Former Doncaster defender James O’Connor has joined Bristol City on trial
Derby County defender James O’Connor is set to re-establish his connections with Sean O’Driscoll at Bristol City.
City, who appointed O’Driscoll as manager in January, have only picked up one point from their opening three league matches.
The Robins drew their opening Sky Bet League One match 2-2 with newly promoted Bradford City before they were edged out in a nine-goal thriller at Coventry City.
They then lost 2-1 at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers last weekend, but they did progress to the second round of the Capital One Cup after a 2-0 victory over Gillingham.
O’Connor, 28, spent six successful seasons at Doncaster before he joined Derby County in the summer of 2012 for an undisclosed fee.
This will be the third time during his career that the highly thought of right-back will join up with O’Driscoll after doing so initial at AFC Bournemouth before O’Driscoll signed him for Doncaster.
O’Connor, who started his career with Aston Villa, made 242 appearances for Doncaster before moving to the Midlands. However after a successful debut season for the Rams O’Connor has fell out of favour and it has become apparent that a move away seems certain.
Words: Adam Grice
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