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• Off and on

  By Width of a Post on July 22, 2012

  Tadcaster Albion 1 Gray 80 Bradford City 7 Hannah 8, 33 (pen), Davies 29, Hanson 35, Wells 51, Reid 70, Swain 88 Saturday 21 July, 2012 By Alex Scott Staring out the window of the speciously named ‘Coastliner’ meandering nauseously… Read More ›

• A Bradford City fan’s guide to Ireland

  By Width of a Post on July 21, 2012

  For Bradford City fans travelling to Ireland next week to watch the Bantams’ tour of the country, City exile Richard Cowman has put together this rather excellent and useful guide to drinking and tourist hotspots.

• Connell arrives at Valley Parade – but where does he fit in?

  By Width of a Post on July 20, 2012 • ( 1 )

  By Jason McKeown After giving up on the chase to sign Andy Gray, Bradford City manager Phil Parkinson has today signed Swindon striker Alan Connell to bolster the club’s attacking options. Connell, 29, was signed by Town for around £115k… Read More ›

• Here we go again, again

  By Width of a Post on July 20, 2012 • ( 2 )

  Bradford City vs Tadcaster Albion, Wexford Youths and Bray Wanderers preview By Jason McKeown It’s been an odd summer so far really. Usually, close seasons  featuring a major tournament are immediately followed by the first  pre-season friendly – in fact,… Read More ›

• The Midweek Player Focus – close season special #9: Benito Carbone (00/01)

  By Width of a Post on July 18, 2012 • ( 4 )

  Our summer series has now reached back to the Premier League days, as Gareth Walker remembers the Italian maverick who cost City in more ways than one. It is difficult to know where to begin when describing Benito Carbone from… Read More ›

• Jamie Lawrence – the magnificent 7

  By Width of a Post on July 16, 2012 • ( 3 )

  

  By Jason McKeown 172 appearances in claret and amber, part of the promotion-winning side of 1999, part of the great escape side of 2000, and proud modeller of numerous hair colours – Jamie Lawrence is undoubtedly one of the great… Read More ›

• Noise pollution

  By Width of a Post on July 15, 2012

  By Jason McKeown How long was it for you, in-between waking up this morning and the moment you first thought about Bradford City? In Nick Hornby’s masterpiece Fever Pitch, he begins the book revealing it is typically a matter of seconds before… Read More ›

• Jamie’s voted…have you?

  By Width of a Post on July 15, 2012

  One week on from launching our survey of the greatest Bradford City matches of all time, we have had a great response with lots of votes and comments. An impressive 59 different matches have so far received votes, ranging from… Read More ›

• The Midweek Player Focus – close season special #8: Andy Myers (01/02)

  By Width of a Post on July 14, 2012

  This week’s Midweek ‘Player Focus – Close Season Special’ features a player we originally considered mediocre finally impress for a club beginning to accept its mediocrity, as Jason Mckeown recalls Andy Myers. There is a famous – or should that be infamous? –… Read More ›

• Mark Bower – always a Bantam (part two)

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

  

  By Jason McKeown Following part one, our interview with Mark Bower on his career continues by reflecting on the 2005-2012 period. WOAP: What was David Wetherall like to play with? He must have been a big influence on your career… Massive… Read More ›