A time when young footballers were trusted.

[the other bob wilson]

I think four or five years is too long - I’d say about half of that would be about right.

As for this game, the teams were managed by Terry Venables and Malcolm Allison and both were gone, for different reasons, within a year or so. Venables lasted four years, but Allison just the one.

I’m not sure finance would be a reason for not selecting a youngster these days because if a teenager could establish themselves in the first team, they would get an awful lot of money for him if they decided to sell given the way the market is these days.

Another goal by an ex City man on this edition - Tim Gilbert for Sunderland.

[cardiff55]

Another goal by an ex City man on this edition - Tim Gilbert for Sunderland.

I'll be watching that programme tonight. Poor Tim Gilbert died young at just 36 years old.