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Ending 11/12 well as Bradford City-less summer begins
Bradford City 0 Swindon Town 0 Saturday 5 May, 2012 By Jason McKeown Everyone enjoys a happy ending. So after Bradford City matched the division’s Champions this afternoon to conclude the season with a credible draw, we could at least take home from it a… Read More ›
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I feel fine
Bradford City vs Swindon Town match preview @Valley Parade on Saturday 5 May, 2012 By Ron Beaumont Now I’ll be honest. This season, I really thought we weren’t going to make it! It’s not a question of faith, but on… Read More ›
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End of season thank yous
By Jason McKeown As this weekend marks the end of the season for Bradford City, now is the opportune moment for Width of a Post to thank some people for their help and support over the past few months. The… Read More ›
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The Midweek Player Focus #17: David Syers
By Luke Lockwood This time last year David Syers had just swept up at the club’s award night and deservedly so – he even pushed James Hanson close as top scorer. He probably could have held Bradford City to ransom… Read More ›
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The Midweek Player Focus #16: Andrew Davies
For this final week of the season, Width of a Post will feature two Midweek Player Focuses before this feature takes a break for the summer. First up, new Width of a Post writer Gareth Walker takes an in-depth look… Read More ›
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Re-discovering and quickly losing Bradford City’s mojo
By David Pendleton Hope is probably the most powerful weapon available to a football club. At the start of this season we were being offered a vision. After finishing in the lowest league position since the 1960s, and had endured… Read More ›
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The joys of being part of a football community
By Jason McKeown Some 650 million people around the world are set to tune into this evening’s Premier League clash between Manchester City and Manchester United (a record for a regular season sports game), but some 125 miles to the… Read More ›
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PP clearout begins: but what does it say about the club?
By Jason McKeown As Bradford City slumped to a disappointing defeat to Cheltenham Town on Saturday, much of the talk before, during and after centred around the unexpectedly early beginnings of manager Phil Parkinson’s summer clear out. Michael Flynn, Craig… Read More ›
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Stuck in a moment you can’t get out of – trying to make some sense of the season
Cheltenham Town 3 Spencer 46, 63, Burgess 71 Bradford City 1 Wells 8 Saturday 28 April 2012 By Damien Wilkinson “Don’t say that later will be better, now you’re stuck in a moment and you can’t get out of it”… Read More ›
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The importance of a strong ending
Cheltenham Town vs Bradford City match preview @ Whaddon Road on Saturday 28 April, 2012 By Jason McKeown My father-in-law and I share a love for Police documentary style shows, where the cameras follow the cops chasing the criminals. And whenever… Read More ›