The Owls nest has caused Bristol City an awful lot of trouble

Bristol City have managed only four victories at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough and none was more emphatic than the 5-1 demolition on the first away match of the 1971/72 campaign. But more about that later.

The Robins made their first trip to the Owlerton district of Yorkshire on October 20, 1906 where a crowd of around 20,000 saw City lose only their second match on the road since joining the top-flight, going down 3-0.

By the time City dropped out of division one in 1910/11 they were still no nearer getting a point at Hillsborough as four more defeats followed.

It was the second full season after WWI that the pairing of Robins and Owls were back on the fixture list as Wednesday dropped into Division Two for a brief spell in 1920/21.

Bristol City picked up their first point at the Owl's sanctuary on May 2, 1921 in a 2-2 draw.

The Yorkshire club were to change their moniker to Sheffield Wednesday in 1929.

By the mid-1950's there had been a further three trips to Hillsborough, all in Division Two and it was the same old story as the home side were victorious each time. The turning point was an epic match played on November 15, 1958.

Iit looked as though Wednesday were to collect another two points when they were leading City 2-0 with barely 20 minutes on the clock.

However, one goal was pulled back through Bert Tindall and despite the home side continuing to dominate early passages of play in the second period, City began to push the Owls onto the back-foot.

And they got an equaliser with just minutes remaining through centre-half Alan Williams.

With seconds left, Wally Hinshelwood fired in a low cross in time for John Atyeo to hit the winner. It was to be Wednesday's only home defeat of their Div II title-winning campaign.

It was not until the 1970/71 season till the two clubs met again – their first meeting in 12 years – it finished in a 2-0 victory for the home side on February 27, 1971.

City travelled back to Yorkshire for the first away match of the 1971/72 season on August 21 and followed up their opening day 3-3 draw with a fine display of goalscoring.

It was here that City finally found their goalscoring form that was missing the previous season as hat-trick hero John Galley inspired the Robins to their biggest away win in five years as the Owls were knocked off their perch in a 5-1 rout.

City had just missed out on a play-off place in May 2005 when they faced a Wednesday side already secured in the end-of-season lottery promotion zone and so with neither club having anything to play for, the Robins secured a 3-2 win as a penalty from Luke Wilkshire 10 minutes from time put City back in front.

In January 1914, 75 years before the FA Cup semi-final disaster of April 1989, 75 spectators were injured, three critically, when a restraining wall collapsed during an FA Cup second round replay match against Wolves, just weeks after their new Main Stand was opened.