#bristol city

[sl0wdiver]

Guess who's at their first Hammers match!!!

[chelseajackarmy]

I LOVE THIS CLUB💙

[elevatorsn0tworthy]

Megan Connolly free kick goal against chelsea i beg 🙏🙏

[richwall101]

Bristol - England

The Bristol City Football Stadium (Ashton Gate) with the Avon Gorge and The Clifton Suspension Bridge in the background

[footy-fits]

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[calciopics]

Born on this day: Lauren Hemp (07.08.2000)

[dendrofeel]

A Bristol sky 8:11am 30.03.2023

[thornrichards-101]

I'll thankfully be able to watch this as my grandma won't be at the apartment until the day after. I'm so excited for it

[thekitmanuk]

Bristol City 2024-25 Third Pre Match Shirt Released

Football kit news from the Championship as the new Bristol City 2024-25 third pre match shirt made by O’Neills has been released with the help of local graffiti artist, Inkie Graffiti. Bristol City 2024-25 Third Pre Match Shirt The new 2024-25 Bristol City third pre match shirt has a striking all over black and red pattern inspired by the street art and graffiti around Bristol. The collar is…

[ultrafox1963]

King vacates throne after 17 years as a professional

The news that Andy King, one of the most distinguished players in Leicester City's history, is to retire as a player at the end of the current season, came as little surprise to members of the Blue Army.

Currently at Bristol City, the club of his boyhood affections, the 35-year-old Wales midfielder has made just 14 league appearances during the current campaign and it was clear he did not feature in the future plans of boss Liam Manning.

Fans and former managers alike have been quick to pay online tributes to a player whose remarkable achievements during his time at Leicester lifted him to legend status.

After being released from Chelsea’s academy at the age of 15, King found another route into professional football at what was then the Walkers Stadium. To say he made the most of that opportunity would be a huge understatement.

The first signs that his career would be far from the ordinary came when he helped City lift the Premier Academy League title in 2007, beating a Sunderland team that itself fielded several future Premier stars, including Jordan Henderson, who himself would enjoy a notable career with Liverpool and England.

At that time, few believed that the senior crown would ever join its junior counterpart in the Foxes’ trophy cabinet, particularly when City’s first team were relegated to League One the following year.  By that time, King had progressed into the senior squad, but made a limited impact during a tumultuous and troubled campaign.

However, under the auspices of new manager Nigel Pearson, King was able to play a key role in City’s revival, gaining a regular berth in a side which swept to the League One title at the first time of asking, and maintained its momentum after its return to the Championship. During this time, he also gained the first of his 50 caps for Wales, the country of his grandfather’s birth.

Despite Pearson’s departure in summer 2010, following a particularly cruel playoff exit at Cardiff, King’s progress continued under Sven-Goran Eriksson, in a campaign which saw him finish as City’s top scorer and earn a place in the Championship team of the season. However, the impact of a rapid turnover of players during this period eventually told on both the team and King himself, and a string of indifferent results in 2011-12 heralded the end of the Eriksson era at City.

Even Pearson’s return to Leicester could not stop King’s career from entering a prolonged period of stagnation, which was a contributory factor towards two further failed promotion campaigns.  By the time City finally returned to the top flight in 2014, he was no longer a regular first-team starter, though the demands of a gruelling season ensured he still played a key role within the squad.

Many media pundits, together with a section of City’s own fanbase, were less than convinced that the team as a whole, and King in particular, would be able to withstand the rigours of Premier League football.  Indeed, for the first three-quarters of the 2014-15 season, neither team nor player did much to dispel such doubts.

But a switch to a three-man midfield, reputedly at the insistence of veteran Argentine signing Esteban Cambiasso, helped to bring a dramatic improvement in form.  King rediscovered the goal touch which had appeared to desert him, and his late winner against West Ham, coupled with another strike against Swansea in the following home match, helped to provide the impetus for one of the most improbable escapes from relegation in Premier League history.

This proved to be merely the opening chapter for one of the most incredible fairytales in the history of sport, with City making light of the departures of both Cambiasso and Pearson to launch an unlikely - and ultimately successful - bid for the title. 

Although King often played second fiddle to the midfield duo of Danny Drinkwater and the hitherto-unheralded N’Golo Kanté, his deployment as an auxiliary midfielder to protect crucial leads during the closing stages of many City victories throughout this heroic campaign, proved one of many masterstrokes by the maestro Claudio Ranieri. 

King thus became the first (and to date, the only) player in the Premier League era to win league winners’ medals at each of the top three levels. His goal against Everton in the final home game of the Premier title season provided particular delight for the City faithful.

He managed to continue this success at international level that summer, helping Wales to reach the semi-finals of the European Championships for the first time.

However, although he featured in the Foxes' run to the Champions League quarter-finals the following season, his career suffered a distinct downturn in the subsequent years. Increasingly marginalised at Leicester, King endured a series of unsuccessful loan spells at various clubs before finally leaving the King Power Stadium in 2020, though he still managed to set a record (later surpassed by Kasper Schmeichel) as the City player with the most international appearances.

But just as it appeared King would be lost to the game, Bristol City offered him the opportunity - which he eagerly took - to rebuild his career and realise further childhood ambitions. As a consequence, during the past three seasons, he has played a significant role in the consolidation of the Robins' status as a Championship club.

As he brings down the curtain on a distinguished playing career, King can look back with pride on his numerous achievements during the past 17 years. Not only has he lived the dream, he has played a full and active part in bringing others to life.

Many in the game, whether fans or colleagues, will wish him well in whatever he chooses to do in the future.

[tibsnews]

Bristol City sign Josh Stokes from Aldershot Town - with teenager to return to National League side on loan until end of the season

Bristol City have completed the signing of Josh Stokes from Aldershot Town for an undisclosed fee. The 19-year-old will remain on loan to the Shots for the remainder of the 2023-24 season as part of the deal. Stokes has played a major part in Aldershot’s success so far this season, scoring 16 goals in just 29 games for the Hampshire club. Aldershot enjoyed an FA Cup run that saw them reach the…

[sl0wdiver]

Guess who's at their first West Ham match!!!

[mar2ss]

whys bristol keeper actually good ???

[therealefl]

Barnsley Star Centre Of Four-Way Championship Pursuit

Barnsley striker Devante Cole has garnered interest from Middlesbrough and three other Championship outfits after an excellent start to the 2023/24 campaign, according to TeamTalk. The former Fleetwood Town and Wigan Athletic frontman has been in fine form this term, scoring eight goals in eight matches under Neill Collins, making him the League One top goalscorer. Cole has scored three more…

[tahmintr]

Bristol City - Reading maçının ücretsiz iddaa tahminleri ve banko maç yorumları TahminTR 'da! (12 Temmuz 2023) | #iddaa #ücretsiz #bristol #city #reading

[elarea]

Retro Fútbol (29)

Hoy viajamos al 28 de septiembre de 1968 para ver como, en la Segunda División inglesa, un joven John Toshack marca de cabeza el segundo gol del Cardiff City en el minuto 73, batiendo al guardameta del Bristol City, Mike Gibson, ante el mayor número de espectadores de la temporada en un entrañable e irreconocible Ashton Gate.

El partido terminó favorable a la visita por un contundente 3-0 que se repetiría en la segunda vuelta.