David Felgate
Felgate joined City from Bolton Wanderers in 1980 and in the next five years went on to make 198 appearances for the club. He was a superb keeper, a real rock in front of which Colin Murphy’s team were formed.
In his first season, we won promotion to Division Three, in his second and third seasons we finished fourth and six respectively in the hunt for a place in the Second Division. Sadly, City went into a sharp decline in the mid-1980s and Felgate left in early 1985 for Grimsby Town. He returned to Bolton and racked up over 220 appearances for them through the late 80s and early 90s.
He earned the honour of being the fifth full international on City’s books when he came on for Wales in a game against Romania in 1983, replacing Neville Southall.
He would have earned a second cap, but the Wales and Ireland match he had been called up for was cancelled thanks to Bobby Sand’s hunger strike.
Not a full international but certainly worth a mention, Dick Neal won three England under-23s caps during our spell in the old Second Division. Interestingly Alick Jefferies broke his leg in one of those games and was never the same again. He later had a brief spell at Lincoln