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Another player, along with Carl Dale, who brightened up our otherwise grim days in the basement was Jason Fowler. Two of my personal favourites were his away goal at Exeter in September 1997 in a 1-1 when ex City player Steve Flack scored their equalizer in the last minute and his awesome goal in the 4-1 v Brentford at home in January (I think?) 1999.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l81tSiNO9fc
I was right behind that chip, it was perfect. Definitely one of my top 3 City goals.
He was coaching in our academy some years back. Not sure if he's still there.
Two of my favourite all-time City goals were scored that season. Fowler's sublime chip v Brentford, and Mark Delany running from our own half with the ball, beating a number of Chester players and burying the ball in the back of their net, as we beat them 6-0. Don't think in my 55 years of supporting the club I have seen a City player receive the ball in their own half and go on to score without passing to a teammate. Maybe somebody will prove me wrong here?
Mark Hudson? Will Vaulks? I know I'm cheating bit there Was Whitts in his own half when he received the ball for his goal in the FA Cup against Wolves? I don't think he was.
Until Mark Delaney arrived on the scene, there were a few years when Fowler was the only City player capable of doing things with the ball which would not be out of place in the Premier League.
Speaking as someone who doesn't tend to notice such things, there's some nice City shirts in that video.
Gabbidon vs Wrexham, he picks it up just before the halfway line
At 3 minutes in this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sERZ1IGDHU
Definitely cheating there Bob. I cannot recall either Hudson or Vaulks receiving the ball in hour half, skipping past opposition players, and then planting the ball firmly in the net
As Sludgey mentioned above, Fowler was our lower league answer to Whitts for a few seasons. Yep, some lovely shirts on show there, a you rightly state.
I'd forgotten all about that game, and the wonder goal from Gabbs. Some of my favourite all-time City players in that clip, Gabbs, Thorney, Kav and Leggy. If I remember rightly, we hung on for the last ten minutes and Fatty Trundle, he of the helium like voice, should have scored an equaliser, right at the end.
He wasnt even the best Jason who played for us around that time.
They played 3 season together and were both part of the same team that won promotion from the dungeon in 99 and 2001, although Fowler didn’t feature much in 2000/2001 season when Sam took over. He was injured or Ill a lot towards the end of his time here and the club were going on to bigger and better things.
Cian Ashford scored one for our under-21s at Bristol City recently. Good luck to him doing this at first team level but it's a great goal all the same. It's at around 3.05 on here.
https://www.bcfc.co.uk/video/highlig...ity-under-21s/