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• 10 years on: administration (part one)

  By Width of a Post on July 3, 2012

  Ten years ago this summer, the very future of Bradford City Football Club was in serious doubt in a manner that a generation of us had never experienced before. Plunged into administration, with debts of around £36 million, for a… Read More ›

• Personal taste, but I’m not jumping through hoops about City’s new kit

  By Width of a Post on July 2, 2012

  By Jason McKeown The launching of a new Bradford City kit will always split opinion. The design and colour scheme is a matter of personal preference, and with a core customer base of 10,000 people we will never universally agree… Read More ›

• Organised fun

  By Width of a Post on July 1, 2012 • ( 2 )

  By Jason McKeown To paraphrase the Liverpool legend Ian Rush, these football supporters at Euro 2012 are like they are from a foreign country. There is something strange and at times a little unsettling about watching the way fans are… Read More ›

• The Midweek Player Focus – close season special #6: Paul Heckingbottom (03/04)

  By Width of a Post on June 29, 2012

  The Width of a Post’s Midweek ‘Player Focus – Close Season Special’ series continues with a look back at the very difficult 2003/04 season, as Jason McKeown remembers Paul Heckingbottom. “Heckingshocking” was what my wife Rachel nicknamed Paul Heckingbottom as… Read More ›

• James Meredith signs for Bantams?

  By Width of a Post on June 28, 2012

  By Jason McKeown A rumour has reached Width of a Post’s ear that York City defender James Meredith will sign for Bradford City tomorrow. The 24-year-old left back has made 131 appearances for the Minstermen, which included playing a big… Read More ›

• Still nothing

  By Width of a Post on June 27, 2012 • ( 5 )

  By Alex Scott The past week in football has been defined by two moments for me, two feelings. Primarily, the stomach punch defeat for the England national team (which still stings). And the other was the lack of joy I… Read More ›

• Will Atkinson to sign for Bradford City

  By Width of a Post on June 26, 2012 • ( 2 )

  By Jason McKeown Will Atkinson has revealed, via Twitter, that he is signing for Bradford City. The 23-year-old winger spent the second half of last season on loan at Valley Parade, making 12 appearances and generally struggling to make a… Read More ›

• A really top Guy

  By Width of a Post on June 25, 2012 • ( 1 )

  By Jason McKeown On the surface at least, the story of Guy Branston and Bradford City was a well-versed, cliché-ridden tale that has been played out many times before at Valley Parade and will continue to reoccur in future. A… Read More ›

• “One more Bradford City match”

  By Width of a Post on June 24, 2012 • ( 5 )

  By Jason McKeown We’ve probably all had this sort of person in our lives at some point, or perhaps they’re still around. A much older Bradford City supporter, who has experienced all the ups and downs from a very different… Read More ›

• Parkinson looks for proven players as he goes down an unproven route

  By Width of a Post on June 23, 2012 • ( 6 )

  

  By Jason McKeown Slowly but surely, piece by piece, a clearer picture is emerging on the surface of the jigsaw Phil Parkinson is trying to build for next season. The arrival of 35-year-old Gary Jones on a one year deal from Rochdale… Read More ›

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