The Bradford City Herald
Match27 Oct 2032
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 ratings1 Nov 2032
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.
Match27 Oct 2032
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.
Squad1 Nov 2032
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.
Squad1 Nov 2032
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.
Match30 Oct 2032
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 terraces1 Nov 2032
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.
Squad1 Nov 2032
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.
Squad1 Nov 2032
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
- Market Still no ink between Bradford City and George Brown
- Market The Marcos Ortíz story refuses to die
- Player ratings Off the bench and decisive: Jayden Wareham