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 ›
Phil Parkinson
Moving on up
By Jim Nicholson We’re now at the end of what has been an incredible season for Bradford City. We’ve had the pleasure of witnessing some stunning highs and the club has been revitalised from top to bottom, with a management… Read More ›
Parkinson signs up until 2016 as City find stability
“Three years was the minimum we wanted. We’re aiming to go back up the divisions and we want Phil to be the man leading us.” Julian Rhodes By Jason McKeown Phil Parkinson has finally ended months of speculation by today… Read More ›
One fine day, one fine season
“Look back, look forward, smile. This is a fantastic time to be a Bradford City supporter” – reflecting on the Northampton play off final victory.
Team Claret and Amber finish the job
Rating the players’ performance in crushing Northampton Town.
Present perfect
Match report of Bradford City sealing promotion to League One following a 3-0 victory over Northampton Town.
Back to Wembley: Looking back over my shoulder
12 of the most painful memories from 12 years of Bradford City failure.
Back to Wembley: We never do it the easy way, do we?
“Before this season we hadn’t been to Wembley to see our team 17 years, and now we’re going twice in one magical campaign. Sure, we’ve had to put up with a lot, but at the moment we’re pretty lucky really, aren’t we?”
Parkinson’s new deal is a rare victory for long-term thinking
By Jason McKeown I will be honest with you, I feared the worst when it came to this season – and the chief reason for that was Julian Rhodes and Mark Lawn. The Joint Chairmen’s five-year dual stewardship of Bradford… Read More ›
Back to Wembley: The last promotion
Not since 1999 have Bradford City achieved a promotion. “If (the 2013 team) were to seal promotion at Wembley, it would be very plausible to imagine them being talked about in the same vein as the team of 1999, and that we will be still be looking back on their achievements 14 years from now.”
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