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• Duty of care

  By Width of a Post on January 26, 2014 • ( 5 )

  By Jason McKeown On Saturday morning, as Kyel Reid continued to comes to terms with his long road to recovery from a serious knee injury picked up at Bramall Lane last weekend, he was greeted by what might have begun… Read More ›

• The Midweek Player Focus #51: Gary Jones

  By Width of a Post on January 24, 2014 • ( 12 )

  Gary Jones has been heavily criticised by some recently, yet continues to demonstrate his worth to the club with a series of inspirational performances.

• Adam Reach joins City hinting at change of loan strategy

  By Width of a Post on January 23, 2014 • ( 13 )

  By Jason McKeown Phil Parkinson has moved quickly to replace long-term injury absentee Kyel Reid – signing Middlesbrough left winger Adam Reach on a month’s loan. 20-year-old Reach is another product of Boro’s highly-regarded youth academy, and spent the first… Read More ›

• League Cup miracle, one year on: Aston Villa part two

  By Width of a Post on January 22, 2014 • ( 9 )

  Width of a Post’s retrospective look back on last year’s astonishing League Cup run continues, as one year ago today Bradford City went to Villa Park and experienced one of the greatest nights in its history. Jason McKeown re-lives his evening. Two… Read More ›

• The Kennedy Assassination?

  By Width of a Post on January 21, 2014 • ( 14 )

  By Mark Davis It’s not as lonely as you’d think up here behind the picket fence. Many have gathered on this unrealistic grassy knoll and, if I didn’t know better, I’d say they were willing me to shoot. Aim low… Read More ›

• Aaron McLean shines in promising debut

  By Width of a Post on January 21, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  By Mark Danylczuk Number 21 – what do you think of? The number of spots on a standard dice? A well known card game? The legal drinking age in the US? That’s a few for starters, but for Bradford City fans… Read More ›

• Major injury blow for Kyel Reid

  By Width of a Post on January 20, 2014 • ( 8 )

  By Jason McKeown Kyel Reid has in all probability played his last game for Bradford City, after the pacy winger was today ruled out with a cruciate ligament injury for between six and eight months. He was stretchered off at… Read More ›

• When there is nothing else to give

  By Width of a Post on January 18, 2014 • ( 17 )

  

  Sheffield United 2 Murphy 7, Maguire 40 Bradford City 2 Jones 56, Hanson 63 Saturday 18 January, 2018 By Jason McKeown Stripped bare of confidence, enthusiasm and even dignity – there was at least one admirable quality that a forlorn-looking… Read More ›

• Thank you Claire

  By Width of a Post on January 18, 2014 • ( 4 )

  By Jason McKeown Over the last few months, professional photographer Claire Epton has kindly supported Width of a Post by allowing us to use her images of Bradford City games within our match reports. Following talks with the club over… Read More ›

• Don’t die with the music in you

  By Width of a Post on January 17, 2014

  Sheffield United vs Bradford City preview @Bramall Lane on Saturday 16 January, 2014 By Phil Abbott Every football club has potential. Every football player has potential. Every football fan has potential. We must now seize it collectively, as the degree of… Read More ›