The Bristol City Chronicle
Squad23 Aug 2027
The knee: Tomi Horvat out for 32 days
32 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Bristol City lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Match21 Aug 2027
Nowhere to hide for Bristol City
0‑3 against Portsmouth, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
Jacob Chapman says Bristol City went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market23 Aug 2027
Scott Twine 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 The request is on a desk at Bristol City, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market23 Aug 2027
Luke Skinner agrees terms with Birmingham
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Bristol City people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Sam Bell beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 25. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad23 Aug 2027
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.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Bristol City
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad23 Aug 2027
A row about effort at Bristol City
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Filippo Alessio was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- Transfer targets Fulham tell Bristol City: Mamadou Doumbia is not for sale
- Market One of our own: Andrew Davis joins the Bristol City first team
- Market One of our own: Steven Pearson joins the Bristol City first team