As Bradford City prepare to play Athlone Town tonight – their first of two friendlies in Ireland this week – Width of a Post writers look back upon their favourite memories of past pre-seasons. Mark Scully I’m not normally ones… Read More ›
Opinion
How Bradford City inspired me to be a footballer
By Maurice Tillotson Our luxury coach threaded its way along Manningham Lane towards Bradford City’s home ground at Valley Parade. The crowd was starting to build up and early comers, wearing their claret and amber scarves, shook their fists or gave us… Read More ›
Transfer talk
By Andrew Baxter It is that time of the season again, where the rumour mill goes into overdrive over potential new signings. But this summer, could the picture be more settled for City? For the first team in six or… Read More ›
The club’s in the black, and so too is Mark Lawn
By Jason McKeown There was – typically for the Telegraph & Argus – a wholly positive tone to this week’s announcement that Bradford City made a £1.5 million profit for the 2012/13 season. Undoubtedly it is a significant achievement that… Read More ›
Farewell Matt Duke
By Jason McKeown Matt Duke’s time at Bradford City has followed a narrative increasingly familiar with many of Phil Parkinson’s signings. After a less than auspicious start, negative judgements are made that seem certain to be cast in stone, only… Read More ›
Austrian side almost do a Bradford City
By Philip Jackson Have you heard the one about a team of underdogs who won a cup final and just missed out on promotion this year? At first glance you may of thought that I’d got it all a little… Read More ›
The wonderfully dull close season
By Jason McKeown For us Bradford City supporters, the tradition, at this time of the year, is to fret about the lack of signings and worry about the transfer business already completed by our league rivals. This summer looks set… Read More ›
The best is yet to come?
By Andrew Baxter I kid you not; someone called me a “glory hunter” a couple of weeks ago, for following my beloved Bradford City to Wembley. How times have changed! Being 17-years-old, I only vaguely remember the “glory years” of… Read More ›
Maintain Radio Silence
By Philip Jackson I began this season in a familiar and comfortable football rut. I refer to the general world of football consumption, the things I listened to, the things I watched and the people and outlets I got it… Read More ›
Andrew Davies extends Bradford City stay after finding stability
By Jason McKeown For a long time it seemed as though the relationship between Andrew Davies and Bradford City was one of short-term convenience that could never last. Signed on loan from Stoke City in September 2011, the 27-year-old was… Read More ›
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