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City have snapped up 25 year old defender Sam Avery from Shortwood United. A player described by Tim Harris as someone who should've been at City for a few years was a one time City youth player but has played at a number of junior clubs around the county learning his trade. Sam impressed during Shortwood's FA Cup run last season and his arrival will help to fill the void left by Matt Coupe who has joined Chippenham Town. Coupe has been a rock at the heart of the City defence but is Marmite to many City fans and his departure will be met with mixed feelings. Good luck to Matt at Hardenhuish Park. New signing Sam Avery with Stuart Pike, Tim Harris and Matt Rose at Gloucester Docks Saturday April 26th 2014   Billy Jones free kick scorer Nat Jarvis goal ruled out When the fixtures were released last summer Guiseley away always looked a tough ask if we had to go there needing points for survival so thankfully that issue had been sorted out before we made the long trek to darkest Yorkshire. As it happened the Lions were the team needing results to go their way to cement their position in the playoffs, so when Billy Jones expertly placed a free kick into the bottom left hand corner after just three minutes there could've been a number of twitchy assholes among the home crowd. Adam Mann had a great chance to extend the lead but shot straight at Guiseley keeper Steve Drench and Lewis Hogg's free kick was pushed just wide too. But Hogg had to come off injured and was quickly followed by striker Will Morford who's tried to run off a pulled muscle to no avail. Substitute Nat Jarvis smashed home a lay off from Mann but the referee had spotted a foul by Mann, like they always seem to against us and that seemed to be it. Guiseley equalised with a simple goal, a kick from Drench straight to giant striker Adam Boyes who controlled the ball and smashed it beyond Mike Green with no involvement from a City defender. Guiseley's Mr Tannoy sounded as though he was somewhere between an orgasm and a nervous breakdown when he announced the scorer. Green pulled off a good save from a long range effort and the ball fell to Boyes who put it away to give the home side the lead. Guiseley were bossing midfield now that Hogg had gone off, pretty much the same way that they did in last seasons visit to Nethermoor. City were playing some good football and didn't give up but when Mann's shot looked to have got over the line before a defender cleared it there was no hope of the linesman awarding a goal as he'd been getting some grief from the fancy dress clad City fans directly behind him. Guiseley made it three when they broke with a player looking well offside. And that was it. The end of a disappointing season that saw City flirt with relegation but ended with relative ease as Tim Harris looks forward to another season in the Conference North. City : Green, Green, Jones, Coupe, Harris, Webb, Hogg (Giglio 17), Groves (Williams 65), Mann, Morford (Jarvis 20), Gosling. Subs n/u : Parker, Williams Report - Tim H Interview - Photos Adam Mann's shot was cleared off of the line. Apparently. Monday April 21st 2014   Adam Mann two goals Will Morford stroked it home Matt Coupe 700th game If I keep pulling my hair out over these crap decisions we keep getting from referees I'll look like John Shaw before long. Considering Tom Webb was done for handball having his hands across his chest on Saturday how is it that Leamington's Liam Daly can have his arm stretched out to the side of his head and block a goalbound header yet not get punished? Added to that the Brakes' keeper Tony Breeden raced out of his area chested the ball into the ground and it hit his hand on the way back up. Accidental apparently. How does that make Webby feel? We all know that the old football saying that they even themselves out over the season is a load of old bollocks but imagine if it's true? Guiseley will have four players sent off and concede six penalties on Saturday! While the game might've been a dead rubber it would've been nice to have won, and for the most part it looked as though we would, twice being two goals up, but then throwing it all away with an injury time equaliser. They did to use what we did to them, but ours got us three points! Adam Mann opened the scoring little more than a minute into the game when he fired home a neat chest down from Will Morford. The keeper will probably think he should've done better. He was unlucky for the second after reading Lewis Hogg's shot and blocking it with his foot the ball fell kindly for Morf who rolled it into the slightest of gaps. That said Leamington's Captain Stephan Morley didn't make much of an effort to reach the ball. They halved the defecit when Ricky Johnson bullied his way past Jack Harris to smash home a shot and they had more luck with those two handballs, but City restored their advantage as the second half wore on when Nat Jarvis beat the offside flag and rolled in a ball for Mann to score the easiest goal he'll ever net. Then those two late goals lifted their supporters from their incessant din to cheers of celebration. Not a bad bunch Leamington, but I wish they'd learn to put a lid on that crap noise. Congratulations to Matt Coupe who made his seven hundredth career appearance today but I wonder what he'll think of it being as substitute? Fellow bench warmer Tom Webb cannot now make his five hundredth City start this season, we hope he's kept on next year or us statto's will be annoyed! City : Green, Green, Jones, Winters (Coupe 63), Harris, Giglio (Webb 85), Hogg, Groves, Mann, Morford (Jarvis 75), Gosling. Subs n/u : Parker, Williams Report - Tim H Interview - Photos - Highlights Brave defending from Jack Harris couldn't prevent an injury time equaliser Saturday April 19th 2014   Jake Gosling put City ahead When was the last time we had a penalty? Darren Edwards scored one at Bradford in November but I wasn't there to see it and most of you weren't either. Previous to that it was the spot kick at Yate which saved our FA Cup run. Today Telford could've had three, actually they were given two. The first appeal was a clear dive by Andy Owens as Mike Green came out to reach a ball that he was going to push towards the corner flag. Owens shaped to make sure there was contact with Greener who'd withdrawn his hands and put them back behind his head. There may have been no contact whatsoever and thankfully the referee saw through the attempt and booked the striker. Penalty two was given, which was a shame because that also looked like simulation. Jack Harris went shoulder to shoulder with a pacy winger who was breaking into the area. He fell over, got Vern booked and Adam Farrell coolly slotted the ball into the corner just evading Green's hand. The third penalty came within a minute of the restart when a ball into the area struck Tom Webb in the chest, where his hands were. Ball to hand? Hand to ball? Should his hands have been there? He didn't move his hands to the ball so one might say that they've seen them given. City don't get them thats for sure, but then Telford had two thousand voices to persuade the referee. It mattered little however because Greener saved it. That's officially the first penalty he's saved for City, I don't know if he keeps count but I'd love to know how many have beaten him. At this point it would be remiss of me not to mention the one he stopped at Farsley Celtic, but given the fact that they went bust and had there results expunged it didn't actually count. Ben Hunt didn't score either and we didn't win but that's another story. Eventually City lost 1-2, that after taking a lead whilst well on top in the first half. Jake Gosling was a constant threat to the promotion hopefuls but his goal was rather soft when Ryan Young simply stood and watched the City winger's effort roll into the far corner. The equaliser came against the run of play but in the second half Telford were able to bring on players of the like of Tony Gray who was top scorer at Chester as they walked the league last year and Sean Clancy who has a habit of scoring against us. And guess what? He did it again. City : Green, Green, Jones, Coupe, Harris, Winters, Hogg, Webb, Mann (Williams 84), Groves (Parker 69), Gosling (Jarvis 75). Subs n/u : Morford, Giglio Report - Tim H Interview - Photos - Highlights Tuesday April 15th 2014   Jack Harris being watched? City : Green, Green, Jones, Coupe, Harris, Giglio (Groves 67), Hogg, Webb, Parker (Williams 87), Jarvis (Mann 46), Gosling. Subs n/u : Thompson, Morford Report - Tim H Interview - Photos - Goals Saturday April 12th 2014   Jack Harris 200th appearance Nat Jarvis first goal Well that's it, we're safe. Who'd have thought that the stress of being bottom or thereabouts midway through the season would be quashed with four games to play? The shock and negativity surrounding the sacking of Boris is gone now and who knows where we'd be if that hadn't happened. The King is dead, long live the King etc. It's a good job that we didn't still needs the points as just before the break we were two down to a team with just pride to play for, with an injury hit team that had two left backs in centre midfield. Then step forward Player of the Season elect Jack Harris to thump home a header from Billy Jones' free kick to halve the arrears from what had been a disappointing first half. After Steven Tames had lashed home an opener Ed Williams planted his studs in an opponents chest and really should've been sent off but got away with a yellow. Vauxhall made it two when Danny Fearnehough turned Matt Coupe and fired home inside the near post then Mike Green dragged down a Vauxhall player in the box but appeals for a penalty were waved away. City were much better in the second half and restriced the Scouse team to one shot which flew over the bar. Nat Jarvis got the equaliser for Tim Harris' men cutting in from the right before hammering home a left footed piledriver. There's more than a bit of Adie Mings about Jarvis. We could've even won it when Jake Gosling was brought down as he burst into the area, but I guess the referee was evening up things after he'd been lenient in the first half. City's penultimate home game of the season is Tuesday (k/o 7.45pm) against doomed Workington, under 18's get in for free. City : Green, Green, Jones, Coupe, Harris, Winters, Giglio, Williams (Jarvis 55), Parker, Morford (Groves 76), Gosling. Subs n/u : Thompson, Rose, Binns Report - Tim H Interview - Photos - Goals Ed Williams has the fear of God in his eyes as he thinks he's about to be sent off Sunday April 6th 2014   Joe Parker hat trick hero Jake Gosling lovely finish Sky TV call their two live games on the Sabbath "Super Sunday" and judging by the crowds we get most of Gloucester like to tune in, however the 317 who ventured to Whaddon Road were treated to their own version as City thrashed playoff hopefuls 5-2. After two straight nil-two defeats hopes might not have been high with the Millionaire's plaything team coming to town but they had no answer for City starlet Joe Parker, well, they did, but it's not to be encouraged. Parker was in the team in place of Adam Mann and was the difference between the teams at the end of the first half when he benefitted from superb work from Matt Groves on the right wing as he trapped a centre and scored the kind of goal that any five-a-side player would've been proud of. If Tim Harris had told his side to keep it tight and not make any stupid mistakes at the start of the second half then the advice fell of deaf ears as Harrogate scored twice in five minutes. When Parker strode onto Lewis Hogg's sumptuous through ball to equalise it probably came as a bit of a shock to the Tigers faithful and it was a very pleasant surprise when the young striker threaded a lovely pass for Jake Gosling to make it four with a clever lobbed effort into the far corner. Gosling then reversed roles with Parker with a measured pass that sent Joe through to complete his hat-trick, and the only way that Harrogate could stop him would be to kick him off the pitch which Steve Mallory did. The T-End spent the rest of the game calling him an onanist to which the Harrogate man replied with rude hand gestures. The violence wasn't confined to the one centre half, his partner Matt Heath arrested Nat Jarvis' run on goal with an elbow in the face. If it's any consolation to Jarvis Charlie Griffin was on hand to curl in City's fifth past a lethargic Town defence. Although it's not mathematical, City won't go down now. City : Green, Green, Jones, Coupe, Harris, Winters, Hogg, Groves (Williams 79), Parker (Jarvis 76), Griffin (Morford 87), Gosling. Subs n/u : Roome, Giglio Report - Rosey Interview - Joe P Interview - Photos - Goals Matt Groves does incredibly well to cross for Joe Parker's first goal Tuesday April 1st 2014   Joe Hanks injured Tim Harris wasn't a happy man after our second successive defeat and it's no wonder because other than a half dozen or so shots into the Oxford keeper's midriff there wasn't much to shout about. Oxford are fighting for their lives and that fighting spirit has crept into the team too. Ex-scuzzer Michael Pook doing his utmost to break current scuzzer Joe Hanks' ankle early doors; how it didn't rate as a booking is a mystery while in the second half, out of the gaze of officials as Adam Mann tried to sprint past him Declan Benjamin was punching the City man in the ribs. Lovely. Just like Saturday the score flattered the victors. Again a late goal doubled the scoreline and when the ball hit the net there was a mass exodus towards the exit! A word about the Oxford support too then. How many did they have? Twenty? For a must-win game just down the A40. We must've taken a hundred to the reverse fixture. No wonder they can throw money at Darren Mullings. City : Green, Green (Jarvis 79), Jones, Coupe, Harris, Hanks (Roome 20), Hogg, Groves, Mann, Griffin, Gosling (Parker 65). 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