L2 v Shrewsbury (a) L1-3 August 7th 2010

Fixtures
http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/Fixtures/0,,10266,00.html

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NPOWER League Two
Shrewsbury (1) 3 Robinson 34, 51, 56.
Bradford C (1) 1 Adeyemi 24.
Att: 6,993

Stats: Shrewsbury - Bradford C
Possession: 61 - 39%
Shots on target: 6 - 5
Shots off target: 5 - 7
Fouls: 11 - 15
Corners: 4 - 8

Ref: S. Rushden (Lancashire).
Red card:
Shrewsbury: McIntyre (68 min)
Yellow cards:
Shrewsbury: Sharps (66 min), Sadler (78 min)
Bradford C: Moult (69 min)

Shrewsbury: 25. Benjamin Smith, 2. David Raven, 5. Ian Sharps, 18. Daniel
O'Donnell, 3. Mat Sadler, 7. Mark Wright, 20. Craig Disley (90), 8. Kevin
McIntyre, 16. Lionel Ainsworth (89), 9. Matt Harrold, 10. Jake Robinson
(77).
SUBS: 1. Chris Neal (GK), 4. Sean McAllister (77), 6. Shane
Cansdell-Sherriff (90), 11. Steven Leslie, 12. Lewis Neal, 17. Benjamin Van
den Broek (89), 34. Tom Bradshaw.

Bradford C: 1. Jon McLaughlin, 15. Lewis Hunt, 12. Steve Williams (61), 6.
Luke Oliver, 28. Robbie Threlfall, 2. Simon Ramsden, 22. Lee Bullock (86),
20. Tom Adeyemi, 11. Scott Neilson (55), 17. James Hanson, 9. Gareth Evans.
SUBS: 13. Lloyd Saxton (GK), 3. Luke O'Brien, 5. Zesh Rehman, 8. Tommy
Doherty (61), 10. Jake Speight (86), 16. Shane Duff, 19. Louis Moult (55).




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Peter Taylor's first full season as City boss started in defeat after his
side fell 3-1 to ten-man Shrewsbury.

Although Tom Adeyemi had given the visitors a lead with a goal on his debut,
Jake Robinson scored a hat-trick to send them home pointless.

City made a positive start to the game, playing with real confidence and
spark, taking the lead when Adeyemi latched onto a knock down from James
Hanson to clip the ball over the onrushing Ben Smith.

Gareth Evans came close to adding a second when he hit the post from around
ten yards out but Shrewsbury levelled in controversial circumstances.

Jon McLaughlin seemed to be unfairly challenged when he dropped the ball
from Mark Wright's corner but play continued and Robinson hammered home from
close range.

Lively winger Lionel Ainsworth proved to be the catalyst for a Shrewsbury
charge after the break, tormenting Robbie Threlfall after switching from
left to right.

His cross set up Robinson for a headed second before the striker completed
his hat-trick with a lofted finish from Matt Harrold's through ball.

McIntyre was sent off for kicking out at Louis Moult with 22 minutes
remaining but Shrewsbury held on to claim the points.




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TAYLOR PHILOSOHICAL AS CITY SURRENDER LEAD
By Connor Murphy (T&A)

Peter Taylor insists it would be "mad" to think City will sweep all before
them this season.

Defeat at Shrewsbury in their League Two opener came as a major
disappointment but Taylor is refusing to be too downhearted.

The City chief had preached patience prior to the game and, following the
3-1 reversal, recalled his promotion-winning Gillingham side to reinforce
that belief.

The Gills went winless throughout their first five games en route to
triumphing in the Second Division play-offs in 2000.

"If anybody out there was thinking Bradford City were going to win every
game, they must be mad," said Taylor.

"There's going to be some good teams in this division and Shrewsbury Town
are one of them.

"When they got some confidence towards the end they looked a very good team
and you probably saw the worst of us.

"There's an awful long way to go. I never won for six matches with
Gillingham and we managed to go up, so it doesn't mean the first game is
that important."

But Taylor admits his side's second-half performance at Greenhous Meadow,
particularly in defence, was unacceptable.

After watching striker Jake Robinson score a hat-trick, Taylor was critical
of the way his players dealt with the entire Shrews forward line.

"I'm disappointed with the way we defended second half to be honest because
in the first half we did some good things," he said.

"(Matt) Harrold and Robinson are a good partnership and if you give them too
much time and don't go with their runs, they're going to hurt you.

"We've got some big players in there and I expect them to head crosses away.
But Robinson, who's smaller than all of them, headed it in for the second.

"The last one was good play from him but it was also very poor play from our
centre halves."

But Taylor did reserve praise for on-loan midfielder Tom Adeyemi, who scored
his first Football League goal on an impressive City debut.

Taylor said: "That's his first league goal so he'll be pleased with that. I
was geeing him up the other day to say he hasn't scored yet, so it's nice
he's got that goal.

"He was good but there's some other good ones in there who were probably a
bit disappointed with their performance over the 90.

"It's about how we bounce back now and we will."

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From the Official BCFC website...

SAFETY NETS INTRODUCED AT VP

The Bantams will be introducing their latest safety measure this week to
help protect fans at the Coral Windows Stadium.

Fans attending the Nottingham Forest match this Tuesday will get their first
glimpse of the new safety nets installed in front of the Carlsberg Stand.

The nets have been placed just in front of the sponsor hoardings to help
protect supporters during the normal warm up routine for City's goalkeepers.

Unfortunately in the past, there have been instances where supporters have
been struck by wayward balls during a pre-match warm up.

To prevent this from happening in the future, and to comply with new
Football League regulations, City have installed the nets in time for the
start of the Bantams home fixtures.

The football club would like to reassure supporters that the nets will be
taken down after the pre-match warm up routines and will therefore not
obstruct their view of the pitch during the match.