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Stats: Crawley - Bradford C
Possession: 51 - 49%
Shots on target: 13 - 5
Shots off target: 9 - 2
Fouls: 6 - 15
Corners: 9 - 3
Ref: Keith Stroud (Gillingham, Dorset)
Yellow cards:
Crawley: Drury (71 min.)
Bradford C: Reid (61 min.)
CRAWLEY: 25. Scott Shearer, 13. David Hunt, 28. Claude Davis, 26. Tom
Eastman, 19. Scott Griffiths, 15. Dannie Bulman, 2. Scott Davies, 22. Scott
Neilson (68), 27. Andy Drury (87), 9. Matthew Tubbs, 23. Tyrone Barnett
(90).
SUBS: 1. Michel Kuipers (GK), 16. Glenn Wilson, 17. John Akinde (90), 21.
Michael Doughty (87), 29. Jon-Paul Pittman (68).
BRADFORD C: 34. Matt Duke, 24. Liam Moore, 5. Guy Branston, 6. Luke Oliver,
28. Robbie Threlfall (34), 16. Chris Mitchell, 4. Michael Flynn, 8. Ritchie
Jones, 32. Kyel Reid, 35. Jamie Devitt (61), 9. James Hanson.
SUBS: 40. Callum Tongue (GK), 10. Ross Hannah (77), 11. Jack Compton, 15.
Lewis Hunt (34), 39. Craig Fagan (61).
Position: 22nd
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NPower League Two
Crawley Town (0) 3 Barnett 54, 88, Drury 62
Bradford C (1) 1 Reid 12
Att: 2,479
By Simon Parker (T&A)
City blew a half-time lead and finished well beaten at promotion favourites
Crawley this afternoon.
Kyel Reid had fired the Bantams ahead after 12 minutes. But Crawley upped
their game to dominate the second half, scoring three times to leave Phil
Parkinson still waiting for his first win as boss.
City had the first chance after 11 minutes as the unmarked Chris Mitchell
set up Jamie Devitt for a shot which Claude Davis blocked on the line.
But the visitors were ahead within a minute. Crawley paid the price for
giving Reid too much space to fire a left-foot drive into the bottom corner
from 20 yards.
Davis went close with a header but City continued to look dangerous going
forward and Scott Shearer parried a fierce effort by Devitt.
Crawley pushed for an equaliser as Matt Duke denied Scott Neilson a goal
against his former club and then watched Andy Drury's curler clip off Liam
Moore and hit the bar.
Matt Tubbs stabbed across goal from just inside the penalty area but City
were still in front at the break.
The play was going one way though and Crawley were level nine minutes into
the second half. Tyrone Barnett released Tubbs and then continued his run to
meet the cross with a diving header.
Neilson was desperate to score and, having been denied by a good save from
Duke, sent another drive just over.
But Crawley were well on top and the pressure produced a second goal just
after the hour. City couldn't clear their lines from a free-kick and
debutant Drury scored from 15 yards.
It should have got worse but the unmarked Tom Eastman headed wide from a
corner.
Craig Fagan came on for his debut and was later joined by Ross Hannah. Lewis
Hunt had earlier come on for his first appearance of the season - only to
make way himself for Hannah as City went 4-3-3 in the closing stages.
Barnett should have wrapped it up after a mistake by Luke Oliver but missed
the target when clean through.
Fagan's clever pass set up Hannah for City's first shot of the half and the
former Hull striker had his own effort blocked.
But another Oliver blunder sealed their fate, Barnett running the ball home
after the centre half's backpass fell short of Duke.
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Valley Parade celebrates milestone after Tordoff reveals how close City were to leaving
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Bradford City's Valley Parade will reach its 125th anniversary as a sports ground this Sunday. Richard Sutcliffe reports.
AS the man who masterminded the re-building of Valley Parade in the wake of the fire disaster and someone who, by his own admission, "has done most jobs at Bradford City but manage the team", Jack Tordoff understandably has a huge attachment to one of Yorkshire's oldest sporting venues.
However, had the club's life president had his way a little over a quarter of a century ago, the Bantams would now be playing elsewhere in the city.
"I do feel we missed something of an opportunity in the aftermath of the fire," admits Tordoff to the Yorkshire Post when asked about Valley Parade's forthcoming 125th anniversary as a sports ground.
"The fire was, of course, a horrible time. Fifty-six people lost their lives and the effect on the city was huge, and probably something that can't be put into words. You had to be in Bradford at that time to understand just what the city went through.
"I had returned to the board in 1983 with Stafford (Heginbotham, City chairman at the time of the fire) to save the club. We did that and Trevor (Cherry, manager) built a good, young team and things turned round.
"But then the fire happened..." Tordoff's voice trails off as his thoughts return to the horrors of May 11, 1985, when it took just four minutes for the Valley Parade main stand to be engulfed in flames during what should have been a day of celebration for City, who ahead of kick-off had been presented with the Third Division title.
"Bradford was left in shock but we, at the club, had to try and plan a way forward for Bradford City," says Tordoff, whose tremendous drive and acute business sense helped transform JCT600 into one of the country's leading companies with a turnover of more than £600m.
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PARKIN IS NEW NUMBER TWO AT BRADFORD CITY
By Simon Parker (T&A)
Steve Parkin today began work as Phil Parkinson's new number two at Valley
Parade.
The 45-year-old former Rochdale, Barnsley and Mansfield boss has filled the
vacancy which was left by Colin Cooper's sudden return to Middlesbrough.
Parkin was first-team coach with Hull for three years before a five-month
stint in the same role at Scunthorpe until March.
Parkinson said: "There have been several people in my mind to bring in but I
really feel we have got the best man for the job.
"It's like signing a player. You have to get the right one in who will
complement the staff we've already got in place.
"Steve is desperate to get back in and everyone in football knows about his
honesty and work ethic. That's so important."
Wayne Allison, who had been filling in as assistant, will revert back to his
coaching role with the development squad.
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Stoke defender joins Bradford City on loan
11:48am Friday 23rd September 2011
By Simon Parker
City have signed Stoke centre half Andrew Davies on a three-month emergency loan.
Providing the relevant paperwork is done in time, the 6ft 3in 26-year-old, capped once by England under-21s, is likely to go straight into the squad for tomorrow's home clash with AFC Wimbledon. Loan players must be registered at least three hours before kick-off.
It is a ninth loan spell for Davies, who has past Premier League and UEFA Cup experience with hometown club Middlesbrough.
Davies left Boro for Southampton, where he was named their player of the season, before joining Stoke for £1m in August 2008.
He has had limited opportunities with the Potters and has since spent spells with Preston, Sheffield United and Walsall as well as returning to the Riverside for the final three months of last season.
Davies started this campaign in the Championship with a month at Crystal Palace but made only one league appearance.
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Hospital drama a real pain for Bradford City manager Phil Parkinson
7:30am Wednesday 21st September 2011
By Simon Parker
Phil Parkinson is on medical watch with City's walking wounded ahead of the home clash with Wimbledon.
Michael Flynn, Kyel Reid, Liam Moore and Robbie Threlfall are all concerns for the Bantams boss as he looks for his first win in charge.
Flynn was having a scan on his calf last night while Moore (wrist) and Reid (foot) have both had X-rays on their injuries. Fortunately, Moore's X-ray result last night showed no break.
Threlfall is still recovering from the hip problem that forced him off early at Crawley.
Parkinson admitted: "It's a bit like Emergency Ward Ten down there. We've had people going back and forth to hospital all week.
"We've kept the same team for the last three games and it was good to have that continuity and not chop and change.
"Everyone understands each other's roles and we've been fortunate to go with the same players. But this could be a chance for a few others to come in."
Flynn and Threlfall both felt problems as they warmed up on Saturday. Parkinson admitted: "I don't know whether it was the long coach journey but it's very unusual because they've been doing the same warm-up all season.
"Neither of them is serious but we'll look at what's happened.
"In fairness to James Hanson, he also played with an injury from the Port Vale game and had to take pain killers."
Parkinson has also outlined the way he is working with Archie Christie. There were rumours that City's head of football development, who controls the playing budget, and Peter Jackson did not get on but Parkinson is familiar with his role.
He added: "In any club, there's someone who does the Archie role. Sometimes it's the chairman who negotiates contracts, sometimes it's the chief executive or the director of football.
"These days it's very difficult for the manager to do everything. You need that support system round you and people who can take some of that workload off can really help.
"Since I've been here, Archie has got a few deals over the line which could have been difficult and time-consuming for me and got the job done.
"Going back to my Colchester days, there was the chief executive Marie Partner who was good at dotting the I's and crossing the T's to finish negotiations. It was the same thing at Charlton."
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