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• The Midweek Player Focus #52: Luke Oliver

  By Width of a Post on February 5, 2014 • ( 6 )

  Luke Oliver has departed Bradford City after an eventful four years at Valley Parade – playing a crucial role in turning around the club’s declining fortunes.

• Majority rules

  By Width of a Post on February 3, 2014 • ( 15 )

  By Jason McKeown Back in October 2002, Terry Yorath was coming under increasing pressure in the Hillsborough hotseat, after one victory in 10 games. And as his Sheffield Wednesday side were five minutes away from going down to yet another… Read More ›

• Moving swiftly on as careful City bettered but not bested

  By Width of a Post on February 1, 2014 • ( 11 )

  

  Wolves 2 McDonald 45, Dicko 57 Bradford City 0 Saturday 1 February, 2014 Written by Jason McKeown (images by Mike Holdsworth) This game was supposed to be one of the season’s highlights; but in keeping with the darkening mood about… Read More ›

• Archie and I

  By Width of a Post on January 31, 2014 • ( 5 )

  

  Last night, former Bradford City Chief Scout and Head of Football Development, Archie Christie, passed away. Width of a Post editor Jason McKeown pays tribute to the Scot.  It was the greatest competition prize that I could ever think of… Read More ›

• Celebrating the past while looking to the future

  By Width of a Post on January 31, 2014 • ( 1 )

  Wolves vs Bradford City preview @Molineux Stadium on Saturday 1 February, 2013 By Jason McKeown Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton. Words that will cause many a Bradford City fan to become misty-eyed, given the events that took place at the home of… Read More ›

• Cometh the hour, (no longer) Connell the man

  By Width of a Post on January 30, 2014 • ( 6 )

  By Katie Whyatt He doesn’t know if it feels good yet. He loved it at City – it’s impossible to not love going to a club with such a great sense of camaraderie – but seeing his name scrawled under… Read More ›

• Mark Lawn to guest at Skipton and Craven Bantams meeting

  By Width of a Post on January 30, 2014 • ( 2 )

  By Jason McKeown The Bradford City Joint-Chairman, Mark Lawn, is to appear as a guest at the next Skipton and Craven Bantams Supporters Club meeting, on Wednesday 5 February. The event takes place at the White Rose Club on Newmarket… Read More ›

• We’ve got our Jovies back

  By Width of a Post on January 29, 2014 • ( 19 )

  

  Bradford City 0 Preston North End 0 Tuesday 28 January, 2014 Written by Gareth Walker (images by Alex Dodd, see note below) Bradford City and Preston played out one of the most entertaining goalless draws that you are likely to… Read More ›

• Change is coming as Preston North End come to town

  By Width of a Post on January 28, 2014 • ( 3 )

  Bradford City vs Preston North End preview @Valley Parade on Tuesday 28 January, 2014 By Mahesh Johal In the reverse fixture against Preston North End, last October, many of the 3,000 away contingent left Deepdale feeling extremely buoyed by the… Read More ›

• The Green, Green Grass of Home

  By Width of a Post on January 27, 2014 • ( 2 )

  By Ron Beaumont The city looks the same As I turn up for the game And there to greet me is the team I can rely on The team that deserves my devotion A Cup Final and Promotion A team… Read More ›