The View From Churchmans

This 100% home record has to end soon, or else in the stands we're going to be in danger of taking for granted being the country's most spoiled supporters. In any one of the past few seasons, a comfortable two-nil home win against Southampton would have been extremely satisfactory, but this one left most of us with a "could do better" feeling. I promise I'm not complaining about ... More...

Extraordinary. Hands up who said before this one that if the home record was to go, it might well be this afternoon? Now, people might point out that Bristol lost one centre-half soon into the second quarter of the game, and lost the other (as well as going a man down) soon into the third quarter, so it's hardly surprising they struggled defensively. But that's in hindsight. Don't ... More...