 He featured in the "Battle of Bramall Lane" on 16 March 2002, replacing Lárus Sigurðsson (the only "Baggies" player to have been booked) 14 minutes before the match was abandoned.With the club now in the Premier League, he found himself surplus to requirements at The Hawthorns, and was loaned out to Bristol City, for whom he subsequently signed permanently.He played for City in the final of the League Trophy at the Millennium Stadium, as the "Robins" beat Carlisle United 2–0.