April 19, 2019 may not be a memorable date in Bristol City history - a Josh Brownhill equaliser securing a limp point at home to Reading on Good Friday as their play-off run petered out - but three years on, it could prove to be a moment of glorious serendipity for the Robins.
As Brownhill was connecting with a Niclas Eliasson cross against the Royals, Kal Naismith was putting on a defensive clinic for 10-man Wigan Athletic at Elland Road as they recovered from a 1-0 deficit to beat Marcelo Bielsa’s team 2-1.
What was particularly pertinent about the result, beyond sending Leeds into a late season spiral as they missed out on automatic promotion, was it was the first game Naismith had ever played as a centre-half. Drafted into the back three following Cedric Kipre’s red card by then-manager Paul Cook, it was an epiphanic moment for the Scot.
