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BRISTOL CITY: From Atyeo to Dicks
A Personal Memoir

by Edward Giles (February 2012) Paperback. 234x156mm
192 pages. Illustrated
ISBN 978-1-905328-99-4
£14.99

The hardback edition is out of print

CONTENTS:
1 Wedlock’s rush job to England regularity
2 Cast-off Bourton sends yo-yo City to heaviest defeat
3 The Clark-Townsend strike force
4 Start of the Pat Beasley era
5 Rodgers and Rogers
6 Enter John Atyeo
7 A dramatic debut and penalty-kick bet
8 Burden, Milton – and Promotion Gained
9 Atyeo reaches his England pinnacle
10 Downhill after a Bristol double top
11 John Atyeo’s greatest goal
12 Peter Doherty follows Pat Beasley
13 Storming start and a new backroom set-up
14 Jeffrey, Collinson and Crossan problems
15 Ill-fated signings: City down, Doherty out
16 Record victory with Fred Ford in charge
17 Promotion again – and Atyeo retires
18 Sacked for not spending enough money
19 Dreams dashed of all-Bristol final at Wembley
20 First Division birthday present for skipper Merrick
21 A deceptive start – then relegated again
22 ‘Ashton Gate Eight’ help to avoid oblivion

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