The Bristol City Chronicle
Squad23 Aug 2027
Luke McNally signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Luke McNally commits to Bristol City for another 5 years.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Nobody could get near Jason Knight
Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Jonathan Panzo 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.
Match21 Aug 2027
6 unbeaten for Bristol City
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Bristol City did not have in the autumn.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Tomi Horvat in the eights
A performance of 8.96 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Jonathan Panzo 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.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
A promise the Bristol City board did not keep
There was a commitment, there was a date, and the date went past. Trust at a football club takes years to build and one afternoon to spend.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Bristol City lose Isaac Finch
45 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market23 Aug 2027
Bristol City sign Alexander Cooper, one for the future
Alexander Cooper is 15, and Bristol City have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
In brief
- Market Bristol City sign Timothy Cooper, one for the future
- Market Bristol City sign David Palmer, one for the future
- Market Bristol City buy the years ahead of Jacob Grant