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I'll be honest and say that what I see on television and live makes me think that defending has become a past art," says the central defender of 367 appearances for the West Country men, and 10 goals. Thanks to the Ashton Gate Eight fans can continue to attend their local club in Bristol on a Saturday afternoon; they can revel in the rollercoaster that comes with being a Robins supporter and dream of returning to the promised land that is the Premier League. Bristol City and Bristol Rovers' captains campaign for homelessness in Bristol The goal has always been to get Western League football and now we have to be sustainable. The most important thing is to be established but if we got promoted, great. We need to make sure we stay there and that will only happen if we get things right off the pitch too."
But, you know, we were under a fair amount of pressure from the press. It was made to be our fault. It was our fault for actually earning that money. At that time we were the top eight wage earners, which in modern terms was negligible. I think football, in general, started to think ‘goodness me, if this can happen to Bristol City then we need to look at our finances.’ Nobody wants to see their business hung out to dry. I suppose who at the time would you point the fingers at? The administrators who were chasing the dream? It’s easy to think about those things. Was John playing the piano or Paul, do you remember?) “Sorry, no. Haven’t a clue. It was basically John’s song, so it might have been him. [it was PAUL]. I don’t remember.” (…)
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I’m really grateful to be able to know him, let alone play alongside him. I’d be the targetman and Chris would be dropping in, creating space for himself. A really intelligent footballer.”
To me, football is more important than anything. It takes you away from the real world and gives you something to talk about. These lads for Nailsea tonight are going to be talking about this for weeks.
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Any memories of Eleanor Rigby?) “Not particularly. I mean, it was just Paul with his acoustic guitar. Well no, that’s not quite right, is it? Eleanor Rigby was with the string quartet, right?” The message was loud, clear and brutal. It was an ultimatum - tear up your contracts or there won’t be a club to play for.
However, in the words of Match of the Day commentator Jonathan Pearce, who worked for BBC Radio Bristol in 1982, the players had "absolutely no choice" but to surrender their contracts. I was in for a big disappointment. I was one of the people interviewed for Geoff’s book, as were many other former Abbey Road employees. We all came to understand that these interviews were arranged because he had very little recall of those days, and his co-author would use our memories to buttress Geoff’s own meager memories. When the eight players agreed to cancel their contracts on the morning of 3 February 1982, Bristol City were just minutes away from folding, with the club set to cease trading at midday.You can sign up to our dedicated Bristol City newsletter HERE, bringing you the latest from Ashton Gate Read More Related Articles But they could let me go because they had Gary Collier coming through. I know it sounds bloody awful. BBC Sport retells the story of how eight footballers sacrificed - or were made to sacrifice - their careers for the good of their team. 'Eight names on a tatty bit of notepaper'
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