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Look on the bright side - City are now mathematically safe from relegation as Wycombe, Sheff Wed and Derby all cant overtake us.
Really?
Even with periods of meltdown we have been comfortably top half for goals conceded this season and last. The promotion season we had the joint best defence. The season before (Trollope/Warnock) we finished 12th and were 13th for goals conceded.
We need to strengthen central defence this summer (we started the season with Morrison, Bamba, Nelson and Benkovic - with Flint and Brown away on loan) and decide if we're playing mainly with full backs or wing backs (the weakness now on the left side rather than the right), but let's not re-write history.
Any defence that has had Morrison, Bennett, Osei-Tutu and Bagan out injured for so long will be stressed. It has looked very patched up over recent games, and three of the five main starters have been adapting to Championship football (Ng, Brown, Sang) - even without a Bacuna or Ralls thrown in out of position.
Hi Maurice Swan, I presume you are the former City keeper from that era, which was my favourite time watching the City. I saw my first game in 1950 and have been a supporter ever since. I think the Liverpool game you mentioned was the first match of the 1959/60 season There were some great players around that time - Malloy, Graham Moore, Tapscott, Vearncombe (sorry about that!), Walsh and Johnny Watkins. I think that was the year we were promoted to the old First Division. They were great times indeed!
Welcome Woosie. Your recollections are correct about that season.
https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/...f-city/1960/3/
Not sure that MS is THE former City keeper, though.
StT.
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