On Wednesday it will be exactly one year since Bradford City’s incredible victory over Arsenal. Width of a Post will be continuing its ‘one year on‘ retrospective series with a piece on the Gunners victory, but first David Howker recalls his memories of… Read More ›
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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 ›
Bradford City vs Aston Villa build up: The Road from Wigan Pier
By David Pendleton I sat in the Orwell pub at Wigan looking out over the Leeds & Liverpool canal. In my mind’s eye I followed the silvery waters as they meander over the Pennines, forming an umbilical link between the… Read More ›
Craig Forsyth joins Bradford City – a loan signing PP needs to work out
By Jason McKeown Ahead of Bradford City’s clash with Cheltenham Town (previewed here and here), Phil Parkinson has signed Watford left winger Craig Forsyth on a two-month loan deal. The 23-year-old Scot was signed by the Championship outfit from Dundee… Read More ›
The Midweek Player Focus #23: James Meredith
By Luke Lockwood After another summer involving a high turnover of playing personnel, the opening weeks of the season have been rife with debate about how well the new recruits have settled in their claret and amber shirts. That is… Read More ›
Bring on the Big Boys!
Watford 1 Anya 71 Bradford City 2 Reid 85, Thompson 90+4 Tuesday 28 August, 2012 By Tom Warden I’ll admit it; I’m a bit of a sucker for pre-season optimism. I love the feeling of reading about new signings and… Read More ›
The toughest test so far, as City reluctantly travel to Watford
Watford vs Bradford City match preview (League Cup second round) @Vicarage Road on Tuesday 28 August, 2012 By Gareth Walker I think that it would be fair to say that when Bradford City drew Watford away in the Capital One… Read More ›
2011/12 review: the joy of cups
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 ›
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 ›
Syer-less City join the FA Cup 3rd Round party at Watford
Watford v Bradford City @Vicarage Road on Saturday 7 January, 2011 The magic of the FA Cup. Entrusted with the ever-patronising ITV over the past few years, the credibility of that famous cliché has begun to look increasingly dubious as… Read More ›
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