Post by station on Sept 3, 2018 16:01:43 GMT
20 WORST FOOTBALL TEAMS - EVER
BUT OUR NEIGHBOURS DID:
Manager Alan Dicks had taken Bristol City to the First Division over 13 years in the Ashton Gate dugout, but relegation and a dismal start to life in the second-tier meant the boot. Worse, however, was just around the corner. Not even the arrival of a young Roy Hodgson – initially as assistant manager, then caretaker in January 1982 – could arrest the decline. By ’82, City had suffered three successive relegations, were in Division Four and out of money.
Bankrupt at the beginning of February, the board forced eight senior players to cancel their contracts and keep the club afloat. The Ashton Gate Eight –Geoff Merrick, David Rodgers, Peter Aitken, Chris Garland, Trevor Tainton, Jimmy Mann and Julian Marshall – were all hailed as heroes. [More like villains] 
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