1996/97 Bristol City 'Prototype' Football Shirt (L)

Condition: 7/10 Good. Some small bobbles & pulls on the lower front

Size: Adult Large

Chest Measurement: 41-43 Inches / 104-109 CM

Manufacturer: Lotto

Colour: Red, white trim

Material: Polyester

Seasons: 1996/1997

Player: N/A

Patches: N/A

Official Lotto Bristol City home football shirt from the 1996/97 season.

This was Lotto's 'prototype' jersey that was earmarked for the 1996/97 season, before it was ultimately replaced with another design that also featured the club's centenary details.

The condition of this original football jersey is 7/10 - Good. Some small bobbles & pulls on the lower front (see photos).

Joe Jordan remained at the helm for two seasons after City's relegation in 1995, but left in March 1997 after failing to get them back into Division One. Former Bristol Rovers manager John Ward took over, and achieved promotion in 1998 as Division Two runners-up. But City struggled back in Division One, and Ward stepped down in October 1998 to be succeeded by Benny Lennartsson. City were relegated in bottom place and Lennartsson was dismissed in favour of Gillingham's Tony Pulis, who lasted six months before leaving to take over at Portsmouth. During his time at Ashton Gate he was manager of perhaps the worst City side since the one that completed a hat-trick of successive relegations almost 20 years earlier.

Coach Tony Fawthrop took over until the end of the season, when Danny Wilson was appointed. Wilson was arguably the most prominent manager to take charge of a City side since Denis Smith, as he had guided Barnsley to promotion to the Premier League in 1997 and Sheffield Wednesday to a 12th-place finish in 1999.