The Bristol City Chronicle
Squad20 Aug 2040
Max Bird 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.
Market20 Aug 2040
Only the photograph left for Robert Phillips
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Robert Phillips will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Bristol City the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Boardroom20 Aug 2040
Graduation day at Bristol City
17 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.
Market20 Aug 2040
Benjamin Robinson steps up from the Bristol City academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Benjamin Robinson 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.
Market20 Aug 2040
Peter Jackson steps up from the Bristol City academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Peter Jackson 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.
Market20 Aug 2040
Bristol City promote Luke Wright from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Luke Wright has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Match18 Aug 2040
Bristol City come up short against Sheffield
Sheffield left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Boardroom20 Aug 2040
Bristol City board go back on their word
Something was promised, a deadline passed, and it did not arrive. Trust inside a football club is built over years and spent in an afternoon.
Squad20 Aug 2040
Fabian Mrozek signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Fabian Mrozek and Bristol City agree another 1 years.
In brief
- Squad Finley Grigg has become a man the manager trusts
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Bristol City
- Squad Jake Waters dropped after a run of poor form