Coventry City vs Bradford City preview @Sixfields (Northampton Town) on Saturday 15 February, 2014 By Alex Scott Coventry City manager Steven Pressley went out of his way to point out how different his team were to Phil Parkinson’s “Dark Age”… Read More ›
Kyel Reid
Five issues facing Phil Parkinson
By Jason McKeown 1) The defence is conceding too many goals Having kept four clean sheets in the first 10 League One matches of this season, the last 21 games have seen just two shutouts. Bradford City have only conceded… Read More ›
Change is coming as Preston North End come to town
Bradford City vs Preston North End preview @Valley Parade on Tuesday 28 January, 2014 By Mahesh Johal In the reverse fixture against Preston North End, last October, many of the 3,000 away contingent left Deepdale feeling extremely buoyed by the… Read More ›
Duty of care
By Jason McKeown On Saturday morning, as Kyel Reid continued to comes to terms with his long road to recovery from a serious knee injury picked up at Bramall Lane last weekend, he was greeted by what might have begun… Read More ›
Adam Reach joins City hinting at change of loan strategy
By Jason McKeown Phil Parkinson has moved quickly to replace long-term injury absentee Kyel Reid – signing Middlesbrough left winger Adam Reach on a month’s loan. 20-year-old Reach is another product of Boro’s highly-regarded youth academy, and spent the first… Read More ›
Major injury blow for Kyel Reid
By Jason McKeown Kyel Reid has in all probability played his last game for Bradford City, after the pacy winger was today ruled out with a cruciate ligament injury for between six and eight months. He was stretchered off at… Read More ›
When there is nothing else to give
Sheffield United 2 Murphy 7, Maguire 40 Bradford City 2 Jones 56, Hanson 63 Saturday 18 January, 2018 By Jason McKeown Stripped bare of confidence, enthusiasm and even dignity – there was at least one admirable quality that a forlorn-looking… Read More ›
Year Zero
Bradford City 1 Hanson 1 Bristol City 1 Wagstaff 11 Saturday 11 January, 2014 By Jason McKeown For someone who is only 5 foot 7 inches tall, Nahki Wells casts a large shadow. Less than 24 hours after his dramatic… Read More ›
The Midweek Player Focus #49: Mark Yeates
By Jason McKeown Mark Yeates must have thought he was certain to start at Notts County on New Year’s Day. As Phil Parkinson planned a team without the services of Nahki Wells up front, Yeates, who replaced the injured Bermudian… Read More ›
Where’s the glue?
Notts County 3 Campbell-Ryce 32, McGregor 88, Grealish 90 Bradford City 0 Wednesday 1 January, 2014 By Jason McKeown (picture by Kieran Wilkinson) Everything is broken, and for Phil Parkinson this is a big, big test of his managerial ability…. Read More ›