I wish Morshead would get his facts right....Cooper snr took over the newly formed Bristol City 82 Ltd...the previous club being terminated. The FL controversially allowed them to take a place in Div 4...where the previous club had ended up after successive relegations. Many felt the new club should have had to seek re-election or start again in non-league.
So they weren't in the top division as stated...it would be good to see them back at that level again.
Apologies Reg, I took Cooper's word on this at face value when he brought it up and evidently failed to fact-check him on this point.