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Jon Lansdown is son of Stephen. Stephen Philip Lansdown is co-founder with Peter Hargreaves of UK financial services firm Hargreaves Lansdown and owner/chairman of Bristol City Football Club.
Bristol City Football Club is an English football club founded in 1894. The club, based in Bristol, moves for the 2008-2009 season in the Championship (second division English). The club promoted in the Championship during the 2007-2008 season ended in 4th place in the championship. This allows 4th place in Bristol City play dams accession in the Premier League. They qualified for the finals of the dams, after eliminating Crystal Palace (2-1 / 2-1). In the final, Bristol City finally bow against Hull City (1-0). Founded in 1894 under the name "Bristol South End, the club adopted professional status in 1897 and was renamed" Bristol City FC. " He joined the League in 1901 (Division 2). The jersey and shorts Robins evolve navy between 1894 and 1987 and then adopt white shorts. It should be noted an attempt to black shorts in the 1950s, quickly abandoned. ---- -> Site for Jon Lansdown David James will continue his career at Bristol City The goalkeeper of the England team, David James, pledged Friday with Bristol City (2nd div. English) for one year with an option for another year, the club said on its website BRISTOL James, 39, chose not to renew his contract with his former team Portsmouth relegated this season's Second Division. Yet, despite interest from several clubs more upscale like Celtic, he chose to continue his career at second tier of English football. "I had offers to stay in the Premier League but it is more important for me to play football, I love, in the best club possible and be near my family. I had a long discussion with the chairman of Bristol City and I liked his speech about the club and its ambitions. It is an ambitious club like me, "James told the website of his new club. The former Liverpool goalkeeper and West Ham played three Savec meets England at the recent World Cup. The first match of the Championship will oppose Bristol City FC Millwall Saturday, August 7. ---- Bristol (England) Founded in 1894 under the name "Bristol South End, the club adopted professional status in 1897 and was renamed" Bristol City FC. " He joined the League in 1901 (Division 2). The jersey and shorts Robins evolve navy between 1894 and 1987 and then adopt white shorts. It should be noted an attempt to black shorts in the 1950s, quickly abandoned. City of Brycgstow, Old English place in Bridge Bryste Welsh, existed at the beginning of the eleventh century, under the Norman government, one of the strongest castles in southern England was built there. In the twelfth century, the place became an important port, covering the majority of traffic to Ireland. In 1247, a new bridge was built and the city was extended by incorporating the suburbs, becoming in 1373 one county alone. During this period Bristol also became a center of shipbuilding and manufacturing. In the fourteenth century, the city became the third of England (after London and York) with perhaps 15 000 - 20 000 inhabitants on the eve of the Black Death of 1348-1349. The population remained at around 10 000-12 000 in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Bristol City was done in 1542, the former Abbey of St Augustine became the occasion for the Bristol Cathedral. In 1484, the privateer Jean Breton Coatanlem led an expedition against the city of Bristol in a revenge attack against Roscoff English, four years ago. In 1497, the city was the starting point of the voyage of exploration of John Cabot in North America. During the English Civil War (1643-1645), the city suffered from the royalist occupation and epidemics. The growth came in the seventeenth century with the development of British colonies in North America and the rapid expansion of trade, including slaves. Bristol was later challenged, from 1760, for Liverpool with his new production centers in particular with regard to textiles. Moreover, the upheavals of the war with Napoleon's France (including the continental blockade) and the abolition of the transport of slaves in 1807 put a brake on development of port activity in Bristol. The long passage of the Avon Gorge under severe tides, which had made very sure the port during the Middle Ages had become a handicap. The construction of a new floating pier (designed by William Jessop) failed to overcome this decline. However, the population of 66 000 in 1801 increased fivefold during the nineteenth century supported by new industries and an active trade. This period of economic revival may be associated with the name of the senior engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who built the great railway from the west, steamships and the Clifton Suspension Bridge. During the Second World War, the city center was damaged by bombing and still retains the legacy. The elimination of Avonmouth Docks, 12 km downstream from the center, allowed to relieve congestion (traffic and land thrust characteristics of modern Western cities).
Actor Cary Grant was born. Bristol is also the hometown of trip-hop, with Tricky and Portishead and the group Massive Attack, and the singer Nik Kershaw. It is also of this city that the street-artist Banksy is a native, and there he made his first works in the street [1]. Summer is quite busy with many festivals of all kinds. Among others, the music festival at Ashton Court [which attracts hundreds of thousands of people on the site during a weekend in July. Again in July, the Bristol Harbour Festival [3], in downtown Bristol attracts many visitors and still offers a varied program of music, various festivities, boat races, exhibitions of tall ships, the French market. Finally to round off the summer, the last great festival: Balloon Fiesta [4] Bristol, a hot air balloon festival that attracts 500,000 people each year on the site of Ashton Court. Programme: takeoffs of air balloons, carnival and the highlight of the show, the night glow (ignition hot air balloons at night, in rhythm with music and fireworks). Bristol has two major universities: the University of Bristol (University of Bristol), one of the countries listed by the Shanghai rankings, with over 23,000 students, and the University of the West of England (nearly 30 000 students), making Bristol a lively university town. English drama series Skins is fully turned and took a place at Bristol. The show Deal or No Deal (the equivalent of Take it or leave it) is also filmed -> Created for Jon Lansdown |
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