L2 v Bournemouth (a) L0-1 April 3rd 2010

Coca-Cola League Two
Bournemouth (1) 1 Pitman 41
Bradford C (0) 0
Att: 6,239

Stats: Bournemouth - Bradford C
Possession: 54 - 46%
Shots on target: 11 - 4
Shots off target: 11 - 2
Fouls: 6 - 13
Corners: 6 - 0

Ref: Pat Miller (Bedfordshire).
Yellow cards:
Bournemouth: None.
Bradford C: Bullock (28 min), Grant (89).

Bournemouth: 1. Shwan Jalal, 23. Lee Bradbury, 16. Rhoys Wiggins, 3. Ryan
Garry, 4. Shaun Cooper (42), 14. Danny Hollands, 6. Marvin Bartley, 8. Anton
Robinson, 11. Liam Feeney, 9. Brett Pitman, 33. Steve Fletcher.
SUBS: 30. Dan Thomas (GK), 7. Sammy Igoe, 10. Alan Connell (42), 17. Josh
McQuoid, 22. Joe Partington, 28. Warren Cummings.

Bradford C: 40. Matthew Glennon, 5. Zesh Rehman, 28. Robbie Threlfall, 12.
Steve Williams, 32. Luke Oliver, 15. Ryan Kendall (58), 33. Adam Bolder, 8.
Lee Bullock, 3. Luke O'Brien (76), 9. Gareth Evans, 17. James Hanson (52).
SUBS: 13. Jon McLaughlin (GK), 16. Jonathan Bateson (76), 19. James O'Brien,
20. Leon Osborne (58), 24. Louis Horne, 25. Steve O'Leary, 31. Gavin Grant
(52).

Next matches:
(H) Macclesfield, Monday April 5, 2010. K.O. 3:00PM.
(A) Burton, Saturday April 10, 2010. K.O. 3:00PM.


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By Simon Parker (T&A)

Shot-shy City failed to dent Bournemouth's promotion push at soggy Dean
Court.

The Bantams hit the bar through Gareth Evans but created very little and did
not win a single corner.

Bournemouth created the first chance after an uneventful opening 20 minutes,
top scorer Brett Pitman curling over the bar.

Lee Bullock, just back from suspension, picked up his 11th booking for
bundling over Marvin Bartley but Pitman's ambitious 35-yard free-kick was
easily saved.

Both sides played some neat football in midfield, though opportunities at
both ends were at a premium. City, in particular, had offered no threat
since a couple of early Ryan Kendall efforts.

But the stalemate was broken four minutes before half-time with a slick move
from the home side.

Liam Feeney swept the ball in to targetman Steve Fletcher, who created space
for Pitman to coolly slot his 20th league goal of the season into the bottom
corner.

Bournemouth pressed for a second after the break and Peter Taylor took off
both strikers, James Hanson limping off after pulling his hamstring.

Evans moved to the middle of a front three, flanked by subs Gavin Grant and
Leon Osborne, and immediately smacked a shot against the bar.

Pitman missed a golden chance to double his tally but volleyed straight at
Matt Glennon, who palmed the ball away.

Centre half Luke Oliver was thrown forward to put some height into City's
attack. But he, too, got little joy from a back four well marshalled by
Bartley.

Feeney went close to adding to Bournemouth's tally late on. But they had
done enough to ease three points nearer to League One.



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New Season Ticket prices

Today (Monday) we are launching the second phase of our annual season ticket
offer, which will see tickets purchased between today and Sunday 9^th
May available at the staggering price of £184 (£92 junior) or, to put it
in plainer terms £8 per match.This cannot be beaten I would suggest and
the ticket office will remain open on Sunday 9^th May when the Club is
hosting a Burns Unit Charity Match at the ground.

In our January offer, I guess that some of you suspected changes may
come in the management structure and started to back the Club by the
purchase of almost 7,000 tickets for next season, a staggering increase
of over 40% on the previous year. Thank you so much.

The Club now needs you to back us further and back us hard with the aim
to sell in excess of 12,000 season tickets for next season.

After 9^th May deadline has expired season ticket prices will rise to
£250 (£125 junior) which at just less than £11 per game still represents
excellent value. Other payment options will be published in full over
the next few days.

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BOLDER STICKING AROUND

Simon Parker (T&A)

Midfielder Adam Bolder has followed Luke Oliver's lead and extended his stay
at City for the rest of the season.

Bolder has played six games since arriving from Millwall.

His one-month loan spell was due to run out after the Macclesfield match on
Monday.