PEARSON: THAT’S FOR OUR HEROES

Tribute to the Ashton Gate Eight
By Andy Hunter

BRIS TOL CITY 2
Weimann 7, Semenyo 68

MIDDLESBRO’ 1
Crooks 90

STAR MAN

DAN BENTLEY Bristol City

NIGEL Pearson was delighted that his Bristol City players were able to celebrate victory on a day the club honoured the Ashton Gate Eight.
The Robins marked the 40th anniversary of eight players tearing up their contracts to save the club from going out of business in February 1982.
Six of them – Geoff Merrick, Trevor Tainton, Gerry Sweeney, David Rodgers, Julian Marshall and Peter Aitken – were introduced on to the p...

Continue reading...

Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day!

Already a subscriber to our website? Login