Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England, (the other being rivals Bristol Rovers). They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-western portion of the City. Gary Johnson has been the team's manager since 23 September 2005, succeeding Brian Tinnion. They were promoted to the Championship in the 2006-07 season after finishing second in League One.
Bristol City reached the 1909 F.A. Cup final where they lost to Manchester United, but they did win the Welsh Cup - despite being an English team - in 1934. In 1907 they finished runners-up in the old-league one, which is their highest-ever final position.
In 1982, Bristol City became the first English team to suffer three successive relegations and just before falling into the Fourth Division the original team went out of business. A new company and team - BCFC (1982) Ltd took their place, and by 1990 they were back in the Second Division. Another relegation followed in 1995, when City finished second from bottom in the new Second Division, and a return to that division three years later lasted just one season. Most of their seasons between 1999 and 2006 were spent challenging for promotion in the upper half of the division.
The club's nickname is "The Robins", and a robin featured on the club's badge from 1976 to 1994. Official club merchandise, including replica kits, still has a label showing a robin. A recent attempt by the club to alter the club's badge was abandoned after the club was criticized fiercely by fans.
Bristol City currently play at Ashton Gate stadium in the Ashton/Bedminster area of the city of Bristol, which has an all-seater capacity of 21,497. There have been plans, if the need arises, for expansion work to be carried out at their current ground. There have also been proposals to build a new stadium, the first option being a 36,000-seat stadium at Hengrove Park. In 2002, the local council was looking at possible sites for a new 40,000-seat stadium which would house both City and Rovers, but these plans were scrapped and it is widely accepted that this would not have been welcomed by the majority of supporters from both clubs. Ashton Gate's current capacity is a average size for Championship grounds, and it is still to be seen if the attendance figures in the Championship would require further expansion to the ground.
Staff
Manager: Gary Johnson
Assistant Manager: Keith Millen
Development Coach: Alan Walsh
Goalkeeping Coach: Stuart Naylor
Chief Scout: Pete Johnson
Fitness/Conditioning Coach: Glen Schmidt
First Team Physio: Nick Dawes
Academy Director: John Clayton
First Team Squad
1 GK Adriano Basso
2 DF Bradley Orr
3 DF Jamie McAllister
4 DF Liam Fontaine
5 DF Jamie McCombe
6 DF Louis Carey (captain)*
7 MF Scott Murray
8 MF David Noble
9 FW Steve Brooker
10 FW Phil Jevons
11 MF Michael McIndoe
14 MF Cole Skuse
15 FW Enoch Showunmi
16 DF Richard Keogh
18 MF Brian Wilson
19 DF Tamás Vaskó (on loan from Újpest FC)*
22 GK Chris Weale
23 FW Lee Trundle*
24 DF Christian Ribeiro
25 MF Marvin Elliott*
26 DF James Wilson
27 DF Jordan Walker
28 DF Martin Slocombe
29 MF Ivan Sproule
30 MF Tristan Plummer
32 GK Stephen Henderson
33 MF Lee Johnson*
34 FW Darren Byfield*
Jennison Myrie Williams is also part of the squad at the start but is not listed on the official website or on Wikipedia.
*= Key Players(until new ones come in
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Key areas to strengthen
There most definitely needs to be much more players at centre-back as they're either incompetent at heading/jumping-in Fontaine's case, both-or they're just too damn slow. A left back would also be nice, as well as an AM and GK. One place that you don't particularly need to improve is the strikeforce. But if you can buy Aaritalo, why not?
Players to look out for
Buonanotte - River Plate - 10k
Lehtovaara - Turun Palloseura - 3k
Aaritalo - Turun Palloseura - 50k
Cuthbert - Celtic - 50k
Barazite - Arsenal - 50k
Grosicki - Legia - 60k
Butler - Scunthorpe - 200k
Ingrao - Unattached
Lomski - Turun Palloseura - Free(arrives in January)
Lee - Man Utd - Loan
Zieler - Man Utd - Loan
Dzsudszak - Debrecen - 110k
Doudin - La Chaux-De-Fonds - 75k
Bozaglo - M. Haifa - 140k
Piatti - Estudiantes - 50k
Torje - Poli 1921 - 250k
Putilo - Dinamo Minsk - 120k
I found the majority of these through skimming through national teams and through my excellent scouts. You have to bid for them very early though, otherwise they will either be bought by a bigger club or the price will be pushed up. Raise the transfer budget to 800k too. And definitely try for some good scouts. And remember that you may have to bid more, only slightly sometimes, to get the players. Also, try to get players on loan from Premiership clubs if you still feel your squad isn't up to scratch.
Players to sell
Showunmi - 100k
Weale - 40k
Jevons - 100k
Noble - 150k
Basso - 100k
Keogh - 120k
McCombe, Wilson, Skuse and Betsy are also expendable. Betsy is just impossible to get rid of, while the others I'm not willing to let go until more players can come in. You can sell them if you want but I wouldn't, but if you can get rid of Betsy, you deserve a medal.
FM 2008: Bristol City - Home of the Robins 
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