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BRISTOL CITY 1975-76

DIVISION TWO PROMOTION-WINNERS

By Neil Fissler
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

GEOFF MERRICK led his boyhood club out for their First Division debut against Arsenal at Highbury after helping them to promotion – but he could so easily have been playing for the opposition.
Merrick, an indestructible central defender who later tore up a lucrative contract to help save the club, and Tom Ritchie were the subject of a joint bid from the Gunners.
It was turned down flat by a club who had been out of the top flight for 60 years.
Bristol was the largest city in the county without a a First Division ...

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