News June 9th

From the official site

Wolves '99 - where are they now?
http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~1686556,00.html
http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~1687922,00.html

U19's summary
http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~1679531,00.html

Match balls show City colours
http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~1685540,00.html

Quote "2008/2009 is nothing more than a memory..."
http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~1687676,00.html

but, quote "the season table never lies" and you can give your memory a help by remember everything in statistics
http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~1687125,00.html


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HECKINGBOTTOM SIGNS FOR MANSFIELD

Mansfield Town have signed defender Paul Heckingbottom, who has spent the
last two seasons at Bradford City, although a hamstring injury kept him out
for most of last season

The 31-year-old left-back has amassed over 350 appearances in a career which
has taken him to Norwich, Darlington, Sheffield Wednesday and Barnsley.

Mansfield manager David Holdsworth said: "Paul's a class act, an
accomplished player. He's played at a high level and we're lucky to get
him."

Heckingbottom becomes Mansfield's sixth new signing of the summer.


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Key Fixture Notes
Posted on: Tue 02 Jun 2009

With the club's 2009/10 fixture list being released on 17th June,
http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk can bring you some of the key provisional
dates those fixtures will be played on next season.

2009/10 Key Dates
AUGUST 2009
8th - First match of Coca- Cola League 2 season
11/12th - Carling Cup 1st Round
15th - Second match of Coca-Cola League 2 season
25/26th - Carling Cup 2nd Round

SEPTEMBER 2009
1st/2nd - Johnstone's Paint Trophy 1st Round
22nd/23rd - Carling Cup 3rd Round

OCTOBER 2009
6/7th - Johnstone's Paint Trophy 2nd Round
27/28th - Carling Cup 4th Round

NOVEMBER 2009
7th - F.A Cup 1st Round
10/11th - Johnstone's Area Quarter Final
28th F.A Cup 2nd Round

DECEMBER 2009
1st/2nd - Carling Cup 5th Round
15/16th - Johnstone's Paint Trophy Area Semi-Final
26th - Coca-Cola League 2 fixture (Boxing Day)
28th - Coca-Cola League 2 fixture
31st - No scheduled fixture

JANUARY 2010
1st - No scheduled fixture
2nd - F.A Cup 3rd Round
5/6th - Carling Cup Semi-Final 1st Leg
19/20th - Carling Cup Semi-Final 2nd Leg, Johnstone's Paint Trophy Area
Final 1st Leg
23rd F.A Cup 4th Round

FEBRUARY 2010
13th - F.A Cup 5th Round
16/17th - Johnstone's Paint Trophy Area Final 2nd Leg
28th - Carling Cup Final

MARCH 2010
6th - F.A Cup 6th Round
28th - Johnstone's Paint Trophy Final

APRIL 2010
2nd - No scheduled fixture (Good Friday)
3rd - Coca-Cola League 2 fixture
5th - Coca-Cola League 2 fixture (Easter Monday)
10th/11th - F.A Cup Semi-Finals

MAY 2010
8th May - Final day of the Coca-Cola League 2 regular league season
15/16th May F.A Cup Final - Coca-Cola League 2 Play-Offs Semi-Final 1st Leg
17th/18th May - Coca-Cola League 2 Play-Offs Semi-Final 2nd Leg
30th May - Coca-Cola League 2 Play-Offs Final

Please note the entire fixture schedule is subject to change and could alter
before or after the club's fixture list is released on 17th June 2009.


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From Official BCFC website...

WIN AN EXECUTIVE BOX FOR A LEAGUE GAME
Posted on: Tue 02 Jun 2009

With just over two weeks to go before the 2009/2010 Coca-Cola League 2
fixtures are due to be announced, we have a great online auction in which we
are offering the use of one of our Executive Boxes at the Coral Windows
Stadium for a league game of the winner's choice.

This has been donated by a box holder and the proceeds of the auction will
be going to the charity - Guide Dogs for the Blind Association.

The prize includes food and seats for 12 in the Box while drinks can be
purchased separately.

To enter the auction, please send details of your bid, along with your name
and address and contact telephone number to bradfordcity1983@aol.com

We will keep updating the website with the current highest bid until the
closing date of 12.00 noon on Tuesday 16 June, the day before the fixtures
are out.


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McLAUGHLIN SET FOR NEW CITY DEAL

Bradford City goalkeeper Jon McLaughlin is poised to sign a new one-year
deal and challenge for the number one jersey at Valley Parade next season.

McLaughlin, 21, joined last summer from Harrogate Town but was understudy to
Rhys Evans, who has now left the club, and had to wait until the last-day
win at Chesterfield to make his first-team debut.

McLaughlin said: "I haven't signed the actual contract yet, but I've had the
letter through saying I've been offered one.

"I've just had to reply to that and I was happy to accept it. I've agreed
for another season and the terms are pretty much the same. Now I'll see what
I can do."

McCall is expected to draft in another goalkeeper on loan for next season
following Evans' departure, but McLaughlin will be vying for a regular
starting spot.

He added: "Having made my debut now I know I can compete at that level at
least. I'm definitely wanting to see how I can go further this season and
looking to get involved as much as I can."

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O'Brien undecided on Bantams deal


Bradford City player of the year Luke O'Brien has yet to decide whether to take up his new contract offer from the League Two side.

The left-back is wanted by manager Stuart McCall but he told the Telegraph & Argus he does not yet know whether he will be at Valley Parade next season.

"I've got my contract through now and I'm discussing it with my family at the moment," the 20-year-old said.

"I would love to stay on but I've got to go through it with them first."

O'Brien, who came through the club's centre of excellence, was given his chance to claim his place in the first team in October and never looked back, dominating the club's end of season awards.

"Personally, it was an unbelievable year for me," he said.

"To get in the squad, then go on and play 36 games and come away with all those awards, I even got goal of the season to top it all off, it really couldn't have got any better."

O'Brien says he has yet to receive offers from any other clubs, and is one of several players at Valley Parade still mulling over new contract offers.


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Form BCFC Official website...

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS LOOKS TO MEET COMMERCIAL GOAL

When Joint-Chairman Mark Lawn first invited David Baldwin to cast an eye
over the club's commercial side, it was only expected to be a short-term
thing.

Baldwin, having retired from the day-to-day work of running his own
business, offered to pop in and give his own thoughts on where the club
could tighten up in the sales sector.

The three-week stint that Lawn had predicted quickly became a month. And two
years on, keen City fan Baldwin is still there as the head of operations.

"My role has taken a very fluid movement," he explained to the Telegraph &
Argus. "The emphasis for the first nine months was very much about
resurrecting the marketing side of the business.

"In January last year, I took over a more operations role and got involved
in the monthly board meetings.

"It's all about efficiencies and making sure that we save every penny we
possibly can and streamlining the roles we had. In my opinion, my job has
been to tidy up the business."

Baldwin has stressed the need to see City as more than just the football
club. It is vital to maximise the usage and cash generated from the 1911
Club, which has developed into a conference base, and the business centre in
the main office building that is rented out.

Baldwin said: "We are a football club and we're all fans but behind the
scenes you still need to make sure you are running an efficient business,
especially in a very difficult economic climate.

"That was my remit during the last 12 months."

Baldwin has also made sure that City will reach their commercial goal for
next year after finding a buyer for the pitchside advertising rights.

He has struck a deal to franchise out the boards around the ground - with
himself!

Baldwin insists City have made a profit, as they did when he trialled the
third-party plan with the 1911 Club last season.

"I came up with the idea of an extra revenue stream by running it as a
conference centre on a non match-day basis.

"The club sold that area to my company for a profit and then it was my
responsibility, wearing my "other hat", to run it and generate income.

"Bradford City made a decent profit and I proved it was an effective tool to
generate income for the club. So that's now been sold on to a secondary
business.

"Now my company have bought the rights to the stadium advertising in the
same way. The club are therefore not exposed to the risk of who will and
won't buy the boards; that has become my problem.

"And wearing my director of operations hat, when we drew up the budgets we
knew clear guidelines of what income was going to be guaranteed." The
adverts have effectively already been sold to Baldwin.

He said: "The offer made to the club was a sizeable one and at least
equivalent to what they received this year without the added-on salaries
that go with it.

"People might say it's a risk for me but I'm happy to do that because I'm a
fan and I have belief in my own ability, having run my own company since
1997.

"I have a vested interest in Bradford City and want to help them steady the
ship and know where they stand.

"If it does work, and I'm confident it will, it becomes a more sellable tool
to a third party next year. You can sell this as a franchiseable item and
prove that it is a successful one. Most importantly it does mean the running
costs for Bradford City are now at the lowest they can possibly be, allowing
the maximum amount of income to go into the football budget.

"This takes the pressure off the club themselves. The more people you
involve in a situation, the more complicated it becomes.

"You don't have that in this case while still guaranteeing that Bradford
City have hit their commercial target."



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BRADFORD CITY
Ground: Valley Parade (Since 1903)
Size: 113 x 70 yards
Capacity: 25,136

2008/2009 (2007/2008 in brackets)

Position: 9th (10th)
Top Scorer: Peter Thorne 17 (Peter Thorne 14)
Players Used: 33 (35)
Manager: Stuart McCall (Since May 2007)

Average Attendance: 12,701 (13,756)
Average Away Support To Bradford: 384 (448)
Average Away Supporters From Bradford: 1,006 (805)
Highest Attendance: 14,038 v Notts County
Lowest Attendance: 11,908 v Macclesfield Town
Highest Travelling Support: 915 from Rochdale
Highest Bradford Travelling Support: 2,741 at Rochdale
Lowest Bradford Travelling Support: 179 to Gillingham
Lowest Travelling Support to Bradford: 81 from Macclesfield Town

Managers since 1992: 10
Consecutive years in League Two: 2
Consecutive years in Football League: 106
Status in 1992: 10th in Football League Division 2 (Average Attendance:
6,582)
Level: 3rd Tier

Info taken from Aldershot website:
http://www.theshots.co.uk/newspage.ink?nid=31284&newstype=n


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McCALL WARNING OVER CONTRACTS

Bradford City boss Stuart McCall has warned players considering new deals
tabled by the club that they must make swift decisions about their futures.

Several established first-team players - including Luke O'Brien, Matt Clarke
and Peter Thorne - have been offered new deals but are yet to inform the
Bantams whether they intend to sign on for next season.

"The bottom line is, if they want to go elsewhere for an extra £50 per week,
so be it," McCall told the club's official website.

"I'm not going to spend all the close season chasing them and, with regard
those we've offered deals to, we really need to be sitting down and
finalising them this week.

"They've had plenty of time now to discuss it with whoever they need to.
Maybe agents have touted them around too, but we have to get it sorted.

"If they want to stay for the right reasons then great, but if they want to
move on, that's fine and up to them.

"But I remember going back to being a kid and money wasn't everything. It
was about wanting to do what was right for my career.




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