Playing Against The Jacks

[the other bob wilson]

I'm of that age group that sees Bristol City as a bigger rival than Swansea simply because, apart from the occasional Welsh Cup tie, we didn't play the jacks m between April 1965 and January 1980 (the ages of nine to twenty three for me) and we played the wurzels twenty one times during that period. However, I must admit that the one out of our two recent derby defeats which hurt me the most was the one against the jacks - maybe it was because we were absolutely useless at the Liberty and surrendered with barely a whimper and we were unlucky to lose to the wursels, but in terms of my reaction, Swansea was the bigger derby out of the two.

[Enoch Mort]

I'm of that age group that sees Bristol City as a bigger rival than Swansea simply because, apart from the occasional Welsh Cup tie, we didn't play the jacks m between April 1965 and January 1980 (the ages of nine to twenty three for me) and we played the wurzels twenty one times during that period. However, I must admit that the one out of our two recent derby defeats which hurt me the most was the one against the jacks - maybe it was because we were absolutely useless at the Liberty and surrendered with barely a whimper and we were unlucky to lose to the wursels, but in terms of my reaction, Swansea was the bigger derby out of the two.

Exactly my thinking Paul. Sadly I think it is an age thing. When I was young Swansea Town did not really register. They were a team we played occasionally in the Welsh Cup. Bristol City seemed to be a constant presence. Impressions gained at an early age usually stick. That is why, for me, the Wurzels are our biggest rivals