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• 2014/15 previewed: Parkinson faces tough challenges to deliver further progress

  By Width of a Post on August 7, 2014 • ( 2 )

  By Jason McKeown “I think it’s a big season for Phil,” stated Mark Lawn in early July, although when is it not a big season for any football manager? Unless you are the seemingly unsackable Arsene Wenger, every incumbent in… Read More ›

• 2014/15 previewed: New season’s expectations must be judged against the three year plan

  By Katie on August 6, 2014 • ( 7 )

  By Katie Whyatt Expectations. They’re the new elephant in the room. No one wants to talk about them, and can we? They’re a thorny enough issue anyway, without the spanner of an incomplete squad to wrestle with – you can’t… Read More ›

• Bradford City make triple ‘non-contract’ signing

  By Width of a Post on August 5, 2014 • ( 4 )

  Trialists Mo Shariff and Matt Urwin are awarded non-contract deals, whilst former Hibs keeper Ben Williams arrives on similar terms.

• 2014/15 previewed: The players (part three)

  By Width of a Post on August 5, 2014 • ( 8 )

  By Alex Scott Concluding our in-depth player preview (read defence and midfield), today we look at the forward line. Forwards Ins: Billy Clarke (Crawley); Outs: Andy Gray, Jon Stead James Hanson Last season: 34 games (1 sub), 12 goals Contract… Read More ›

• 2014/15 previewed: The players (part two)

  By Width of a Post on August 4, 2014 • ( 4 )

  By Alex Scott Yesterday we began our players preview looking at the defence. Today we’re going to focus on the more volatile positions over the summer, the areas with the most change: the midfielders. Midfielders In: Matty Dolan (Middlesbrough), Billy… Read More ›

• 2014/15 previewed: The players (part one)

  By Width of a Post on August 3, 2014

  Written by Alex Scott (images by Kieran Wilkinson) A summer of revolution at the club has seen a number of City’s established icons over the last couple of seasons depart for pastures new, as Phil Parkinson looks to revamp his… Read More ›

• The ticking clock

  By Width of a Post on August 2, 2014

  

  Bradford City’s final pre-season game ends in a 1-1 draw with League Two Hartlepool, and there are rising fears about the strength of squad for the campaign ahead.

• 2014/15 previewed: Mark Yeates can be Phil Parkinson’s diamond in the rough

  By Width of a Post on August 2, 2014

  By James Storrie How to solve a problem like Mark Yeates? It was a conundrum often muted around by Bradford City fans during the course of last season. Brought in to complement the existing players from the history making season… Read More ›

• 2014/15 previewed: The view from the pundit sofa

  By Width of a Post on August 1, 2014 • ( 2 )

  By Alex Scott On the eve of the new season, regular Width of a Post writers’ Andrew Baxter, Mesh Johal, Luke Lockwood and Katie Whyatt take to the pundit sofa to share their views on the summer transfer activity and… Read More ›

• 2014/15 previewed: An ageing Kate Moss or a fallen Madonna?

  By Width of a Post on July 31, 2014 • ( 8 )

  “I worry about my first love. Will the pieces fall into place? Will the petulant streak remain or will she start to fit into her new clothes as Yeates, Dolan et al take control of each game and move the opposition around at will? Or will the new make-up streak and leave her looking like a drunk adolescent with no one to hold her hair as she struggles with the reality of her new direction in life?”

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