[32] City avoided relegation the following season by winning their last two league games, 10 against Charlton and then beating Queens Park Rangers 30 on the final day of the season, but Kamara was sacked in January 1998. Although they missed out on promotion, City won the league the following season 198485, to return to the second tier of the Football League. It operates like a professional football club in terms of its support departments, we have an excellent range of sporting experience from school sport to Injury & Rehabilitation to Analysis teams. [66] The club's away shirt has traditionally been white and to a lesser extent also blue, but there has been a profusion of other colours and designs particularly in more recent years.

However, City's triumph was overshadowed by the fire disaster, which killed 56people when Valley Parade caught fire in the final game of the season.[27].

Squad size: For three seasons, City finished mid-table in the third tier, which was renamed Division Two following the advent of the Premier League. [41] Jim Jefferies took over but could not save the club from relegation. The capacity was increased to 40,000 by December 1908 with a 5,300-seater main stand, a terraced paddock in front, a Spion Kop, and an 8,000-capacity Midland Road stand. [17], After the war, City went through two managers in the first two seasons,[18] and were consistently in the bottom half of the Division Three (North) table until 195556. It duly elected the new club into Division Two of the league, in place of Doncaster Rovers. [37], However, Jewell left shortly afterwards. The players were: All records from Bradford City F.C. The matchratings (which displays the performance/form) range from zero to 10 and are calculated via our algorithms. At the same time as studying, like our scholarships, they will train and play with us. It provides the players with a fantastic base to train and play games at. In 2007 former Telegraph & Argus sports journalist David Markham released the book The Legends of Bradford City, initially written to mark the club's centenary in 2003. 0, Stadium: [4] Other nicknames have been the Citizens or Paraders, but the club is better known as the Bantams. Our football LiveScore scorecards are updated live in real-time to keep you up to date with all the football match LiveScore updates happening today along with football LiveScore results for all finished football matches for every football & soccer league. [97], According to a survey conducted in August 2019, Bradford City fans also see Burnley, Barnsley and Oldham Athletic as rivals. Bradford City were formed in 1903 as a result of a series of meetings called by James Whyte, a sub-editor of the Bradford Observer, with Football Association representatives and officials at Manningham F.C., a rugby league side. We have strong links with semi-professional and amatuer adult clubs who we signpost our players to, so they can gain further exposure in terms of their individual development and part of their pathway. Further projects were planned until the club went into administration in May 2002 so none have taken place. 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There followed three difficult seasons during which time manager Grenville Hair died following a heart attack in training, City returned to Division Three getting promoted in 196869. Get all of your football live results on AiScore.com! Season tickets for the 201314 season are available until 31 July 2013. The reason Manningham chose claret and amber is not documented but the colours were the same as those of The Prince of Wales's Own West Yorkshire Regiment, which was based at Belle Vue Barracks on nearby Manningham Lane. [21] With 34goals from David Layne, City nearly earned promotion the following season 196162, but did also suffer a record 91 defeat to Colchester United. [8] The same season they won the FA Cup, when a goal from captain Jimmy Speirs won the final replay against Newcastle United. Another relegation in 1937 did allow the club to go on to win the Third Division North Cup in 1939, however a further relegation followed in 1962 to leave the club in the newly created Fourth Division. Alternatively, please email ifollow@efl.com - note that live chat is recommended for the quickest response on a matchday. [46] Former player Stuart McCall was appointed the new manager,[47] and although he said anything less than promotion would be a failure,[48] he later changed his mind after a poor start and finally led the team to a 10th-place finish. This page displays a detailed overview of the club's current squad. Supporters hold West Yorkshire derby rivalries with Huddersfield Town and Leeds United, as well as a historic Bradford derby rivalry with the now non-league side Bradford (Park Avenue). [6] The club finished 10th in their first season. A succession of financial crises followed as the club entered administration twice in two years and further relegations followed in 2004 and 2007 to leave the club back in the fourth tier.

Below is the Bradford City first-team squad for the 2022/2023 season ranked by position from goalkeeper to strikers.

[12] Two seasons later, O'Rourke, who had initially retired in 1921 following the death of his son, returned and guided City to promotion with a record haul of 128 goals. We celebrate hard work by rewarding the best trainers from these groups with an extra session with our Elite Development Squads. 0, Stadium: [80] The following year, Valley Parade was sold to Gibb's pension fund for 5million, with the club's offices, the shop and car park sold to London-based Development Securities for 2.5million,[82] but these (club offices, shop and car park) were bought back by the club's joint chairmen in the summer of 2011. Copyright 2018 - 2022, Footballcritic Inc. All right reserved. [71] Its first game against Bristol City on Christmas Day attracted a crowd of 36,000. Both Manningham, from 1886, and Bradford City, from 1903 to 1908, used the barracks as changing and club rooms. 30 in the League Two Playoff Final to secure a place in League One for 201314.

For the 201516 season, the club announced its latest season ticket scheme aimed at continuing to make football affordable for fans. [61] The offer was rejected. [20] Layne left for Sheffield Wednesday,[22] and without him City finished second from bottom of the league and had to apply for re-election.

In order to use the live chat functionality you need to opt into live chat cookies. [98], Bradford City's only participation in European football to date came in the 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup.[99][100][101]. However, whereas Manningham played in hoops, the new football club adopted claret and amber stripes. Bradford City Association Football Club were formed without having played a game, taking over Manningham's colours of claret and amber, and their Valley Parade ground. The DS train once a week and play 2 games a month and have dedicated UEFA B level coaching staff who work in line with the FDP Syllabus. New signings Oscar Threlkeld, Liam Ridehalgh and Yann Songoo take numbers 2, 3 and 6 respectively, with Abo Eisa filling No.7 and Alex Gilliead being handed No.11. They met Premier League side Swansea City in the final at Wembley, but lost 05. They defeated three Premier League sides en route to the final Wigan Athletic 42 on penalties in the fourth round, Arsenal 32 on penalties in the quarter-finals and Aston Villa 43 on aggregate over the two legs of the semi-final. The team compete in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system, and are managed by Mark Hughes. [7] Having narrowly avoided relegation in their first season in the top flight, City recorded their highest finish of 5th in 191011. He bought the club's first 1million signings and guided the club to the Premier Leaguethe first time they had been in the top flight for 77 yearswith a second-place finish. Our Foundation Phase groups train and play games weekly in the Junior Premier League. [69][77] The club played its home games at Odsal Stadium, a rugby league ground in Bradford, Elland Road, Leeds, and Leeds Road, the former home of Huddersfield Town, until December 1986, while Valley Parade was redeveloped. 621.4 %, National team players: [83] Valley Parade has had several other names under sponsorship naming deals. On the match page, our football scorecards are allowing you to view past game results for all previously played fixtures for every football competitions. The crest maintains the club colours and also includes the words The Bantams. It is erroneously believed that Motherwell chose the claret and amber colours because they were the racing colours of Lord Hamilton; it is more likely that Motherwell were influenced by Bradford City's English FA cup win in 1911.[68]. [9] City's defence of the cup, which included the first Bradford derby against Bradford Park Avenue, was stopped by Barnsley after a run of 12consecutive clean sheets. When the players move into our u15s and u16s we have two squads because we cater for all abilities from this age (until u16s) as it directly feeds into our ability based Scholarship and Participation Scholarships. In 1974, City adopted a contemporary style crest incorporating the club's initials, with a B-C logo. Northern Commercials Stadium25.136 Seats, Current transfer record: They suffered a second relegation to Division Three (North) in 192627. Its frame was sold to Berwick Rangers and a replacement stand built in 1954. The FDP has its own training base (the SBSJ Training Ground) with 2 grass pitches, a 3G training pitch, 9v9 3G pitch, gym and analysis suites (used for pre training / game meetings) and our staff work out of this base.

Visit localized Football live score version of AiScore. Ahead of promotion to the Premiership in 1999, Richmond spent another 6.5million to convert the Kop into a two-tier 7,500-seat capacity stand. [57] In the Quarter Finals, The Bantams faced Reading F.C. [79], In 1991, the Bradford end of the ground was the next to be redeveloped, and was converted into a two-tier stand with a scoreboard. [54] On 18 May 2013, the club returned to Wembley where they defeated Northampton Town F.C. In Bradford City's last match, they fielded the below line-up. [65] Manningham RFC adopted the colours in 1884 before the move to Valley Parade in 1886. [86] As a result, season tickets to watch Bradford City were the cheapest in England at 138, the equivalent of 6 per match. City's stay in Division Three lasted just three years, when they finished bottom in 197172. 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[23] Promotion via fourth spot was won again in 197677 but it was instantly followed by a relegation season. [73], Until 1952, by which time Bradford City had bought the remaining two-thirds of the ground to own it outright,[74] the ground remained virtually unchanged. [72] On 11 March 1911, Valley Parade attracted its highest attendance 39,146, for an FA Cup game between Bradford City and Burnley during Bradford's FA Cup winning run. They found success under the management of Phil Parkinson by reaching the 2013 League Cup final and then going on to win that year's League Two play-off final, but were relegated from League One in 2019. players with fewer than 50 league appearances, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "McCall: I'll Have Failed If We Don't Go Up", "Final 2007/2008 Football League Two Table", "Bradford City's historic win 'worth 1m', "Bradford City smash Northampton Town in half an hour in play-off final", FA Cup: Reading 30 Bradford City highlights, "Coventry City 20 Bradford City: Bantams relegated from League One", "No deal! They entered Europe and reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 200001, but ended the campaign with relegation from the Premier League. The club's crest combines a series of logos from over the years. Four days later, at the 23rd annual meeting of Manningham FC, the committee decided to change codes from rugby league to association football. This will include the date, location and the two teams involved as well as a link to a FootballCritic match preview. Valley Parade Ticket Office Opening Hours. Northern Commercials Stadium25.136 Seats, Current transfer record: u19s EDS Ability based - playing in the best standard outside the Academy system (National Football Youth League) and only against other professional football clubs, this is a programme that will continue to develop the player and assist him in his ambitions in football. The club's home ground is the 25,136-capacity Valley Parade, which was the site of the Bradford City stadium fire on 11 May 1985, which took the lives of 56 supporters. [80] A corner stand between the Kop and main stand was opened in December 2000, taking the capacity to 20,000 for the first time since 1970. For womens team, see, "BCAFC" redirects here. [35][36] The following season, Jewell continued to defy the critics, who labelled his team Dad's Army, by avoiding relegation again on the last day with a 10 victory over Liverpool, with a goal from David Wetherall. They have though been known by various nicknames, with the "Bantams" being the most commonly used nickname as it appears on the current club crest. [16] City won their third piece of silverware two seasons later, when they lifted the Third Division North Challenge Cup, but they were unable to defend the trophy because competitive football was suspended for the Second World War. The away kit for the 200809 season was all white. +-0. The game was the final match of the 198485 season, before which City were presented with the Division Three championship trophy. [7][15] O'Rourke left for a second time after one more season, and although City spent a total of eight seasons back in Division Two, they rarely looked like earning promotion back to the top flight. It shows all personal information about the players, including age, nationality, contract duration and market value. [25] Cherry, with former teammate Terry Yorath as his assistant manager, failed to win for two months, but eventually the pair guided City to safety from relegation. [44] Two years later, the club suffered a second spell in administration and a second relegation. This statistic shows which squad numbers have already been assigned in their history and to which players. Season ticket prices were set at 149 for adults, senior citizens and students, while admission for under-11s was free when purchased with an adult ticket. Club officials first closed part of the stand in 1952, as a result of the Burnden Park disaster six years earlier. They defeated Notts County 20 in the final to earn promotion to Division One.

Bradford City have had a number of nicknames during their history. Start by talking about your audience, not yourself. [74] Six years later, the new stand was itself demolished, and Valley Parade remained a three-sided ground until 1966, when the pitch was moved, and a new stand built. [1] The Football League saw the invitation as a chance to promote association football in the rugby league-dominated county of the West Riding of Yorkshire. [69] When Bradford City were formed in 1903, they took over the ground at Valley Parade, which was also at this time the headquarters of The 2nd West Riding Brigade Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force), playing their first home game on 5 September 1903 against Gainsborough Trinity, drawing a crowd of 11,000. At the time, the new logo maintained the previous nickname of the Paraders. The programme offers training and games as well as being a pathway to the club's Academy. City went top of the table in September 1987, but fell away during Christmas and missed out on promotion on the final day of the season. Adults prices are 199, senior citizen and student tickets priced at 149 and juniors 99. [66] For the 200910 season, the away kit was all black with a thin claret and amber stripe down the centre-left. They were relegated in 1922 and again in 1927, before winning the Third Division North title in 192829. With 3/4 training sessions led by UEFA B qualified coaches and analysis and gym sessions, the scholars weekly schedule mirrors that of a professional football player. 24 Bradford City A.F.C. The run to the final is thought to have been worth at least 1.3million to the club, with joint chairman Mark Lawn stating that the final itself could be worth an additional 1million, taking the club's total earnings to 2.3million during their 201213 Football League Cup campaign. [72][75] However, twice during the next decade, the club's Midland Road stand had to be demolished. [88] The scheme enabled the club to top the average league attendances for Football League Two during the 200708 season, attracting more than three times more than any other club. The fire destroyed the main stand in just nine minutes. [6][70] Five years later, the club won promotion to Division One, and so commissioned football architect Archibald Leitch to redevelop the ground. He cleared the debts and after four months sacked manager Frank Stapleton to appoint his own manager, Lennie Lawrence. We have an in-house Education Department consisting of 3 fully qualified teachers and their education is run from purpose built classrooms. The club was saved by former chairman Stafford Heginbotham and former board member Jack Tordoff, but to ensure the club could start the new season, prize asset, striker Bobby Campbell was sold to Derby. [10][11], City remained in the top flight in the period up to the First World War and for three seasons afterwards, but were relegated in 192122 along with Manchester United. We also have an u18 EDS, which is aimed at providing players with an opportunity of staying with the FDP if they don't educate with us and / or provide our players with a good standard of training / football on a weekend. [92] On 6 July, the club announced a record-breaking 18,000 tickets had been sold following a successful campaign. [3][4] City's first game was a 20 defeat at Grimsby Town on 1 September 1903,[5] six days before their first home game attracted 11,000fans. [58][59], The club was relegated to League Two in April 2019. The replay was played on 16 March 2015 at the Madejski Stadium, where Reading won 30. Bradford City has worn claret and amber, with either white or black, since it was founded. It also contains a table with average age, cumulative market value and average market value for each player position and overall. The next match of Bradford City. +-0. City played games away from Valley Parade for 19 months. His assistant Chris Hutchings was promoted to the manager's position,[38] and despite a series of new expensive signings,[39][40] he was sacked by November 2000, with City second from bottom of the league. They include Scottish club Motherwell, who originally wore blue and white until they wore claret and amber for the first time on 23 August 1913, against Celtic. For opportunities to sponsor members of Adams' first-team squad for the 2021/22 season, please e-mail commercial@bradfordcityafc.com. The club was founded in 1903 and immediately elected into the Football League Second Division. Bradford City FC Community Foundations Football & Education programme also offers a Degree programme with Loughborough College and the University of South Wales, offering all forms of degrees connected to sport.