Luke Oliver has departed Bradford City after an eventful four years at Valley Parade – playing a crucial role in turning around the club’s declining fortunes.
2011/12
Bradford City’s unsung hero – talking to Nick Allamby (1/2)
By Nick Beanland Nick Allamby is Head of Sports Performance at Bradford City. He, along with Phil Parkinson and Steve Parkin, signed a new three-year deal shortly after the epic 2012/13 season. Nick very kindly agreed to speak to me last week as… Read More ›
Andrew Davies extends Bradford City stay after finding stability
By Jason McKeown For a long time it seemed as though the relationship between Andrew Davies and Bradford City was one of short-term convenience that could never last. Signed on loan from Stoke City in September 2011, the 27-year-old was… Read More ›
FIFA rules against Bradford City on Mark Stewart
By Jason McKeown FIFA has today announced that Bradford City must pay Falkirk 250,000 euros compensation for the signing of Mark Stewart in the summer of 2011. Stewart arrived at Valley Parade on a free transfer; but being only 22-years-old… Read More ›
Review of 2012 – part one
By Jason McKeown There is a clear narrative to follow when it comes to reviewing the year of 2012 for Bradford City. It starts off by looking back at one of the low points from the second half of last… 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: 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 ›
2011/12 review: what the club got right
Like sitting an English Language GCSE exam, a number of Width of a Post writers were handed a topic heading relating to the 2011/12 season and asked to run with it; taking whatever direction they choose and writing as much… Read More ›
2011/12 review: Highlight/lowlight – part one
The Width of a Post writing team provide their personal highlights and lowlights of this season. Mark Scully Highlight – There haven’t been many high points throughout the course of the season but the few memorable moments came in the… Read More ›
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