Jonathan Smith

Defensive Midfielder - Bristol City U18
30 Jul 2028
Sunday
Process

Marked for Jonathan Smith

99 Edition

The Bristol City Chronicle

19 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Bristol City cannot stop winning

8 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.

Market

Sam Greenwood has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Bristol City they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Yu Hirakawa

Successful dribbles: 27. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

Up for the corner, and Adam Randell delivers — 7.87

Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Adam Randell scored, was marked 7.87, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.

Transfer targets

Bristol City bid $650.0K for Harrison Bettoni

The offer went to Wigan Athletic this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Squad

Words exchanged at Bristol City

Jason Knight and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad

Jonathan Smith signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Jonathan Smith and Bristol City agree another 4 years.

Transfer targets

Bristol City baulk at the price for Luke Leahy

Wycombe Wanderers wanted more than $36.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.

Squad

A row about effort at Bristol City

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ross McCrorie was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

In brief

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97 Edition

The Bristol City Chronicle

5 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Triumph

Player ratings

A brace, and Sam Greenwood takes the afternoon — 9.42

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Sam Greenwood provided it, and the 9.42 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Squad

Defences have started doubling up on Sam Greenwood

22 goals and a season average of 7.54 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.

Transfer targets

The paperwork begins on Freddie Draper

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Bristol City have done the hard part with Lincoln City, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Match

Nobody wants to play Bristol City right now

6 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.

Transfer targets

Bristol City agree $1.6M for Ajay Matthews

The clubs have shaken hands with Millwall; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.

The dugout

Charles Ellis keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Bristol City may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Jason Knight in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bristol City this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets

No deal for Timo Werner at that price

Bristol City offered $270.0K; Burnley said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Squad

Words at Bristol City training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alejandro Pozo 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.

In brief

73 Edition

The Bristol City Chronicle

20 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Nobody wants to play Bristol City right now

8 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Alejandro Pozo

Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Tempers go at Bristol City

Jason Knight was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Jonathan Smith stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Jonathan Smith and Bristol City agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Match

Another one collected away from home

4 on the bounce on the road for Bristol City. The coaches leave early, arrive at unlovely grounds in the dark, and keep coming home with three points.

Squad

Words at Bristol City training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alejandro Pozo 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.

Match

Jason Knight sends Bristol City past Barnet

It finished 2‑1, and it was Jason Knight’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Bristol City.

Squad

Defences have started doubling up on Sam Greenwood

10 goals and a season average of 7.31 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.

The dugout

Nicholas Harris gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

  • Player ratings Ninety minutes of Tomi Horvat at his very best
  • Player ratings Ninety minutes of Jason Knight at his very best
  • The dugout The manager’s verdict