Tommy Elphick got on the scoresheet as Huddersfield Town’s B Team produced a dominant performance to beat Bradford City 3-0 at Canalside on Wednesday afternoon. [20] Bradford City just failed to win promotion in 1963–64, winning more games than any other team in the division that season, twenty five, with Rodney Green top scoring with 29 league goals. For others football clubs with the same initials, see, The divisions were renamed in 1992 with the formation of the Premier League meaning Division Two became the new Division One, The divisions were renamed in 1992 with the formation of the Premier League meaning Division Three became the new Division Two, The Prince of Wales's Own West Yorkshire Regiment, The 2nd West Riding Brigade Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force), List of Bradford City A.F.C. Try the latest version of Chrome, Firefox, Edge or Safari. The following is a list of the officially appointed captains of the Bradford City first-team. Attend secondary school open evenings. The club spearheaded an initiative in 2007 to slash the price of watching professional football for the 2007–08 season. In order to use the live chat functionality you need to opt into live chat cookies. [62] For the 2009–10 season, the away kit was all black with a thin claret and amber stripe down the centre-left. The reason Manningham chose claret and amber is not documented but it was the same colours of The Prince of Wales's Own West Yorkshire Regiment, which was based at Belle Vue Barracks on nearby Manningham Lane. Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. [7] Having narrowly avoided relegation in their first season in the top flight, City recorded their highest finish of 5th in 1910–11. [28] But just ten days after the new £2.6 million ground was opened, Cherry was sacked. 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. They found success in the 1980s under the stewardship of first Roy McFarland and then Trevor Cherry, winning promotion in 1981–82 and following this up with the Third Division title in 1984–85, though they were relegated out of the Second Division in 1990. 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The replay was played on 16 March 2015 at the Madejski Stadium, where Reading won 3–0[58] and knocked the third-tier division club out of the competition. “The best thing I can say about Harry is that when I was at the game he looked like a first team player playing Under-23s football,” he said. Bradford City has worn claret and amber, with either white or black, since it was founded. The game was the final match of the 1984–85 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. [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. 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[32] City avoided relegation the following season by winning their last two league games 1–0 against Charlton and then beating Queens Park Rangers 3–0 on the final day of the season, but Kamara was sacked in January 1998. By December 1981, the club relaunched the Bantams as the official identity with a bantam on the new crest. [citation needed] The club's annual rent and maintenance costs to Gibb's pension fund is £1.2m, and so as of February 2009, the club is considering a return to Odsal. [62] 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. Bradford City is the only professional football club in England to wear claret and amber. Bradford spent just three seasons in Division Three, but during their relegation season in 1960–61,[20] they upset Division One side Manchester United in the inaugural season of the League Cup. The club won the Perform Best Fan Marketing campaign category in The Football League Awards for the scheme and earned them an invitation to the Houses of Parliament. 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. It duly elected the new club into Division Two of the league, in place of Doncaster Rovers. [4] Other nicknames have been the Citizens or Paraders, but the club is better known as the Bantams. Alternatively, please email ifollow@efl.com - note that live chat is recommended for the quickest response on a matchday. Ahead of promotion to the Premiership in 1999, Richmond spent another £6.5 million to convert the Kop into a two-tier 7,500-seat capacity stand. [68] 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. In July 2016 it became the Northern Commercials Stadium,[80] and in July 2019 it became the Utilita Energy Stadium.[81]. Children starting a new school from September 2017 onwards or applying for school travel for the first time will be assessed using the new policy. [63], A number of other clubs across the world wear claret and amber. [51], In September 2011 the club became linked with American amateur side SC United Bantams. [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 12 consecutive clean sheets. [91][92] A "friendly" rivalry also existed with now-defunct club Halifax Town. Here is a selection of their comments as these fans faced up to a second, consecutive loss to dent their play-off charge. They entered Europe and reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2000–01, but ended the campaign with relegation out of the Premier League. [32] Lawrence left after little more than a year to join Luton Town but his successor, Chris Kamara took City to the play-offs and their first game at Wembley Stadium. Elphick started his second game for the B Team since returning from a long-term knee injury, having featured in Town’s 3-1 win against Halifax Town last Friday. Both Manningham, from 1886, and Bradford City, from 1903 to 1908, used the barracks as changing and club rooms. In their early years, they were referred to as the Robins or Wasps, taking over the nickname of Manningham FC, as a result of Manningham's claret and amber hoops. [72], On 11 May 1985, Valley Parade was the scene of a fatal fire, during which 56 supporters were killed and at least 265 were injured. The run to the final is thought to be worth at least £1.3 million to the club, with the club's joint chairman Mark Lawn stating that the final itself could be worth an additional £1 million, taking the club's total earnings to £2.3 million during their 2012–13 Football League Cup campaign. [4] Peter O'Rourke took over as manager in November 1905, and he led City to the Division Two title in 1907–08 and with it promotion to the Division One. 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The club and Bradford Bulls would share the new £50m complex, which would also feature cricket, cycling and athletics facilities. To do this click on the cookie settings button below. However, whereas Manningham played in hoops, the new football club adopted claret and amber stripes. In 1974, City adopted a contemporary style crest incorporating the club's initials, with a B-C logo. Send me tips, trends, freebies, updates & offers. [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 1955–56. 50M+ authentic stock photos from Twenty20 are now included in Envato Elements subscriptions. They are the only professional football club in England to wear claret and amber, and have worn these colours throughout their history. 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. We have quickly grown into the largest and most active independent Bradford City Association Football Club site on the internet. The Trotters sit sixth … All from independent designers. Since the fire in 1985, the club has used black on the kit as a memorial to the 56 supporters who died. [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. After three successive top half finishes,[19] City were placed in the new Division Three in 1958–59. [59], The club was relegated to League Two in April 2019.[60]. He cleared the debts and after four months sacked manager Frank Stapleton to appoint his own manager, Lennie Lawrence. It featured biographies of 100 players and staff members from the history of the club. 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. [94], Bradford City's only participation in European football to date came in the 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup.[95][96][97]. [55], On 24 January 2015, Bradford City caused an upset by beating Premiership-leaders Chelsea 4–2 away in the FA Cup. Nineteen-year-old local lad Reece Staunton was a first-team regular before picking up a bad hamstring injury in November, while Finn Cousin-Dawson, 18, had a lengthy spell as first … 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 out of League One in 2019. [61] Manningham RFC adopted the colours in 1884 before the move to Valley Parade in 1886. [76] The following year, Valley Parade was sold to Gibb's pension fund for £5 million, with the club's offices, the shop and car park sold to London-based Development Securities for £2.5 million,[78] but these (club offices, shop and car park) were bought back by the club's joint chairmen in the summer of 2011. [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 1921–22 along with Manchester United. [67] Its first game against Bristol City on Christmas Day attracted a crowd of 36,000. [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. [89] The campaign was repeated for the 2016–17 season, where the club sold in excess of 17,000 tickets. [6][66] Five years later, the club won promotion to Division One, and so commissioned football architect Archibald Leitch to redevelop the ground. Although they missed out on promotion, City won the league the following season 1984–85, to return to the second tier of The Football League. Bradford win for the third time in a row under caretaker manager Mark Trueman after beating Tranmere 1-0 at Prenton Park. City played games away from Valley Parade for 19 months. Bradford City have had a number of nicknames during the history. City scarves have also sold in large numbers in recent years to fans of Harry Potter, because the colours are the same as Harry's house scarf at Hogwarts School. Instead they entered the play-offs, but were defeated in the semi-finals by Middlesbrough. [79] Valley Parade has had several other names under sponsorship naming deals. We employ more than 5,500 staff, all of whom are dedicated to providing the best possible healthcare to a population of 500,000. Bradford City currently play in the English Football League's Sky Bet League 2 Proud Finalists in 2019 Football Blogging Awards for Best Forum Create professional websites faster than ever. For three seasons, City finished mid-table in the third tier, which was renamed Division Two following the advent of the Premier League. [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. [75], 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. [42][43] At the end of the first season back in Division One, City were placed in administration with debts of nearly £13 million. [24], City failed to win promotion for three successive seasons, until the board appointed former England centre back Roy McFarland as manager in May 1981. Four days later, at the 23rd annual meeting of Manningham FC, the committee decided to change codes from rugby league to association football. [93], According to a survey conducted in August 2019, Bradford City fans also see Burnley, Barnsley and Oldham Athletic as rivals. [87] Joint-chairman Mark Lawn announced in November 2008 that season tickets in the Bradford End for the 2009–10 season would be available for just £99 and £138 for the rest of the ground if bought in December 2008. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Ticket Line: 0333 323 5075 - option 1. The players were: All records from Bradford City F.C. at home, in a game that ended in a goalless draw. Bradford City have one official mascot, Billy Bantam. City's stay in Division Three lasted just three years, when they finished bottom in 1971–72. Contact the School Admissions Team. [12][13] Back in Division Two, attendances dropped and City struggled for form,[14] with five consecutive finishes in the bottom half of the table. Season tickets for the 2013–14 season are available until 31 July 2013. [69], Until 1952, by which time Bradford City had bought the remaining two-thirds of the ground to own it outright,[70] the ground remained virtually unchanged.

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