An hour before one home game during the first half of this season, I popped into the Tesco store on Manningham Lane where I was surprised to spot Lee Bullock browsing the shelves. Having been out injured since the opening… Read More ›
Opinion
How to move forwards after evening and day of humilation
It has been one of the day’s quirky talking points. Making the BBC National news and international headlines; even Robbie Savage was asked to give his view. All day long at work, football and non-football fans alike have been keen… Read More ›
McLaughlin, Oliver and Davies leave City with a huge hole
The TV footage is utterly shameful. There is no getting away from how badly Jon McLaughlin and Luke Oliver have let the club down in throwing punches towards Crawley Town players at the final whistle – or how potentially devastating… Read More ›
Farewell Robbie
The writing has, in truth, been on the cards for a number of weeks now; but there is still something very sad about seeing Robbie Threlfall depart Valley Parade last week, after his contract was settled with the club. The… Read More ›
Good intentions, wrong approach as Lawn criticises fans
On the eve of Bradford City’s important home match with Gillingham, joint-Chairmen Mark Lawn has made some characteristically blunt statements in the Telegraph & Argus stating that “It’s time for fans to be fans.” He said: “The club has done… Read More ›
The Midweek Player Focus #10: Chris Mitchell
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 ›
Why we shouldn’t start turning on our players
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 ›
The striker problem
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 ›
The Midweek Player Focus #9: Ritchie Jones
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 ›
The Midweek Player Focus #8: Special Edition – meeting Guy Branston
In a season of such rapid change, there’s been no higher-profile player victim of circumstances than club captain Guy Branston. Brought in during the summer by Peter Jackson to become the lynchpin of an understated play off push – the… Read More ›
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