Bristol City v Sheffield United

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with club historian David Woods
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For 1947/48 and 1948/49, Bob Bennett’s cartoons in the Bristol Evening Post were as per
this long format style, tight to the centre margin. These two examples from the paper of
December 15th 1947 and the February 7th 1949 allow to us to see the cartoonist’s take on
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STEVE SMITH
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LOOKS BACK
Rovers and City’s doings in the FA Cup and the local derby at Ashton Gate.
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AT AN INTERVIEW WITH
FORMER CLUB CHAIRMAN
HARRY DOLMAN
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Saturday, December 13th 1947 | FA Cup Second Round
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Our former
After winning 9-2 v Dartford in a First Round Replay, City
chairman,
were unable to find their scoring boots against Palace and
Harry
are made to pay for their many squandered chances when
Dolman,
Albert Robson wins the game for the visitors. He brings
was so much a man for the
a high-centre quickly under control and fires past the
Former City chairman
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future that he was willing 1894 1894
advancing Clack. Both Don Clark and Robson have goals
Harry Dolman
disallowed for offside. It was, however, a better outcome
to share his plans on the
for the Rovers as they beat New Brighton 4-0 in front of
new stand that would bear future? Harry was sure everything was going in the
a 10,723 crowd at Eastville to progress through to the
his name in this copy of right direction.
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Third Round.
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the Football League Review
City: Clack; Guy, Bailey; Morgan, Roberts Thomas;
programme from around December 1968. Here, he “We intend to incorporate six indoor bowling rinks
Hopkins, Townsend, Clark, C Williams, Osman.
begins his column by stating more clubs should on the ground floor which will be in use for most
Palace: Graham; Harding, Dawes; Buckley, Millbank,
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share their ideas.
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of the day and evening, all the week, 1894
most of
Reece; Mycock, G Lewis, Robson, Kurz, Clough
the year. A league of six divisions will be formed
Referee: PC Annette (Basingstoke)
Attendance: 22,327 (£1,569)
“In these days of modern design and new ideas, and knock-out competitions will be arranged.
I sometimes wonder whether football clubs
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belonging to the English 1894
League, could do a little “We 1894
have the co-operation of the City 1894
and County
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more to helping each other.
of Bristol Indoor Bowling Association, who already
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have a large membership. They are going to make
"In the past, and I believe at present, new ideas our new stand their headquarters. Two large club
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Saturday, February 5th 1949 | Division 1894
Three (South) 1894
are put into being in the 1894
greatest secrecy, later rooms, 1894
approximately 50 feet square, 1894
and bars are
Jackie Pitt’s long pass splits the City’s defence to
to be copied by other clubs. This secrecy may be provided.”
produce a bout of inter-passing between Vic Lambden
necessary in some cases but it would be better if
and Len Hodges that leads to the latter volleying the
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opener past Frank Clack. City salvage 1894
an extremely
new ideas were circulated so that they benefitted It was at the start of the 1970/71 season that the
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fortunate draw when Don Clark’s angled-shot is
many clubs.”
stand was first used at a cost of £230,000. Could
fumbled into the net by Jack Weare.
other clubs around the country fund a scheme of a
City: Clack; Guy, Bailey; Morgan, Roberts, Peacock;
As the programme went to press, it was estimated multi-purpose structure like this?
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Townsend, Mullen, Clark, Barney, Lewis. 1894 1894
that the cost for the new 1894
Dolman Stand was now 1894 1894
Rovers: Weare; Bamford, Fox; Pitt, Warren, McArthur;
at £170,000. But with the club already in the lower “If clubs are thinking of new stands, I am sure it
Petherbridge, Hodges, Lambden, Morgan, Watling
part of Division Two, would it not be better to buy would pay them to see the plans and model of this
Referee: RJ Burgess (Reading)
players rather than build new facilities for the scheme. That is what I mean by co-operation.”
Attendance: 27,543 (£1,813.17s.0d)
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