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• Playing through brick walls

  By Width of a Post on February 20, 2014 • ( 6 )

  By Jason McKeown It was nine months ago that I was in the McCall Suite of Valley Parade for the 2012/13 player of the year awards, thrilled to be sat next to Phil Parkinson. As he patiently put up with… Read More ›

• The place to be

  By Width of a Post on February 19, 2014 • ( 5 )

  Bradford City 1 McHugh 90 Port Vale 0 Tuesday 18 February, 2014 By Mahesh Johal Walking to Manchester Victoria Station en route to Bradford, throngs of Barcelona fans covered the wet streets of Deansgate. Draped in their famous blue and… Read More ›

• Making new history as Port Vale visit Valley Parade

  By Width of a Post on February 17, 2014 • ( 2 )

  Bradford City vs Port Vale preview @Valley Parade on Tuesday 18 February, 2014 By Katie Whyatt “How do I define history? It’s just one f*****g thing after another.” Alan Bennett, The History Boys Don’t mention last season. Whatever you do,… Read More ›

• Brothers in arms

  By Width of a Post on February 16, 2014 • ( 5 )

  By Ian Hemmens From the club’s earliest origins, Bradford City had a set of brothers involved with the Menzies brothers, David and Duncan. When the Paraders became a proper entity after the famous change from Manningham RFC in 1903, David was a member… Read More ›

• Withdrawal symptoms

  By Width of a Post on February 14, 2014 • ( 6 )

  Coventry City vs Bradford City preview @Sixfields (Northampton Town) on Saturday 15 February, 2014 By Alex Scott Coventry City manager Steven Pressley went out of his way to point out how different his team were to Phil Parkinson’s “Dark Age”… Read More ›

• Five issues facing Phil Parkinson

  By Width of a Post on February 13, 2014 • ( 13 )

  By Jason McKeown 1) The defence is conceding too many goals Having kept four clean sheets in the first 10 League One matches of this season, the last 21 games have seen just two shutouts. Bradford City have only conceded… Read More ›

• A new low point

  By Width of a Post on February 12, 2014 • ( 22 )

  

  Carlisle United 1 Miller 14 Bradford City 0 Tuesday 11 February, 2014 Written by Mark Scully (image by Kieran Wilkinson) The last match report I wrote was back in the good old days of August, ironically against Carlisle United. A… Read More ›

• Must win for both sides as Bradford City go to Carlisle

  By Width of a Post on February 11, 2014

  Carlisle United vs Bradford City preview @Brunton Park on Tuesday 11 February, 2014 By Jason McKeown The relative isolation and remoteness of Carlisle – in football terms at least – has in recent times made for an unhappy outpost for… Read More ›

• Agony against Alex

  By Width of a Post on February 10, 2014 • ( 5 )

  By Stephen Hodgson As January dwindles its way down into February, Bradford City find themselves squarely devoid of any hope of the play offs and the mindset of fans had begun to turn to ‘what is missing?’ from a squad… Read More ›

• Gary Jones defies age – and critics – to continue inspiring Bradford City

  By Width of a Post on February 8, 2014 • ( 3 )

  Bradford City 3 Hanson 58, Jones 59 + 84 Crewe Alexandra 3 Ikpeazu 11 + 54, Pogba 78 Saturday 8 February, 2014 By Jason McKeown Gary Jones isn’t going to live forever, yet neither is he ready to relinquish his… Read More ›