Newsletter #423

I’m afraid we don’t have a match report for the Notts County game, maybe someone can do one and send it off to Nizam for the next issue. City won 2-0 with a goal around the 70th minute from Tskhadadze, who headed a Horlock corner home and then, right at the end from Allsopp who was on for Bradbury. A through ball caught the Notts defence napping (not offside according to David White on GMR) and Allsopp tore down on the ‘keeper, rounded him and slotted the ball home. Despite what the newspapers reported, Paul Howarth assured me that we we outplayed them. City’s youngest player Mason once again put in an excellent performance.

This issue sees Simon’s last posting; along with that, we have plenty of opinion generated by his previous postings, including one which has come from a source close to the club who wishes to remain anonymous.

’til September… Ashley

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NEWS – BROWN

According to the M.U.E.N. Sheffield United are interested in buying Michael Brown for £1 million. Perhaps City should introduce a ‘buy one, get one free’ offer – it’s the only way we’ll get rid of Nigel Clough etc.

UPDATE ON THE CITY SQUAD

Danny Allsopp signed for £10,000 from Port Melbourne Sharks
Scott Hiley loaned to Southampton
Joe McNab & Neil McNab joined Portsmouth
Martyn Margetson joined Southend on free transfer
Rae Ingram joined Macclesfield on free transfer
David Morley and Chris Greenacre transfer listed
Craig Russell on loan to Tranmere

Players Released:      Neil Brisco, Tony Callaghan, Gerry Creaney,

                       George Doherty, Ben Gallagher, Chris Pridham, Aled

                       Rowlands, Scott Thomas, David Wills, Richard Acton,

                       Ben Burrows

Tommy Wright

Nick Weaver

Michael Brown

Gerard Wiekens

Tony Vaughan

Richard Edghill

Anthony Fenton

Nick Fenton

Murtaz Shelia

Richard Jobson

Danny Tiatto

David Morley              Transfer Listed

Paul Beesley              Transfer Listed

Scott Hiley               Loaned to Southampton

Kakhaber Tskhadadze       Transfer Listed

Kevin Horlock

Jamie Pollock

Lee Crooks

Gary Mason

Jeff Whitley

Jim Whitley

Michael Brown

Ged Brannan               Transfer Listed

Nigel Clough              Transfer Listed

Martin Phillips           Transfer Listed

Neil Heaney               Transfer Listed

Ian Bishop                Transfer Listed

Paul Dickov

Lee Bradbury

Barry Conlon

Shaun Goater

Alan Bailey

Danny Allsop

Mikhail Kavalashvili      (on loan to Grasshoppers Z