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:2007–08 Bradford City A.F.C. season

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| club = Bradford City

| logo =

| season = 2007–08

| manager = Stuart McCall

| chairman = Mark Lawn
Julian Rhodes

| league = Football League Two

| league result = 10th

| cup1 = FA Cup

| cup1 result = Second Round

| cup2 = League Cup

| cup2 result = First Round

| cup3 = Football League Trophy

| cup3 result = First Round

| league topscorer =
Peter Thorne (14)

| season topscorer =
Peter Thorne (15)

| highest attendance = 15,510 (v Lincoln City, 26 December 2007)

| lowest attendance = 13,072 (v Barnet, 8 April 2008)
4,069 (v Chester City, FA Cup, 10 November 2007)

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The 2007–08 season was the 105th season in Bradford City A.F.C.'s history, their 93rd in The Football League and 95th in the league system of English football. After finishing 22nd in League One during the 2006–07 season, Bradford City were relegated to League Two meaning the season would be their first in the bottom tier of The Football League since 1981–82. It was also Stuart McCall's first season as manager, after he was appointed the full-time successor to Colin Todd in May 2007. It covers a period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008.

McCall brought in seven new signings in pre-season, as well as a number of loan players, but from September to November, the club failed to win in eight games, leaving them in 21st place in League Two. The club improved during the latter part of the season, finishing in 10th place, three places and 16 points outside the play-offs. Bradford also suffered first round exits in two of the cup competitions they entered, and lost in the second round of the FA Cup. Peter Thorne was the club's top goalscorer, recording 15 goals, 14 in the league and one in the FA Cup. The season also marked centre back David Wetherall's retirement after 304 league games with the club. Joe Colbeck was named player of the season, despite spending part of the season on loan at Darlington. The club's average attendance of 13,756 was the highest in the division.

Background

File:Stuart mccall.jpg was appointed manager in pre-season, joining from Sheffield United.]]

{{main|2006–07 Bradford City A.F.C. season}}

{{see also|History of Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City A.F.C. seasons}}

During the 2006–07 season, manager Colin Todd had been sacked because of a poor run of results.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/6354497.stm

|title=Bradford part company with Todd

|date=2007-02-12

|access-date=2008-03-21

|publisher=BBC Sport

|archive-date=22 February 2007

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070222003551/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/6354497.stm

|url-status=live

}} Club captain David Wetherall was originally appointed Todd's successor on a caretaker basis, before being handed the role until the end of the season, during the following month.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/6444657.stm

|title=Wetherall to stay on as caretaker

|date=2007-03-13

|access-date=2008-03-21

|publisher=BBC Sport

|archive-date=15 March 2007

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070315203606/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/6444657.stm

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}} Wetherall could not stop City's run of poor form, and the club were relegated to League Two on 28 April 2007 after a 3–0 defeat at Chesterfield.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/6578859.stm

|title=Chesterfield 3-0 Bradford

|date=2007-04-28

|access-date=2008-03-21

|publisher=BBC Sport

|archive-date=4 September 2007

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070904185546/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/6578859.stm

|url-status=live

}} It was the club's third relegation in seven seasons,{{cite news

|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.1363087.0.fans_passion_puts_players_to_shame.php

|title=Fans' passion puts players to shame

|date=2007-04-29

|access-date=2008-03-21

|work=Telegraph & Argus

|first=Simon

|last=Parker

|archive-date=18 August 2021

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818212420/https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/sportbcfcmatch/1363087.fans-passion-puts-players-to-shame/

|url-status=live

}} and meant the 2007–08 season would be their first season in the fourth division of English football in 25 years.{{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

|access-date=2008-03-21

|work=Telegraph & Argus

|first=Simon

|last=Parker| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080405195206/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.1362773.0.woeful_city_relegated.php| archive-date= 5 April 2008 | url-status= live}} On 22 May 2007, former City player Stuart McCall, who had played more than 400 games for the club during two previous spells,{{cite book

|last=Markham

|first=David

|title=The legends of Bradford City

|publisher=Breedon Books Sport

|year=2007

|pages= 114–115

|isbn=978-1-85983-572-2}} was announced as the club's new manager to take over on 1 June 2007.{{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

|access-date=2008-03-21

|publisher=BBC Sport

|archive-date=10 October 2007

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010135328/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/6679253.stm

|url-status=live

}} Although the club had just 13 players with first-team experience, the bookmakers made City second favourites to win the League Two title.{{cite news

|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.1446155.0.bookies_tip_city_to_bounce_back.php

|title=Bookies tip City to bounce back

|date=2007-06-04

|access-date=2008-03-21

|work=Telegraph & Argus

|first=Dave

|last=Craven

|archive-date=18 August 2021

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818212425/https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/1446155.bookies-tip-city-to-bounce-back/

|url-status=live

}}

Despite the club's relegation, off the field, chairman Julian Rhodes had announced a deal to slash the price of watching professional football to just £138, the equivalent of £6 per match, and the cheapest season tickets in England.{{cite news

|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

|access-date=2008-03-21

|date=2007-04-27

|work=Telegraph & Argus

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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818212421/https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/1359276.bradford-city-will-slash-ticket-prices/

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}}{{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

|access-date=2008-03-21

|date=2007-05-24

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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080109004807/http://flc.theoffside.com/league-two/bradford-city-set-to-offer-cheapest-season-tickets-in-the-uk.html

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}} In June 2007, Rhodes was also joined by Mark Lawn as new joint chairman of the club. Lawn signed a deal to wipe out the club's debts.{{cite news

|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.1452580.0.lawn_pitches_in_as_city_investor.php

|title=Lawn pitches in as City investor

|access-date=2008-03-21

|date=2007-06-07

|work=Telegraph & Argus

|first=Simon

|last=Parker

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|url-status=live

}}

Review

File:Alex rhodes grays.jpg joined from Brentford following a trial]]

=Pre-season=

With just 13 players on the books, McCall's first job was to sign a number of new players to build a first-team squad. McCall's first signings were strikers Barry Conlon, from Mansfield Town, and Peter Thorne, from Norwich City, both on free transfers, on 2 July 2007.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/6262648.stm

|title=Bradford sign veteran strike pair

|date=2007-07-02

|access-date=2008-03-17

|publisher=BBC Sport

|archive-date=24 August 2007

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824011554/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/6262648.stm

|url-status=live

}}{{cite news

|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.1519374.0.thorne_deal_a_reminder_of_deano.php

|title=Thorne deal a reminder of Deano

|date=2007-07-04

|access-date=2008-03-21

|work=Telegraph & Argus

|first=Simon

|last=Parker

|archive-date=18 August 2021

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818212456/https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/1519374.thorne-deal-a-reminder-of-deano/

|url-status=live

}} No more players were signed by the time City played their first pre-season friendly away at Harrogate Town on 16 July 2007. However, there were eight trialists in the team which won 1–0. The only goal of the game was a header from David Wetherall.{{cite news

|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.1549396.0.mccall_era_kicks_off_with_a_win.php

|title=McCall era kicks off with a win

|date=2007-07-16

|access-date=2008-03-21

|work=Telegraph & Argus

|first=Simon

|last=Parker

|archive-date=18 August 2021

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818212423/https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/1549396.mccall-era-kicks-off-with-a-win/

|url-status=live

}} Two days later, City were defeated 2–1 by Conference side Farsley Celtic,{{cite news

|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.1555729.0.thorne_opens_account_but_celts_take_plaudits.php

|title=Thorne opens account but Celts take plaudits

|date=2007-07-18

|access-date=2008-03-21

|work=Telegraph & Argus

|first=Simon

|last=Parker

|archive-date=18 August 2021

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818212423/https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/1555729.thorne-opens-account-but-celts-take-plaudits/

|url-status=live

}} before a 2–0 victory against North Ferriby United.{{cite news

|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.1563616.0.colbeck_runs_show_in_city_win.php

|title=Colbeck runs show in City win

|date=2007-07-22

|access-date=2008-03-21

|work=Telegraph & Argus

|first=Simon

|last=Parker

|archive-date=18 August 2021

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818212434/https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/1563616.colbeck-runs-show-in-city-win/

|url-status=live

}} Scott Phelan, who had played all three of the pre-season games during a trial, became McCall's third signing on 24 July from Everton.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/6913378.stm

|title=Bradford capture ex-Everton man

|date=2007-07-24

|access-date=2008-03-17

|publisher=BBC Sport

|archive-date=18 August 2021

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818212425/https://secure-uk.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?rnd=1629321865211&ci=bbc&cg=0&sr=1600x1000&ts=v51.js&cd=24&lg=en-US&je=n&ck=y&tz=0&ct=&hp=&tl=BBC%20SPORT%20%7C%20Football%20%7C%20My%20Club%20%7C%20Bradford%20City%20%7C%20Bradford%20capture%20ex-Everton%20man&si=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport2%2Fhi%2Ffootball%2Fteams%2Fb%2Fbradford_city%2F6913378.stm&rp=

|url-status=live

}} The same day, City drew 1–1 with Burnley in their only home pre-season friendly open to fans, with a goal from Paul Evans.{{cite news

|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.1569874.0.newlook_city_get_the_thumbs_up.php

|title=New-look City get the thumbs up!

|date=2007-07-25

|access-date=2008-03-21

|work=Telegraph & Argus

|first=Simon

|last=Parker

|archive-date=18 August 2021

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818212430/https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/1569874.new-look-city-get-the-thumbs-up/

|url-status=live

}} McCall signed full back Darren Williams, from Hartlepool United, Kyle Nix on a monthly contract, and Nathan Joynes on loan from Barnsley but released three other trialists.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/6911684.stm

|title=Williams signs Bantams contract

|date=2007-07-27

|access-date=2008-03-17

|publisher=BBC Sport

|archive-date=18 August 2021

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818212424/https://secure-uk.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?rnd=1629321863767&ci=bbc&cg=0&sr=1600x1000&ts=v51.js&cd=24&lg=en-US&je=n&ck=y&tz=0&ct=&hp=&tl=BBC%20SPORT%20%7C%20Football%20%7C%20My%20Club%20%7C%20Bradford%20City%20%7C%20Williams%20signs%20Bantams%20contract&si=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport2%2Fhi%2Ffootball%2Fteams%2Fb%2Fbradford_city%2F6911684.stm&rp=

|url-status=live

}} Joynes had been the third loan signing from Barnsley, following Paul Heckingbottom, who had played for Bradford in the 2003–04 season, and Thomas Harban.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/6919154.stm

|title=Bradford sign third Tykes player

|date=2007-07-27

|access-date=2008-03-17

|publisher=BBC Sport}} The following two friendlies both ended in defeat; first 1–0 to York City,{{cite news

|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.1580838.0.ricketts_saves_city_defences_blushes.php

|title=Ricketts saves City defence's blushes

|date=2007-07-29

|access-date=2008-03-21

|work=Telegraph & Argus

|first=Simon

|last=Parker

|archive-date=18 August 2021

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818212430/https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/1580838.ricketts-saves-city-defences-blushes/

|url-status=live

}} then 2–1 to Blackpool in a private practice match, with another goal from Evans.{{cite news

|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.1586362.0.city_quietly_go_about_business.php

|title=City quietly go about business

|date=2007-07-31

|access-date=2008-03-21

|work=Telegraph & Argus

|first=Dave

|last=Craven

|archive-date=18 August 2021

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818212429/https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/sportbcfcmatch/1586362.city-quietly-go-about-business/

|url-status=live

}} Evans completed his transfer the following day,{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/6906098.stm

|title=Evans poised to rejoin Bradford

|date=2007-07-31

|access-date=2008-03-17

|publisher=BBC Sport

|archive-date=3 September 2007

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070903092531/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/6906098.stm

|url-status=live

}} to be followed by Alex Rhodes, who had been on trial from Brentford, and Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu on loan from Gillingham, the following week.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/6938884.stm

|title=Bantams seal double striker deal

|date=2007-08-09

|access-date=2008-03-17

|publisher=BBC Sport

|archive-date=18 August 2021

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818212424/https://secure-uk.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?rnd=1629321864028&ci=bbc&cg=0&sr=1600x1000&ts=v51.js&cd=24&lg=en-US&je=n&ck=y&tz=0&ct=&hp=&tl=BBC%20SPORT%20%7C%20Football%20%7C%20My%20Club%20%7C%20Bradford%20City%20%7C%20Bantams%20seal%20double%20striker%20deal&si=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport2%2Fhi%2Ffootball%2Fteams%2Fb%2Fbradford_city%2F6938884.stm&rp=

|url-status=live

}}

A new home and away strip for the season was announced, with the home shirts worn for the first time in the friendly against Burnley.{{cite news

|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.1483045.0.first_chance_to_view_away_shirt.php

|title=First chance to view away shirt

|date=2007-06-19

|access-date=2008-03-21

|work=Telegraph & Argus

|first=Mike

|last=Crowther

|archive-date=18 August 2021

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818212425/https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/1483045.first-chance-to-view-away-shirt/

|url-status=live

}} The club also sold more than 12,000 season tickets, with 12,019 fans buying one before the end of the deadline for the cheap offer on 31 July.{{cite news

|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.1589562.0.bantams_pass_12_000_ticket_mark.php

|title=Bantams pass 12,000 ticket mark

|date=2007-08-01

|access-date=2008-03-21

|work=Telegraph & Argus

|first=Mike

|last=Crowther

|archive-date=18 August 2021

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818212426/https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/1589562.bantams-pass-12000-ticket-mark/

|url-status=live

}}

=August=

File:Stfc stadium.jpg became the first visitors for a league game at New Meadow]]

Bradford started their league season on 11 August 2007 with a 1–1 draw with Macclesfield Town, when a crowd of 14,345 was inside Valley Parade, 1,000 more than was originally announced.{{cite news

|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/display.var.1621033.0.0.php?act=complaint&cid=501867

|title=City go down fighting

|date=2007-08-16

|access-date=2008-03-17

|work=Telegraph & Argus

|first=Simon

|last=Parker

|archive-date=18 August 2021

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818212427/https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/1621033.city-go-down-fighting/

|url-status=live

}} The attendance was more than 6,000 higher than any other game in the division.{{cite news

|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.1612482.0.lets_hear_it_for_the_fans.php

|title=Let's hear it for the fans

|date=2007-08-12

|access-date=2008-03-21

|work=Telegraph & Argus

|first=Simon

|last=Parker

|archive-date=18 August 2021

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818212435/https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/sportbcfcmatch/1612482.lets-hear-it-for-the-fans/

|url-status=live

}} Macclesfield had taken the lead, with City equalising shortly before half-time when Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu scored with a rebound after Barry Conlon's penalty was saved.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/6930993.stm

|title=Bradford 1-1 Macclesfield

|date=2007-08-10

|access-date=2008-03-16

|publisher=BBC Sport

|archive-date=18 August 2021

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818212430/https://secure-uk.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?rnd=1629321870773&ci=bbc&cg=0&sr=1600x1000&ts=v51.js&cd=24&lg=en-US&je=n&ck=y&tz=0&ct=&hp=&tl=BBC%20SPORT%20%7C%20Football%20%7C%20League%20Two%20%7C%20Bradford%201-1%20Macclesfield&si=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport2%2Fhi%2Ffootball%2Feng_div_3%2F6930993.stm&rp=

|url-status=live

}} Four days later City were at Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers, for the first round of the League Cup. Wolves scored twice in the first five minutes of the second half, and despite Kyle Nix pulling one back for Bradford, City went out 2–1.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/6941759.stm

|title=Wolves 2-1 Bradford

|date=2007-08-15

|access-date=2008-03-16

|publisher=BBC Sport

|archive-date=18 August 2021

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818212426/https://secure-uk.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?rnd=1629321866085&ci=bbc&cg=0&sr=1600x1000&ts=v51.js&cd=24&lg=en-US&je=n&ck=y&tz=0&ct=&hp=&tl=BBC%20SPORT%20%7C%20Football%20%7C%20League%20Cup%20%7C%20Wolves%202-1%20Bradford&si=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport2%2Fhi%2Ffootball%2Fleague_cup%2F6941759.stm&rp=

|url-status=live

}} City's second league game of the season was the first league game to be played at Shrewsbury Town's new £15m ground the New Meadow, when an early penalty from former City player Dave Hibbert gave the home side a 1–0 win.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/6941946.stm

|title=Shrewsbury 1-0 Bradford

|date=2007-08-18

|access-date=2008-03-16

|publisher=BBC Sport

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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818212423/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_3/6941946.stm

|url-status=live

}} McCall's first win as manager came in the third game when a debut goal from Luke Medley secured a 2–1 victory over Wrexham.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/6952760.stm

|title=Bradford 2-1 Wrexham

|date=2007-08-25

|access-date=2008-03-16

|publisher=BBC Sport

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=September=

Bradford started September with consecutive defeats; first 2–1 in the league against Barnet,{{cite news

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|title=Barnet 2-1 Bradford

|date=2007-09-01

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}} before a 5–1 loss to Doncaster Rovers in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6973818.stm

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|date=2007-09-04

|access-date=2008-03-16

|publisher=BBC Sport}} For the latter game, McCall had named a weakened team, which included debutants Ben Saynor and Sean Taylforth,{{cite news

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|title=Night to forget for battered Bantams

|date=2007-09-05

|access-date=2008-03-21

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|first=Simon

|last=Parker}} and City faced a £5,000 fine from The Football League,{{cite news

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|title=McCall defends Trophy team selection

|date=2007-09-21

|access-date=2008-03-23

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|first=Simon

|last=Parker}} but were eventually only fined £3,000.{{cite news

|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/3182165.City_aim_to_put_gloss_on_cup_run/

|title=City aim to put gloss on cup run

|date=2008-06-28

|access-date=2011-03-06

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|url-status=live

}} Two victories in the league followed against Lincoln City—the first time the two teams had met in a league game since the fire disaster in 1985—{{cite news

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|title=Lincoln 1-2 Bradford

|date=2007-09-07

|access-date=2008-03-16

|publisher=BBC Sport}} and Peterborough United.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/6985028.stm

|title=Bradford 1-0 Peterborough

|date=2007-09-15

|access-date=2008-03-16

|publisher=BBC Sport}} But the month ended as it had started with back-to-back defeats against Hereford United and Wycombe Wanderers.{{cite news

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|title=Hereford 4-2 Bradford

|date=2007-09-22

|access-date=2008-03-16

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=October=

The run of consecutive defeats extended to five during the first two weeks of October. After a 3–0 defeat to Accrington Stanley,{{cite news

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|title=Bradford 0-3 Accrington

|date=2007-10-02

|access-date=2008-03-16

|publisher=BBC Sport}} McCall added two more loan signings to the squad, Nicky Law, son of former City manager Nicky Law, and goalkeeper Rhys Evans.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/7030074.stm

|title=Bradford swoop for Evans and Law

|date=2007-10-05

|access-date=2008-03-17

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|url-status=live

}} Both played as City lost 2–1 to both Milton Keynes Dons, when Barry Conlon scored his first goal for the club,{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7019719.stm

|title=MK Dons 2-1 Bradford

|date=2007-10-06

|access-date=2008-03-16

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}} then Morecambe.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7031481.stm

|title=Morecambe 2-1 Bradford

|date=2007-10-12

|access-date=2008-03-16

|publisher=BBC Sport

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}} The run of defeats came to an end when City drew 0–0 with Darlington,{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7043105.stm

|title=Bradford 0-0 Darlington

|date=2007-10-20

|access-date=2008-03-16

|publisher=BBC Sport

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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022065638/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7043105.stm

|url-status=live

}} but the month ended without a single victory after another draw, this time 1–1 with Grimsby Town, when Rhys Evans was substituted after 24 minutes for City, and Ndumbu-Nsungu scored a late equaliser following Grimsby's own goalkeeper Phil Barnes' red card.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7054093.stm

|title=Grimsby 1-1 Bradford

|date=2007-10-27

|access-date=2008-03-16

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}} Evans' loan deal was cut short following the injury and he returned to Blackpool after just four games.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/blackpool/7068845.stm

|title=Evans loan spell ended by injury

|date=2007-10-30

|access-date=2008-03-17

|publisher=BBC Sport

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}} Young midfielder Joe Colbeck, who had been one of several players McCall wanted to send out on loan to gain first team experience,{{cite news

|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.1747012.0.mccall_clears_the_decks.php

|title=McCall clears the decks

|date=2007-10-09

|access-date=2008-03-21

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|first=Simon

|last=Parker

|archive-date=18 August 2021

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818213335/https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/1747012.mccall-clears-the-decks/

|url-status=live

}} was loaned out to Darlington for a month.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/7059702.stm

|title=Bantams loan Colbeck to Quakers

|date=2007-10-24

|access-date=2008-03-17

|publisher=BBC Sport

|archive-date=27 October 2007

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027160122/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/7059702.stm

|url-status=live

}}

=November=

Bradford's run without a league victory extended to eight games after a 2–1 defeat to Brentford.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7065133.stm

|title=Bradford 1-2 Brentford

|date=2007-11-03

|access-date=2008-03-16

|publisher=BBC Sport

|archive-date=9 February 2019

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124733/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7065133.stm

|url-status=live

}} The run, which stretched back to 15 September came to an end with a 2–1 win over Chester City on 6 November 2007 when Alex Rhodes scored his first goal for the club.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7076543.stm

|title=Bradford 2-1 Chester

|date=2007-11-06

|access-date=2008-03-16

|publisher=BBC Sport

|archive-date=18 August 2021

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}} City again defeated Chester City four days later, this time in the FA Cup, when Peter Thorne's first goal for the club secured a 1–0 win.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/7076467.stm

|title=Bradford 1-0 Chester

|date=2007-11-10

|access-date=2008-03-16

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}} City won their third game in a row with a 4–1 victory over Dagenham & Redbridge—their highest victory of the season,{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7088507.stm

|title=Dag & Red 1-4 Bradford

|date=2007-11-17

|access-date=2008-03-16

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}} before the month ended with a 1–1 draw against Stockport County.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7099922.stm

|title=Bradford 1-1 Stockport

|date=2007-11-24

|access-date=2008-03-16

|publisher=BBC Sport

|archive-date=18 August 2021

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|url-status=live

}}

=December=

Bradford were eliminated from the FA Cup with a 3–0 defeat to League One side Tranmere Rovers.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/7110745.stm

|title=Bradford 0-3 Tranmere

|date=2007-12-01

|access-date=2008-03-16

|publisher=BBC Sport

|archive-date=4 September 2020

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}} They returned to league action with two more draws, away to Mansfield Town and Chesterfield,{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7122682.stm

|title=Mansfield 0-0 Bradford

|date=2007-12-05

|access-date=2008-03-16

|publisher=BBC Sport

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}}{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7122702.stm

|title=Chesterfield 1-1 Bradford

|date=2007-12-08

|access-date=2008-03-16

|publisher=BBC Sport

|archive-date=18 August 2021

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818213241/https://secure-uk.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?rnd=1629322360231&ci=bbc&cg=0&sr=1600x1000&ts=v51.js&cd=24&lg=en-US&je=n&ck=y&tz=0&ct=&hp=&tl=BBC%20SPORT%20%7C%20Football%20%7C%20League%20Two%20%7C%20Chesterfield%201-1%20Bradford&si=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport2%2Fhi%2Ffootball%2Feng_div_3%2F7122702.stm&rp=

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}} the latter game of which featured Joe Colbeck, who had returned from Darlington early despite his one-month loan spell being originally extended.{{cite news

|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.1890545.0.colbeck_returns_early_from_quakers.php

|title=Colbeck returns early from Quakers

|date=2007-12-08

|access-date=2008-03-17

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|last=Parker

|archive-date=18 August 2021

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}} The following week City signed Willy Topp for £35,000—the first time they had paid a transfer fee for a player since Andy Tod in November 2001—nearly three months after he first came on trial.{{cite news

|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.1896341.0.league_give_topp_the_green_light.php

|title=League give Topp the green light

|date=2007-12-11

|access-date=2008-03-21

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|last=Crowther

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}} City were given two weeks off before their next game, when their home game against Rotherham United on 15 December was postponed because of a frozen pitch.{{cite news

|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.1907589.0.city_derby_clash_beaten_by_weather.php

|title=City derby clash beaten by weather

|date=2007-12-15

|access-date=2008-03-21

|first=Simon

|last=Parker

|archive-date=18 August 2021

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818213241/https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/1907589.city-derby-clash-beaten-by-weather/

|url-status=live

}} But they could not take advantage of the extra rest and despite taking the lead against Peterborough United, two second half goals gave Peterborough a 2–1 win and helped them to second in the league.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7145734.stm

|title=Peterborough 2-1 Bradford

|date=2007-12-22

|access-date=2008-03-16

|publisher=BBC Sport

|archive-date=25 December 2007

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071225131037/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7145734.stm

|url-status=live

}} The highest attendance of the season for a League Two game attended City's next game on Boxing Day against Lincoln City.{{cite web

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|title = Divisional Attendance

|access-date = 2008-03-21

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|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080307074431/http://www.football-league.premiumtv.co.uk/page/DivisionalAttendance/0%2C%2C10794~200726%2C00.html

|archive-date = 7 March 2008

|url-status = dead

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}} It was the first time the two teams had met in the league at Valley Parade since the fire of 1985 and the crowd of 15,510 observed a minute silence and wreath-laying ceremony before the game. Peter Thorne gave City the lead, and despite an equaliser from Lincoln, Barry Conlon secured a 2–1 win for Bradford in the last minute.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7157248.stm

|title=Bradford 2-1 Lincoln

|date=2007-12-26

|access-date=2008-03-16

|publisher=BBC Sport

|archive-date=27 December 2007

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071227225812/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7157248.stm

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}} The 2007 calendar year finished with another home game, but this time City lost 3–1 to Hereford United.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7157313.stm

|title=Bradford 2-4 Hereford

|date=2007-12-29

|access-date=2008-03-16

|publisher=BBC Sport

|archive-date=18 August 2021

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818213233/https://secure-uk.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?rnd=1629322352552&ci=bbc&cg=0&sr=1600x1000&ts=v51.js&cd=24&lg=en-US&je=n&ck=y&tz=0&ct=&hp=&tl=BBC%20SPORT%20%7C%20Football%20%7C%20League%20Two%20%7C%20Bradford%201-3%20Hereford&si=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport2%2Fhi%2Ffootball%2Feng_div_3%2F7157313.stm&rp=

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=January=

The New Year started with a number of changes off the field. Loan signing Ndumbu-Nsungu returned to Gillingham but Heckingbottom's deal was extended to allow him to play against Accrington Stanley on New Year's Day,{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/7165725.stm

|title=Ndumbu-Nsungu to return to Gills

|date=2007-12-31

|access-date=2008-03-17

|publisher=BBC Sport

|archive-date=3 January 2008

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}} before a permanent deal was finalised the following week.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/7176638.stm

|title=Heckingbottom seals Bradford move

|date=2008-01-08

|access-date=2008-03-17

|publisher=BBC Sport

|archive-date=3 September 2020

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|url-status=live

}} Midfielder Lee Bullock was also signed on a loan transfer from Hartlepool United.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/7166119.stm

|title=Bradford move for Pools' Bullock

|date=2008-01-02

|access-date=2008-03-17

|publisher=BBC Sport

|archive-date=18 August 2021

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}} City beat Accrington 2–0 with Matthew Clarke scoring his first for the club and Joe Colbeck adding his first since he returned from his loan spell at Darlington.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7163869.stm

|title=Accrington 0-2 Bradford

|date=2008-01-01

|access-date=2008-03-16

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|url-status=live

}} It was followed up with another win, when Thorne scored City's first hat-trick for two years, to defeat Notts County 3–0.{{cite news

|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/1962092.0.put-your-shirt-on-more-thorne-goals.php/

|title=Put your shirt on more Thorne goals

|date=2008-01-13

|access-date=2016-12-01

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|first=Simon

|last=Parker

|archive-date=1 December 2016

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201150802/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/1962092.0.put-your-shirt-on-more-thorne-goals.php/

|url-status=live

}} Two away draws followed at Bury and Wrexham,{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7197641.stm

|title=Bury 2-2 Bradford

|date=2008-01-22

|access-date=2008-03-16

|publisher=BBC Sport

|archive-date=18 August 2021

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}}{{cite news

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|title=Wrexham 1-1 Bradford

|date=2008-01-26

|access-date=2008-03-16

|publisher=BBC Sport

|archive-date=29 January 2008

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080129150647/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7197651.stm

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}} but City returned to winning ways with a 4–2 victory over Shrewsbury Town to finish the month unbeaten.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7210651.stm

|title=Bradford 4-2 Shrewsbury

|date=2008-01-29

|access-date=2008-03-16

|publisher=BBC Sport| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080131223109/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7210651.stm| archive-date= 31 January 2008 | url-status= live}}

McCall had also been busy in the transfer market during January, with the trio of Ben Starosta,{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/7201012.stm

|title=Bradford capture Starosta on loan

|date=2008-01-21

|access-date=2008-03-17

|publisher=BBC Sport

|archive-date=18 August 2021

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818213230/https://secure-uk.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?rnd=1629322350095&ci=bbc&cg=0&sr=1600x1000&ts=v51.js&cd=24&lg=en-US&je=n&ck=y&tz=0&ct=&hp=&tl=BBC%20SPORT%20%7C%20Football%20%7C%20My%20Club%20%7C%20Bradford%20City%20%7C%20Bradford%20capture%20Starosta%20on%20loan&si=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport2%2Fhi%2Ffootball%2Fteams%2Fb%2Fbradford_city%2F7201012.stm&rp=

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}} Scott Loach{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/7213719.stm

|title=Loach replaces QPR-bound Ricketts

|date=2008-01-28

|access-date=2008-03-17

|publisher=BBC Sport| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080131131236/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/7213719.stm| archive-date= 31 January 2008 | url-status= live}} and TJ Moncur all arriving on loan.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/7218486.stm

|title=Bradford sign Bullock from Pools

|date=2008-01-31

|access-date=2008-03-17

|publisher=BBC Sport

|archive-date=4 February 2008

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080204001714/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/7218486.stm

|url-status=live

}} Bullock made his loan permanent and signed an 18-month contract, and David Brown signed after impressing on a trial. Five players also left Valley Parade on loan deals during January, with Craig Bentham joining Farsley Celtic,{{cite news

|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.1945670.0.bentham_cant_quite_rescue_celts.php

|title=Bentham can't quite rescue Celts

|date=2008-01-06

|access-date=2008-03-17

|work=Telegraph & Argus

|first=Ian

|last=Whiting

|archive-date=18 August 2021

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818213415/https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/1945670.bentham-cant-quite-rescue-celts/

|url-status=live

}} Luke Medley joining Cambridge City,{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/droylsden/7183752.stm

|title=Droylsden capture Bradford pair

|date=2008-01-11

|access-date=2008-03-17

|publisher=BBC Sport

|archive-date=16 January 2008

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080116125848/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/droylsden/7183752.stm

|url-status=live

}} Sean Taylforth and Luke Morgan both going to Droylsden, and Simon Ainge joining Halifax Town.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/halifax_town/7219558.stm

|title=Ainge leaves Bradford for Halifax

|date=2008-01-31

|access-date=2008-03-17

|publisher=BBC Sport| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080204160118/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/halifax_town/7219558.stm| archive-date= 4 February 2008 | url-status= live}} Goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts was also expected to leave but his transfer to Queens Park Rangers collapsed after the Home Office rejected his application for a work permit.{{cite news

|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.2006595.0.lawn_stunned_as_ricketts_returns.php

|title=Lawn 'stunned' as Ricketts returns

|date=2008-01-30

|access-date=2008-03-21

|work=Telegraph & Argus

|first=Mike

|last=Crowther

|archive-date=18 August 2021

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818213231/https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/2006595.lawn-stunned-as-ricketts-returns/

|url-status=live

}}

=February=

City's unbeaten run was extended to six games when David Brown scored on his debut to beat Macclesfield Town 1–0.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7210673.stm

|title=Macclesfield 0-1 Bradford

|date=2008-02-02

|access-date=2008-03-16

|publisher=BBC Sport| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080206194241/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7210673.stm| archive-date= 6 February 2008 | url-status= live}} The run came to an end with consecutive 2–1 defeats to Bury and Rochdale.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7223942.stm

|title=Bradford 1-2 Bury

|date=2008-02-09

|access-date=2008-03-16

|publisher=BBC Sport| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080213024011/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7223942.stm| archive-date= 13 February 2008 | url-status= live}}{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7248844.stm

|title=Bradford 1-2 Rochdale

|date=2008-02-16

|access-date=2008-03-16

|publisher=BBC Sport| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080303181219/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7248844.stm| archive-date= 3 March 2008 | url-status= live}} On 20 February 2008, David Wetherall, who had played nearly 300 league games for City since he joined in 1999, announced he would retire at the end of the season.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/7254349.stm

|title=Wetherall poised to hang up boots

|date=2008-02-20

|access-date=2008-03-21

|publisher=BBC Sport| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080303220122/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/7254349.stm| archive-date= 3 March 2008 | url-status= live}} City won their first win in three games when they beat Notts County for the second time in as many months, with a 3–1 win.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7248477.stm

|title=Notts County 1-3 Bradford

|date=2008-02-23

|access-date=2008-03-16

|publisher=BBC Sport| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080225230953/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7248477.stm| archive-date= 25 February 2008 | url-status= live}} Three days later City added a second consecutive win by defeating Rotherham United 3–2 in the game which had been postponed in December, with Lee Bullock scoring his first goal for the club.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7260362.stm

|title=Bradford 3-2 Rotherham

|date=2008-02-26

|access-date=2008-03-16

|publisher=BBC Sport| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080303220112/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7260362.stm| archive-date= 3 March 2008 | url-status= live}} The same day, club chairman Julian Rhodes announced a new season ticket offer in a bid to fill more of the 25,000-seater stadium for the following season by offering free tickets if more than 9,000 adult tickets were bought.{{cite news

|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.2070432.0.rhodes_reveals_free_seasonticket_offer.php

|title=Rhodes reveals free season-ticket offer

|date=2008-02-26

|access-date=2008-03-21

|work=Telegraph & Argus

|first=Simon

|last=Parker

|archive-date=18 August 2021

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818213247/https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/2070432.rhodes-reveals-free-season-ticket-offer/

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}}

=March=

March started with two more consecutive defeats. Dagenham & Redbridge defeated City 2–0 in their first game at Valley Parade, when Barry Conlon missed a penalty and then an open goal both when the score was 1–0.{{cite news

|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.2086854.0.daggers_stick_the_knife_in.php

|title=Daggers stick the knife in

|date=2008-03-02

|access-date=2008-03-21

|work=Telegraph & Argus

|first=Simon

|last=Parker

|archive-date=18 August 2021

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818213241/https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/sportbcfcmatch/2086854.daggers-stick-the-knife-in/

|url-status=live

}} In the following game, Peter Thorne scored a penalty to give City the lead against Stockport County, but County scored twice to win 2–1.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7272578.stm

|title=Stockport 2-1 Bradford

|date=2008-03-08

|access-date=2008-03-16

|publisher=BBC Sport| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080311123642/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7272578.stm| archive-date= 11 March 2008 | url-status= live}} Four days later, Bradford recorded their third victory of the season against Chester City, when Conlon scored the only goal of the game in a 1–0 victory.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7284914.stm

|title=Chester 0-1 Bradford

|date=2008-03-12

|access-date=2008-03-16

|publisher=BBC Sport| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080315192324/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7284914.stm| archive-date= 15 March 2008 | url-status= live}} Conlon scored another in the following game but City again were beaten, 2–1 by Mansfield Town.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7284917.stm

|title=Bradford 1-2 Mansfield

|date=2008-03-15

|access-date=2008-03-16

|publisher=BBC Sport| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080319021336/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7284917.stm| archive-date= 19 March 2008 | url-status= live}} Following Wetherall's announcement that he would retire, City's supporters staged a special day to celebrate his career and contribution to the club, during the away fixture on 22 March 2008 at Rotherham United, where the team had lost 4–1 the previous season during Wetherall's spell as player-manager.{{cite news

|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.2136836.0.saturday_is_wetherall_day.php

|title=Saturday is Wetherall Day

|date=2008-03-20

|access-date=2008-03-22

|work=Telegraph & Argus

|first=Simon

|last=Parker

|archive-date=18 August 2021

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818213231/https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/2136836.saturday-is-wetherall-day/

|url-status=live

}} The result of the game finished 1–1, during which Omar Daley was sent off.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7298150.stm

|title=Rotherham 1-1 Bradford

|date=2008-03-22

|access-date=2008-03-22

|publisher=BBC Sport| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080325043853/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7298150.stm| archive-date= 25 March 2008 | url-status= live}} City played a second game two days later, because of the Easter fixture list, when Peter Thorne scored the 150th league goal of his career to help City beat Chesterfield 1–0.{{cite news

|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/2142595.0-thorne-reaches-magic-milestone.php/

|title=Thorne reaches magic milestone

|date=2008-03-24

|access-date=2016-12-01

|work=Telegraph & Argus

|first=Simon

|last=Parker

|archive-date=1 December 2016

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201145628/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/2142595.0-thorne-reaches-magic-milestone.php/

|url-status=live

}} The month finished with a 3–1 victory over Darlington, when Tom Penford scored his first goal for the club, and both Barry Conlon and Joe Colbeck scored against their former club.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7309357.stm

|title=Darlington 1-3 Bradford

|date=2008-03-29

|access-date=2008-03-29

|publisher=BBC Sport| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080403033758/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7309357.stm| archive-date= 3 April 2008 | url-status= live}} The victory put City into the top half of the table for the first time since September.{{cite news

|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/sportbcfcmatch/display.var.2157485.0.colbeck_hits_darlo_where_it_hurts.php

|title=Colbeck hits Darlo where it hurts

|date=2008-03-30

|access-date=2008-04-01

|work=Telegraph & Argus

|first=Simon

|last=Parker

|archive-date=6 July 2008

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706113529/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/sportbcfcmatch/display.var.2157485.0.colbeck_hits_darlo_where_it_hurts.php

|url-status=live

}} During March, City also won a Football League award for their season ticket deal at the start of the season.{{cite news

|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.2087772.0.bantams_land_prestigious_award.php

|title=Bantams land prestigious award

|date=2008-03-03

|access-date=2008-03-21

|work=Telegraph & Argus

|first=Simon

|last=Parker

|archive-date=18 August 2021

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818213231/https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/2087772.bantams-land-prestigious-award/

|url-status=live

}}

=April=

On 1 April 2008, first City's keeper Donovan Ricketts was blocked from coming back into the country following a Jamaica call-up,{{cite news

|url=http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/7324706.stm

|title=Ricketts refused re-entry to UK

|date=2008-04-01

|access-date=2008-04-01

|publisher=BBC Sport

|archive-date=16 January 2016

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116065304/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/7324706.stm

|url-status=live

}} before City lost 2–1 at Rochdale, following a late winning goal from Rochdale's Adam Le Fondre.{{cite news

|url=http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7320170.stm

|title=Rochdale 2-1 Bradford

|date=2008-04-01

|access-date=2008-04-01

|publisher=BBC Sport}} City returned to winnings ways four days later, when Eddie Johnson scored the only goal of a 1–0 victory over Morecambe.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7320195.stm

|title=Bradford 1-0 Morecambe

|date=2008-04-05

|access-date=2008-04-05

|publisher=BBC Sport| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080409014415/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7320195.stm| archive-date= 9 April 2008 | url-status= live}} Johnson scored for a second successive game, three days later to secure a 1–1 draw with Barnet in a rearranged game at Valley Parade.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7332149.stm

|title=Bradford 1-1 Barnet

|date=2008-04-08

|access-date=2008-04-08

|publisher=BBC Sport| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080411083154/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7332149.stm| archive-date= 11 April 2008 | url-status= live}} A second successive draw on 12 April, this time 2–2 against Brentford,{{cite news

|url=http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7332194.stm

|title=Brentford 2-2 Bradford

|date=2008-04-12

|access-date=2008-04-12

|publisher=BBC Sport}} meant that City could no longer reach the play-offs, ensuring that they would again be playing in League Two during 2008–09.{{cite news

|url = https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/2195307.rhodes-were-on-to-a-winner-with-stuart/

|title = Rhodes: We're on to a winner with Stuart

|date = 2008-04-15

|access-date = 2021-08-18

|publisher = Telegraph & Argus

|first = Simon

|last = Parker

}} A late goal from Joe Colbeck on 19 April prevented a third successive draw and gave City a 2–1 victory over Grimsby Town.{{cite news

|url=http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7344101.stm

|title=Bradford 2-1 Grimsby

|date=2008-04-19

|access-date=2008-04-19

|publisher=BBC Sport

|archive-date=9 July 2008

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709041620/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7344101.stm

|url-status=live

}} Colbeck was named the club's player of the season at the annual award ceremony on 23 April,{{cite news

|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/2219425.prize-guy-colbeck-still-in-shock/

|title=Prize guy Colbeck still in shock

|date=2008-04-24

|access-date=2021-08-18

|work=Telegraph & Argus

|first=Simon

|last=Parker

}} but was sent off in the club's final home of the season against Milton Keynes Dons. Bradford were already 2–0 behind when Colbeck was dismissed, and despite a goal from Omar Daley, they lost 2–1, which crowned Milton Keynes as the league champions.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7356088.stm

|title= Bradford 1-2 MK Dons

|date=2008-04-26

|access-date=2008-04-27

|publisher=BBC Sport| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080429235808/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7356088.stm| archive-date= 29 April 2008 | url-status= live}}

On 29 April 2008, McCall announced the list of players he would be keeping and releasing at the end of the season. As well as Ricketts, who was unlikely to be given a new work permit, the first team players to be released were Darren Williams, Paul Evans, Tom Penford and Alex Rhodes. Craig Bentham, who had spent three months on loan at Farsley Celtic, and Scott Phelan, who had not featured since December, were also deemed surplus to requirements. Back-up goalkeepers Ben Saynor and Jamie Waite, neither of whom had played a first team league game, and youngsters David Brown, Luke Morgan and Damian Hopkins completed the list of 13 players to leave the club. Barry Conlon and Kyle Nix were the only first team regulars to be offered new contracts, along with juniors Luke Medley, Luke O'Brien and Sean Taylforth.{{cite news

|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/2234555.johnson-one-of-13-axed-by-city/

|title=Johnson one of 13 axed by City

|date=2008-04-29

|access-date=2021-08-18

|work=Telegraph & Argus

|first=Simon

|last=Parker

}}

=May and June=

City finished the season with a 2–1 defeat at Wycombe Wanderers, when Luke Medley scored a penalty on his first start for the club. McCall had made a number of changes to the side, after his decision to release 13 players, giving a debut to Sean Taylforth and also giving places to three of the released players. It was also David Wetherall's final game for the club.{{cite news

|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/2245995.wycombe-2-city-1/

|title=Wycombe 2 City 1

|date=2008-05-03

|access-date=2021-08-18

|work=Telegraph & Argus

|first=Simon

|last=Parker

}}

In the week after the season had finished, Barry Conlon was the first to sign a new deal keeping him at the club until January 2008,{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/7378144.stm

|title=Conlon signs new six-month deal

|date=2008-05-05

|access-date=2008-05-05

|publisher=BBC Sport| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080506082402/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/7378144.stm| archive-date= 6 May 2008 | url-status= live}} before Kyle Nix and Luke O'Brien signed their season-long contracts.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/7387493.stm

|title=Bradford City duo sign new deals

|date=2008-05-07

|access-date=2008-05-07

|publisher=BBC Sport

|archive-date=14 December 2019

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214050350/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/7387493.stm

|url-status=live

}} By the end of the week, McCall made his first transfer of the summer when he signed goalkeeper Jonathan McLaughlin from non-league Harrogate Town.{{cite news

|url = https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/2260010.city-snap-up-goalkeeper/

|title = City snap up goalkeeper

|date = 2008-05-09

|access-date = 2012-08-18

|work = Telegraph & Argus

|first = Simon

|last = Parker

}} It was not until the end of the month that he added his second signing, when midfielder Chris Brandon, a former club trainee, joined from Huddersfield Town on a free transfer.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/7428993.stm

|title=Bradford bag midfielder Brandon

|date=2008-05-31

|access-date=2008-05-31

|publisher=BBC Sport}} Defender Paul Arnison, who had been released by Carlisle United in May, became the club's third summer transfer, when he signed a two-year contract on 18 June 2008.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/7462051.stm

|title=Bradford City seal Arnison switch

|date=2008-06-18

|access-date=2008-06-18

|publisher=BBC Sport}} On 30 June 2008, the final day before City would return to pre-season training, City signed a second defender, when Graeme Lee joined on a free transfer from Doncaster Rovers. He also signed a two-year contract.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/7482167.stm

|title=Bradford swoop for defender Lee

|date=2008-06-30

|access-date=2008-06-30

|publisher=BBC Sport}}

Match results

=Legend=

class="wikitable"

|style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"|Win

|style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"|Draw

|style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"|Loss

=Football League Two=

File:League Two attendances 2007-08.PNG recorded the highest average attendance during the 2007–08 Football League Two season.{{cite web |url=http://www.football-league.premiumtv.co.uk/page/DivisionalAttendance/0,,10794~200726,00.html |title=League Attendance |access-date=2008-05-04 |publisher=The Football League |archive-date=7 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307074431/http://www.football-league.premiumtv.co.uk/page/DivisionalAttendance/0%2C%2C10794~200726%2C00.html |url-status=live }}]]

{{main|2007–08 Football League}}

class="wikitable"

|+

!Game!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers!!Notes

bgcolor="#f3f3f3"

|align="center"|1

11 August 2007Macclesfield TownHomealign="center"|1–1align="center"|14,345Ndumbu-Nsungu
bgcolor="#ffd0e3"

|align="center"|2

18 August 2007Shrewsbury TownAwayalign="center"|0–1align="center"|6,413
bgcolor="#d0ffe3"

|align="center"|3

25 August 2007WrexhamHomealign="center"|2–1align="center"|13,546Johnson, Medley
bgcolor="#ffd0e3"

|align="center"|4

1 September 2007BarnetAwayalign="center"|1–2align="center"|2,412Johnson
bgcolor="#d0ffe3"

|align="center"|5

7 September 2007Lincoln CityAwayalign="center"|2–1align="center"|5,286Ndumbu-Nsungu, Colbeck
bgcolor="#d0ffe3"

|align="center"|6

15 September 2007Peterborough UnitedHomealign="center"|1–0align="center"|13,819Bower
bgcolor="#ffd0e3"

|align="center"|7

22 September 2007Hereford UnitedAwayalign="center"|2–4align="center"|3,275Ndumbu-Nsungu (2)
bgcolor="#ffd0e3"

|align="center"|8

29 September 2007Wycombe WanderersHomealign="center"|0–1align="center"|13,530
bgcolor="#ffd0e3"

|align="center"|9

2 October 2007Accrington StanleyHomealign="center"|0–3align="center"|13,346
bgcolor="#ffd0e3"

|align="center"|10

6 October 2007Milton Keynes DonsAwayalign="center"|1–2align="center"|7,903Conlon (pen)
bgcolor="#ffd0e3"

|align="center"|11

12 October 2007MorecambeAwayalign="center"|1–2align="center"|4,761Bower
bgcolor="#f3f3f3"

|align="center"|12

20 October 2007DarlingtonHomealign="center"|0–0align="center"|14,074
bgcolor="#f3f3f3"

|align="center"|13

27 October 2007Grimsby TownAwayalign="center"|1–1align="center"|4,883Ndumbu-Nsungu (pen)
bgcolor="#ffd0e3"

|align="center"|14

3 November 2007BrentfordHomealign="center"|1–2align="center"|13,326Bower
bgcolor="#d0ffe3"

|align="center"|15

6 November 2007Chester CityHomealign="center"|2–1align="center"|13,211Daley, Rhodes
bgcolor="#d0ffe3"

|align="center"|16

17 November 2007Dagenham & RedbridgeAwayalign="center"|4–1align="center"|2,247Thorne, Wetherall, Law (2)
bgcolor="#f3f3f3"

|align="center"|17

24 November 2007Stockport CountyHomealign="center"|1–1align="center"|13,837Ndumbu-Nsungu
bgcolor="#f3f3f3"

|align="center"|18

5 December 2007Mansfield TownAwayalign="center"|0–0align="center"|2,308
bgcolor="#f3f3f3"

|align="center"|19

8 December 2007ChesterfieldAwayalign="center"|1–1align="center"|3,727Nix
bgcolor="#ffd0e3"

|align="center"|20

22 December 2007Peterborough UnitedAwayalign="center"|1–2align="center"|5,355Nix
bgcolor="#d0ffe3"

|align="center"|21

26 December 2007Lincoln CityHomealign="center"|2–1align="center"|15,510Thorne, Conlon
bgcolor="#ffd0e3"

|align="center"|22

29 December 2007Hereford UnitedHomealign="center"|1–3align="center"|13,640Wetherall
bgcolor="#d0ffe3"

|align="center"|23

1 January 2008Accrington StanleyAwayalign="center"|2–0align="center"|2,898Clarke, Colbeck
bgcolor="#d0ffe3"

|align="center"|24

12 January 2008Notts CountyHomealign="center"|3–0align="center"|13,494Thorne (3){{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7172890.stm

|title=Bradford 3-0 Notts County

|date=2008-01-12

|access-date=2008-03-16

|publisher=BBC Sport

|archive-date=15 January 2008

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115140605/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7172890.stm

|url-status=live

}}

bgcolor="#f3f3f3"

|align="center"|25

22 January 2008BuryAwayalign="center"|2–2align="center"|2,776Conlon (pen), Nix
bgcolor="#f3f3f3"

|align="center"|26

26 January 2008WrexhamAwayalign="center"|1–1align="center"|4,341Nix
bgcolor="#d0ffe3"

|align="center"|27

29 January 2008Shrewsbury TownHomealign="center"|4–2align="center"|13,269Nix, Daley, Thorne, Conlon (pen)
bgcolor="#d0ffe3"

|align="center"|28

2 February 2008Macclesfield TownAwayalign="center"|1–0align="center"|2,778Brown
bgcolor="#ffd0e3"

|align="center"|29

9 February 2008BuryHomealign="center"|1–2align="center"|13,844Thorne
bgcolor="#ffd0e3"

|align="center"|30

16 February 2008RochdaleHomealign="center"|1–2align="center"|14,017Thorne
bgcolor="#d0ffe3"

|align="center"|31

23 February 2008Notts CountyAwayalign="center"|3–1align="center"|4,717Thorne, Colbeck, Rhodes
bgcolor="#d0ffe3"

|align="center"|32

26 February 2008Rotherham UnitedHomealign="center"|3–2align="center"|13,436Daley, Rhodes, Bullock
bgcolor="#ffd0e3"

|align="center"|33

1 March 2008Dagenham & RedbridgeHomealign="center"|0–2align="center"|13,537{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7260387.stm

|title=Bradford 0-2 Dag & Red

|date=2008-03-01

|access-date=2008-03-16

|publisher=BBC Sport| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080305023646/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7260387.stm| archive-date= 5 March 2008 | url-status= live}}

bgcolor="#ffd0e3"

|align="center"|34

8 March 2008Stockport CountyAwayalign="center"|1–2align="center"|5,763Thorne (pen)
bgcolor="#d0ffe3"

|align="center"|35

12 March 2008Chester CityAwayalign="center"|1–0align="center"|1,566Conlon
bgcolor="#ffd0e3"

|align="center"|36

15 March 2008Mansfield TownHomealign="center"|1–2align="center"|13,611Conlon
bgcolor="#f3f3f3"

|align="center"|37

22 March 2008Rotherham UnitedAwayalign="center"|1–1align="center"|4,157Colbeck
bgcolor="#d0ffe3"

|align="center"|38

24 March 2008ChesterfieldHomealign="center"|1–0align="center"|13,825Thorne{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7298281.stm

|title=Bradford 1-0 Chesterfield

|date=2008-03-24

|access-date=2008-03-24

|publisher=BBC Sport| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080328190654/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7298281.stm| archive-date= 28 March 2008 | url-status= live}}

bgcolor="#d0ffe3"

|align="center"|39

29 March 2008DarlingtonAwayalign="center"|3–1align="center"|4,492Penford, Conlon, Colbeck
bgcolor="#ffd0e3"

|align="center"|40

1 April 2008RochdaleAwayalign="center"|1–2align="center"|3,811Thorne (pen)
bgcolor="#d0ffe3"

|align="center"|41

5 April 2008MorecambeHomealign="center"|1–0align="center"|13,562Johnson
bgcolor="#f3f3f3"

|align="center"|42

8 April 2008BarnetHomealign="center"|1–1align="center"|13,072Johnson
bgcolor="#f3f3f3"

|align="center"|43

12 April 2008BrentfordAwayalign="center"|2–2align="center"|4,336Nix, Thorne
bgcolor="#d0ffe3"

|align="center"|44

19 April 2008Grimsby TownHomealign="center"|2–1align="center"|13,448Colbeck, Thorne
bgcolor="#ffd0e3"

|align="center"|45

26 April 2008Milton Keynes DonsHomealign="center"|1–2align="center"|14,609Daley
bgcolor="#ffd0e3"

|align="center"|46

3 May 2008Wycombe WanderersAwayalign="center"|1–2align="center"|5,467Medley (pen){{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7368700.stm |title=Wycombe 2-1 Bradford |date=2008-05-03 |access-date=2008-05-03 |publisher=BBC Sport| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080506154446/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/7368700.stm| archive-date= 6 May 2008 | url-status= live}}

=FA Cup=

{{main|2007–08 FA Cup}}

class="wikitable"

|+

!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers!!Notes

bgcolor="#d0ffe3"

|align="center"|1

10 November 2007Chester CityHomealign="center"|1–0align="center"|4,069Thorne
bgcolor="#ffd0e3"

|align="center"|2

1 December 2007Tranmere RoversHomealign="center"|0–3align="center"|6,379

=League Cup=

{{main|2007–08 Football League Cup}}

class="wikitable"

|+

!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers!!Notes

bgcolor="#ffd0e3"

|align="center"|1

15 August 2007Wolverhampton WanderersAwayalign="center"|1–2align="center"|9,625Nix

=Football League Trophy=

{{main|2007–08 Football League Trophy}}

class="wikitable"

|+

!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers!!Notes

bgcolor="#ffd0e3"

|align="center"|1

4 September 2007Doncaster RoversAwayalign="center"|1–5align="center"|4,710Nix

League table

File:League positions 2007-08.PNG during the 2007–08 Football League Two season{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Fixtures/0,,10266,00.html |title=Fixtures |access-date=2008-05-04 |publisher=Bradford City official website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430064020/http://www.bradfordcityfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Fixtures/0%2C%2C10266%2C00.html |archive-date=30 April 2008 |url-status=live }}]]

{{main|2007–08 Football League Two}}

{{:2007–08 Football League Two|showteam=BRA}}

Player details

:Source: Soccerbase

{{cite web

|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?seasonid=137&teamid=234

|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203021353/http://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?seasonid=137&teamid=234

|url-status=dead

|archive-date=2013-02-03

|title=Bradford 2007/2008 player appearances

|access-date=2008-05-03

|work=Soccerbase

}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2" valign="bottom"|No.

!rowspan="2" valign="bottom"|Pos.

!rowspan="2"|Name

!colspan="2" width="85"|League

!colspan="2" width="85"|FA Cup

!colspan="2" width="85"|League Cup

!colspan="2" width="85"|FL Trophy

!colspan="2" width="85"|Total

Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

align="left"|1align="left"|GKalign="left"|{{flagicon|JAM}} Donovan Ricketts

|22

0201000250
align="left"|2align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Darren Williams

|28

0201000310
align="left"|3align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Heckingbottom

|44

0101010470
align="left"|4align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|WAL}} Paul Evans

|19 (6)

020100022 (6)0
align="left"|5align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} David Wetherall (c)

|46

2201000492
align="left"|6align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Bower

|25 (2)

300100026 (2)3
align="left"|7align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|JAM}} Omar Daley

|37 (4)

420100040 (4)4
align="left"|8align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Eddie Johnson

|30 (2)

410100032 (2)4
align="left"|9align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|IRL}} Barry Conlon

|21 (21)

70 (2)0101023 (23)7
align="left"|10align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Thorne

|31 (2)

1421000 (1)033 (3)15
align="left"|11align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Alex Rhodes

|11 (17)

30 (1)00 (1)00011 (19)4
align="left"|12align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Matthew Clarke

|15 (2)

120001018 (2)1
align="left"|13align="left"|GKalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Rhys Evans

|4

000000040
align="left"|14align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Craig Bentham

|0 (3)

00000101 (3)0
align="left"|15align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Colbeck

|27 (6)

600101029 (6)6
align="left"|16align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Simon Ainge

|0 (4)

00000101 (4)0
align="left"|17align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Thomas Harban

|6

000001070
align="left"|18align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Tom Penford

|13 (2)

10 (1)0000013 (3)1
align="left"|19align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Luke O'Brien

|2

010000 (1)03 (1)0
align="left"|20align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Scott Phelan

|8 (5)

01 (1)0100010 (6)0
align="left"|21align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Nathan Joynes

|1 (1)

000000 (1)01 (2)0
align="left"|22align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Kyle Nix

|31 (9)

620111135 (9)8
align="left"|23align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|CHI}} Willy Topp

|6 (5)

00000006 (5)0
align="left"|24align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|COD}} Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu

|17 (1)

6200 (1)00019 (2)6
align="left"|25align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Luke Medley

|1 (8)

20000001 (8)2
align="left"|26align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Nicky Law

|10

2000000102
align="left"|28align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Sean Taylforth

|1

00 (1)000102 (1)0
align="left"|30align="left"|GKalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Ben Saynor

|0

000001010
align="left"|32align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Lee Bullock

|12

1000000121
align="left"|33align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|POL}} Ben Starosta

|12 (3)

000000012 (3)0
align="left"|34align="left"|GKalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Scott Loach

|20

0000000200
align="left"|35align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} TJ Moncur

|6 (1)

00000006 (1)0
align="left"|36align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} David Brown

|0 (5)

10000000 (5)1

Transfers

=In=

class="wikitable"
Date

!Pos

!Name

!From

!Fee

!Notes

2 July 2007

|FW

|Barry Conlon

|Mansfield Town

|Free

|

2 July 2007

|FW

|Peter Thorne

|Norwich City

|Free

|

24 July 2007

|MF

|Scott Phelan

|Everton

|Free

|

27 July 2007

|MF

|Kyle Nix

|Parkgate

|Free

|

27 July 2007

|MF

|Darren Williams

|Hartlepool United

|Free

|

1 August 2007

|MF

|Paul Evans

|Swindon Town

|Free

|

9 August 2007

|MF

|Alex Rhodes

|Brentford

|Free

|

21 November 2007

|GK

|Jamie Waite

|St Albans City

|Free

|{{cite news |url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.1856443.0.city_keeper_wins_cancer_battle.php |title=City keeper wins cancer battle |date=2007-11-23 |access-date=2008-03-17 |work=Telegraph & Argus |first=Mike |last=Crowther |archive-date=18 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818213421/https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/1856443.city-keeper-wins-cancer-battle/ |url-status=live }}

11 December 2007

|FW

|Willy Topp

|Universidad Católica

|£35,000

|{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/7138865.stm |title=Topp cleared to play for Bantams |date=2007-12-11 |access-date=2008-03-17 |publisher=BBC Sport}}

8 January 2008

|DF

|Paul Heckingbottom

|Barnsley

|Free

|

31 January 2008

|FW

|David Brown

|Nottingham Forest

|Free

|

31 January 2008

|MF

|Lee Bullock

|Hartlepool United

|Free

|

9 May 2008

|GK

|Jonathan McLaughlin

|Harrogate Town

|Free

|

30 May 2008

|MF

|Chris Brandon

|Huddersfield Town

|Free

|

18 June 2008

|DF

|Paul Arnison

|Carlisle United

|Free

|

30 June 2008

|DF

|Graeme Lee

|Doncaster Rovers

|Free

|

=Out=

class="wikitable"
Date

!Pos

!Name

!To

!Fee

!Notes

7 February 2008

|GK

|Sam Filler

|Middlesbrough

|Undisclosed

|{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/middlesbrough/7232461.stm |title=Middlesbrough sign keeper Filler |date=2008-02-07 |access-date=2008-03-17 |publisher=BBC Sport| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080212022647/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/middlesbrough/7232461.stm| archive-date= 12 February 2008 | url-status= live}}

End of season

|MF

|Craig Bentham

|Farsley Celtic

|Released

|{{cite news

|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/football/footballfarsley/3167657.Bentham_joins_Penford_at_Farsley/

|title=Bentham joins Penford at Farsley

|date=2008-06-17

|access-date=2008-06-18

|work=Telegraph & Argus

|first=Ian

|last=Whiting

|archive-date=18 March 2012

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318100647/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/football/footballfarsley/3167657.Bentham_joins_Penford_at_Farsley/

|url-status=live

}}

End of season

|FW

|David Brown

|Guiseley

|Released

|{{cite news

|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/3563337.Guiseley_have_plenty_of_options_up_front_/

|title=Guiseley have plenty of options up front

|date=2008-08-01

|access-date=2008-08-02

|work=Telegraph & Argus

|first=Ian

|last=Whiting

|archive-date=1 April 2012

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401164112/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/3563337.Guiseley_have_plenty_of_options_up_front_/

|url-status=live

}}

End of season

|MF

|Paul Evans

|Oxford United

|Released

|{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/o/oxford_utd/7613073.stm

|title=Evans joins Oxford until January

|date=2008-09-12

|access-date=2008-09-12

|publisher=BBC Sport| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080917221955/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/o/oxford_utd/7613073.stm| archive-date= 17 September 2008 | url-status= live}}

End of season

|DF

|Damian Hopkins

|

|Released

|

End of season

|MF

|Eddie Johnson

|Chester City

|Released

|{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chester/7676979.stm

|title=Chester complete Johnson signing

|date=2008-10-17

|access-date=2008-12-24

|publisher=BBC Sport

|archive-date=21 October 2008

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081021054645/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chester/7676979.stm

|url-status=live

}}

End of season

|FW

|Luke Medley

|Barnet

|£7,500

|{{cite news

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|date=2008-09-30

|access-date=2008-09-30

|publisher=BBC Sport}}

End of season

|MF

|Luke Morgan

|

|Released

|

End of season

|MF

|Tom Penford

|Farsley Celtic

|Released

|{{cite news

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|access-date=2008-06-15

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End of season

|MF

|Scott Phelan

|FC Halifax Town

|Released

|{{cite news

|url=http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/local/FC-Halifax-Town-v-Salford.4510566.jp

|title=FC Halifax Town v Salford City: Midfielder signs

|date=2008-09-19

|access-date=2008-09-19

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End of season

|GK

|Donovan Ricketts

|Village United

|Released

|{{cite news

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|title=Weatherly back at Village for NPL season

|date=2008-08-27

|access-date=2008-08-27

|work=Jamaica Gleaner

|first=Paul

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End of season

|MF

|Alex Rhodes

|Rotherham United

|Released

|{{cite news

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|date=2008-06-27

|access-date=2008-06-27

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|first=Les

|last=Payne

}}

End of season

|GK

|Ben Saynor

|Farsley Celtic

|Released

|{{cite news|url=http://www.footballconference.co.uk/news/news_article.asp?id=932 |title=Transfer Today |access-date=2008-12-24 |publisher=Football Conference }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

End of season

|GK

|Jamie Waite

|Doncaster Rovers

|Released

|{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/doncaster/7594391.stm

|title=Doncaster sign Thai keeper Waite

|date=2008-09-02

|access-date=2008-09-02

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End of season

|DF

|Darren Williams

|Dundee

|Released

|{{cite news

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|title=Dundee 2-1 Ross County

|date=2008-08-03

|access-date=2008-08-03

|publisher=Scotland on Sunday

|first=Alasdair

|last=Fraser

|archive-date=9 June 2011

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609021800/http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/football/Dundee-21-Ross-County.4352418.jp

|url-status=live

}}

=Loans in=

class="wikitable"
Date

!Pos

!Name

!From

!End date

!Notes

16 July 2007

|DF

|Paul Heckingbottom

|Barnsley

|1 January 2008

|{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/6900808.stm |title=Heckingbottom seals Bradford move |date=2007-07-16 |access-date=2008-03-17 |publisher=BBC Sport |archive-date=22 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822052201/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/6900808.stm |url-status=live }}

25 July 2007

|DF

|Thomas Harban

|Barnsley

|1 January 2008

|{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/6915254.stm |title=Barnsley's Harban joins Bradford |date=2007-07-25 |access-date=2008-03-17 |publisher=BBC Sport |archive-date=18 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818213246/https://secure-uk.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?rnd=1629322365717&ci=bbc&cg=0&sr=1600x1000&ts=v51.js&cd=24&lg=en-US&je=n&ck=y&tz=0&ct=&hp=&tl=BBC%20SPORT%20%7C%20Football%20%7C%20My%20Club%20%7C%20Bradford%20City%20%7C%20Barnsley%27s%20Harban%20joins%20Bradford&si=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport2%2Fhi%2Ffootball%2Fteams%2Fb%2Fbradford_city%2F6915254.stm&rp= |url-status=live }}

27 July 2007

|DF

|Nathan Joynes

|Barnsley

|1 January 2008

|

9 August 2007

|FW

|Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu

|Gillingham

|31 December 2007

|

5 October 2007

|MF

|Nicky Law

|Sheffield United

|21 December 2007

|{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_utd/7155481.stm |title=Blades midfielder ends City loan |date=2007-12-21 |access-date=2008-03-17 |publisher=BBC Sport |archive-date=24 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224105255/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_utd/7155481.stm |url-status=live }}

5 October 2007

|GK

|Rhys Evans

|Blackpool

|30 October 2007

|

1 January 2008

|MF

|Lee Bullock

|Hartlepool United

|31 January 2008

|

21 January 2008

|DF

|Ben Starosta

|Sheffield United

|End of season

|

28 January 2008

|GK

|Scott Loach

|Watford

|End of season

|

30 January 2008

|DF

|TJ Moncur

|Fulham

|8 April 2008

|{{cite news

|url=http://www.telegraphandargus.co.uk/display.var.2177298.0.mccall_ponders_deal_or_no_deal.php

|title=McCall ponders: Deal or no deal?

|date=2008-04-08

|access-date=2008-04-08

|work=Telegraph & Argus

|first=Simon

|last=Parker

|archive-date=18 August 2021

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818213246/https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/2177298.mccall-ponders-deal-or-no-deal/

|url-status=live

}}

=Loans out=

class="wikitable"
Date

!Pos

!Name

!To

!End date

!Notes

24 October 2007

|MF

|Joe Colbeck

|Darlington

|8 December 2007

|

|DF

|Damian Hopkins

|Ossett Albion

|

|

|MF

|Luke Morgan

|Ossett Albion

|

|

4 January 2008

|MF

|Craig Bentham

|Farsley Celtic

|5 April 2008

|{{cite news

|url=http://www.farsleytoday.co.uk/sport/Farsley-Celtic-boss-I-want.3952345.jp

|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130420110203/http://www.farsleytoday.co.uk/sport/Farsley-Celtic-boss-I-want.3952345.jp

|url-status=dead

|archive-date=20 April 2013

|title=Farsley Celtic boss: I want Craig Bentham back

|date=2008-04-05

|access-date=2008-04-08

|work=Farsley Today

|first=Wendy

|last=Walker

}}

11 January 2008

|FW

|Luke Medley

|Cambridge City

|10 February 2008

|

11 January 2008

|FW

|Sean Taylforth

|Droylsden

|10 February 2008

|

11 January 2008

|MF

|Luke Morgan

|Droylsden

|10 February 2008

|

31 January 2008

|DF

|Simon Ainge

|Halifax Town

|

|

14 March 2008

|FW

|Sean Taylforth

|Guiseley

|

|{{cite news |url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/display.var.2123709.0.pugh_rescues_point_for_guiseley.php |title=Pugh rescues point for Guiseley |date=2008-03-16 |access-date=2008-03-17 |work=Telegraph & Argus |first=Ian |last=Whiting |archive-date=18 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818213308/https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/2123709.pugh-rescues-point-for-guiseley/ |url-status=live }}

|GK

|Jamie Waite

|Droylsden

|

|

See also

References

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