Football League Two - KO 15:00
Lincoln 1 (1) - 2 (2) Bradford
Grimes 25 (p)
Hanson 2
Evans 42
At Sincil Bank on 01-01-2011
Next fixture
L2 (H) v Barnet January 8, 2011. K.O. 3:00PM
Current table
http://www.sportinglife.com/football/live/tables/cc_league2.html
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Fixtures
http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/Fixtures/0,,10266,00.html
Pictures
http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0,,10266~53222,00.html
"Last Match" Highlights on Bantams Player
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Links
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Match stats
Lincoln: Anyon, Clapham, Hoyte, Watts, Swaibu, Grimes, Jarrett (Howell, 71 ) , Carayol (Hutchinson, 76 ) , Kerr
(McCallum, 71 ) , O'Keefe, Facey
Subs not used: Musselwhite,Broughton,Anderson,Hughton,
Bradford: Pidgeley, Duff, Eckersley, O'Brien, Threlfall ( Daley, 76 ) , Williams, Bullock, Adeyemi, Syers, Evans,
Hanson
Subs not used: Oliver, Chilaka, Price, Doherty, McLaughlan, Kiernan,
Bookings: Carayol , Clapham , Kerr (Lincoln) Syers (Bradford)
Attendance: 3225
Referee: Mark Brown (East Yorkshire)
LC Bradford
Goals : 1 2
Possession : 48% 52%
Shots On Target 1 2
Shots Off Target 5 3
Corners : 9 11
Fouls : 13 9
Most Fouls : Kerr (4) Hanson (3)
Yellow Cards : 3 1
Red Cards : 0 0
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Saturday evening match report
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/8765964./
LINCOLN 1 CITY 2
4:52pm Saturday 1st January 2011
By Simon Parker
James Hanson and Gareth Evans ensured City made a winning start to 2011 at lowly Lincoln this afternoon.
First-half goals from both strikers clinched the third away victory of the campaign as Peter Taylor's side bounced
back from their Cheltenham misery.
Ring-rusty Lincoln were playing their first game for 35 days and City caught them cold with a goal inside two
minutes.
Steve Williams punted a free-kick towards the penalty area which should have been dealt with by Moses Swaibu.
Instead the centre half left it for keeper Joe Anyon, allowing Hanson to nip in and finish from close range.
And Hanson soon nearly had a second with a header from Luke O'Brien's cross which was blocked on the line by Jamie
Clapham.
Lincoln levelled midway through the half with a harsh-looking penalty after referee Mark Brown spotted a handball
in the City wall from Clapham's free-kick. Ashley Grimes slotted home the spot-kick.
But City were back in front just before the break thanks to a superb solo effort from Gareth Evans - his first from
open play this season.
City thought they should have had a penalty of their own when Evans went down in a tangle with Clapham. But the
referee further enraged the away team by giving the free-kick Lincoln's way.
Shane Duff was back for his first game in three months and the captain got a vital touch on Delroy Facey's shot to
prevent the one-time City loanee from equalising.
City needed the comfort of a third goal and Williams should have provided it with a header from Duff's cross that
flew inches wide.
Evans nearly had his second with a mirror-image of his cracking early strike but City rode their luck from an
almighty scramble at a Lincoln corner which saw Grimes's close-range dig bobble up on to the bar.
Lincoln cranked up the pressure late on. Facey and Watts both went close and Ben Hutchinson dragged wide in added
time.
David Syers picked up his fifth booking but the new year amnesty means he will not be out of the Bury game on
Monday.
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From Thursday
DEFEAT MAY PROVE COSTLY AS CHAIRMEN WAY UP TRANSFER BUDGET
By Simon Parker (T&A)
Peter Taylor admits that his bargaining power for a potential January
shopping spree has been weakened.
Tuesday's 4-0 thumping at Cheltenham left City six points off the top seven
going into the new year.
Taylor is talking with the club's joint chairmen this week to discuss what
he'd like to do next month when the window opens.
But the Whaddon Road loss may have left the powers-that-be in two minds as
to whether to make more cash available.
And Taylor wouldn't argue if they decided to keep the purse strings pulled
tight.
He said: "I wouldn't blame them for that at all (after Tuesday's result).
"I told the players how important the game was. They probably didn't know
why.
"But my thinking was that I wanted a good result to get us closer to those
play-offs. All of a sudden that puts me into a much better position to try
and keep players as well as with the budget. So that was a bad day all
round."
Taylor will not reveal what he wants to do with the seven players whose
contracts and loans are up next week. But he has pretty much made up his
mind on all of them.
"I think I know my thoughts on it and I'm going to have the meeting with
Julian (Rhodes) and Mark (Lawn). But the players will know when their
contracts are up and I'll commit myself then.
"Of course, it does depend as well if the loan players want to stay. But
we'll get it sorted out just after the Bury game."
Five of the players concerned started the Cheltenham defeat and Lee Hendrie
came off the bench at half-time. Only Louis Moult was not involved.
Meanwhile, fit-again centre halves Steve Williams and Shane Duff are both
pushing to be involved at Lincoln on New Year's Day.
Taylor was unhappy with the sloppy errors that plagued City against
Cheltenham and is likely to make changes at the back.
Williams was an unused substitute at Whaddon Road while Duff travelled but
was not named in the squad.
Taylor said: "They were both very close and I could have easily taken that
chance. But we've also got Saturday and Monday (to think about).
"I'm sure they will feature over the next couple of games against Lincoln
and Bury."
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As the Bantams Ticket Office closed this afternoon to signal the end of City's 2011/2012 festive Season Ticket
campaign, the club have expressed their delight at the level of sales achieved in the last five weeks.
City fans have been able to book their place for next season for as little as £110.00 since the festive Season
Ticket deal was launched back on 20 November.
While personal applications are now not possible, Bantams followers can still buy their Season Tickets online until
midnight today (Friday).
Speaking to the official website, Club Director Roger Owen said, "When the office closed for counter sales at
2:00pm we had reached very close to 6000 sales, a figure which I feel has a chance of increasing with the online
facility remaining live until midnight.
"On behalf of the Board and Management, I would like to thank most sincerely all those who have shown faith in what
we are trying to do, now and into next season."
On the eve of a new year, Owen now hopes that the Bantams can enjoy a strong second half to the season to give even
more fans encouragement to buy a Season Ticket for next season.
"Things have not gone as well as we had hoped and that applies to everyone from the Joint Chairmen, the Board and
the Management on the playing side, although we are having some success with the Youth Team": Owen added.
"Whilst we are all frustrated and no-one more than Peter (Taylor) I do feel that there is a recognition in these
sales of just what a tough time we`ve had on the playing front.
"At times over recent weeks we`ve had a full team on the treatment table, at least half of whom would either be in
the starting line up or on the bench.
"Hopefully that is getting behind us now and anyone reading the manager`s words in the local press today will have
seen how determined he is to get it right in the second half of the season.
"If that proves the case I am looking at a big boost in ticket sales in the next round.
"I spoke with Peter about an hour after the ticket office closed and he has asked me to pass on his thanks for the
show of faith and his good wishes for the New Year.
"This is a sentiment which is certainly echoed from the Boardroom also.
"Peter will be using the sales figures in his talks with the players to underline the potential we have"
City's Commercial Director added that the official website would carry an update this Monday on conditions at the
ground by Facilities Manager, David Dowse, ahead of the Bury game.
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Warnock on McCall
"Stuart learned a lot of the realities of management at that level because they don't have anything at all at
Bradford. "In fact, all they had was a good crowd - and that's because they sold cheap season tickets!
Pretty much says it all!
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/2010/12/30/motherwell-have-landed-the-right-boss-in-stuart-mccall-says-his-mentor-neil
-warnock-86908-22815268/
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T&A, Simon Parker
Peter Taylor has confirmed that Lee Hendrie and Louis Moult have left City.
Neither player was named in the squad that won 2-1 at Lincoln this afternoon.
Hendrie's short-term deal was due to run out this week. He made 14 appearances -
the last from the bench at Cheltenham on Tuesday - and scored twice.
Taylor said: "We weren't in a position to take it further and I feel very sorry
for him."
Teenage striker Moult joined on a five-month loan from Stoke but found
opportunities hard to come by. He only netted once against Oxford.
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Bradford City manager Peter Taylor told BBC Radio Leeds:
"Victorious sounds nice, it feels better and there were some good things but
some hairy things at the end.
"We cause ourselves problems, it's a little bit of a confidence thing.
"I think if we were to be on a good run and the players would be in good
form then I think we would have kept the ball a bit more but when your in
the situation that we've been in sometimes the boys haven't got enough
confidence."
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From Twitter!
lenny pidgeley (@pidge40)
02/01/2011 19:46
over the moon with my new deal..long live my bradford career :D cant wait to get to valley parade tomorrow!
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