By Luke Lockwood On Tuesday 21st February, at Herriots Hotel, Skipton around 50 members of Skipton and Craven Bantams waited in anticipation for Joint Chairman Mark Lawn to take his place in front of them and face whatever question they… Read More ›
Opinion
The Midweek Player Focus #7: Jon McLaughlin
In an unassuming and quiet manner which appears to befit the man, Jon McLaughlin marked a new personal best during Bradford City’s impressive weekend victory over Torquay United. The 17th consecutive start McLaughlin made for the Bantams is the longest… Read More ›
A Valentine’s Day apology
To: [insert your partner’s name] From: [insert your name] Today is Valentine’s Day. A special occasion for spending time with the person we love/like/are stuck with/picked up last week [delete as appropriate] – and showing them how special they are… Read More ›
The Midweek Player Focus #6: Michael Flynn
By Luke Lockwood If City fans were asked to pick their favoured pairing in the centre of the team’s midfield, it is unlikely that club captain Michael Flynn’s name would be mentioned. In fact, was Phil Parkinson to prefer three… Read More ›
The empty feeling of a postponed Bradford City match
Match day always begins earlier than you plan. A week’s worth of early starts for work leaves you longing for a lie in on a Saturday, but – despite how obnoxiously premature your alarm clock always seems to feel Monday… Read More ›
The demise of the Bradford City Development Squad?
Phil Parkinson’s December Manager of the Month award may have crowned a period of significant improvement for Bradford City, but indifferent results in January have underlined how far there still is to go. With the added distraction of the January… Read More ›
The Midweek Player Focus #5: Kyel Reid
Sometimes a player looks better simply through not playing. Their absence from the first team highlighting just how effective they had been previously, because of how much they are suddenly missed. Kyel Reid was absent for five games after injuring… Read More ›
Robert Molenaar, treacle and the ‘delights’ of Bristol
By Ian Sheard “Let’s go to Bristol for my birthday,” my mate suggested to me a few months ago via the power of Facebook “We can go down on Saturday, watch the game and come back Sunday.” “Sounds like a… Read More ›
The Midweek Player Focus #4: Marcel Seip
Phil Parkinson’s decision not to move Marcel Seip into his natural centre back position for the visit of Burton Albion last Saturday was arguably the strongest verification to date of how well the Dutchman is performing at left back. No… Read More ›
Appreciating Dean Windass – part three
In the final part of Width of a Post’s mini-series celebrating Dean Windass the player – parts one and two here – Tim Roche shares his personal memories of how Deano eventually became a Bradford City legend. When Dean Windass… Read More ›
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