By Gareth Walker The happiness and unbridled joy that had most City fans shouting from the roof tops after Tuesday night’s victory over Aston Villa was sent into overdrive on Friday evening, when news emerged that Phil Parkinson had declined… Read More ›
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Back to reality, as City look to kick-start promotion hopes against Oxford
Bradford City vs Oxford United preview @Valley Parade on Saturday 12 January, 2013 By Mahesh Johal After the elation of Tuesday night’s cup triumph, Bradford City return to league action by welcoming Oxford United to Valley Parade. The victory over… Read More ›
Half time team talk: What City need to do at Villa Park to secure a famous victory
By Mark Danylczuk Well, who saw that one coming?! The focus of my planned article has changed somewhat, as I didn’t expect to be writing from the viewpoint that City are in the ascendency going into the second leg. Simply put,… Read More ›
Bradford City 3 Aston Villa 1: How the players rated
By Gareth Walker Somehow, I have got the impossible task of rating the individual performances of Tuesday night’s heroes out of ten. I really wanted to give them all full marks, and certainly nobody deserves anything less than a nine… Read More ›
Bradford City stand 90 minutes away from Wembley after stunning Villa
Bradford City 3 Wells 19, McArdle 78, McHugh 88 Aston Villa 1 Weimann 82 Tuesday 8 January, 2013 By Jason McKeown What just happened? As someone tasked with writing a match report of tonight, I’m somewhat lost for words. Expectations… Read More ›
Bradford City vs Aston Villa build up: What this game means to Aston Villa
By Mark Scully If Paul Lambert’s side think it will be a stroll in the park at Valley Parade on Tuesday night they might want to have a little word with the stars of Arsenal’s first team that came unstuck… Read More ›
Bradford City vs Aston Villa build up: The away fans’ view
Ahead of the first leg of Bradford City’s semi final with Aston Villa, The Width of a Post has swapped interviews with the superbly written Villa site, myoldmansaid.com. David Michael answers our questions. When Bradford City and Aston Villa were… Read More ›
Bradford City vs Aston Villa build up: The Road from Wigan Pier
By David Pendleton I sat in the Orwell pub at Wigan looking out over the Leeds & Liverpool canal. In my mind’s eye I followed the silvery waters as they meander over the Pennines, forming an umbilical link between the… Read More ›
Bradford City vs Aston Villa build up: David Baldwin on the club’s planning
As Bradford City prepare for two of the biggest games in its entire history, Head of Operations David Baldwin kindly spoke to Width of a Post about the operational arrangements, the potential financial rewards of this remarkable cup run, Phil… Read More ›
The here and now: City travel to Morecambe. The long-term: an 18-month plan needed
Morecambe vs Bradford City preview @The Globe Arena on Tuesday 1 January, 2013 By Jason McKeown Back when the National Lottery was launched in the mid-90s, it quickly became something of an on-running joke. Jackpot winners, who overnight were being… Read More ›
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