The Bradford City Herald
Market20 Aug 2035
James Ward hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Bradford City can pretend not to have heard.
Market20 Aug 2035
Only the photograph left for Luke Ellis
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Luke Ellis will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Bradford City the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Player ratings20 Aug 2035
Charles Young beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 22. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Boardroom20 Aug 2035
7 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.
Transfer targets20 Aug 2035
Bradford City rebuffed over Mason Burstow
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Aston Villa have kept their man, and Bradford City go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad20 Aug 2035
A row about effort at Bradford City
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Liam Crutchett was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad20 Aug 2035
Tempers go at Bradford City
Theo Carroll 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.
Match14 Aug 2035
Bradford City come up short against Milton Keynes Dons
Milton Keynes Dons left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market20 Aug 2035
One of our own: Simon Dixon joins the Bradford City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Simon Dixon is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Anthony Mitchell joins the Bradford City first team
- Boardroom Bradford City board go back on their word
- The dugout No hiding place for Edward Collins