Come In Number 10

This month, The Incider can exclusively reveal the truth behind Danny Wilson's persistent substitution of Lee Miller for Leroy Lita – a change which the Ashton Gate supremo continues to make, regardless of the fans' desire to see Peacock brought off instead of our new number 10.

A club insider has revealed that the real reason behind this continued, predictable switch is not due to Danny Wilson's stubbornness, but is, in fact, due to an electrical fault with Bristol City's electronic subs board.

Speaking at the training ground, the insider told us “The board's display became jammed, showing the numbers '10 and ‘27' during preseason, and, despite changing the batteries and banging it on the floor a few times, it refuses to budge.”

Our source continued, “The first player to get wind of this technical problem was Lee Peacock and, concerned that he would be replaced during every game, he switched his squad number from ‘10' to ‘9' before the season started. New signing, Lee Miller, was unaware of the problem and was, initially, happy to wear the number 10 shirt.”.

Since then, Lee Miller has been the unfortunate victim of the subs board's refusal to show any other numbers and continues to be withdrawn from every game, despite the fact that he is often the better of the front two.

To add insult to injury, the board became something of a lucky talisman during City's eleven game winning run and, as a result, was taken to away games too and used in place of the home team's fully-functioning board.

More recently, Leroy Lita has, finally, been given a start for Bristol City but the unlucky Miller continues to be the man left on the sidelines, as his is the other number on the board, should Danny Wilson wish to make a change up front.

Asked if he intended to get the board altered in the near future, Mr. Wilson commented, “The board's been marvellous to me and has always supported me, so I think a change would be bad for the club at this time.”. We pointed out that we were referring to the substitution board, but Wilson countered, “Clubs don't have a second board waiting in the wings, just in case the current incumbents need replacing, you dur brain. You're thinking of players, you can't do that with directors, thicko.”

Seems that, unlike Lee Peacock, this story is set to run and run.