Port Vale vs Bradford City preview @Vale Park on Saturday 17 August, 2013 By Jason McKeown ‘Bradford City return to the cup that rebuilt the club’ ran a Daily Telegraph headline prior to the club’s first round clash with Huddersfield Town… Read More ›
Jon McLaughlin
Human After All
By Alex Scott Well, that was fast. Straightforward and all. No heroics. No last minute miracle comebacks. No superhuman saves, or ‘keeper force field moments. Just a reserve team and “concentrate on the league”. The league has to be the… Read More ›
Not enough in reserve as Bradford City bow out early
Huddersfield Town 2 Vaughan 42 + 54 Bradford City 1 Wells 90 Tuesday 6 August, 2013 Written by Gareth Walker (images by Jason McKeown) There will be no League Cup run this year after an Adam Clayton-inspired Huddersfield Town put paid… Read More ›
Enjoying the margins as Bradford City kick off in League One
Bristol City vs Bradford City match preview @Ashton Gate on Saturday 3 August, 2013 By Jason McKeown As the new season begins tomorrow afternoon, the progress of Bradford City should be measured not just by lining up at Ashton Gate… Read More ›
2013/14 season preview: The players’ expectations (1/2)
By Alex Scott What do we want from this season? What would we class as a successful year? Our expectations are all over the map. There are the pessimists who would take a death-defying charge to 20th. There are the… Read More ›
Pre-season begins at Guiseley with much to prove
Guiseley AFC vs Bradford City preview @Nethermoor on Saturday 13 July, 2013 By Jason McKeown If Bradford City’s return to League One after a six-year break represents a relative step into the unknown, the warm up begins tomorrow once more… Read More ›
Transfer talk
By Andrew Baxter It is that time of the season again, where the rumour mill goes into overdrive over potential new signings. But this summer, could the picture be more settled for City? For the first team in six or… Read More ›
Farewell Matt Duke
By Jason McKeown Matt Duke’s time at Bradford City has followed a narrative increasingly familiar with many of Phil Parkinson’s signings. After a less than auspicious start, negative judgements are made that seem certain to be cast in stone, only… Read More ›
2012/13 season review: The best trip, I’ve ever been on
By Jason McKeown It was the year of walking onto the field to the supporter-created song ‘claret and amber’. Of hooped home shirts. Of Flexi-cards. A year where Valley Parade was filled to capacity for the first time in over… Read More ›
Team Claret and Amber finish the job
Rating the players’ performance in crushing Northampton Town.