The S24 Preview: Southend United v Bristol City

09 August 2010 23:23
It's Carling Cup football at Roots Hall Tuesday, August 10th, as Championship side Bristol Ciity take on the Shrimpers in the first round, kick-off 19.45. v SHRIMPERSLeft-back Peter Gilbert has an ankle problem and is likely to miss the first few weeks of the season.Winger Ryan Hall is unavailable after picking up a red card late last season while he was still at former club Bromley. Bilel Mohsni and Adam Bouzid may be able to feature in the opening day fixture but are still waiting for international clearance from the French Football Federation and Moroccan FA respectively.The side, well, as Luggy has been reported as saying he will give the fringe players a chance expect the odd change, Rhys Evans in goal for Glenn Morris for starters, even though victory could bring a money-spinning tie to Roots Hall. Possible Southend United: Evans, Clohessy, Coughlan, Prosser, Herd,  Grant, Easton, Simpson, Zaaboub, Paterson, Sturrock.Subs: Morris, Barker, Phillips, Soares, Spencer, Crawford, Corr.Must be in with a half-decent chance here, 2-1!COME ON YOU BLUES!!!!!OPPOSITION Final Midtable Championship 2010/118Sheffield United 461283372056122535171415625565+79Reading 461076392275112941171217686363+510Bristol City 4610103383458101831151813566563-911Middlesbrough 46986252176103329161416585062+812Doncaster Rovers 4697732296892729151516595860+1Damion Stewart and Sam Vokes are certainly out of the Robins team to face Southend Tuesday evening.Stewart will serve a one-match suspension after the defender was sent off in the opening-day 3-0 defeat to Millwall, while on-loan striker Vokes suffered a hamstring injury against the Lions just 13 minutes after coming off the bench to make his City debut.Louis Carey (heel) and Christian Ribeiro (back) could help bring down the Bristol City injury list as they have started training again.Sadly though for the west country club, fellow defenders Lewin Nyatanga and James Wilson, midfielder Kalifa Cisse (thigh) and strikers Danny Haynes (groin and thigh) and Nicky Maynard (knee) are all unavailable for selection.We may not hear the chant of 'England, England's No.1', which the Millwall fans were singing with such glee last weekend, as it looks as if David James' understudy Dean Gerken will be given a game.Robins boss Steve Coppell said: "I am still undecided but it might be a chance to give him a game. I can't chop and change much because of the circumstances as it is a case of having 17 or 18 fit players at the moment."Match report: Bristol City 0 Millwall 3 - available here:www.thisisbristol.co.uk/sport/Team-news-Bristol-City-v-Millwall-2010/article-2502462-detail/article.htmlPREVIOUSLYAt Southend Utd. (35)At Bristol City (37) ResultsTotal% ResultsTotal% Southend Utd.1954.29 Bristol City2567.57 Bristol City1131.43 Southend Utd.821.62 Draws514.29 Draws410.81 GoalsTotalAv.pg GoalsTotalAv.pg Southend Utd.611.74 Bristol City942.54 Bristol City351.00 Southend Utd.421.14On Neutral Ground (0)Overall (72 matches) ResultsTotal% ResultsTotal% Southend Utd.00.00 Southend Utd.2737.50 Bristol City00.00 Bristol City3650.00 Draws00.00 Draws912.50 GoalsTotalAv.pg GoalsTotalAv.pg Southend Utd.00.00 Southend Utd.1031.43 Bristol City00.00 Bristol City1291.79Records Highest Aggregate9Bristol City 6 - 3 Southend Utd.1962/1963  Highest Southend Utd. score:6Southend Utd. 6 - 0 Bristol City1934/1935  Highest Bristol City score:6Bristol City 6 - 3 Southend Utd.1962/1963  SeasonDateHomeScoreAwayCompetition  2005/2006Sat 06 MaySouthend Utd.1 - 0Bristol CityLeague One   Sat 29 OctBristol City0 - 3Southend Utd.League One   2001/2002Tue 30 OctSouthend Utd.0 - 2Bristol City(Associate Members)   1997/1998Sat 28 FebBristol City1 - 0Southend Utd.League Division Two   Sat 11 OctSouthend Utd.0 - 2Bristol CityLeague Division Two   1994/1995Sat 25 MarBristol City0 - 0Southend Utd.League Division One   Sat 17 SepSouthend Utd.2 - 1Bristol CityLeague Division One   1993/1994Sat 26 FebSouthend Utd.0 - 1Bristol CityLeague Division One   Sat 04 SepBristol City2 - 1Southend Utd.League Division One   1992/1993Wed 10 FebSouthend Utd.1 - 1Bristol CityLeague Division One   Sat 12 SepBristol City0 - 1Southend Utd.League Division One   1991/1992Sat 18 JanBristol City2 - 2Southend Utd.Second Division   Sat 17 AugSouthend Utd.1 - 1Bristol CitySecond Division   1988/1989Sat 08 AprBristol City0 - 2Southend Utd.Third Division   Sat 31 DecSouthend Utd.1 - 2Bristol CityThird Division   Sat 19 NovBristol City3 - 1Southend Utd.F.A. Cup   1987/1988Fri 11 MarSouthend Utd.2 - 0Bristol CityThird Division   Sat 10 OctBristol City3 - 2Southend Utd.Third Division   1986/1987Tue 27 JanBristol City1 - 0Southend Utd.(Associate Members)   1981/1982Sat 03 AprSouthend Utd.3 - 0Bristol CityThird Division   Sat 14 NovBristol City0 - 2Southend Utd.Third Division   1964/1965Mon 14 SepSouthend Utd.0 - 4Bristol CityThird Division   Tue 08 SepBristol City4 - 0Southend Utd.Third Division   1963/1964Sat 11 AprBristol City2 - 2Southend Utd.Third Division   Sat 30 NovSouthend Utd.1 - 1Bristol CityThird Division   1962/1963Tue 16 AprBristol City6 - 3Southend Utd.Third Division   Mon 15 AprSouthend Utd.2 - 2Bristol CityThird Division   1961/1962Tue 26 SepBristol City3 - 2Southend Utd.Third Division   Mon 18 SepSouthend Utd.1 - 0Bristol CityThird Division   1960/1961Sat 04 MarBristol City2 - 0Southend Utd.Third Division   Sat 15 OctSouthend Utd.1 - 0Bristol CityThird Division   1954/1955Sat 26 FebBristol City3 - 2Southend Utd.Third Division (South)   Sat 20 NovBristol City1 - 2Southend Utd.F.A. Cup   Sat 09 OctSouthend Utd.3 - 2Bristol CityThird Division (South)   1953/1954Sat 10 AprSouthend Utd.0 - 1Bristol CityThird Division (South)   Sat 05 DecBristol City4 - 1Southend Utd.Third Division (South)   1952/1953Wed 29 AprSouthend Utd.0 - 4Bristol CityThird Division (South)   Fri 26 DecBristol City5 - 0Southend Utd.Third Division (South)   1951/1952Wed 27 FebSouthend Utd.5 - 1Bristol CityThird Division (South)   Wed 06 FebBristol City6 - 0Southend Utd.Third Division (South)   1950/1951Wed 31 JanSouthend Utd.1 - 1Bristol CityThird Division (South)   Wed 17 JanBristol City0 - 3Southend Utd.Third Division (South)   1949/1950Sat 25 FebSouthend Utd.2 - 0Bristol CityThird Division (South)   Sat 08 OctBristol City1 - 1Southend Utd.Third Division (South)   1948/1949Sat 18 DecBristol City2 - 1Southend Utd.Third Division (South)   Sat 21 AugSouthend Utd.1 - 0Bristol CityThird Division (South)   1947/1948Sat 20 DecSouthend Utd.4 - 0Bristol CityThird Division (South)   Sat 23 AugBristol City6 - 0Southend Utd.Third Division (South)   1946/1947Sat 26 AprBristol City2 - 0Southend Utd.Third Division (South)   Sat 21 DecSouthend Utd.4 - 1Bristol CityThird Division (South)   1938/1939Sat 18 MarBristol City1 - 0Southend Utd.Third Division (South)   Sat 12 NovSouthend Utd.2 - 0Bristol CityThird Division (South)   1937/1938Sat 02 AprBristol City4 - 2Southend Utd.Third Division (South)   Sat 20 NovSouthend Utd.5 - 0Bristol CityThird Division (South)   1936/1937Sat 27 MarBristol City0 - 1Southend Utd.Third Division (South)   Sat 21 NovSouthend Utd.3 - 0Bristol CityThird Division (South)   1935/1936Sat 14 MarSouthend Utd.0 - 1Bristol CityThird Division (South)   Sat 26 OctBristol City2 - 1Southend Utd.Third Division (South)   1934/1935Sat 02 MarSouthend Utd.6 - 0Bristol CityThird Division (South)   Sat 20 OctBristol City2 - 0Southend Utd.Third Division (South)   1933/1934Sat 05 MayBristol City5 - 1Southend Utd.Third Division (South)   Sat 23 DecSouthend Utd.3 - 0Bristol CityThird Division (South)   1932/1933Sat 18 MarBristol City5 - 1Southend Utd.Third Division (South)   Sat 05 NovSouthend Utd.3 - 1Bristol CityThird Division (South)   1926/1927Sat 30 AprSouthend Utd.0 - 1Bristol CityThird Division (South)   Wed 23 FebBristol City5 - 1Southend Utd.Third Division (South)   1925/1926Sat 26 DecSouthend Utd.1 - 2Bristol CityThird Division (South)   Fri 25 DecBristol City1 - 4Southend Utd.Third Division (South)   1924/1925Sat 14 MarBristol City5 - 0Southend Utd.Third Division (South)   Sat 08 NovSouthend Utd.2 - 0Bristol CityThird Division (South)   1922/1923Sat 28 OctSouthend Utd.0 - 3Bristol CityThird Division (South)   Sat 21 OctBristol City5 - 0Southend Utd.Third Division (South)  REFThe man in the middle is FIXTURESBETTo Win:Southend (to win) - 13/5, Draw - 5/2, Bristol City (to win) - 20/19. For a full selection of Carling Cup First Round odds: www.oddschecker.com/football/english/carling-cupHISTORYThe club was founded in 1897, when Bristol South End turned professional and changed its name to Bristol City, and were admitted into the Southern League, finishing as runners-up in three of the first four seasons. In 1900 the club merged with local rivals Bedminster, who had been founded as Southville in 1887. The side joined the Football League in 1901 and were the only non-London League side south of Birmingham until 1920. Their first game in the Football League was against Blackpool at Bloomfield Road on 7 September 1901. City won 2-0.They first entered Division 1 in 1906 as Second Division champions, and as newcomers became known as the "Bristol Babies", a nickname that would last into the thirties. They were runners-up to Newcastle in their first season in the top flight, and in 1909 reached the FA Cup final, where they were beaten by Manchester United at the Crystal Palace in London. But these achievements were not consistent, and in 1911 City were relegated back to the Second Division. They have not repeated the heights of the 1906-1909 era since, and did not even return to the top flight for 65 years.The 2009-10 season saw some good results in the autumn, but big defeats by Cardiff City (0-6) and Doncaster Rovers (2-5) in early 2010 lead to much dissatisfaction amongst fans.On 18 March 2010, the club issued a statement that Johnson had "left his post as manager of Bristol City FC by mutual consent". In a brief press conference on April 22, 2010, it was announced that former Reading manager Steve Coppell would become the new City manager at the end of the 2009-10 campaign, when he would start a 12-month rolling contract, and that Keith Millen, who had guided the club to Championship safety in his brief spell as caretaker manager, would remain at the club as his assistant.There's an even more comprehensive history of the club available here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_City_F.C.

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