Conor Townsend

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29 Dec 2026
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Conor Townsend

6 Edition

The Bradford City Herald

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

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.

Market

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.

Boardroom

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.

Market

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 targets

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.

Squad

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 dugout

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.

Squad

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.

Market

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

Back issues
2 Edition

The Bradford City Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Bradford City say no — this time

The offer from Sheffield United for Curtis Tilt was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Transfer targets

No thanks: Brandon Austin rejects the move

Bradford City had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Tottenham, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.

Squad

Conor Townsend signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Conor Townsend and Bradford City agree another 2 years.

Market

Jordan Gibson comes home

The shirt still fits. Jordan Gibson is back at Bradford City, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.

Market

Neftchi join the queue for Andy Cook

Add another name to the list: Neftchi have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Andy Cook. The answer from Bradford City has not changed — yet.

Transfer targets

Bradford City rebuffed over Kaye Furo

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Brentford have kept their man, and Bradford City go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Market

Talks stall between Bradford City and Brad Collins

“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.

Squad

Too much change too quickly at Bradford City

9 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

Squad

The formation has left Reece Cole 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