The Exiled Robin

It says it all about the season we’re having that there was such an empty feeling of disappointment following Saturday’s final whistle. Not the kind of let-down from the past few seasons that lead to booing and hours of vitriol on social media, just the nagging, frustrating whiff of a chance gone begging, this potentially record-breaking season just taking the most minor of knocks against an improved Gillingham side. It’s hardly surprising in some ways. The quality of delivery has been so perfect, so often this season, we’re always going to have the odd game where that quality dips by 5-10%. Perhaps that was the difference, or just one of those days where things don’t quite fall. On the positive note, we’ve got a chance to get it out of our system straight away, with Tuesday’s visit of Crewe Alexandra a decent Hors d’oeuvre ahead of Sunday’s super sweet dessert – the real icing on the cake of what is – hopefully – a sublime fillet steak of a season. To have achieved 80 points, som...

One down, three to go.  A late show from Luke Ayling gave Bristol City all three points in the first of their four ‘winnable’ games last time out and the final match before Christmas sees the Robins travel to Cheshire to face bottom side Crewe Alexandra. Stu Radnedge caught up with Alex fan Nathaniel Holland, a journalism student who has kindly written a few words.  My thanks to Stu & Nat “This season has, for obvious reasons, been one to forget for any Crewe fan. A continuation from the poor results last season has spilled over into this campaign and it is still difficult for anyone to put their finger on the main problems. Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t expect Crewe to be setting the league on fire this year but I did think with the squad we had put together that we would be sitting comfortably around the 14 th /15 th position. There is not one factor to the reason behind the run of poor results, a combination of individual errors at the back, mixed i...

  Another unfortunately-timed break in the footballing schedule has seen City fall to 23 rd in League One going into Saturday’s match at Crewe Alexandra. With City’s match against Crawley postponed due to international call-ups, it was a chance for sides around us to create a small gap at the bottom; a feat Crewe managed with a 2-0 win versus Preston at Deepdale. The win leaves the Alex three points above City in the table, but an away win (in what would be City’s first win at the Alexandra Stadium since the 2006/07 promotion season) would see us leapfrog the Railwaymen due to their extremely poor goal difference.  However, a familiar face in Bristolian pantomime-villain Steve Phillips could stand in our way... Nathaniel Holland, @natholland1 Sports Journalism student at Southampton Solent, has kindly answered our questions. City old boy Steve ‘Flapper’ Phillips finds himself between the sticks at the Alexandra Stadium. How has he performed since perma...