Bobby Gould

So I owe Stuart Pearson a, a lot as well.

And, uh, like, as I said, I went to West Bromwich Albion thinking that they would be pushing at the top of the league, and ultimately they were closer to the bottom almost every year, to the point where Bobby Gould came in, and we actually fell through the trapdoor and ended up in League One, which I, I think I'd only played 16 games in that season.

So see how I'm trying to bail myself out of responsibility for that?

[laughs]

Obviously, the 5-0 is so famous in Welsh football history.

Even though it's pre-Bobby Gould, I think people probably associate it with Bobby Gould as some sort of Nadir.

But it is pre-Bobby Gould.

But I'd completely forgotten that Timuri Katspaya's got two goals in that game.

Amazing goals as well.

Um, we're just coming up to Christmas.

Uh, City had just notched their third win of the season, a 5-1 hammering of, of Burnley with Bobby Gould getting a hat trick, and the win had lifted City off, off the bottom.

Uh, one point, uh, ahead of bottom club Sheffield United.

And, um, [lips smack] there was a... after the Burnley win, there was a l- a, a lot more, um, positiveness about the fans, about the, the club itself.

Um, and, um, it ends in a one-one draw.

A real fighting display.

Uh, Bobby Gould puts us ahead, um, just before half time, and City are hanging on, hanging on, and finally they concede, uh, 14 minutes from the end, uh, to a George Graham goal.

And, um, interesting because people said afterwards, "Oh, Arsenal signed Bobby Gould after it." They, he played against them for Coventry.

...

Bobby Gould.

[laughs] Bobby Gould.

Bruce Rioch.

Mm.

And of course, four minutes in George breaks his leg and, um, I don't know, perhaps it was George breaking his leg that inspired City to put on a phenomenal performance, to come away with a 3-3 draw.

We were three times in the lead, thanks to substitute Bobby Gould, who got goals in the 19th and the 27th minute.

Joe Baker equalized the first one.

Frank Wignall, the villain of the piece, he'd been involved with the Curtis leg break incident.

We lost 3-1.

Then we had a trip to Highbury.

to the Marble Halls, where we got a very creditable 1-1 draw, Bobby Gould scoring, and George Graham only replying 10 minutes from the end.

Game six, our first victory, Southampton, 2-1.

I do remember a win

in Denmark under Bobby Gould and I couldn't believe it I think it might be that one we just stole a win obviously it's many years ago now but it felt like an unbelievable win because obviously they're a far better side than us

they are but I think getting anything out of these games is going to be it's going to be quite an achievement, quite frankly.

I don't think

So I played from 83 to... 87.

Bobby Gould tried to sign me for Bristol City.

Right.

Copper wouldn't let me go.

Excellent.

And what else have we got? Oh, yes, Bobby Gould, of course, was in charge of Wales at that time.

A great article by Nigel Harris, who says that...

When fans choked at this appointment of Bobby Gould, some were also concerned about that one continuous eyebrow across his forehead.

Choose any criteria and he fails.

Results? Prior to this month's game versus Denmark and Belarus, how do six defeats and a draw in seven Euro World Cup qualifier games sound? There are no easy games in international football, apart from Wales against Holland, who scored seven, Turkey...

It was...

And then he goes on to say, the ordeal and agonies look set to continue.

Yeah.

But people like Bobby Campbell, Bobby Gould, Jim Smith-

Yeah

... "What's their team? What's their team?"