The Bradford City Herald
Market10 Apr 2028
Nikita Glushkov puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Bradford City, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market10 Apr 2028
Jack Rudoni wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Bradford City hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Squad10 Apr 2028
A falling-out at Bradford City
Kalvin Phillips and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad10 Apr 2028
Bashir Humphreys 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.
Match8 Apr 2028
Bradford City see off Exeter City
Three points for Bradford City, 1‑0 the final word against Exeter City in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Player ratings10 Apr 2028
A masterclass from Ryan Wintle
Marked 8.08 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
The dugout10 Apr 2028
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.
Squad10 Apr 2028
Bradford City lose Simon Cooper
26 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Player ratings10 Apr 2028
Bashir Humphreys shuts the door
Defensive actions: 17, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
In brief
- Player ratings Josh Koroma was unplayable
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- The dugout When it matters, Kalvin Phillips plays