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• 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 ›

• Remembering the Bradford City Fire

  By Width of a Post on October 8, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  By Jason McKeown The awful events of 11 May 1985 will never be forgotten by the Bradford City community. To help preserve the stories and the information surrounding the tragic events that resulted in 56 people losing their life, a… Read More ›

• Three goals but no cheer for City after Dagenham thriller

  By Width of a Post on October 6, 2012 • ( 3 )

  

  Dagenham & Redbridge 4 Bingham 6, Spillane 30, Wilkinson 51, Gayle 76 Bradford City 3 Wells 55, 61 (pen), Connell 84 Saturday 6 October, 2012 By Mark Danylczuk To score no goals away from home and come away with nothing… Read More ›