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• Mark Bower – always a Bantam (part one)

  By Width of a Post on July 11, 2012 • ( 2 )

  

  By Jason McKeown The phone inside Hamilton Bower estate agents rings every five minutes, keeping one of the joint owners – Mark Bower – occupied as he juggles queries about house viewings, surveys and letting rates. This is business as… Read More ›

• 10 years on: administration (part three)

  By Width of a Post on July 10, 2012

  Our mini-series reflecting on the 10th anniversary of Bradford City going into administration continues with Jason McKeown looking at how those turbulent events changed the way we view our players. Ask any Bradford City supporter who has followed the club for… Read More ›

• Tell us your top five City matches of all time

  By Width of a Post on July 9, 2012

  

  Width of a Post is launching a survey of Bradford City supporters to establish what we all consider to be the greatest games in our history. Please can you email us your top five City matches of all time (score… Read More ›

• Great expectations…again (repeat)

  By Width of a Post on July 8, 2012 • ( 2 )

  By Damien Wilkinson Up and down the country, football fans are currently thinking next season could be “our” year, and it is certainly no different at Bradford City. You may well think that optimism might be at a low given… Read More ›

• The Midweek Player Focus – close season special #7: Andy Gray (02/03)

  By Width of a Post on July 6, 2012

  The Width of a Post’s Midweek ‘Player Focus – Close Season Special’ series continues with a look back at a player very much in the Bantams’ spotlight this summer, as Ian Sheard recalls 2002/03 winner, Andy Gray Nephew of Eddie… Read More ›

• 10 years on: administration (part two)

  By Width of a Post on July 5, 2012 • ( 1 )

  Continuing our series looking back on when Bradford City fell into administration 10 years ago this summer, Jason McKeown reflects on the failed attempts to sack 19 players and the legacy for football. Imagine if it happened in your job…. Read More ›

• Stephen Darby becomes signing number 7, as the bigger picture emerges

  By Width of a Post on July 4, 2012 • ( 1 )

  By Jason McKeown Sky Sports has this evening announced that Stephen Darby has joined Bradford City from Liverpool. A 23-year-old right back, Darby was released at Anfield this summer after making just one appearance for the Reds, in the Carling… Read More ›

• Garry Thompson signs for Bradford City

  By Width of a Post on July 4, 2012 • ( 5 )

  By Jason McKeown Bradford City have this afternoon confirmed the signing of Garry Thompson after the 31-year-old right winger was released by Scunthorpe United at the end of the season. Thompson has signed a one year deal with the option… Read More ›

• 10 years on: administration (part one)

  By Width of a Post on July 3, 2012

  Ten years ago this summer, the very future of Bradford City Football Club was in serious doubt in a manner that a generation of us had never experienced before. Plunged into administration, with debts of around £36 million, for a… Read More ›

• Personal taste, but I’m not jumping through hoops about City’s new kit

  By Width of a Post on July 2, 2012

  By Jason McKeown The launching of a new Bradford City kit will always split opinion. The design and colour scheme is a matter of personal preference, and with a core customer base of 10,000 people we will never universally agree… Read More ›