Neil Warnock and Bristol City have been intrinsically linked for so many years and such is the breadth of his Championship career sometimes it feels as if he must have been in charge at Ashton Gate.
Certainly whenever there has been a vacancy in BS3, Warnock’s name is never far from the collective consciousness as a possible option, especially during the Johnson-Holden era where he presented the obvious antithesis to the Lansdown ideal at that time of young coaching talent.
As supporters craved the concept of an experienced figure whose presence alone would seemingly guarantee promotion, Warnock was the obvious port of call in the general discourse.
