The Bradford City Herald
Squad18 Jan 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Jenson Gaitley
34 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Bradford City lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Josh Andrews breaks a bone — 65 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 65 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad18 Jan 2027
6 saves: Riccardo Piscitelli was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Market18 Jan 2027
Bradford City say no — this time
The offer from Wigan Athletic for Andy Cook 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 targets18 Jan 2027
Michael Keane will not be coming to Bradford City
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Everton is saying, and nobody at Bradford City is enjoying the guessing.
Match16 Jan 2027
The wait goes on for Bradford City
4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Transfer targets18 Jan 2027
Burnley tell Bradford City: Lukáš Červ is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
No hiding place for De Lucca
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to De Lucca, and the manager let it.
Match12 Jan 2027
A bad afternoon for Bradford City against Reading
0‑2 to Reading, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
In brief
- Player ratings Tyreik Wright runs at them all day
- Squad Tempers go at Bradford City
- Loan watch Zac Hadi counts the days