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That seems to tie in with Nixon's description, of 'box to box.." "bit of everything .." (few goals etc.)

Agree. Always felt sorry for Holmes, as he was called into the England U21's (at a time when a call up was recognition and earnt) but pulled out injured. He never had the chance again. I often wondered if his appearance as a young man counted against him, as at 21 he had a Bjorn Borg type 'grizzly' beard and looked an old (sea salt) type of campaigner. Steady and reliable without being spectacular too often (goal from near the halfway line v Watford in the League Cup aside, and a few blistering volleys in the early days). Played LB, LM and filled in as a CB for a short while. One of the most unassuming professional footballers I've seen interviewed.

I reckon we might sign this Stoch bloke, but probably not completing the deal as soon as this week. As he is only 5'5" , this is one we might try to stretch out a bit. Better not give up the day job

Out of interest, did you ever see Channon , Paine or Davies in their prime ?

No ta, better option outlined below:

£45 for a Bristol City(identical design) shirt.

The Alehouse lads. David Armstrong - possibly one of the most unappreciated players we had, perhaps eclipsed by KK, Channon & Ball for a year or so, but still serving the club after they had all left. Under NA we had a team of "good honest hardworking professionals" as he would often tell us. Now of course we [the chairman] wants an expensively assembled, and highly paid, bunch of foreign mercenaries.

Morgan for me is critical, should be captain, he has the 'drive' to do it, and motivate those around him.

Matt Oakley might not be getting a new contact at Exeter.

Is it not being covered on SSN, or Solent ?

Xavi. Come on Poch, give him a call, you have to contact him about buying a table lamp from that shop in Barcelona your wife has been on about and bringing it over in person for you! The Potters Heron awaits.

Mick Channon. Close run thing though between MLT & Mick Channon. MLT the most gifted player we have ever had, but Channon in full flight takes me back to days of childhood and teenage awe, which can not be recovered, so Mick it is. Oh, and for the great windmill celebration. And also for the personality and great west country accent. Honourable mentions to John McGrath, Jim Steele, and Mark Dennis for cult status.

Hoping we can get him then, along with 'the new Lee Todd' for the defence.

Repeating what I said on the main kit thread, the away kit is just drab, has a quality of "nothingness" to it. Someone else made the observation that the white 'v' collar makes it appear like a Rugby League shirt. The worst thing about the white 'v' for me, is that it looks reminiscent of those vile Everton blue Le Coq Sportif 'Hafnia' shirts from the 80's. Anyone who was at Highbury in 1984 will probably realise why it 'brings me out in a rash'.

Cortese, the man of vision who wants to be like Barcelona, yet copies the kit style of Bristol City.

By coincidence Ajax announced this today: So we clearly can't blame Adidas for our abortion of a kit, as they clearly still manufacture stylish classic kits (for a more discerning buyer or CEO who cares about his club's heritage).

Absolutely dreadful. Home kit is worse than I feared initially, but as I'd come to expect. Not even Rupert Lowe gave us rubbish like this, and permitted a fans vote on the home shirt. Away kit is just drab, has a quality of "nothingness" to it. Both look cheap and shoddy.

Ideal candidate.

I may be wrong, and this may be an over simplification, but my understanding is that the club can not speak directly to the player, or make an offer to him via a third party (ie his agent), but there nothing to stop a club talking in broad terms, or hypothetically, about salary levels to his agent.

We are excellent at allowing people from the third world, and eastern Europe to settle here, and provide them with all the benefits and financial assistance they require. This is only matched by our willingness to then give vast sums we can ill afford as overseas aid.

Careful FF , it could be Mr 96% who might have personally chosen it .

There are a number of areas in which I'm not a particular fan of NC , but in this aspect I think he is spot on in refusing to cough up a £1m to fund a couple of leeches for doing bugger all. Especially when we are already paying well over the odds for a player.

We signed him from Plymouth. I think he was a Plymouth lad, he certainly had a good west country accent when interviewed after his two goals away at Forest, I recall Souness was the manager who signed him. Story later emerged that Souness had tried signing Kevin Davies from Chesterfield, or had gone to watch KD, and noticed Evans. Chesterfield rejected the KD bid, telling Souness to come back at the end of the season, so he signed Evans instead. Davies of course arrived after the season finished. Souness p!ssed off a couple of weeks later.

...possibly ?

52 - originally from Southampton, but Gloucestershire for many years. First home game - 5-1 win v Dundee, followed by (reality) a 2-0 home defeat in p!ssing rain at home to WBA the following week - 1969. First away game - Reading "friendly" c1973, lost 2-0 , First league away game - Bristol City 1974, lost 2-0. say "friendly" as most memorable thing to me as a youngster was watching the punch ups in Norfolk Road outside the ground, and on the terraces.