The Bradford City Herald
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Bradford City baulk at the price for Jack Rudoni
Coventry City wanted more than $10.4M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Door shut on Cian Ashford
Bradford City asked and Cardiff City said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market17 Aug 2026
Bradford City turn down Exeter City for Joe Hilton
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Bradford City go back to the board over Shea Charles
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $6.3M — a club that wants Shea Charles enough to be asked twice.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Bradford City
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Nathan Green joins the Bradford City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nathan Green is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
Anthony Barnes steps up from the Bradford City academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Anthony Barnes has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
Bradford City promote Joseph Morris from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Joseph Morris has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The formation has left Kevin Salazar behind
Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Bradford City will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.
In brief
- Transfer targets Bradford City try to borrow Joeri Heerkens
- Squad 5 new faces, and Bradford City are still learning each other
- The dugout Jack Simmons: “We have to be better”