Bristol City Blog

Bristol City midfielder Marvin Elliott has signed a new contract with the West Country side, alleviating fears that he may leave during the summer transfer window.
Fans and officials alike will be pleased with the new deal, which should, theoretically, see the midfielder remain at the club until 2012. The Bristol Evening Post said that Elliott [...]

With Bristol City having performed well in their first two seasons back in England’s second tier, they are facing an increasingly difficult transfer dilemma - while their consolidated status and improved national reputation are useful in attempting to lure better players to Ashton Gate, they also face more of a struggle to keep hold of [...]

Defender Izzy Iriekpen will not be signing a permanent deal with Bristol City.
Gary Johnson signed him on a free after he left Scunthorpe by mutual consent.
Johnson was keen to sign the former West Ham man to a permanent deal, if he had passed the thorough medical the whole squad have been put through in recent [...]

Striker Peter Styvar is leaving Ashton Gate.
The Bristol Evening Post has suggested that the Slovakian, signed from MSK Zilna in January, could be sent out on loan after a disappointing four months in England. His likely destination is Greek First Division side Skoda Xanthi, with talks already in progress.
The newspaper also suggests that a fee [...]

Second-choice goalkeeper Chris Weale has left Ashton Gate on a Bosman free transfer to League 1 champions Leicester City.
Weale, who was loaned out to both Hereford and his former club Yeovil during this past season, was widely expected to leave in order to gain first-team football.
Weale has struggled with injuries, and has only rarely [...]

Supermarket giants Tesco are keen on purchasing the land which currently houses Bristol City’s Ashton Gate stadium, the local press has reported.
Tesco have officially confirmed their interest in buying the plot, with the estimated £20 million price tag a healthy contribution to the construction of City’s new stadium.
The Tesco deal, of £20 million, is four [...]

I’ll be updating this blog with a number of ‘Rumour Mill’ posts, looking at the latest players linked with a move to Ashton Gate this summer. Of course, the rumours may turn out to be asbsolute rubbish, but I think it will be a nice little feature. I will only comment on rumours posted in [...]

As you can see, it has been a while since the blog was updated. I’ve personally had exams, and continue to do so, which explains my absence. However, I thought that I would post a quick summary of some of the news which has come out of Bristol City Football Club over the past couple [...]

Bristol City striker Dele Adebola is set to leave the club in the summer.
The Nigerian international, who is out of contract at the end of the season, has been linked to a move away from the West Country since January, with an exit now looking likely.
BBC Radio Bristol has reported that the target man, 34, [...]

Bristol City have unveiled their new home kit for the 2009/2010 Championship season.
The strip is again produced by Puma and sponsored by Bristol-based insurance company DAS.
The new effort features parallel white streaks on the chest of the shirt, with two more Puma logos adorning the top of the shoulders.
Both the shorts and socks are mainly [...]