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• Craig Forsyth joins Bradford City – a loan signing PP needs to work out

  By Width of a Post on October 19, 2012 • ( 4 )

  By Jason McKeown Ahead of Bradford City’s clash with Cheltenham Town (previewed here and here), Phil Parkinson has signed Watford left winger Craig Forsyth on a two-month loan deal. The 23-year-old Scot was signed by the Championship outfit from Dundee… Read More ›

• Cheltenham preview 2 of 2: blip or freefall?

  By Width of a Post on October 19, 2012

  Part two of our preview of City’s big game against Cheltenham is written by Alex Scott. Bradford welcome Cheltenham to Valley Parade tomorrow in something which carries the impression of a promotion clash. With a win, Parkinson’s men would get… Read More ›

• Cheltenham preview 1 of 2: getting back on track

  By Width of a Post on October 18, 2012 • ( 2 )

  This week we have not one but two previews of the big game against Cheltenham, starting off with Mark Scully. The need to rekindle the killer instinct in front of goal, especially at home, is required as Bradford City welcome in-form… Read More ›

• The Midweek Player Focus #23: James Meredith

  By Width of a Post on October 16, 2012 • ( 1 )

  By Luke Lockwood After another summer involving a high turnover of playing personnel, the opening weeks of the season have been rife with debate about how well the new recruits have settled in their claret and amber shirts. That is… Read More ›

• Promotion push back on as VP school to open Sept 2013

  By Width of a Post on October 15, 2012 • ( 2 )

  By Jason McKeown The confusion over the Valley Parade free school – due to have opened last month, only for the doors to stay closed – looks to have been cleared up. One in a Million, the Wayne Jacobs-run charity… Read More ›

• The need to avoid implosion

  By Width of a Post on October 13, 2012 • ( 12 )

  Bradford City 1 Hines 59 York City 1 Chambers 44 Saturday 13 October, 2012 By Jason McKeown A manager with the ability to make effective substitutions is a useful man to have around. But as Bradford City trooped off the… Read More ›

• Home comforts as Bradford City welcome York

  By Width of a Post on October 12, 2012 • ( 1 )

  Bradford City vs York City preview @Valley Parade on Saturday 13 October, 2012 By Jason McKeown It was only the second time so far this season – at least according to James Meredith, who spoke very impressively at the Skipton… Read More ›

• The Midweek Player Focus #22: Alan Connell

  By Width of a Post on October 11, 2012 • ( 12 )

  By Joe Cockburn Alan Connell signed for Bradford City this summer as table-toppers Swindon’s top scorer. He only played half the games. Swindon paid “an undisclosed six figure sum” for his services, believed to be around £115,000, just 12 months… Read More ›

• The price of success as Plan B impresses

  By Width of a Post on October 10, 2012

  

  Hartlepool United 0 Bradford City 0 (City win 3-2 on penalties) Tuesday 9 October, 2012 By Jason McKeown Perhaps it was the result of confusion about whether the final penalty of the shootout had in fact crossed the line. But… Read More ›

• Parkinson takes City to Hartlepool looking to avoid the shadows of Taylor

  By Width of a Post on October 9, 2012 • ( 3 )

  Hartlepool United vs Bradford City JPT preview @Victoria Park on Tuesday 9 October, 2012 By Jason McKeown Even before a ball was kicked this season, it was obvious that a quiet treatment room would be a telling factor in how… Read More ›