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• Parkinson looks to avoid the Taylor route as City face Gills

  By Width of a Post on March 23, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  Bradford City vs Gillingham match preview @ Valley Parade on Saturday 24 March, 2012 By Jason McKeown At Gresty Road on Tuesday I was sat close to a very well known fan (we’ll just call him Darren) who, aside from… Read More ›

• The Midweek Player Focus #10: Chris Mitchell

  By Width of a Post on March 22, 2012

  

  There is a great video of Chris Mitchell on Youtube (see below) scoring a 40-yard training ground screamer against the current Torquay goalkeeper Robert Olejnik, back when the pair were playing for Falkirk. It is a superb example of the… Read More ›

• Losing heart as Bradford City remain in deep trouble

  By Width of a Post on March 21, 2012 • ( 7 )

  Crewe Alexandra 1 Davis 21 (pen) Bradford City 0 Tuesday 20 March, 2012 I’m sorry, but this simply isn’t good enough. Actually, scrap that. I’m not sorry at all. Why should I be? To attend tonight’s uninspiring Bradford City defeat… Read More ›

• Breaking the cycle as City face third straight away game

  By Width of a Post on March 20, 2012 • ( 4 )

  Crewe Alexandra vs Bradford City match preview @ Gresty Road on Tuesday 20 March, 2012 A run of three successive away league features has, over the last three seasons, proven significantly damaging for Bradford City managers – and if City… Read More ›

• For the People by the People – the story of the bantamspast museum

  By Width of a Post on March 19, 2012

  By David Pendleton It is with huge regret that we have to announce the closure of the bantamspast museum in its current guise. After City play Swindon Town on 5 May the museum will close its doors for the final… Read More ›

• Firing blanks

  By Width of a Post on March 18, 2012 • ( 5 )

  Aldershot Town 1 Rissier 70 Bradford City 0 Saturday 17 March, 2012 By Damien Wilkinson Despite his pre-match billing and the talk this week of refereeing standards, a certain Mr Attwell thankfully didn’t take centre stage in today’s away trip… Read More ›

• Good news bad news as Dagnall is in but Hannah is out

  By Width of a Post on March 16, 2012 • ( 1 )

  Bradford City have today confirmed the signing of Barnsley striker Chris Dagnall on loan until the end of the season – after unsuccessfully trying to sign the 26-year-old in January. At that time Dagnall – then at Scunthorpe – understandably… Read More ›

• The long route to standing still at Bradford City face Aldershot

  By Width of a Post on March 16, 2012

  Aldershot Town vs Bradford City preview @The Recreation Ground on Saturday 10 March, 2012 222 days have passed since Bradford City entertained Aldershot Town on the opening day of the season, but despite the up and down events which have occurred… Read More ›

• Why we shouldn’t start turning on our players

  By Width of a Post on March 15, 2012 • ( 1 )

  Last week, the Bradford City midfielder Ritchie Jones joined 175 million people around the world in opening a Twitter account, after Bantams’ supporters launched an online campaign entitled #GetRitchieJonesonTwitter. Seven days later, Jones was Tweeting to defend himself when it was speculated he… Read More ›

• Wimbledon make good use of bad as City lose the hard way

  By Width of a Post on March 14, 2012 • ( 1 )

  AFC Wimbledon 3 Midson 33 (pen), 75 (pen), Knott 54 Bradford City 1 Balkestein (og) 36 Tuesday 13March, 2012 By Rob Craven Another Tuesday night brought another Tuesday night fixture for the Bantams. The third on the bounce for a City… Read More ›