Good assistant, smart man, poor manager.Paul Clement been sacked by Reading. Rumour has it that Francesco Guidolin is one of those in line to replace him.
Ivor, there was one particular Hull player I remember well, even now from the early 50's. Raich Carter.and my reason for remembering him was as a kid I needed his Turf cigarette card photo to complete a set, and never ever got it.HULL CITY - Founded in 1904 The Tigers play at the KCOM Stadium capacity 25,450. Last season they finished in 18th place and presently, managed by Nigel Adkins, are 17th with 24 points from 22 games. Traditional colours are black and amber stripes with black shorts and black and amber socks. They have won no major honours.
I can find no former players of any particular note but former managers that posters might have heard of include ex Swan Jan Molby, Steve Bruce, Marco Silva, Nigel Pearson, Peter Taylor, Phil Brown, Phil Parkinson, Nick Barmby, Mike Phelan and Ian Dowie.
One of my earliest memories at the Vetch was us beating Hull 4-1 and I watched from the Enclosure alongside the South stand. So long ago, though, I remember absolutely nothing about the game. Then of course there was THAT game. But I missed it because I was in Spain. I watched Sky Sports football news at my local tapas bar in Mijas with shredded nerves as the scores came in but there was no actual coverage and I had to wait a while before I caught highlights on telly. As we had stayed up, I was happy to settle for that. But I can tell you that I danced all the way home.
Oy shorty ...smoking stunts your growth!!!I needed his Turf cigarette card photo to complete a set, and never ever got it.
Absolutely right, JF, but I didn't mention him because most on here would have never heard of him. He was a fine footballer who led Sunderland to the 1936 First Division title, the youngest ever captain to do that. He also won the FA Cup with them scoring in the Final. His Football League career spanned from 1931 to 1952 and he played for Hull from 1948 to 1952 scoring 57 in 136 and went on to manage them. At Sunderland he scored 118/245 and at First Division Derby 34/63. He was capped by England 13 times scoring 7 times. He also won the FA Cup with Derby and became the only player ever to do that before and after the war. Whilst he lost his best years to the war, he was one of Stanley Matthews favourite players who called him the Supreme Entertainer, lethal in front of goal.Ivor, there was one particular Hull player I remember well, even now from the early 50's. Raich Carter.and my reason for remembering him was as a kid I needed his Turf cigarette card photo to complete a set, and never ever got it.
Had to look up the reverse fixture, Bristol City won at the Liberty 0-1. The only goal came 30 seconds in to Weimann. Swansea's first loss on the season. Currently Swansea sit a whole 3 points and 1 goal differential off on Bristol City. Could be an interesting match today. Let's see how the team responds to the mess of a transfer situation. They should just do away with the transfer windows altogether, they don't benefit us in any way.BRISTOL CITY - With all due respect to our West Country neighbours, I haven't much to say here. The club was formed in 1894, play at Ashton Gate, which has a capacity of 27,000 and last season tailed off to finish in 11th position after being well placed for a tilt at the play off positions. Nickname is The Robins and they play in red tops and white shorts with red socks.
Their manager is Lee Johnson, son of recently sacked Cheltenham manager, Gary. As far as I can see, they have NO major honours (much like us until Michael Laudrup came along) but the Robins did win the Welsh Cup in 1933/34. Surprised me did that!! I remember being taken to Ashton Gate when I was a kid to watch the Swans being taken apart 0-4. In those happier days, supporters were allowed to mingle and I asked a Bristol supporter stood next to me about the difference between a Robins fan and a Rovers fan. He explained that, 'Rovers are the working-man's team' with some pride. I can only think that he went to the game hoping to see City lose!
But I went again on 14 October 1989 with my son and his friend. I was thinking of buying a Saab Turbo for my business and my car dealer mate used to let me have a car for a week or two so I could try it out and "live" with it before buying. Anyway, I thought a run to Bristol would be a good test drive for starters and off we went. Loved that motor!! As another mate said, 'it goes like greased shit off a shovel'. Brought us luck that day as well. We had a comfortable 3-1 win with loanee John Salako (great player) scoring twice along with the much maligned Paul Raynor, whom I actually rated. (as did Brian Clough come to that). Sting in the tail though because in the reverse fixture at the Vetch they tuned us 5-0!!
Just to finish, it was my misfortune to miss the best game of all as I was on a weekend audit but did manage to listen when the Swans tuned them 7-1 and from what my gleeful mates told me, it should have been 8 !! Oh, well, can't watch 'em all. But here it is and Leon scores as well!
lol us or them? https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/police-escort-causes-swansea-city-2500833Just googled Bristol City - almost all it came up with was commentary on brawling - why ARE they so angry??
That’s not ideal is it? Given the rep of these fans let’s just hope nobody gets hurt come the final whistle
Probably because they've lost their true enemy for a season and we're the next in line.Just googled Bristol City - almost all it came up with was commentary on brawling - why ARE they so angry??
Forrest just levelled. 1-1Luton up 1-0 over Forrest. Come on!
Blegh!Forrest just levelled. 1-1