By Tim Roche It really is one of the oldest footballing clichés, but almost every football supporter dreams of one day pulling on the shirt of their club and gracing the hallowed turf of their home stadium. On Saturday 12th… Read More ›
Opinion
Moving on in our own way
By Paul Firth A few weeks ago Sir Oliver Popplewell had a letter published in The Times. Mr Justice Popplewell, as he then was, conducted the 1985 enquiry into the causes of two football disasters. Both occurred on 11th May…. Read More ›
McCall heads to Champions League, City stand still
By Jason McKeown As the final whistle sounded at Tynecastle six days ago, Motherwell manager Stuart McCall hugged his coaching staff and players, before saluting the sizable away following. Well had just defeated Hearts 1-0 live on Sky, to place… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
The end of Bantams Banter?
By Jason McKeown Dom Newton-Collinge and Tom Fletcher have a serious problem – the pair’s Bantams Banter podcast is proving too bloomin’ successful. About to reach the end of the second series, there is a huge doubt over whether the… Read More ›
Politics, investment and Gorgeous George
By Jason McKeown The new Bradford West MP, George Galloway, is due to attend Bradford City’s fixture with Macclesfield Town on Saturday afternoon, after the club invited him along. The famous (or should than be infamous?) politician has already had… Read More ›
Maintaining form is set to keep City up (but has kept them weighted down)
Six straight away defeats – with the only goal scored an own goal gifted by the opposition – is relegation form. But fortunately for Bradford City, what is even more like relegation form are the dreadful runs Barnet (one win… Read More ›
Final reflections on Crawley brawl as City accept their fine
Even allowing for the fact a decade of misery has left us Bradford City supporters somewhat desensitised to the pain of losing, there was something extraordinarily distressing about the two hours that followed the Crawley defeat last month. Travelling home… Read More ›