Only one Bristol City player has scored more goals in a season than Leroy Lita since the 1960s and the halcyon days of John Atyeo.
While Bob Taylor’s 34 strikes in the promotion season of 1989-90 are often recalled, less is said or written about the campaign of 2004-05 when Lita, who began it still a teenager, ran riot in what is now League One. The muscular little striker netted 29 times in all competitions to earn a £1 million move to Reading the following summer.
A product of the Chelsea youth system, Congo-born Lita arrived at Ashton Gate in 2002, having been scouted by City, and made his debut as a substitute against Blackpool at Ashton Gate that August.
