Gerald Sweeney (born 10 July 1945 in Renfrew) is a Scottish former football player and manager. Sweeney spent the majority of his time in football with Bristol City.Initially with non-league Renfrew F.C., Sweeney signed for Morton in 1966. He played 137 games for the club before moving to England with Bristol City in 1971. Sweeney was a regular in Alan Dicks's City side that won promotion to the First Division during the 1975–76 season. Sweeney finally left City in 1982 when he was one of the infamous "Ashton Gate Eight", a group of top-earning players who tore up their contracts in order to save the free-falling club from bankruptcy. In all he managed 406 league games for the club, placing him near the top in City's appearance records. Wikipedia