Lee Johnson's charges to attempt something no Bristol City side has managed in 23 years Lee Johnson's charges will attempt something no Bristol City side has managed in 23 years when they return to Championship action at Birmingham on Saturday, November 19.That is how long City fans have to go back to find the last occasion on which they were able to celebrate a victory over the Blues in England's second city.Since they scraped a narrow 1-0 victory on March 13, 1993, St Andrews has, in large part, proved an unhappy hunting ground for the Robins. Not only have City failed to register a single win in six visits to the Midlands venue dating back to 1993, they have failed to beat Birmingham in any of the previous 11 meetings between the two sides.Just as City boast a poor recent record in games at the Cardiff City Stadium and Loftus Road, so they seem to be perennial under-achievers when it comes to playing at St Andrews.Having suffered defeat on the road at the hands of both Cardiff City and Queens Park Rangers in recent times, head coach Johnson and his players will be determined to put the record straight when they tackle Gary Rowett's in-form Blues side. Certainly, there could be no better time for City to end their long run without a win at St Andrews, given that Birmingham moved above them in the table earlier this month and are one of three sides that stand between the Robins and a return to the Championship play-off places. If the class of 2015/16 are to return with a point or more from their latest road trip, they will have to defend considerably better than the side managed by Steve Cotterill last season. A City team set-up to play attacking football arrived at St Andrews in confident mood after winning 1-0 at Middlesbrough in their previous away outing. But that confidence evaporated as Blues centre forward Clayton Donaldson exploited some slip-shod defending to register a hat-trick and inspire his team to a 4-2 triumph. And if truth be told, the winning margin could easily have been wider had it not been for some inspired goalkeeping from Frank Fielding and poor finishing on the part of the home team. City had improved by the time the sides next collided, having marginally the better of a goalless draw at Ashton Gate in January this year. And if they require further encouragement, they need only glance at Birmingham's home record during the early part of this season. Slow to find their feet at the start of the campaign, Rowett's men drew 0-0 with Cardiff, lost to Oxford United in the EFL Cup and suffered defeat in a West Midlands derby against Wolves, who prevailed 3-1 at St Andrews. Rather ominously, Blues have not lost at home since, beating Norwich, Sheffield Wednesday, Blackburn and Rotherham and drawing with Preston and Aston Villa to establish their credentials as play-off contenders. On the flip side of that particular coin, Birmingham's players could be feeling the pressure after winning just one of their previous five outings, a modest record that Johnson's men must take advantage of if they are to create a little bit of history in B94. http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/8203-l...-in-23-years/story-29893048-detail/story.html
What is more worrying is the trend over the last 6 games ~ Cardiff - A - Lost. QPR - A - Lost Blackburn - H - Won. Hull - H - Lost. Barnsley - A - Draw. Brighton - H - Lost. Not good reading..
The Blackburn game was hardly an emphatic win, however, this is a tough league and we shouldnt be surprised about runs in form like this-We have no right to turn up and expect a result
Though this is correct, I do think we're entitled to expect improvement. I've said elsewhere that I can understand the odd disappointing/frustrating result (Rotherham for example), as that's the nature of football, and so all clubs ought to be judged over a number of games, rather than one or two. Six games is a large enough test group to draw conclusions, which unfortunately aren't good in this case. Over the course of the whole season, we're still going good against expectations, but a rare opportunity will be lost if we don't get things back on track soon.
I was there in 93, think it was the pervs from the daily sports first home game. But Karen would not show us her tits the miserable cow.
cheers Ang, I stayed up there for the weekend and the local Saturday evening sports paper wrote such a biased story you'd think they were unlucky to lose, smelly Brummies
This is a list of the largest cities in the United Kingdom. Note that the population statistic for London refers to Greater London which according to the "official definition" is not considered a city. City Population London 7.2 Million Birmingham 992000 Leeds 720000 Glasgow 560000 Sheffield 512000 Bradford 467000 Edinburgh 450000 Liverpool 440000 Manchester 420000 Bristol 380000 Wakefield 316000 Cardiff 310000 Coventry 305000 seems we are not far behind Manchester! Lots of fans do live outside Manchester though
gdnac you are or the thesaurus is Greater London is not a City, city of London is quite small in territory or population
the City of London had TO check on it ...I thought it was about 2-3 sq miles and population of 20-30,000 it is 1.2 sq miles came back to me "the sq mile" however population is only 7-800 ! next door almost is the city of Westminster again about the same maybe a bigger head of residents ...
Just copied and pasted it tbh.- Knew Birmingham was 2nd and Bristol was about 9th. Bit puzzling why we dont get bigger attendances based on that but then again, I wonder how many go to Wakefield each week
