City were top of the Championship, making an improbable second consecutive promotion a possibility. however, a inadequate operate ended City ‘s chances of an automatic rifle promotion place but qualified for the play-offs with a 4th-place finish, their highest finish since 1980. City overcome Crystal Palace 4–2 on sum to progress to the play-off final at Wembley, where they were beaten 1–0 by Hull City. After a hapless originate in the first half of the 2008–09 season, City recovered after Christmas, peaking at 4th topographic point in deep February. After a set of draw, the season finally petered out and City finished the season in tenth place. The 2009–10 season saw some good results in the fall, but heavy defeats by local anesthetic rivals Cardiff City ( 0–6 ) and Doncaster Rovers ( 2–5 ) in early 2010 led to much dissatisfaction amongst fans, [ 13 ] and Johnson left the baseball club on 18 March 2010. [ 14 ] Assistant coach Keith Millen took charge as caretaker director, and led a series of adept results, resulting in a second consecutive tenth-place finish .

succession of managers and steady decline ( 2010–2013 ) [edit ]

Steve Coppell became director in 2010 [ 15 ] but resigned after good two matches. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] Longtime assistant director Keith Millen was announced as Coppell ‘s successor [ 17 ] [ 18 ] and City laboured to a 15th-place end in 2010–11. After a poor people start to the 2011–12 season, Millen left the club in October 2011. [ 19 ] Derek McInnes was appointed next, but after a predict begin, City fell into the relegation zone, finally surviving in twentieth put, their worst since promotion in 2007. This steady descent would continue and after a poor people begin to the 2012–13 season, McInnes was sacked in January 2013 with City bottom of the Championship. He was replaced by Sean O’Driscoll, the baseball club ‘s fifth oral sex coach in three years, [ 20 ] but City were relegated to League One after six seasons in the Championship. O’Driscoll left with the team 22nd in League One .

return to the Championship ( 2014–present ) [edit ]

Steve Cotterill joined the club, which ushered in the begin of the revival. When he joined, the club were bottom of League One. Cotterill guided the club to condom and finished the temper 12th. Had the temper started when Steve Cotterill joined the club, Bristol City would have finished 5th, showing the scale of the reversion. Bristol City were promoted back to Championship for 2015–16 temper after securing the 2014–15 Football League One title, their first league title since 1955. In their final home game, against Walsall, they finished the season in stylus, winning 8–2. Bristol City finished the season with 99 points, the most points in a single season in the club ‘s history, and only 5 losses. In the lapp season, they besides won the 2015 Johnstone ‘s Paint Trophy after a succeed over Walsall, which finished 2–0 and their one-third league trophy, a read held by the club for having the most wins in that competition. Despite huge success in the previous season, the club struggled on their reappearance to the second tier. Steve Cotterill was relieved of his duties in January 2016 after a inadequate run of form which had seen Bristol City chemise to 22nd in the Championship table. Lee Johnson, former player and son of former director, Gary Johnson, was appointed as Bristol City ‘s new mind coach on 6 February 2016. [ 21 ] Bristol City finally finished in 18th locate. Bristol City started the 2016–17 season well, and after 11 games they were fifth in the league table, [ 22 ] and City besides appeared in the last 16 of the League Cup for the first time since the 1988–89 season. [ 23 ] however, a astute downturn in fortunes followed over the winter, and City were only just able to accumulate enough points to ensure survival at the end of the season. Lee Johnson remained at the helm for the following season, again making a positive early start. At the center of the season, after 24 league games, they sat 2nd in the Championship, whilst besides knocking out Premier League opposition in Watford, Stoke City, Crystal Palace and Manchester United to reach the semi-finals of the League Cup. [ 24 ] however, a poor run of imprint followed and City finished the season in 11th place. [ 25 ]

League history [edit ]

bill : The numbers in parentheses are the tier of football for that temper .

Honours [edit ]

League

Runners-Up (1): 1906–07

Champions (1): 1905–06
Runners-Up (1): 1975–76

Champions (4): 1922–23 (South), 1926–27 (South), 1954–55 (South), 2014–15
Runners-Up (4): 1964–65, 1989–90, 1997–98, 2006–07

Domestic Cups

Awards [edit ]

musician of the season [edit ]

source for 1970s winners : [ 31 ]

peak league scorekeeper [edit ]

Colours, crest, mascot and hymn [edit ]

Bristol City have played in red and white since the 1890s, occasionally besides including black. [ 32 ] The away kit is more variable star. It is traditionally egg white, but has besides featured black or scandalmongering. other color featured have included green and a purple and calcium hydroxide combination, the latter of which has become a fan favorite .

The club’s current crest is a modernised version of the Robin which has long ties to the fans and the club.
The club’s previous crest was a simplified version of the coat of arms of the city of Bristol.
The club’s mascot is Scrumpy the robin who has been the club’s mascot since 2005.[33]
The club’s official anthem is One for the Bristol City by the Wurzels. First released in 1976, it is the tune the team run out to at home matches. A newly recorded version of the song reached number 66 in the UK charts in September 2007.[34]

About center through the 2007–08 season Bristol City director Gary Johnson said in an interview that he hoped the team could get the wholly ground bounce. [ 35 ] [ 36 ] City supporters took this rallying cry on board and began to sing “ Johnson says bounce around the ground ” to the tune of Yellow Submarine, while continually bouncing up and down. The first game at which it was sung was in an away meet against Southampton at St Mary ‘s Stadium, and it was besides sung at off at Queen ‘s Park Rangers in February. When Bristol City fans travelled to London to play Charlton Athletic on 4 March 2008, the visit fans, using the rail network to return base, adapted the sung to “ Bounce Around the train ”. Since then, it has become an often used chant at Ashton Gate stadium by the fans, and City director Gary Johnson evening joined in with the bouncing himself. [ citation needed ] It was besides sometimes used by supporters of Gary Johnson ‘s former side Northampton Town, primarily at away matches. When Gary Johnson ‘s son, Lee Johnson returned to his erstwhile club in 2016 as their raw coach, he stated that he wished to inherit the chant and keep the fans singing it. [ 37 ]

Rivalries [edit ]

Bristol City ‘s traditional rivals are Bristol Rovers. The clubs have met 105 times, with the first converge in 1897. Bristol City have the most wins on 43. however, the clubs have not been in the same league for a number of years ; they were last in the same division in the 2000–01 temper. Since then, they have only met three times ; in the two-legged southern final of the 2006–07 Football League Trophy, which Rovers won 1–0 on aggregate, and in the first turn of the 2013–14 Johnstone ‘s Paint Trophy, which City won 2–1 at Ashton Gate. City ‘s other main rivals are Cardiff City, who play in nearby Cardiff. Despite being a local bowler hat, it crosses the Wales–England molding, making it one of the few international clubhouse derbies in the United Kingdom. The two clubs have been at similar levels in recent years, being in the lapp division for 10 of the last 16 seasons. This has meant frequent meetings in the league including in the semi-finals of the 2003 Second Division play-offs. other clubs have been seen as ‘third rivals ‘ by the fans and media. Swindon Town are seen by many as rivals, nicknamed ‘Swindle ‘ by City fans. This competition was most recently relevant in the 2014–15 season, when the two clubs were rivals for promotion to the Championship. Plymouth Argyle have besides previously been considered rivals despite a distance of over 100 miles. The competition was specially relevant in the 2000s when the two clubs were the highest-ranking West Country clubs for a number of years, and meetings were seen as a decider of the ‘Best in the West ‘. Swansea City, Newport County, Cheltenham Town and even Yeovil Town have previously been mentioned as rivals, but very rarely. however, during a regular between Bristol City and Swansea City on 2 February 2019 at Ashton Gate, fighting took home between Bristol City and Swansea City fans resulting in a competition flaring up between the two sets of fans. [ 38 ]

Period

Kit supplier

Kit sponsor

1976–1981

Umbro
None

1981–1982

Coffer Sports

Park Furnishers

Feb 1982

Hire-Rite

1982–1983

Lynx

Aug–Dec 1983

Umbro

Dec 1983–1990

Bukta

1990–1992

Thorn Security

1992–1993

Nibor

1993–1994

Dry Blackthorn Cider

1994–1996

Auto Windscreens

1996–1998

Lotto

Sanderson

1998–1999

Uhlsport

1999–2000

DAS

2000–2002

Admiral

2002–2005

TFG Sports

2005–2006

Bristol Trade Centre

2006–2008

Puma

2008–2010

DAS

2010–2011

Adidas

2011–2012

RSG (Home)
Bristol City Community Trust (Away)

2012–2014

Blackthorn

2014–2016

Bristol Sport

RSG

2016–2018

Lancer Scott

2018–2020

Dunder

2020–Present

Hummel

MansionBet

management [edit ]

Players [edit ]

First-team team [edit ]

As of 2 December 2021[40]

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Out on loan [edit ]

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Under 23 police squad [edit ]

As of 2 July 2021[41]

notice : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .
For a list of all Bristol City players with a Wikipedia article, see class : Bristol City F.C. players. Bedminster merged with Bristol City in 1900 for a far list of all Bedminster players with articles see class : Bedminster F.C. players

noteworthy erstwhile players [edit ]

For a list of notable Bristol City players in sortable-list format where the criteria for inclusion is set out as 100 appearances for the club see List of Bristol City F.C. players.

managerial history [edit ]

stadium [edit ]

Bristol City have played at Ashton Gate Stadium in the southwest of Bristol, equitable south of the River Avon, since moving from St John ‘s Lane in 1904. The ground presently has an all-seated capacity of 27,000. It was the home of Bedminster until the 1900 fusion, and the merged team played some games there the trace season, but it did not become the permanent wave home of Bristol City until 1904. In the past plans were considered for expansion sour to be carried out at Ashton Gate. There were besides proposals to build a new 36,000-seat stadium at Hengrove Park. This was turned down in a local anesthetic referendum in December 2000. [ 43 ] In 2002, the local council was looking at possible sites for a raw 40,000-seat stadium which would house both City, Rovers and Bristol Rugby, but these plans were scrapped and it is widely accepted that this would not have been welcomed by the majority of supporters from all clubs. [ 44 ] Ashton Gate ‘s stream capacity is an median size for Championship grounds ; however, in November 2007 the club announced plans to relocate to a modern 30,000-capacity stadium in Ashton Vale plans were besides in identify to increase capacity to 42,000 had the England 2018 World Cup bid been successful. [ 45 ] [ 46 ] The South stand opened for the 2015/16 season, with the existing Williams stand being demolished and replaced by the Lansdown rack in 2016. A modern partly-artificial Desso pitch was laid and the current Dolman stand refurbished. There is still no decision on the club ‘s request to provide a “ safe standing ” area, like to those used in Germany. A state-of-the-art train adeptness became operational in 2020. The Robins High Performance Centre is at Failand a curtly outdistance from Ashton Gate Stadium .

gallery [edit ]

Atyeo Stand
Bristol City v. Cardiff City – 15 March 2009
Ashton Gate with Clifton Suspension Bridge in the background
An example of the flags used by the “ Ultras ” in the Wedlock Stand ( The Eastend )
view from the home part of the Wedlock Stand
Inside the Wedlock Stand against boisterous rivals, Cardiff City
The land lying empty anterior to hosting a concert .

Bristol City Women ‘s F.C . [edit ]

The women ‘s team was formed in 1990 supported by the club ‘s community officer, Shaun Parker. Their greatest accomplishment was reaching the semi-finals of the FA Women ‘s Cup in 1994 and winning promotion to the Premier League under Manager Jack Edgar in 2004. Following the decision by the FA to fund only one center of excellence in Bristol, the two senior teams were disbanded in June 2008 and the girls ‘ youth side merged with the Bristol Academy W.F.C. . [ 47 ] The majority of the senior players, with coach Will Roberts, moved to the University of Bath in summer 2008 and now play as AFC TeamBath Ladies in the South West Combination Women ‘s Football League. [ 48 ]

Honours [edit ]

Records [edit ]

Most appearances [edit ]

Most clubhouse appearances including alternate appearances in all competitions ( excluding Gloucestershire Cup ). Updated 29 December 2013. note : On 29 December 2013, Louis Carey broke Bristol City ‘s appearance record when he came on as a substitute in the 4–1 succeed over Stevenage. He overtook John Atyeo after 47 years and is now the baseball club ‘s all-time top appearance godhead .

Most goals [edit ]

Correct as of 29 July 2018. [ 50 ]

References [edit ]

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