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• Bradford City travel to Wycombe with growing questions over league form

  By Width of a Post on February 12, 2013 • ( 7 )

  Please note: there is a pitch inspection at Adams Park at 10am on Tuesday. Wycombe Wanderers vs Bradford City preview @Adams Park on Tuesday 12 February, 2013 By Mark Scully A chorus of “Wem-ber-lee Wem-ber-lee” greeted the final whistle on… Read More ›

• The Midweek Player Focus #30: Stephen Darby

  By Width of a Post on February 11, 2013

  By Mahesh Johal My first assessment of Stephen Darby was at the Crown Ground, Accrington. It was one of those disappointing matches City fans had seen before. In front of us was beatable opposition. The fans travelled in their numbers,… Read More ›

• Wembley song number three: Cap One Story

  By Width of a Post on February 11, 2013 • ( 1 )

  By Jason McKeown Bradford City’s appearance at Wembley could merit a special episode of Top of the Pops at this rate. Hot on the heels of “​There’s no one as Wembley as Bradford City” (Corrigan Brothers) and “The Spirit of… Read More ›

• Whatever will be will be… but City are falling behind

  By Width of a Post on February 9, 2013 • ( 12 )

  Bradford City 0 Gillingham 1 McDonald 64 Saturday 9 February, 2013 By Jason McKeown Supporting Bradford City has a centre-of-the-universe feel at the moment, but it increasingly appears that the price of all this attention is that no one will… Read More ›

• Gills preview 2: Time to get some league points on the board, but it won’t be easy

  By Width of a Post on February 8, 2013

  Bradford City vs Gillingham preview, part two @Valley Parade on Saturday 9 February, 2013 By Joe Cockburn All this League Cup euphoria has meant us Bradford City fans are looking at league games with rose-tinted spectacles. Yes the cup is and… Read More ›

• Bradford City welcome Gillingham to start a week concentrating on the league

  By Width of a Post on February 8, 2013 • ( 1 )

  Bradford City vs Gillingham preview @Valley Parade on Saturday 8 February, 2013 By Jason McKeown It is the days just before you go on holiday where your job especially becomes a drag. And with Bradford City just over a fortnight… Read More ›

• FIFA rules against Bradford City on Mark Stewart

  By Width of a Post on February 7, 2013 • ( 4 )

  By Jason McKeown FIFA has today announced that Bradford City must pay Falkirk 250,000 euros compensation for the signing of Mark Stewart in the summer of 2011. Stewart arrived at Valley Parade on a free transfer; but being only 22-years-old… Read More ›

• Wembley song number two: The Spirit of Bradford City

  By Width of a Post on February 7, 2013 • ( 1 )

  By Jason McKeown Hot on the heels of the Corrigan Brothers recording a song about Bradford City’s appearance at Wembley, Bradford City supporter Simon Crabtree has written and recorded his own effort, named ‘The Spirit of Bradford City’. It’s already… Read More ›

• A low key transfer window, but was there a need for anything but?

  By Width of a Post on February 6, 2013 • ( 3 )

  By Jason McKeown The story – as told by David Baldwin during a Q&A session at Cullingworth Conservative Club on Monday night – was that Phil Parkinson and other Bradford City staff were at Valley Parade on transfer deadline evening,… Read More ›

• RIASA tie-up could prove a Mega deal for Bradford City

  By Width of a Post on February 4, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  By Jason McKeown Mark ‘Mega’ Ellis spent almost all of the 1980s playing on the left wing for Bradford City. 20 years on and long-since retired, the Bradfordian continues to supply important assists for his hometown club. Ellis’ influence on… Read More ›