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The need to focus on the league as Bradford City travel to Fleetwood
Fleetwood Town vs Bradford City preview @Highbury Stadium on Saturday 2 February, 2013 By Mahesh Johal After the emotion of reaching our first League Cup Final at Wembley, the commotion about the hoops and the tickets, Bradford City finally return… Read More ›
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Ritchie Jones leaves Bradford City
By Jason McKeown Bradford City’s transfer deadline day activity has concluded with the not-all-together-surprising-but-still-very-sad-news that Ritchie Jones has departed the club after his contract was paid up. The 26-year-old midfielder was signed by Peter Jackson/Archie Christie in the summer of… Read More ›
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Width of a (Wembley) Post
“Bradford City are going to Wembley! Bradford City are going to Wembley!” Martin Tyler, Villa Park, Tuesday 22 January. The tickets are on sale and the countdown is on! Bradford City will play Swansea City in the League Cup Final… Read More ›
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The Midweek Player Focus #29: Zavon Hines
By Damien Wilkinson As we continue to savour the euphoria of City’s recent cup semi final glory, it is a timely reminder of how football emotions quickly change and can unexpectedly transfer from one extreme to the other. In the… Read More ›
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The eyes of the world are upon us, but it is what we see with our own that matters
By Jason McKeown If I have one regret about Bradford City’s time in the Premier League, purely from the perspective of being a supporter, it was the lack of interest I took in the national media coverage at the time…. Read More ›
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To hoop or not to hoop?
By Mahesh Johal As I left Villa Park last Tuesday I was amazed to see several vendors selling ‘Bradford City – Wembley 2013’ tee shirts and scarfs. Twenty minutes had passed since beating Aston Villa, and already these men were… Read More ›
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Obama Songsters get behind Bradford – “There’s no one as Wembley as Bradford City”
By Ger Corrigan (lead singer) Corrigan Brothers, the Irish Band who have amassed over ten million Youtube hits as well as charting all over the world, with their huge international hit “There’s no one as Irish as Barack Obama” and who… Read More ›
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How I almost missed out on Villa Park
By Martin Gregory Where to start? No sleep for three days ahead of the night, constantly pacing up and down, less intake of food than usual. No one would have thought this was for a football match. This is not… Read More ›
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Eyes on the big prize, but eyes must stay on bigger picture
By Rob Burn With our world as it is at the moment it’s almost too early to take stock and think of things other than Wembley. But the cup final is only one (glorious) match in a future that will… Read More ›
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Re-focusing minds as Wycombe come to Bradford
Please note: a pitch inspection is scheduled at Valley Parade for 11am Friday morning, with the prospects of the game going ahead not looking promising. Either way, Width of a Post has some more post-Villa articles to share with you… Read More ›
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