By Joe Cockburn It was no secret that in the first five years of City’s dragged out stay in League Two, a midfield general had been the missing element. Messers Flynn, McLaren, Evans, Bullock, Bolder, Doherty, Worthington, Ravenhill all tried… Read More ›
Season Reviews
2012/13 season review: Dan, Me and Bradford City
By Philip Jackson It was a warm, glorious day in April 2011, the road twisted towards Hereford from Worcester, breathing in the scenery all around us, quintessentially English, bright greens and golds, trees and flowers in bloom stood before the… Read More ›
2012/13 season review: The man behind promotion
By Mark Scully Phil Parkinson has probably never had it so good during his managerial career. On a personal level, his stock is the highest it has ever been and, in all honesty, he could probably have his pick of… Read More ›
2012/13 season review: Life on the road
By Gareth Walker I was recently reminded that, back in June, I made the bold statement I would only be attending two away games during the 2012/13 campaign. Including the two trips to Wembley, I ended up attending 18 –… Read More ›
2012/13 season review: The best trip, I’ve ever been on
By Jason McKeown It was the year of walking onto the field to the supporter-created song ‘claret and amber’. Of hooped home shirts. Of Flexi-cards. A year where Valley Parade was filled to capacity for the first time in over… Read More ›
The 2012/13 Width of a Post Player of the Season
By Jason McKeown The Width of a Post writers were asked to vote for their top five players of the 2012/13 season, which saw 10 different players receive votes. In fifth place…Rory McArdle No one was a greater representative of City’s… Read More ›
2011/12 review: three managers, one season
Our final Width of a Post 2011/12 season review ‘essay’ sees Mark Scully look back at how the Bantams went through three managers. With the Bradford City players away catching some sun before Parkinson gets them back for pre season… Read More ›
2011/12 review: the joy of cups
For the penultimate article of the Width of Post’s 2011/12 review ‘essay’ series, Jason McKeown looks back at the Bantams cup adventures. There are three minutes of stoppage time left at Vicarage Road last January and – at the opposite end of the… Read More ›
2011/12 review: Getting it right at home
Our end of season ‘essay’ review series continues with Ian Sheard attempting to explain how Bradford City have performed much better at Valley Parade – 1 defeat in 15 matches – compared to previous seasons. I volunteered to write this article thinking… Read More ›
2011/12 review: what the club got wrong
The second of Width of a Post’s end of season ‘essays’ sees Jason McKeown share his personal views on where things might have gone wrong for City. “We develop players. We don’t have them growing in greenhouses out the back because we don’t have… Read More ›
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