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The League Cup Finalists go to Huddersfield Town
Huddersfield Town vs Bradford City preview @John Smith’s Stadium on Tuesday 6 August, 2013 By Jason McKeown Although this is the seventh straight season of not sharing a division with either Huddersfield Town or Leeds United, cup meetings with both… Read More ›
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Bradford City earn their League One stripes
Bristol City 2 Wagstaff 11, Emmanuel-Thomas 58 Bradford City 2 Wells 33, McArdle 79 Saturday 3 August, 2013 Words and images by Jason McKeown For a time today, it seemed as though every worst fear held about Bradford City’s ability to compete… Read More ›
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2013/14 season preview: Our predicted League One table
By Jason McKeown The Width of a Post writing team was asked to predict this season’s League One final standings. From which we have been able to calculate each team’s average anticipated final position, When Saturday Comes-style. Here, applying the-wisdom-of-crowds approach,… Read More ›
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The view from Ashton Gate
On the eve of the first game of the season, Mahesh Johal spoke to Paul Binning of the Exiled Robin to get the pre season views from a Bristol City perspective. (Click here to read Mahesh’s view on Bradford City’s… Read More ›
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Enjoying the margins as Bradford City kick off in League One
Bristol City vs Bradford City match preview @Ashton Gate on Saturday 3 August, 2013 By Jason McKeown As the new season begins tomorrow afternoon, the progress of Bradford City should be measured not just by lining up at Ashton Gate… Read More ›
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2013/14 season preview: The players’ expectations (2/2)
By Alex Scott Part two of Alex’s assessment of what the players will be aiming to achieve this season (part one is here). Alan Connell is a tricky one. He’s not played at this level in a while, and the… Read More ›
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2013/14 season preview: The players’ expectations (1/2)
By Alex Scott What do we want from this season? What would we class as a successful year? Our expectations are all over the map. There are the pessimists who would take a death-defying charge to 20th. There are the… Read More ›
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The final rehearsal sees the Bantams beaten by Harrogate
Harrogate Town 2 Nowakowski 5, Worsfold 37 Bradford City 1 Curtis 36 Tuesday 30 July, 2013 By Matt Sugden 736 people attended the hastily arranged final match of Phil Parkinson’s pre-season preparations last night at Harrogate Town. The City manager… Read More ›
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2013/14 season preview: A big season for…Stockdill & Swain
By Andrew Baxter Since the start of the 2009/10 season, eight players have come through City’s youth academy to make a league appearance for the Bantams. However, they have made a combined total of just 12 appearances between them. It is evident that there has… Read More ›
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2013/14 season preview: A big season for…McHugh & Oliver
By Andrew Baxter This season could be crucial in the career of the huge centre-back and the Irish youngster. For Luke Oliver, the 2011/12 Player of the Season, a first team place is no longer guaranteed. For Carl McHugh, who benefitted from… Read More ›