By Jason McKeown There is so much encouragement to take from Bradford City’s adaption back into League One. The landscape of England’s third tier has undoubtedly changed considerably during our six-year exile in the basement division, but the return is so… Read More ›
Opinion
The Midweek Player Focus #41: Nahki Wells
By Katie Whyatt It wasn’t how it was supposed to be. At least, it wasn’t how he’d hoped it would be. It wasn’t how anyone had hoped it would be – especially the prodigious goalscorer who had been so influential… Read More ›
Home comforts on the road
By Jason McKeown Phil Parkinson faced the media after his Bradford City side earned their first away win of the season talking less about whether Gary Jones or Garry Thompson got the winner and more the benefits of a Friday… Read More ›
1998/99 re-visited: the players’ stories
By Gareth Walker (images by Kieran Wilkinson) It was dream come true for me on Sunday to see the majority of the 1999 promotion winning team back together. I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the question and… Read More ›
The Midweek Player Focus #40: Stephen Darby
By Jason McKeown Some players are destined never to grab the attention. They go through their careers doing little wrong and never letting anyone down; but their no-frills, steady reliability is there to be admired rather than worshipped. Worth their… Read More ›
(Still) Bantams Class
By Jason McKeown (images by Kieran Wilkinson) 14 years is a long time in anyone’s life. Yet the invitation to step back in time and watch the 1998/99 promotion winners perform in a special match for Wayne Jacobs’ One in… Read More ›
The future is bright. The future is Claret and Amber?
By Stephen Hodgson If there ever was an opportunity to test the loyalties of a football fan to their club, then it has to have been the last 15 years of being a Bradford City fan. After shattering the post-war… Read More ›
Looking back on the 1998/99 promotion season
You might say that this is the perfect weekend to be a Bradford City supporter. On Saturday, the 2012/13 heroes continue their adaption to League One with a home game against Colchester United. Then on Sunday, the other widely-celebrated modern-era… Read More ›
The Midweek Player Focus #39: James Meredith
By Alex Scott Narrative loves conflict, and frustratingly for someone attempting to rattle on about this James Meredith for ten minutes or so, there isn’t really any. (Google the James Meredith for a tad more conflict.) Our James Meredith is… Read More ›