Bradford City A.F.C. 431144 225075448 2008-07-11T19:33:59Z Jza84 4751314 [[WP:PLACE {{Infobox Football club | clubname = Bradford City | image = [[Image:Bradford City AFC.png|100px]] | fullname = Bradford City<br>Association Football Club | nickname = [[Bantam (chicken)|The Bantams]]<br>The Paraders | founded = [[1903 in football (soccer)|1903]] | ground = [[Valley Parade]]<br />[[Bradford]] | capacity = 25,136 | chairman = {{flagicon|England}} [[Julian Rhodes]]<br/>{{flagicon|England}} [[Mark Lawn]] | mgrtitle = Manager | manager = {{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Stuart McCall]] | league = [[Football League Two|League Two]] | season = [[2007-08 in English football|2007&ndash;08]] | position = [[The Football League 2007-08|League Two]], 10th | current = Bradford City A.F.C. season 2008-09 | pattern_la1 =_blackshoulders|pattern_b1=_goldstripes_thin|pattern_ra1=_blackshoulders | leftarm1 = ffd700|body1=b22222|rightarm1=ffd700|shorts1=000000|socks1=b22222 | pattern_la2=_blackborder|pattern_b2=|pattern_ra2=_blackborder | leftarm2 = FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFF| }} '''Bradford City Association Football Club''' (also known as '''The Bantams''', and previously '''The Paraders''') is an [[England|English]] [[association football|football]] club based in [[Bradford]], [[West Yorkshire]], playing in [[Football League Two|League Two]]. The club plays home games at [[Valley Parade]], named the Coral Windows stadium under sponsorship naming rights. The ground was the [[Bradford City stadium fire|site of a vicious fire]] on [[May 11]] [[1985]], which took the lives of 56 supporters. The club was founded in 1903. It was instantly elected into [[Football League Second Division|Division Two]] of [[the Football League]] despite not having played a previous game. Promotion to the top tier followed in 1908 and the club won the [[FA Cup]] in [[FA Cup Final 1911|1911]], its only major honour. After relegation in 1922 from [[Football League First Division|Division One]], the club spent 77 years outside the top flight until promotion to the [[Premier League|Premiership]] in 1999. City stayed up, with a then record low of 36 points, in the first season in the Premiership. Relegation followed the following season. Since then a series of financial crises have pushed the club to the brink of closure. The financial pressures have resulted in two more relegations to its current position in [[Football League Two|League Two]]. The club colours are claret and amber. [[Bradford & Bingley]] are the club's official shirt sponsors. The current manager is [[Stuart McCall]], who enjoyed two playing spells at the club. The club has two chairmen, [[Julian Rhodes]] and [[Mark Lawn]], who are also Bantams fans. City enjoys rivalries with [[Leeds United A.F.C.|Leeds United]] and [[Huddersfield Town F.C.|Huddersfield Town]]. They also used to have a strong rivalry with cross-town club [[Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C.|Bradford A.F.C]]. ==History== {{main|History of Bradford City A.F.C.}} {{see also|Bradford City A.F.C. seasons}} [[Image:Bradford1911.jpg|thumb|right|The Bradford City team which won the [[1911 FA Cup Final|1911 FA Cup]]]] Bradford City were formed in 1908 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 Football Club, a [[rugby league]] side.<ref>{{cite book |last=Frost |first=Terry |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903&ndash;1988 |publisher=Breedon Books Sport |year=1988 |pages=p.&nbsp;11 |isbn=0907969380}}</ref> [[The Football League]] saw the invitation as a chance to promote football in the rugby league-dominated county of the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]]. It duly elected the new club into [[Football League Second Division|Division Two]] of the league, in place of [[Doncaster Rovers F.C.|Doncaster Rovers]]. Four days later, at the 23rd annual meeting of Manningham FC, the committee decided to change code from rugby league to [[association football]]. 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.<ref>{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903&ndash;1988 |pages=p.&nbsp;13}}</ref> [[Robert Campbell (football manager)|Robert Campbell]] was appointed the club's first manager and with the help of the new committee, he assembled a playing squad at the cost of [[pound sterling|£]]917 10[[shilling|s]] 0[[penny|d]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903&ndash;1988 |pages=p.&nbsp;65}}</ref><ref name="f14">{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903&ndash;1988 |pages=p.&nbsp;14}}</ref> City's first game was a 2&ndash;0 defeat at [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]] on [[1 September]] [[1903]],<ref>{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903&ndash;1988 |pages=p.&nbsp;149}}</ref> six days before their first home game attracted 11,000&nbsp;fans.<ref name="f54">{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903&ndash;1988 |pages=p.&nbsp;54}}</ref> The club finished 10th in their first season.<ref name="f14"/> [[Peter O'Rourke]] took over as manager in November 1905, and he led City to the Division Two title in [[1907-08 in English football|1907&ndash;08]] and with it [[promotion and relegation|promotion]] to the [[Football League First Division|Division One]].<ref name="orourke">{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903&ndash;1988 |pages=pp.&nbsp;65&ndash;66}}</ref> Having narrowly avoided relegation in their first season in the top flight, City recorded their highest finish of 5th in [[1910-11 in English football|1910&ndash;11]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903&ndash;1988 |pages=p.&nbsp;16}}</ref> The same season they won the [[FA Cup]], when a goal from captain [[Jimmy Speirs]] won the [[1911 FA Cup Final|final]] replay against [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903&ndash;1988 |pages=p.&nbsp;49}}</ref> City's defence of the cup, which included the first [[Bradford derby]] against [[Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C.|Bradford Park Avenue]] was stopped by [[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]] after a run of 12&nbsp;consecutive clean sheets.<ref>{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903&ndash;1988 |pages=p.&nbsp;17}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903&ndash;1988 |pages=p.&nbsp;159}}</ref> City remained in the top flight in the period up to the [[World War I|First World War]] and for three seasons afterwards, but were relegated in [[1921-22 in English football|1921&ndash;22]] along with [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]].<ref name="f21">{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903&ndash;1988 |pages=p.&nbsp;21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid={E0DB31FD-0C0E-49D7-98B7-AA7B75FF0E21}&section=decadeDetails&sectionid=945&customPageID=945 |title=1920-1929 |accessdate=2008-05-14 |publisher=Manchester United Football Club}}</ref> Back in Division Two, attendances dropped and City struggled for form,<ref>{{cite book |last=Dewhirst |first=John |title=City Memories &ndash; An Illustrated Record of Bradford City A.F.C. |publisher=True North Books |year=1998 |pages=ch.&nbsp;2 |isbn=1-900-463-57-1}}</ref> with five consecutive finishes in the bottom half of the table. They suffered a second relegation to [[Football League Third Division North|Division Three (North)]] in [[1926-27 in English football|1926&ndash;27]].<ref name="f21"/> 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.<ref name="orourke"/><ref>{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903&ndash;1988 |pages=pp.&nbsp;34&ndash;35}}</ref> 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 promotion back to the top flight. Instead in [[1936-37 in English football|1936&ndash;37]], the club were relegated back to Division Three (North).<ref>{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903&ndash;1988 |pages=p.&nbsp;22}}</ref> City won their third piece of silverware two seasons later, when they lifted the [[Football League Third Division North Cup|Third Division North Challenge Cup]] but they were unable to defend the trophy because competitive football was suspended for the [[World War II|Second World War]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903&ndash;1988 |pages=p.&nbsp;356}}</ref> After the war, City went through two managers in the first two seasons,<ref>{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903&ndash;1988 |pages=p.&nbsp;23}}</ref> and were consistently in the bottom half of the Division Three (North) table until [[1955-56 in English football|1955&ndash;56]]. After three successive top half finishes,<ref>{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903&ndash;1988 |pages=p.&nbsp;168}}</ref> City were placed in the new [[Football League Third Division|Division Three]] in [[1958-59 in English football|1958&ndash;59]]. Bradford spent just three seasons in Division Three, but during their relegation season in [[1960-61 in English football|1960&ndash;61]],<ref name="f24">{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903&ndash;1988 |pages=p.&nbsp;24}}</ref> they upset Division One side Manchester United in the inaugural season of the [[Football League Cup|League Cup]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903&ndash;1988 |pages=p.&nbsp;152}}</ref> With 34&nbsp;goals from [[David Layne]], City nearly earned an instant promotion the following season, but it did also include a record 9&ndash;1 defeat to [[Colchester United F.C.|Colchester United]].<ref name="f24"/> Layne left for [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]],<ref>{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903&ndash;1988 |pages=p.&nbsp;113}}</ref> and without him City finished second from bottom of the league and had to apply for re-election.<ref name="f24"/> They suffered the same fate three seasons later, but after another three difficult seasons during which time manager [[Grenville Hair]] died following a heart attack in training, City returned to Division Three. City's stay in Division Three lasted just three years, when they finished bottom in [[1971-72 in English football|1971&ndash;72]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903&ndash;1988 |pages=p.&nbsp;26}}</ref> Promotion via fourth spot was won again in [[1976-77 in English football|1976&ndash;77]] but it was instantly followed by a relegation season.<ref name="f27">{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903&ndash;1988 |pages=p.&nbsp;27}}</ref> [[Image:Valley Parade Memorial.PNG|left|upright|thumb|A memorial, erected on the club's new main stand at [[Valley Parade]], to the victims of the [[Bradford City stadium fire|fire]] in 1985]] City failed to win promotion for three successive seasons, until the board appointed former [[England national football team|England]] [[Defender (association football)#Centre back|centre back]] [[Roy McFarland]] as manager in May 1981. McFarland won promotion in his first season, but was poached by his former club [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]] just six months later.<ref name="f27"/> City won compensation from Derby and instead installed another England international [[Trevor Cherry]] as McFarland's replacement.<ref>{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903&ndash;1988 |pages=p.&nbsp;81}}</ref> Cherry, with former teammate [[Terry Yorath]] as his assistant manager, failed to win for two months, but eventually the pair guided City safe from relegation.<ref>{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903&ndash;1988 |pages=p.&nbsp;306}}</ref> But during the summer, the club chairman Bob Martin had to call in the [[official receiver]]s. 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 (Northern Irish footballer)|Bobby Campbell]] was sold to Derby. City struggled but so did Campbell, and when he returned, the club went on a record run of ten successive victories. And although they missed out on promotion, the following season, City won the league to return to the second tier of The Football League. However, City's triumph was overshadowed by the [[Bradford City stadium fire|fire disaster]], which killed 56&nbsp;people when Valley Parade caught fire in the final game of the season.<ref>{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903&ndash;1988 |pages=p.&nbsp;28}}</ref> City played games away from Valley Parade for 19&nbsp;months.<ref>{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903&ndash;1988 |pages=p.&nbsp;59}}</ref> But just ten days after the new £2.6m ground was opened, Cherry was sacked.<ref>{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903&ndash;1988 |pages=pp.&nbsp;28&ndash;29}}</ref> His replacement, [[Terry Dolan (footballer)|Terry Dolan]] steered City away from possible relegation,<ref>{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903&ndash;1988 |pages=p.&nbsp;29}}</ref> before he mounted a promotion challenge the following season. 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. Instead they entered the [[Football League Championship play-offs|play-offs]], but were defeated in the semi-finals by [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903&ndash;1988 |pages=p.&nbsp;30}}</ref> Two years later City were relegated back to Division Three. For three seasons, City finished mid-table in the third tier, which was now renamed Division Two, following the advent of the [[Premier League]]. In January 1994, [[Geoffrey Richmond]] came from [[Scarborough F.C.|Scarborough]] to take over as chairman,<ref name="m165">{{cite book |last=Markham |first=David |title=The legends of Bradford City |publisher=Breedon Books Sport |year=2007 |pages=p.&nbsp;165 |isbn=978-1-85983-572-2}}</ref> and promised to guide City to the Premier League within five years. He cleared the debts and after four months sacked manager [[Frank Stapleton]] to appoint his own manager, [[Lennie Lawrence]].<ref name="m165"/> Lawrence left after little more than a year to join [[Luton Town F.C.|Luton Town]] but his successor, [[Chris Kamara]] took City to the [[Football League One play-offs|play-offs]] and their first game at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]]. They defeated [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]] 2&ndash;0 to earn promotion to Division One.<ref name="m165"/> City avoided relegation back on the final day of the following season, but Kamara was sacked in January 1998.<ref>{{cite book |last=Markham |title=The legends of Bradford City |pages=p.&nbsp;103}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/managers2.sd?managerid=284 |title=Chris Kamara's managerial career |accessdate=2008-05-17 |publisher=Soccerbase}}</ref> [[Paul Jewell]] took over, initially on a temporary basis, before he was given a permanent contract. He bought the club's first £1&nbsp;million signings and guided the club to the [[Premier League|Premiership]]&mdash;the first time they had been in the top flight for 77 years&mdash;with a second place finish.<ref>{{cite book |last=Markham |title=The legends of Bradford City |pages=p.&nbsp;99}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://archive.thisisbradford.co.uk/1999/5/10/163276.html |title=Premier display! |date=[[1999-05-10]] |accessdate=2008-05-13 |publisher=Telegraph & Argus |first=Richard |last=Sutcliffe}}</ref> 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 1&ndash;0 victory over [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archive.thisisbradford.co.uk/2000/5/15/153503.html |title=The miracle workers |date=[[2000-05-15]] |accessdate=2008-05-13 |publisher=Telegraph & Argus}}</ref> [[Image:Bradford City League Record.PNG|thumb|right|A graph showing Bradford City's league history]] However, Jewell left shortly afterwards. His assistant [[Chris Hutchings]] was promoted to the manager's position,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/803023.stm |title=Bradford pull off great escape |date=[[2000-07-29]] |accessdate=2008-05-13 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> and despite a series of new expensive signings,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/876295.stm |title=Bantams aim to fly high |date=[[2000-08-13]] |accessdate=2008-05-13 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/991922.stm |title=Bradford swoop for Collymore |date=[[2000-10-26]] |accessdate=2008-05-13 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> he was sacked by November 2000, with City second from bottom of the league.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/1009904.stm |title=Bradford sack Hutchings |date=[[2000-11-06]] |accessdate=2008-05-13 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> [[Jim Jefferies]] took over but could not save the club from relegation.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/1027129.stm |title=Jefferies is new Bradford manager |date=[[2000-11-20]] |accessdate=2008-05-13 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/1303049.stm |title=Jefferies upbeat in defeat |date=[[2001-04-29]] |accessdate=2008-05-13 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> At the end of the first season back in Division One, City were placed in [[administration (insolvency)|administration]] with debts of nearly £13million.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/1991450.stm |title=Bradford City in administration |date=[[2002-05-16]] |accessdate=2008-05-13 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> Two years later, the club suffered a second spell in administration and a second relegation.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/3513575.stm |title=Bantams in administration |date=[[2004-02-27]] |accessdate=2008-05-13 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> In both [[2004-05 in English football|2004&ndash;05]] and [[2005-06 in English football|2005&ndash;06]], Bradford came 11th&mdash;the first time they had finished in the top half of a league since promotion to the Premier League.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/league2.sd?competitionid=3&seasonid=137&x=16&y=8 |title=Final 2004/2005 Football League One Table |accessdate=2008-05-13 |publisher=Soccerbase}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/league2.sd?competitionid=3&seasonid=137&x=16&y=8 |title=Final 2005/2006 Football League One Table |accessdate=2008-05-13 |publisher=Soccerbase}}</ref> But the following season, key assets [[Jermaine Johnson]] and [[Dean Windass]] were sold,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_wed/6313105.stm |title=Owls sign Bradford winger Johnson |date=[[2007-01-30]] |accessdate=2008-05-13 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hull_city/6725825.stm |title=Windass completes Tigers switch |date=[[2007-06-19]] |accessdate=2008-05-13 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> and the club were relegated for a third time in seven seasons meaning the [[2007-08 in English football|2007&ndash;08]] season would be their first in the bottom tier for 26 seasons.<ref name="2007 relegation">{{cite news |url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.1362773.0.woeful_city_relegated.php |title=Woeful City relegated |date=[[2007-04-28]] |accessdate=2008-05-13 |publisher=Telegraph & Argus |last=Parker |first=Simon}}</ref> Former player [[Stuart McCall]] was appointed the new manager,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/6679253.stm |title=McCall named new Bradford manager |date=[[2007-05-22]] |accessdate=2008-05-13 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> and although he said anything less than promotion would be a failure,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.1456117.0.mccall_ill_have_failed_if_we_dont_go_up.php |title=McCall: I'll Have Failed If We Don't Go Up |date=[[2007-06-08]] |accessdate=2008-05-13 |publisher=Telegraph & Argus |last=Parker |first=Simon}}</ref> he later changed his mind after a poor start and finally led the team to a 10th place finish.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.2011939.0.mccall_the_big_interview.php |title=McCall: The big interview |date=[[2008-02-01]] |accessdate=2008-05-13 |publisher=Telegraph & Argus |last=Greenhalf |first=Jim}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/league2.sd?seasonid=137&competitionid=4 |title=Final 2007/2008 Football League Two Table |accessdate=2008-05-13 |publisher=Soccerbase}}</ref> ==Colours and club crest== Bradford City is the only professional football club in England to wear claret and amber. The colours were inherited from Manningham RFC, when the club converted to football upon Bradford City’s founding in 1903. However, Manningham’s traditional colours were claret and amber hoops, whereas City have worn stripes. Manningham RFC adopted the colours in 1884 before the move to Valley Parade in 1886. Having originally worn black shirts with white shorts, the club’s first game in claret and amber was against Hull on [[20 September]] [[1884]], at Carlisle Road. The reason Manningham chose claret and amber is not documented but it was the same colours of the [[West Yorkshire Regiment]], which was based at Belle Vue Barracks on nearby Manningham Lane. Both Manningham, from 1886, and Bradford City, from 1903-08, used the barracks as changing and club rooms. Bradford City has worn claret and amber, with either white or black, since it was founded. The traditional style has been for stripes. Since the fire in 1985, the club has used black on the kit as a memory to the 56 supporters who died.<ref name = "All white change strip for next season">{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~1295874,00.html|title=All white change strip for next season|accessdate=2008-04-23|date=2008-04-22|publisher=Bradford City official website}}</ref> 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. The away kit for the 2008-2009 season will be all white.<ref name = "All white change strip for next season"/> 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]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_2557000/2557569.stm |title=Potter magic sells footie scarves |accessdate=2007-12-30 |date=[[9 December]] [[2002]] |publisher=CBBC Newsround}}</ref> A number of other clubs across the world wear claret and amber. They include Scottish club, [[Motherwell F.C.|Motherwell]], who originally wore blue until they wore claret and amber for the first time on [[23 August]] [[1913]], against Celtic. Motherwell chose the colours because they were the racing colours of Lord Hamilton.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.motherwellfc.org/history.htm |title=A brief history of Motherwell FC |accessdate=2007-12-30 |publisher=Motherwell FC.org}}</ref> Contrary to any suggestion the City colours were certainly not derived from the civic identity of [[Bradford]] given that the primary colours of the Bradford coat of arms were red and blue with gold. Manningham was a township within Bradford and its identity was defined more by sporting rivalry with the township of Horton where the Park Avenue ground was situated. The fact that red, amber and black (with white) has been worn by three of the city's senior football clubs (namely [[Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C.|Bradford AFC]], Bradford RFC / Bradford & Bingley RUFC and Bradford Northern RLFC / [[Bradford Bulls]] who were all descended from the original Bradford FC which was based at Park Avenue) has made many people assume that these were the de facto sporting colours of Bradford. Indeed the colours have also been used by other sports organisations in Bradford such as cycling, hockey and athletics principally in the style of a red, amber and black band on a white shirt (as typically worn by Bradford Northern and as an away kit by Bradford). Red, amber and black are also the historic colours of Bradford Cricket Club formed in 1836. Bradford FC had been formed in 1863 by former pupils of Bramham College and in 1880 joined Bradford CC at Park Avenue. However it is not known whether one club took the colours of the other at this time. [[Bradford]] did not achieve city status until 1897 and to that extent red, amber and black could well have been associated with Bradford prior to the granting of the arms and certainly well before Bradford's city status. The club’s crest combines a series of logos from over the years. In 1974, City adopted a contemporary style crest incorporating the club’s initials, with a B-C logo. At the time, the new logo maintained the previous nickname of the Paraders. By December 1981, the club relaunched the Bantams as the official identity with a bantam on the new crest. The crest maintains the club colours and also includes the words The Bantams. ==Stadium== {{main article|Valley Parade}} {{see also|Bradford City stadium fire}} [[Image:DSC01009.jpg|frame|centre|Panoramic view of Valley Parade, taken from the main stand.]] [[Valley Parade]] was the site of a [[quarry]] on the hillside below [[Manningham, Bradford|Manningham]], Bradford, owned by Midland Railway Company, in 1886, when Manningham RFC bought one-third of the land and leased the remainder, because they had been forced to find a new home. The spent [[pound sterling|£]]1,400 erecting a ground with a capacity of 20,000, club facilities and levelling the land.<ref name="f53">{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903&ndash;1988 |pages=p.&nbsp;53}}</ref> When Bradford City were formed in 1903, they took over the ground, playing their first home game on [[5 September]] [[1903]] against [[Gainsborough Trinity F.C.|Gainsborough Trinity]], drawing a crowd of 11,000.<ref name="f54"/><ref>{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903&ndash;1988 |pages=p.&nbsp;170}}</ref> Five years later, the club won promotion to [[Football League First Division|Division One]], and so commissioned football [[architect]] [[Archibald Leitch]] to redevelop the ground. The capacity was increased to 40,000 by December 1908 with a 5,300-seater main stand, a [[terrace (stadium)|terraced]] paddock in front, a [[Spion Kop (stadia)|Spion Kop]], and an 8,000-capacity Midland Road stand.<ref>{{cite book |last=Inglis |first=Simon |title=The football grounds of Great Britain |publisher=Willow Books |year=1987 |pages=p.&nbsp;117 |isbn=0-00-218249-1}}</ref> Its first game against [[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]] on [[Christmas Day]] attracted a crowd of 36,000.<ref name="d1">{{cite book |last=Dewhirst |first=John |title=City Memories &ndash; An Illustrated Record of Bradford City A.F.C. |publisher=True North Books |year=1998 |pages=ch.&nbsp;1 |isbn=1-900-463-57-1}}</ref> On [[11 March]] [[1911]], Valley Parade attracted its highest attendance, for an [[FA Cup]] game between Bradford City and [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]] during Bradford's [[1911 FA Cup Final|FA Cup winning run]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/History/0,,10266~91531,00.html |title=Facts |accessdate=2008-03-11 |publisher=Bradford City official website}}</ref> Until 1952, by which time Bradford City had bought the remaining two-thirds of the ground to own it outright,<ref name="f56">{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903&ndash;1988 |pages=p.&nbsp;56}}</ref> the ground remained virtually unchanged.<ref>{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903&ndash;1988 |pages=p.&nbsp;55}}</ref><ref name="d1"/> However, twice during the next decade, the club's Midland Road stand had to be demolished. The first investigation was in 1952, following the 1946 [[Burnden Park disaster]], which resulted in the closure of the stand. Its frame was sold to [[Berwick Rangers F.C.|Berwick Rangers]] and a replacement stand built in 1954.<ref name="f56"/> 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.<ref>{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903&ndash;1988 |pages=p.&nbsp;57}}</ref> [[Image:Valley Parade Away Stand.PNG|left|thumb|The Bradford End of [[Valley Parade]], which was the first to be redeveloped after the ground reopened in 1986]] On [[11 May]] [[1985]], Valley Parade was the scene of a [[Bradford City stadium fire|fatal fire]], during which 56&nbsp;supporters were killed and at least 265&nbsp;were injured. The game was the final match of the [[1984-85 in English football|1984&ndash;85]] season, before which City were presented with the [[Football League Third Division|Division Three]] championship trophy. The fire destroyed the main stand in just nine minutes.<ref name="f53"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/11/newsid_2523000/2523561.stm |title=BBC On this day - 1985: Fans killed in Bradford stadium fire |accessdate=2008-03-16 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> The club played its home games at [[Odsal Stadium]], a rugby league ground in Bradford, [[Elland Road]], Leeds, and [[Leeds Road Stadium|Leeds Road]], the former home of Huddersfield Town, until December 1986, while Valley Parade was redeveloped.<ref>{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903&ndash;1988 |pages=pp.&nbsp;60&ndash;61}}</ref> The club spent £2.6million building a new main stand and improving the Kop, and reopened the new ground on [[14 December]] [[1986]] for an exhibition match against an England international XI.<ref>{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903&ndash;1988 |pages=pp.&nbsp;59&ndash;60}}</ref> 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. In 1996, following City's promotion to [[Football League Division One|Division One]], club chairman [[Geoffrey Richmond]] announced the construction of a 4,500 seater stand on the Midland Road side. Ahead of promotion to the [[Premier League|Premiership]] in 1999, Richmond spent another £6.5million to convert the Kop into a two-tier 7,500-seat capacity stand.<ref name="vp history">{{cite web |url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/History/0,,10266~400739,00.html |title=Transformation of Valley Parade |accessdate=2008-04-16 |publisher=Bradford City official website}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archive.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/2000/12/16/146052.html |title=City to break crowd record |date=[[2000-12-16]] |accessdate=2008-03-16 |publisher=Telegraph & Argus}}</ref> The following summer, the main stand was also converted into a two-tier stand, taking the capacity to 25,136. Further projects were planned until the club went into [[administration (insolvency)|administration]] in May 2002 so none have taken place.<ref name="vp history"/> The following year, Valley Parade was sold to Gibb's pension fund for £5m, with the club's offices, shop and car park sold to London-based Development Securities for an additional £2.5m.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/3135993.stm |title=Valley Parade sold for £5m |date=[[2003-08-08]] |accessdate=2008-04-16 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> Valley Parade has had several other names under sponsorship naming deals and is now called the Coral Windows Stadium.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.1580765.0.the_coral_windows_stadium.php |title=The Coral Windows Stadium |accessdate=2007-12-30 |date=[[2007-07-29]] |publisher=Telegraph & Argus}}</ref> The club's bantamspast museum is also based above the ground's shop.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/newsindex/display.var.1608557.0.bantams_museum_reopens.php |title=Bantams museum reopens |accessdate=2007-12-30 |date=[[2007-08-10]] |publisher=Bradford City official website}}</ref> ==Supporters== The club spearheaded an initiative in 2007 to slash the price of watching professional football [[2007-08 in English football|2007&ndash;08]] season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.1359276.0.bradford_city_will_slash_ticket_prices.php |title=Bradford City WILL slash ticket prices |accessdate=2007-12-30 |date=[[2007-04-27]] |publisher=Telegraph & Argus}}</ref> As a result season tickets to watch Bradford City were the cheapest in England at £138, the equivalent of £6 per match.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://flc.theoffside.com/league-two/bradford-city-set-to-offer-cheapest-season-tickets-in-the-uk.html |title=Bradford City Set to Offer Cheapest Season Tickets in the UK |accessdate=2007-12-30 |date=[[2007-05-24]] |publisher=TheOffside.com}}</ref> When the offer finished at 7pm on Tuesday, [[31 July]] [[2007]], the club confirmed the amount of season tickets sold was 12,019.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~1082906,00.html |title=City break 12,000 Season Ticket barrier |accessdate=2007-12-30 |date=[[2007-08-01]] |publisher=Bradford City official website}}</ref> The scheme enabled the club to top the average league attendances for [[Football League Two]] during the 2007&ndash;08 season, attracting more than three times more than any other club. The club won the Perform Best Fan Marketing campaign category in [[The Football League Awards]] for the scheme.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.telegraphandargus.co.uk/display.var.2087772.0..php |title=Bantams land prestigious award |date=[[2008-03-03]] |accessdate=2008-03-04 |publisher=Telegraph & Argus |first=Simon |last=Parker}}</ref> The club aimed to attract 20,000&nbsp;fans for the [[2008-09 in English football|2008&ndash;09]] by offering a free season ticket to anyone buying a season ticket as long as 9,000&nbsp;adults sign up, but they fell 704 short of the target.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sportbcfc/sportbcfcheadlines/3166954.City_fail_to_hit_magic_9_000_mark/ |title=City fail to hit magic 9,000 mark |date=[[2008-06-16]] |accessdate=2008-06-16 |publisher=Telegraph & Argus |first=Simon |last=Parker}}</ref> Bradford City has two official [[mascot]]s &ndash; City Gent and Billy Bantam. ==Rivalry== {{see also|Bradford derby}} Although their original neighbours and fierce rivals [[Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C.|Bradford (Park Avenue)]] are now a non-league club, they still engage in a very fierce competition with local rivals [[Leeds United A.F.C.|Leeds United]]: they are considered to be the club's most hated rivals in modern times, although it could be said that this is a one-way rivalry: Leeds fans are unlikely to raise the same level of emotion talking about Bradford City that a City fan would in talking of Leeds. This rivalry is mainly due to the two cities' proximity to one another, which has exacerbated in later years because there has been a large following within Bradford choosing to travel the short distance to support Leeds rather than the home town's City. There may be other reasons, including the setting alight of a chip van by Leeds fans during a game between the two sides at [[Odsal Stadium|Odsal]] perceived by some as a mockery of the [[Bradford City disaster]]. Leeds United's relegation to League One in 2007 may reignite this rivalry, although Bradford's relegation to League Two has removed the possibility that the three major West Yorkshire football teams (Leeds, Bradford and Huddersfield) might be in the same division for the first time since the 1980s in the [[2007-08 in English football|2007&ndash;08]] season. Also, [[Huddersfield Town F.C.|Huddersfield Town]] have had roughly the same league status as City for the last couple of decades and so it could be argued that they are City's closest rivals. Matches against these sides have produced both amazing spectacles and some terrible moments&mdash;the [[1996-97 in English football|1996&ndash;97]] season providing examples of both. On [[1 February]] [[1997]], Huddersfield Town defender [[Kevin Gray]] broke the leg of Bradford City striker [[Gordon Watson]] in two places with a horrific [[sliding tackle]]. Watson was, at that time, the most expensive player in Bradford City's history having cost them £575,000, and was playing in only his third match for the club. He required a six-inch plate and seven screws in his leg. It took Gordon almost two years of recovery and five further operations before he was able to return to football, after which he made just a handful of appearances for City before leaving the club. At [[Leeds]] [[High Court of Justice|High Court]] in October 1998 he succeeded in becoming only the second player in the history of football to prove negligence by another player and was later awarded in excess of £900,000 in damages,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/3514673.stm |title=Holmes awarded £250,000 |accessdate=2007-12-30 |date=[[23 February]] [[2004]] |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.le.ac.uk/crss/sf-review/98-99/98article5.html |title=Singer & Friedlander Football Review 1998-99 season |accessdate=2007-12-30 |date=[[7 December]] [[2001]] |publisher=University of Leicester}}</ref> making it "the most expensive tackle in British football and legal history". The return fixture that season was a happier affair. It provided a spectacular display of goals in which City took a 3&ndash;0 lead, including one famous goal scored directly from a corner by ex-[[England national football team|England]] star [[Chris Waddle]], before the game swung in Huddersfield's favour as they fought back to the final score of 3&ndash;3. The most recent derby with [[Huddersfield Town F.C.|Huddersfield Town]] at [[Galpharm Stadium]] ended in a 2&ndash;0 victory to Town on [[10 March]] [[2007]]. There are also lesser rivalries with [[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]], [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]], [[Hull City A.F.C.|Hull City]], [[Oldham Athletic A.F.C.|Oldham Athletic]], [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]] and [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]]. ==Players== :''As of [[2 July]] [[2008]].''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/TeamHome/0,,10266,00.html |title=Team |accessdate=2008-06-04 |publisher=Bradford City official website}}</ref> ===Current squad=== {{fs start}} {{fs player | no=3 | nat=England | pos=DF | name= [[Paul Heckingbottom]]}} {{fs player | no=6 | nat=England | pos=DF | name= [[Mark Bower]]}} {{fs player | no=7 | nat=Jamaica | pos=MF | name= [[Omar Daley]]}} {{fs player | no=9 | nat=Republic of Ireland | pos=FW | name= [[Barry Conlon]]}} {{fs player | no=10 | nat=England | pos=FW | name= [[Peter Thorne (footballer)|Peter Thorne]]}} {{fs player | no=12 | nat=England | pos=DF | name= [[Matthew Clarke (footballer born 1980)|Matthew Clarke]]}} {{fs player | no=15 | nat=England | pos=MF | name= [[Joe Colbeck]]}} {{fs player | no=16 | nat=England | pos=DF | name= [[Simon Ainge]]}} {{fs player | no=19 | nat=England | pos=DF | name= [[Luke O'Brien]]}} {{fs player | no=22 | nat=England | pos=MF | name= [[Kyle Nix]]}} {{fs mid}} {{fs player | no=23 | nat=Chile | pos=FW | name= [[Willy Topp]]}} {{fs player | no=28 | nat=England | pos=FW | name= [[Sean Taylforth]]}} {{fs player | no=32 | nat=England | pos=MF | name= [[Lee Bullock]]}} {{fs player | no=39 | nat=England | pos=MF | name= [[Luke Sharry]]}} {{fs player | no=–– | nat=England | pos=GK | name= [[Jonathan McLaughlin]]}} {{fs player | no=–– | nat=England | pos=DF | name= [[Paul Arnison]]}} {{fs player | no=–– | nat=England | pos=DF | name= [[Graeme Lee (footballer)|Graeme Lee]]}} {{fs player | no=–– | nat=England | pos=MF | name= [[Chris Brandon]]}} {{fs player | no=–– | nat=England | pos=MF | name= [[Paul McLaren]]}} {{fs player | no=–– | nat=England | pos=FW | name= [[Leon Osborne]]}} {{fs end}} ===Former players=== {{main|List of Bradford City A.F.C. players}} {{see also|Category:Bradford City A.F.C. players}} In 2007 former ''[[Bradford Telegraph and Argus|Telegraph & Argus]]'' sports journalist David Markham released the book ''The Legends of Bradford City'', initially written to mark the club's centenary in 2003. It featured biographies of 100 players and staff members from the history of the club. The players were: {{Col-begin}} {{Col-1-of-3}} *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Greg Abbott (footballer)|Greg Abbott]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bruce Bannister]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Sam Barkas]] *{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Bobby Bauld]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Peter Beagrie]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Charlie Bicknell]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Robbie Blake]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dicky Bond]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Irvine Boocock]] *{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Tommy Cairns]] *{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Bobby Campbell (Northern Irish footballer)|Bobby Campbell]] *{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Robert Campbell (footballer born 1882)|Robert Campbell]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Eddie Carr]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Trevor Cherry]] *{{flagicon|DMA}} [[Joe Cooke]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ian Cooper]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Terry Dolan (footballer)|Terry Dolan]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Peter Downsborough]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Donald Duckett]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lee Duxbury]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Roy Ellam]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Ellis (footballer born 1962)|Mark Ellis]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dave Evans (footballer)|Dave Evans]] *{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Jock Ewart]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tommy Flockett]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Oscar Fox]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Fretwell]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Allan Gilliver]] *{{flagicon|SCO}} [[David Gray (footballer born 1923)|David Gray]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Hall (footballer)|John Hall]] *{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Tom Hallett]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Hallows]] {{Col-2-of-3}} *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bobby Ham]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Joe Hargreaves]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Derek Hawksworth]] *{{flagicon|SCO}} [[John Hendrie]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[George Hinsley]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Don Hutchins]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gerry Ingram]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Jackson (footballer)|David Jackson]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Peter Jackson (footballer born 1937)|Peter Jackson]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Peter Jackson (footballer born 1961)|Peter Jackson]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Wayne Jacobs]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Paul Jewell]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Rod Johnson (footballer)|Rod Johnson]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris Kamara]] *{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Jimmy Lawlor]] *{{flagicon|JAM}} [[Jamie Lawrence]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Layne]] *{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Ken Leek]] *{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Peter Logan (footballer)|Peter Logan]] *{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Stuart McCall]] *{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Sean McCarthy (footballer)|Sean McCarthy]] *{{flagicon|SCO}} [[John McCole]] *{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Jimmy McDonald]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Roy McFarland]] *{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Andy McGill]] *{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Jimmy McLaren]] *{{flagicon|SCO}} [[David McNiven (footballer born 1955)|David McNiven]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Middleton (footballer)|John Middleton]] *{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Brian Mitchell (footballer)|Brian Mitchell]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Charlie Moore (footballer born 1905)|Charlie Moore]] *{{flagicon|SCO}} [[George Mulholland]] *{{flagicon|WAL}} [[George Murphy (footballer)|George Murphy]] {{Col-3-of-3}} *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Graham Oates (footballer born 1949)|Graham Oates]] *{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Andy O'Brien (footballer)|Andy O'Brien]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gavin Oliver]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ian Ormondroyd]] *{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Frank O'Rourke (footballer)|Frank O'Rourke]] *{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Peter O'Rourke]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Harold Peel]] *{{flagicon|SKN}} [[Ces Podd]] *{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Ivor Powell]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Reid (footballer)|John Reid]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dean Richards (footballer)|Dean Richards]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Arthur Rigby]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[George Robinson (footballer born 1878)|George Robinson]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Abe Rosenthal]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lee Sinnott]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Geoff Smith (footballer)|Geoff Smith]] *{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Jimmy Speirs]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Derek Stokes]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Charlie Storer]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bruce Stowell]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Paul Tomlinson]] *{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Bob Torrance]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Whelan Ward]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dickie Watmough]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Billy Watson (footballer)|Billy Watson]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Garry Watson]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bobby Webb]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Wetherall]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jock Whyte]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[George Williamson]] *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dean Windass]] {{Col-end}} ==Staff== ===Current staff=== ''Correct as of [[20 February]] [[2008]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/WhosWho/0,,10266,00.html|title=Who's Who at Bradford City|accessdate=2008-02-20|publisher=Bradford City official website}}</ref> *'''Manager''' &ndash; {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Stuart McCall]] *'''Assistant manager''' &ndash; {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Wayne Jacobs]] *'''First team coach''' &ndash; {{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Wetherall]] *'''Youth team manager''' &ndash; {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris Casper]]<ref>{[cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/7473027.stm|title=Casper gets Bradford youth role|accessdate=2008-06-25|date=2008-06-25|publisher=BBC}}</ref> *'''Youth coach''' &ndash; {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dean Richards (footballer)|Dean Richards]] *'''Goalkeeping coach''' &ndash; {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nigel Martyn]] *'''Under 16s coach''' &ndash; {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Ellis (footballer born 1962)|Mark Ellis]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/7433823.stm |title=Ellis Returns To Bradford |accessdate=2008-06-25 |date=[[2008-06-03]] |publisher=BBC}}</ref> *'''Football in the community officer''' &ndash; {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ian Ormondroyd]] ===Former managers=== {{main|List of Bradford City A.F.C. managers}} {{Col-begin}} {{Col-1-of-2}} *{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Robert Campbell (football manager)|Robert Campbell]] (1903&ndash;1905) *{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Peter O'Rourke]] (1905&ndash;1921) *{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[David Menzies (football manager)|David Menzies]] (1921&ndash;1926) *{{flagicon|England}} [[Colin Veitch]] (1926&ndash;1928) *{{flagicon|England}} [[Jack Foster (football manager)|Jack Foster]] (Caretaker manager) (Jan&ndash;May 1928) *{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Peter O'Rourke]] (1928&ndash;1930) *{{flagicon|England}} [[Jack Peart]] (1930&ndash;1935) *{{flagicon|England}} [[Dick Ray]] (1935&ndash;1937) *{{flagicon|England}} [[Fred Westgarth]] (1938&ndash;1943) *{{flagicon|England}} [[Bob Sharp]] (1943&ndash;1946) *{{flagicon|England}} [[Jack Barker]] (1946&ndash;1947) *{{flagicon|England}} [[Jack Milburn (footballer born 1908)|Jack Milburn]] (1947&ndash;1948) *{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[David Steele (footballer)|David Steele]] (1948&ndash;1952) *{{flagicon|England}} [[Albert Harris (football manager)|Albert Harris]] (Feb&ndash;May 1952) *{{flagicon|Wales}} [[Ivor Powell]] (1952&ndash;1955) *{{flagicon|England}} [[Peter Jackson (footballer born 1905)|Peter Jackson]] (1955&ndash;1961) *{{flagicon|England}} [[Bob Brocklebank]] (1961&ndash;1964) *{{flagicon|Wales}} [[Bill Harris (footballer)|Bill Harris]] (1965&ndash;1966) *{{flagicon|England}} [[Willie Watson (England cricketer)|Willie Watson]] (1966&ndash;1967) *{{flagicon|England}} [[Grenville Hair]] (1967&ndash;1968) *{{flagicon|Scotland}}{{flagicon|Wales}}[[Jim McAnearney]] & [[Tom Hallett]] (Joint caretaker managers) (Mar&ndash;May 1968) *{{flagicon|England}} [[Jimmy Wheeler (footballer)|Jimmy Wheeler]] (1968&ndash;1971) *{{flagicon|England}} [[Ray Wilson (footballer)|Ray Wilson]] (Player/caretaker manager) (Sep&ndash;Nov 1971) {{Col-2-of-2}} *{{flagicon|England}} [[Bryan Edwards (footballer)|Bryan Edwards]] (1971&ndash;1975) *{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Bobby Kennedy (footballer)|Bobby Kennedy]] (1975&ndash;1978) *{{flagicon|Northern Ireland}} [[John Napier (footballer)|John Napier]] (Feb&ndash;Oct 1978) *{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[George Mulhall]] (1978&ndash;1981) *{{flagicon|England}} [[Roy McFarland]] (1981&ndash;1982) *{{flagicon|England}} [[Trevor Cherry]] (1982&ndash;1987) *{{flagicon|England}} [[Terry Dolan (footballer)|Terry Dolan]] (1987&ndash;1989) *{{flagicon|Wales}} [[Terry Yorath]] (1989&ndash;1990) *{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[John Docherty]] (1990&ndash;1991) *{{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} [[Frank Stapleton]] (1991&ndash;1994) *{{flagicon|England}} [[Lennie Lawrence]] (1994&ndash;1995) *{{flagicon|England}} [[Chris Kamara]] (1995&ndash;1998) *{{flagicon|England}} [[Paul Jewell]] (1998&ndash;2000) *{{flagicon|England}} [[Chris Hutchings]] (May&ndash;Nov 2000) *{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Stuart McCall]] (Player/caretaker manager) (Nov 2000) *{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Jim Jefferies]] (2000&ndash;2001) *{{flagicon|England}} [[Steve Smith (footballer)|Steve Smith]] (Caretaker manager) (Dec 2001) *{{flagicon|England}} [[Nicky Law (footballer born 1961)|Nicky Law]] (2002&ndash;2003) *{{flagicon|England}} ''Senior players''<ref>[[Peter Atherton]], [[Wayne Jacobs]], [[David Wetherall]] and [[Dean Windass]] appointed player/caretaker managers.</ref> (Nov 2003) *{{flagicon|England}} [[Bryan Robson]] (2003&ndash;2004) *{{flagicon|England}} [[Colin Todd]] (2004&ndash;2007) *{{flagicon|England}} [[David Wetherall]] (Player/caretaker manager) (Feb&ndash;May 2007) *{{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Stuart McCall]] (June 2007&ndash;''present'') {{Col-end}} ==Statistics== {{main article|Bradford City A.F.C. records}} {{Col-begin}} ===Honours=== {{Col-1-of-2}} ====League==== * '''[[Football League First Division|Division One]]''' :''Runners-up (1):'' [[1998-99 in English football|1998&ndash;99]]<ref> The divisions were renamed in 1992 with the formation of the Premier League meaning Division Two became the new Division One </ref> * '''[[Football League Second Division|Division Two]]''' :''Winners (1):'' [[1907-08 in English football|1907&ndash;08]] :''Play-off winners (1):'' [[1995-96 in English football|1995&ndash;96]]<ref> The divisions were renamed in 1992 with the formation of the Premier League meaning Division Three became the new Division Two </ref> * '''[[Football League Third Division|Division Three]]''' :''Winners (1):'' [[1984-85 in English football|1984&ndash;85]] * '''[[Football League Third Division North|Division Three (North)]]''' :''Winners (1):'' [[1928-29 in English football|1928&ndash;29]] * '''[[Football League Fourth Division|Division Four]]''' :''Runners-up (1):'' [[1981-82 in English football|1981&ndash;82]] {{Col-2-of-2}} ====Cup==== [[Image:Jimmy Speirs.jpg|right|upright|thumb|Bradford City's [[1911 FA Cup Final]] winning goalscorer [[Jimmy Speirs]]]] * '''[[FA Cup]]''' :''Winners (1):'' [[1911 FA Cup Final|1911]] * '''[[Football League Third Division North Cup|Third Division North Challenge Cup]]''' :''Winners (1): ''[[1938-39 in English football|1939]] :''Runners-up (1): ''[[1937-38 in English football|1938]] {{Col-end}} ===Records=== *Record league victory: '''11&ndash;1''' v [[Rotherham United F.C.|Rotherham United]], Division Three (North), [[25 August]] [[1928]] *Record FA Cup victory: '''11&ndash;3''' v Walker Celtic, First Round Replay, [[1 December]] [[1937]] *Record League Cup victoy: '''7&ndash;2''' v [[Darlington F.C.|Darlington]], Second Round Second Leg, [[25 September]] [[2000]] *Record league defeat: '''0&ndash;8''' v [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]], Division Two, [[7 May]] [[1927]] / '''1&ndash;9''' v [[Colchester United F.C.|Colchester United]], Division Four, [[30 December]] [[1961]] *Record FA Cup defeat: '''1&ndash;6''' v [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]], Third Round, [[7 March]] [[1963]] / '''0&ndash;5''' v [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]], Fifth Round Replay, [[3 February]], [[1960]] / '''0&ndash;5''' v [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]], Third Round, [[7 January]] [[1970]] *Record attendance: '''39,146''' v [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]], FA Cup Fourth Round, [[11 March]] [[1911]] *Record gate receipts: '''£181,990''' v [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]], Premiership, [[13 January]] [[2001]] *Longest unbeaten run : '''21''' 1968 to 1969 *Longest run of wins: '''10''' 1983 to 1984 *Most appearances : '''574''' [[Ces Podd]] *Most league appearances: '''502''' - [[Ces Podd]] *Most goals scored : '''143''' - [[Bobby Campbell (Northern Irish footballer)|Bobby Campbell]] *Most league goals: '''121''' - [[Bobby Campbell (Northern Irish footballer)|Bobby Campbell]] *Most goals in a season: '''36''' - [[David Layne]], [[1961-62 in English football|1961&ndash;62]] *Most goals scored in a match: '''7''' - [[Albert Whitehurst]] v [[Tranmere Rovers F.C.|Tranmere Rovers]], Division Three (North), [[6 March]] [[1929]] *Highest transfer fee paid: '''£2.5 million''' - [[David Hopkin]], from [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]], July 2000 *Highest transfer fee received: '''£2 million''' - [[Des Hamilton]], to [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]], March 1997 / [[Andy O'Brien (footballer)|Andy O'Brien]], to [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]], March 2001 *Most team league goals in a season: '''128''' - Division Three (North), [[1928-29 in English football|1928&ndash;29]] *Most points (three points for a win): '''94''' - Division Three, [[1984-85 in English football|1984&ndash;85]] *Most points (two points for a win): '''63''' - Division Three (North), [[1928-29 in English football|1928&ndash;29]] ''All records courtesy of Bradford City F.C. official website''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~1032184,00.html |title=Facts |accessdate=2007-12-30 |publisher=Bradford City official website}}</ref> ==Sponsors== ===Team=== *2006-pres [[Bradford & Bingley]] *1997-2005 [[JCT600]] *1994-1996 Diamond Seal *1992-1995 Freemans *1988-1991 Grattan *1987-1988 Bradford 'Great' City (Bradford City Council) *1985-1987 Bradford Mythbreakers (Bradford City Council) *1983-1984 Toy City *1982-1983 National Breakdown ===Kit=== *2004-pres [[Surridge Sport]] *2003-2004 [[Diadora]] *2001-2003 BCFC Leisure *1999-2001 [[Asics]] *1994-1999 Beaver *1991-1994 Front Runner *1988-1991 Bukta *1985-1988 [[Admiral (sportswear)|Admiral]] *1982-1985 Patrick ===Stadium=== *July 2007-Pres - Coral Windows *Jan-July 2007 Intersonic *2005-2007 [[Bradford & Bingley]] *1995-1999 [[The Pulse of West Yorkshire|The Pulse]] ==See also== *[[Football in Yorkshire]] ==References== {{reflist|2}} ==External links== *[http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/ Official Site] *[http://www.bantamspast.co.uk/ Site of Bradford City's bantamspast museum] {{fb start}} {{Bradford City A.F.C.}} {{Bradford City A.F.C. seasons}} {{Football League Two}} {{Bradford Sports Teams}} {{fb end}} [[Category:Football (soccer) clubs established in 1903]] [[Category:English football clubs]] [[Category:Bradford City A.F.C.| ]] [[Category:Premier League clubs]] [[Category:Football League clubs]] [[Category:West Yorkshire football clubs]] [[Category:FA Cup winners]] [[da:Bradford City A.F.C.]] [[de:Bradford City]] [[es:Bradford City Association Football Club]] [[fr:Bradford City Association Football Club]] [[lb:Bradford City AFC]] [[lt:Bradford City AFC]] [[nl:Bradford City AFC]] [[ja:ブラッドフォード・シティAFC]] [[no:Bradford 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