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• We would have taken a point, but could have had all three

  By Width of a Post on March 6, 2013

  Port Vale 0 Bradford City 0  Tuesday 5 March, 2013   By Gareth Walker On the face of things, getting a point away from home against the side who are second in the league would be considered a job well… Read More ›

• The need to retain Phil Parkinson

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  Port Vale vs Bradford City preview @Vale Park on Tuesday 5 March, 2013 By Jason McKeown As York City manager Gary Mills was ordered to pack up his desk less than an hour after seeing his side lose 2-0 to Bradford… Read More ›

• The Big One: (the before and after of Sunday 24 February)

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

  By Emma Levine “So, dear, have you kept the Sunday afternoon free?” said my underground station’s newspaper seller (from India, we usually have a chat about the latest cricket news). “Afternoon free? Mate – it’s a three-day party!” No exaggeration… Read More ›

• Parkinson gets it right in a big, big way

  By Width of a Post on March 2, 2013 • ( 8 )

  

  York City 0 Bradford City 2 Hanson 77, Thompson 86 Saturday 2 March, 2013 By Jason McKeown I have a special fondness for this type of Bradford City away win, and I only wish that it would occur more regularly. Where… Read More ›

• Cheating on the Mrs

  By Width of a Post on March 2, 2013

  

  By Richard Cowman Some of us will have had it before – you pass them in the street or meet them in a pub with their new partner and the old feelings come flying back. You feel sick in your… Read More ›

• The need to get back in the hunt quickly – City go to York

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

  

  York City vs Bradford City preview @Bootham Crescent on Saturday 2 March, 2013 By Jason McKeown Back in the days when I went clubbing, the after party was considered an important part of the evening – providing an opportunity to… Read More ›

• From Wigan to Wembley – a view from the psychiatrist’s couch

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

  By Martin Keighley My life and lifestyle has always been strongly linked with the ups and downs of Bradford City. City fans understand and celebrate success more than most because, on the whole, they have tasted large slices of disappointment… Read More ›

• Flagging City fall short

  By Width of a Post on February 28, 2013 • ( 1 )

  Bradford City 1 Hanson 86 Dagenham & Redbridge 1 Howell 69 Tuesday 27 February, 2013 By Damien Wilkinson For what now seems an age following the euphoric victory at Villa Park in January, which secured the historic Wembley final, the… Read More ›

• The short journey is over, now it’s back to the long haul

  By Width of a Post on February 27, 2013

  

  Bradford City vs Dagenham & Redbridge preview @Valley Parade on Wednesday 27 February, 2013 By Gareth Walker So, after our epic journey, we are back home on Wednesday night. Back down to earth with a bump, back to reality, back… Read More ›

• The Wembley experience

  By Width of a Post on February 26, 2013

  

  Width of a Post writers Mark Scully, Damien Wilkinson, David Lawrence, Rob Craven and Tim Roche share their views on the cup final experience Your Wembley weekend in a nutshell… Mark: A surreal experience – something that I don’t think I… Read More ›