Aston Villa 2 Benteke 24, Weimann 89 Bradford City 1 Hanson 55 Bradford City win 4-3 on aggregate Tuesday 22 January, 2013 By Jason McKeown The secret behind ageing – or maturing if you will – is the level of weariness you… Read More ›
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Aston Villa vs Bradford City build up: What this means (part one)
The Width of a Post is incredibly proud to present a two-part series about the significance of Bradford City’s two-legged semi final with Aston Villa, written by two City supporters of different generations. First up, 16-year-old Joe Cockburn writes about… Read More ›
Aston Villa vs Bradford City build up: a view from the second city
By Mahesh Johal On Tuesday night I embark on my first trip to Villa Park knowing that my club are 90 minutes from a Wembley cup final. Donning my beloved claret and amber scarf and shirt, I will also be… Read More ›
Aston Villa vs Bradford City build up: Can we do this?
By Jason McKeown Phil Parkinson spoke for many of us when he declared, ahead of the first leg of Bradford City’s League Cup semi final against Aston Villa, that he would take a draw. City’s presence in the last four… Read More ›
The desire to regret nothing apart from today
Bradford City 1 Wells 14 Oxford United 2 Rigg 19, Levan 90 (pen) Saturday 12 January, 2013 By Jason McKeown It is afternoons such as these where you wish you hadn’t bothered. That you’d found something, anything, to do that… Read More ›
Good luck Ross Hannah
By Jason McKeown It was an unusually baking hot September morning, and at Appleby Bridge a shot from distance was carelessly spilled by the goalkeeper, who was now on the floor helpless to preventing the rebound being smashed home. Ross… 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: How we got here
It has been some journey to reach this point. Width of a Post writers recall their memories of how Bradford City have made it through five rounds of the League Cup to achieve a spot in the semi finals. Round 1… Read More ›
Just one of those days
Barnet 2 Atieno 41, Oster 48 Bradford City 0 Saturday 5 January, 2013 By Tom Warden Several years ago I was sat idle in a recording studio on the outskirts of Manchester listening to City’s promotion bid begin a slow… Read More ›