“It is a bizarre time of the year – my phone’s in my pocket and in a minute it will just buzz, buzz, buzz,” Bristol City’s chief executive officer says. Photograph: Adrian Sherratt for the GuardianForensic player recruitment has also been key to City’s “partial-success”, as Johnson puts it. “Winning games with homegrown players really helps.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest Bristol City’s chief executive officer, Mark Ashton, holds the leather-bound players’ handbook. City Football Group (CFG) sent him on an expenses-paid trip to New York City FC, a subsidiary of CFG, to work on a case study for them. I’m now envious of my players, and it gives me the hump because they’re going out to play against Manchester City.

Source: The Guardian January 08, 2018 17:41 UTC