CFML on location / game reports etc

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Please forward this information to your friends, post on your myspace, twitter or facebook page and lets all help Emily raise money for this excellent cause.

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League Fixtures

http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~1690612,00.html

CFML editors note - generally many fixtures are redated by Clubs so a summary of changes will be compiled in the upcoming weeks.

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From the Official BCFC Website...

72 REASONS TO STAY IN ON SATURDAY

BBC Sport have announced plans for a brand new Saturday night highlights
programme called 'The Football League Show', which will follow 'Match of the
Day' and showcase all the goals from the Coca-Cola Championship, League 1
and League 2.

Presented by Manish Bhasin, The Football League Show will begin on Saturday
8th August at 11.10pm on BBC1. Joining Manish in the studio, with his unique
brand of expert analysis and candid opinion on major talking points, will be
Steve Claridge, whose playing career included spells at Leicester City,
Portsmouth, Millwall and Birmingham City to name but four clubs. 5 Live
regular Mark Clemmit takes up the role of roving reporter, bringing viewers
all of the stories making the headlines.

Live coverage of The Coca-Cola Football League also returns to the BBC for
the first time since 1988. Ten matches from the Coca-Cola Championship will
be shown live, beginning with West Bromwich Albion v Newcastle United on
Saturday August 8th at 5.20 pm (kick-off 5.30pm) on BBC1.

BBC Sport Online will simulcast the live Championship games and provide
match edits of the weekend's games' highlights. In addition, there will be a
divisional goals round up from each division every week. All the Carling Cup
and Johnstone's Paint Trophy goals will also be available.

The Football League Show will also be available for seven days on BBC
iPlayer and on Red Button until midday on Sunday.

The Carling Cup also returns to the BBC with live coverage for the first
time since 1987. There will be a highlights programme for each round, the
first of these on Wednesday, 12th August, featuring Macclesfield Town v
Leicester City. The Carling Cup Final will be shown live as will one leg of
each Semi Final.

Highlights of the Coca-Cola Football League Play-Offs will bring the season
to a dramatic conclusion.

Football League Commercial Director Stewart Thomson welcomed the news: "We
are delighted to be starting this new relationship with the BBC, alongside
our long-standing broadcasting partner Sky Sports.

"This season, supporters of Football League clubs will be able to enjoy
their club's matches across a range of different broadcasting platforms,
giving them the most comprehensive coverage of our competitions ever seen."

In addition to the BBC's offering, Sky Sports will be showing live coverage
of up to 80 Coca-Cola Football League matches, including games from all
three divisions and the Play-Off Finals at Wembley Stadium.

A full list of scheduled live TV games can be found by visiting:

www.football-league.co.uk/page/TVGamesDetail/0,,10794,00.html










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Pre-Season Friendly
Alfreton Town (0) 0
Bradford C XI (0) 1 James O'Brien 68
Att: 215

Bradford C:
1 Simon Eastwood
2 Simon Ramsden
3 Luke O'Brien
4 James O'Brien
5 Phil Cutler
6 Matthew Clarke
7 Leon Osborne
8 Lee Bullock
9 Michael Boulding
10 Rory Boulding
11 James Hanson
Substitutes:
12 Louis Horne
13 Chris Elliott
14 Luke Dean
15 Dean Mitchell
16 Ryan Harrison


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  FLC1: Forest Ticket Details

The second visit to Nottingham in a matter of days maybe a touch less
expensive than the first.

County are charging adults £20 for 4th Division fodder whereas Forest are no
more than £15 for the League Cup tie. (County's Erikson surcharge?).

There is no advance ticketing for the County game, while Forest ONLY accept
advance ticket purchasing (see below).

From the Official BCFC Website...

NOTTINGHAM FOREST TICKET INFORMATION
Posted on: Wed 29 Jul 2009

Tickets for the Bantams Carling Cup 1st Round fixture with Nottingham Forest
are now on sale from the Ticket Office at the Coral Windows Stadium (closed
Wednesdays?).

The match will take place on Wednesday 12th August 2009 at Forest's City
Ground.

There are two sets of ticket prices for the Forest fixture, one for Bradford
City season ticket holders and one for general sale tickets.

Admission prices are as follows:

Season ticket holders:
Adults: £12.00
Senior Citizens: £6.00
Under 16's: £3.00

General sale:
Adults: £15.00
Senior Citizens: £10.00
Under 16's: £5.00

Wheelchair spaces and ambulant disabled tickets are also available from the
club's allocation.

Supporters wishing to obtain tickets priced for season ticket holders must
bring either their season ticket cards or receipts to the Ticket Office at
the time of purchase.

Bradford City fans have been allocated the Bridgford Stand (Lower Tier).

Supporters are advised to purchase tickets in advance where possible, as
Nottingham Forest operate a ticket only policy and have NO CASH TURNSTILES.
If any tickets are still remaining on the night of the fixture, supporters
would have to purchase a ticket from Forest's Ticket Office before gaining
entry to the ground.

Nottingham Forest strongly recommends that children be of at least primary
school age (4-5 years) when entering the City Ground. Forest will not allow
babes in arms or children in buggies into the ground for their own safety.



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From the Official BCFC Website...

Hyde United (0) 0
Bradford C XI (0) 0
at Ewen Fields
Att: 142

Bradford City's second friendly in as many days ended in a dour goalless
draw with Hyde United.

Chances were at a premium for the Bantams during an unconvincing
performance at Hyde's Ewen Fields.

The main positive for Bantams boss Stuart McCall will have been the fact
many of his senior squad members racked up more vital match practice with
less than two weeks before the kick off of the league season.

After half of the Bantams squad received a welcome 90 minutes on Tuesday
night at Alfreton, the remainder of McCall's playing staff featured at Ewen
Fields.

Joe Colbeck, Steve Williams and Gareth Evans managed to last the full
distance, while Peter Thorne and Chris Brandon also got vital minutes under
their belts.

Jon McLaughlin took over the goalkeeping duties from loan keeper Simon
Eastwood as the battle for City's number 1 jersey hots up between the pair.

The Bantams forward pair of Peter Thorne, who was captain for the night and
Gareth Evans endeavoured well to try and engineer openings, but struggled to
get constant service from their team mates as City seemed to struggle in the
final third of the pitch.

Chris Brandon occupied the left wing position again and looked busy and
hungry for the ball. The former Huddersfield midfielder had seemingly been
heading for the exit door earlier this summer, but now could play a vital
role in City's promotion bid.

Grant Smith was given a further chance to try and impress Bantams boss
Stuart McCall after receiving 90 minutes action. The former Carlisle
midfielder kept things simple, but struggled to make an impression on
proceedings. Smith did however show his versatility when switching to left
back during the second half.

Hyde, managed by former City striker Neil Tolson have had an unsatisfactory
start to this campaign, having yet to win any of their pre-season fixtures
in seven attempts.

Tolson has spent the summer beg, stealing and borrowing players in a bid to
cobble a side together capable of competing in Blue Square North.

Despite the undesirable way of putting his team together, Tolson's charges
were competent and composed and offered no evidence to suggest that they
lost their last seven fixtures.

The first half featured very few chances of note for either side, Colbeck
blasted over a rare opportunity after he found himself in a good position
mid way through the half.

The unfamiliar look to City's line up seemed to be the main reaso for some
disjointed play at times from the Bantams. Several times, blind alleys
seemed to be led down and wrong choices were made.

A late tackle from Chris Brandon on Hyde midfielder Tom Manship resulted in
a brief skirmish between the pair. Referee Kavanagh regained order moments
later, but Hyde nearly opening the scoring from the resulting free kick.
Defender Ash Eastham's header looped onto the crossbar and over via
McLaughlin's finger tips.

Hyde midfielder Nathan Arnold tested McLaughlin early on in the second half,
forcing the Bantams stopper to make a smart save down to his left.

Arnold's chance aside, the second half at Ewen Fields continued in the same
vein as the first, with clear cut chances being at a premium.

Just before the hour mark, Thorne wasted a good opportunity to place his
side in front. Colbeck whipped in an inviting cross, which Thorne, at full
stretch, could only volley wide.

Hyde went agonisingly close to taking the lead in the 70th minute, when a
marauding run from defender Nathan D'Laryea set up Robbie Smith. The
on-rushing Smith looked certain to put his side in front, only for the Hyde
midfielder to somehow place the ball wide from point blank range.

With 10 minutes to go, Brandon tried to catch out Hyde keeper Michael Jones
with a low free kick, the Hyde keeper being more than up to the task to keep
out his effort.

Moments later his and team mate Thorne's night work were over, being
replaced by youngsters Dean Mitchell and Jordan Barker.

Substitute Luke Dean came close with the game nearing an end, his shot
whistling just wide of Jones post after he had done well to work himself the
opening.

Hyde almost sneaked it at the death through substitute Scott Mooney. Both
sides appeared to stop for an apparent foul by Luke Sharry, leaving Mooney
the chance to nip in and slide an effort past McLaughlin, but thankfully for
the Bantams wide of the post as well.

After the game Stuart McCall admitted: "There were not too many positives to
take out of the match".

"The lads did however get around 90 minutes under their belts, which is
important only 10 days away from the start of the season.

"I felt we lacked quality in the middle and the final third.

"We created one or two decent chances, but not too many given the players I
sent out tonight.

"I was slightly disappointed overall and it certainly leads to one or two
things to work on, but over the second of consecutive matches a lot of the
lads have got 90 minutes and we have kept two clean sheets which is
important."

Bradford C:
1 Jon McLaughlin
2 Jonathan Bateson
3 Ryan Harrison
4 Grant Smith
5 Steve Williams
6 Louis Horne
7 Joe Colbeck
8 Luke Sharry
9 Gareth Evans
10 Peter Thorne
11 Chris Brandon
Substitutes:
12 Luke Dean for 3 (64)
13 Chris Elliott
14 Dean Mitchell for 11 (83)
15 Jordan Barker for 10 (83)
16 Curtis Collantine


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BRANDON HANDED BANTAMS LIFELINE

Bradford City manager Stuart McCall has told Chris Brandon that he will not
be forced out of Valley Parade due to the player budget at the club.

City's player budget has been slashed by 50% this summer and the club were
hoping their high-earners would move on, but two of them, Graeme Lee and
Paul McLaren, have left and McCall has had a rethink over Brandon, who was
barely involved last season due to an ankle injury.

McCall told the club's official website: "At that stage, we needed to
off-load at least two of the big earners and we've done that.

"We don't really need to off-load Chris and I've had a good chat with him.
His attitude and application has been spot on from day one.

"He just needs to continue playing and training as well as he is doing. I
think Chris is desperate to put behind him a year of frustration caused by
those injuries. He wants to have a good season here and I'm positive he can
do that with us."

Brandon joined his hometown club from Huddersfield in the summer of 2008,
but has made only seven first-team appearances.

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From Official BCFC Website...

SEASON TICKETS: COLLECTION UPDATE

The club advise supporters that an estimated 2,000 - 3,000 season tickets
are still to be collected from the Ticket Office at the Coral Windows
Stadium.

If the majority of the cards are collected on the day of the club's first
home league fixture of the season against Port Vale, then it is feared that
due to the high numbers of supporters congregated around the Ticket Office,
many of those supporters may miss a proportion of the match.

To try and alleviate the situation, supporters wishing to have their season
tickets posted out can do so by sending a stamped address envelope to the
football club, marked for the attention of the Ticket Office to the
following address:

Bradford City FC
Coral Windows Stadium
Valley Parade
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD8 7DY

The envelopes must be marked with a first card stamp and must contain
supporters season ticket receipts. All season ticket cards will be sent out
to supporters via recorded delivery.

The Ticket Office at the Coral Windows Stadium is open during the week
from 9:00am - 5:00pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays.



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Pre-Season Friendly:
Bradford C (2) 3 O'Leary 10, Thorne 22, Evans 79
Carlisle Utd (3) 3 Kavanagh 32, Robson 34, Anyinsah 42
Att: 1,163 (Visitors 172)

BRADFORD CITY
1 Simon Eastwood
2 Simon Ramsden
3 Luke O'Brien
4 Steve O'Leary
5 Zesh Rehman
6 Matthew Clarke
7 Joe Colbeck
8 Lee Bullock
9 Michael Boulding
10 Peter Thorne
11 Chris Brandon
Substitutes:
12 Steve Williams
13 Jon McLaughlin
14 Jonathan Bateson
15 James O'Brien
16 Gareth Evans for 9 (73)
17 James Hanson for 10 (68)
18 Leon Osborne
19 Luke Sharry

CARLISLE UNITED
40 Lenny Pidgeley
2 David Raven
5 Danny Livesey
7 Joe Anyinsah
8 Graham Kavanagh
10 Matty Robson
11 Paul Thirlwell
12 Tom Taiwo
14 Ian Harte
17 Cleveland Taylor
21 Richard Keogh
Substitutes:
1 Adam Collin
6 Peter Murphy
9 Scott Dobie for 7 (73)
15 Gavin Rothery for 11 (84)
18 Conor Tinnion
23 Tony Kane
28 Gary Madine for 8 (80)
22 Michael Evans for 12 (66)
3 Evan Horwood


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MAN CITY MOVE FOR FABIAN DELPH

Manchester City have entered the race to sign Leeds United's highly rated
midfielder Fabian Delph.

Aston Villa and Everton have also been linked with the 19-year-old
left-sided player, who was withdrawn from Leeds' friendly with Burnley on
Saturday.

"We have an interest in the situation," said City boss Mark Hughes after
their 1-1 friendly away draw with Barnsley.

City's interest in Delph is a surprise given their summer spending spree has
targeted experienced internationals.

During the summer transfer window City have spent close to £100m in signing
the likes of Kolo Toure, Carlos Tevez, Roque Santa Cruz, Gareth Barry and
Emmanuel Adebayor.

"He is a young player who has been brought to our attention," said Hughes of
City's interest in Delph, who is likely to command a transfer fee in excess
of £6m.

"I'm not sure where we are up to with that because obviously I have been
busy with the game."

Delph began his career at Bradford City before moving to Leeds in 2001

The teenager won the Football League's Young Player of the Year award last
season.

His form, which secured an England Under-21s debut in November, established
him as one of the stars of a League One campaign that ended in play-off
semi-final defeat to Millwall.

Although he signed a four-year deal at Elland Road in September, speculation
linking him with a move to the top flight has continued with Leeds denying
in June that Everton had made a bid.



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