In Conversation with .... Danny Wilson, manager 2000-04

Forever Bristol City Podcast · Apr 3, 2021 · 1h 7m

At age 37 and in only his third season as a manager, Danny Wilson led unfashionable Barnsley to promotion to the Premier League.

Barnsley may have only lasted one season in the top flight but Danny went on to manage his former club Sheffield Wednesday, in the Premier League themselves and a club he had served well as a player. When City went looking for a manager in the summer of 2000 after the debacle of Lennartsson, Pulis, & Fawthrop, the friendly Northern Irishman Wilson seemed an inspired choice to lead City back to the Championship.

Danny had 4 seasons at Ashton Gate with a win rate of…