For the penultimate article of the Width of Post’s 2011/12 review ‘essay’ series, Jason McKeown looks back at the Bantams cup adventures. There are three minutes of stoppage time left at Vicarage Road last January and – at the opposite end of the… Read More ›
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A dream come true – playing at Valley Parade
By Tim Roche It really is one of the oldest footballing clichés, but almost every football supporter dreams of one day pulling on the shirt of their club and gracing the hallowed turf of their home stadium. On Saturday 12th… Read More ›
Re-discovering and quickly losing Bradford City’s mojo
By David Pendleton Hope is probably the most powerful weapon available to a football club. At the start of this season we were being offered a vision. After finishing in the lowest league position since the 1960s, and had endured… Read More ›
The joys of being part of a football community
By Jason McKeown Some 650 million people around the world are set to tune into this evening’s Premier League clash between Manchester City and Manchester United (a record for a regular season sports game), but some 125 miles to the… Read More ›
Welcoming less familiar faces as Bradford City play Hereford
Bradford City vs Hereford Town match preview @Valley Parade on Saturday 25 February, 2012 A solitary £1 coin is all you need to watch Bradford City play Hereford United tomorrow afternoon. It’s an important match for both sides, and the… Read More ›
A Valentine’s Day apology
To: [insert your partner’s name] From: [insert your name] Today is Valentine’s Day. A special occasion for spending time with the person we love/like/are stuck with/picked up last week [delete as appropriate] – and showing them how special they are… Read More ›
The empty feeling of a postponed Bradford City match
Match day always begins earlier than you plan. A week’s worth of early starts for work leaves you longing for a lie in on a Saturday, but – despite how obnoxiously premature your alarm clock always seems to feel Monday… Read More ›
Robert Molenaar, treacle and the ‘delights’ of Bristol
By Ian Sheard “Let’s go to Bristol for my birthday,” my mate suggested to me a few months ago via the power of Facebook “We can go down on Saturday, watch the game and come back Sunday.” “Sounds like a… Read More ›
Join the Skipton Bantams on the road to Shrewsbury Town
The fledgling Skipton and Craven Bantams Supporters Club is running a bumper coach trip to attend the Shrewsbury Town away fixture on Easter Monday (9 April). For a price of £18 for members and £20.50 for non-members, you can get… Read More ›
A special kind of appreciation as Bradford City exit FA Cup
Watford 4 Deeney 3, Sordell 40, Forsyth 56+59 Bradford City 2 Hanson 8, Wells 88 Saturday 7 January, 2012 Amongst the range of new chants aired by a bustling away following at Vicarage Road on Saturday, it was the one… Read More ›