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• Bradford City vs Aston Villa build up: How we got here

  By Width of a Post on January 8, 2013

  It has been some journey to reach this point. Width of a Post writers recall their memories of how Bradford City have made it through five rounds of the League Cup to achieve a spot in the semi finals. Round 1… Read More ›

• Bradford City vs Aston Villa build up: What this game means to Aston Villa

  By Width of a Post on January 7, 2013 • ( 5 )

  By Mark Scully If Paul Lambert’s side think it will be a stroll in the park at Valley Parade on Tuesday night they might want to have a little word with the stars of Arsenal’s first team that came unstuck… Read More ›

• Bradford City vs Aston Villa build up: The away fans’ view

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

  

  Ahead of the first leg of Bradford City’s semi final with Aston Villa, The Width of a Post has swapped interviews with the superbly written Villa site, myoldmansaid.com. David Michael answers our questions. When Bradford City and Aston Villa were… Read More ›

• Bradford City vs Aston Villa build up: The Road from Wigan Pier

  By Width of a Post on January 7, 2013 • ( 2 )

  By David Pendleton I sat in the Orwell pub at Wigan looking out over the Leeds & Liverpool canal. In my mind’s eye I followed the silvery waters as they meander over the Pennines, forming an umbilical link between the… Read More ›

• Bradford City vs Aston Villa build up: David Baldwin on the club’s planning

  By Width of a Post on January 6, 2013 • ( 1 )

  As Bradford City prepare for two of the biggest games in its entire history, Head of Operations David Baldwin kindly spoke to Width of a Post about the operational arrangements, the potential financial rewards of this remarkable cup run, Phil… Read More ›

• Just one of those days

  By Width of a Post on January 6, 2013 • ( 9 )

  Barnet 2 Atieno 41, Oster 48 Bradford City 0 Saturday 5 January, 2013 By Tom Warden Several years ago I was sat idle in a recording studio on the outskirts of Manchester listening to City’s promotion bid begin a slow… Read More ›

• Bradford City travel to Barnet approaching something of a crossroads

  By Width of a Post on January 4, 2013 • ( 6 )

  Barnet vs Bradford City preview @Underhill on Saturday 5 January, 2013 By Alex Scott Phil Parkinson made his way at Valley Parade by resting people in cup games. Ever since he’s been here, the league has been the priority and… Read More ›

• Review of 2012 – part two

  By Width of a Post on January 3, 2013

  Part two of our Review of 2012 (part one here) sees Width of a Post writers select their favourite Match of 2012 and their Player of 2012. Just one premise for the Match of 2012: no one was allowed to… Read More ›

• A New Year but little reason for change

  By Width of a Post on January 2, 2013 • ( 4 )

  Morecambe 0 Bradford City 0 Tuesday 1 January, 2013 By Luke Lockwood The New Year promises to be an exciting one for Bradford City: a League Cup semi final, a second chance of Wembley in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy and… Read More ›

• The here and now: City travel to Morecambe. The long-term: an 18-month plan needed

  By Width of a Post on December 31, 2012 • ( 4 )

  

  Morecambe vs Bradford City preview @The Globe Arena on Tuesday 1 January, 2013 By Jason McKeown Back when the National Lottery was launched in the mid-90s, it quickly became something of an on-running joke. Jackpot winners, who overnight were being… Read More ›