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• Cup Final: Re-defining Bradford City’s true identity

  By Width of a Post on February 22, 2013 • ( 5 )

  By Jason McKeown The Bradford City that has bumbled around League Two since 2007 isn’t the Bradford City that I fell in love with. Don’t get me wrong, the experience of life in the basement league has been a lot of… Read More ›

• Cup Final: Phil Parkinson’s crowning moment

  By Width of a Post on February 22, 2013

  By Luke Lockwood Football is a fickle industry no more so than for football managers. Victory one day and you’re touted as a future England manager, but get beat the following week and you can be receiving the dreaded vote… Read More ›

• Cup Final: Doing everything we can

  By Width of a Post on February 21, 2013 • ( 7 )

  By Rob Craven Come 4:00pm on Sunday the City of Bradford will come together; the public, the fans, the manager and coaches, the directors, medical staff and players. We will all be gunning for the same result, giving everything to… Read More ›

• Cup Final: The Swansea City perspective

  By Width of a Post on February 21, 2013

  By Mark Scully Swansea City became the first Welsh side to be promoted to the Premier League in 2011, and over the last two seasons have become the darling of fans up and down the British Isles for their Barcelona-esque… Read More ›

• Cup Final: A fan’s guide to Wembley

  By Width of a Post on February 21, 2013 • ( 1 )

  By Mark Danylczuk The Stadium itself For those who have not been to Wembley, it really is a remarkable and overawing structure, particularly ‘The Arch’, towering some 133 metres above it. It can be seen for many miles across London… Read More ›

• Cup Final: So long as a round ball is kicked…dreaming of immortality

  By Width of a Post on February 20, 2013

  By David Pendleton If Gary Jones lifts the League Cup at Wembley, he will be the first Bradford City captain to hold a major trophy in 102 long years. For the players of 2012/13 there is an opportunity to not… Read More ›

• Cup Final: The last time we went to Wembley

  By Width of a Post on February 20, 2013 • ( 3 )

  

  By Gareth Walker I was 12, almost 13 years old when Bradford City last got to Wembley. It was the first time that I had been to watch them anywhere other than at Valley Parade. My memories of the Division… Read More ›

• Cup Final: Special magazine charts City and Swans stories

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  By Mahesh Johal I am a Bradford City memorabilia hoarder. A fan since 1996, I have kept nearly all my match tickets. I own a back catalogue of replica shirts, badges, match programmes and City Gents. However, my biggest vice… Read More ›

• Cup Final: My son used to work at the Co-op

  By Width of a Post on February 19, 2013 • ( 20 )

  By Michael Hanson When my son James walks out at Wembley on Sunday, I know that there will be a tear in my eye. Myself, my wife and rest of the family will be there watching; feeling hugely proud of what… Read More ›

• Cup Final: City aim to emulate legend Jamie Lawrence

  By Width of a Post on February 18, 2013 • ( 2 )

  By Jason McKeown Befitting his unusual playing career, Bradford City legend Jamie Lawrence is a member of an elite group of footballers who have lifted the League Cup – despite the right winger never having played at Wembley. Back in 1997, Jamie was an extra time… Read More ›