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Bradford City’s ambassador takes over Bradford Bulls, can the two clubs work together?
By Jason McKeown The reaction from supporters in each camp, when the news was announced last month that Bradford City were in talks to buy the Bradford Bulls, was depressingly familiar. “How would unsuccessful Division Four owners help us?” cried… Read More ›
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A rude, rude awakening after PP forgets to be pragmatic
Rotherham United 4 O’Connor 1, Evans 24+86, Pringle 34 Bradford City 0 Saturday 1 September, 2012 By Jason McKeown In the space of 33 minutes, three Rotherham United goals had caused the giddy optimism built on the back of three… Read More ›
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A pleasant headache
Rotherham United vs Bradford City match preview @New York Stadium on Saturday 1 September, 2012 By Luke Lockwood The ‘new’ Bradford City take their first trip to the brand new, New York Stadium on Saturday afternoon reportedly followed by a… Read More ›
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Finding the line between banter and abuse
By Jason McKeown The first local away trip of the season, and a first ever trip to the New York stadium – you can be sure that this weekend’s clash between Rotherham and Bradford City will attract a healthy away… Read More ›
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Bring on the Big Boys!
Watford 1 Anya 71 Bradford City 2 Reid 85, Thompson 90+4 Tuesday 28 August, 2012 By Tom Warden I’ll admit it; I’m a bit of a sucker for pre-season optimism. I love the feeling of reading about new signings and… Read More ›
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The toughest test so far, as City reluctantly travel to Watford
Watford vs Bradford City match preview (League Cup second round) @Vicarage Road on Tuesday 28 August, 2012 By Gareth Walker I think that it would be fair to say that when Bradford City drew Watford away in the Capital One… Read More ›
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Valley Parade school falls through, for now?
By Jason McKeown After the optimism of Saturday’s five-star Bantams show, news has broken today – via education message boards and then Twitter – that the planned Valley Parade primary school within the old club shop has fallen through. The Financial Times… Read More ›
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The disparity, and what it could mean
By Jason McKeown So, on Saturday was it a case of Bradford City being utterly magnificent, or AFC Wimbledon being utterly woeful? The answer, as is so often the case in these situations, probably lies somewhere in-between. Nevertheless, on an… Read More ›
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Bantams end promising first week by going goal crazy
Bradford City 5 Wells 3, Haynes-Brown OG 13, Davies 31, McArdle 37, Hanson 45 AFC Wimbledon 1 Harris 35 Saturday 25 August, 2012 By Mark Scully 1987 was the last time Bradford City ran riot and scored five goals in… Read More ›
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Going again as Bradford City welcome AFC Wimbledon
Bradford City vs AFC Wimbledon match preview @Valley Parade on Saturday 25 August, 2012 By Jason McKeown As this time of year, you can often determine a football supporter’s age by their reaction to viewing the early season league table…. Read More ›