2014–15 Bristol City F.C. season

Bristol City
2014–15 season
Chairman Steve Lansdown
Manager Steve Cotterill
Stadium Ashton Gate
League One 1st (promoted)
FA Cup 4th round
(knocked out by West Ham United)
League Cup 1st round
(knocked out by Oxford United)
Football League Trophy Winners
Top goalscorer League: Aaron Wilbraham (15)
All: Aaron Wilbraham (17)
Highest home attendance 13,731 vs Yeovil Town(L1, 26 Dec 14)
Lowest home attendance 6,145 vs Oxford United(LC, 12 Aug 14)
Average home league attendance 12,247
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
2015-16 →

The 2014-15 season is Bristol City's 117th season as a professional football club and their second consecutive season in the 3rd Division of the Football League since their relegation from the Championship.

Squad

No. Name Position (s) Nationality Place of Birth Date of Birth (Age) Club caps Club goals Signed from Date signed Fee Contract End
Goalkeepers
1Frank FieldingGKEnglandBlackburn4 April 1988740Derby County26 June 2013£200,00030 June 2016
13David RichardsGKWalesAbergavenny31 December 199300Cardiff City1 January 2014Free30 June 2015
Defenders
2Mark LittleRB/CBEnglandWorcester20 August 1988452Peterborough United25 June 2014Free30 June 2017
3Derrick WilliamsLBRepublic of Ireland 17 January 19931023Aston Villa24 June 2013Free30 June 2016
4Aden FlintCBEnglandPinxton11 July 19899813Swindon Town11 June 2013£300,00030 June 2017
5Karleigh OsborneCBEnglandSouthall19 March 1988321Millwall7 January 2014]Undisclosed30 June 2016
6Adam El-AbdCBEgyptBrighton England11 September 1984200Brighton & Hove Albion16 January 2014Undisclosed30 June 2017
17Greg CunninghamLB/LMRepublic of IrelandCarnmore31 January 19911066Manchester City5 July 2012Undisclosed30 June 2016
22Luke AylingRB/CBEnglandLondon25 August 1991564Yeovil Town8 July 2014Undisclosed30 June 2017
24James TavernierRBEnglandBradford31 October 1991103Wigan Athletic15 January 2015Loan30 June 2015
Midfielders
7Korey SmithCMEnglandHatfield31 January 1991522Oldham Athletic27 June 2014Undisclosed30 June 2017
8Wade ElliottCMEnglandEastleigh14 December 1978585Birmingham City25 June 2014Free30 June 2015
11Scott WagstaffRM/RBEnglandMaidstone31 March 1990778Charlton Athletic8 July 2013Free30 June 2016
12George SavilleDM/CMEnglandCamberley1 June 1993101Wolverhampton Wanderers15 January 2015Loan18 April 2015
14Bobby ReidCM/AMEnglandBristol2 February 1993412Academy29 April 2011Trainee30 June 2016
15Luke FreemanRM/LM/CFEnglandDartford22 March 1992537Stevenage26 June 2014Undisclosed30 June 2017
21Marlon PackRM/CMEnglandPortsmouth25 March 1991942Cheltenham Town2 August 2013£100,00030 June 2015
23Joe BryanLM/LBEnglandBristol17 September 19938910Academy1 August 2011Trainee30 June 2016
Forwards
10Jay Emmanuel-ThomasRW/CF/SSEnglandLondon27 December 199010231Ipswich Town8 July 2013Swap Deal30 June 2015
18Aaron WilbrahamCFEnglandKnutsford21 October 19794221Crystal Palace2 July 2014Free30 June 2015
19Kieran AgardCF/WGEnglandNewham10 October 19894312Rotherham United21 August 2014Undisclosed30 June 2017
20Wesley BurnsST/RW/CMWalesCardiff28 October 1994363Academy18 December 2012Trainee30 June 2016

Statistics

As of 15 April 2015
No. Pos Nat Player TotalLeague One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England Frank Fielding 56 0 43+0 0 6+0 0 1+0 0 6+0 0
2 DF England Mark Little 43 2 35+2 1 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 1
3 DF Republic of Ireland Derrick Williams 54 3 42+0 2 5+0 0 1+0 0 6+0 1
4 DF England Aden Flint 55 11 43+0 10 6+0 0 0+0 0 6+0 1
7 MF England Korey Smith 52 2 41+0 0 4+1 0 0+0 0 6+0 2
8 MF England Wade Elliott 39 2 26+7 2 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+2 0
10 FW England Jay Emmanuel-Thomas 47 10 8+26 7 6+0 3 1+0 0 4+2 0
11 MF England Scott Wagstaff 33 2 2+21 2 3+2 0 1+0 0 3+1 0
12 MF England George Saville (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers) 10 1 1+7 1 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 GK Wales David Richards 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 MF England Luke Freeman 54 7 42+2 7 3+3 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
17 DF Republic of Ireland Greg Cunningham 31 3 9+14 2 3+0 1 0+0 0 3+2 0
18 FW England Aaron Wilbraham 43 20 32+4 17 1+1 0 0+1 0 4+0 3
19 FW England Kieran Agard 43 11 31+4 10 2+2 1 0+0 0 2+2 0
21 MF England Marlon Pack 42 2 18+12 2 3+3 0 1+0 0 4+1 0
22 DF England Luke Ayling 56 4 43+0 4 6+0 0 1+0 0 5+1 0
23 MF England Joe Bryan 47 7 36+1 6 3+2 0 1+0 1 3+1 0
24 DF England James Tavernier (on loan from Wigan Athletic 10 3 6+3 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
Players currently out on loan:
5 DF England Karleigh Osborne (at Colchester United) 3 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
6 DF Egypt Adam El-Abd (at Bury) 6 0 0+2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+1 0
14 MF England Bobby Reid (at Plymouth Argyle) 3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
20 FW Wales Wesley Burns (at Oxford Unite) 5 2 0+1 1 0+1 0 0+1 0 2+0 1
Players who have left the club during the season:
9 FW England Sam Baldock 5 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW England Matt Smith (on loan from Fulham) 21 13 11+3 7 4+0 1 0+0 0 3+0 5
12 DF England Todd Kane (on loan from Chelsea) 7 0 1+4 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 MF England Jordan Wynter 3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+2 0

Captains

As of 15 April
No. P Name Country No. Games Notes
8 MF Elliott, WadeWade Elliott England 25 Team Captain
18 FW Wilbraham, AaronAaron Wilbraham England 15
1 GK Fielding, FrankFrank Fielding England 6
9 FW Baldock, SamSam Baldock England 5

Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Goalscorers

As of 15 April 2015
RankNo.Pos.NameLeague OneFA CupLeague CupLeague TrophyTotal
1 18FWAaron Wilbraham 1700320
2 9FWMatt Smith 710513
3 4DFAden Flint 1000111
19FWKieran Agard 1010011
5 10FWJay Emmanuel-Thomas 730010
6 15MFLuke Freeman 70007
23MFJoe Bryan 60107
7 22DFLuke Ayling 40004
9 3DFDerrick Williams 20013
17DFGreg Cunningham 21003
24DFJames Tavernier 10001
12 2DFMark Little 10012
7MFKorey Smith 00022
8MFWade Elliott 20002
11MFScott Wagstaff 20002
20FWWesley Burns 10012
21MFMarlon Pack 20002
17 12MFGeorge Saville 10001
Own Goals 10001
Total 826113102

Disciplinary record

As of 15 April 2015
No. Pos. Name League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
1GKFrank Fielding 1000001020
2DFMark Little 3010000040
3DFDerrick Williams4100000041
4DFAden Flint 1000000010
6DFAdam El-Abd 0000100010
7MFKorey Smith 5000000050
8MFWade Elliott 1100000011
9FWSam Baldock 1000000010
9FWMatt Smith 1000000010
11MFScott Wagstaff 2000000020
12DFTodd Kane 1010000020
12MFGeorge Saville 2000000020
15MFLuke Freeman 2000001030
16MFJordan Wynter 0000001010
17DFGreg Cunningham 2000000020
18FWAaron Wilbraham 5000000050
19FWKieran Agard 4000000040
21MFMarlon Pack 1000000010
22DFLuke Ayling 3000001040
23MFJoe Bryan 3000100040
Total 432202040512

Contracts

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
Status
Contract length
Expiry date
Source
13 GK Wales Richards, DaveDave Richards 20 Signed 1 year June 2015 BBC Sport
23 MF England Bryan, JoeJoe Bryan 20 Signed 2 years June 2016 BBC Sport
20 FW Wales Burns, WesWes Burns 19 Signed 2 years June 2016 BBC Sport
14 MF England Reid, BobbyBobby Reid 21 Signed 2 years June 2016 BBC Sport

Last updated:

Transfers

In

N
P
Name
EU
Country
Age
Type
Moving from
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
8 MF Elliott, WadeWade Elliott EU England35 Free Transfer Birmingham City Summer 2015 Free Bristol City
2 DF Little, MarkMark Little EU England25 Free Transfer Peterborough United Summer 2017 Free Bristol City
15 MF Freeman, LukeLuke Freeman EU England22 Transfer Stevenage Summer 2017 Undisclosed Bristol City
7 MF Smith, KoreyKorey Smith EU England23 Transfer Oldham Athletic Summer 2017 Undisclosed Bristol City
18 FW Wilbraham, AaronAaron Wilbraham EU England34 Free Transfer Crystal Palace Summer 2015 Free Bristol City
22 DF Ayling, LukeLuke Ayling EU England22 Free Transfer Yeovil Town Summer 2017 Free Bristol City
19 FW Agard, KieranKieran Agard EU England24 Transfer Rotherham United Summer 2017 Undisclosed Bristol City

Loans in

No.
P
Name
Country
Age
Loan club
Started
Ended
Start source
End source
12 DF Kane, ToddTodd Kane England21 Chelsea 15 November 2014 8 January 2015 BBC Sport BBC Sport
9 FW Matt Smith England25 Fulham 27 November 2014 25 January 2015 Bristol City F.C
12 MF George Saville England21 Wolverhampton Wanderers 15 January 2015 18 April 2015 Bristol City F.C
24 DF James Tavernier England23 Wigan Athletic 15 January 2015 30 June 2015 Bristol City F.C

Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

Out

N
P
Name
Country
Age
Type
Moving to
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Apps
Goals
Source
26 DF Brundle, MitchMitch Brundle England19 Contract ended Braintree Town Summer Free 0 0 BBC Sport
BBC Sport
6 DF Carey, LouisLouis Carey Scotland
England
37 Contract ended Free Agent Summer Free 649 15 BBC Sport
4 DF Fontaine, LiamLiam Fontaine England28 Contract ended Hibernian Scotland Summer Free 294 7 BBC Sport
BBC Sport
25 MF Elliott, MarvinMarvin Elliott Jamaica
England
29 Contract ended Crawley Town Summer Free 262 26 BBC Sport
BBC Sport
FW Krans, KevinKevin Krans England21 Contract ended Free Agent Summer Free 0 0 BBC Sport
19 MF Pearson, StephenStephen Pearson Scotland31 Contract ended Motherwell Scotland Summer Free 74 7 BBC Sport
Express
7 MF Kelly, LiamLiam Kelly Scotland24 Transfer Oldham Athletic Summer Undisclosed 21 0 Bristol City
2 DF Moloney, BrendanBrendan Moloney Republic of Ireland25 Contract terminated Yeovil Town Summer Free 49 0 Bristol City
13 GK Parish, ElliotElliot Parish England24 Free transfer Blackpool Summer Free 19 0 Bristol City
9 FW Baldock, SamSam Baldock England25 Transfer Brighton & Hove Albion Summer Undisclosed 83 34 Bristol City
16 MF Wynter, JordanJordan Wynter England21 Free transfer Cheltenham Town Winter Free 3 0 Cheltenham Town

EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable; Apps = Total number of competitive appearances (including substitute appearances) at the club prior to departure; Goals = Total number of competitive goals scored at the club prior to departure.

Loans out

No.
P
Name
Country
Age
Loan club
Started
Ended
Start source
End source
16 DF Jordan Wynter England20 Cheltenham Town 21 August 2014 22 September 2014 Bristol City Bristol City
14 MF Bobby Reid England21 Plymouth Argyle 25 September 2014 13 November 2014 Bristol City
Bristol City
Bristol City F.C
14 MF Bobby Reid England21 Plymouth Argyle 26 November 2014 3 January 2015 Bristol City F.C
6 DF Adam El-Abd Egypt30 Bury 26 November 2014 30 June 2015 Bristol City F.C
Bristol City F.C
20 FW Wes Burns Wales20 Oxford United 27 November 2014 2 February 2015 Bristol City F.C Bristol City F.C
14 MF Bobby Reid England21 Plymouth Argyle 21 January 2015 30 June 2015 Bristol City F.C
20 FW Wes Burns Wales20 Cheltenham Town 2 February 2015 30 June 2015 Bristol City F.C
5 DF Karleigh Osborne England26 Colchester United 26 February 2015 4 May 2015 Bristol City F.C

Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

Match details

Pre-season

League One

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Bristol City (C, P) 45 28 12 5 88 36 +52 96 Promotion to Football League Championship
2 Preston North End (X) 45 25 14 6 79 39 +40 89
3 Milton Keynes Dons (X) 45 26 10 9 96 43 +53 88 Qualification to League One play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
4 Swindon Town (Q) 45 23 9 13 74 55 +19 78
5 Sheffield United (Q) 45 19 13 13 65 52 +13 70
Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2015. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (X) Team is assured of at least a play-off place, but can still qualify for automatic promotion.
Notes:
  1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League Championship.

Result Summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
25 16 6 3 48 22 +26 54 9 2 1 23 9 +14 7 4 2 25 13 +12

Last updated: 17 January 2015.
Source: BBC Sport

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHHAAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Result W W D D W W W W D W D W W D D W L L W W L W W W W W D L
Position 1 1 3 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1

Last updated: 14 February 2015.
Source: BBC Sport
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

FA Cup

Main article: 2014–15 FA Cup

The draw for the first round of the FA Cup was made on 27 October 2014.[1]

League Cup

Football League Trophy

Overall summary

Summary

Games played 34 (25 League One, 4 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 4 League Trophy)
Games won 21 (15 League One, 2 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 4 League Trophy)
Games drawn 8 (7 League One, 1 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 League Trophy)
Games lost 5 (3 League One, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 0 League Trophy)
Goals scored 62 (46 League One, 4 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 11 League Trophy)
Goals conceded 31 (22 League One, 3 FA Cup, 2 League Cup, 4 League Trophy)
Goal difference +31
Clean sheets 11 (9 League One, 1 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 1 League Trophy)
Yellow cards 28 (22 League One, 2 FA Cup, 2 League Cup, 2 League Trophy)
Red cards 2 (2 League One, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 League Trophy)
Worst discipline Derrick Williams (4 , 1 Red card)
Best result W 4–0 vs Notts County (10 Jan 15)
Worst result L 1–2 vs Oxford United (12 Aug 14)
Most appearances Frank Fielding & Luke Ayling (34)
Top scorer Aaron Wilbraham (13)
Points 80

Score overview

Opposition Home score Away score Double
Barnsley 2-2 style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"|No
Bradford City 2-2 style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"|No
Chesterfield 3-2
Colchester United 2–1
Coventry City 3–1
Crawley Town 1–0 style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"|No
Crewe Alexandra 3–0 0-1 style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"|No
Doncaster Rovers 3–0
Fleetwood Town 2-0 3-3 style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"|No
Gillingham 0-0 3-1 style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"|No
Leyton Orient 0-0 style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"|No
Milton Keynes Dons 3–2 0-0 style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"|No
Notts County 4–0 2–1 style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"|Yes
Oldham Athletic 1–0
Peterborough United 2-0 3-0 style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"|Yes
Port Vale 3–1 3–0 style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"|Yes
Preston North End 0-1 style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"|No
Rochdale 1-1 style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"|No
Scunthorpe United 2–1 2–0 style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"|Yes
Sheffield United 1-3 2–1 style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"|No
Swindon Town 0-1 style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"|No
Walsall 1-1 style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"|No
Yeovil Town 2-1 3–0 style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"|Yes

References

  1. "First round draw". The FA. 27 October 2014.