The Bradford City Herald
Market7 Sep 2026
Terms done: Bobby Pointon is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Luton Town waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Bradford City is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Market7 Sep 2026
Kelsey Mooney 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.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Bradford City close the window on a squad of their own making
20 in and 11 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Market7 Sep 2026
So close: Max Power’s move dies late
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Stoke City moved on, Max Power reports back to Bradford City, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
Door shut on Kian Spence
Bradford City asked and Rotherham United said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A month that belonged to Myles Lewis-Skelly
The young player of the month award goes to a 19-year-old at Bradford City who has looked like the finished article for four weekends running. The next four are the ones that decide whether he is.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
Juan Carlos Lescano gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Conor Townsend is no longer first choice
The manager has re-ordered his thinking and Conor Townsend has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.
Market7 Sep 2026
Talks stall between Bradford City and Luther James-Wildin
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
In brief
- Squad Bradford City are still strangers to each other
- Squad The formation has left Callum Maycock behind
- Boardroom Bradford City can only buy what they sell