🎥 EFL Performance of the Weekend: Pearson gets Bristol City bouncing | OneFootball

Nigel Pearson might be one of the most misunderstood managers in English football.

His outbursts at Leicester and Derby may see him portrayed as a no-nonsense hard-man, wedded to a very specific type of British Manager Football.

But nothing could be further from the case.

An advocate of passing football and a vociferous anti-Brexit campaigner, Pearson has had to move down a division to find a coaching role but is so far doing a brilliant job at Bristol City.

Building on the success of keeping the Robins in the Championship last season, the west country club are currently ninth in the table after a brilliant injury time win away at Queens Park Rangers.

It was Nakhi Wells who netted in the 92nd minute to give Bristol City a 2-1 win and send the travelling fans into raptures of ecstasy.

The play-offs should be firmly in their sights come the end of the season but these next few weeks are going to be vital for gaining momentum in that mad Christmas period.

Matches against Fulham, Bournemouth, Millwall and West Brom are all ahead in October.

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League One is arguably the most interesting in the Football League this season with huge clubs like Sunderland, Portsmouth, Sheffield Wednesday and Bolton all vying for promotion.

No one though, backed Plymouth to be in that mix but that’s exactly where the Pilgrims are after matchday eight.

Ryan Lowe’s men are up to fourth after they ground out a 1-0 win away at AFC Wimbledon on Saturday.

Ryan Hardie got the goal just after half-time which means the Devon outfit have now lost just once all term.

Home Park hasn’t seen anything like this in a long time.