Bradford City A.F.C.

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Bradford City A.F.C. ... football team based at Valley Parade, otherwise known as The Intersonic Stadium (previously Bradford & Bingley Stadium), due to stadium sponsorship in Bradford. Bradford & Bingley are the club's current official shirt sponsor. Bradford's only major trophy to date is the FA Cup, which they won in 1911. Their stadium, Valley Parade, was the scene of a fierce inferno on 11 May 1985 which claimed the lives of 56 spectators on the last day of their Third Division campaign, when they finished champions of that division. They ground-shared with Leeds United and Huddersfield Town over the next 6 months before finding a semi-permanent home at Odsal Stadium, home of Bradford Bulls (Then Bradford Northern) Rugby League side, and ultimately returning to a rebuilt Valley Parade. Further developments at the ground have seen it reach an all-seated capacity of 25,136. Bradford reached the Premiership in 1999 - ending a 77-year absence from the top flight - and stayed up on the final day of the season thanks to a shock 1-0 win over Liverpool. They went down a year later after a terrible season, and a financial crisis later pushed the club to the brink of closure. They survived this financial nightmare, but were unable to avoid another relegation in 2004. The Bantams remain in League One, the third tier of the English league, they currently have no manager following the departure of Colin Todd on February 12, 2007. Permission was given five years ago to increase Valley Parade's capacity to 30,000, but this seems unlikely to proceed unless the club returns to the Premiership. Significant former managers of Bradford include Chris Kamara, Paul Jewell, Frank Stapleton and Trevor Cherry. Significant players (current & former) include David Wetherall (Current Club Captain), Gary Walsh, John Hendrie, Stuart McCall, Benito Carbone and Dean Windass.

Newest Review: ... find a way of winning a few games in a row and finding some good form, and they ended up finishing bottom of the league and they were relegated. This season, Bradford have got off to a good start in Division 1 and I know that they are capable of finishing in the play offs at least, but I just don’t think they are a premiership team. They are probably too good for Division 1, but not ... more

... good enough for the premiership. They are like Man City and Bolton, in my opinion. I think that they really need to buy some decent players who can play in the premiership so that if they were promoted again, they wouldn’t get relegated straig...more

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Bradford City A.F.C.: Easy on the apple sauce (284 words)
by - written on 23/10/01 (Useful, 44 readings)
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Bradford City have got a few good players in their squad and they have also got an Ok manager, but I do not think they are good enough for the premiership. When they were promoted 2 years ago, they went into the premiership as the favourites to be relegated, but they just survived and they finished 17th. Last season, they simply couldn’t find a way of winning a few games in a row and finding some good form, and they ended up finishing bottom of the league and they were relegated. This season, Bradford have got off to a good start in Division 1 and I know that they are capable of finishing in the play offs at least, but I just don’t think ... Read the complete review

Bradford City (284 words)
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Bradford City A.F.C.: An OK Team (284 words)
by - written on 05/09/01
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A Divison 1 Team (312 words)
by - written on 29/07/01
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Bradford City was relegated from the premiership last season after a very poor season indeed. They did not win many games and when they were beaten, the opposition quite often hammered them. The season before last saw Bradford just escape relegation as they beat Liverpool in a game that they had to win otherwise they would have been relegated. Anyway, last season was the season when everyone said that Bradford City was favourites for the drop and they were. They have got an OK manager but they have not really got any good players and they haven’t got a player who can turn games around when needed. If they were to become a team who can stay in the ... Read the complete review

Bradford City A.F.C.: Rock Bottomemed to the 1st div (276 words)
by - written on 08/05/01
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This is for all you fans of Bradford sorry I meant fan of Bradford. Bradford City are bottom of the premier league and have unfortuently go down this year. They had a miracle last year managing to stay up with the help of Southampton. I am a fan of southampton and I have seen them only stay in the premiership by a couple of points. If Bradford go down they will so with pride. Surprisingly Bradford have some very big name footballers in their squad, Southampton could not even sign some of them. On paper Bradford looks a strong team, they just need to get more confidence on the pitch. The team puts in a great amount of effort and are unlucky at ... Read the complete review

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