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Bradford City A.F.C.

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|fullname = Bradford City Association Football Club

|nickname = The Bantams
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The Citizens

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|ground = Valley Parade

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|chairman = Stefan Rupp

|manager = Graham Alexander

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Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system, and is managed by Graham Alexander.

The club was founded in 1903 and immediately elected into the Football League Second Division. Promotion to the top tier followed as they won the 1907–08 Second Division title and then they went on to win the 1911 FA Cup final, which remains the club's only major honour. They were relegated in 1922 and again in 1927, before winning the Third Division North title in 1928–29. Another relegation in 1937 did allow the club to go on to win the Third Division North Cup in 1939, however a further relegation followed in 1962 to leave the club in the newly created Fourth Division. They secured promotions back into the third tier in 1969 and 1977, but were relegated in 1972 and 1978. They found success in the 1980s under the stewardship of first Roy McFarland and then Trevor Cherry, winning promotion in 1981–82 and following this up with the Third Division title in 1984–85, though they were relegated out of the Second Division in 1990.

Bradford were promoted back into the second tier via the play-offs in 1996, before securing another promotion in 1998–99 to reach the Premier League, marking a return to the top-flight after a 77-year absence. They entered Europe and reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2000–01 but ended the campaign with relegation from the Premier League. A succession of financial crises followed as the club entered administration twice in two years and further relegations followed in 2004 and 2007 to leave the club back in the fourth tier. They found success under the management of Phil Parkinson by reaching the 2013 League Cup final and then going on to win that year's League Two play-off final but were relegated from League One in 2019.

The club's home ground is the 24,840-capacity Valley Parade, which was the site of the Bradford City stadium fire on 11 May 1985, which took the lives of 56 supporters. They are the only professional football club in England to wear claret and amber, and have worn these colours throughout their history. They have though been known by various nicknames, with the "Bantams" being the most commonly used nickname as it appears on the current club crest. Supporters hold West Yorkshire derby rivalries with Huddersfield Town and Leeds United, as well as a historic Bradford derby rivalry with the now non-league side Bradford (Park Avenue).

History

{{Main|History of Bradford City A.F.C.}}

{{See also|List of Bradford City A.F.C. seasons}}

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Bradford City were formed in 1903 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 F.C., a rugby league side.{{cite book

|last=Frost

|first=Terry

|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988

|publisher=Breedon Books Sport

|year=1988

|page=11

|isbn=0-907969-38-0}} The Football League saw the invitation as a chance to promote association football in the rugby league-dominated county of the West Riding of Yorkshire. It duly elected the new club into the Second Division, in place of Doncaster Rovers. Four days later, at the 23rd annual meeting of Manningham FC, the committee decided to change codes 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.{{cite book

|last=Frost

|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988

|page=13}}

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 £917 10s 0d.{{cite book

|last=Frost

|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988

|page=65}}{{cite book

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|page=14}} City's first game was a 2–0 defeat at Grimsby Town on 1 September 1903,{{cite book

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|page=149}} six days before their first home game attracted 11,000 fans.{{cite book

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|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988

|page=54}} The club finished 10th in their first season. Peter O'Rourke took over as manager in November 1905, and he led City to the Second Division title in 1907–08 and with it promotion to the First Division.{{cite book

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|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988

|pages=65–66}} Having narrowly avoided relegation in their first season in the top flight, City recorded their highest finish of 5th in 1910–11.{{cite book

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|page=16}} The same season they won the FA Cup, when a goal from captain Jimmy Speirs won the final replay against Newcastle United.{{cite book

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|page=49}} City's defence of the cup, which included the first Bradford derby against Bradford Park Avenue, was stopped by Barnsley after a run of 12 consecutive clean sheets.{{cite book

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File:Bradford City FC League Performance.svg

City remained in the top flight in the period up to the First World War and for three seasons afterwards, but were relegated in 1921–22 along with Manchester United.{{cite book

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}} Back in the Second Division, attendances dropped and City struggled for form,{{cite book

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|first=John

|title=City Memories – An Illustrated Record of Bradford City A.F.C.

|publisher=True North Books

|year=1998

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|isbn=1-900463-57-1}} with five consecutive finishes in the bottom half of the table. They suffered a second relegation to the Third Division (North) in 1926–27. 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.{{cite book

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|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988

|pages=34–35}} O'Rourke left for a second time after one more season, and although City spent a total of eight seasons back in the Second Division, they rarely looked like earning promotion back to the top flight. Instead in 1936–37, the club were relegated back to the Third Division (North).{{cite book

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|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988

|page=22}} City won their third piece of silverware two seasons later, when they lifted the Third Division North Challenge Cup, but they were unable to defend the trophy because competitive football was suspended for the Second World War.{{cite book

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|page=356}}

After the war, City went through two managers in the first two seasons,{{cite book

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|page=23}} and were consistently in the bottom half of the Third Division (North) table until 1955–56. After three successive top half finishes,{{cite book

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|page=168}} City were placed in the new national Third Division in 1958–59. Bradford spent just three seasons in the Third Division, but during their relegation season in 1960–61,{{cite book

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|page=24}} they upset First Division side Manchester United in the inaugural season of the League Cup.{{cite book

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|page=152}} With 34 goals from David Layne, City nearly earned promotion the following season 1961–62, but did also suffer a record 9–1 defeat to Colchester United. Layne left for Sheffield Wednesday,{{cite book

|last=Frost

|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988

|page=113}} and without him City finished second from bottom of the league and had to apply for re-election. Bradford City just failed to win promotion in 1963–64, winning more games than any other team in the division that season, twenty five, with Rodney Green top scoring with 29 league goals. There followed three difficult seasons during which time manager Grenville Hair died following a heart attack in training, City returned to the Third Division after getting promoted in 1968–69. City's stay in the Third Division lasted just three years, when they finished bottom in 1971–72.{{cite book

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|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988

|page=26}} Promotion via fourth spot was won again in 1976–77 but it was instantly followed by a relegation season.{{cite book

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Image:Valley Parade Memorial.PNG, to the victims of the fire in 1985]]

City failed to win promotion for three successive seasons, until the board appointed former England 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 just six months later. City won compensation from Derby and installed another England international Trevor Cherry as McFarland's replacement.{{cite book

|last=Frost

|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988

|page=81}} Cherry, with former teammate Terry Yorath as his assistant manager, failed to win for two months, but eventually the pair guided City to safety from relegation.{{cite book

|last=Frost

|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988

|page=306}} During the summer, however, the club chairman Bob Martin had to call in the official receivers. The club was saved by former chairman Stafford Heginbotham and former board member Jack Tordoff, but to ensure the club could start the new season, prize asset, striker Bobby Campbell was sold to Derby. City struggled but so did Campbell, and when he returned, the club went on a record run of ten successive victories. Although they missed out on promotion, City won the league the following season 1984–85, to return to the second tier of the Football League. However, City's triumph was overshadowed when the main stand at Valley Parade caught fire during the final game of the season, killing 56 people.{{cite book

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|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988

|page=28}}

City played games away from Valley Parade for 19 months.{{cite book

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|page=59}} But just ten days after the new £2.6 million ground was opened, Cherry was sacked.{{cite book

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|pages=28–29}} His replacement, Terry Dolan, steered City away from possible relegation,{{cite book

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|page=29}} 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 play-offs but were defeated in the semi-finals by Middlesbrough.{{cite book

|last=Frost

|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988

|page=30}} Two years later City were relegated back to the Third Division. For three seasons, City finished mid-table in the third tier, which was renamed Division Two following the formation of the Premier League in 1992.

Image:Valley Parade 1990s.jpg at Valley Parade during the early 1990s]]

In January 1994, Geoffrey Richmond came from Scarborough to take over as chairman,{{cite book

|last=Markham

|first=David

|title=The legends of Bradford City

|publisher=Breedon Books Sport

|year=2007

|page=165

|isbn=978-1-85983-572-2}} 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. Lawrence left after little more than a year to join Luton Town but his successor, Chris Kamara, took City to the play-offs and their first game at Wembley Stadium. They defeated Notts County 2–0 in the final to earn promotion to Division One. City avoided relegation the following season by winning their last two league games, 1–0 against Charlton Athletic and then beating Queens Park Rangers 3–0 on the final day of the season, but Kamara was sacked in January 1998.{{cite book

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|page=103}}{{cite web

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}} Paul Jewell took over, initially on a temporary basis, before he was given a permanent contract. He bought the club's first £1 million signings and guided the club to the Premier League — the first time they had been in the top flight for 77 years — with a second-place finish.{{cite book

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|page=99}}{{cite news

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}}{{Dead link|date=June 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 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 1–0 victory over Liverpool, with a goal from David Wetherall.{{cite news

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However, Jewell left shortly afterwards. His assistant Chris Hutchings was promoted to the manager's position,{{cite news

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}} and despite a series of new expensive signings,{{cite news

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}}{{cite news

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}} he was sacked by November 2000, with City second from bottom of the league.{{cite news

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}} Jim Jefferies took over but could not save the club from relegation.{{cite news

|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/1027129.stm

|title = Jefferies is new Bradford manager

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}} At the end of the first season back in Division One, City were placed in administration with debts of nearly £13 million.{{cite news

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}} Two years later, the club suffered a second spell in administration and a second relegation.{{cite news

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}} Two top-half finishes followed, but the club were relegated for a third time in seven seasons in 2006–07 meaning the following season would be their first in the bottom tier for 26 seasons.{{cite news

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}} Former player Stuart McCall was appointed the new manager,{{cite news

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}} and although he said anything less than promotion would be a failure,{{cite news

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}} he finally led the team to a 10th-place finish.{{cite news

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}} McCall eventually left Bradford City on 8 February 2010 following a board meeting after a run of poor results.{{cite news |url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~1958761,00.html |title=Stuart McCall leaves Bradford City |date=8 February 2010 |access-date=8 February 2010 |publisher=Bradford City A.F.C. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211102631/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~1958761%2C00.html |archive-date=11 February 2010 }}

In September 2011, the club became linked with American amateur side SC United Bantams.{{cite web|url=http://pdl.uslsoccer.com/home/560948.html|title=Palmetto FC Bantams Join PDL|date=8 September 2011|publisher=United Soccer Leagues|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104082855/http://pdl.uslsoccer.com/home/560948.html|archive-date=4 November 2013}}

In January 2013, City became the first club from the fourth tier of English football since Rochdale in 1962 to reach the League Cup final, and the first fourth tier club ever to reach a major Wembley Cup final. They defeated three Premier League sides en route to the final – Wigan Athletic 4–2 on penalties in the fourth round, Arsenal 3–2 on penalties in the quarter-finals and Aston Villa 4–3 on aggregate over the two legs of the semi-final. They met Premier League side Swansea City in the final at Wembley but lost 5–0.{{cite web|url=http://espnfc.com/uk/en/report/359954/report.html?soccernet=true&cc=5739|title=Bantams battered by Swans|date=25 February 2013|work=ESPN|access-date=26 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130227021112/http://espnfc.com/uk/en/report/359954/report.html?soccernet=true&cc=5739|archive-date=27 February 2013|url-status=live}}

The run to the final is thought to have been worth at least £1.3 million to the club, with joint chairman Mark Lawn stating that the final itself could be worth an additional £1 million, taking the club's total earnings to £2.3 million during their cup campaign.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-21156787|title=Bradford City's historic win 'worth £1m'|work=BBC News|date=23 January 2013|access-date=30 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125235838/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-21156787|archive-date=25 January 2013|url-status=live}} On 18 May 2013, the club returned to Wembley where they defeated Northampton Town 3–0 in the League Two play-off final to secure a place in League One for 2013–14.{{cite news|last=Doyle|first=Paul|title=Bradford City smash Northampton Town in half an hour in play-off final|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/may/18/bradford-city-northampton-town-league-two|access-date=18 May 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|date=18 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019182925/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/may/18/bradford-city-northampton-town-league-two|archive-date=19 October 2014|url-status=live}}

On 24 January 2015, Bradford City caused an upset by beating Premiership leaders Chelsea 4–2 away in the FA Cup. The victory sent Bradford through to the fifth round for the first time in eighteen years.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30860394 Chelsea 2 – Bradford City 4] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406122917/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30860394 |date=6 April 2015 }}, BBC Sport 24 January 2015 They beat Sunderland, another Premier League club, 2–0 at home in the next round on 15 February 2015.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31423096|title=Bradford 2–0 Sunderland|work=BBC Sport|access-date=13 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123062546/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31423096|archive-date=23 January 2016|url-status=live}} In the quarter-finals, the Bantams faced Reading at home, in a game that ended in a goalless draw. The replay was played on 16 March 2015 at the Madejski Stadium, where Reading won 3–0.[https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/31914525 FA Cup: Reading 3–0 Bradford City highlights] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822225913/http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/31914525 |date=22 August 2016 }}, BBC Sport, 16 March 2015[https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/31791998 Reading 3 – Bradford 0] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510013528/http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/31791998 |date=10 May 2017 }}, BBC Sport, 16 March 2015

The club was relegated to League Two at the end of the 2018–19 season.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47904235|title=Coventry City 2–0 Bradford City: Bantams relegated from League One|date=19 April 2019|access-date=21 April 2019|work=BBC Sport}}

In December 2021, the club was approached by American investors known as WAGMI United (who use cryptocurrency and NFTs) about a possible buyout.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/59696837|title=US crypto group offers to buy Bradford|work=BBC Sport}} The offer was rejected.{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/19794697.rupp-rejects-wagmi-united-offer-buy-bradford-city/|title=No deal! Rupp underlines commitment after rejecting American offer to buy Bradford City|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=18 December 2021 }}

On 24 February 2022, Mark Hughes was appointed manager of the club on a contract until the summer of 2024.{{cite news |title=Mark Hughes: Bradford City name former Wales boss as new manager |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60506546 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=24 February 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Bower |first1=Aaron |title=Mark Hughes makes shock return to management at League Two Bradford |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/24/mark-hughes-bradford-manager-shock-return |website=www.theguardian.com |date=24 February 2022 |access-date=24 February 2022}} He was sacked on 4 October 2023, with player Kevin McDonald becoming player-caretaker manager.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2023/october/bantams-part-company-with-hughes/|title=BANTAMS PART COMPANY WITH HUGHES|website=www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk}} Later that month, assistant manager Mark Trueman replaced McDonald as caretaker manager.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/23892839.bantams-issue-caretaker-manager-update-fa-cup-tie/|title=City manager update: Trueman put in charge for FA Cup|date=31 October 2023|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus}} On 6 November, Graham Alexander was signed as manager until the end of the 2026–27 season, with Chris Lucketti as assistant manager.{{Cite web |date=6 November 2023 |title=ALEXANDER APPOINTED CITY MANAGER |url=https://www.bradfordcityafc.com/news/2023/november/alexander-appointed-city-manager/ |access-date=4 March 2025 |website=Bradford City AFC}}

Colours and club crest

Bradford City is the only professional football club in England to wear claret and amber. The club colours were inherited from Manningham FC, when the club converted to football upon Bradford City's foundation in 1903. However, whereas Manningham played in hoops, the new football club adopted claret and amber stripes.{{cite book |last=Dewhirst |first=John

|title=City Memories – An Illustrated Record of Bradford City A.F.C.

|year=1998

|publisher=True North Books

|at=ch. 1 |isbn = 1-900463-57-1}} 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 the colours were the same as those of The Prince of Wales's Own West Yorkshire Regiment, which was based at Belle Vue Barracks on nearby Manningham Lane. Both Manningham, from 1886, and Bradford City, from 1903 to 1908, used the barracks as changing and club rooms.

Bradford City has worn claret and amber, with either white or black, since it was founded. Since the fire in 1985, the club has used black on the kit as a memorial to the 56 supporters who died.{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~1295874,00.html|title=All white change strip for next season|access-date=13 October 2008|date=22 April 2008|publisher=Bradford City official website|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216082853/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~1295874%2C00.html|archive-date=16 February 2012}} 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 2008–09 season was all white. For the 2009–10 season, the away kit was all black with a thin claret and amber stripe down the centre-left.

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.{{cite news

|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_2557000/2557569.stm

|title = Potter magic sells footie scarves

|access-date = 30 December 2007

|date = 9 December 2002

|publisher = CBBC Newsround

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071228203006/http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_2557000/2557569.stm

|archive-date = 28 December 2007

|url-status = live

}}

A number of other clubs across the world wear claret and amber. They include Scottish club Motherwell, who originally wore blue and white until they wore claret and amber for the first time on 23 August 1913, against Celtic. It is erroneously believed that Motherwell chose the claret and amber colours because they were the racing colours of Lord Hamilton; it is more likely that Motherwell were influenced by Bradford City's English FA cup win in 1911.{{cite web |url=http://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/the-club/history/club-history/1886-1917/ |title=Motherwell FC – 1886–1917 |publisher=Motherwellfc.co.uk |access-date=13 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326173830/http://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/the-club/history/club-history/1886-1917/ |archive-date=26 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}

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.

Nickname

Bradford City have had a number of nicknames during their history. In their early years, they were referred to as the "Robins" or "Wasps", taking over the nickname of Manningham FC, as a result of Manningham's claret and amber hoops. Other nicknames have been the "Citizens" or "Paraders", but the club is better known as the "Bantams".{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

The "Bantams" nickname is thought to have become popular during the First World War, when the club's stadium Valley Parade was used as a recruiting station for the West Yorkshire Regiment which was raising Pals Battalions, with some of them called "Bantams Battalions" due to the short height of many of the recruits being, between 5 ft (1.5m) tall and no more than 5 ft 3in (1.6m).{{Cite web|url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.2872|title=IWM Portal > Your History > Facts + Information : Bantam Battalions|date=10 July 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060710020253/http://www.iwm.org.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.2872 |archive-date=10 July 2006 }}

Stadium

{{Main|Valley Parade}}

{{See also|Bradford City stadium fire}}

File:Valley Parade, Bradford.jpg

Valley Parade was the site of a quarry on the hillside below 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. They spent £1,400 erecting a ground with a capacity of 20,000, club facilities and levelling the land.{{cite book

|last=Frost

|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988

|page=53}} When Bradford City were formed in 1903, they took over the ground at Valley Parade, which was also at this time the headquarters of The 2nd West Riding Brigade Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force), playing their first home game on 5 September 1903 against Gainsborough Trinity, drawing a crowd of 11,000.{{cite book

|last=Frost

|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988

|page=170}} Five years later, the club won promotion to the First Division, 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 terraced paddock in front, a Spion Kop, and an 8,000-capacity Midland Road stand.{{cite book

|last=Inglis

|first=Simon

|title=The football grounds of Great Britain

|publisher=Willow Books

|year=1987

|page=117

|isbn=0-00-218249-1}} Its first game against Bristol City on Christmas Day attracted a crowd of 36,000.{{cite book

|last=Dewhirst

|first=John

|title=City Memories – An Illustrated Record of Bradford City A.F.C.

|publisher=True North Books

|year=1998

|at=ch. 1

|isbn=1-900463-57-1}} On 11 March 1911, Valley Parade attracted its highest attendance 39,146, for an FA Cup game between Bradford City and Burnley during Bradford's FA Cup winning run.{{cite web

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|title=Facts

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}}

Until 1952, by which time Bradford City had bought the remaining two-thirds of the ground to own it outright,{{cite book

|last=Frost

|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988

|page=56}} the ground remained virtually unchanged.{{cite book

|last=Frost

|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988

|page=55}} However, twice during the next decade, the club's Midland Road stand had to be demolished. Club officials first closed part of the stand in 1952, as a result of the Burnden Park disaster six years earlier. Its frame was sold to Berwick Rangers and a replacement stand built in 1954. 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.{{cite book

|last=Frost

|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988

|page=57}}

Image:Valley Parade Away Stand.PNG, which was the first to be redeveloped after the ground reopened in 1986]]

On 11 May 1985, Valley Parade was the scene of a fatal fire, during which 56 supporters were killed and at least 265 were injured. The game was the final match of the 1984–85 season, before which City were presented with the Third Division championship trophy. The fire destroyed the wooden main stand in just nine minutes.{{cite news

|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

|access-date = 16 March 2008

|work = BBC Sport

|date = 11 May 1985

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120525070438/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/11/newsid_2523000/2523561.stm

|archive-date = 25 May 2012

|url-status = live

}} The club played its home games at Odsal Stadium, a rugby league ground in Bradford, Elland Road, Leeds, and Leeds Road, the former home of Huddersfield Town, until December 1986, while Valley Parade was redeveloped.{{cite book

|last=Frost

|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988

|pages=60–61}} The club spent £2.6 million 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.{{cite book

|last=Frost

|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988

|pages=59–60}}

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 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 Premiership in 1999, Richmond spent another £6.5 million to convert the Kop into a two-tier 7,500-seat capacity stand.{{cite web

|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/History/0,,10266~400739,00.html

|title=Transformation of Valley Parade

|access-date=13 October 2008

|publisher=Bradford City official website

|url-status=dead

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|archive-date=9 October 2008

}} 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.{{cite news

|url=http://archive.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/2000/12/16/146052.html

|title=City to break crowd record

|date=16 December 2000

|access-date=16 March 2008

|newspaper=Telegraph & Argus

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111225505/http://archive.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/2000/12/16/146052.html

|archive-date=11 January 2009

}} The following summer, the main stand was also converted into a two-tier stand, taking the capacity to 24,840. Further projects were planned until the club went into administration in May 2002 so none have taken place. The following year, Valley Parade was sold to Gibb's pension fund for £5 million, with the club's offices, the shop and car park sold to London-based Development Securities for £2.5 million,{{cite news

|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/3135993.stm

|title = Valley Parade sold for £5m

|date = 8 August 2003

|access-date = 16 April 2008

|work = BBC Sport

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160113004554/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/3135993.stm

|archive-date = 13 January 2016

|url-status = live

}} but these (club offices, shop and car park) were bought back by the club's joint chairmen in the summer of 2011.{{citation needed|date=September 2011}} The club's annual rent and maintenance costs to Gibb's pension fund is £1.2m, and so as of February 2009, the club is considering a return to Odsal. The club and Bradford Bulls would share the new £50m complex, which would also feature cricket, cycling and athletics facilities.{{cite news

|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/7886405.stm

|title = Bantams ponder Bulls groundshare

|date = 12 February 2009

|access-date = 13 February 2009

|work = BBC Sport

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090215173040/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/7886405.stm

|archive-date = 15 February 2009

|url-status = live

}} Valley Parade has had several other names under sponsorship naming deals. In July 2016 it became the Northern Commercials Stadium,{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/bradford-city-announce-northern-commercials-as-new-stadium-sponsors-in-landmark-deal-3200837.aspx|title=BRADFORD CITY ANNOUNCE NORTHERN COMMERCIALS AS NEW STADIUM SPONSORS IN LANDMARK DEAL|access-date=5 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005063200/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/bradford-city-announce-northern-commercials-as-new-stadium-sponsors-in-landmark-deal-3200837.aspx|archive-date=5 October 2016|url-status=live}} and in July 2019 it became the Utilita Energy Stadium.{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/17764481.bradford-city-39-s-valley-parade-becomes-utilita-energy-stadium/|title=Valley Parade becomes Utilita Energy Stadium with new power partnership|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=11 July 2019 }} This partnership came to an end in July 2022.{{Cite web |title=THANK YOU: UTILITA ENERGY |url=https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2022/july/thank-you-utilitaenergy/ |access-date=26 July 2022 |website=www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk |language=en-gb}} The University of Bradford subsequently became title sponsor of Valley Parade.{{Cite web |title=INTRODUCING: THE UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD STADIUM |url=https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2022/july/introducing-the-university-of-bradford-stadium/ |access-date=27 July 2022 |website=www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk |language=en-gb }}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Supporters

The club spearheaded an initiative in 2007 to slash the price of watching professional football for the 2007–08 season.{{cite news

|url = http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/1359276.bradford_city_will_slash_ticket_prices/

|title = Bradford City WILL slash ticket prices

|access-date = 13 October 2008

|date = 27 April 2007

|newspaper = Telegraph & Argus

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090111225102/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/1359276.bradford_city_will_slash_ticket_prices/

|archive-date = 11 January 2009

|url-status = live

}} As a result, season tickets to watch Bradford City were the cheapest in England at £138, the equivalent of £6 per match.{{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=30 December 2007

|date=24 May 2007

|publisher=TheOffside.com

|url-status=dead

|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

|archive-date=9 January 2008

}} When the offer finished, the club confirmed the amount of season tickets sold was 12,019.{{cite web

|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~1082906,00.html

|title=City break 12,000 Season Ticket barrier

|access-date=13 October 2008

|date=1 August 2007

|publisher=Bradford City official website

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212234321/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~1082906%2C00.html

|archive-date=12 February 2010

}} The scheme enabled the club to top the average league attendances for Football League Two during the 2007–08 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 and earned them an invitation to the Houses of Parliament.{{cite news

|url = http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2087772./

|title = Bantams land prestigious award

|date = 3 March 2008

|access-date = 13 October 2008

|newspaper = Telegraph & Argus

|first = Simon

|last = Parker

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090111223825/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2087772./

|archive-date = 11 January 2009

|url-status = live

}}{{cite news|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sportbcfc/sportbcfcheadlines/3972895.Pioneering_City_honoured_with_trip_to_parliament/ |title=Pioneering City honoured with trip to parliament |date=13 December 2008 |access-date=14 December 2008 |newspaper=Telegraph & Argus |first=Simon |last=Parker |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216032132/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sportbcfc/sportbcfcheadlines/3972895.Pioneering_City_honoured_with_trip_to_parliament/ |archive-date=16 December 2008 }} The club aimed to attract 20,000 fans for the 2008–09 by offering a free season ticket to anyone buying a season ticket as long as 9,000 adults sign up, but they fell 704 short of the target.{{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=16 June 2008 |access-date=16 June 2008 |newspaper=Telegraph & Argus |first=Simon |last=Parker |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011002402/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sportbcfc/sportbcfcheadlines/3166954.City_fail_to_hit_magic_9_000_mark/ |archive-date=11 October 2008 }} Joint-chairman Mark Lawn announced in November 2008 that season tickets in the Bradford End for the 2009–10 season would be available for just £99 and £138 for the rest of the ground if bought in December 2008.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

For the 2015–16 season, the club announced its latest season ticket scheme aimed at continuing to make football affordable for fans. Season ticket prices were set at £149 for adults, senior citizens and students, while admission for under-11s was free when purchased with an adult ticket. An initial campaign target of 15,000 was set.{{cite web|title=BANTAMS SET SEASON TICKET TARGET!|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/season-ticket-prices-confirmed-2444707.aspx|website=Bradford City Official Website|access-date=12 August 2015|date=7 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923220837/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/season-ticket-prices-confirmed-2444707.aspx|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=live}} On 6 July, the club announced a record-breaking 18,000 tickets had been sold following a successful campaign.{{cite web|title=CITY BREAK SEASON TICKET RECORD|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/city-break-season-ticket-record-2528899.aspx|website=Bradford City Official Website|access-date=12 August 2015|date=6 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708191835/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/city-break-season-ticket-record-2528899.aspx|archive-date=8 July 2015|url-status=live}} The campaign was repeated for the 2016–17 season, where the club sold in excess of 17,000 tickets.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

Bradford City have one official mascot, Billy Bantam.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

Bradford City announced 'Own The Moment' 2022–23 season ticket sales of 14,190 in September 2022. The figure was a League Two record for the club. It surpassed the previous fourth-tier season-ticket sales record of 13,614 in 2019–20.{{Cite web |title=RECORD FOURTH-TIER SEASON-TICKET SALES |url=https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2022/september/record-fourth-tier-season-ticket-sales/ |access-date=29 September 2022 |website=www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk |language=en-gb}}

On 4 March 2023, Bradford City set a new attendance record for Football League Two at a 2–0 victory against Colchester United, with an attendance of 20,383, including 345 away fans.{{Cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/bradford-city-vs-colchester-united/report/468786|title=Bradford 2–0 Colchester: Andy Cook scores again as Bantams gain momentum in promotion push|website=Sky Sports}} The Bantams then broke this record again in a home fixture on 8 May 2023 against Leyton Orient, with 22,576 supporters in attendance, including 1,902 Leyton Orient fans.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65445731#:~:text=Bradford%20secured%20a%20League%20Two%20play-off%20place%20with,in%20front%20of%20a%20club%20record%2022%2C576%20crowd| title=Bradford City 1–1 Leyton Orient: Bantams safely into League Two Play-Offs| work=BBC Sport}}

Rivalry

{{See also|Bradford derby|West Yorkshire derby}}

Bradford City have participated in the Bradford derby with city rivals Bradford Park Avenue.{{cite web|url=https://bradfordsporthistory.com/2018/05/24/the-wool-city-rivalry-class-tensions/|title=The Wool City Rivalry: Class tensions?|date=24 May 2018|access-date=22 October 2019}} The West Yorkshire derby is held between City and local rivals Leeds United and Huddersfield Town.{{cite news|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sport_opinion/sportparker/11413145.Jamie_Lawrence__I_know_what_beating_Leeds_would_mean_to_Bradford_City_fans/|title=Jamie Lawrence: I know what beating Leeds would mean to Bradford City fans|date=16 August 2014|access-date=6 November 2014|first=Simon|last=Parker|newspaper=Telegraph & Argus|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205183446/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sport_opinion/sportparker/11413145.Jamie_Lawrence__I_know_what_beating_Leeds_would_mean_to_Bradford_City_fans/|archive-date=5 December 2014|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/sport/football/news/huddersfield-town-bradford-city-manager-4965286|title=Huddersfield Town: Bradford City manager Phil Parkinson gears up for derby|date=1 October 2011|access-date=6 November 2014|first=Doug|last=Thomson|newspaper=Huddersfield Examiner|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106215813/http://www.examiner.co.uk/sport/football/news/huddersfield-town-bradford-city-manager-4965286|archive-date=6 November 2014|url-status=live}} A "friendly" rivalry also existed with now-defunct club Halifax Town.{{cite news|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/11583498.Shay_me_but_friends_will_be_foes_this_Sunday_____Jacobs_on_Halifax_v_Bantams_FA_Cup_clash/|title=Shay-me that friends will be foes this Sunday – Wayne Jacobs on Halifax v Bantams FA Cup clash|date=6 November 2014|access-date=6 November 2014|first=Simon|last=Parker|newspaper=Telegraph & Argus|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205183230/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/11583498.Shay_me_but_friends_will_be_foes_this_Sunday_____Jacobs_on_Halifax_v_Bantams_FA_Cup_clash/|archive-date=5 December 2014|url-status=live}}

According to a survey conducted in August 2019, Bradford City fans also see Burnley, Barnsley and Oldham Athletic as rivals.{{cite web|url=https://www.givemesport.com/1500300-the-top-five-rivals-of-english-footballs-top-92-clubs-revealed|title=The top five rivals of English football's top 92 clubs have been revealed|date=27 August 2019|website=GiveMeSport}}

European football

Bradford City's only participation in European football to date came in the 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup.{{cite news |last=Campbell |first=Paul |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/jan/23/from-the-vault-bradford-intertoto-cup |title=From the Vault: Bradford City's adventure in the 2000 Intertoto Cup |newspaper=The Guardian |date=23 January 2013 |access-date=1 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716195029/http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/jan/23/from-the-vault-bradford-intertoto-cup |archive-date=16 July 2014 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=http://widthofapost.com/2014/05/30/a-potted-history-of-bradford-city-1-the-intertoto-cup/|title=A potted history of Bradford City #1: The Intertoto Cup|access-date=15 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315060334/https://widthofapost.com/2014/05/30/a-potted-history-of-bradford-city-1-the-intertoto-cup/|archive-date=15 March 2016|url-status=live|date=30 May 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/18497548.richmond-years-bradford-citys-run-intertoto-cup/|title=THE RICHMOND YEARS: Unchartered territory for City with European adventure|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=5 June 2020 |access-date=5 June 2020}}

class="wikitable"
Season

! Competition

! Round

! Opponents

! 1st leg

! 2nd leg

! Aggregate

rowspan="3"| 2000

| rowspan="3"| UEFA Intertoto Cup

| Second round

| {{flagicon|Lithuania}} FK Atlantas

| style="text-align:center;"| 3–1

| style="text-align:center;"| 4–1

| style="text-align:center;"| 7–2{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/815597.stm|title=BRADFORD CITY | Bradford gain Intertoto advantage|work=BBC Sport}}

Third round

| {{flagicon|Netherlands}} RKC Waalwijk

| style="text-align:center;"| 2–0

| style="text-align:center;"| 1–0

| style="text-align:center;"| 3–0{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2000/jul/24/newsstory.bradford|title=Football: Intertoto Cup: RKC Waalwijk 0 Bradford City 1|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=11 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140509014724/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2000/jul/24/newsstory.bradford|archive-date=9 May 2014|url-status=live|date=24 July 2000|last1=Harling|first1=Nicholas}}

Semi–finals

| {{flagicon|Russia}} FC Zenit Saint Petersburg

| style="text-align:center;"| 0–1

| style="text-align:center;"| 0–3

| style="text-align:center;"| 0–4{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/european/4763923/InterToto-Cup-Bradford-adventure-ends-with-tame-defeat.html|title=InterToto Cup: Bradford adventure ends with tame defeat|first=Peter|last=Gardner|date=3 August 2000|work=Telegraph.co.uk|access-date=5 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318054341/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/european/4763923/InterToto-Cup-Bradford-adventure-ends-with-tame-defeat.html|archive-date=18 March 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/19359100.bantams-nostalgia-recalling-intertoto-cup-21-years-ago/|title=BANTAMS NOSTALGIA: Remembering when Bradford City went on a European tour|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=13 June 2021 }}

Players

=Current squad=

{{updated|7 March 2025}}https://www.bradfordcityafc.com/news/2024/july/02/bantams-confirm-2024-25-squad-numbers/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}

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{{fs player|no=1|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=Sam Walker}}

{{fs player|no=2|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Brad Halliday}}

{{fs player|no=3|nat=IRL|pos=DF|name=Lewis Richards}}

{{fs player|no=5|nat=IRL|pos=DF|name=Neill Byrne}}

{{fs player|no=6|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Richie Smallwood|other=captain}}

{{Fs player|no=7|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=Jamie Walker}}

{{fs player|no=8|nat=IRL|pos=FW|name=Calum Kavanagh}}

{{fs player|no=9|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Andy Cook}}

{{fs player|no=10|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Antoni Sarcevic}}

{{fs player|no=11|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Brandon Khela|other=on loan from Birmingham City}}

{{fs player|no=12|nat=KEN|pos=MF|name=Clarke Oduor}}

{{fs player|no=13|nat=IRL|pos=GK|name=Colin Doyle|other=player-coach}}

{{fs player|no=15|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Aden Baldwin}}

{{fs player|no=16|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Alex Pattison}}

{{fs mid}}

{{fs player|no=17|nat=IRL|pos=MF|name=Tyreik Wright}}

{{fs player|no=18|nat=IRL|pos=DF|name=Ciarán Kelly}}

{{fs player|no=20|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Paul Huntington}}

{{fs player|no=22|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Callum Johnson}}

{{fs player|no=23|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Bobby Pointon}}

{{fs player|no=24|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Jack Shepherd|other=on loan from Barnsley}}

{{fs player|no=25|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=Joe Hilton}}

{{fs player|no=26|nat=SCO|pos=FW|name=Michael Mellon|other=on loan from Burnley}}

{{fs player|no=27|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Jay Benn|other=on loan from Lincoln City}}

{{fs player|no=29|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Harry Ibbitson}}

{{fs player|no=30|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Romoney Crichlow}}

{{fs player|no=32|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=George Lapslie}}

{{fs player|no=37|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Tommy Leigh}}

{{fs player|no=45|nat=IRL|pos=DF|name=Tayo Adaramola|other=on loan from Crystal Palace}}

{{fs end}}

==Out on loan==

{{fs start}}

{{fs player|no=4|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Sam Stubbs|other=on loan at Cheltenham Town}}

{{fs player|no=14|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Tyler Smith|other=on loan at Barrow}}

{{fs player|no=19|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Vadaine Oliver|other=on loan at Shrewsbury Town}}

{{fs mid}}

{{fs player|no=31|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=Zac Hadi|other=on loan at Liversedge}}

{{fs player|no=33|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Adam Wilson|other=on loan at The New Saints}}

{{fs player|no=38|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Gabe Wadsworth|other=on loan at Bradford (Park Avenue)}}

{{fs end}}

=Player of the Year=

{{Expand section|date=January 2011}}

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{| class="toccolours"

style="background:silver;"|Yearstyle="background:silver;"|Winner
1984–85{{flagicon|ENG}} Dave EvansBradford City official website – [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhFoxkr83uo&t=5910s Wolves 1999: The History Of Bradford City F.C. 1903–1991] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311044833/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhFoxkr83uo&t=5910s |date=11 March 2022 }}
1994–95{{flagicon|ENG}} Wayne Jacobs{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003793/19951110/038/0038|title=|via=British Newspaper Archive}}
1996–97{{flagicon|ENG}} Wayne Jacobs{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003600/19980314/060/0060|title=|via=British Newspaper Archive}}
1997–98{{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Walsh{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8069178.walsh-can-take-the-heat/|title=Walsh can take the heat|date=22 January 1999|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus}}
1998–99{{flagicon|SCO}} Stuart McCallBradford City official website – [http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~1686556,00.html Wolves 1999: Where are they now?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905185540/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~1686556%2C00.html |date=5 September 2012 }}
2001–02{{flagicon|ENG}} Andy MyersBradford City official website – [http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~207369,00.html Andy Myers wipes board at Player-of-the-Year Awards] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905185600/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~207369%2C00.html |date=5 September 2012 }}
2002–03{{flagicon|SCO}} Andy GrayBradford City official website – [http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~379142,00.html Andy Gray named Player-of-the-Year] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905185618/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~379142%2C00.html |date=5 September 2012 }}
2003–04{{flagicon|ENG}} Paul HeckingbottomBradford City official website – [http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~517969,00.html Paul Heckingbottom gets Player-of-the-Year Award] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905185627/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~517969%2C00.html |date=5 September 2012 }}
2004–05{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark BowerBradford City official website – [http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~815103,00.html 2006 Player-of-the-Year Voting] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905185637/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~815103%2C00.html |date=5 September 2012 }}
2005–06{{flagicon|ENG}} David WetherallBradford City official website – [http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~821746,00.html David Wetherall named Player-of-the-Year] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905185646/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~821746%2C00.html |date=5 September 2012 }}
2006–07{{flagicon|ENG}} Nathan DoyleBradford City official website – [http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~1016580,00.html Nathan Doyle named Player of the Year] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905185654/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~1016580%2C00.html |date=5 September 2012 }}
2007–08{{flagicon|ENG}} Joe ColbeckBradford City official website – [http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10266~30977,00.html Joe Colbeck profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814042740/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0%2C%2C10266~30977%2C00.html |date=14 August 2012 }}
2008–09{{flagicon|ENG}} Luke O'BrienBradford City official website – [http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~1635187,00.html Luke O'Brien lands Player of the Year] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004034800/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~1635187%2C00.html |date=4 October 2011 }}
2009–10{{flagicon|ENG}} James HansonBradford City official website – [http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~2034560,00.html James Hanson lands Player of the Year title] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501084214/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~2034560%2C00.html |date=1 May 2010 }}
2010–11No award{{cite news|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/8980245.Bradford_City_bin_awards_night_after_rubbish_season/|title=Bradford City bin awards night after rubbish season|access-date=19 April 2011|date=19 April 2011|first=Simon|last=Parker|newspaper=Telegraph & Argus|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007051034/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/8980245.Bradford_City_bin_awards_night_after_rubbish_season/|archive-date=7 October 2012|url-status=live}}
2011–12{{flagicon|ENG}} Luke Oliver{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~2745387,00.html|title=Oliver crowned Player of the Year|date=25 April 2012|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630224824/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~2745387,00.html|archive-date=30 June 2012}}
2012–13{{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Jones{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/jones-win-player-of-the-year-810214.aspx|title=Jones wins Player of the Year title|date=8 May 2013|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|access-date=8 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513130635/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/jones-win-player-of-the-year-810214.aspx|archive-date=13 May 2013|url-status=live}}
2013–14{{flagicon|ENG}} Stephen Darby{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/darby-dominates-player-of-the-year-awards-1539746.aspx|title=DARBY DOMINATES PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS|date=7 May 2014|access-date=7 May 2014|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508042916/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/darby-dominates-player-of-the-year-awards-1539746.aspx|archive-date=8 May 2014|url-status=live}}
2014–15{{flagicon|NIR}} Rory McArdle{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/mcardle-dominates-player-of-the-year-awards-2429727.aspx|title=McARDLE DOMINATES PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS|date=29 April 2015|access-date=29 April 2015|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019034554/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/mcardle-dominates-player-of-the-year-awards-2429727.aspx|archive-date=19 October 2015|url-status=live}}
2015–16{{flagicon|ENG}} Reece Burke{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/burke-named-player-of-the-year-3081320.aspx|title=BURKE NAMED PLAYER OF THE YEAR|date=26 April 2016|access-date=27 April 2016|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629175724/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/burke-named-player-of-the-year-3081320.aspx|archive-date=29 June 2016|url-status=live}}
2016–17{{flagicon|JAM}} Mark Marshall{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/player-of-the-year-3691390.aspx|title=MARSHALL NAMED PLAYER OF THE YEAR|date=24 April 2017|access-date=25 April 2017|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426055542/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/player-of-the-year-3691390.aspx|archive-date=26 April 2017|url-status=live}}
2017–18{{flagicon|ENG}} Matthew Kilgallon{{cite web|url=https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2018/may/player-of-the-year-awards-2018/|title=KILGALLON DOMINATES PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS EVENING|date=2 May 2018|access-date=3 May 2018|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504010936/https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2018/may/player-of-the-year-awards-2018/|archive-date=4 May 2018|url-status=live}}
2018–19No award
2019–20No award
2020–21{{flagicon|IRL}} Paudie O'Connor{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/19286777.paudie-oconnor-lee-novak-claim-well-established-city-awards/|title=Paudie O'Connor in four-trophy haul at City's Player of the Year awards|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=7 May 2021 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2021/may/oconnor-in-four-trophy-poty-award-haul/|title=O'CONNOR IN FOUR-TROPHY POTY AWARD HAUL|website=www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
2021–22{{flagicon|IRL}} Paudie O'Connor{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/20123795.bradford-city-captain-oconnor-wins-big-club-awards/|title=Captain O'Connor the big winner at City dinner|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=9 May 2022 }}
2022–23{{flagicon|ENG}} Andy Cook{{Cite web|url=https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2023/may/cook-in-five-award-haul-at-end-of-season-dinner/|title=COOK IN FIVE-AWARD HAUL AT END OF SEASON DINNER|website=www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk}}{{Dead link|date=February 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
2023–24{{flagicon|ENG}} Brad Halliday{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/24277094.brad-halliday-named-bradford-citys-player-year/|title=No surprises as Halliday dominates City club awards night|date=25 April 2024|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus}}
2024–25{{flagicon|ENG}} Richard Smallwood{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/25129531.richie-smallwood-collects-five-awards-bradford-city/?ref=rss|title=Smallwood dominates with City's end-of-season awards|date=1 May 2025|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus}}

=Captains=

{{Expand section|date=June 2011}}

The following is a list of the officially appointed captains of the Bradford City first-team.

class="wikitable sortable"
NameNationYearsNotesRef
Dicky Bond{{fb|ENG}}1919–1922{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/18491736.city-team-mates-maverick-winger-bond-missed-1911-cup-final/|title=CITY TEAM-MATES: The 1911 FA Cup winners – and the maverick winger banned for the final|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=3 June 2020 }}
Charlie Bicknell{{fb|ENG}}1934–1936{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/BantamsGreats/0,,10266~125741,00.html|title=Charlie Bicknell profile|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205162202/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/BantamsGreats/0,,10266~125741,00.html|archive-date=5 December 2008}}
Tommy Flockett{{fb|ENG}}c. 1955–1960Frost, p. 24
Bruce Stowell{{fb|ENG}}1967–1972{{cite web|url=http://www.boyfrombrazil.co.uk/2011/06/bruce-stowell-an-amateur-turned-professional/|title=Bruce Stowell, an amateur turned professional|date=20 June 2011|first=Paul|last=Firth|publisher=Boy From Brazil|access-date=26 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929083124/http://www.boyfrombrazil.co.uk/2011/06/bruce-stowell-an-amateur-turned-professional/|archive-date=29 September 2011|url-status=live}}
Rod Johnson{{fb|ENG}}1970s{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/18115393.former-bradford-city-captain-rodney-johnson-dies-aged-74/|title=Former Bradford City captain dies, aged 74|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=20 December 2019 }}
Peter Jackson{{fb|ENG}}1982–1986City's youngest captain (started at 21 years old){{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/Manager/0,,10266~579803,00.html|title=Peter Jackson profile|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908093636/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/Manager/0%2C%2C10266~579803%2C00.html|archive-date=8 September 2012}}
Stuart McCall{{fb|SCO}}1998–2002{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/Manager/0,,10266~579803,00.html|title=Stuart McCall profile|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207203332/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/Manager/0,,10266~579803,00.html|archive-date=7 February 2009}}
David Wetherall{{fb|ENG}}2002–2008{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10266~5531,00.html|title=David Wetherall profile|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004034424/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0%2C%2C10266~5531%2C00.html|archive-date=4 October 2011}}
Graeme Lee{{fb|ENG}}2008–2009{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~1359252,00.html|title=Graeme Lee – Captain Marvel|date=6 August 2008|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908093731/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~1359252%2C00.html|archive-date=8 September 2012}}
Peter Thorne{{fb|ENG}}2009–2010{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~1745620,00.html|title=Thorne named as new captain|date=6 August 2009|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908093751/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~1745620%2C00.html|archive-date=8 September 2012}}
Zesh Rehman{{fb|PAK}}2009–2010Club captain{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/society/2010/oct/13/zesh-rehman-football-asian-community|title=Footballer gives Asian youths a helping hand|date=13 October 2010|website=The Guardian}}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/9251198.stm|title=Rehman transfer listed by Bantams|date=2 December 2010|work=BBC Sport}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/18467437.former-bradford-city-captain-rehman-first-managerial-role/|title=What former Bantams skipper will take into management from Stuart McCall|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=22 May 2020 }}
Simon Ramsden{{fb|ENG}}2010–2011{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~2112270,00.html|title=Ramsden confirmed as captain|date=5 August 2010|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908093809/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~2112270%2C00.html|archive-date=8 September 2012}}
Lee Bullock{{fb|ENG}}2010–2011Club captain
Guy Branston{{fb|ENG}}2011{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~2394178,00.html|title=Branston named as captain|date=16 July 2011|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908093825/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~2394178%2C00.html|archive-date=8 September 2012}}
Michael Flynn{{fb|WAL}}2011–2012{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~2531613,00.html|title=Revenge not on Flynn's mind|date=29 November 2011|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111201112504/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~2531613%2C00.html|archive-date=1 December 2011 }}
Ricky Ravenhill{{fb|ENG}}2012{{cite news|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/9915254.Bradford_City_midfield_pair_close_to_timely_return/|title=Ricky Ravenhill and Ritchie Jones close to Bradford City return|date=7 September 2012|first=Simon|last=Parker|newspaper=Telegraph & Argus|access-date=7 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620184831/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/9915254.Bradford_City_midfield_pair_close_to_timely_return/|archive-date=20 June 2013|url-status=live}}
Gary Jones{{fb|ENG}}2012–2014{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/dec/12/torquay-arsenal-bradford-captain-jones|title=Torquay were tougher opponents than Arsenal, says Bradford captain|date=12 December 2012|first=David|last=Hytner|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=11 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404212226/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/dec/12/torquay-arsenal-bradford-captain-jones|archive-date=4 April 2016|url-status=live}}
Stephen Darby{{fb|ENG}}2014–2016{{cite news|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/11266093.New_Bradford_City_captain_Darby_signs_for_three_more_years/|title=New Bradford City captain Stephen Darby signs for three more years|date=9 June 2014|access-date=9 June 2014|first=Simon|last=Parker|newspaper=Telegraph & Argus|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219084615/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/11266093.New_Bradford_City_captain_Darby_signs_for_three_more_years/|archive-date=19 December 2014|url-status=live}}
Romain Vincelot{{fb|FRA}}2016–2018{{cite news|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/14799260.Remain_Vincelot__Bradford_City_skipper_stays_put_at_back/|title=Remain Vincelot: Bradford City skipper stays put at back|date=13 October 2016|access-date=14 October 2016|first=Simon|last=Parker|newspaper=Telegraph & Argus|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018210558/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/14799260.Remain_Vincelot__Bradford_City_skipper_stays_put_at_back/|archive-date=18 October 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/14800794.Darby_is_keen_to_give_Bradford_City_boss_more_headaches/|title=Darby aiming to give Bradford City boss more headaches|date=14 October 2016|access-date=14 October 2016|first=Simon|last=Parker|newspaper=Telegraph & Argus|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018234929/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/14800794.Darby_is_keen_to_give_Bradford_City_boss_more_headaches/|archive-date=18 October 2016|url-status=live}}
Josh Wright{{fb|ENG}}2018{{cite news|url=https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2018/august/josh-wright-captaincy/|title=WRIGHT TO CAPTAIN BANTAMS|date=1 August 2018|access-date=1 August 2018|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801190135/https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2018/august/josh-wright-captaincy/|archive-date=1 August 2018|url-status=live}}
Anthony O'Connor{{fb|IRL}}2018–2019{{cite news|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/17000483.bradford-city-oconnor-admits-some-games-were-better-off-not-being-there/|title=Bradford City: O'Connor admits "some games we're better off not being there"|date=23 October 2018|access-date=23 October 2018|first=Simon|last=Parker|newspaper=Telegraph & Argus|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023161449/https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/17000483.bradford-city-oconnor-admits-some-games-were-better-off-not-being-there/|archive-date=23 October 2018|url-status=live}}
Paul Caddis{{fb|SCO}}2019{{cite news|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/17466920.caddis-named-bradford-city-captain/|title=Caddis named Bradford City captain|date=28 February 2019|access-date=28 February 2019|first=Simon|last=Parker|newspaper=Telegraph & Argus}}
Hope Akpan{{fb|NGA}}2019{{cite news|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/17492840.bradford-city-akpan-out-to-lead-by-example-in-survival-bid/|title=Bradford City: Akpan out to lead by example in survival bid|date=11 March 2019|access-date=12 March 2019|first=Simon|last=Parker|newspaper=Telegraph & Argus}}
Paudie O'Connor{{fb|IRL}}2019{{cite web|url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/latest-leeds-united-news/leeds-united-confirm-first-summer-departure-paudie-oconnor-joins-bradford-city-479907|title=Leeds United confirm first summer departure as Paudie O'Connor joins Bradford City|website=www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk|date=18 June 2019 }}
James Vaughan{{fb|ENG}}2019–2020{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/17795690.james-vaughan-39-s-pride-named-new-bradford-city-skipper/|title=Vaughan named new City skipper|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=25 July 2019 }}
Clayton Donaldson{{fb|Jamaica}}2020Became captain after Vaughan left the club on loan in January 2020{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51302519|title=James Vaughan: Bradford City loan top scorer to Tranmere Rovers|date=29 January 2020|work=BBC Sport}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2020/february/city-fall-to-oldham-defeat/|title=CITY FALL TO OLDHAM DEFEAT|website=www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk|access-date=10 February 2020|archive-date=2 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202130653/https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2020/february/city-fall-to-oldham-defeat/|url-status=dead}}
Richard O'Donnell{{fb|ENG}}2020–2021{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/18698475.bradford-city-name-goalkeeper-richard-odonnell-captain/|title=Bradford City name O'Donnell as captain|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=4 September 2020 }}
Lee Novak{{fb|ENG}}2021Announced as temporary captain in January 2021 whilst O'Donnell was injured (for 3 months){{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/18989685.novak-sees-benefits-bantams-since-clear-the-air-meeting/|title=Novak: Why it was important for Bradford City to speak their minds|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=8 January 2021 }}
Paudie O'Connor{{fb|IRL}}2021Announced as temporary captain following an injury to Novak{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3RkxKiKUTs| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/x3RkxKiKUTs| archive-date=30 October 2021|title=Paudie O'Connor Revels in his Pride of Captaining Bradford City for the First Time| date=25 January 2021|via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/19153319.bantams-skipper-oconnor-tells-sutton-ignore-twitter-abuse/|title=Bantams won't let Twitter trolls affect Sutton, says skipper O'Connor|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=11 March 2021 }}
Richard O'Donnell{{fb|ENG}}2021O'Donnell returned to first-team action - and as captain - on 20 March 2021{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/19175667.odonnell-back-goal-bradford-city-oldham/|title=TEAM NEWS: O'Donnell back in goal for Bradford City|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=20 March 2021 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2021/march/team-news-city-v-oldham-athletic/|title=TEAM NEWS: CITY v OLDHAM ATHLETIC|website=www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/19190574.bradford-city-insist-odonnell-will-remain-captain/|title=Captaincy not up for debate as bosses defend O'Donnell decision|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=27 March 2021 }}
Niall Canavan|{{fb|IRL}}2021–2022{{cite web|title=CANAVAN NAMED CLUB CAPTAIN|url=https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2021/august/canavan-named-club-captain/|access-date=6 August 2021|website=www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk|language=en-gb}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Paudie O'Connor{{fb|IRL}}2022Captain following Canavan's departure mid-season{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/19868092.rochdale-v-bantams-match-stats-player-ratings/|title=ROCHDALE v BANTAMS: Match stats and player ratings|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=23 January 2022 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/19891712.live-blog-bradford-city-1-leyton-orient-1/|title=LIVE BLOG: Bradford City 1 Leyton Orient 1|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=February 2022 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/19902283.match-recap-harrogate-town-2-bradford-city-0/|title=LIVE BLOG: Harrogate Town 2 Bradford City 0|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=5 February 2022 }}
Richie Smallwood{{fb|ENG}}2022–{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/20585467.smallwood-ready-set-example-bradford-city-captain/|title=Smallwood: "Hopefully I can lead this great club up a division and then up again"|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=28 July 2022|accessdate=28 July 2022}}

=Former players=

{{Main|List of Bradford City A.F.C. players|List of Bradford City A.F.C. players with fewer than 50 league appearances}}

{{See also|Category:Bradford City A.F.C. players}}

In 2007 former 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:

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Staff

=Current staff=

:{{Updated|4 March 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/WhosWho/0,,10266,00.html|title=Who's Who at Bradford City|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902150519/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/WhosWho/0%2C%2C10266%2C00.html|archive-date=2 September 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2017/july/city-recruit-coaching-trio/|title=BANTAMS RECRUIT COACHING TRIO|access-date=5 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811060032/https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2017/july/city-recruit-coaching-trio/|archive-date=11 August 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.bradfordcityacademy.co.uk/academy-staff/ |title={title} |access-date=10 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710171709/http://www.bradfordcityacademy.co.uk/academy-staff/ |archive-date=10 July 2018 |url-status=live |date=7 August 2013 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/14806162.bradford-city-peter-horne-was-thinking-football-to-the-very-end/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710165653/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/14806162.Bradford_City__Peter_Horne_was_thinking_football_to_the_very_end/|url-status=dead|title=Bradford City: Peter Horne was thinking football to the very end|archive-date=10 July 2018|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus}}

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Position

! Name

! Nationality

Chairman

| Stefan Rupp

| {{flag|Germany|name=German}}

Head of Football Operations

| David Sharpe{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/24227451.bantams-announce-david-sharpe-head-football-operations/|title=New football head Sharpe wants to be "part of something special" at City|date=3 April 2024|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus}}

| {{flag|England|name=English}}

Manager

| Graham Alexander

| {{flag|Scotland|name=Scottish}}

Assistant Manager

| Chris Lucketti

| {{flag|England|name=English}}

Assistant Manager

| Mark Trueman{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/19953959.hodges-back-hughes-bradford-city-assistant-manager/|title=Bradford City announce Hodges as new assistant manager|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=25 February 2022 }}

| {{flag|England|name=English}}

Lead professional development phase coach

| Steve Nichol{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/24978721.bradford-city-appoint-nichol-mcguire-academy-roles/?ref=rss|title=City announce two new appointments in academy set-up|date=4 March 2025|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus}}

| {{flag|England|name=English}}

Professional development phase link coach

| Patrick McGuire

| {{flag|England|name=English}}

Academy head of coaching

| Ryan Farrell

| {{flag|England|name=English}}

Head of recruitment

| Stephen Gent{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/20108029.bradford-city-appoint-gent-head-recruitment/|title=Meet the City Gent who will head the club's recruitment|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=2 May 2022 |access-date=2 May 2022}}

| {{flag|England|name=English}}

Head of foundation phase coaching and recruitment

| Alan Nevison{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/18994466.nevison-back-third-time-bradford-city-coaching-role/|title=Nevison back at Bradford City to nurture youngest talent in the area|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=7 January 2021 }}

| {{flag|England|name=English}}

Scout

| Ray Mathias{{cite web|url=https://www.bradfordcityafc.com/club/whos-who/|title=Bradford City announce new scouting trio in recruitment restructure|website=Bradford www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk}}

| {{flag|England|name=English}}

Scout

| Stan Martin

| {{flag|England|name=English}}

Goalkeeping Coach

| Colin Doyle{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/20186975.doyle-returns-bradford-city-player-coaching-role/|title=Doyle returns to Bradford City in player/coaching role|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus| date=4 June 2022|access-date=11 May 2023}}

| {{flag|Ireland|name=Irish}}

Performance Coach

| Ben Nicholson{{cite web |url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/16607678.bradford-city-nicholson-is-new-performance-coach/ |title={title} |date=30 August 2018 |access-date=30 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830210414/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/16607678.bradford-city-nicholson-is-new-performance-coach/ |archive-date=30 August 2018 |url-status=live }}

| {{flag|England|name=English}}

Academy Manager

| Tom Calvert{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/24863839.bradford-city-tom-calvert-appointed-head-academy/?ref=rss|title=Bantams announce Calvert as permanent head of academy|date=17 January 2025|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus}}

| {{flag|England|name=English}}

Academy Lead Youth Development

| Jordan Broadbent{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/19489513.broadbent-davison-given-academy-roles-bradford-city/|title=Two new Bradford City coaches named in academy restructure|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=4 August 2021 }}

| {{flag|England|name=English}}

Head of Academy Analysis

| Jordan Davison

| {{flag|England|name=English}}

Under-16 coach

| Gary Jones{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/20597445.former-bradford-city-skipper-jones-coach-under-16s/|title=City legend Jones returns to club in coaching role|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=3 August 2022 |accessdate=3 August 2022}}

| {{flag|England|name=English}}

Head of Medical

| Bobby Scarborough{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/24960553.bobby-scarborough-named-head-medical-bradford-city/?ref=rss|title=City announce new head of medical department|date=25 February 2025|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus}}

| {{flag|England|name=English}}

Head of Performance

| Tom Eastwood{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/24471882.bradford-city-add-former-england-physio-stockport-ace/|title=Former England man and double promotion-winner with Stockport join City|date=23 July 2024|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus}}

| {{flag|England|name=English}}

First-Team Therapist

| Nick Akerman

| {{flag|England|name=English}}

Head of Physical Performance

| Vacant{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/24342165.bradford-city-look-new-head-physical-performance/|title=Bantams make change behind the scenes after Stebbings exit|date=25 May 2024|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus}}

| {{flag|England|name=English}}

First-Team Analyst and Player Welfare Officer

| Robbie Bloodworth

| {{flag|England|name=English}}

First-Team Analyst

| Scott Dyer

| {{flag|England|name=English}}

=Former managers=

{{Main|List of Bradford City A.F.C. managers}}

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Honours and records

{{Main|Bradford City A.F.C. records}}

League

Image:Jimmy Speirs.jpg winning goalscorer Jimmy Speirs]]

Cup

  • FA Cup
  • Winners: 1910–11
  • Football League Cup
  • Runners-up: 2012–13
  • Third Division North Challenge Cup
  • Winners: 1938–39
  • West Riding County FA Challenge Cup
  • Winners: 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909{{cite web|title=West Riding County Football Association Ltd Official Handbook 2011–12|url=http://www.westridingfa.com/governance/~/media/countysites/wrfa/documents/county-fa-handbook/west-riding-county-fa-handbook-201112.ashx|website=West Riding County FA|access-date=26 September 2015|pages=95|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927214954/http://www.westridingfa.com/governance/~/media/countysites/wrfa/documents/county-fa-handbook/west-riding-county-fa-handbook-201112.ashx|archive-date=27 September 2015|url-status=live}}

=Records=

  • Record league victory: 11–1 v Rotherham United, Third Division (North), 25 August 1928
  • Record FA Cup victory: 11–3 v Walker Celtic, first round replay, 1 December 1937
  • Record League Cup victory: 7–2 v Darlington, Second Round Second Leg, 25 September 2000
  • Record league defeat: 0–8 v Manchester City, Second Division, 7 May 1927 / 1–9 v Colchester United, Fourth Division, 30 December 1961
  • Record FA Cup defeat: 1–6 v Newcastle United, third round, 7 March 1963 / 0–5 v Burnley, fifth round replay, 3 February 1960 / 0–5 v Tottenham Hotspur, third round, 7 January 1970
  • Record home attendance: 39,146 v Burnley, FA Cup fourth round, 11 March 1911
  • Record gate receipts: £300,000 v Arsenal, Football League Cup quarter-final, 11 December 2012
  • 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
  • Most league goals: 121 – Bobby Campbell
  • Most goals in a season: 36 – David Layne, 1961–62
  • Most goals scored in a match: 7 – Albert Whitehurst v Tranmere Rovers, Third Division (North), 6 March 1929
  • Highest transfer fee paid: £2.5 million – David Hopkin, from Leeds United, July 2000
  • Highest transfer fee received: £2 million – Des Hamilton, to Newcastle United, March 1997 / Andy O'Brien, to Newcastle United, March 2001
  • Most team league goals in a season: 128 – Third Division (North), 1928–29
  • Most points (three points for a win): 94 – Third Division, 1984–85
  • Most points (two points for a win): 63 – Third Division (North), 1928–29

All records from Bradford City F.C. official website.{{cite web

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Sponsors

=Kit and main sponsors=

Tables of kit suppliers and shirt sponsors appear below:{{cite news|url=http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Bradford_City/Bradford_City.htm |title=Bradford City AFC |publisher=Historical Football Kits |access-date=15 September 2022}}

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!Period

!Kit manufacturer

!Shirt sponsor

1982–1983

|rowspan=3|Patrick

|National Breakdown

1983–1984

|Toy City

1984–1985

|None

1985–1987

|rowspan=2|Admiral

|Bradford Mythbreakers

(Bradford City Council)

1987–1988

|Bradford 'Great' City

(Bradford City Council)

1988–1991

|Bukta

|Grattan

1991–1992

|rowspan=2|Front Runner

|None

1992–1993

|rowspan=2|Freemans

1993–1994

|Admiral

1994–1997

|rowspan=2|Beaver

|Diamond Seal

1997–1999

|rowspan=5|JCT600

1999–2001

|Asics

2001–2003

|BCFC Leisure

2003–2004

|Diadora

2004–2006

|rowspan=3|Surridge Sport

2006–2009

|Bradford & Bingley

2009–2011

|rowspan=2|Map Group (UK)

2011–2013

|rowspan=2|Nike{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~2275398,00.html|title=Club confirm Nike deal|access-date=27 January 2011|date=27 January 2011|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110129081353/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~2275398%2C00.html|archive-date=29 January 2011}}

2013–2016

| rowspan="3" |JCT600{{cite news|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/10416191.Bradford_City_stalwart_Jack_happy_to_be_back/|title=Bradford City stalwart Jack Tordoff happy to be back as kit sponsor|date=14 May 2013|first=Simon|last=Parker|newspaper=Telegraph & Argus|access-date=14 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112141217/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/10416191.Bradford_City_stalwart_Jack_happy_to_be_back/|archive-date=12 November 2013|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/18521374.bradford-city-sign-six-figure-sponsorship-deal-jct600/|title=Bradford motor firm JCT600 sign up for three more years with the Bantams|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=17 June 2020 |access-date=17 June 2020}}

2016–2022

|Avec Sportt{{cite web|url=https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2016/may/bradford-city-and-avec-sport-unveil-new-kits/|title=BRADFORD CITY AND AVEC SPORT UNVEIL NEW KITS|access-date=5 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906090746/https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2016/may/bradford-city-and-avec-sport-unveil-new-kits/|archive-date=6 September 2017|url-status=live}}

2022–present

|Macron{{Cite web |title=BANTAMS SECURE LUCRATIVE MACRON DEAL |url=https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2022/may/bantams-secure-lucrative-macron-deal/ |access-date=9 June 2022 |website=www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk |language=en-gb}}

=Stadium=

  • 1995–1999 The Pulse
  • 2005–2007 Bradford & Bingley
  • 2007 Intersonic
  • 2007–2016 Coral Windows
  • 2016–2019 Northern Commercials
  • 2019–2022 Utilita Energy
  • 2022–present University of Bradford{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/20582800.valley-parade-known-university-bradford-stadium/|title=Welcome to the University of Bradford Stadium, home of the Bantams|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=27 July 2022 }}

See also

References

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External links

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  • {{official website|http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/}}
  • [https://www.bantamspast.co.uk/ Site of Bradford City's bantamspast museum]
  • [http://www.answers-to-questions.info/England-Football-Play-Offs.aspx?team=Bradford-City Play-off record]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926214459/http://www.answers-to-questions.info/England-Football-Play-Offs.aspx?team=Bradford-City |date=26 September 2013 }}.

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