Bristol Sack O'Driscoll

News has broken out of Ashton Gate as it’s confirmed that Bristol City have today sacked Sean O’Driscoll from his role as the clubs manager. O’Driscoll has taken over at the helm on the 4th January 2013 on a 12 month rolling contract, so some fans are a bit shocked to see him leave just 6 months into the job. Rumours are that the reason for his sacking is that he failed to keep the club in the championship last season, but social networking sites are saying that he criticised the lack of funding made available to him and called the chairman a c**k sucking t**t, which them got him sacked on the spot. O’Driscoll has lost his first game in charge against Leeds, but a victory over Ipswich then changed City’s fortunes and inspired them to get 5 wins and 2 draws from their next 10 games. However the form was not sustained, with 7 defeats, 2 draws and no wins from the clubs last 9 games which subsequently got them relegated to League 1, and was a major factor in his sacking.

O’Driscoll’s playing career saw him rise through the leagues, starting out at his local side Willenhall Town for a year before spending a year at Alvechurch. Fulham then spotted his potential in the lower leagues and he spent 5 years with the London outfit, making 148 appearances, scoring 13 goals. He then moved on to Bournemouth, where he spent 11 years with the club before retiring, making 423 games and scoring 19 goals, as well as making 3 appearances for the Republic Of Ireland, despite being born in Wolverhampton in England. Bristol City fans will be looking for a suitable manager to help the club win promotion back to the Championship, and the board are expected to make their announcement within the next week, and have said they will not hire a manager if they believe the fans will never warm to him. Early contenders for the post are former QPR manager Neil Warnock, who is 5-1 to take the job with Ladbrokes, long time servant Louis Carey is 9-1 to make the step up from playing to help the team and Steve Coppell’s name was also thrown around to be tempted out of his management exile to take the reins for the second time at the club.

Good start mate, good luck for the season! I will be following 1ST COMMENT HAHA

2013-12-09 18:51#148542 Radders2109 : Good start mate, good luck for the season! I will be following 1ST COMMENT HAHA

Thanks mate:) My choice of manager is interesting:P Hopefully i can make the play offs

Great start lad Hopefully this will be an awesome read! GOOD LUCK!

Bristol City Hire New Manager

Bristol City have today shocked English football by announcing they have hired former Chelsea forward Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink as the clubs new manager. Hasselbaink, 41, was close to joining Belgian side Royal Antwerp as manager before Bristol came in for him, has recently expressed his delight at landing the top job at a progressing club, and reveals he is looking forward to many years at the Ashton Gate side. Born in Surinam but opted to play for the Netherlands, Hasselbaink had a successful playing career which lasted for 18 years, playing for clubs such as Leeds United, Atletico Madrid and Chelsea, racking up a career total of 195 goals in 468 games as well as 9 goals in 23 appearances for Holland.

He has signed a 1 year deal , which is reported to be worth around £3,800 per week which has the option of leaving the club for nothing the option of , was speaking to BBC Sport about what he aims to achieve at the League 1 Club. “Well, my first target is to make sure I can have the right balance of players and also manage to get them used to and playing well with my tactics that I will employ, which are important factors if you want to win points from matches, my second target is to help the club win promotion back to the Championship, either through the play-offs or automatic promotion, and my final target for this season is to earn a new contract beyond the end of this season so I can help the club progress up the footballing pyramid and hopefully take us into the Premier League”. Supporter Spokesman Jimmy Forbes has revealed that he and many other fans are delighted with the clubs decision to hire Hasselbaink as the manager, with his experience in football going to be a contributing factor in his rein at the robins.

good luck mate will follow this with interest

Great start and nice manager choice

2013-12-09 20:07#148563 Redmens09 : good luck mate will follow this with interest

thanks mate:D

2013-12-09 20:53#148575 pompeyblue : Great start and nice manager choice

Thanks mate, not to unrealistic as he has been linked with Brentford this week, so the same league.

Bristol City manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink today confidently claimed that his side will win promotion from League 1 and return to the Championship at the first time of asking. Speaking to sky sports news on why he took the job at Ashton Gate, Hasselbaink said, "When i first learnt that Bristol City sacked Sean O'Driscoll, i was eager to apply for the position as the club are progressing and developing every year. I looked up on their performances from last season, and the fans are disappointed about the club finishing 24th last season, but now they need to forget all about the past and look forward to the future. With the players that i have at my disposal here at the club, and with a couple of my own signings, i am 100% confident that we can win promotion back to the Championship at the first attempt. The fans are the most important thing here at the club, so i will do my best to keep them happy and bring success to the club and earn a new deal, i want to remain here for many years and hope to help the club rise up the leagues and turn us into a dominant side in English football".

Hasselbaink has already headlined his determination to bring in some key players at Ashton Gate, by bringing in players such as David Bentley, Albert Crusat, Jay Bothroyd, Vicente, Nuno Gomes and Pablo Ibanez on trial to the club, along with 5 other players, as he aims to take a look at new signings to revamp his side who he claims can win promotion this season.

Good luck, you can do it.

Bristol City manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has today brought in 6 new players as he looks to beef up his squad for the upcoming Sky Bet League 2 season and challenge for promotion.


21 Year old English Central Midfielder Gary Gardner has joined for the season on loan from
Premier League side Aston Villa. Gardner has made 16 appearances to date for Villa, with a further 4 games and 1 goal in a brief loan spell at Coventry, and is delighted to join City, aiming to further his development at the League 1 side and gain much more match experience.


20 Year old Portuguese Central Defender Tiagi Ilori has also joined for the season on loan, from Premier League side Liverpool after signing for the Merseyside club for £7m from Sporting Lisbon. Illori made 11 appearances for Lisbon scoring once and has been tipped to be the star man in defence for Bristol this season.


21 Year old Greek Striker Apostolos Vellios is the 3rd loan signing at Ashton Gate, with the Everton loanee hoping to use this move as an oppurtunity to return to Goodison Park at the end of the season and try and establish himself in the Everton line up. Vellios has scored 3 goals in 22 league appearances for Everton to date, and vows to hit the goal trail for his new side.

Former Newcastle winger Esteban Lopez, 18, former Manchester United keeper Dean Santangelo 19, and former Nottingham Forest forward Adam Nkusu Landu, 19, have all also joined the club on free transfers as stars to watch out for in the future.

Some very good signings there mate they will be a big boost!

I really like Tiago Ilori, he should be good!

Not my only ones either:P My next update will have the stronger signings in, should be a good season if they play well together