This week’s Greatest Goal is probably one of the greatest team goals scored in the 1980s. Not only was it a fine passing goal involving seven Southampton players, but the fact it was scored against Liverpool, the decade’s most successful side. Southampton manager Lawrie McMenemy was building a successful team down at The Dell and […]
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On This Day – 3rd February
Bristol City Football Club were saved on this day in 1982, thanks to eight players tearing up their contracts and leaving the club in order for it to survive. The players were referred to as ‘The Ashton Gate Eight’. Club captain Geoff Merrick, along with Peter Aitken, Chris Garland, Jimmy Mann, Julian Marshall, Dave Rodgers, […]