Despite performing well, his replacement Steven Whittaker is more naturally suited to playing in the right full-back position.
The hosts spurned another kickable penalty to go for a close-range lineout and their gamble paid off when the ball was spread right for teenage full-back Fish to touchdown in the opposite corner.
From a free-kick, the Irishman picked out Mark Wilson rushing down the right wing and the full-back sent in a perfect low cross which Maloney touched narrowly wide.
They were positive right from the outset and full-back Josh Lewsey, starting his first game since England's World Cup semi-final, made a couple of early breaks before being forced off injured on the half-hour mark.
But Real hit right back with goals from world record signing Cristiano Ronaldo and full-back Sergio Ramos, who also scored for Spain in midweek against France.
Cuthbert had the chance of giving Bath some reward but the full-back pushed his second kick wide of the right-hand post.
Coleman, who normally plays at right-back, was full of purpose on the right of midfield and he quickly adjusted to the demands of his new position as he made his first full Premier League start.
But from then on it was one-way Blues traffic, as first Sweeney, then Halfpenny twice - the full-back providing the overlap first on the right then the left wing - Rhys Thomas, Gareth Thomas and Maama Molitika all followed the procession to the try line.
The speed at which City launched their attacks was still causing Aalborg problems, however, and Zaza had to deny Richards from a tight angle after Robinho's precise pass found the full-back rampaging down the right.
He made 27 starts at full-back, 12 on the right wing, 11 on the left, one at inside centre, two at fly-half and two appearances off the bench.
They took a deserved lead after 10 minutes when David Strettle gathered Evans' cross kick, jinked in from the right wing and then sent Monye, playing at full-back, over with a one-handed pass.
The link-man was aware of Priestland steaming up outside him in support and sent the full-back streaking away down the right wing with a perfectly timed pass, before Jones kept perfection intact with a touchline conversion.
It became a lesson in ball retention and as they threatened to pass Fulham into submission, the chances soon began to flow - Jadson from 15 yards and then the adventurous full-back Darijo Srna down the right from 25 yards both firing narrowly wide.
Tate finished off a cross-field passing move for a simple touch down on the right, before a terrible misjudgement by Papua New Guinea full-back Ryan Tongia gifted Cronk a try.
Greece conceded again three minutes later when lively full-back Gebre Selassie cut in from the right and pulled the ball back beyond the grasp of Chalkias for Vaclav Pilar to bundle in.
Full-back Pat Leach stormed 70 metres down the right touchline to link with wing Hughes, who stormed over near the posts - making Jones' conversion simple.
Teenage full-back John Flanagan provided a testing cross from the right which Mike Williamson only partially headed clear, allowing Rodriguez to volley a shot from 12 yards that took a crucial deflection off Danny Simpson past keeper Tim Krul.
If Stoddart had been ruled out, the Blues' Tom James - already called into the squad - would have played on the wing and Halfpenny, who impressed on the right wing on his debut against the Springboks, would have switched to full-back.
Robben was again in the thick of the action early in the second half, collecting the ball on the left and drawing a good full-stretch save from Mucha with a curling effort before appearing on the right and pulling back for Sneijder to shoot, but again the Slovakia keeper saved, this time with his face.
Hleb linked with marauding full-back Arthur Boka and the former Arsenal man's cutback was missed by Pavel Pogrebniak right in front of goal, only for the ball to fall kindly for his team-mate at the back post.
In that mili-second, James, then with his back to the basket, whirled to his right to take full advantage of the subtle technical mistake of the best on-ball defender Indiana could place against him.
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