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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 ›
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2013/14 season preview: Managing expectations
By Jason McKeown They say that old habits die hard. And for the Bradford City community, the challenge this season is surely to maintain the feel-good factor of 2012/13 rather than reverting to type and allowing negativity to flourish during… Read More ›
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2013/14 season preview: Is the weather nice in League 1?
By Alex Scott To kick off the build up to the start of the exciting new League One (!) campaign, a handful of Width of a Post writers have taken to the pundit chair to answer a series of Bradford… Read More ›
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Seen it all before
Bradford City 1 Thompson 55 Doncaster Rovers 2 Cotterill 22, Bennett 85 Saturday 27 July, 2013 Words and images by Jason McKeown Pre-season is proving to be wholly forgettable, and that suits me just fine. Just a couple of new… Read More ›
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He managed Bradford City #12: Frank Stapleton
By Nick Beanland As someone who’s supported City since 1984, if I had to choose a manager to write about it would be one of those rare creatures who brought success to the club: Cherry, Dolan, Kamara, Jewell or Parkinson. It… Read More ›
