Bradford City vs Coventry City preview @Valley Parade on Sunday 17 November, 2013 By Jason McKeown The outstanding progress made by Bradford City over the past two years is not simply down to Phil Parkinson having greater resources than his… Read More ›
Phil Parkinson
The pattern of winless runs
By Jason McKeown In his superb new autobiography, Sir Alex Ferguson writes that, “There is a price to pay when you support a football club, and the price is that you can’t win every game.” We Bradford City supporters should understand… Read More ›
The Midweek Player Focus #46: Garry Thompson
By Gareth Walker Garry Thompson is a player that had been familiar with Bradford City supporters long before he actually played in claret and amber, after impressing whilst turning out for Morecambe against the Bantams back in 2007. Stuart McCall’s… Read More ›
Where does the squad go from here?
By Jason McKeown “Every time we go out on the pitch, we are representing our families, we’re representing the supporters and we’re fighting for our livelihoods. It didn’t look like that to me today though, and I am not accepting… Read More ›
The Midweek Player Focus #45: Kyel Reid
By Mahesh Johal “The Forgotten Waiting man” In the early part of the season it was stated that Kyel Reid was the “forgotten man” after Wembley. I understand why he was called this, but I disagree with the statement. Indeed,… Read More ›
The scale of the task as Wolves travel to Valley Parade
Bradford City vs Wolverhampton Wanderers preview @Valley Parade on Saturday 26 October, 2013 By Andrew Baxter “Reid, Reid will tear you apart, again” was the chant from the huge Bradford City travelling support on Tuesday night, as Kyel Reid put in… Read More ›
Reid just tore you apart, again
By Jason McKeown Even as we filed out of Deepdale, it was impossible to avoid hearing one or two criticisms. “Why the f*** didn’t he cross it then instead of selfishly shooting?” “I know, what a greedy b******!” But that… Read More ›
So why so sad? City go to Preston for top-six encounter
Preston North End vs Bradford City preview @Deepdale on Tuesday 22 October, 2013 By Jason McKeown Phil Parkinson would have to slump a long, long way before Bradford City went the way of their fellow newly promoted club, Gillingham, in… Read More ›
10 years of writing about Bradford City
By Jason McKeown It was only a 1-0 defeat, but the scoreline flattered the beaten Bantams. Ipswich Town had played us off the park and should have won by three or four goals, with only a 10-minute rally at the… Read More ›
Tranmere preview part two: Hoping the good feeling lasts
By Mike Harrison (editor of the City Gent) The saying goes ‘all good things must come to an end’ and it is certainly very true as nothing lasts forever. In the context of following Bradford City as a fan, even… Read More ›