2014–15_Bristol_City_F.C._season

2014–15 Bristol City F.C. season

2014–15 Bristol City F.C. season

Bristol City 2014–15 football season

The 2014–15 season was Bristol City's 117th season as a professional football club and their second consecutive season in the 3rd Division of the Football League since their relegation from the Championship.

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The club enjoyed a memorable season of success, earning promotion while winning a double of the Football League Trophy, and in doing so becoming the first club to win the trophy three times, and the League One title, the club's first league title in 60 years.[1]

Squad

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Statistics

As of 15 April 2015
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Captains

As of 3 May
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Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

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Contracts

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Transfers

In

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Loans in

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Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

Out

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EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable; Apps = Total number of competitive appearances (including substitute appearances) at the club prior to departure; Goals = Total number of competitive goals scored at the club prior to departure.

Loans out

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Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

Match details

Pre-season

5 July 2014 Portishead Town 1–6 Bristol City Bristol Road, Portishead
15:00 BST Sivers Osborne
Reid
Emmanuel-Thomas
Wagstaff
Hall		 Attendance: 1,000
9 July 2014 Weston-super-Mare 2–1 Bristol City Woodspring Stadium, Weston-super-Mare
19:45 BST Grubb 62'
Mawford 69'		 Report Wilbraham 23'
29 July 2014 Cheltenham Town 1–4 Bristol City Whaddon Road, Cheltenham
19:45 BST Richards 22' (pen.) Report Baldock 15'
Wilbraham 67'
Bryan 73'
Flint 77'

League One

Main article: 2014–15 Football League One

League table

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Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2015. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League Championship.

Results summary

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Last updated: 10 May 2015.
Source: BBC Sport

Results by round

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Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2015. Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

9 August 1 Sheffield United 1–2 Bristol City Bramall Lane, Sheffield
12:15 Higdon 32'
Davies Yellow card 78'		 BBC Report 20' Wilbraham
Little Yellow card 48'
Smith Yellow card 51'
72' Elliott		 Attendance: 19,889
Referee: Paul Tierney
16 August 2 Bristol City 2–1 Colchester United Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
15:00 46', 68' Wilbraham BBC Report 9' Moncur Attendance: 11,626
Referee: Brendan Malone
19 August 3 Bristol City 0–0 Leyton Orient Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
19:45 Report Attendance: 11,692
Referee: England Simon Hooper
23 August 4 Rochdale 1–1 Bristol City Spotland Stadium, Rochdale
15:00 Henderson 56' Report 16' Freeman Attendance: 3,115
Referee: Mark Haywood
31 August 5 Notts County 1–2 Bristol City Meadow Lane, Nottingham
13:15 Ismail 13' Report 60' Wilbraham
90' (pen) Emmanuel-Thomas		 Attendance: 5,678
Referee: Dean Whitestone
6 September 6 Bristol City 2–0 Scunthorpe United Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
15:00 Flint 52'
Cunningham 83'		 Report Attendance: 12,007
Referee: Charles Breakspear
13 September 7 Bristol City 3–0 Doncaster Rovers Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
15:00 Wilbraham 13'
Little 30'
Agard 82'		 Report Yellow card 10' Yellow-red card 51' Forrester Attendance: 11,733
Referee: Michael Bull
16 September 8 Port Vale 0–3 Bristol City Vale Park, Burslem
19:45 Report Wilbraham 13', 61'
Flint 48'		 Attendance: 4,050
Referee: Andy Woolmer
20 September 9 Fleetwood Town 3–3 Bristol City Highbury Stadium, Fleetwood
15:00 Morris 22'
Proctor 61'
Dobbie 89'		 BBC Report 31', 47' Yellow card 82' Agard
51' Wilbraham
Yellow card 80' Smith		 Attendance: 3,700
Referee: Scott Mathieson
27 September 10 Bristol City 3–2 Milton Keynes Dons Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
15:00 Agard 4', 35' (pen)
Elliott 74'		 BBC Report 51' Bowditch
73' Adobe		 Attendance: 13,119
Referee: Oliver Langford
4 October 11 Walsall 1–1 Bristol City Bescot Stadium, Walsall
15:00 Downing Yellow card 40'
Sawyers 85'		 Report Bryan 11'
Agard Yellow card 21'		 Attendance: 5,574
Referee: Keith Hill
11 October 12 Bristol City 3–2 Chesterfield Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
15:00 Evatt 9' (o.g.)
Williams 46'
Burns 90'		 BBC Report Doyle 25' (pen.), 59' Yellow card 44'
Clucas Yellow card 67'
Morsy Yellow card 74'		 Attendance: 12,558
Referee: Andy Davies
18 October 13 Coventry City 1–3 Bristol City Ricoh Arena, Coventry
15:00 Miller 76' BBC Report 11' Pack
45' Agard
90' Wagstaff		 Attendance: 11,888
Referee: Scott Duncan
21 October 14 Bristol City 2–2 Bradford City Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
19:45 Flint 8', 82' BBC Report 20' Clarke
85' Routis		 Attendance: 12,548
Referee: Darren Bond
25 October 2014 15 Barnsley 2–2 Bristol City Oakwell, Barnsley
15:00 Winnall Yellow card 58' 59'
Hourihane 68' (pen.)		 Report 36' Ayling
79' Wilbraham		 Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Darren Deadman
1 November 2014 16 Bristol City 1–0 Oldham Athletic Ashton Gate, Bristol
15:00 Agard 57' BBC Report Attendance: 12,696
Referee: Phil Gibbs
15 November 2014 17 Swindon Town 1–0 Bristol City The County Ground, Swindon
15:00 Smith 78' BBC Report Elliott Red card 3' Attendance: 12,565
Referee: Darren Drysdale
22 November 2014 18 Bristol City 0–1 Preston North End Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
15:00 Report Robinson 28'
Gallagher Yellow card 30'
Welsh Yellow card 60'
Kilkenny Yellow card 72'
Davies Yellow card 85'		 Attendance: 13,245
Referee: Roger East
28 November 2014 19 Peterborough United 0–3 Bristol City London Road Stadium, Peterborough
19:45 Zakuani Yellow card 90+3' Report Freeman 11', 64'
Wilbraham 16'		 Attendance: 6,804
Referee: Paul Tierney
13 December 2014 20 Bristol City 1–0 Crawley Town Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
15:00 Ayling 87'
Pack Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Keane Yellow card 69' Attendance: 11,660
Referee: Michael Bull
20 December 2014 21 Crewe Alexandra 1–0 Bristol City Gresty Road, Crewe
15:00 Ikpeazu Yellow card 45+2'
Ray Yellow card 53'
Ness 74'		 Report Williams Yellow card 29' Yellow-red card 50' Attendance: 4,927
Referee: Andy Haines
26 December 2014 22 Bristol City 2–1 Yeovil Town Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
15:00 54' Matt Smith
61' (pen)Jay Emmanuel-Thomas
Yellow card 53'
Todd Kane		 Report Ben Nugent 88' Yellow card 62'
James Berrett Yellow card 63'
Nathan Smith Yellow card 64'
Stephen Arthurworrey Yellow card 81'
Ben Nugent		 Attendance: 13,731
Referee: Kevin Johnson
28 December 2014 23 Gillingham 1–3 Bristol City Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham
15:00 47' Cody McDonald
Yellow card 58' Brendan Dickenson Yellow card 79'
Michael Doughty Yellow card 90'
Joe Martin		 Report 34' 44' Matt Smith
55' Scott Wagstaff
Yellow card 38'Greg Cunningham
Yellow card 90+1'Joe Bryan		 Attendance: 6,216
Referee: Lee Collins
10 January 2015 24 Bristol City 4–0 Notts County Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
15:00 Bryan 8'
Smith 43'
Emmanuel-Thomas 62'
Williams 84'		 Report Attendance: 12,817
Referee: Simon Hooper
17 January 2015 25 Scunthorpe United 0–2 Bristol City Glanford Park, Scunthorpe
15:00 Report Emmanuel-Thomas 35' (pen.)
Bryan Yellow card 62'
Freeman 85'		 Attendance: 3,611
Referee: England Jeremy Simpson
1 February 2015 26 Bristol City 2–0 Fleetwood Town Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
15:00 K. Smith Yellow card 28'
M. Smith 52'
Saville Yellow card 68'
Emmanuel-Thomas 90+2'		 Report Hornby-Forbes Yellow card 36'
Evans Yellow card 57'
Jordan Yellow card 69'
McLaughlin Yellow card 90+2'		 Attendance: 11,654
Referee: Gavin Ward
7 February 2015 27 Milton Keynes Dons 0–0 Bristol City Stadium mk, Milton Keynes
15:00 McFadzean Yellow card 58'
Carruthers Yellow card 86'		 Report Ayling Yellow card 72'
Bryan Yellow card 89'		 Attendance: 15,642
Referee: Craig Pawson
10 February 2015 28 Bristol City 3–1 Port Vale Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
19:45 Emmanuel-Thomas 34'
Bryan 59'
Smith 67'		 Report Birchall Yellow card 37'
Marshall 77'		 Attendance: 10,890
Referee: Brendan Malone
14 February 2015 29 Bristol City 1–3 Sheffield United Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
15:00 M. Smith 41'
Ayling Yellow card 55'
Little Yellow card 74'
Wagstaff Yellow card 90+7'		 Report Coutts Yellow card 26'
Basham Yellow card 34'
Done 54', 77'
Doyle Yellow card 57'
Murphy 82'		 Attendance: 11,767
Referee: Graham Salisbury
17 February 2015 30 Bristol City 2–0 Peterborough United Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
19:45 Flint 9'
Agard 48'		 Report Smith Yellow card 34' Attendance: 11,101
Referee: Christopher Sarginson
21 February 2015 31 Colchester United 3–2 Bristol City Colchester Community Stadium, Colchester
15:00 Lapslie 3'
Bonne 14'
Porter 26'		 Report Tavernier 50'
Flint 61'		 Attendance: 4,300
Referee: Steve Martin
24 February 2015 (2015-02-24) 32 Doncaster Rovers 1–3 Bristol City Doncaster
19:45 GMT Main 57' Report Freeman 10'
Cunningham 33' (pen.) Yellow card 73'
Wilbraham 69' Yellow card 70'
Little Yellow card 72'
Fielding Yellow card 81'
Smith Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Attendance: 5,495
Referee: Stuart Attwell
28 February 2015 (2015-02-28) 33 Bristol City 1–0 Rochdale Bristol
15:00 GMT Wilbraham 14' BBC Report Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 11,841
Referee: James Adcock
3 March 2015 (2015-03-03) 34 Leyton Orient 1–3 Bristol City London
19:45 GMT Dagnall 4' BBC Report 12' Freeman
21' Flint
60' Wilbraham		 Stadium: Dean Court
Attendance: 4,511
Referee: Iain Williamson
7 March 2015 (2015-03-07) 35 Crawley Town 1–2 Bristol City Crawley
15:00 GMT Wordsworth 60' BBC Report 48' Flint
84' Ayling		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 3,333
Referee: Andy D'Urso
10 March 2015 (2015-03-10) 36 Yeovil Town 0–3 Bristol City Yeovil
19:45 GMT Arthurworrey Yellow card 68' Report Agard 47'
Freeman 49'
Saville 86'		 Stadium: Huish Park
Attendance: 6,591
Referee: Andy Woolmer
14 March 2015 (2015-03-14) 37 Bristol City 0–0 Gillingham Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
15:00 GMT Freeman Yellow card 90+2' Report Martin Yellow card 90+2' Attendance: 11,601
Referee: David Webb
17 March 2015 (2015-03-17) 38 Bristol City 3–0 Crewe Alexandra Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
19:45 GMT Wilbraham 32'
Flint 42'
Emmanuel-Thomas 84'		 BBC Report Yellow card 45' Ikpeazu Attendance: 10,719
Referee: Trevor Kettle
28 March 2015 39 Bristol City 2–2 Barnsley Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
15:00 GMT Pack 13' (pen.)
Bryan 84'		 Report Ibehere 44' Yellow card 74'
Scowen 53'		 Attendance: 11,937
Referee: England Mark Brown
3 April 2015 40 Oldham Athletic 1–1 Bristol City Boundary Park, Oldham
15:00 GMT Winchester 75' Report Smith Yellow card 9'
Wilbraham 71'		 Attendance: 4,577
Referee: England Seb Stockbridge
7 April 2015 41 Bristol City 3–0 Swindon Town Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
19:45 GMT Agard 36' Yellow card 57'
Bryan 80'
Wilbraham 87'		 Report Turnbull Yellow card 10'
Yaser Kasim Yellow card 42'
Raphael Rossi Branco Yellow card 79'		 Attendance: 12,302
Referee: England Neil Swarbrick
11 April 2015 42 Preston North End 1–1 Bristol City Deepdale, Preston, Lancashire
15:00 GMT King Yellow card 30'
Beckford 59'
Wiseman Yellow card 85'		 BBC Report 63' Wilbraham Attendance: 16,441
Referee: Robert Madley
14 April 2015 43 Bradford City 0–6 Bristol City Valley Parade, Bradford
19:45 GMT BBC Report 17', 73' Tavernier
35' Bryan
54' Ayling
66' Flint
79' Wilbraham
Yellow card 85' Saville		 Attendance: 12,609
Referee: Stuart Attwell
18 April 2015 44 Bristol City 0–0 Coventry City Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
15:00 GMT Pack Yellow card 17'
Bryan Yellow card 25'		 Report Yellow card 15' Nouble
Yellow card 63' Willis
Yellow card 78' Pennington
Yellow card 80' O'Brien		 Attendance: 12,093
Referee: England David Coote
25 April 2015 45 Chesterfield 0–2 Bristol City Proact Stadium, Chesterfield
15:00 GMT Roberts Yellow card 86'
Morsy Yellow card 88'		 Report 31' Agard
59' Flint
Yellow card 90+3' Elliott		 Attendance: 9,615
Referee: England Peter Bankes
3 May 2015 46 Bristol City 8–2 Walsall Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
12:15 GMT Flint 16', 67', 86'
Emmanuel-Thomas 22' (pen), 63'
Agard 57', 90'
Pack 62'		 BBC Report 13', 36' Hiwula
Yellow card 72' Chambers
Yellow card 90' Downing		 Attendance: 11,960
Referee: Paul Tierney

FA Cup

Main article: 2014–15 FA Cup

The draw for the first round of the FA Cup was made on 27 October 2014.[2]

8 November 2014 Round One Gillingham 1–2 Bristol City Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham
15:00 Kedwell 81' (pen.) Report 40' Cunningham
77' Emmanuel-Thomas		 Attendance: 2,654
Referee: Pat Miller
7 December 2014 Round Two Bristol City 1–0 AFC Telford United Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
14:00 Agard 90+2' Report McDonald Yellow card 26'
Platt Yellow card 44'
Parry Yellow card 60'		 Attendance: 6,678
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
3 January 2015 Round Three Doncaster Rovers 1–1 Bristol City Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster
15:00 McCullough 50' Report 75' M Smith Attendance: 5,671
Referee: Scott Duncan
13 January 2015 Round Three Replay Bristol City 2–0 Doncaster Rovers Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
19:45 Emmanuel-Thomas 36' 79' Report Attendance: 6,951
Referee: England Darren Bond
25 January 2015 Round Four Bristol City 0–1 West Ham United Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
14:00 Report Sakho 81' Attendance: 12,682
Referee: England Lee Mason

League Cup

Main article: 2014–15 Football League Cup
12 August 2014 Round One Bristol City 1–2 Oxford United Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
19:45 Bryan 2'Yellow card 22'
El-Abd Yellow card 70'		 Report 55' Morris
Wright Yellow card 60'
87' Hylton		 Attendance: 6,145
Referee: Lee Collins

Football League Trophy

Main article: 2014–15 Football League Trophy
8 October 2014 Round Two Cheltenham Town 1–3 Bristol City Whaddon Road, Cheltenham
19:45 Taylor Yellow card 61'
Gornell 64'
Marquis Yellow card 90'		 BBC Report Burns 28'
Smith 56', 84'
Fielding Yellow card 87'
Wynter Yellow card 90'		 Attendance: 3,599
Referee: Keith Stroud
11 November 2014 Round Three Bristol City 2–1 AFC Wimbledon Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
19:45 Wilbraham 73', 77' BBC Report 84' Francomb Attendance: 4,647
Referee: Stuart Attwell
10 December 2014 Area S-Final Bristol City 2–0 Coventry City Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
19:45 Williams 30'
Wilbraham 75'		 Report Johnson Yellow card 29'
O'Brien Yellow card 58'		 Attendance: 5,019
Referee: Steve Martin
6 January 2015 Area Final Gillingham 2–4 Bristol City Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham
19:45 McDonald 6', 70' Report 18', 27', 50', 77' Smith Attendance: 2,368
Referee: Andy D'Urso
29 January 2015 Area Final Bristol City 1–1
(5–3 agg.)		 Gillingham Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
19:45 Smith 17'
Freeman Yellow card 43'
Ayling Yellow card 53'		 Report McGlashan 31'
Hoyte Yellow card 69'
Egan Yellow card 79'		 Attendance: 8,469
Referee: England Graham Scott
22 March 2015 Final Bristol City 2–0 Walsall Wembley Stadium, London
15:30 Flint 15'
Little 51'		 BBC Report Attendance: 72,315
Referee: Mick Russell

Overall summary

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References

  1. [1]
    "Bristol City: Steve Cotterill on how to build a title-winning team". BBC Sport. 2 May 2015.
  2. [2]
    "First round draw". The FA. 27 October 2014.
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