The Bradford City Herald
Squad23 Aug 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Víctor Guajardo
46 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Bradford City lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Neill Byrne breaks a bone — 94 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 94 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
Mohamadou Kanté: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Bradford City have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market23 Aug 2027
Josh Neufville asks to leave Bradford City
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
A new deal for Harry Turner
The board have signed the man in the dugout to a longer contract, which says more than any statement of support. Stability is easy to promise and costly to keep.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Bradford City
Gonzalo Melero was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Bradford City
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Aston Villa tell Bradford City: Oliwier Zych is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Max Watters
“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 Benjamin Cook steps up from the Bradford City academy
- Market David Simmons steps up from the Bradford City academy
- Market Thomas Carter steps up from the Bradford City academy