Joe Wright

Central Defender - Bradford City
24 Aug 2027
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Joe Wright

36 Edition

The Bradford City Herald

5 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

6 matches without a win for Bradford City

The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Bradford City are no longer polite ones.

Match

The goals have deserted Bradford City

5 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Bradford City can tell you which week it ends in.

Squad

Words at Bradford City training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Stephy Mavididi is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The dugout

No hiding place for Jordan Graham

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jordan Graham, and the manager let it.

Match

Lincoln City take the points off Bradford City

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

Gullit Peña wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Bradford City know it.

The dugout

Jacob Stewart answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

Squad

The armband comes off Riccardo Piscitelli

Bradford City will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.

The dugout

Jayden Wareham knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Bradford City, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief