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Back to Wembley: Play off final song three: Bradford Calling
By Jason McKeown West Yorkshire covers band have got in on the Bradford City play off act, with a superb re-working of The Clash’s London Calling – Bradford Calling. Drummer Tino Palmer told Width of a Post the story behind… Read More ›
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One afternoon
“One afternoon away, from Bradford City’s world changing.”
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Back to Wembley: Looking back over my shoulder
12 of the most painful memories from 12 years of Bradford City failure.
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Back to Wembley: A night at the movies with a Bradford Blockbuster
“The Bantams’ incredible year would form an ideal script for Hollywood executives to sink their teeth into, especially if the journey ends with victory in the play off final.”
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Back to Wembley: We never do it the easy way, do we?
“Before this season we hadn’t been to Wembley to see our team 17 years, and now we’re going twice in one magical campaign. Sure, we’ve had to put up with a lot, but at the moment we’re pretty lucky really, aren’t we?”
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Parkinson’s new deal is a rare victory for long-term thinking
By Jason McKeown I will be honest with you, I feared the worst when it came to this season – and the chief reason for that was Julian Rhodes and Mark Lawn. The Joint Chairmen’s five-year dual stewardship of Bradford… Read More ›
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Back to Wembley: The last promotion
Not since 1999 have Bradford City achieved a promotion. “If (the 2013 team) were to seal promotion at Wembley, it would be very plausible to imagine them being talked about in the same vein as the team of 1999, and that we will be still be looking back on their achievements 14 years from now.”
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Back to Wembley: Divided family loyalties
A tale of divided family loyalties over Bradford City’s meeting with Northampton Town.
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Back to Wembley: The Northampton perspective
The opposition view of the play off final.
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Back to Wembley: Play off final song two – Please Mr Parkinson
By Jason McKeown The second of Width of a Post’s series looking at fans play off final songs features an outstanding song by Mark Heslop, a.k.a. ‘The Hezzmeister’ – Please Mr Parkinson. Mark told Width of a Post about the creation and… Read More ›
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