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• A change of approach to loan players?

  By Width of a Post on June 14, 2012

  By Jason McKeown “We don’t want to come to the end of August saying we’ve got to go into the emergency (loan) market. If we do, we’ve done something wrong.” The above quote from Julian Rhodes, which appeared in the… Read More ›

• Notts County up first for Bantams

  By Width of a Post on June 14, 2012

  Bradford City will kick off the 2012/13 campaign with a trip to Notts County in the League Cup, probably on Tuesday 14 August (two months from now). As a result of the 2012 Olympics, the Football League has scheduled for… Read More ›

• The Midweek Player Focus – close season special #4: David Wetherall (05/06)

  By Width of a Post on June 12, 2012

  This week’s Width of a Post ‘Midweek Player Focus – Close Season Special’, looking back on past player of the season winners, sees Jason McKeown revisit 2005/06 and the crowning of David Wetherall. There’s a theory about the Premier League which… Read More ›

• The Seen Unseen

  By Width of a Post on June 10, 2012 • ( 5 )

  By Alex Scott Last week saw Lee Bullock sign a one-year deal with his former club York City upon their return to the Football League. After he helped Bradford City avoid relegation for another year, his name did not appear on… Read More ›

• Here come the Euros

  By Width of a Post on June 8, 2012

  By Jason McKeown The question “what are you doing this weekend?” gets uttered in every office up and down the country hundreds of times on a Friday, and – working in a team of non-football-interested-women – I always feel a… Read More ›

• Garry Thompson set to join City?/Bully moves to York

  By Width of a Post on June 7, 2012

  By Jason McKeown Width of a Post has heard a credible whisper that former Scunthorpe United winger Garry Thompson today held productive talks at Valley Parade about signing for the Bantams. The 31-year-old spent the majority of his career at Morecambe and –… Read More ›

• An evening with Simon Parker and Derm Tanner

  By Width of a Post on June 7, 2012

  By Jason McKeown Over the last decade, the pair have seen it all (well apart from Derm’s infamous efforts to get out of Gillingham away each season!), and the next Skipton and Craven Bantams meeting sees the local Bradford City media… Read More ›

• Rory McArdle becomes Parkinson’s second signing

  By Width of a Post on June 6, 2012

  By Jason McKeown The 25-year-old Northern Ireland international centre back, Rory McArdle, has today signed a two-year deal to join Bradford City. McArdle, who began his career at Sheffield Wednesday but only made one appearance, before two loan spells at Rochdale… Read More ›

• The Midweek Player Focus – close season special #3: Nathan Doyle (06/07)

  By Width of a Post on June 5, 2012 • ( 2 )

  The Width of a Post’s close summer ‘Midweek Player Focus – Close Season Special’ series, looking back on past player of the season winners, continues with Alex Scott reflecting on the 2006/07 season – the year that a loan player,… Read More ›

• Reversing the slide as Bradford City season ticket sales exceed expectations

  By Width of a Post on June 3, 2012 • ( 4 )

  By Jason McKeown

  It did not look good just a fortnight ago, and the statements from the club carried a slight whiff of desperation. But as the Bradford City season ticket offer ended on Thursday evening, news that a final total of 8,417 have been sold is surely beyond expectations – representing a huge boost to the club. Once again City will have the highest gates in League Two next season, something which appeared to be in some doubt when initial uptake was poor.

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