WAGMI United Take Over Crawley Town – Will Bradford City regret a missed opportunity?
The group of investors that only a few months ago tried to buy Bradford City Football Club have bought fellow League Two side Crawley Town. The takeover of Crawley Town by WAGMI United will see Ziya Eren, Erdem Konyar, Emre Eren and Nuhkan Ruzgar leave the board with immediate effect with Preston Johnson and co-founder […]
The Mark Hughes Dilemma – Part 3 – The Derek Adams Experience
In this part of the four part article I’m going to look back on the January transfer window and try to shed some light on the challenges Derek Adams faced with the current budget, then talk about what Mark Hughes will face in the summer. If you haven’t already seen the justification for the figures […]
How You Dion – Pereira starts to make friends
The arrival of Dion Pereira on loan to Bradford City from Championship side Luton Town was met with excitement in some quarters at Valley Parade. With a reputation for being technically gifted it was hoped that he would slot into Derek Adam’s side and be able to offer something different to a team that lacking […]
Another wasted opportunity to get answers from Stefan Rupp
Who would want to buy Bradford City? This is one often used comment seen on social media any time anyone dare suggest that Stefan Rupp should sell the club because since his arrival at Bradford City we have gone from a football club with a genuine chance of being in the EFL Championship, to one […]
Mark Hughes risks acting in haste and repenting in February.
Whatever you thought of Derek Adams, the one drawback to sacking him was that unless Mark Hughes has been promised an increased playing budget to entice him to Bradford City, he will be working within the same constraints as his predecessor. It doesn’t take a mathematical genius to figure out that our budget is currently […]
The more City fans watching, the more likely Bradford City will lose
As unbelievable as it may sound, it really shouldn’t come as a shock but Bradford City really do seem to play worse based on how many City supporters are in the ground. This instantly makes sense when you look at our dire home form, but a recent statistic showed that if our season was based […]
Mark Hughes named Bradford City manager – there is a god!
Imagine the scene, Ryan Sparks is sat in his office at Valley Parade under pressure like he’s never been before, whilst Stefan Rupp is somewhere in Germany, probably a race track, trying to forget Derek Adams said Bradford City won’t find a better manager than him. Sparks is busy sifting through a list of candidates, […]
Ollie Crankshaw Departs – What’s Going On?
Only a day after Ollie Crankshaw was quoted in the Telegraph & Argus saying “I’ve got to change his decision”, referring to the reluctance of Derek Adams to give him a start in the Bradford City first team, Crankshaw became the latest player to depart Valley Parade after less than a year at the club. […]
Jake Reeves Show The Fans You Care
JAKE REEVES – SHOW THE FANS YOU CARE Since Jake Reeves was substituted against his former club AFC Wimbledon in front of a crowd of 19,103 against a backdrop of boo’s as City trailed 2-0 to 19th place AFC Wimbledon, little were we to know that over a year and seven months later he would still […]
Paudie Goal A Turning Point For Bradford City?
Turning Point Whether it was the A4 piece of paper that confirmed the Bantams would be lining up in a 4-4-2- formation, or the scenes that greeted Paudie O’Connor in the 88th minute, what happened at Valley Parade yesterday in a spirited 2-1 victory over Northampton Town certainly looked like a turning point, even though it […]