Ben Lloyd

Central Midfielder - Bradford City
18 Nov 2032
Thursday
Process

Marked for Ben Lloyd

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The Bradford City Herald

1 Nov 2032
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Cup progress for Bradford City

A 1‑0 win over Wolverhampton, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Mathias Jørgensen

Successful dribbles: 34. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

Bradford City win it in stoppage time

The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 116th minute. Wolverhampton will replay every second of the added time for a week.

Squad

Bobby Pointon in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bradford City this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Jenson Metcalfe falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match

Marcos Ortíz’s goal not enough for Bradford City

Marcos Ortíz scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Portsmouth, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

The terraces

Bradford City supporters have found a favourite in Jenson Gaitley

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Jenson Gaitley has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Squad

Ben Lloyd signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ben Lloyd commits to Bradford City for another 3 years.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Jayden Wareham

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief