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

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  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 ›

• How good things could be as Bradford City face Wimbledon

  By Width of a Post on March 13, 2012

  

  AFC Wimbledon vs Bradford City match preview Tuesday 13 March, 2012 A win for Bradford City in South London this evening, and the points gap to the bottom two could stretch into double figures for the first time all season…. Read More ›

• Feeling good about feeling good

  By Width of a Post on March 10, 2012

  Bradford City 2 Fagan 56 (pen), Hanson 67 Oxford United 1 Hall 72 Saturday 10 March, 2012 Every once in a while, your loyalty and commitment to Bradford City needs that reward of experiencing an afternoon as good as this…. Read More ›

• Have a Little Patience… Parkinson is finding the answers

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  Bradford City vs Oxford United match preview @Valley Parade on Saturday 10 March, 2012 By Luke Lockwood After losing every game in November, Oxford have since been in outstanding form and only lost one game in the league since. For… Read More ›

• My favourite post-Premier League match – part two

  By Width of a Post on March 8, 2012

  The second of our occasional series of articles looking back at memorable post-Premier League matches – see here for more information – sees Ian Sheard reflect on a superb derby victory from earlier this season. Huddersfield Town 2 Bradford City… Read More ›

• The striker problem

  By Width of a Post on March 7, 2012 • ( 6 )

  If there is one lesson to take from Bradford City’s midweek draw against Accrington, it is the club badly needs to find a reliable goalscorer. Having taken a 50th-minute lead through Nahki Wells, the Bantams produced a dominant second half… Read More ›

• More late frustration as Bradford City draw again

  By Width of a Post on March 7, 2012

  Bradford City 1 Wells 50 Accrington Stanley 1 Hatfield 90 Tuesday 6 March, 2012 By Luke Lockwood One thing seems certain at Valley Parade this season – if you leave early you are going to miss goals. Although based on… Read More ›

• The Midweek Player Focus #9: Ritchie Jones

  By Width of a Post on March 6, 2012 • ( 1 )

  Whenever some fans have tried to make the argument that Archie Christie should not have been entrusted with finding players when he was Head of Football Development at Bradford City, the sight of Ritchie Jones racing from box-to-box underlines how commendable the… Read More ›

• Walking to survival, when running might be preferred

  By Width of a Post on March 5, 2012

  

  Bradford City vs Accrington Stanley match preview @Valley Parade on Tuesday 6 March, 2012 The Bradford City manager Phil Parkinson’s pre-Dagenham warning that relegation worries were not over may have sadly been proved right by events at Victoria Road – but… Read More ›

• Conservative City lack stomach for another fightback

  By Width of a Post on March 3, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  Dagenham & Redbridge 1 Saunders 71 Bradford City 0 Saturday 3 March, 2012 It’s when your football team lets you down in the areas you expect them to be strong that the ultimate betrayal is felt. Matthew Saunders had put… Read More ›