L2 Torquay (h) April 9th Ko 3pm L0-3

Next fixture
L2 Southend (a) Friday April 15th Ko 7.45pm
L2 Burton (h) Tue April 19th Ko 7.45pm (£1 ticket deal - see below)

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


"Last Match" Highlights on Bantams Player
http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/player/LastMatch/0,,10266~1612005~36,00.html

Links

BBC's end-of-season predictor.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_3/predictor/default.stm

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Match stats
http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=234#teamTabs=results

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Match report

Syers admits Torquay had it too easy
7:20am Monday 11th April 2011
By Simon Parker

David Syers surveyed City's heaviest home loss of the season to Torquay and admitted: "We made it too easy for them."

The Bantams dropped back to 17th place and saw the gap to the League Two drop zone trimmed again to six points after Saturday's 3-0 beating.

It was a demoralising defeat against the fifth-placed Gulls after the win at Macclesfield in midweek had seemingly lifted them clear of any danger.

Midfielder Syers said: "We were playing against two very different teams. You cannot underestimate how much confidence Torquay have.

"We kept the ball pretty well for the first 20 minutes but then got ourselves into a bad situation.

"Every time we got a bit of momentum, we seemed to give them a goal. It was just too easy for Torquay to sit back and have chances.

"We'd have a good little spell and then concede again. It just takes the wind out of you.

"We're 40 games into the season and you can see the difference between a side that's used to winning and one that has been losing like us.

"It becomes harder and harder to keep going when things go against you."

Syers had one of City's few shots as they missed the presence of James Hanson up front. The striker at least has a chance of recovering from his hamstring injury to face Southend on Friday.

Peter Jackson had no complaints with the heavy scoreline. The interim boss conceded: "That's probably the first time since I've been manager when we've been outplayed for most of the game.

"We're bitterly disappointed in terms of how we got beaten. This team are so up and down and that's why another manager has lost his job, because they've not been good enough this season.

"Everyone was full of confidence after the way we played the other night. But it's important you perform and get points in front of your home fans.

"It's all right going to Macclesfield and playing well in front of 400 (City fans) but to get turned over at home is hard to take and adds pressure. It's a lonely place when you're 3-0 down with ten minutes to go."

Jackson revealed that Lewis Hunt was not included for personal reasons.

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Bradford City fans are quids in again
6:30am Thursday 14th April 2011
By Simon Parker

City are repeating their £1 ticket offer for fans for Tuesday's crunch Valley Parade clash with fellow strugglers Burton.

The club slashed prices against Stockport in February and a whopping 15,332 crowd saw them edge home 3-2 in a thriller.

The Bantams are now ready to do the same for their game against the third-bottom Brewers.

Director of operations David Baldwin said: "It's another proverbial six-pointer and we want to drum up as much support as possible."

Tickets go on sale this morning and must be bought in advance by 5pm on Monday. The offer will not apply on match day because of police requirements.

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From the club programme from last Saturday

Mike Harrison
editor - The City Gent
 
I know that few City fans buy a programme at the match these days, so many of you might have missed this gem of a gaffe that appeared in the Torquay one last Saturday.
 
On page 8 in the Football league Stat Pack Peter Jackson's record is as follows:
 
Played 128, Won 41, Drawn 35, Lost 52, Goals For 200 Against 216, Ave pts/game 1.23
 
This is pretty good going for someone who's acting as interim manager and has only been at VP for less than 2 months!
 
The next figures give the game away though.
 
Biggest win City 7 Rochdale 1 (29/11/1958)
Biggest loss QPR 5 City 0 (15/04/1960)
 
Given that Jacko only turned 50 last week, all this hapened even before he was a twinkle in the eye of his father!
 
Some numpty has confused Peter Jackson with the Peter Jackson who managed City in the late 50s early 60s. But there again, someone at the club missed this error as well!
 
Classic!
 
Mike Harrison
editor - The City Gent

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Hunt refusing to play ball over Bradford City contract

Hunt refusing to play ball over Bradford City contract
7:00am Wednesday 13th April 2011
By Simon Parker

Lewis Hunt won't kick another ball for City – unless he agrees to drop a wage clause in his contract.

The defender was left out completely from the squad that lost to Torquay on Saturday.

And while he will be back in training as usual with his team-mates tomorrow morning, Hunt has been warned that he will not feature again if he is not prepared to renegotiate – something he is not willing to do at present.

Hunt has played 19 games since joining City on a one-season deal last summer. One more appearance would automatically trigger a further year on the same terms.

With next term's budget expected to be much reduced, City will not give him that. They have asked Hunt to drop the clause but the right back has refused to budge.

Peter Jackson said: "Lewis can still be involved and still play if he agrees to pull the clause out. But he thinks we should have stuck by the contract.

"He can change his mind but that's up to the player. I asked him again yesterday and I can't see him doing that.

"It's purely down to monetary terms. I've got one eye on next season's budget and things are going to be massively tight.

"I was willing to talk about a new contract with Lewis but not on the same terms he has now. It's disappointing but that's his choice."

Hunt, who was sidelined for four months with a serious knee injury, strung together a run of 11 straight games leading up to the clean sheet at Macclesfield eight days ago. He had also filled in well as a makeshift centre half.

Speaking to the T&A last week, he said: "It's in the club's hands (about my future). What will be, will be.

"I came up here with high expectations. I really thought we'd do well this season and it's not worked out that way at all."

Jackson watched former Middlesbrough teenager Phil Shead on trial at right back yesterday as the reserves won 1-0 at Port Vale.

But he admits City will have to make do in that role for the remaining six games, with Lee Bullock the most likely to fill in.

The interim boss added: "It's been a problem position since I came to the club but I thought Bullock did okay there on Saturday, although he could have done better with one of the goals.

"It's left us a little bit short, which is not ideal, but one more win will see us safe and ease things a bit."

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