The Bristol City Chronicle
Market29 May 2028
Harvey Davies puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Bristol City, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market29 May 2028
Only the photograph left for Seb Naylor
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Seb Naylor will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Bristol City the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad29 May 2028
A falling-out at Bristol City
Scott Twine and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad29 May 2028
Words at Bristol City training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alex Rolfini is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market29 May 2028
David Edwards steps up from the Bristol City academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. David Edwards has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market29 May 2028
Joseph Harvey steps up from the Bristol City academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Joseph Harvey has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
The dugout29 May 2028
A promise honoured for Luke McNally
It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Bristol City told Luke McNally something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.
Squad29 May 2028
The formation has left Nikoloz Kutateladze behind
Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Bristol City will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.
Squad29 May 2028
Bristol City are still strangers to each other
5 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
In brief
- The dugout Luke McNally knocks on the manager's door
- The dugout Sinclair Armstrong is still paying for one afternoon at Bristol City
- The dugout Josey Casa-Grande gets picked when it counts