Forever Bristol City Podcast

In taking all three points City put in the sort of display that we would like to have seen a lot more of on the road this season - organised, resilient, creating a fair number of chances on the break and good game management in the closing stages. Watching the goal again, a wonder strike by Jay Dasilva, a lot of credit must go to Antoine Semenyo who expertly shrugged off two Stoke players to provi...

Ian, Neil, Mark and DaveP go through the match action as City failed to get max points against bottom of the table Posh who were a man down for the final third of the game. Is it player mentality, coaching or both that are the root cause of the problem or does it go right to the top and the benevolent and benign dictatorship that is life under the Lansdown dynasty - SL is undoubtedly a winner in b...

A 3-2 defeat against parachute payment supported Bournemouth was not real surprise yet despite being outplayed for large portions of the game City can emerge with some credit for not being overwhelmed. Rob Atkinson gave us the perfect start after 3 minutes but the sides went in level at the break as Solanke rolled in his 25th of the season. Cook was allowed too much space early in the second half...

Joe Royle was at City for barely two and a half years [11/77-7/80] but rarely has a player had a greater impact on their debut than he did by grabbing all 4 goals in a 4-1 win at home to Middlesborough. It wasn’t until I did some research prior to interview that I realised what a coup it was for Alan Dicks to sign Joe who was still very much in his prime at age 28. Joe made his debut for Everton a...

Another assist and goal from Andi Weimann but the time added on curse strikes again to deny City all three points. Ian, Mark & DaveP discuss the game and Chris Martin's contract extension in a shorter episode than normal due to an error at Podbean Central! We'll be back after the international break but there may be another in conversation piece before that. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

If you are over 60 you are of an age when you’ll be able to recall most of what former manager Alan Dicks has to say in this fascinating insight into his time at Ashton Gate. If you are younger then it offers the chance to hear tales from a man who took City to the top flight 46 years ago. When he became manager at City in October 1967 he was only 33 – that’s younger than LJ was and he’d not even...

Ian, Mark & DaveP are joined on this podcast for the first time by Nigel Whittle whose erudite contribution is a pleasant antidote to the usual trip spouted by the rest of us. Quite honestly City were shocking tonight with the game as good as over after 20 minutes after the home side scored 2 goals, both from corners. No positives can be drawn from the night's performance which saw Joe Williams br...

A much needed 3 points, an end to the dreadful away run and a clean sheet to boot. Ian & Mark go through the game with DaveP who was at Old Trafford yesterday to see a Renaldo hat-trick. Big question for Nige is does he recall Kalas for the trip to Oakwell on Tuesday? Credit to Weimann who looks on course to secure a 20 goal season for the first time in his career. Another match saving display fro...

A fourth defeat in 5 games – we seem to be ending 21/22 in similar fashion to last season’s behind closed doors debacle.   Ian, Mark and DaveP state the obvious in their analysis of the game, namely the side was set up wrong from the off with forward Sam Bell in a defensive role and being 0-2 down inside 15 minutes as a result.   Scott’s goal at the start of the 2nd half offered hope but at no tim...

2 points from the past 33 available on the road - it isn't great is it? City were back to their sad, bad old ways against Steve Cooper's side. Goal's either side of half-time secured victory for Forest who would have had a hatful were it not for Dan Bentley's heroics between the sticks. Do we have ANY right to expect more? Ian, Mark & DaveP discuss this and more including trying to fathom Nigel's...

"Excellent" was the word used by Nigel to describe City's overall performance in the loss to the Sky Blues on Tuesday night. Perhaps it wasn't THAT good but most of the 19k crowd would have come away for the 2nd time in four days with the view that they'd seen a decent game of football. Despite another late goal it was an individual mistake that created it rather than the "collective anxiety", as...

Ian, Neil & DaveP reflect on a thoroughly entertaining 90 minutes against a pretty good Boro side and how the tribute to the Ashton Gate 8 was staged immaculately to honour the 40th anniversary. You have to be over 40 to have a true understanding of what the AG8 did but the actions of Scott Davidson & Neil Palmer in particular has brought into focus what these guys did for a whole new generation o...

Weimann's 15th goal of the season was worthy of winning any match but once again poor, poor defending cost City dear. Never mind getting rid of players [not feasible as no-one would have the wastrels] how about making the ones we have operate better as a cohesive unit?   Ian, Mark, Neil & DaveP have another Groundhog day discussion on City's pointless trip across the bridge Hosted on Acast. See ac...

Three points on the board, probably just 10 more needed from 15 games to secure Championship status, this was not a great performance but no less than we deserved. DaveP is joined by Neil, Mark, DaveFevs & Ian in an hour of intelligent debate on the game and more!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Neil, Mark, Ian & DaveP discuss a disappointing afternoon in wind & rain swept Blackpool as City's atrocious away record of 4 months continues. After quite a bright start City trailed by two goals at half time, both "avoidable" according to NP and creating a conceding record that hadn't been beaten since 1962!! The third goal on 48 minutes killed off any chance of a fightback with Nahki Wells stri...

With almost 500 appearances over the period 1982-1991 Rob is entitled to be regarded as a Bristol City legend. 40 years ago this week as an 18 year old the departure of the Ashton Gate 8 meant he was handed his league debut against Fulham as the dawning of a new era began for the club. This chat with Rob was interesting and informative beginning with talk of how John Atyeo influenced the schoolboy...

Another impressive display from City which was worthy of all three points. Ian and DaveP discuss a match that saw an opening 45 minutes rated the best since Pearson has been in charge. Two good goals, two stonewall penalties turned down, the growth of W-S-M as a potent threat. All we need to do is close out games better and stop conceding 2 goals a game!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Luton defender and former Rovers player Tom Lockyer scored one and made one for the Hatters as City fell to their 5th defeat in 7 matches and the continuation of their atrocious away form that has yielded one point from a possible 21. City were in quite sparkling form for the first 40 minutes before Luton took the lead but a fine strike by Weimann for his 14th of the season put them level midway t...

Another 5-goal thriller at Ashton Gate as City's much improved home form saw them win 3-2 to complete a first double over the Bluebirds since 2003. Going behind on the half hour and losing Atkinson & King to injury might have signaled a meek surrender but Martin equalised within a minute, got his 2nd to put City in front midway through the 2nd period before another classy goal from Weimann, his 13...

We weren't expecting anything from this match against the free-scoring Londoners but when stunning goals from Semenyo twice gave City the lead at what has been a happy hunting ground in recent years there was some hope. Sadly that hope had gone as City were behind 5-2 at the break and the game was over. The power of Mitrovic had overpowered them and whilst one further goal came in the 2nd half the...

Can you ever recall City losing 3 out of 4 successive home games with the fans having a general view that things are on the up? Whilst losing to effectively Premier League opposition City put in a display that on another day would have brought a comfortable victory were it not for so many missed chances. There were some interesting positional changes not least a Kalas, Atkinson, Pring back three b...

A 3-2 win against the bully boys from London gave City the ideal platform to herald a much brighter outlook for 2022. A very young starting line up took the lead their early pressure deserved but two errors by the recalled Towler saw the visitors take an interval lead. A classy strike from Weimann then a third to complete his hat-trick were enough as City closed out the game without the typical Gr...

For the first 20 minutes of this game we saw the 4Fs that Nigel Pearson had promised us on his appointment: Fast, Front Foot Football! Thereafter it was a case, once again, of FFS: why no pen for Scott, why did Pring concede the spot kick, what was in Andy King’s head when getting a 2nd booking with over 30 minutes remaining, then OMG another goal conceded in stoppage time consigning City to anoth...

With over 600 league games under his belt [130 with City, 94-98] Gary Owers is perhaps more qualified than most to offer a playing perspective on City's form this season. In this final of our mid-season reviews Gary looks at recent team selections and in talk about the transfer window says not to rule out a cheeky bid for Alex Scott who he considers a more saleable asset than HNM. Hope you have en...

DaveP speaks with Richard Latham in this latest episode reviewing the 21/22 season so far. Richard has been reporting on the fortunes of City on local media for over 40 years so his opinions should be taken on board, indeed, the conversation around the financial peril that the club finds itself in makes for interesting listening. The chat begins with DaveP & Richard reminiscing about the much miss...