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Bristol City Ashton Gate 12/10/2022 - themaclad - 10-10-2022 LAST TIME OUT FORM GUIDE BRISTOL C 1 PNE 11 MANAGER NIGEL PEARSON Managerial career Early career As manager of Carlisle United, Pearson helped to keep the club in the Football League at the end of the 1998–99 season.[3] He signed goalkeeper Jimmy Glass on loan, who scored an injury-time goal against Plymouth Argyle, saving the club from relegation to the Football Conference at the expense of Scarborough.[8] The match was Pearson's last in charge of the Brunton Park outfit. In 1999, he was recruited as Stoke City's first team coach by Gary Megson.[3] Although Megson was sacked later that year by the club's Icelandic consortium, Pearson was kept on for a further two years under Guðjón Þórðarson, before being sacked in 2001.[9] Pearson moved to West Bromwich Albion in November 2004 as assistant manager to Bryan Robson,[10] and took over as caretaker manager when Robson left the club in September 2006.[11] Albion won three and drew one of his matches in charge, before stepping down from the role in preparation for the arrival of new manager Tony Mowbray.[12] Pearson as assistant manager of Newcastle United in 2006 On 19 October 2006, he was linked with the Sheffield Wednesday manager's position but instead took over as assistant manager of Newcastle United, replacing Kevin Bond, who was dismissed following allegations he was prepared to take bungs for players whilst at Portsmouth.[13] On 1 February 2007, Pearson was confirmed as assistant coach to Stuart Pearce, the England U21 team manager, until after the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.[14] As Pearce's contract limited him to involvement in only one friendly before the Championship, Pearson led the under-21s in their 3–3 draw against Italy on 24 March 2007, the first game at the new Wembley Stadium.[15][16] When Newcastle manager Glenn Roeder resigned on 6 May 2007, Pearson took charge of the remaining game of the season, away to Watford.[17] Pearson stayed on at Newcastle as a coach following the arrival of Sam Allardyce as manager at the club.[18] On 9 January, following the departure of Allardyce, he was re-appointed as caretaker manager for Newcastle's trip to Manchester United.[19] Newcastle lost 6–0, after a Cristiano Ronaldo hat-trick, a brace from Carlos Tevez and a Rio Ferdinand goal.[20] On 16 January 2008, after Kevin Keegan had been announced as the next permanent manager of the club, Pearson took charge of the team for the 3rd round FA Cup replay against Stoke City, which Newcastle won 4–1.[21] On 8 February, Pearson left the club.[22] Southampton On 18 February 2008, Pearson was appointed as manager of Southampton on a rolling contract.[23] On 19 February 2008, his career at Southampton got off to a poor start, losing 2–0 at home to Plymouth Argyle in front of 17,806, the lowest recorded crowd at St Mary's Stadium.[24] On 22 February 2008, Southampton gained their first point under his managership, drawing 1–1 away to Scunthorpe United.[25] On 4 May 2008, with only one game to go, at home to Sheffield United, the Saints were in 22nd place and facing relegation to League One.[26] After going 1–0 down, Pearson's side pulled-off a comeback to win the game 3–2, their goals scored by Marek Saganowski and two from Stern John, who was also sent-off.[27] Southampton secured Championship status for another season, at the expense of Leicester City, who could only manage a 0–0 draw with Premier League-bound Stoke City, and were relegated to the third tier of English football for the first time in their 124-year history .[28] On 30 May 2008, Pearson was replaced by Dutch coach Jan Poortvliet after only three months in charge.[29] Leicester City Pearson (right) and Milan Mandarić after winning the League One title in 2009 On 20 June 2008, Pearson was appointed as manager of Leicester City.[30] Craig Shakespeare became the club's first team coach and co-assistant manager alongside Steve Walsh (a former Chelsea chief scout, and not the former Leicester City player of the same name).[31] As well as having worked together on the West Bromwich Albion coaching staff, the two had also played together at Sheffield Wednesday. Shakespeare once said that Pearson was the best captain he had ever played under.[32] Pearson was named League One Manager of the Month for August 2008 after Leicester won three of their first four games, scoring nine goals and conceding only once.[citation needed] After the disappointing defeat of losing 3–2 away to Brighton & Hove Albion despite being 2–0 up at half-time, Leicester bounced back with a club-record 23-match unbeaten run in the league between 1 November 2008 and 7 March 2009, before finally being beaten 2–0 by Tranmere Rovers.[33] He was again named the League One Manager of the Month during that run in December 2008.[citation needed] On 18 April 2009, Leicester won 2–0 at Southend United, confirming their promotion back to the Championship as League One champions. The season finished with the club racking up their highest ever points tally of 96 points, as they lost just four of their 46 league games.[3] Veteran full-back Chris Powell also joined Pearson's coaching staff as a player/coach in the summer of 2009,[34] as Leicester continued their upsurge in form under Pearson the following season in the Championship. Leicester completed a full calendar year of being undefeated at home, before a 2–1 defeat against Preston North End on 26 September 2009 ended the longest unbeaten home run in the country.[35] Leicester spent almost the entire season in the play-off positions and an impressive month of February saw Pearson pick up the Championship Manager of the Month award.[citation needed] Leicester finished in 5th place in their first season back in the Championship, earning a place in the Championship play-offs and a chance of back-to-back promotions.[36] They were defeated by Cardiff City following a penalty shoot-out in the play-off semifinal, despite fighting back from a 2-goal aggregate deficit in the second leg to briefly lead 3–2.[3] At the end of the season, Pearson took a hard line on Leicester defender Wayne Brown, who had publicly said in front of his teammates – including some of ethnic minority backgrounds – that he had voted for the far-right British National Party in the general election on 6 May. He dropped Brown from the side for the play-offs.[37] During the close season, Brown left the club to sign for Preston North End.[38] Despite his relative success in his two years at Leicester, he often had a very strained relationship with chairman Milan Mandaric and chief executive Lee Hoos. In the summer of 2010, Mandaric showed a consortium of potential club buyers round the club without Pearson's knowledge and invited Paulo Sousa to the second leg of the play-off semifinal. The club then allowed Hull City to speak to him. Pearson said: "It doesn't take a rocket scientist to work out what's happening" – suggesting the club did not want to keep him. He then left Leicester to take the job at Hull City and Paulo Sousa was later appointed as his successor.[39][40] Hull City On 29 June 2010, he was appointed Hull City manager.[41] Despite financial difficulties following relegation from the Premier League, Pearson was still able to enter the transfer market, bringing in players such as Nolberto Solano, James Harper, Liam Rosenior, Robert Koren and Jay Simpson.[42][43][44][45] The club won their first away game in over a year at Norwich City in September. Following that victory, Pearson's club broke a 66-year-old record with 14 consecutive away games without defeat.[46] The season ended with an 11th-place finish.[3] Hull started the 2011–12 season with the club sitting one point outside the play-offs, having a game in hand in the middle of November;[47] however, on 7 November 2011 Pearson requested permission to talk to his former club Leicester.[48] Return to Leicester City After Mandaric and Hoos had departed the club, Pearson was persuaded to rejoin Leicester City under their new ownership by chairman Vichai Raksriaksorn, and after days of negotiations he was finally re-appointed as manager on 15 November 2011 with Leicester sitting 12th in the Championship.[49][50] Pearson started well, taking seven points from his first three games, which took Leicester into the top six for the first time since he had last been at the club, over 18 months previously,[51] before Leicester faced the Hull City side Pearson had left just 18 days earlier. Leicester lost the game 2–1 thanks to a late Robert Koren strike, as Pearson was greeted with chants of "Judas" from the Hull fans.[52] That result also signalled a downturn in form, beginning a run which saw Leicester fail to win for 5 consecutive games.[53] However, after the new year, Pearson rang the changes for the trip to Crystal Palace in an attempt to get back to winning ways, recalling Aleksander Tunchev to play his first match of the season and bringing in reserve team player Tom Kennedy and 18-year-old youth academy graduate Liam Moore to make his first team debut for the club. His inexperienced team selection paid off as Leicester earnt a 2–1 victory to end their winless run.[54] Pearson was sent to the stands in a 2–2 draw against his former club Middlesbrough, after the referee had allegedly "barged" into Leicester's dressing room unannounced, to which Pearson reacted angrily. The referee then left it to the fourth official to tell him he had been sent off. Pearson then appealed his sending off, saying, "I was giving my players instructions and there is no chance I will tolerate anyone coming in there who has nothing to do with my team. I'm within my rights to tell him to get out – he was telling me to hurry up. I can't wait to see the fall-out and I can't wait to appeal."[55][56] Pearson's appeal was successful, and he faced no disciplinary action from the Football Association (FA).[57] After an inconsistent season, Leicester ended the season ninth in the Championship.[58] Leicester made a slow start to the 2012–13 season, losing three of their first five league games and suffering a surprising defeat in the second round of the League Cup at the hands of League Two side Burton Albion; however, a run of five straight victories saw Leicester sitting top of the table after 12 games and also earnt Pearson a nomination for Championship Manager of the Month in September.[59][60] However, a drop in form in mid-season saw Leicester fall to fifth. The signing of Chris Wood, though, saw a rejuvenated Leicester go on another run of five consecutive wins, with Leicester reprising 2nd place in the Championship table, behind leaders Cardiff City, and Pearson this time won the Championship Manager of the Month award for January 2013.[61] Again, a drop in form followed Leicester City's rise to second spot, and they only made the Championship play-offs on goal difference following their last gasp 3–2 win against neighbours Nottingham Forest on the last day of the season.[62] After winning the first leg against third-placed Watford 1–0, Pearson's Leicester City narrowly lost the second leg of the play-offs 3–1, after Anthony Knockaert missed a last-minute penalty which would have sent them to Wembley.[63] The 2013–14 season saw Leicester recover from their play-off defeat of the previous season, starting well and sitting in first place at Christmas. It was during this time that the club started a club-record run of consecutive league victories, winning nine games from 21 December 2013 – 1 February 2014, which saw the club pull 10 points clear at the top of the Championship and earnt Pearson the Championship Manager of the Month award for January 2014.[64] Continuing good results, which saw Leicester play 20 league games unbeaten until the end of March, also earned Pearson the award again in March 2014.[65] Leicester ended the season as champions, winning promotion to the Premier League.[66] In February 2015, following a home defeat by Crystal Palace in a game in which, at one point, Pearson put his hands around Palace's James McArthur's neck, while on the ground, the press reported that Pearson had been sacked. In a "night of confusion," it was reported by The Guardian that club staff, and even Pearson himself, had been told that he was sacked.[67] However, the same evening, the club issued a statement stating that such claims were "inaccurate and without foundation."[68] Following victories against West Ham United, West Brom, Swansea City and Burnley, with just one defeat, against Chelsea, during the month of April 2015, Pearson won the Premier League Manager of the Month for the first time.[69] On 29 April 2015, following a 3–1 defeat to Chelsea, Pearson was again embroiled in controversy, when he called a journalist an "ostrich", "stupid" and "daft" during a post-match news conference. He apologised for his comments the following day.[70][71] On 16 May 2015, Leicester City confirmed their Premier League status following a goalless draw with Sunderland, becoming only the third team to escape relegation having been bottom at Christmas.[72] Leicester finished the season in 14th place.[73] On 30 June 2015, however, Pearson was sacked, with the club stating that "the working relationship between Nigel and the Board was no longer viable." The sacking was linked to his son James's role in an alleged racist sex tape made by three Leicester City reserve players in Thailand during a post-season tour.[74][75][76] He was replaced at Leicester City by Claudio Ranieri, who took Leicester to the Premier League title the following year as 5000–1 outsiders. Sports journalists gave Pearson credit for building the team that won the title, as did player Riyad Mahrez.[77] Derby County After a year out of football, Pearson was appointed manager of Championship team Derby County on a three-year contract on 27 May 2016.[78] On 27 September 2016, Pearson was suspended by the club pending an internal investigation[79] following a row with owner Mel Morris.[80] It was later claimed that the row began with Pearson's objection to Morris's use of drones to observe training sessions.[81] Pearson left the club by mutual consent on 8 October 2016, with Derby 20th in the Championship.[82] OH Leuven After losing out on the managerial role at his former club Middlesbrough to Garry Monk,[83] Pearson was appointed as the manager of Belgian First Division B side Oud-Heverlee Leuven on 22 September 2017.[84] He was sacked on 3 February 2019.[85] Watford Pearson was appointed Watford manager on 6 December 2019 on a contract until the end of the season. He was their third manager of the season after Javi Gracia and Quique Sánchez Flores.[86] On 29 February 2020, with Pearson as manager, Watford defeated league leaders Liverpool 3–0. This was the first time in 45 games that Liverpool had lost in the Premier League.[87] On 19 July 2020, Pearson was sacked with two games remaining in the 2019–20 season. Watford were seven points adrift at the bottom of the league when Pearson took charge, and three points above the relegation zone when he was sacked.[88][89] Following Pearson's sacking, Watford went on to lose their remaining two games and were relegated.[90] Bristol City On 22 February 2021, Pearson was appointed manager of Bristol City on a contract until the end of the season.[91] On 29 April 2021, Pearson signed a three year contract.[92] BRISTOL CULTURE John M. Perry is an English musician, songwriter, and author. He came to prominence in the mid-1970s as the guitarist for the English rock band the Only Ones. The Only Ones came out of London during the first wave of punk (1976–77) and, rather like the New York bands the Heartbreakers and Television with whom they later toured, suffered from being too musical for lumpen-punk but too "new" for conservative record business sensibilities. Though they were lumped in with the new wave vanguard, the band were too musically literate—not to mention long in the tooth—to be punks. Rather they were sophisticated guitar rockers whose sound embraced all flavors of 1950s and 1960s rock.[1] Although never a huge commercial success, the band are highly influential.[2] Perry's guitar style is noted for a combination of attack and melody, a mixture that the UK music magazine Sounds described as being "very superb".[3] https://www.bcfc.co.uk/ https://www.not606.com/forums/bristol-city.34/ RE: Bristol City Ashton Gate 12/10/2022 - themaclad - 11-10-2022 In The Dressing Room Troy Parrott will miss the "foreseeable future" after picking up an injury in the aftermath of his first Championship goal for PNE against Norwich City. Ryan Lowe is hopeful his side have recovered from a sickness bug which many of his players have been struggling with over the past few days. Some players missed training on Monday, but everyone was involved on Tuesday morning before the squad made the journey to Bristol. A Look At Our Hosts Bristol City head in to the game following a below-par run of results, having picked up just one point in their past five Championship fixtures. Their form which preceded that run was a complete contrast, with the Robins going eight games unbeaten, which included six victories. They will be looking to correct their form quickly, especially after the weekend’s 3-0 defeat to Birmingham City, which boss Nigel Pearson described as awful and unacceptable. Going Head To Head Games played: 95 PNE wins: 34 Draws: 34 Bristol City wins: 27 Last meeting: PNE 2-2 Bristol City, 29th January 2022 One To Watch Bristol City have a wide range of youth and experience in their squad, with the likes of Nahki Wells and Andreas Weimann offering great knowhow, combined with the rawness of youngsters such as Tommy Conway and Alex Scott. The latter, just 19 years of age, enjoyed a breakthrough season last time out, and impressed despite playing most of his football in the somewhat unfamiliar position of right wing back. This term, though, he’s become an established part of their midfield, and North End will almost certainly be looking to limit Scott’s impact on the game, given the quality of his performances, which have reportedly attracted the attention of some top clubs. Match Official Leigh Doughty will referee the third Preston North End game of his career on Wednesday night. Both previous occasions he has been the main official have ended in defeat for North End, against Cardiff City and Fulham last season. Doughty has shown 37 yellow cards and two reds in nine games so far this campaign, and he will be assisted by Craig Taylor and Greg Read, while Keith Stroud is the fourth official. MACS VIEW Losing Storey suspension and Parrott injury is a blow against a Brizzle side who are not in the best of form, however hopefully get a positive result, good news for the citizens of Bristol won't be there so cannot make it seven wins on the trot at the Gate of Ashton RE: Bristol City Ashton Gate 12/10/2022 - themaclad - 12-10-2022 RE: Bristol City Ashton Gate 12/10/2022 - themaclad - 12-10-2022 Brizzle 1 up Hughes 1 all 2-1 RE: Bristol City Ashton Gate 12/10/2022 - themaclad - 13-10-2022 Bristol City 2 Atkinson 2 Preston North End 1 Hughes Bristol City line-up: O’Leary; Vyner, Klose, Atkinson; Sykes (Martin, 90+3), Scott, Williams, Dasilve; Weimann; Conway (Wells, 85), Semenyo. Subs not used: Bentley, Martin, King, Pring, Tanner, Kadji. PNE line-up: Woodman; Hughes, Lindsay, Cunningham; Brady, Whiteman (Diaby, 90+5), Fernández (Browne, 77); McCann (Evans, 77), Johnson (Woodburn, 55); Maguire (Ledson, 55), Riis. Subs not used: Cornell, Potts. Attendance: 17,467 (464 PNE fans) Referee: Mr K Stroud. Preston North End’s unbeaten start to the Championship season on the road came to an end with a 2-1 defeat to Bristol City. After a relatively quiet first half, the hosts opened the scoring shortly into the second through defender Rob Atkinson, before Andrew Hughes fired home eight minutes from time to level the scoring. Centre half Atkinson got his second of the evening, though, in the last minute of normal time to earn the points for his side. out.stream powered by ADITION Ryan Lowe made two changes from the weekend’s victory over Norwich City, with Andrew Hughes and Daniel Johnson replacing the suspended Jordan Storey and Alan Browne, respectively. The hosts started the better of the two sides, with North End called into some early defending, but those in front of Freddie Woodman ensured the ‘keeper wasn’t called upon, coming up with some good blocks. PNE did begin to grow into the game, keeping plenty of possession and going on to create an opening for Andrew Hughes, who saw a shot blocked at close range. A lovely team move, culminating with a sliding pass from Daniel Johnson, almost unlocked the door for Sean Maguire inside the area, but goalkeeper Max O’Leary rushed out and just beat the Irishman to it. On 39 minutes, Maguire then looked to catch O’Leary out with an audacious 30-yard chipped volley, which looped just over the crossbar. On the other side of half-time, Antoine Semenyo and Jay Dasilva both tried their luck in a spell of pressure for the hosts, before Atkinson did open the scoring, heading home from close range after a cross into the box was flicked on to him. North End made a double change – already planned prior to the goal – with Ryan Ledson one of the men to come on, and he so nearly had an assist to his name almost immediately. He found Emil Riis with a looped ball over the top, and the Dane took it down exceptionally well, but saw his low drive kept out by O’Leary. The lively Semenyo could have soon doubled Bristol City’s lead, ushering Lindsay off the ball before firing over with his left foot. Semenyo again tried his luck ten minutes from time, breaking forward and unleashing a powerful strike at goal, where Woodman dived to his left to parry it out. A few minutes later, the back of the net was struck, but it was PNE who were celebrating. Robbie Brady’s cross was met by a PNE head in the middle, the ball then falling kindly to Hughes, who slammed home from 12 yards. The hosts had the final say of the evening, though, as Alex Scott’s corner found Atkinson free on the edge of the six-yard box, and the defender headed home to win the game. Bristol City manager Nigel Pearson told BBC Radio Bristol: "I am satisfied with the outcome. It's always difficult to reflect with real balance when we've been so poor and then we're able to put together a response which makes people think 'why is that the case?'. "I think that's probably where most people get a little bit confused. "But look, fair play, the players did respond, the players collectively showed a real level of commitment which we need every time that we play. "We've got to see what happens now. I don't want us to be one of those up and down sides, so already looking forward to the weekend to see whether we can get back-to-back wins." Preston boss Ryan Lowe told BBC Radio Lancashire: "We just weren't good enough to be honest with you. "I thought we were a little bit flat and forcing our passes - too many square passes, too many straight passes. "I thought we got away with one at half-time going in at 0-0 to be brutally honest. "To concede a goal from a second phase is disappointing but then to find yourself back in the game you think 'just see it through' - we might've potentially got a point."